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By GORDON BUDGE
IF YOU HAD LIVED in Dodge City in the 1870's, Matt Dillon— the fictional Marshal of CBS Radio and TY's Gunsmoke — would have been just the sort of man you would like to have for a friend. The same holds for his sidekick, Chester, and his special pals, Kitty and Doc. They are down-to-earth, good and honest people.
That one word "honest" is, to a great extent, responsible for the success of Gunsmoke on both radio and TV. It best describes the stories, characters and detailed historical background which go to make up the show.
Norman Macdonnell and John Meston, Gunsmoke's producer and writer, are the two men who created the format and guided the show to its success (the TV version has topped the Nielsen ratings since June, 1957), and the show is a fair reflection of their own characters: Producer Macdonnell is a straightforward, clear-thinking young man of forty -two, born in Pasadena and raised in the West, with a passion for pure-bred quarter horses. He joined the CBS Radio network as a page, rose to assistant produce? in two years, ultimately commanded such network properties as Suspense, Escape, and Philip Marlowe.
Writer John Meston's checkered career began in Colorado some forty-three years ago and grasshopped through Dartmouth ('35) to the Left Bank in Paris, schoolteaching in Cuba, range-riding in Colorado, and ultimately, the job as Network Editor for CBS Radio in Hollywood.
It was here that Meston and Macdonnell met. After working together (Continued on page 86)
Regular members of the greot cost which helped Gunsmoke win the TV award: Milburn Stone as "Doc," Dennis Weaver as Chester, Amanda Blake as Kitty, James Arness as Marshal Dillon. They're dressed up for a wedding, but not Kitty's and Matt's — his law-enforcement problems leave no time for marriage.
FAVORITE TV WESTERN PROGRAM
William Conrad stars in Gunsmoke, as heard on CBS Radio, Sunday, at 6 :30 P.M., and Saturday, at 12 :30 P.M. James Arness stars in Gunsmoke, as seen on CBS-TV, Saturday, 10 P.M. EST, sponsored by L&M Filter Cigarettes and Remington Rand. (All times EST)
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