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So while I’m on the TV show themes…

Here in Ohio – not too far away from where I live is the actual Sanford and Son truck (who would have known)?

A company called http://www.bluelineclassics.com/ purchased and restored it

I believe it is called BlueLine because the owner is a retired or ex-Cleveland Cop

So their website says…

BlueLine’s showroom in North Royalton, Ohio

BlueLine Classics pays cash for classic rides. We have an eager list of buyers and make our cars available to enthusiasts around the world.

Sounds like a cool company if you have a need to sell or acquire an “old beauty” – ok so much for the plug.

Here’s my brother sitting in the truck and his son

After the RADIO VERSION of Gunsmoke…

During Gunsmoke‘s nine years on the radio, CBS presented 480 performances of 413 scripts. Many of these radio plays were adapted to television.

When the series went off the air in 1961, the four actors who played the continuing characters moved on to other things.

<fredn> William Conrad wasn’t allowed to be Marshal Dillon on TV because he was considered too fat – James Arness was part of John Wayne’s production company so he had them use Arness.

Let’s take at the other two characters (on each side of William Conrad)… The one of the left looks familiar (but what about the one on the right)?

On the Andy Griffith show the two people next to Barney were…

Parley Baer – (The Mayberry Mayor) and Howard McNear (Floyd the Barber) – These were among the first “radio actors” to transition to TV

What was comical is that floyd the noisey barber was actually a fairly sadistic Doc Adams on the radio version of Gunsmoke – Kind of fun to listen to at this URL

http://www.radioechoes.com/gunsmoke

He was also part of a 1937 radio show drama

http://www.radioechoes.com/speed-gibson-of-the-international-secret-police

IMHO that was a hell of a run considering he was born in 1905 & died 1969… the guy on the left (above) was actor and Howard’s old friend Parley Baer who delivered his eulogy. Parley Baer died in 2002 at 88 of a stroke.

I always thought this T-shirt was funny..

So what happened to the women who played Miss Kitty?.. I believe prior to the radio show, she was in the movie “Dragnet”…

I don’t think she acted much after that…?