The town drunk who saw a man drowned, believes it was dream, until he meets up with the guy who did the drowning.The town drunk who saw a man drowned, believes it was dream, until he meets up with the guy who did the drowning.The town drunk who saw a man drowned, believes it was dream, until he meets up with the guy who did the drowning.
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Chet Brandenburg
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Rudy Doucette
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
George Ford
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Harry Mayo
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Billy McCoy
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Fred McDougall
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- Charles Marquis Warren(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was Gloria McGehee's 19th credited role (as Clara Felder) out of a total of only 20. Sadly, she was to pass away less than 16 months later on May 4th, 1964.
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Whither Chester?
Dennis Weaver was on Gunsmoke for 9 seasons, a long time by the standards of most series, but less than half of Gunsmoke's run. He wanted to move on to other things and guest starred on other shows and even did pilots for his own series to star in. He also appeared in the movies 'Touch of Evil' and 'The Gallant Hours'. He finally left Chester Goode behind to star in the series 'Kentucky Jones' and later 'Gentle Ben' and 'McCloud'. One thing always bothered me: I don't like it when a major character leaves a show with no explanation. There should have been a "Goodbye Chester" show where he finally gets lucky with love and moves back to Missouri or on to 'Californy' or something.
The show obviously had to prepare for his departure. Weaver's appearances in seasons 8 and 9 became less frequent. In prior years, he'd appear at least once an episode, even in a minor scene. And Marshal Dillon never went out on the prairie without Chester, "the only man I can trust". But he does so with some frequency in seasons 8 and 9. Chester appears on only 27 of 74 episodes from those seasons. I used the production numbers, (from the book 'Gunsmoke, A Complete History' by SuzAnn and Gabor Barabas), to determine the order in which the episodes were filmed, which is different than the order in which they were shown. (Two season 8 episodes, 'Quint Asper Comes Home' and 'The Hunger', were actually filmed as part of Season 7.) Chester appears in 15 episodes filmed 8th through 32nd. Weaver was off doing other things while the first 7 and last 4 episodes were being filmed. In season 9, he appears 12 of the first 19 episodes and none of the last 17. The last we see of him is walking down the street, talking to Festus, who will be his replacement at the end of 'Prairie Wolfer'. (Incidentally, Festus, who had first appeared in 'Us Haggens' in Season 8, actually made his reappearance in "Once a Haggen, which was filmed 18th but shown a week after 'Prairie Wolfer', which was filmed 19th.) Chester appears in one more episode: 'Bentley', but that was filmed 14th.
In the meantime, the show seemed to be auditioning other characters to take Chester's place. The primary replacement when Weaver was not available was Quint, who often offers to accompany matt just to get out of his blacksmith shop. The most intriguing is Louie Pheeters, the town drunk, played by James Nusser. The episode named after him was shown 16th in season 8 but filmed 2nd. At the end of it, Louie has sworn off drink after having witnessed a murder in a drunken haze, only to find out that nobody believes him, except the murderer. At the end of it, Matt tells him that he need someone to help take of the jail, sweeping up and things. That's what Chester usually does, (not all of what he usually does, of course). Were they envisioning a sobered up Louie as a replacement for Chester? It's hard to picture. Fortunately, Les Crutchfield and Ken Curtis came up with Festus and he proved a more than adequate replacement.
The show obviously had to prepare for his departure. Weaver's appearances in seasons 8 and 9 became less frequent. In prior years, he'd appear at least once an episode, even in a minor scene. And Marshal Dillon never went out on the prairie without Chester, "the only man I can trust". But he does so with some frequency in seasons 8 and 9. Chester appears on only 27 of 74 episodes from those seasons. I used the production numbers, (from the book 'Gunsmoke, A Complete History' by SuzAnn and Gabor Barabas), to determine the order in which the episodes were filmed, which is different than the order in which they were shown. (Two season 8 episodes, 'Quint Asper Comes Home' and 'The Hunger', were actually filmed as part of Season 7.) Chester appears in 15 episodes filmed 8th through 32nd. Weaver was off doing other things while the first 7 and last 4 episodes were being filmed. In season 9, he appears 12 of the first 19 episodes and none of the last 17. The last we see of him is walking down the street, talking to Festus, who will be his replacement at the end of 'Prairie Wolfer'. (Incidentally, Festus, who had first appeared in 'Us Haggens' in Season 8, actually made his reappearance in "Once a Haggen, which was filmed 18th but shown a week after 'Prairie Wolfer', which was filmed 19th.) Chester appears in one more episode: 'Bentley', but that was filmed 14th.
In the meantime, the show seemed to be auditioning other characters to take Chester's place. The primary replacement when Weaver was not available was Quint, who often offers to accompany matt just to get out of his blacksmith shop. The most intriguing is Louie Pheeters, the town drunk, played by James Nusser. The episode named after him was shown 16th in season 8 but filmed 2nd. At the end of it, Louie has sworn off drink after having witnessed a murder in a drunken haze, only to find out that nobody believes him, except the murderer. At the end of it, Matt tells him that he need someone to help take of the jail, sweeping up and things. That's what Chester usually does, (not all of what he usually does, of course). Were they envisioning a sobered up Louie as a replacement for Chester? It's hard to picture. Fortunately, Les Crutchfield and Ken Curtis came up with Festus and he proved a more than adequate replacement.
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