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Gunsmoke: Mayblossom (1964)
One of my favorite episode
It might not be one of the most exciting episodes, most action packed episodes, or story driven episodes but it is still one of my favorites. I don't know for certain but I have a feeling with this episode they were trying to feel out the possibility of adding Ken Curtis's Festus as a regular character. We start to see more of his background by introducing more family other than despicable Uncle Jack. And quite honestly this early Festus has always been my favorite. I was never a fan of Festus until I saw these early episodes with these more calm and mildly spoken version of him. I understand the need to make a memorable character that stands out to help a series but early Festus before he became a weekly character will always be my favorite Festus. Everyone involved in this episode does a wonderful job.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
A Children's Christmas Classic!
This Christmas Classic is a yearly event in my household. I first saw it when I was about 4 or 5yo myself so I guess I have a soft spot for it. It's incredibly silly, but then again so are most of the other Christmas specials. The song at the end is catchy and you'll facepalm yourself when you realize you're singing it later on. And don't worry, they conveniently have the words on the screen as it's being sung to cement it into your brain. ;)
As others have said the film is in desperate need of remastering, the colors are darker than they used to be and the copy I just watched on COMET Tv is sadly visibly worn but still worth the watch. Maybe some student in film preservation/history can save it for future generations.
This is a recommended watch for any lover of B films!
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Definitely TV Worth Watching!
I had never seen 77 Sunset Strip before since it was on before I was born and somehow had never seen it in re-runs. I had heard many times the old song "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb..." and from the short descriptions of its background i basically wrote the show off as a goof. Fast forward to December 2017, after a blowing winter wind woke me one night and unable to go back to sleep I started watching 77SS on MeTv and was amazed to find that this is a really good show! While of course it's slightly dated what with it being filmed in B&W, no computers, no cellphones, the old candlestick style phones showing up fairly frequently and oh! those gorgeous classic cars! The plots hold up extremely well and with a mix of action and just the right amount of cool comedy this show is very enjoyable. As I write this I'm enjoying a DECADES Tv 77 Sunset Strip binge marathon where the episode Strange Bedfellows with an obvious Zsa Zsa Gabor caricature of the "damsel in distress" has just finished up and Face In The Window which pairs up Richard Long (Rex) with Peter Breck a few years before they co-star together in The Big Valley is starting. While it's not horribly important with this particular series, it is very nice that both MeTv and Decades are playing these episodes in their proper order.
77 Sunset Strip: Once Upon a Caper (1961)
How Stu met Jeff, or how Jeff met Stu...
Rex, while at lunch with Jeff, asks how he and Stu met. Jeff recalls how it all started with Kookie, an awkward nerd and one cool daddy-o! Rex then upon returning to the office hears from Stu that the story consists of Kookie, an awkward nerd and one cool daddy-o...but in slightly different order. Confused, Rex then bumps into Kookie leaving the office who tells the tale of two slight bumblers and one cool guy!
Will we ever know what really happened...? ;)
Gunsmoke: Kiowa (1970)
Very well written, except for one thing...
****Spoiler Alert!!****
Just finished watching this episode and found it to be one of the more enjoyable episodes except for one confusing thing.
The episode starts out with a older teenage girl being kidnapped from her family's barn. The father agrees to take along a preacher, at the insistence of his wife, with his two adult sons to track down and kill the Kiowa Indians who took his daughter, but refuses to bring Matt Dylan. Later Matt catches up on the trail after being informed of the event by the wife. We later find out that the daughter is the daughter of a Kiowa woman who lays dying. The Indians had brought her to her unknown birth mother as a dying wish.
The major plot hole comes due to the fact that Hollywood insists on hiring people who are well into their late 20's to play teenagers. I came away with unanswered questions. Did this farmer cheat on his white wife and have an affair that produced a daughter, but is father to all three children? Are all three kids the children of the squaw and the white wife the step-mother? Did a widow mother with two extremely small sons marry a man with a small daughter and raise them together as if they were related? The two actors playing the sons are very obviously older that the actress playing the sister, but one reviewer who also points out this plot hole believes the sons are supposed to be younger. In the Indian village during the reveal the sons when learning their father is half white/half Indian says "that means we are....", but during the barn scene at the end the father tells the boys that they are his sons " nothing more, nothing less...". So are they his step-sons or his full blooded part Indian sons? The white wife has a scene before this with her husband where she states she knew he would tell her when the time was right. Extremely loving woman if her husband suddenly showed up with an infant which leads me to believe my two widowers marrying theory. They probably filmed a better explanation for the ending but had to cut it down due to time restraints. Imo they could have taken time from Kitty's birthday scene easily but maybe the contracts of the other actors required a certain amount of minutes if they actually appear in an episode, idk.
Anyways, in spite of the ending confusion this episode is well worth watching! I would have rated it ten stars if the relationship wasn't so poorly edited in the final cut. I'm assuming what was shown on MeTv was an unedited cut since another had the same questions years previous in their review of this episode. If someone has seen a different unedited version please be kind enough to answer the relationship questions of this family.