A House Ain't a Home
Gunsmoke · August 10, 1958 · 24 min · 2,896 words
The transcript of “A House Ain't a Home”, an episode of Gunsmoke first broadcast August 10, 1958. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gunsmoke plays Gunsmoke free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's where the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gun smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved West with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it.
I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they looked for and the last they want to meet. It's a chance job and it makes a man watchful. And a little lonely. Oh, Mr. Don these days when it just don't pay to get out of bed.
Why don't you sit on, Chester? Like today, for instance. I've been thinking back over. That's what you've been doing. I didn't hardly more get my eyes open before I knocked over the water bucket like the ground myself.
So I just sit on. And I went to put my boots on and that vinegar on stung me and my foots been sore and aching all day. and aching all right Chester I believe it's been a bad day and then you take breakfast the very first thing Pete was all out of eggs and then that was a
worst-called and coffee I ever drunk in my whole just sir are we going through your last 18 hours minute by minute I'm just pointing out to you what an unlucky day this is you already convinced me now would you sit up oh kitty now come on in you mr kitty I can't stay mad I gotta get back to the long
branch but could you come over. Oh it's a trouble. It's old Jeddro Higg. Jeddro, not a long branch? He doesn't stop in there one twice a year. I know. You don't even come into town much more than it.
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