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Joke's on Us

Gunsmoke · January 9, 1954 · 24 min · 2,822 words

The transcript of “Joke's on Us”, an episode of Gunsmoke first broadcast January 9, 1954. 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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Round Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with the U.S. Marshall and the smeller of gun smoke. Gun smoke, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved West with young America, the story of a man who moved with it.

Matt Dillon, United States Marshall. Go bring his horse over here, Prince. Sure, Jake. Wait till we get him up on his horse.

Before you tie that rope to the wall, there'd be too much slack otherwise. Yeah. He couldn't hang you very good with your feet touching the ground. Could we tell him? No, Jake, he couldn't. We've been neighbors long time, Tillman.

I could figure some way to make the news bust your neck. I'd do it for you. It's all right. But you get to hanging, I could put a bullet in you. I'd be beholden to you. Okay, I'll do it then.

Yeah. But you drop by and tell my wife on your way home, Jack? Sure. I'll figure it on doing that anyway. Thanks. I always liked you, Tillman. It's kind too bad about this show. Your mighty calm for a man with a new surround is next.

You men got your minds made up. Well, we can't have no man, Stephen Horsey's, around here, but none of us feel safe less than we've caught and hung him. I reckon I'd feel the same way, Jake.

Of course you would. You'd hang me just as fast as I'd done it. I would. Only differences I'd want to be awful sure it was you that'd done it. Oh, I'm sure. Heck, we caught you red-handed, didn't we?

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