Daddy-O: Gunsmoke (February 12, 1961)

“Daddy-O” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 12, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Kitty Russell receives a telegram that her estranged father, Wayne Russell, is arriving in Dodge City. A wealthy freight business owner from New Orleans, he has never met his daughter before and now wants to reconnect and host a celebratory dinner for her and her friends. Kitty feels both hopeful and anxious about finally meeting the father who abandoned her as an infant.

Dodge City, Kansas; the Long Branch Saloon and depot

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty Russell, Chester, Sam, Doc Adams, Wayne Russell

Listen for: A father and daughter meet for the first time, and Wayne Russell learns about Kitty's life running a saloon.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.