Gentlemen's Disagreement: Gunsmoke (September 20, 1959)

“Gentlemen's Disagreement” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 20, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A woman named Jenny reconnects with Matt Dillon, asking him to help prevent a confrontation between her current husband Bert Webb and Ed Baudrey, a man from her past who has come to town seeking a reckoning. Matt attempts to convince both men to avoid violence, but Bert refuses to run or hide, insisting on facing Baudrey and defending his honor.

Dodge City, primarily at the Long Branch Saloon and surrounding locations

Characters: Matt Dillon, Bert Webb, Jenny Webb, Ed Baudrey, Kitty, Chester, Tulsa Jim Nixon

Listen for: The tension between Bert's sense of honor and Matt's attempts to prevent bloodshed; the revelation of Jenny's past with Ed Baudrey before she married Bert.

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.