How To Cure A Friend: Gunsmoke (January 15, 1956)

“How To Cure A Friend” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 15, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon learns that Nick Serge, a gambler from San Antonio with a reputation for being clever and crooked, is arriving in Dodge City on the stage. Matt and Nick were once close friends in Texas, and Matt had even saved Nick's life from an assassination attempt. Now Matt must confront the possibility that his old friend may be a criminal.

Dodge City, Kansas - a barbershop, the street, and the Long Branch Saloon

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Nick Serge, Mr. Teeters, Sam Noonan, Kitty

Listen for: Matt's internal conflict about his friendship with Nick and the rumors of Nick's criminal activities; Nick's evasive answers about whether he cheats at cards

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.