Long as I Live: Gunsmoke (December 8, 1957)

“Long as I Live” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 8, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A stagecoach is ambushed near Dodge City and a passenger is shot. Doc must operate to remove the bullet, but the only other doctor in the territory has left town. Doc needs Chester's help despite his inexperience, and must prepare the wounded man for surgery.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory in the West, primarily Doc's medical office

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc, Joshua, the wounded passenger

Listen for: Doc's tall tale about John Darling and the frozen smoke, told to distract and prepare Chester for the operation ahead

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.