No Sale: Gunsmoke (August 26, 1956)

“No Sale” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 26, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Tom Breece and Red Temple make a cash offer to buy the Long Branch Saloon from Kitty Russell and Sam Noonan for $20,000, with a tight deadline. When Kitty refuses to sell and demands more time to decide, Breece attempts to bribe Marshal Dillon and later confronts Kitty in her private room with threatening intentions.

Dodge City, Kansas, at the Long Branch Saloon and around town

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty Russell, Sam Noonan, Chester, Tom Breece, Red Temple, Kenny

Listen for: The shadowy motives behind Breece and Temple's urgent push to acquire the saloon, and what happens when Kitty stands her ground against their pressure and intimidation.

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.