Professor Lute Bone: Gunsmoke (October 20, 1957)

“Professor Lute Bone” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 20, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Professor Lute Bone arrives in Dodge City with his patent medicine wagon, entertaining crowds with tall tales and testimonials about his miraculous cure-all elixir. Doc Adams grows concerned about the charlatan's influence on the townspeople, and Matt Dillon investigates what the doctor sees as a dangerous threat to Dodge City.

Dodge City - the Long Branch Saloon and a wagon in the street

Characters: Matt Dillon, Kitty, Doc Adams, Professor Lute Bone, Sam

Listen for: Professor Bone's entertaining but dubious medical claims and colorful stories about his supposed cures and past experiences

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.