Uncle Oliver: Gunsmoke (July 9, 1955)

“Uncle Oliver” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 9, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Young Vinnie Stang comes to Dodge City for the first time with his uncle Oliver, a gambling man. When Marshal Dillon breaks up a fight between them on the street, Vinnie eagerly tries to convince the marshal to let him work as a deputy, but Dillon refuses and suggests Vinnie find work elsewhere in town.

Dodge City, Kansas - a frontier town where Marshal Dillon keeps the peace

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Vinnie Stang, Uncle Oliver Stang, Kitty

Listen for: The clash between Vinnie's youthful enthusiasm to become a lawman and Marshal Dillon's practical refusal; Uncle Oliver's talkative nature that gets him into trouble; Vinnie's first experiences in town life after growing up on the prairie.

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.