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Gunsmoke-Season 3 Vol. 2

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Gunsmoke Season 3 Vol 2 will be released on May 26th 2009. It will be about a 523 minutes running time, Full screen,Englsih mono audio 3 disc set with the remaining 20 episodes of Season 3 of Gunsmoke. These episodes are:
1. Claustrophobia
2. Ma Tennis
3. Sunday Supplement
4. Wild West
5. The Cabin
6. Dirt
7. Dooly Surrenders
8. Joke's on us
9. Bottleman
10.Laughing Gas
11.Texas Cowboys
12.Amy's Good Deed
13.Hanging Man
14.Innocent Broad
15.The Big Con
16.Widow's Mite
17.Chester's Hanging
18.Carmen
19.Overland Express
20.The Gentlemen

After posting this review last month, I have been reading the other reviews and have noticed that many are giving these DVD's one or two stars due to the releases of Gunsmoke being split seasons. That is nonsense! I would rather have split seasons of Gunsmoke on DVD rather then no seasons of Gunsmoke on DVD!. Yes, I would love to have them released as full seasons, but that is not going to happen and I'm fine with that since I know I and millons of other Gunsmoke fans are lucky enough to have Gunsmoke being released on DVD in the first place. Keep up the complaints and CBS/Paramount might just say enough and stop with the releases. Just accept them the way they are being released and enjoy them! (Oh and as for the reviewer saying that they messed up Season 2 vol. 1 and we are paying for the mess up, that is bull. I have that season along the with the rest of the sets that were released and Vol. 1 of season 2 as well as the other sets have no such problems. All episodes are all there and are in order!)

5-3-2009: I have just found out thanks to another reviewer, who pointed out what to look for, that there is a mess up on Season two, volume 1. One episode "How to cure a friend" was replaced with "How to kill a friend" I apologize for not seeing it in the first place and saying that there was no mistake. I still give Gunsmoke and each season volume set that has been released five stars despite this very small mess up and I still say that people should not give it a one or two star ratings due to it being split seasons and they should just stop complaining. All the season sets released are great to watch and I am looking foward to buying season 3 vol. 2 in about three weeks.

Gunsmoke has been restored so well, 17 seasons to go....please speed up the releases faster so I can enjoy all 20 seasons on DVD. If you stop splitting the seasons, you will sell many more I am sure right thru Season 20!

I cannot get enough of James Arness and the Gunsmoke characters. Other reviewers are asking for the next releases to occur more frequently and I agree. You thirst for more after watching each year's set. If money is to be made here, they've obviously discovered a gold mine.

I logged onto the James Arness website about 4 years ago and love the monthly newsletters he puts out to his fans. He has quite the following. I also bought his autographed book and what a delight. While reading the book it's hard not to imagine him reading it along with you. He truly is my idol; hmmm, close to John Wayne? I cannot make that call as I idolize them equally.

The Gunsmoke episodes contained in this DVD are, like the rest of the early series, some of the edgiest and best written TV in history. Battlestar Galactica reminds me a lot of the style that was exhibited in these episodes...life is not easy, and it doesn't always go the way we plan. The b/w episodes of Gunsmoke are worth the effort and time (since CBS is only releasing them every 6 months) it takes to collect them.

Season 3 Vol 2 continues with the weekly episodes of Gunsmoke (1/25/58 to 6/7/58). Excellent picture (B&W), sound and format quality. These 30 min episodes are a must for any Gunsmoke/James Arness fan. Also includes approx 5-8 min of sponsor spots, which you can choose to view or not. My only complaint is that these seasons are not being released soon enough. At the rate they're being released, I may not live long enough to get all 20 seasons.

What can one say about a western series that ran for 20 seasons. Even as early as season 3 this western series was slated for greatness. The episodes in this DVD package followed their winning format with a collection of great stories that were very real to life. This one rates 5 stars as i indicated above.

You don't have to be a fan of westerns to enjoy Gunsmoke. The show was, after all, wonderfully-written stories about people you could easily care about. Matt, Kitty, Doc and Chester came to be like family, and you wanted to invite them into your home each week. And I'm thinking there are probably lots of fans like me who grew up with only the color episodes. I'd heard about Chester and Quint, but I only knew Festus and Newly. These early episodes are a real treat. By Season 3, the cast had fully gelled and fleshed out their characters and relationships to one another. So, provided you don't always demand a happy ending (John Meston's writing was definitely not fairy tale), you won't be disappointed if you buy this wonderful boxed set. Thanks to the previous reviewer who listed all of the contained episodes - that helped me to add this one to my pretty extensive Gunsmoke collection. I'm off to buy Season 3, Volume 1 right now!

I'll keep this short and sweet. Gunsmoke is one of the finest shows ever aired on television: great acting, great writing, great cast. It really demonstrates what television is capable of. 'Nuff said.

I really wrote this review in reaction to the reviewers who complain that the sets have been released in two parts. The outrage they exhibit over this seems silly in the extreme. This DVD release is a gift at a tremendous price. Period. -- Mykal

Being the first adult western series on early tv, Gunsmoke has never disappointed. The stories are short, entertaining, well written, well acted with some of the greatest character actors of all time. The regular cast interact with each other fabulously and James Arness is perfect as Marshall Matt Dillon. I just can't say enough good things about what I consider as the best tv series of all time.

It would be great to have both volumes of a Gunsmoke season released at the same time, as CBS plans to do for volumes 1 and 2 of the first season of Bonanza, for it's 50th anniversary in September. Since these Gunsmokes episodes are only a half hour, viewers go through them quickly. Season three of Gunsmoke is fantastic television.

CBS, Please release seasons 4-6 of Have Gun Will Travel on the same schedule as Gunsmoke seasons 4-6.