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An All-Star Cast of Black Actors Teamed Up With Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke’s ‘Good Samaritans’

Brian Cronin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 04:26:23 +0000

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the scarcity of good roles for Black actors led to Gunsmoke getting basically a "who's who" of Black actors for its first Black-centric episode.

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Gunsmoke’s ‘The Cabin’ Was Shockingly Bleak for Its Time

Brian Cronin — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 04:57:56 +0000

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian looks at Gunsmoke's surprisingly bleak episode, "The Cabin."

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When Gunsmoke Tried to Make James Arness Look Tiny

Brian Cronin — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:25:51 +0000

In a new feature looking at bizarre but good pop culture shows, movies and songs, Brian looks at the episode of Gunsmoke where the producers tried to make us think Chuck Connors was bigger than James Arness.

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Five Great Brock Peters Guest Appearances

Brian Cronin — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 04:55:12 +0000

In a feature spotlighting character actors who routinely do strong guest appearances on TV series, Brian spotlights five fine TV performances by Brock Peters

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Five TV Shows That Syndicated Like Basically Two Different Shows

Brian Cronin — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:35:02 +0000

In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five long-running TV shows that split their series into two separate syndication packages, with the two packages being different enough that it's like two different shows.

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Classic 1970s Christmas #17 – Gunsmoke “P.S. Murry Christmas”

Brian Cronin — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:33:52 +0000

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1970s Christmas TV episodes with 1971's "P.S. Murry Christmas" from Gunsmoke

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Who is the Greatest Recurring TV Character?

Brian Cronin — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 01:50:48 +0000

In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I'm looking for who you think is the greatest recurring TV character.

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Five TV Episodes That Inadvertently Became Quasi-Backdoor Pilots

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:46:30 +0000

In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five TV episodes that inadvertently became quasi-backdoor pilots for spinoff series.

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Long-Running TV Shows Rarely Ever Actually Use Their Own History

Brian Cronin — Mon, 02 May 2022 03:33:44 +0000

In a column on pop culture "pet peeves" of his, Brian complains about how long-running shows never seem to actually use their actual history when bringing back characters with grudges

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How MeTV Changed Everything By Saying, “Hey, Why Not Show All of the Episode?”

Brian Cronin — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:30:31 +0000

The classic television channel, MeTV, has changed the game in terms of classic television by actually showing ALL of the episodes of its shows

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