James Arness Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/tag/james-arness/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:15:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://popculturereferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-thumbnail-1-32x32.png James Arness Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/tag/james-arness/ 32 32 196266870 An All-Star Cast of Black Actors Teamed Up With Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke’s ‘Good Samaritans’ https://popculturereferences.com/an-all-star-cast-of-black-actors-teamed-up-with-matt-dillon-on-gunsmokes-good-samaritans/ https://popculturereferences.com/an-all-star-cast-of-black-actors-teamed-up-with-matt-dillon-on-gunsmokes-good-samaritans/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 04:26:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=6991 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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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/an-all-star-cast-of-black-actors-teamed-up-with-matt-dillon-on-gunsmokes-good-samaritans/feed/ 0 6991 When Gunsmoke Tried to Make James Arness Look Tiny https://popculturereferences.com/when-gunsmoke-tried-to-make-james-arness-look-tiny/ https://popculturereferences.com/when-gunsmoke-tried-to-make-james-arness-look-tiny/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:25:51 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5358 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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