How Many Saloons Were There In Dodge City?

[rymrytr]

Some of you may have seen the TV program, GUNSMOKE. But did you know that it was on the Radio before TV? I've picked up a set of CD's (MP3) from eBay, and have 173 episodes. They start in 1952 and run through 1961.

Matt Dillon is played by William Conrad, who later became Cannon, on TV.

Chester is played by Parley Baer whom you might recognize as

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[rymrytr]

I should have indicated also, that the Long Branch was included in some later episodes...

[thnidu]

"fraganza" is Italian for "fragrance". "A la fraganza" could mean "in the fragrance" or "at the fragrance". Not a bad name for a high-class restaurant: "This is where the good smells are!"

The discussion page you linked to requires a login, or I'd've put this answer there as well.

Respectfully submitted,
Dr. Whom: Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoëpist, and Philological Busybody

[thnidu]

Make that "Alla fraganza" in proper Italian. But there's nothing surprising in a Wild West character spelling it like Spanish.

[rymrytr]

Aha! That makes sense.

Radio?

[lsanderson]

Wot's Radio? You're kidding, right? Next thing, you'll be trying to tell me the Lone Ranger was on radio too...

Re: Radio?

[rymrytr]

The Lone Ranger, The Six Shooter staring Jimmy Stewart, and another cross-over actor from Gunsmoke, John Dahner (sp?) as the Frontier Gentleman.

Another surprise to me was hearing Perry Mason's voice as Captain Quince of the U. S. Cavalry!

I'm sure you know that there are lots of web sites that let you play OTR on your computer...

I got my radio from http://www.gracedigitalaudio.com/ It has a remote and uses 6 AA's when I want to take it outside. Otherwise, It stays plugged in, on my night stand. :o)

They have their own internet station list, that I listen to at http://grace.reciva.com/index but you have to have one of their radio's to use it.

So far, they and Live365.com are the only ones that seem to have a goodly number of OTR stations. I recently got an App for Live 365, to use on my Cell Phone!

So, at nearly 70, I dislike TV and utilize audio books and OTR more and more...

Dante anyone?

[hotclaws]

Look here for further discussions.
http://askchaka.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/alafraganza-and-alfraganus.html

Re: Dante anyone?

[rymrytr]

Thank you for the link!

One of the comments there, states:

John Meston was the principal writer on Gunsmoke and he hid all sorts of subliminal references in his scripts.

JM was a man after my own heart. I love putting odd references into my Rhymes, especially the non-sense verse for kids.