Editing Gunsmoke (section)

==Legacy==
=== Longevity records ===
The television series was the longest-running, primetime, live-action television series at 20 seasons, until September 2019 with the 21st-season premiere of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|title=Law & Order: SVU Renewed for Season 21 at NBC, Will Become Longest-Running Live-Action Series in History|url=https://tvline.com/2019/03/29/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-record-longest-tv-show-history/|work=[[TVLine]]|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329171520/https://tvline.com/2019/03/29/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-record-longest-tv-show-history/|archive-date=March 29, 2019}}</ref> The original ''[[Law & Order (franchise)|Law & Order]]'', which was canceled in 2010 after tying ''Gunsmoke''{{'}}s longevity record for a live-action, primetime television series, began its 21st season in February 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/02/24/law-and-order-returns-sam-waterston-jack-mccoy/6929127001/|title='Law & Order' returns: Sam Waterston on what to expect, and losing coveted TV record to 'SVU'|first=Bryan|last=Alexander|publisher=USA Today|date=February 24, 2022|accessdate=February 24, 2022|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301193306/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/02/24/law-and-order-returns-sam-waterston-jack-mccoy/6929127001/|url-status=live}}</ref> It had the highest number of scripted episodes for any American primetime, commercial, live-action television series until April 29, 2018, when it was surpassed by ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wgntv.com/2016/11/06/the-simpsons-set-to-be-the-longest-running-scripted-tv-show-ever/| title='The Simpsons' set to be the longest-running scripted TV show ever| date=November 6, 2016| website=wgntv.com| access-date=August 10, 2017| archive-date=September 30, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115645/https://wgntv.com/2016/11/06/the-simpsons-set-to-be-the-longest-running-scripted-tv-show-ever/| url-status=live}}</ref> Some foreign-made programs have been broadcast in the United States and contend for the position as the longest-running prime-time series. {{As of|2016}}, ''Gunsmoke'' was rated fourth globally, after ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1963–present), ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'' (1983–2010),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238| title=Taggart police drama axed by ITV| work=BBC News| access-date=April 20, 2015| archive-date=May 13, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513062542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238| url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Bill]]'' (1984–2010).

=== Character longevity ===
James Arness and Milburn Stone portrayed their ''Gunsmoke'' characters for 20 consecutive years, a feat later matched by [[Kelsey Grammer]] as the character [[Frasier Crane]], but over two half-hour sitcoms (''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]'').<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/107_FrasierDillon.htm "What do Frasier (Kelsey Grammer), Matt Dillon (James Arness) and Doc Adams (Milburn Stone) have in common?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813070457/https://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/107_FrasierDillon.htm |date=August 13, 2022 }} GunsmokeNet.com.</ref> This was surpassed by [[Mariska Hargitay]] and [[Ice-T]], who have portrayed the characters [[Olivia Benson]] and [[Fin Tutuola]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' for over 25 and 24 consecutive years to date, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-beats-gunsmoke-record-mariska-hargitay-dick-wolf-history-nbc-1202584991/|title='Law & Order: SVU' Renewed For Record-Breaking 21st Season By NBC As Dick Wolf & Mariska Hargitay Write TV History|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303153756/https://deadline.com/2019/03/law-order-svu-renewed-season-21-beats-gunsmoke-record-mariska-hargitay-dick-wolf-history-nbc-1202584991/|url-status=live}}</ref> George Walsh, the announcer for ''Gunsmoke'', began in 1952 on the radio series and continued until the television series was canceled in 1975.<ref name="Wayne">{{cite magazine | magazine=[[TV Guide]] | first=Bill | last=O'Hallaren | title=When Chester Forgot to Limp, and other fond recollections of 20 years of Gunsmoke | url=https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/Interviews/TVGuide750823.pdf | date=August 23, 1975 | access-date=June 26, 2022 | archive-date=November 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127181555/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/Interviews/TVGuide750823.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>

===In popular culture===
[[Dodge City]]'s Boot Hill Museum has a tribute to ''Gunsmoke'', including set furniture from the 1960s and an old television tuned to the show. Signed photographs from the show's actors and other memorabilia are on display including a vest worn by Sam the bartender and a dress worn by Miss Kitty.<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/105_DodgeCity.htm "Today's Dodge City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218075107/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/105_DodgeCity.htm |date=December 18, 2023 }}, GunsmokeNet.com.</ref> In 2015, several of the surviving staff reunited at Wild West Fest in Dodge City, including stars [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Buck Taylor]], [[Jess Walton]], [[Bruce Boxleitner]], and writer Jim Byrnes.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Wichita Eagle]] | first=Beccy | last=Tanner | date=August 14, 2015 | title=Surviving 'Gunsmoke' cast to reunite in Dodge City six decades after show's start | url=https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article31061226.html | access-date=June 26, 2022 | archive-date=June 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629080118/https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article31061226.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, and Amanda Blake are all inductees of the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]].<ref>[http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/info/awards-hof/Western-Performers.aspx "The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101225647/http://nationalcowboymuseum.org/info/awards-hof/Western-Performers.aspx|date=November 1, 2010}}, www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.</ref>

===In media===
A fight scene between Arness and guest star [[John Anderson (actor)|John Anderson]] from the 1958 episode "Buffalo Man" appears in the educational film ''Film Editing: Interpretation and Value,'' produced by [[American Cinema Editors]]. Footage from the scene is used in editing classes in many [[film schools]] in the United States.

The ''Gunsmoke'' brand was used to endorse numerous products, including cottage cheese<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/72-CottageCheese.htm "''Gunsmoke'' was used to sell cottage cheese"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106071756/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/72-CottageCheese.htm |date=January 6, 2024 }}, GunsmokeNet.com.</ref> and cigarettes.

The Hartland toy company included an 8" ({{Frac|1|9th}} scale) plastic Matt Dillion figure and his horse Old Faithful Buck in their line of famous TV cowboys and horses during the 1950s.

Lowell Toy Manufacturing Corporation ("It's a Lowell Game") issued ''Gunsmoke'' as game No. 822.<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/64-BoardGame.htm "''Gunsmoke'' board games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525194952/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/64-BoardGame.htm |date=May 25, 2024 }}, GunsmokeNet.com.</ref> Other products include ''Gunsmoke'' puzzles,<ref>[http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/66-Puzzles.html "''Gunsmoke'' puzzles were popular in 1950s"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103094906/https://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/shots/66-Puzzles.html |date=January 3, 2024 }}, GunsmokeNet.com.</ref>

==== Comics ====
* [[Dell Comics]] published numerous issues of their ''[[Four Color]]'' comics series on ''Gunsmoke''<ref name="Comix">{{cite web|url=http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/comics-.htm|title=GunsmokeNet.com|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506012457/http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/comics-.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> (including issues #679, 720, 769, 797, 844 and, in 1958–1962, #6–27).<ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Jun59/home.htm Gunsmoke Dell Comic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224220706/http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Jun59/home.htm |date=February 24, 2010 }} #15, June–July 1959, "Masked Vigilantes".</ref>
* [[Gold Key Comics]] continued with issues #1–6 in 1969–70.<ref name="Comix" /><ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Feb70/home.htm ''Gunsmoke'' Gold Key Comic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502195544/https://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Feb70/home.htm |date=May 2, 2024 }}, February–March 1970, "The Prophet" "The Guilty One"</ref>
* A comic strip version of the series ran in British newspapers for several years under the show's UK title, ''Gun Law''.
* Hardcover comic ''BBC Gunsmoke Annuals'' were marketed in Great Britain under the authority of the [[BBC]] which had broadcasting rights there.<ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/1974/index.htm ''Gunsmoke Annual 1974''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224222005/http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/1974/index.htm |date=February 24, 2010 }}, Comic Collection.</ref>
* ''Gunsmoke'' comics in Spanish were published under the title ''Aventura la ley del revolver''<ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Dec60-s/index.htm ''Aventura la ley del revolver''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224220652/http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Comix/Dec60-s/index.htm |date=February 24, 2010 }}, ''Gunsmoke'' comic book in Spanish, December 1960.</ref> (''Gun-Law Adventures'').

==== Books ====
* In 1957, [[Ballantine Books]] published a collection of short stories.<ref>Don Ward, [http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Books/Gunsmoke57/Gunsmoke57.htm ''Gunsmoke – Adventures of Marshal Matt Dillon''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428074245/http://www.gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Books/Gunsmoke57/Gunsmoke57.htm |date=April 28, 2010 }}, Ballantine Books, 1957. (Second edition released in 1960.)</ref> Each story is based on a half-hour ''Gunsmoke'' episode. Although a photo of James Arness and the CBS TV logo are on the book cover, in at least one story Matt introduces Chester as "Chester Proudfoot", an indication that the stories are actually adapted from radio scripts.
* Whitman Books published
** ''Gunsmoke'' by Robert Turner in 1958, and
** ''Gunsmoke: "Showdown on Front Street"''<ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Books/Showdown/HomeShowdown.htm*Paul S. Newman, ''Showdown on Front Street'']{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Whitman Books, 1969.</ref> by Paul S. Newman in 1969 ... 
* In 1970, Popular Library published the following paperback book written by Chris Stratton:
** ''Gunsmoke''
* In 1974, Award Books published the following paperback books written by Jackson Flynn based on the television series:
** ''Gunsmoke #1: "The Renegades"<ref>[http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Books/Gunsmoke74%20The%20Renegades/home.htm Jackson Flynn, ''The Renegades''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006042836/http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/collectables/Books/Gunsmoke74%20The%20Renegades/home.htm |date=October 6, 2010 }}, Award Books, 1974.</ref>
** ''Gunsmoke #2: "Shootout"''
** ''Gunsmoke #3: "Duel at Dodge City"''
** ''Gunsmoke #4: "Cheyenne Vengeance"''
* In 1998, Boulevard Books published the following paperbacks written by Gary McCarthy based on the TV series:
** ''Gunsmoke''
** ''Gunsmoke: "Dead Man's Witness"''
** ''Gunsmoke: "Marshal Festus"''
* A series of novels based upon the television series written by Joseph A. West with forewords by [[James Arness]] was published by Signet:
** ''Gunsmoke: "Blood, Bullets and Buckskin"'', January 2005 ({{ISBN|0-451-21348-3}})
** ''Gunsmoke: "The Last Dog Soldier"'', May 2005 ({{ISBN|0-451-21491-9}})
** ''Gunsmoke: "Blizzard of Lead"'', September 2005 ({{ISBN|0-451-21633-4}})
** ''Gunsmoke: "The Reckless Gun"'', May 2006 ({{ISBN|0-451-21923-6}})
** ''Gunsmoke: "Dodge the Devil"'', October 2006 ({{ISBN|0-451-21972-4}})
** ''Gunsmoke: "The Day of the Gunfighter"'', January 2007 ({{ISBN|0-451-22015-3}})
** "Gunsmoke: An American Institution, Celebrating 50 Years of Television's Best Western" Written by Ben Costello, Foreword by Jim Byrnes, and Introduction by Jon Voight and published by Five Star Publications, Inc.(now Story Monsters LLC) Published 1 edition (December 22, 2012), {{ISBN|978-1589852228}}

==== Music ====
* On February 12, 1993, [[country music]] artist [[Toby Keith]] released his debut single "[[Should've Been a Cowboy]]". The first verse of the song references the main characters of ''Gunsmoke'', in which Marshal Dillon never settled down with his love interest Miss Kitty.