Editing Gunsmoke (section)

===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.