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List of Gunsmoke radio episodes

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I've listed this article for peer review because Gunsmoke is an radio series that is often regarded as a classic. It also let to the television version, which became the longest running western in TV history. Please help impove it if you can.

Thanks, Jimknut (talk) 21:27, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: I did a bit of proofing and I have a couple of minor suggestions below. Other than that, the only things I can think to say are about possibilities for expansion. "Gunsmoke" (counting both the radio and TV shows) was so popular and long-running that there must be reviews. Literary critics might have analyzed the show; historians might have too. I don't know for sure, but I'd suggest poking around to see what turns up.

Lead

• "The information provided in this list is derived from the book Gunsmoke: A Complete History by SuzAnne Barbaras and Gabor Barbaras." - Since the book is cited and referenced, I think you could just delete this sentence from the lead.
  • This sentence has now been deleted.

Episodes

• "The original pilot episode... ". - Wikilink pilot episode"
  • I've left this as it is. "Pilot episode" redirects to television pilot. Since this page is about a radio program I don't think the link is appropriate.

General

• Looking through the WP:FL#Media list, I don't see any radio-show FLs, but I might have missed one or more. In any case, the FLs for television shows generally seem to include quite a bit of detail about the cast and the production, the individual episodes, and the critical reception. It might be tough to follow this formula for radio shows, and you wouldn't want to include plot summaries for 414 episodes in any case. Still, critics might have published something about the show, its over-arching plot, and its characters, and it's possible that one or more critics have examined the recurring themes of the show and, possibly, their relationship to recurring themes in traditional western tales. You might also find and add more details about the actors and maybe something about how the show was produced. Technical details about the recording equipment and the recording studio might be interesting. Where was the show recorded? Are any stats on audience size available? I'd suggest looking for studies of the western hero and other western stereotypes in fiction; if you can find some, they are almost certain to mention Gunsmoke.
  • I'm leaving this aspect alone, too. I believe that details about the show are (or should be) included in the main article about Gunsmoke and not in a "sattelite" page such as this one. — Jimknut (talk) 00:06, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I hope this brief review proves helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR. That is where I found this one. Finetooth (talk) 04:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)