Gunsmoke: The Eighth Season, Vol. 1

Great! But trouble playing some discs on DVD recorder.
This is a revised review. I am generally happy with all of the "Gunsmoke" and "Have Gun, Will Travel" DVDs. This is due to the high quality of the audio and video and to the fact that both were among a handful of the very best TV westerns ever produced. However, I have been having chronic problems playing these discs on my Panasonic DVD Recorder, which functions both as a DVD player and recorder. Almost every set has at least one disc that will not even start and is rejected by the machine as "incompatible." Sometimes I am able to get them to play by repeatedly opening and closing the disc drawer. I do not have this problem with any other discs that I've purchased or burned myself. Oddly, the discs play perfectly on my older, standard DVD player.

I wondered if anyone else has experienced this problem with the CBS programs DVDs.

Too Expensive
For the first time I may not buy the next available season of Gunsmoke ( Season 8)that will be released on May 7th. What is the justification for increasing the price? I have enjoyed buying the previous seasons but I will not continue buying at the present prices.

the shootout on Main Street in Dodge
We still watch the reruns of the original especially those in the earliest days. Matt Dillon is a character based on Wyatt Earp but James Arness hits the nail on the head. Arness should know a little about this as he was wounded in the invasion of Salerno in Italy. We especially enjoy the early films with Dennis Weaver and his limp. Most fans wanted Matt and Miss Kitty to marry but that was not to be. Ken Curtis was alright as Festus but the show was not the same.
When Arness passed away there was almost a national wake by those who grew up with those characters.

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