# Gunsmoke - I'd forgotten Festus had a girlfriend.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217 "2012-05-07T20:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217/41 "2020-08-16T16:20:42Z")

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Earwise, yes, the little hangy down part.

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217/42 "2020-08-16T17:18:25Z")

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I’ll add these tidbits to the zombie thread:

- Yes, Ken Curtis could _really_ sing. He was one of the Sons Of The Pioneers, along with Roy Rogers, Pat Brady, and others.
- James Arness was 6’7"

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**Author:** ![Sdowns8302](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Sdowns8302](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sdowns8302)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217/43 "2020-08-16T18:55:22Z")

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Lol sorry! I’ll share the recognition … if we get any.😁

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217/44 "2020-08-16T20:10:16Z")

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Ken was also in this “exciting action series, filmed with no trick photography” (to paraphrase one promo I remember). An actual episode starts just after the ten-minute mark:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cFOMk5agXoU/hqdefault.jpg "Ripcord TV Show Promo Film & "The Skydiver" Unreleased Pilot 1961") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFOMk5agXoU)

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