# Gunsmoke questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719 "2004-11-19T21:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/21 "2013-11-06T16:40:35Z")

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Or just make them darker and darker, until you can’t see what’s written without mouse-selecting them.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/22 "2013-11-06T17:08:06Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Back then, shows hardly ever wrapped up. \*\*The Fugitive \*\* was the first, but it was years before anyone tried it again (probably the Mary Tyler Moore Show was next, ten years later)

No, _The Odd Couple_ ended in 1975 (two years before _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_) and they had a special final episode with Felix getting remarried to his ex-wife Gloria and moving out of the apartment.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/23 "2013-11-06T17:10:30Z")

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> [@Yllaria](#):
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> Or just make them darker and darker, until you can’t see what’s written without mouse-selecting them.

That’s why I read the SDMB on paper. All the years-old threads are all yellowed and crinkly.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/24 "2013-11-06T18:01:22Z")

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> [@Enright3](#):
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> DANGIT!!! Why can’t all posts be color coded as to how old they are?

zombie or no

the ones on old tv shows are in black and white.

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**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/25 "2013-11-06T19:35:27Z")

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Some sort of color coding on Zombies would be a great idea. I usually clue into a Zombie thread because of all the banned posters in one thread.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-questions/275719/26 "2013-11-06T19:37:21Z")

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I suppose it’s too late to point out, in response to post #6, that The Brady Bunch had at at least 2 three-part episodes: the Hawaii trip and the Grand Canyon trip.

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