Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Gunsmoke" -"I Don't Know" (12-06-52)

Gunsmoke - "I Don't Know" (Aired December 6, 1952)

Howard McNear starred as Dr. Charles Adams in the radio series, with Milburn Stone portraying Dr. Galen Adams in the television version. In the radio series, "Doc" Adams was initially a self-interested and somewhat dark character with a predilection for constantly attempting to increase his revenue through the procurement of autopsy fees. However, McNear's performances steadily became more warm-hearted and sympathetic. Most notably, this transformation began during (and progressed steadily following) the July 1952 episode "Never Pester Chester", in which a physician with a more compassionate and devoted temperament is essential to the plotline when Chester is near-fatally injured by two trouble-making Texas drovers. Doc Adams' backstory evokes a varied and experienced life: In some episodes, he had educational ties to Philadelphia; in others, he spent time as ship's doctor aboard the gambling boats that plied the Mississippi River, which provided a background for his knowledge of New Orleans (and acquaintance with Mark Twain).

 

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December 06, 1952. CBS network. "I Don't Know". Sustaining. Little Danny Birch brings Marshal Dillon and Chester out to the ranch...and a secret about his father. The program closing has been deleted, the story is complete. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Beals, Lee Millar Jr., Antony Ellis (writer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor). 28:30.   Cat.#39957 Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.