I saw "Three Queens Full" (the Bonanza send-up) and "Shady Time in Sunny Acres" which I firmly believe was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning movie, "The Sting." I've heard of this Gunsmoke send-up for years, and finally saw it this morning on MeTV. Well worth the wait! I now have seen the three best episodes ever produced of this irreverent, off-beat Western.
The visual cues are numerous yet understated, except for the gunfight outside the Weeping Willow Saloon, wherein Mort Dooley and Bret Maverick are so far apart they're clearly out of range of one another...yet Dooley empties his six-shooter at Maverick, then mopes about it thinking he had lost his touch with a revolver.
From the opening scene at Elwood's Boot Hill to the gunfight (shot just as the intro to Gunsmoke was, right down to the camera angles) one finds oneself wondering what show he/she actually is watching. Priceless. A bonus is the scene in which Dooley and Doc Stone - err...Doc Stucke - are talking about Elwood's growth and Dooley casually mentions that gunfighter who just the previous week had come through town, handing out business cards! (Can one say, Paladin?)
I've said enough. Well worth seeing - thoroughly enjoyable, and funny as hell to boot!
The visual cues are numerous yet understated, except for the gunfight outside the Weeping Willow Saloon, wherein Mort Dooley and Bret Maverick are so far apart they're clearly out of range of one another...yet Dooley empties his six-shooter at Maverick, then mopes about it thinking he had lost his touch with a revolver.
From the opening scene at Elwood's Boot Hill to the gunfight (shot just as the intro to Gunsmoke was, right down to the camera angles) one finds oneself wondering what show he/she actually is watching. Priceless. A bonus is the scene in which Dooley and Doc Stone - err...Doc Stucke - are talking about Elwood's growth and Dooley casually mentions that gunfighter who just the previous week had come through town, handing out business cards! (Can one say, Paladin?)
I've said enough. Well worth seeing - thoroughly enjoyable, and funny as hell to boot!