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Gunsmoke: Season 11: Episode 28

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CBS | Air Date: April 9, 1966
Starring: Tom Waters, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, Roger Ewing, Buck Taylor, James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Glenn Strange
Summary: Festus is nearly rundown by a speeding wagon on the trail between Hays City
and Dodge. He soon finds the wagon further up the trail with a broken wheel.
Here he meets Angus McTabboot and his 'unofficial' nephew Jock. It turns out that Angus is on his way to Dodge to open a newspaper and winds up hiring Festus as a reporter, with Jock asFestus is nearly rundown by a speeding wagon on the trail between Hays City
and Dodge. He soon finds the wagon further up the trail with a broken wheel.
Here he meets Angus McTabboot and his 'unofficial' nephew Jock. It turns out
that Angus is on his way to Dodge to open a newspaper and winds up hiring
Festus as a reporter, with Jock as his aide to read and write for him. After
digging three bullets out of the back of Angus' wagon, Matt speaks to Angus
and discovers he was run out of Hays City for printing "the truth about
people," regardless of the consequences. The first thing Festus writes about

is how local rancher Merl Benlan got his start by rustling cattle down in
Texas. Merl gets pretty upset and goes after Festus and Angus. Then, when
Angus explains the concept of advertising to Festus, he creates a price war
between Mr. Jonas' and Clab Chummer's general stores, which gets seriously
out of hand. Things eventually deteriorate and Festus runs a front page
story about a big gold strike at Pueblo Flats to get most of the men out of
town so Angus can pack up and sneak out without getting shot.… Expand
Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure
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