Deputy Festus Haggen Origin
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- This video focuses on the beginning of Festus Haggen while in Dodge City after joining forces with lawman Marshal Matt Dilion.
Festus was patterned after "Cedar Jack" (Frederick Munden), a man from Curtis' Las Animas childhood. Cedar Jack, who lived 15 miles south of town, made a living cutting cedar fence posts. Curtis observed many times that Jack came to Las Animas, where he would often end up drunk and in Curtis' father's jail. Festus' character was known, in part, for the nasally, twangy, rural accent which Curtis developed for the role, but which did not reflect Curtis' actual voice. (Wikipedia 2016).
Song: By Robert Belfour - Hill Stomp - Hill Country Blues
Some of my favorite episodes have both Ken Curtis and Burt Reynolds. There was some great comedy going back and forth between Festus and the " Comanche".
I like how Doc and Festus went at each other all the time but they were good friends
Ken Curtis ( Festus Haggen) a great actor and with great stars. Lots of great movies 🎥. Mr. Curtis was a very good singer 😀. May he sing on high and enjoy his heavenly host. R.I.P!
He was great, but his singing days are over.
Festus is my favorite character on gunsmoke . One of the best western shows ever . Great cast .
I love guns moke
"I'll doggone guarantee you that."
Gunsmoke is the best show ever. I love all the actors. #bestshowever. 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
@Penny Smith I'm with you . Great western show.
I prefer the Cestus of seasons 8 - 10. He became too exaggerated after season 11. That folded ear under his hat was a bit too much for me, and his speech got too slow also. Most people can see the difference.
Uncle Black Jack Haggen was played by the late great Denver Pyle, who also played Uncle Jesse in the series '' Dukes of Hazzard ''
Ken Curtis was one one of the most underrated actors ever!
I agree, he should have gotten an Emmy hands down.
SInger, too ...
Was a great Actor. Loved watching him
Act. Liked him lots more than Chester. :- )
Him and Ben Johnson!
underrated??? he was one of the best
I always thought Festus was a short little guy, turns out Ken Curtis was 6'-0". Apparently James Arness was a giant!
James Arness was 6'7", that makes him a giant.
James Arness was 6'7" and six feet tall isn't all that big.
@@williegordon7899 Six feet ain't that short neither. Maybe now it is, but not in the 1950's and '60's when Gunsmoke was filmed. I always thought the character Festus was maybe 5'-5" at best. Average height of an American male from the time period that Gunsmoke was set in was 5'-7". The whiny voice and scruffy appearance of the character also made him look shrimpy. Even so, as a young kid, scruffy old lovable Festus was my favorite character.
@@jackandblaze5956 Arness, Chuck Connors and Sterling Hayden stood tall when Hollywood went for supersized stars in the 1950s. Ken Curtis had a clever bowlegged shuffle that made Arness seem even taller. Hard to believe the same man was the handsome Irish singer and accordion player in "The Quiet Man," but he was. Amazing job of reinventing himself.
@@jackandblaze5956 perfectly said. I feel the same.
Loved watching Festus and doc argue!
Festus always knew what he was trying to say, even if no one else did!
Don Brynelsen
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Most of their funny arguments were improvised.
Wipe that mustach! Then wink at matt
@@ShannonFreng never compared to doc and Festus though
I enjoyed most the episodes Ken Curtis appeared in as Festus Haggen before he became a regular. He had an edge that seemed to disappear after that. But I still enjoyed his character. There were times when that edge reappeared. You knew he would always have Matt's back.
It's strange how when Festus showed up for a few episodes Chester started disappearing. Then one day he was gone, no explanation given. Then Festus became a regular.
Dennis Weaver who played Chester was afraid of being type cast to the role and asked to leave.
Before Festus was Quint(Burt Reynolds), who replaced Chester. Then Quint was replaced by Festus.
@@kennbo1 I think he also had other projects he wanted to have a go at.
@@mattwalker5129 Burt was there in the middle with both Chester and Festus.
Yes, Dennis Weaver did give an explanation for leaving, but it wasn't a well-known reason.
While on a camping / fishing trip in the mammoth mountains area with my dad in the late 60s , my dad had a lively conversation with Ken Curtis while he was fishing. I didn't meet him, makes for a good memory.
My father was born in Las Animas and went to school with Curtis Gates (Ken Curtis) . I didn't believe him at first until we went to visit my dad's family there and they verified everything he had told me. He said Curtis was a very talented respectable young man.
🙋🏻♀️ What a cool comment @kennbo1!
Mr Curtis was my absolute favorite!
TY for sharing! 😬
That is so awesome
@@mariaschatz9141 LLP
I was so sad when Chester left the series. But I relized that Festus was good too. Chester and Festus both had that western accent. ❤❤
There is an unexplained continuity error, in that the Festus seen here seems a lot more intelligent than the way Curtis portrayed him, farther on. This also happened in All in the Family, with Jean Stapleton's character of Edith Bunker.
Intelligence and education aren't the same thing.
@@glen1ster Yes. . . but I don't see how that particularly applies here. What I'm noting, is how the writers of these shows (well ultimately, it's the producers' decision) don't seem to worry (or indeed, care) about such incongruities. Baldrick's character in Blackadder, is another example. Or perhaps your intent was merely to state some banal platitude.
Festus was a great singer and actor we miss him. He was charitable and a very good friend. God bless him. We need more festus characters on our world today's day
I saw Ken Curtis years ago as Festus performing at the Rutland fair, he sang old cowboy songs and told jokes and stories. One story that comes to mind is, how an uncle of his after spending too much time at the long Branch came home a little confused and missed the house completely and ended up in the pig pen snuggle up with a old sow. While rubbing her belly thinking he was in his own bed he made a comment on how he didn't recall a double row of buttons on his wife's night gown.
I saw him in 1969 at the Rodeo in Little Rock, Ark. It was one of the highlights of my life, and he didn't disappoint.
that is an old joke.
By a strange coincidence I’m watching this episode right now on MeTV. Marshal Dillon and Festus just captured uncle Jack.
The Festus we see in later episodes is different than the one in this video. It appears Ken Curtis changed Festus to be less serious, more comical. Maybe to show a stark difference from Matt Dillon’s character. In any event Festus is one of the most memorable characters ever on TV.
I agree with you but it was more like a Festus and Doc "Hee Haw" routine which many of us enjoyed.
He still the same to me
He also appeared in one early episode as a smooth womanizer! Great episode!!
I agree love himmore than Chester
@@leahakel6383 Hi I enjoyed them both. Each had a role in Gunsmoke, but it was Festus I could have a crush on. LOL, full of character.
@1:03...this is Billy Hughes, who died in 2005 aged 57. He guest featured on the RIFLEMAN as a rebel friend of "Mark McCain".
Gunsmoke had the best cast of actor & actresses of any show as far as I'm concerned James Arness Amanda Blake Ken Curtus Milburn Stone Buck Taylor Burt Reynolds Dennis Weaver & the one who played Thad , never will be any like them! They made Gunsmoke plus the other guest actors who came on the show ! Best western TV show as far as I'm concerned ! 👍👍
I'll give it up to Festus but I love Denver pyle.. let both actors rest in peace. Thanks for the Memories..
Born in 65, watching Gunsmoke in the late 60's to the end in 75 I couldn't understand why they always thought Miss Kitty was hot. Then I saw the first episode from 1955 and I realized why.
I liked Chester buy loved Festus and it was so surprising to learn he was one of the Sons 8f Pioneers. I loved their music
Not just one of he sons of the Pioneers but the lead singer. Before that he sang with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He started as a singer.
I have know idea how I missed these episodes. Laying on the floor in front of the tv. I’m definitely enjoying now .
Same here, I was the remote control for my folks, back in those days.
Festus once said people should have an eyeball on the end of their finger so they can look around the corner of a building without getting their head blowed off. Pretty deep thinking there.
It's your video and I am not telling you what to do, but I am a big James Arness fan, and I don't think that Matt Dillon would approve of the modern background music. Yup.
@RESPECT MY AUTHORITY With every word I read you seemed to shrink a little more until finally you were just a tiny cartoon figure that I could barely hear.
You may or may not remember, but Ken Curtis played Almeron Dickinson in John Wayne's 1960 movie: "The Alamo."
He was also in a tv movie in 1988 called: "Once upon a Texas train", that starred Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Chuck Connors, Jack Elam, and Bruce Dern.
note to internet: enough with the "music" already
Keith Hill Thank you. I have often wondered who came up with the idea that we cannot watch a vid without a musical background
I'm 71 and I hate the music! Out at 3 min 22
@NWAZ flatEarther it's part of the whole entertainment value
Ken Curtis orginal Singer in "The Sons of The Pioneers " great singer...AS Festus Haggen my Favorite Character on Gunsmoke...And he played on Ripcord..... This episode US. Haggen was one of my favorites...
Festus really brings comedy to Gunsmoke.
Grew up to ; and loved all these wonderful westerns. Especially GUNSMOKE. 💘
I been catching up on gunsmoke show i couldn't watch in 50s..we had bed time back then..
ken curtis,, a sons of the pioneer original..what a gentleman
Thank you, so very much for this background.
Gunsmoke was /is my favorite show. I was only 6 when it was cancelled, but was given just as good of a show with The Macahans/How the West was Won, for several years thereafter.
Always the best characters and stories.
Nothing on T.V. comes close to this, nowadays.
Thank GOD for the internet and retro-tv channels.
They were all good people as well as good actors, and Ken Curtis was, perhaps, the most overlooked talent.
Ken Curtis was also in The Quite Man and The Killer Shrews.
Twin brother? Wow! I hope they did an episode of the always popular " evil twin".
Met Ken many years ago, a very fine gentleman.
Good old Festus , We love him Georgia.
What I liked about Festus was he had swag and was so entertaining he could carry an entire show .And he had a big heart
The half hour Gunsmoke and Marshall Dillon were much more interesting and detailed more plot twists than the later hour long Gunsmoke.
Loved 30 mins like Have Gun will Travel..Quick to the Point story.Thanks
Festus never had any "normal" relatives.
"Normal" if half mule, half rabbit, lol.
Festus had a GOOD heart!
What are you talkin' about, they were entirely normal to him.
@@emansnas Maud Haggen made ardent sprites in the sheep dip tank and it killed someone. Festus said it wasn't murder just manslaughter.
@@charlescrowell4981 Sorry I'm barely able to respond since I'm still ROFLMFAO!!!!!!
Make no mistake, Festus had a true sense of justice for sure for sure for sure. That made my day man!!!
My memory is bad- The movie with Ken Curtis in his later years is Conagher, from 1991, with Sam Elliott and Katherine Ross. I'm watching it now! It's just started on the inspiration channel, (inspired) eastern time! It's a Louis L'amour story.
Was His last. Think he died later that year. Great Character.
just several years ago, one could find ALL OF GUNSMOKES' episodes on UA-cam, from the early black and white to the color episodes! Now, all you can find is old radio Gunsmokes, 100's of very short snippets, but almost NO COMPLETE EPISODES! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! This is happening to many, many shows due to the dozen or more streaming companies that are buying the rights to 100's of shows, and making sure that everyone pays to see any episode of any show! UA-cam will soon be gone as far as thousands of free show to watch, and they have their own channel!. Listen to this episode! Some music has been added, and the episode isn't complete! Disgusting! Another era is disappearing! We will have to pay for all programs!
If you owned the rights to the series, you'd be singing a different tune. Nostalgia doesn't trump copyright law.
FYI, Ken Curtis was in "The Searchers" with John Wayne and he used that Festus accent in the movie.
Did you catch his Irish brogue in the pub scene in "The Quiet Man"?
Back in those days actors worked for a particular studio like Republic or MGM. Ken Curtis, John Wayne Harry Carey, Jr. and several others appeared in some classic movies together because of working for the same studio.
Music was totally unnecessary.
Joshua Brande . Amen!
Double Amen. It was damn irritating.
I was interested but not enough to put up with that crap. Produced by a TWIT....
The guy who produced this is no doubt so enamoured with the idea that a gitfiddel 'runs through it' that he wishes he'd have made it even louder just so those who don't appreciate his great artistic inspiration would have to suffer even more. Yep, that's the mentality you're up against... good luck.
Festus should have pulled the plug on the damn music
never judge a book by its cover,FESTUS was all man,and he was a bad man trying to be good,he backed MATT and the town constantly,dodge was a hellhole those years
My all time favorite Festus saying.If you about all the thinks that some people had ; You would think you would thunk that they didn’t have that many thinks to have thought of. I think. Brilliant Man😃😃😃
The show doesn't need background music. Thanks for the clips!
it was ironic seeing Kenneth Tobey and James Arness together again....shades of THE THING :)
A really talented guy. He and Marshall Dillion are sharing a cup of coffee I bet.
Ken Curtis was nothing like the hillbillies he played.
He played some straight parts in a Perry Mason episode and a John Ford movie with John Wayne.
He was also in two or three Paladin episodes.
He also starred in another TV show "Ripcord" (1962-1963)...no accent and no beard.
He was married to John Fords daughter.
One of my all time heroes.
I loved Gunsmoke! But just one time I would have loved to hear someone say "Marshall we are tired of hauling your dead men off of the street...do it yourself"! (As Dillon was always telling the stander byes to "some of you men haul him out of here).
Your right, I grew up on Gunsmoke and Marshall Dillon must have said that to the town folks at least 50 plus times.
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The music is too distracting hearing the duologue. But I put on earbuds and the music was playing on the opposite of the duologue, pulled the earbud on the music side, problem solved! Loved that Festus!
Now that there is some high tech stuff there dont ya know
“Us Haggans”. On my dvr until this one has to be replaced. My favorite episode. TY 4 sharing :)
This is wonderful! You seem to be able to get to the true 'heart' of the matter. And, have blended it all together well. So glad you are a Ken Curtis fan, as am I. This helps show Festus at his finest!!!!Keep up the good work.... PLEASE!!!
Thanks, Lottie, glad you liked them.
I am both a Ken Curtis and Festus fan. Especially Fetus, i just adore him. That's why I came to UA-cam to find, Season 8 episode 11. The episode when Fetus joined the cast. But I couldn't find it.
Mr. Ken Curtis could also sing 😄👍❤️
I also loved Everything "Denver Pyle" acted in , Too. Pyle was also a Great "character" actor in All parts he played in. Few are Actually good at that & many get '''stuck" in the same 'character' roles they Did play in . Happened to DENNIS WEAVER (aka Chester Goode") & nearly ruined his career. Met him once thru his nephew (Archer Weaver) who I sang & played with in a 'coffee house' band back in the 60s' . Went to Weavers house 2 times. He was very spiritual (had a dedicated room for his 'Buddhist' meditations.), was kind , a Philosopher & true 'Renaissance' man. Invited me to meet him at "the 'Mushroom' temple, (which I did). That's where I 1st learned about "Paramahansa Yogananda" (sp)? . Also had the famous Sitar"Ravi Shankar" who's Also "Nora Jones" father. "Ravi" played there all that day. I continued going there for several years after I left La Jolla & moved to Colorado. That is where Weaver built the 1st bio 'Earth House" he named "The Earth Ship". Built it in Ridgeway, Colorado, (near Telluride). Also did Many other '1sts'. But, again got 'stuck'. Only made 2 more movies after he left Gunsmoke. 1 was about a 'horse-riding' Marshal in New York (If I recall correctly), then a Twilight zone movie (or maybe filmed by some else) that had no Words, just a film about a car driven by 'Weaver" who had s 'Semi" following him, hassle-ing him & trying to Run him off the highway. Both flopped quickly as no people could get 'Chester' out of their visual memories. Was too bad & too sad, as he Was a very Great actor.''
It's understandable how this shew lasted.. great cast great writers and all.stood thru the test being cancelled.but came forth any way
Hell of a singer and musician...
I saw Ken Curtis at the Dixie National Rodeo. He was driving a team of horses pulling a wagon.
I love Ken Curtis as Festus. He sang great too.
Ken Curtis, one of the Sons of the Pioneers vocal group. He had a magnificent singing voice and was also one of the "John Ford Stock Company,' many films with John Wayne and others. Hard to believe old grizzled "Festus" was once a handsome young man. Here he is with the Sons of the Pioneers, singing "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" to Colonel Kirby (John Wayne) and his wife Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara) from the movie "Rio Grande" (colorized). This is movie gold! ua-cam.com/video/BP3M-u75zFo/v-deo.html
Thank you Michael. Ken Curtis has been one of my favorite actors since I was a girl & now I’m a grandmother. Appreciate the information & someone else still appreciating the value he brought to television. I’m now enjoying him on METV. Have a blessed week ahead :)
🙋🏻♀️ Watching this episode on tv right now! But there’s no comment section there. 🥺 This is my second favorite Festus episode ever! It’s the introduction of Festus aka Ken Curtis irl:
❤️❤️❤️ him! Another great/favorite actor: Denver Pyle! Worth having him play the bad guy so i can have both awesome guys in the same episode! In addition to meeting Festus, we’re also meeting his eventual woman April aka Elizabeth MacRae irl! i ❤️ them together! My _FAVORITE_ Festus episode doesn’t include April bc Festus needs to be single in this one so he can run around chasing women with Quint aka Burt Reynolds irl! 🤦🏻♀️ Ken and Burt are *TERRIFIC* together in _Comanches Is Soft_ s9 ep23! 🤣 They were the perfect “buddies” together! 🙆🏻♀️ lol sorry, this episode is making me want to see _that_ episode! So anyhoo. 🤷🏻♀️
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Aww, here’s the end:
DOC (ab Festus): “He’s really at the crossroads,
ain’t he?”
MATT: “Yeah.”
DOC: “Wonder which way he’s gonna turn?”
MATT: “i dunno Doc? She (April) hasn’t told
him yet!”
AWWW!! Soo _ADORABLE!!_ 🥰
WELCOME FESTUS! 🥳
I remember an episode where Ken Curtis , before playing Festus , kidnapped Miss Kitty , and was holding her hostage . He was clean shaven , must of been a couple of years before " Festus ". His great singing voice gave him away . Ha !
There was an episode called "Lover boy" where he was a scheming womanizer.
@@CBSChicagoArtist Talk about being a great actor ! How can you play a such a hayseed as well as he did , without being one ! Just the way he said " Matheu " ! ( Matthew ) was so unique ! R.I.P. Mr. Curtis and all .
He was also a member of The Son's of The Pioneers .
This music is loud , Ken might aproved of it .
He was in From Here to Eternity, too, in 1953
he was also John Fords son n law..
Dodge City! Draw your guns and plum shoot the music on this har video and plant it on Boot Hill!!
I think Ken Curtis first appeared on a Gunsmoke episode "Pretty Boy" or "Lover Boy". I have it written down, and I will try to find it to tell all of his fans. He was in a Western with Tom Selleck at an older age. I can't remember at the moment.
This wasn't his first appearance as Festus either.He played a wolfer the year before ,appearing against Dennis Weaver .
He was also in an episode of have fun will travel. Good in it too.
Ken Curtis had a great singing voice.
11:11 - three legends in one scene - Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver and Slim Pickens.
Little known fact: Ken Curtis who played Festus was a great singer.
The cut the first interchange with Festus and Marshall Dillon. Matt asked him why he was in the barn and Festus replied that he was trying to decide whether or not to shoot him.
Always worried about the marshal.....he spent entirely too much time with Chester while Miss Kitty obviously wished to have a pillow fight !
Not to mention some "Bedstead Bounce!" 😁
He just gets ready to tell us about his twin brother and it's cut off 🤨
Sorry about the editing and some audio, it was the first time using this new software.
I think every big name did Gunsmoke at least once. Heck, the wicked witch of the west did Gunsmoke, Margaret Hamiltion.
Ken Curtis played a character named monk on 2 episodes on have gun will travel. the name was different but it was Festus Hagan. the music is annoying !
Simply amazing and so so creative how the music in this piece just makes this video a true masterpiece of crap.
Denver Pyle - Good Actor !” AKA - Uncle Jack
I like the background music too.
Festus is the bestus
Ken Curtis as Fetus Haggens was a good actor, Singer made a great USA Deputy Marshall alongside USA Marshall Matthew Dillon played the Great Actor James Areness.
Very interesting. Thank you!
I loved to watch Gunsmoke episodes. I liked Festus so much I named my black 2003 Honda Shadow VLX 600 as 'Ruth' in honor of Festus Haggen's mule 'Ruth'. My bike is not qualified to be an 'iron horse' but she is a metal mule and will do anything I ask of her with no complaints. Ken Curtis also narrated a story about an 'Ode to a Mule'
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i aint here for music, I'm balin out at 3:27
Was that killer Uncle Jesse from Dukes of Hazzard?
Yes, his name is Denver Pyle
There was one he killed someone and ran as a fugitive.cause he didn't want Dillon to have to do it.a great episode.felt like he put his heart in to it n someways.like it!
What the Hell is the deal with the background music?....Thumbs down
Wolff Zambelli Yep. Stopped at the 2-minute mark and thubs down
I appreciated Festus much more than Chester...looking forward to his episodes on MeTV soon!
Love Gunsmoke and LOVE Festus Hagen.
Loved to see when Matt backhand some one who smarted off ….
Festus was cook like that, some of his sayings just tickle me,watch him and The Marshall everrry night!
I watch gunsmoke since I can't even remember I was born in 64 it's so odd to see Ken Curtis act like his self yes all actors do but he is so different it's just incredible you got to listen to him sing
I heard him sing many times, and even in the 60s while he was on "Gunsmoke" as Festus. ua-cam.com/video/jCy654qYlzE/v-deo.html
Annother thing I 'll never forgive the german tv to cut down the role and the importance of Ken Curtis and killed it with a german voice from Donald Duck in heavy hoarse measure. I love Rauchende Colts and Matt Dillon shoot every time fast and with accuracy. Best regards.
Dillon Festus ,Good partners. 👌💈💈Plowboy 53
Wait there just a darn rooting tooting minute there.!
Thar!
I wondered when Matt and Festus rode together hunting down a fugitive if Ruth could keep up with Matt's horse.
Odd to see Matt back shoot the guy running away at 8:55
Didn't shoot him in the back...shot in the ground behind him until he stopped
0:18 The EVIL Uncle Jesse
It's a very nice visual synopsis from the great Calvin Clements. Thanks for posting. Do you remember Robert Totten?
Yes I do, Vin. he directed a few "Gunsmoke" episodes and he was in the episode when he was on of Festus's best friend who struck it rich from a gold mine. He was good.
Agree on not needing the background music...except I love some country blues...who's doing the picking ?
Hound Dog Taylor and Elmore James.
Festis is exacty like a guy i know named Leroy. Loved to hunt n fish n country music the most honesr man i knew. U couldnt ask for a better man or friend.