A while back the westerns cable channel had James Arness on, talking about the early days of "Gunsmoke." Seems most of the main actors were vegetarians and it caused some funny times on the set. This was way before it was "trendy" Imagine if fans back then had known their "cowboy" heros didn't eat steaks!

As I recall, Weaver had a pretty decent voice. Didn't he sing a few times on the show? Maybe it was on the radio. My earliest memory of radio is of our family gathering around to listen to "Gunsmoke."