This classic scene from "Saturday Night" (10 ET) features Glenn Strange on the fiddle. Playing harmonica is actor, comedian, and musician Dub Taylor (Buck Taylor's dad). On guitar is Rudy Sooter, who appeared uncredited in 100 Gunsmoke episodes and who The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records states was "an elusive legend in country music". Victor French's character is drunkenly singing in the back. 😆 | The Legacy of Gunsmoke

Often edited from the TV airing of tonight's episode, "The Other Half" (S9, E35), here's "Festus" singing an excerpt from "Shall We Gather at the River" by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry. | The Legacy of Gunsmoke