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Gunsmoke: Jubilee (1972)
Ruth- The Best Ole Boy They Ever Was!
Festus and Ole Ruth are the stars of this episode! I will never forget the first time I saw Festus and Ruth (the original go anywhere 4WD) cross the gorge, this has stayed with me my whole life! It's called loyalty! Tuck insulted Ruth and Festus shut him down with word and deed. This was Hog Haggen's grandson at his best. For instance; when Ruth had completed the cross of the gorge, Festus says, "I knowed you could do it Ruth,you're the best ole boy they ever was. And if ary a man makes another back-handy comment about you, I'll be on him like stink on a skunk!" And earlier Festus said; "A mule's got more stand-bottom than any horse, and if ole Ruth was so minded, this here tick bitten, spavined mule could make Jubilee ashamed to be called a horse!" It's values like these that make Gunsmoke so far above anything being made today on TV or on the silver screen.