re: Festus Hagan on Gunsmoke, was about the best TV character I ever saw

There were 9 paint horses that Lil Joe rode, all named Cochise. The original Cochise was found brutally murdered. He sometimes rode different horses in the same episode. I believe Cochise #6 was the one he used when they were filming an episode where Joe would be racing a good ways as he was considered the fastest.
Adam’s horse was named Sport. Adam hated to ride so they often had a woman stunt rider take his place.

Yeah man, that had to be some method acting. OG Simple Jack. What a tard ole Festus was.

I wonder if Gunsmoke inspired the line "wait a minute, Chester" in The Weight.