The Series ran nine years on radio and twenty on television--the all-time longest running prime-time program with continuing characters.
There are 74 -in-depth interviews and reminiscences by principal performers (Arness, Blake, Weaver, et al.), guest stars (Hartley, O\'Connor, Leachman, Reynolds, Conrad, et al.), and directors, writers and producers associated with the radio and television progr.
It introduced to the American people a cast of characters that quickly took on mythic proportions.
The Series ran nine years on radio and twenty on television--the all-time longest running prime-time program with continuing characters