“Cream of the Jest”

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“Cream of the Jest”

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Season:             5 episode 34
Series Episode: 189
Air Date:          May 5, 1962

 

Teaser

“Do you think there’s something disgraceful about a man backing down when he doesn’t have a chance? Stay and watch a man die, Nora, and learn something.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Request by Nora Musgrove and the following letter:

Dear Handsome Stranger,

I’ve been much taken by your manly demeanor at the little altercation this evening and since my husband will be away at the ranch overnight, I wonder if you will do me the honor of paying a visit to your admiring and anxioulsy awaiting

Nora Musgrove

 

 

Fee

Undisclosed

 

 

Quote

“A jest that gives no pain is no jest.”
Paladin quoting Cervantes

“The name of Don Quixote’s present host was Don Antonio Moreno;
he was rich, sensible, and good-humoured; and being cheerfully disposed,
with such an inmate he soon began to consider how he might extract amusement

from his whimsical infirmity, but without offence to his guest; for the
jest that gives pain is no jest, nor is that lawful pastime which inflicts an injury.”
Miguel De Cervantes, The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha, 1605, 1615, Chapter XCI

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	55	Credited
Abner Blessingon	Gambler	Jeff Davis	28	Credited
"Ma" Kafka	Owner of Ma Kafka's Oyster House Saloon - Ales and Spirits	Naomi Stevens	35	Credited
Caleb Musgrove	Prankster	Stanley Adams	47	Credited
Nora Musgrove	Caleb Musgrove's wife	Catherine McLeod	40	Credited
	Member of the jest audience	Shawn Michaels		Credited
	Armorer	Peter Brocco	59	Credited
Walter B. Jonas	Physician / Surgeon	Raymond Bailey	57	Uncredited
	Member of the jest audience	"Snub" Pollard	72	Uncredited
	Member of the jest audience	Jack Stoney	64	Uncredited
	Member of the jest audience	Sid Troy	54	Uncredited
	Member of the jest audience			Uncredited

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Donner
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Shimon Wincelberg
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producers	Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Fred Maguire
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Casting	Peggy Rae
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

 

Historical Reference

Santa Clara pottery

 

 

Geographic References

Denver, Colorado Territory, United States of America
Rock of Gibraltar
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Yonkers, New York, United States of America

 

 

Gastronomic Delights

Mrs. Kafka’s Stuffed Cabbage

 

Sources

Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.

 

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