In this episode of the All Star Western Theater, we are transported to the great open spaces with the Riders of the Purple Sage. The show kicks off with a blend of Western music and storytelling, featuring classic tunes and the legendary tales of Pecos Bill. As the Riders serenade us with "I'll Hold You in My Heart," we are reminded of the timeless romance and rugged spirit of the Old West. The episode also brings us the humorous and adventurous story of Sunshine Johnson, a successful cattleman known for his constant worrying, even as he strikes oil on his ranch.
The episode is filled with lively banter and Western charm as Sunshine, Foy, and the Riders embark on a rabbit hunting trip that turns into a comedic adventure. Sunshine's perpetual worry about life's troubles is put to the test when he learns of his newfound wealth from an oil discovery. Despite his good fortune, Sunshine's concerns only grow, especially with the prospect of his estranged wife returning. Join us for a delightful mix of music, humor, and Western tales that capture the essence of cowboy life and the unpredictable nature of fortune.
(00:57) Introduction to All Star Western Theater
(03:13) Musical Performance: A Lonesome Ballad
(06:14) The Importance of Quality: A Word from Weber's Bread
(07:13) The Legend of Pecos Bill
(13:32) Story Time: Adventures with Sunshine Johnson
(23:21) The Evolution of Bread: Then and Now
(24:21) Closing Performance: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
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Join us for another captivating episode of the All Star Western Theater, where the spirit of the great open spaces comes alive through music and storytelling. This week, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage serenade us with classic western tunes, including the romantic ballad "I'll Hold You in My Heart" and the legendary tale of Pecos Bill. As the melodies echo, we are transported to the days of the Old West, where men like Pecos Bill tamed the wild frontier with courage and grit.
In our featured story, we follow the adventures of Sunshine Johnson, a successful cattleman known for his constant worrying. As Sunshine embarks on a rabbit hunt with his friends, unexpected news of an oil strike on his land turns his world upside down. While his friends celebrate his newfound fortune, Sunshine frets over the troubles that wealth might bring, including the return of his troublesome ex-wife, Lulu. Tune in for a delightful mix of humor, music, and western lore, as we explore the trials and triumphs of life on the range.
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The makers of that good weather's breadth bring you the all star Western Theater.
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From Hollywood comes your all star western theater, starring America's great western singers, boy willing and the riders of the purple sage, bringing you the music, the stories and the spirit of the great open spaces. Now, here are the riders of the purple sage.
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This is Floyd willing saying hello again for the riders of the Purple Sage and asking you to be our guest for another half hour of Western story and songs. We open the festivities with a grand old spiritual, but we'd like to go romantic now and bring you one of the smoothest love songs we know. It's that fine lonesome ballad. I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms.
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I'll hold The stars up in the sky, I know the reason why I feel so blue when I'm away from you. I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my heart. So, darling, please wait for me. The stars up in the sky. I know the reason why I feel so good
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While the boys were singing that wonderful old western tune, I just happen to think that in the days of the Old West, men had to be good all the time to be a success in their business. Well, the same thing is true today. No question about it. It holds true in all businesses, and the folks at Weber's know that too. So they bake good bread all the time. Yes. Weber's fine quality, good taste, and soft freshness is consistent. That's right. You never buy a loaf of Weber's bread in that cheerful blue gingham wrapper that you don't get the best bread money can buy. Folks all over Southern California have known this for years.
We'd like for you to find out about it if you don't already know. Just try one loaf of Weber's bread and see for yourself how good a bread can be. And now back to the all star western theater.
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If you wanna know who painted the painted desert did such a grand job of digging the Rio Grande, in fact the man who tamed the West single handed, just listen to the biography of Pecos Bill. Now mind you, we're not guaranteeing the truth of the following statements, but we do guarantee you'll like the way the writers of the purple sage thing about that famous guy from Texas.
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Takers Bill was beast. Once he wrote the raging cyclone out of nowhere, then he straddled it and settled down to the east. And while that cyclone bucked and fretted, take us roll the smoke and let it and he tamed that onry wind down to a breeze.
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So yippee,
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I, I, I, I, I, over the toughest critter West Of The Alamo. Once there was a drop that spread all over Texas, so to sunny California, he did go. And though the gag is kinda corny, he brought rain from California, that's the way we got to go for Mexico. Once a band up, Russell stole a herd of cattle. But they didn't know the herd they told was big. And when he crossed them crooked fillings, Pateus knocked out all all their fillings. That's the reason why there's gold in them now here.
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So yippee yay yay yippee yay yippee yay o. For the toughest critter West Of The Alamo.
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While a tribe of painted Indians did a war dance.
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While reclining on a cloud high over Texas, with his gun he made the stars evaporation. Then take a saw the stars declining, so he left one brightly shining as the end Ramos will own Star Texas state. Boy, it'll be story time in a few minutes, but, first, it's time for one more of the top tunes from your collection. Well Terry, here's one we liked enough to make into a capital recording and our friends liked it enough to start buying those platters. No, that should make you very happy. Well, believe me it does. And maybe we can say thanks to our platter buying friends by singing the same version of sometime
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Sometimes, only one time.
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I'll
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come. Oh, some there is an only one singing love's old song. The gray Sometime Sometimes, someone will whisper, I love you. Love you.
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It's time now for our story of the West. This time, Foy and the writers of the purple sage bring us another of their adventures with that fine old cattleman, sunshine Johnson, the greatest worrier in seven states. We've told you before in our stories about sunshine Johnson and his famous ranch, The Rocking Jay. The Rocking Jay sprawls its 10,000 acres along the beautiful Rio Verde. The hills and pastures are filled with fine fat Hereford cattle and pedigreed stock horses. Stone Ranch House is noted for its hospitality. And sunshine himself is known as one of the most successful cattlemen in the West. He claims he can make money with beef selling at 10¢ a pound on the hook. So you know he's doing all right at today's prices.
Well, the riders of the purple sage are old friends at of sunshine and make frequent trips to the rocking jade. They have a wonderful time at the ranch and really enjoy watching sunshine Johnson worry. For a man who has everything it takes to be happy, he's the worry in the sky you ever ever saw. In fact, half the fun he gets out of life is worrying about what might happen. As our story begins, boy, Al, slowly and sunshine are riding slowly down the river trail. It's a beautiful day. No work to be done and nothing scheduled for the day except a nice pleasant hunting trip.
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So yippee, yay, yippee, yippee, yippee, yippee, yippee, yoyo.
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He's the toughest critter West Of The Alamo.
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What's the matter, Al? Can't you forget Pecos Bill? Nope. I sure like that song. And I'd like to meet a guy that tough sometime. Oh, now Bill wasn't really so awful tough. Now don't tell us you knew Pecos Bill, sunshine. No. Of course, I knowed him. His home was in Texas, but he ranged all over this part of the country. Oh, Pecos Bill was just a legend like Paul Bunyan. Oh, no. He wasn't. No. Sure. That stuff about him digging the Rio Grande painting to paint a desert may have stretched the truth a little bit, but I do remember one time he come into camp right in the mountain lion and a whooping a four quitter bore legged with a live rattlesnake. No. It caused quite some commotion. Now cut it out, sunshine. That's a darn truth, so help me. But Bill wasn't really what you would call tough. No. Well, he sounds tough enough to me. Well, I don't know. He got in a gunfight in the radio one time.
Afterward, he showed me a dozen black and blue marks on his hide where the bullets had left bruises. But but then I was directing maybe he was getting kinda old then, and the slugs didn't bounce off of him as easy as he used to. Yeah. It sounds like he was, old and feeble. Well, Bill will do until a real tough guy comes along. Oh, there ain't gonna be no more tough guys like Bill. The days of the Old West is gone. Oh, I don't know, sunshine. Oh, yes. They are, boy. Things is too dang peaceful around here, and it worries me a lot. Well, you enjoy worrying more than anybody I ever saw. It ain't that. But no matter how good things is, I figure I got to get my share of hard luck someday. Well, how old are you, sunshine? Only just 62.
Well, you've had good luck all your life, haven't you? Oh, wonderful. That's why I worry so much. Trouble sure must be piling up on me. But just like now, we start out on a nice, quiet little rabbit hunt, and you know what could happen? Sure. We might not find any rabbits. You know, maybe we have got something to worry about. No. No. I mean, real trouble. Why one of us might get accidentally shot or fall off of a horse and get hurt, or maybe we'd have a thunderstorm and get struck by lightning, or we might start a brush fire and all of us just get burned to death.
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Oh, now look, sunshine.
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Sixty two years you've been living, and you ain't been shot, fell off a horse, been struck by lightning, or burned to death. Oh, are you kidding? I've been shot six times, had twelve bones busted by horses, been struck by lightning twice, and had my eyebrows sent off in a forest fire.
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Well, have you ever been burned to death? Well, no. Well, that's what I mean. You're a lucky guy, sunshine, so quit worrying. Well, I don't woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Wo
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lot. I'm getting too darn old for that kind of ride. Thank you for shooting snake,
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a snake, boy. Well, that's alright, sunshine.
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I just can't figure why your horse shot and ours didn't. Yeah. Get out of here. Oh, boy. Come on, boy. Go. Go. Come on. Well, it's just my luck, I guess. If there's any trouble coming, it's time that I got my share. Say, I'm getting mighty hungry myself. Let's ride down on the shade of them cottonwoods to the river and have lunch. That's a good idea. Yeah. Come on. I'll race you down there. Okay. Well, I'm in on this too now. I ain't too dog gone old to run a horse race. Okay.
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You ready? All set. Alright, man. Alright. You you start us, boy. Yeah. Alright. One, two,
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three. Let
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don't just stand there. Follow me up, boy. You won the race, boy, but sunshine put up the best finish. Yeah.
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Say, this wasn't a swimming race, sunshine. Oh, look. Let's just don't have no joke. I'm wet and I'm cold. Probably catch pneumonia and die before you can get me home.
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Well, give us your hands. We'll pull you out. Yeah. Now, come on.
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Off you go. But all right.
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Someday after the full horse is gonna run right into a cliff with me and just kill me dinner and $27.
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Oh, serve you right if you're going riding that old goat. You got plenty of good horses. Why ride that one? Oh, I don't know.
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He keeps my life from being dull.
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Sunshine means he's got something to worry about when he rides that old dog, Al. I guess he has. Oh, I'll build up a fire and heat up some coffee for you, sunshine.
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Hey, you know, we're not getting very far with the rabbit hunting. Yeah. That's right. Sometimes it seems like we're just born in this world for nothing but trouble. And when it catches up with you, well, ain't no time to hunt rabbits. Hand me that coffee pot, sunshine,
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and quit worrying for a little while. If you'd spend all that energy looking for good luck, you'd be a lot happier. Oh, I don't think so, boy. Well, if sunshine ever quit worrying, he'd probably be bored today. Yeah. Hey. What's that shooting? Sounds like three shots. Somebody must be in trouble. Oh, it's probably one of the boys looking for me. My gun is all wet. Thanks for the mail. Okay.
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I'll let him know where we
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at. Say, he heard us alright. He can pick up the river trail and follow our tracks down here. Boy, these sandwiches that Cook put up look mighty good. How soon will that coffee be ready, We'll give it a chance, Al. Oh, gosh. And save one of those sandwiches for whoever's coming down the trail. It's probably my foreman, Jake. Just a short shooting. Somebody's busted a leg. Russell has got some of my cattle. Something has gone wrong. Say, maybe your wife's decided to come back to me. Oh, no. Well, it can't be that bad.
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I'm just kidding, Funchal. Well, now don't start to hoo rowing me about a dangerous thing like that. Why, that woman was more darn trouble than all the rustlers,
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rustlers, and the rattlesnakes on the ring. Well, grab a cup, boys. We're gonna have hot coffee in just a minute. Okay, Al. Well, Foy,
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you don't really sure enough think Lulu would come back after fifteen years. Oh, I didn't mean it, sunshine.
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Just an idea. Now forget it and have some hot coffee and stop worrying. Yeah. Stop worrying, he said.
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I'll have nightmares for a week just thinking about Lulu. She got a nastier disposition than a short with a cut snout.
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Oh, hey. Here comes a rider, sunshine.
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Yeah. And he's really riding. Yeah. Can't make out who it is.
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Well, it isn't Jake. Well, I'll be doggone. It's Terry.
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Oh, that was oh, that's that horrible. What's up, Terry? Oh, plenty. Hey. Jake said to find you and to get you right back to ranch, sunshine. I know that something terrible's happened for sure. No. I wouldn't call it terrible. You know that, land down at the south end of the ranch? You mean the section I leased to that Wildcat Oil Company? That's right. They struck oil today. Oh. Yeah. Looks like you're a rich man, sunshine. Hey. Well, I'll be doggone. Talk about luck. Sunshine, that's wonderful.
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After all of these years of working and worrying, you're gonna be a millionaire. Yeah. Well, sunshine, what do you say? Looks like your worries are over. Oh, man. What are you talking about?
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My worries is just beginning. I'll have lawyers around signing contracts, oil trucks be driving through the ranch and scaring the beef off my kettle, and what you think gonna happen to my income tax? Don't worry about it, sunshine. You can hire somebody to take care of all of your business in bed. Don't worry, sir. Have you thought about one other thing? What? Lulu. That's what. That woman can smell a million dollars from here to El Paso. She'd be back here telling me to how how to live my life before you can say worry, worry, worry. Oh, why did I ever let them drill for oil? Sunshine, let me be the first to congratulate you. I don't want no congratulations.
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I want peace. Oh, Oh, not on the oil well. Congratulations on finally having something to worry about.
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You know, back in the days when those western songs echoed over the range and the cowboys were out rounding up the cattle, bread was just as important and just as popular as it is today. But it wasn't as good as today's Weber's bread. You know why? Well that's easy. The ingredients are all finer today. The flour is more scientifically milled. We've got all kinds of machines which are controlled by dojiggers and whatnots, and so the Weber bakers just can't go wrong. So Weber's bread is always the finest bread you can get. It's always good, fresh, soft, always furnishes the vitamins and minerals natural to whole wheat because Weber's bread is enriched, you know. Yes. We're pretty lucky today to have a bread the entire family enjoys, and one that's good for us too.
Try good Weber's bread soon. Buy a loaf of Weber's bread in the blue and white checked gingham wrapper. You'll like it. It's as good as bread can be.
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The writers of the Purple Sage ring down the curtain on our all star Western theater with one of the real classics of western music. All the loneliness of the drifting cowboys in the melody and lyrics of this famous song of the range country. Here they are with their version of tumbling tumbleweeds.
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I know when night is gone. Let a new world's born at dawn.
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Well, it's time to head back to the home corral, but we'll be riding down the Melody Trail next week at this same time. And we hope you'll saddle up and join us. This is boy willing saying so long for Al Slowy, Johnny Paul, Scottie Harrell, and Bud Sievert, the writers of the Purple Sage.
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Martin Yarborough helped us tell our story.
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And our music is arranged by Jerry Vaughn. Thanks to Paul Pierce who writes and directs our show. And so long to all all of you until next week. Between now and then, remember to be good to yourself.
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This is Dick Wynne inviting you to join us next week when the bakers of that good Weber's Bread bring you another all star western theater program. If you would like to see one of our shows here in Don Lee's beautiful new studios, write the ticket department, mutual broadcasting system. Your request will be filled promptly. This is the mutual Dan Lee broadcasting system.
What you're hearing is Hardie fiber cement siding living up to its reputation as the siding that handles hail impact with ease. James Hardie knows how important a reputation is, especially when you're a contractor. That's why Hardie's siding withstands severe weather better than vinyl siding, with styles to match its strength, so you can be sure you're providing your clients with the best. Protect your reputation with exterior products by James Hardie.
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The makers of that good weather's breadth bring you the all star Western Theater.
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From Hollywood comes your all star western theater, starring America's great western singers, boy willing and the riders of the purple sage, bringing you the music, the stories and the spirit of the great open spaces. Now, here are the riders of the purple sage.
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This is Floyd willing saying hello again for the riders of the Purple Sage and asking you to be our guest for another half hour of Western story and songs. We open the festivities with a grand old spiritual, but we'd like to go romantic now and bring you one of the smoothest love songs we know. It's that fine lonesome ballad. I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms.
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I'll hold The stars up in the sky, I know the reason why I feel so blue when I'm away from you. I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my heart. So, darling, please wait for me. The stars up in the sky. I know the reason why I feel so good
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While the boys were singing that wonderful old western tune, I just happen to think that in the days of the Old West, men had to be good all the time to be a success in their business. Well, the same thing is true today. No question about it. It holds true in all businesses, and the folks at Weber's know that too. So they bake good bread all the time. Yes. Weber's fine quality, good taste, and soft freshness is consistent. That's right. You never buy a loaf of Weber's bread in that cheerful blue gingham wrapper that you don't get the best bread money can buy. Folks all over Southern California have known this for years.
We'd like for you to find out about it if you don't already know. Just try one loaf of Weber's bread and see for yourself how good a bread can be. And now back to the all star western theater.
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If you wanna know who painted the painted desert did such a grand job of digging the Rio Grande, in fact the man who tamed the West single handed, just listen to the biography of Pecos Bill. Now mind you, we're not guaranteeing the truth of the following statements, but we do guarantee you'll like the way the writers of the purple sage thing about that famous guy from Texas.
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Takers Bill was beast. Once he wrote the raging cyclone out of nowhere, then he straddled it and settled down to the east. And while that cyclone bucked and fretted, take us roll the smoke and let it and he tamed that onry wind down to a breeze.
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So yippee,
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I, I, I, I, I, over the toughest critter West Of The Alamo. Once there was a drop that spread all over Texas, so to sunny California, he did go. And though the gag is kinda corny, he brought rain from California, that's the way we got to go for Mexico. Once a band up, Russell stole a herd of cattle. But they didn't know the herd they told was big. And when he crossed them crooked fillings, Pateus knocked out all all their fillings. That's the reason why there's gold in them now here.
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So yippee yay yay yippee yay yippee yay o. For the toughest critter West Of The Alamo.
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While a tribe of painted Indians did a war dance.
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While reclining on a cloud high over Texas, with his gun he made the stars evaporation. Then take a saw the stars declining, so he left one brightly shining as the end Ramos will own Star Texas state. Boy, it'll be story time in a few minutes, but, first, it's time for one more of the top tunes from your collection. Well Terry, here's one we liked enough to make into a capital recording and our friends liked it enough to start buying those platters. No, that should make you very happy. Well, believe me it does. And maybe we can say thanks to our platter buying friends by singing the same version of sometime
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Sometimes, only one time.
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I'll
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come. Oh, some there is an only one singing love's old song. The gray Sometime Sometimes, someone will whisper, I love you. Love you.
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It's time now for our story of the West. This time, Foy and the writers of the purple sage bring us another of their adventures with that fine old cattleman, sunshine Johnson, the greatest worrier in seven states. We've told you before in our stories about sunshine Johnson and his famous ranch, The Rocking Jay. The Rocking Jay sprawls its 10,000 acres along the beautiful Rio Verde. The hills and pastures are filled with fine fat Hereford cattle and pedigreed stock horses. Stone Ranch House is noted for its hospitality. And sunshine himself is known as one of the most successful cattlemen in the West. He claims he can make money with beef selling at 10¢ a pound on the hook. So you know he's doing all right at today's prices.
Well, the riders of the purple sage are old friends at of sunshine and make frequent trips to the rocking jade. They have a wonderful time at the ranch and really enjoy watching sunshine Johnson worry. For a man who has everything it takes to be happy, he's the worry in the sky you ever ever saw. In fact, half the fun he gets out of life is worrying about what might happen. As our story begins, boy, Al, slowly and sunshine are riding slowly down the river trail. It's a beautiful day. No work to be done and nothing scheduled for the day except a nice pleasant hunting trip.
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So yippee, yay, yippee, yippee, yippee, yippee, yippee, yoyo.
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He's the toughest critter West Of The Alamo.
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What's the matter, Al? Can't you forget Pecos Bill? Nope. I sure like that song. And I'd like to meet a guy that tough sometime. Oh, now Bill wasn't really so awful tough. Now don't tell us you knew Pecos Bill, sunshine. No. Of course, I knowed him. His home was in Texas, but he ranged all over this part of the country. Oh, Pecos Bill was just a legend like Paul Bunyan. Oh, no. He wasn't. No. Sure. That stuff about him digging the Rio Grande painting to paint a desert may have stretched the truth a little bit, but I do remember one time he come into camp right in the mountain lion and a whooping a four quitter bore legged with a live rattlesnake. No. It caused quite some commotion. Now cut it out, sunshine. That's a darn truth, so help me. But Bill wasn't really what you would call tough. No. Well, he sounds tough enough to me. Well, I don't know. He got in a gunfight in the radio one time.
Afterward, he showed me a dozen black and blue marks on his hide where the bullets had left bruises. But but then I was directing maybe he was getting kinda old then, and the slugs didn't bounce off of him as easy as he used to. Yeah. It sounds like he was, old and feeble. Well, Bill will do until a real tough guy comes along. Oh, there ain't gonna be no more tough guys like Bill. The days of the Old West is gone. Oh, I don't know, sunshine. Oh, yes. They are, boy. Things is too dang peaceful around here, and it worries me a lot. Well, you enjoy worrying more than anybody I ever saw. It ain't that. But no matter how good things is, I figure I got to get my share of hard luck someday. Well, how old are you, sunshine? Only just 62.
Well, you've had good luck all your life, haven't you? Oh, wonderful. That's why I worry so much. Trouble sure must be piling up on me. But just like now, we start out on a nice, quiet little rabbit hunt, and you know what could happen? Sure. We might not find any rabbits. You know, maybe we have got something to worry about. No. No. I mean, real trouble. Why one of us might get accidentally shot or fall off of a horse and get hurt, or maybe we'd have a thunderstorm and get struck by lightning, or we might start a brush fire and all of us just get burned to death.
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Oh, now look, sunshine.
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Sixty two years you've been living, and you ain't been shot, fell off a horse, been struck by lightning, or burned to death. Oh, are you kidding? I've been shot six times, had twelve bones busted by horses, been struck by lightning twice, and had my eyebrows sent off in a forest fire.
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Well, have you ever been burned to death? Well, no. Well, that's what I mean. You're a lucky guy, sunshine, so quit worrying. Well, I don't woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. Wo
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lot. I'm getting too darn old for that kind of ride. Thank you for shooting snake,
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a snake, boy. Well, that's alright, sunshine.
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I just can't figure why your horse shot and ours didn't. Yeah. Get out of here. Oh, boy. Come on, boy. Go. Go. Come on. Well, it's just my luck, I guess. If there's any trouble coming, it's time that I got my share. Say, I'm getting mighty hungry myself. Let's ride down on the shade of them cottonwoods to the river and have lunch. That's a good idea. Yeah. Come on. I'll race you down there. Okay. Well, I'm in on this too now. I ain't too dog gone old to run a horse race. Okay.
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You ready? All set. Alright, man. Alright. You you start us, boy. Yeah. Alright. One, two,
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three. Let
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don't just stand there. Follow me up, boy. You won the race, boy, but sunshine put up the best finish. Yeah.
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Say, this wasn't a swimming race, sunshine. Oh, look. Let's just don't have no joke. I'm wet and I'm cold. Probably catch pneumonia and die before you can get me home.
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Well, give us your hands. We'll pull you out. Yeah. Now, come on.
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Off you go. But all right.
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Someday after the full horse is gonna run right into a cliff with me and just kill me dinner and $27.
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Oh, serve you right if you're going riding that old goat. You got plenty of good horses. Why ride that one? Oh, I don't know.
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He keeps my life from being dull.
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Sunshine means he's got something to worry about when he rides that old dog, Al. I guess he has. Oh, I'll build up a fire and heat up some coffee for you, sunshine.
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Hey, you know, we're not getting very far with the rabbit hunting. Yeah. That's right. Sometimes it seems like we're just born in this world for nothing but trouble. And when it catches up with you, well, ain't no time to hunt rabbits. Hand me that coffee pot, sunshine,
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and quit worrying for a little while. If you'd spend all that energy looking for good luck, you'd be a lot happier. Oh, I don't think so, boy. Well, if sunshine ever quit worrying, he'd probably be bored today. Yeah. Hey. What's that shooting? Sounds like three shots. Somebody must be in trouble. Oh, it's probably one of the boys looking for me. My gun is all wet. Thanks for the mail. Okay.
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I'll let him know where we
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at. Say, he heard us alright. He can pick up the river trail and follow our tracks down here. Boy, these sandwiches that Cook put up look mighty good. How soon will that coffee be ready, We'll give it a chance, Al. Oh, gosh. And save one of those sandwiches for whoever's coming down the trail. It's probably my foreman, Jake. Just a short shooting. Somebody's busted a leg. Russell has got some of my cattle. Something has gone wrong. Say, maybe your wife's decided to come back to me. Oh, no. Well, it can't be that bad.
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I'm just kidding, Funchal. Well, now don't start to hoo rowing me about a dangerous thing like that. Why, that woman was more darn trouble than all the rustlers,
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rustlers, and the rattlesnakes on the ring. Well, grab a cup, boys. We're gonna have hot coffee in just a minute. Okay, Al. Well, Foy,
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you don't really sure enough think Lulu would come back after fifteen years. Oh, I didn't mean it, sunshine.
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Just an idea. Now forget it and have some hot coffee and stop worrying. Yeah. Stop worrying, he said.
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I'll have nightmares for a week just thinking about Lulu. She got a nastier disposition than a short with a cut snout.
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Oh, hey. Here comes a rider, sunshine.
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Yeah. And he's really riding. Yeah. Can't make out who it is.
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Well, it isn't Jake. Well, I'll be doggone. It's Terry.
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Oh, that was oh, that's that horrible. What's up, Terry? Oh, plenty. Hey. Jake said to find you and to get you right back to ranch, sunshine. I know that something terrible's happened for sure. No. I wouldn't call it terrible. You know that, land down at the south end of the ranch? You mean the section I leased to that Wildcat Oil Company? That's right. They struck oil today. Oh. Yeah. Looks like you're a rich man, sunshine. Hey. Well, I'll be doggone. Talk about luck. Sunshine, that's wonderful.
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After all of these years of working and worrying, you're gonna be a millionaire. Yeah. Well, sunshine, what do you say? Looks like your worries are over. Oh, man. What are you talking about?
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My worries is just beginning. I'll have lawyers around signing contracts, oil trucks be driving through the ranch and scaring the beef off my kettle, and what you think gonna happen to my income tax? Don't worry about it, sunshine. You can hire somebody to take care of all of your business in bed. Don't worry, sir. Have you thought about one other thing? What? Lulu. That's what. That woman can smell a million dollars from here to El Paso. She'd be back here telling me to how how to live my life before you can say worry, worry, worry. Oh, why did I ever let them drill for oil? Sunshine, let me be the first to congratulate you. I don't want no congratulations.
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I want peace. Oh, Oh, not on the oil well. Congratulations on finally having something to worry about.
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You know, back in the days when those western songs echoed over the range and the cowboys were out rounding up the cattle, bread was just as important and just as popular as it is today. But it wasn't as good as today's Weber's bread. You know why? Well that's easy. The ingredients are all finer today. The flour is more scientifically milled. We've got all kinds of machines which are controlled by dojiggers and whatnots, and so the Weber bakers just can't go wrong. So Weber's bread is always the finest bread you can get. It's always good, fresh, soft, always furnishes the vitamins and minerals natural to whole wheat because Weber's bread is enriched, you know. Yes. We're pretty lucky today to have a bread the entire family enjoys, and one that's good for us too.
Try good Weber's bread soon. Buy a loaf of Weber's bread in the blue and white checked gingham wrapper. You'll like it. It's as good as bread can be.
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The writers of the Purple Sage ring down the curtain on our all star Western theater with one of the real classics of western music. All the loneliness of the drifting cowboys in the melody and lyrics of this famous song of the range country. Here they are with their version of tumbling tumbleweeds.
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I know when night is gone. Let a new world's born at dawn.
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Well, it's time to head back to the home corral, but we'll be riding down the Melody Trail next week at this same time. And we hope you'll saddle up and join us. This is boy willing saying so long for Al Slowy, Johnny Paul, Scottie Harrell, and Bud Sievert, the writers of the Purple Sage.
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Martin Yarborough helped us tell our story.
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And our music is arranged by Jerry Vaughn. Thanks to Paul Pierce who writes and directs our show. And so long to all all of you until next week. Between now and then, remember to be good to yourself.
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This is Dick Wynne inviting you to join us next week when the bakers of that good Weber's Bread bring you another all star western theater program. If you would like to see one of our shows here in Don Lee's beautiful new studios, write the ticket department, mutual broadcasting system. Your request will be filled promptly. This is the mutual Dan Lee broadcasting system.
Introduction to All Star Western Theater
Musical Performance: A Lonesome Ballad
The Importance of Quality: A Word from Weber's Bread
The Legend of Pecos Bill
Story Time: Adventures with Sunshine Johnson
The Evolution of Bread: Then and Now
Closing Performance: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
