The Wilder Ride

We continue today's minute with Gabby Johnson still making his speech before the congregation. Alan and Walt, along with guests Jim and Dwayne, try to figure out the derivation of all the words Gabby uses. Afterwards, Olson Johnson stands up and acknowledges the speech. In fact, he says he is happy all the children were there to hear such authentic frontier gibberish. He then goes on a monologue of his own, reminding the citizens of what their forefathers went through to establish their town. He reminds them about crossing the prairie, fighting Indians, fought drought, fought locusts and fought Dix. He then jumps to, "Remember Richard Dix?!" He concludes with a reminder they did not give up then and he believes they will not give up now. We end the minute with some historical discussion about the makeup of the West, Herb Jeffries, and how we all grew up wanting to either be Sheriff Bart or the Waco Kid.

Today's guests: Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west.

We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today's episode opens with the conclusion of the Ballad of Rock Ridge, which turns into a church-sounding hymn stating the town is turning into excrement. As Reverend Johnson asks everyone to be seated, he presents his position on the matter. He reminds them all of the events of the past few days. The sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded and cattle raped. He says to them that the time has come to act and act fast! Suddenly, he tells them he's going to leave and immediately exists the frame. Gabby Johnson jumps up saying, "You get back here you pious, candy-ass, sidewinder!" We then turns and continues to address the congregation saying he was born and raised in Rock Ridge and he plans to die there. He then begins to throw out some additional frontier terms, but the minute ends in the midst of his sentence.

We continue with our special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west.

Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We continue the raiders doing their dirty work in the town of Rock Ridge. As we go through each of the moments, we break down what is real and what is not. We discuss the difference between jumping through candy glass and putting your hand through a real glass window. The discussion moves to a strange platform with feedbags that seems to serve no purpose other than for a stunt. Alan and Walt also discuss one resident of Rock Ridge who has a bullet proof hat and that a three-sided phone booth shower did not exist in the Old West. Next we discuss the old woman being beaten and how she breaks the fourth wall to ask the audience if they have ever seen such cruelty? Amidst the discussion, there are several scenes in the script that are not in the film. The episode ends as the song transitions into a church hymn just as we are moving inside a prairie church with the town participating in a Sunday service.

We continue with our special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west.

We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin today's episode with a fade in to a day in the life of Rock Ridge. We also get the Ballad of Rock Ridge being sung to help advance the story. We get a kind of montage sequence to go along with the lyrics being sung about the town. The discussion moves to how each movie studio had their own Western town set for filming Westerns, but they were only shallow facades. Once an actor steps inside a building they would then move to a sound stage for interiors. While discussing the inside shots, we learn the bar, though decorated appropriately, is too big for what would have been typical for a Western town at this time. Moreover, cattle would not have been allowed and the idea that Anal Johnson kept things nice and clean by spitting into the cups is absurd and hysterical. By the end of the minute, Taggart and his ruffians begin working their number six on the good people of Rock Ridge.

We have two special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west.

We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin the episode continuing with Taggart complaining about being hit on the head with a shovel. He then pleads for a favor and asks Hedley to hang Bart by his neck until dead. Hedley returns to his window and speaks with Boris the Hangman once more. He asks if there is a way to work in a special. Boris laments he is so busy he will not be able to work him in until Monday. While this conversation is taking place, we are about to see a man and his horse being hung. Hedley returns to his office, banging his head again on his window. As the episode comes to a close, Taggart assures Hedley Lamarr that when he and his men get through, the people of Rock Ridge will feel like a chicken that's been caught in a tractor's nuts! As the two laugh at the image, we hear the sudden bang of the gallows and Taggart jumps into Hedley's arms. Hedley comforts him, telling him it's just a man and his horse being hung. He then begins to shush him followed by humming a lullaby.

Our returning guests today are the voices of the B.K. on the Air radio show, heard on AM 1450, FM 100.3 and online using the TuneIn Radio app or going to TuneIn.com. Their show is also uploaded weekly to SoundCloud for on-demand listening.

Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today's episode begins with Hedley trying to think of a way to scare off the people of Rock Ridge. Initially, Taggart has an idea, but Hedley mistakes it as a need for him to use the restroom. Taggart instead suggests he knows how to rid the town of its residents. He suggests they kill the first born male of every household. Hedley considers the idea for a moment but then declares it as too Jewish. After a moment, Taggart enthusiastically suggests a number 6. Hedley isn't sure of what that is so Taggart explains. It's when he and his men go riding into town, beating every living thing within an inch of its life, except for the women and the children. Hedley then asks, "So, you spare the women and the children?" Taggart then says they actually rape the sh*t out of them at the After Number 6 Dance that follows. When Hedley remarks it's a brilliant idea, clasping Taggart by the temples, it's only then he notices the bandages. He asks what happened and Taggart begins to say, "Oh, that uppity ni..." but that's when the episode ends.

Our returning guests today are the voices of the B.K. on the Air radio show, heard on AM 1450, FM 100.3 and online using the TuneIn Radio app or going to TuneIn.com. Their show is also uploaded weekly to SoundCloud for on-demand listening.

We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

At the beginning of this episode, Hedley Lamarr (played by Harvey Korman), drops an obscure joke with, "The Doctor Gillespie killings." Once he returns inside his office, he mulls over how to get the land while giving Lady Justice a thorough molesting. As he ponders the way to steal the land, Taggart, uncomfortable at his boss's gyrations, accidentally knocks over a stack of law books. Hedley immediately looks for legal precedence. He looks up land snatching only to find he needs to "see snatch." Once he finds a prior legal case, he believes he can steal the land. However, he realizes there is only one thing that really stands in his way -- the rightful owners.

Our returning guests today are the voices of the B.K. on the Air radio show, heard on AM 1450, FM 100.3 and online using the TuneIn Radio app or going to TuneIn.com. Their show is also uploaded weekly to SoundCloud for on-demand listening.

Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We open with the continuing discussion between Taggart and Hedley Lamarr regarding the railroad. Taggart keeps reminding Lamarr the railroad has to go through Rock Ridge. As they are discussing the matter a sudden crashing sound scares Taggart. Hedley goes to the window to reveal a gallows below with Boris the Hangman hard at work. Hedley asks him to keep it down and Boris promises to try but he has two men home sick with the flu. He then adds, it is utter chaos down here. Boris then lurches over to a well-dressed older man in a wicker wheelchair with a noose around his neck. Boris tells Lamarr that this one is a doozy!

Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today we continue with Bart and Charlie pulling themselves the rest of the way out of the quicksand. They are tired and gasping for breath after drudging through the mire. Taggart, now noticing the two lying on the ground, derides them for lolly-gagging and trying to get a tan. He tosses a shovel down and tells them to put it to good use. Bart, unable to take it anymore, graps the shovel. Charlie tries to convince him to not do it! However, there is not stopping Bart who whacks Taggert on the back of the head as he is dictating a telegram to the main office. The minute ends with Taggart, his head in bandages below his hat, telling Hedley Lamarr about the need for the railroad to go through Rock Ridge.

Our guest today is professor Robert E.G. Black. By day he teaches classes in communication, while at night he is behind podcasts such as Michael Myers Minute, Dave Made a Minute and The Room Minute.

We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode begins with Taggart calling for Lyle to get a rope over here. Lyle complies, tossing his lasso out over the quicksand. Bart and Charlie's expression turns from relief to panic as they realize Lyle is rescuing the handcar. Charlie says they are going to be left to die but Bart tells him not to panic. He's got his foot on the rail. As Charlie manages to get some of the quicksand in his mouth, Bart is slowly pulling them out of the quicksand. While they try to escape, Taggart is already working on rerouting the path of the train tracks.

Our guest today is professor Robert E.G. Black. By day he teaches classes in communication, while at night he is behind podcasts such as Michael Myers Minute, Dave Made a Minute and The Room Minute.

Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!