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Cowpunchers!
Hosted by Stuart Kaufman & Amy MacLeod · EN
East Coast siblings Amy and Stu, and their friends Pat and Mel, have pledged to watch every Western. Along the way, they'll try to determine who brought the face, observe the Great American Coot in its natural habitat, and search for the best saloon. Listen in and...watch yourself out there on the trail!
Check out some of our best episodes!
#70 - Tombstone
#66 - Boot Hill
#55 - Sartana's Here...Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
#51 - Christmas Mountain
#35 - The White Buffalo
#30 - Rango
#28 - Sabata the Killer
#25 - Stagecoach
#19 - Day of Anger
#13 - The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
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The Harvey Girls (1946)
2w ago01:37:53Tap to summarizeThe Harvey Girls directed by George Sidney and starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and John Hodiak.Episode Roundup: This musical leaves the Cowpunchers hungry for more! Mel gets her conspiracy board out to illustrate the similarities between this movie and the musical Grease. Stu still yearns for the burlesque hell dimension. Amy implores you to remember that the TRAINS MUST BE FED!
Transcribe →Oklahoma! (1955)
4w ago01:21:14Tap to summarizeOklahoma! directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, and Gene Nelson.Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are back with more dating advice. Amy tells of the glorious modernity to be found in Kansas City; including, but not limited to, an erotic kaleidoscope. Stu is banished to the Burlesque Hell Dimension. Mel draws connections between Oklahoma!, An American in Paris, and The Barbie Movie.
Transcribe →The Thirteen (1937)
Apr 2601:04:41Tap to summarizeThe Thirteen directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Novoseltsev, Yelena Kuzmina and Aleksander Chistyakov. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers further entreat you to kiss your boys. Stu advises you to find yourself a girl who will throw grenades at people who hate you. Mel appreciates a passionate platonic kiss between brothers in arms. Amy is deeply disappointed that the balalaika wasn't also a gun.
Transcribe →The Man from Utah (1934)
Apr 1200:58:25Tap to summarizeThe Man from Utah directed by Robert Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, and Anita Campillo.Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers recorded this episode from underneath a giant cowboy hat. Amy has tips for the "getting held at gunpoint" portion of any job interview. Mel is on a search for more dynamite. Stu is enthralled by two dummies falling into a river.
Transcribe →River of No Return (1954)
Mar 2901:14:28Tap to summarizeRiver of No Return directed by Otto Preminger and Jean Negulesco and starring Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe and Rory Calhoun. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers take a trip down the infamous river of no return! Amy gives full marks for the Mark in this movie. Stu wants Robert Mitchum to show some kind of emotion. Mel recounts the dangers of filming this movie!
Transcribe →Trouble in Texas (1937)
Mar 1501:04:49Tap to summarizeTrouble in Texas directed by Robert Bradbury and starring Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, and White Flash.Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers imagine what it must have been like to be a parent in 1937. Mel strikes us with some facts about this movie's star, White Flash the Horse. Stu found the perfect coot to put on a bottle of a barbeque sauce. Amy's out here just tellin' the boys!
Transcribe →Sabatathon 2026 Challenge
Mar 100:21:53Tap to summarizeAnd you thought Sabatathon was over?? Join us for the Sabatathon Challenge! Test your knowledge of the Sabata trilogy against Stu and Mel with Amy's fiendish challenge!Afterwards, hear Mel's thoughts on her first watch of Adios Sabata!Happy Sabatathon everyone!
Transcribe →Adios Sabata (1970) Watch Along!
Mar 101:47:53Tap to summarizeWatch along with the Cowpunchers as we joke, riff, and get silly! Sync up with our audio as we watch the second in the amazing Sabata trilogy. This is Mel's first watch of this spaghetti classic!
Transcribe →Wanted: Sabata (1970)
Feb 1501:10:09Tap to summarizeWanted: Sabata directed by Roberto Mauri and starring Brad Harris, Vassili Karis, and Elena Pedemonted.Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers watch a baffling movie with a bounty of quick zooms, dead end plot threads, and period-inaccurate gaffer tape. Amy says you're all jacket, no shirt. Mel demands someone give these actors a hair brush. Stu observes a coot drinking dirty dish water.
Transcribe →The Tin Star (1957)
Feb 101:19:35Tap to summarizeThe Tin Star directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Betsy Palmer. Also featuring Lee Van Cleef!Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers want to know what you would name your barn full of pigeons. Stu and Mel are disappointed by the lack of Norman Bates jokes in this episode. Amy wants to see those pigeons!
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