Podcast
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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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!
Transcribe →Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Jan 1801:12:00Tap to summarizeButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross.Episode Roundup: This movie was a wild ride with a whole truck load of handsome! Amy points out that moving to Bolivia won't solve all your problems. Stu revels in the "College Dude" energy. Mel is pretty sure that a joke about Atlantic City from 1969 doesn't hit the way the same way in 2026. Work Sucks, Do Crime.
Transcribe →Ebenezer (1998)
Dec 2101:21:05Tap to summarizeEbenezer directed by Ken Jubenvill and starring Jack Palance, Ricky Schroder and Amy Locane. Episode Roundup: The Cowpuncher speculate on the kinds of gifts a reformed Scrooge might give for Christmas. Mel's birth is foretold by Benjamin Franklin. Amy reveals the terrifying orgins of "Tiny Tim disease". Stu quizzes Amy and Mel on Western Movie Geography. Happy Holidays everyone!
Transcribe →Shane (1953)
Dec 701:17:22Tap to summarizeShane directed by George Stevens and starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin.Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers agree that having Van Heflin in your movie is worth a million points. Amy encourages you to adopt a cowboy from a rescue, and not from a breeder. This movie reminded Mel of TV's "Bluey." Stu is enamored with Alan Ladd's perfect hair.
Transcribe →Sartana Kills Them All (1970)
Nov 2301:14:07Tap to summarizeSartana Kills Them All directed by Rafael Romero Marchent and starring Gianni Garko, Guglielmo Spoletini and Maria SilvaEpisode Roundup: The Cowpunchers hold on for dear life in this lightning fast mess of a spaghetti western. Amy struggles to summarize this film. Stu wishes that Sartana had killed them all and not just a couple of them. Mel points out that this movie ends with a canonical cowboy throuple!
Transcribe →Hell Town (1937)
Mar 28, 2021Tap to summarizeHell Town (originally released as "Born to the West") directed by Charles Barton and starring John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, and Johnny Mack Brown. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are nearly compelled to look for work in the American Cattle Business! You could say we had some real BEEF with this movie! In all seriousness, there was a full two minutes of cows mooing. Amy thinks this would have been a better movie if it had been made as a romantic comedy. Stu realizes that the beef were the friends we made along the way. Moo.
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