A Tangled Rope | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (12-23-53)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "A Tangled Rope"

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Original Air Date: December 23, 1953
Podcast Release Date: February 14, 2026
Featured Cast: Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickok), Andy Devine (Jingles), Parley Baer, Paul Frees, Bert Holland, Jack Moyles

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Episode Overview

In this digitally restored classic episode, Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles take on a confounding mystery involving a series of stagecoach robberies. The outlaw Sugarfoot Jack Kramer appears to be in two places at once, undermining their efforts to catch him in the act. The lawmen must unravel the tangled connection between Sugarfoot, a crafty bootmaker named Bootjack Crouch, and a series of daring gold heists. The story blends rootin’-tootin’ shootouts, clever ruses, and the signature humor and camaraderie of Bill and Jingles.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Impossible Crime (02:39–04:08)

• Mr. Hines recounts the outlandish situation: Sugarfoot seems to be present in town while robberies by a “road agent” matching his description take place 15 miles away.
  • "You trying to tell us that a road agent can sit right here where you can watch him and still rob your stagecoach 15 miles away at the same time?" – Jingles (02:43)
• Sugarfoot’s reputation as a slick outlaw is established; suspicion centers on his impressive marksmanship and brashness.

2. The Shooting Contest (04:08–06:10)

• Sugarfoot challenges Wild Bill to a shootout, doubling as a wager for the town’s children to get a baseball diamond if there’s a tie.
  • “And if it’s a tie, you’ll both give your money to set up a baseball diamond for the kids of this town.” – Wild Bill (04:19)
• Both shooters hit 5 out of 6 targets, resulting in a tie and a win for the kids.
  • Wild Bill deliberately misses the last bottle and later admits as much:
    “You can’t win ‘em all, Jingles. Don’t worry about it.” (08:49)
• Sugarfoot acts sour, tries to instigate a shoot-off, but is disarmed.

3. The Mystery of the Stagecoach Robberies (08:43–11:14)

• Hines admits paying Sugarfoot to stay in town whenever gold is shipped, believing it would deter attacks—but the robberies continue.
  • “Anytime I was shipping gold...I offered Sugarfoot a monthly salary to stay in town.” – Mr. Hines (09:30)
• Bill and Jingles accompany Hines to the holdup spot but are ambushed; suspicion remains high.

4. The Bootmaker’s Scheme (11:44–13:12)

• Sugarfoot and Bootjack Crouch discuss their partnership and plan.
  • “You bring me much business when you wear these, my friend.” – Bootjack (12:22)
  • Bootjack reveals he’s made two identical pairs of boots for Sugarfoot.
• Suggestion of a doppelganger or accomplice surfaces subtly.

5. Tension in the Shop (13:01–15:18)

• Wild Bill and Jingles visit Bootjack’s shop, suspecting a connection.
• Sugarfoot appears, briefly holding them at gunpoint.
• Bill proposes locking Sugarfoot in jail while he himself accompanies a gold shipment to prove if Sugarfoot is truly the robber.

6. The Trap is Set (15:36–17:12)

• Bill, Jingles, and Hines ride inside a gold-laden stagecoach with Sugarfoot locked up.
• They're ambushed by two masked men—one resembling Sugarfoot and the other, Bootjack.
  • “That big one looks like Sugarfoot, all right.” – Jingles (16:28)
• Bootjack sabotages the coach, sending it careening toward Dead Man’s Curve.

7. The Tangled Rope (19:13–20:33)

• In a tense, inventive sequence, Bill & Jingles use a rope around the spinning wheels to slow the runaway stage.
  • “Here, take one end of the rope and feed it into that back wheel on your side...It’ll make a bind on the axle and slow us down.” – Wild Bill (19:41)
• Their courage and quick thinking avert disaster, stopping just in time.

8. The Final Confrontation and Reveal (20:33–23:33)

• Bill and Jingles prepare an ambush for the robbers, who—believing the coach crashed—return to finish the job.
• They capture Sugarfoot and Bootjack.
• The “two places at once” mystery is solved: Bootjack had been disguising Sugarfoot’s brother to look like him; Wild Bill notes the subtle difference in boot size was the giveaway:
  • “One of them was taller than the other, Jingles. I saw the difference in the size of their boots in Bootjack’s shop yesterday.” – Wild Bill (22:54)
• Bootjack admits his defeat:
  • “It is just that Marshal Hickok is smarter than we are, Sugarfoot. It’s too bad.” (22:16)

9. Humorous Wrap-Up (23:29–23:58)

• Jingles, always the comic relief, grumbles about near-death escapades:
  • “Well, you just watch it from now on, Bill Hickok. ‘Cause you ain’t getting me to go for a ride again unless I got a guarantee that it’s gonna be nothing more dangerous than a rock.” (23:33)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Outlandish Crime:
  • “Strange ain’t the word for it.” – Jingles (02:43)
• Shooting Contest Humility:
  • “Your reputation, partner? Sounds like it’s my reputation.” – Wild Bill (03:47)
• On Sugarfoot’s Flashy Boots:
  • “That’s why they call him Sugarfoot. Because he wears only the fanciest boots I can make for him.” – Bootjack (06:28)
• Reassurance of Bill’s Intention:
  • “You can’t win ‘em all Jingles. Don’t worry about it.” – Wild Bill (08:49)
• Ingenious Stagecoach Braking:
  • “That rope tangles in the wheel. It’ll make a bind on the axle and slow us down.” – Jingles (19:47)
• The Big Reveal:
  • “One of them was taller than the other Jingles. I saw the difference in the size of their boots in Boot Jack’s shop yesterday.” – Wild Bill (22:54)

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Timeline & Timestamps for Key Segments

• Impossible Robbery Introduction: 02:39–04:08
• Shooting Contest & Baseball Diamond Bet: 04:08–06:10
• Stagecoach Robbery Setup: 08:43–11:14
• Bootjack’s Plan & Double Boot Reveal: 11:44–13:12
• Showdown in the Boot Shop: 13:01–15:18
• Coach Ambush & Runaway Cliffhanger: 15:36–17:12
• Inventive Rope Braking Scene: 19:13–20:33
• Double Sugarfoot Reveal & Just Desserts: 20:33–23:33
• Wrap-up and Comic Relief: 23:29–23:58

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Tone and Style

The episode is lively, with Jingles providing easygoing comic relief to Wild Bill’s even-keeled authority. The banter and pacing echo the energetic storytelling style of classic western radio. The audio restoration, as highlighted by the podcast host, brings freshness and clarity to the experience, letting every shootout, creaking door, and thundering hoof reverberate like new.

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Concluding Thoughts

This episode embodies the best of old-time western storytelling: a knotted mystery, clever lawmen, devious bandits, and moments of genuine humor. The digital restoration allows listeners to relive the golden age of radio drama, with a clarity and vibrance that not only preserves but amplifies the original experience.

Transcript

[Narrator/Announcer]

Foreign.

[Podcast Host (Andrew Rines)]

Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Rines and I'm excited to bring you another episode. This is one of over 80 episodes released monthly for your enjoyment. You can find more western shows at our website by going to otrwesterns.com now let's get into this episode.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Hi you folks. Hold on your hats and past those Kellogg Sugar Pops. Cause here comes Guy Madison as Wild Bill Hickok and his pal Jingles. Which is me, Andy Devine. We've got another Rootin tootin Wild Bill Hickok adventure story for you. From the cereal you can eat out of the bowl or out of the box. The cereal with the sweetening already on it. Kellogg Sugar Pop.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Today, Kellogg's Sugar Pops.

[Commercial Announcer]

The the cereal with a sweetening already on it brings you Wild Bill Hickok. Transcribed in Hollywood and starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as his pal jingles. In just 30 seconds you'll hear the exciting story. A Tangled Rope. Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops are a real double barrel treat. A treat you can enjoy as a cereal with a little milk or cream or as a snack right out of the box. And you don't need any sugar. Cause the sweetening's already on them. They're shot with sugar. So for a rip snortin Cereal. A rootin tootin snack. It's Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops. Look for em at your grocers with the pictures of Guy Madison and Andy Devine on the front. Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops. Sugarfoot. Jack Kramer was as slick an outlaw west had known. The adventure that brought him face to face with United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles had the lives of the two lawmen hanging on the end of a tangled rope.

[Mr. Hines]

Well, that's about the story, Marshall Hickok.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

It's a strange one, Mr. Hines.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Strange ain't the word for it. You trying to tell us that a road agent can sit right here where you can watch him and still Rob, your stage coach is 15 miles away at the same time.

[Mr. Hines]

Yes, but I know it doesn't make sense.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Jingle makes sense. It just ain't possible. Hey, now who's shooting at the play?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Just a little attention over here, gents.

[Mr. Hines]

There's the Armory himself. Jingle Sugarfoot. Jack Kramer.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, I'll be darned. Look at them fancy duds and boots.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You hear me? Attention. I said I understand the famous Wild Bill Hickok's in the house who claims to be quite a shot with a six guy. But I got a hundred gold in my jeans that says he can't outshoot me.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Mister, you're being downright silly for a grown man. Well, bile. Bill's right here to make you eat your word.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Careful what you get me into. Jingle Sugar.

[Mr. Hines]

Puts a right good shot, Bill.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, then come on out and pick your own target, Hickok.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Come on, Bill, you gotta take him on or my reputation's gonna suffer a back.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Your reputation, partner? Sounds like it's my reputation. And if this boy's as good as they say he is, you better cross your fingers.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

All right, Marshall. Care to make a little side bet of another 100?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I'm not a betting man, mister.

[Mr. Hines]

I'll take your bet, Charles. Sugar put Jack 100 gold. If you win, I'll pay on the spot.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

And if it's a tie, you'll both give your money to set up a baseball diamond for the kids of this town.

[Mr. Hines]

That's fair enough.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Not gonna be a tie. What's your target, Hickok?

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I got the target. Here's an even dozen pop bottles. Each of you gets six. Throw it high in the air at 75ft.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Suit you, Sugarfoot?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Sure does.

[Mr. Hines]

All right, you go ahead.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I'll shoot last.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Good with me. Throw them bottles, big boy. I'm ready.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Here they go. Fast as I can throw them. One, two, three. Missed one, didn't you?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Never mind. Keep throwing.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Four, five.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Six.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Five out of six. That's right. Good shooting, mister.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

All right, cut the talk and shoot Hickok.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, Jingles, get to work.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Right fast, Bill. Here they go.

[Narrator/Announcer]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Here's the one that's gonna make him sweat, Bill.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

All right, throw it, you jughead.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

All right, sore head, I will. Six now. I guess that's shown up, Bill. You missed that last one.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I guess I did at that point. Looks like a tie.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

We'll shoot it off. I ain't being pushed over like that.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sorry, mister, that was not the agreement. Looks to me like the kids get a baseball diamond. How about it, Mr. Hines?

[Mr. Hines]

Right, Bill. Here's my dough.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, cough up Sugarfoot Jack Kramer, a bet's a bet.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

I say shoot the tie off. Or maybe you'd like to try this, you pigheaded law toy.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, watch his gun.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Bill, you all right?

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Sure he is, Mr. Hind. Sugarfoot ain't suddenly his gun hand is awful empty. Just like his head.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right.

[Mr. Hines]

If this Jasper's got any friends, they better take him somewhere and cool him off.

[Bootjack Crouch]

I'll take care of him, Marshall. He just bit off a little more than he could chew.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

He sure did. You a friend of his?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Yes, sir. My name is Bootjack Crouch. I'm a friend to every man who has a pair of feet. You see, I make boots.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You make those boots Kramer has on now?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Yes, Marshall. That's why they call him Sugarfoot. Because he wears only the fanciest boots I can make for him.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I could stand a pair like that myself.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Well, it would be my honor to make them for you, sir. And for the famous Wild Bill also. My shop is just down the street.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, could you lend me some later Jingle.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Right now we've got something else to think about besides a pair of fancy boots.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Commercial Announcer]

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[Commercial Voice]

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[Commercial Announcer]

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[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

But doggone it, Bill Hickok, you could have busted that last bottle with a blindfold on.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You can't win them all jingles. Don't worry about it.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

You must have done it for a reason. That's all I can figure.

[Mr. Hines]

It sure made the kids happy to know they're gonna get a baseball diamond, Bill. That could be reason enough.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah. Bill, you old sly.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

When you let it go, jingle, let it go. Right now, I'm interested in these hold ups. When did they start, Mr. Hines?

[Mr. Hines]

About the same time Sugarfoot Jack Kramer hit this country. That was a year ago.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

So you figured it was him, huh?

[Mr. Hines]

I know it was. We could never prove it.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Oh, boy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ho, ho.

[Mr. Hines]

This is a spot, Bill.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Joker, how'd you get Sugarfoot to stay in town?

[Mr. Hines]

I made a bargain with him.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

A bargain with an outlaw?

[Mr. Hines]

That's right. I was desperate. I offered Sugarfoot a monthly salary to stay in town. Anytime I was shipping gold in one of my stage coaches.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, I'll be dog gone.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

He took the bargain.

[Mr. Hines]

He sure did. Stays inside on the main street, but the robberies go right on and the drivers swear it's the same road agent.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

This is a good spot for a hold up, all right. Top of the grade. Stage crawling by the time it gets up here.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah, it ain't crawling long. Look at the downgrade from here to the valley. Snake would have to have brakes to keep from sliding off that narrow goat trail.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Right.

[Mr. Hines]

It takes a good hitch and a driver with plenty of sand to make it jingle.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Hey, hey, Bill. Here comes the stage up the hill now.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

That One of yours, Mr. Hines?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Yes.

[Mr. Hines]

Yeah, Bill. Guess I figured it about right now.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

What do you mean by that?

[Mr. Hines]

That coach is carrying gold this morning, Bill. I figured if I got you and Jingles out here with me, we might get this one through.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, them shots hit that rock right by your head.

[Mr. Hines]

Where'd they come from?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Way down the hill. Looks like we got in the road agent's way all right.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Keep an eye out while I talk to this driver.

[Bootjack Crouch]

So.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Well, morning, Mr. Hines. How do I. Bill, There you sure are. Sight for sore eyes. I figured to meet Sugarfoot Jack long about here.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

What makes you so sure it's been Sugarfoot?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Oh, it's Sugarfoot, all right. Stand right there by that rock where you are. Wild Bill don't do no good trade.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Lead with them either.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

We lost three drivers and one shotgun that way.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right, driver, you better head on to town. We'll follow you in.

[Mr. Hines]

You seen enough up here, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Enough for now, Mr. Hines.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Regularly.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Sugarfoot Jack that threw them shots, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I don't know. Jingle. Get around there, Buckshot. We'll Take a look for him in town, partner. And there's another gent I'd like to have a talk with too. All right, let's go.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

That blasted Hickok. We'd had that gold easy. There was 4,000 in that shipment today. Bo. Jack, I'm getting.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Don't lose your head, Sugarfoot. There's more gold where that came from. You were a fool to throw those shots.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

A fool nothing. I'll get that Hickok yet.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Forget him. I have a plan. Will take a little time in the right moment, but it's a good plan.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

You and your plans.

[Bootjack Crouch]

My plans have a way of working out, don't they?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Yeah, sure they do, but I'm just.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Then just watch your step here. Take a look at the new boots I'm making for you. And here's the other pair just like them, which I keep hidden.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Hey, hey. Those are the best yet.

[Bootjack Crouch]

My finest handiwork. And with your name tooled into the leather. You bring me much business when you wear these, my friend.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

I bring you more business of another kind, you weasel.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Yes, but we do not talk about that, do we? Now, you go and forget Hickok. You stay on the main street where you can be seen and leave him to me.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Neil, I don't see what talking to this leather pounding weasel is going to get us.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

He makes Sugarfoot's boot, partner. And there might be just some other command.

[Bootjack Crouch]

Good afternoon, gentlemen. My, my little shop is honored.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

There's a right fancy boot you're working on. Boot, Jack? Mind if I look him over?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Oh, you would not like these, Marshall. They are a special order.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

So I see. For Sugarfoot. Jack Kramer, huh?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Yes, but I can show you some others like these over here.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

For instance, you seem to be right friendly with Sugarfoot, mister. Put a lot of extra work on these boots.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Drop those boots, Hickok.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill and Sugarfoot.

[Mr. Hines]

He come from the back room and.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

He'S got the drop on us gents.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Yeah, I sure have. Now forget about my boots and back out that door.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, it don't make sense. Why, I just saw this varmint down the street.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah? Wearing another pair of fancy boots. Better do what he says, Jingles.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

That's good advice, Hickok. And don't worry about where you seen me, big boy. I get around.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Jingles, look out for that cobbler.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Oh, my.

[Narrator/Announcer]

My shelves.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

My cup.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Now, sugar fu.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I'll take that gun.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey, should I let you have it, Hick?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You missed your chance, mister.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah, well, I ain't missing this.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

You'll have to do better than that.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Woo.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

You knocked over a thing or two yourself, Bill.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You. You wrecked my shop.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I didn't.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What?

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I'm a peaceful man.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Your friend started at a boot jack. All right. Come on, Kramer. Get on your feet. I got a proposition.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, I ain't interested.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You better be.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

What are you getting at here?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Everybody's accusing you of these hold ups, right?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Yeah, go on.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I suppose I lock you up in jail and take a load of gold over that road myself.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I get it. Then at the stage is held up. He's in the clear, huh?

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

It sounds funny to me. What do you think about it, Bootjack?

[Bootjack Crouch]

Well, naturally I don't know much about such things. But the marshal's plan sounds very smart to me.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

All right, I'll do it.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Good. Mr. Hines.

[Mr. Hines]

Yeah, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

You've got a gold shipment waiting to go, haven't you?

[Mr. Hines]

I sure have, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

All right. Tomorrow morning you'll drive the stage out and Jingles and I'll be with you. We'll clear up this business once and for all.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, we ought to be riding up with Mr. Hines. Oh, this ain't no place for us. Inside the coach.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

We've got a better chance of surprising a road agent if he can't see us.

[Mr. Hines]

Jingle.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

All right, Bill.

[Mr. Hines]

We're coming up to the top of the grave.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Be ready, Jingle. Keep your eyes open, Mr. Hines.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

I am, Bill. Wish you hadn't spread the word all around town that we was carrying gold, Bill. Makes my stomach right squeezing worth the.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Chance we take to clear this up.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Oh, here it comes, Bill. Not a soul in sight, Bill. Dog gun it. All this for nothing.

[Narrator/Announcer]

All right, Hines. Hold it right there.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Hey, Bill.

[Narrator/Announcer]

There's two of them, Bill.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

They've come.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

They sure were hidden.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

All right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Throw down that box, Hines. First one that moves gets a storm of lead.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Hickok.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill. That big one looks like Sugarfoot all right.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Yeah, Jingles. And that mask can't disguise Boot Jack either.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Now what's he doing under the coach? Bill, the coach is moving.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, now you low down. We can't down, hein? Not on your life. You mean Ye, Kyle. Bill, his coach is running away, Mr. Hines. Throwing the braid. Your pant, Jingles.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Boot Jack knocked out that brake pin. Then let's jump out of this thing. Not a chance, Jingle.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Too close to the bank on my side. And a 500 foot drop on yours.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'll just have to ride it out.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Ride it out?

[Narrator/Announcer]

We don't stand a chance, Bill.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

By the time we hit Dead Man's Curve. We'll be going 100 miles an hour.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That's why we set us on our last long ride.

[Commercial Voice]

Say, Wranglers, wouldn't it be swell if you could know today just what's going to happen tomorrow? Just imagine the fun you could have telling everybody what was going to take place 24 hours ahead of time.

[Commercial Announcer]

Well, I'm afraid.

[Commercial Voice]

Can't any of us do that? But there's one thing I know is going to happen tomorrow for sure. Yep, tomorrow and every day, lots and lots of folks are going to be enjoying Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops. Starting first thing tomorrow morning, there'll be folks enjoying them for breakfast and all day long for snacks. Now, either way, you enjoy Sugar Pops. You don't need any sugar because the sweetening's already on them. They're shot with sugar. Enjoy yourself some Sugar Corn Pops tomorrow. Tell mom to look for the package. With Guy and Andy racing their horses Pell Mell across the prairie, Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Sugar Pops they're sugar coated Tastes so sweet Just pour on some milk Boy, they're neat Kellogg Sugar Corn.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Pops Sugar Pops are tops Now Sugar.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

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[Commercial Announcer]

The wily Boot Jack and Sugarfoot caught up with Bill and Jingles on the stagecoach at the top of the grade. Then with Sugarfoot holding a gun on the coach Boot Jack hammered out the brake pin and the heavy stage went hurtling down the narrow road out of control.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hold it on the road, Mr. Hines. I can hold it to Dead Man's Curve, Gent, but we'll never make that one. Bill.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, what are you doing? Hang on to my feet, Jingles.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I think there's a heavy rope on.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Top of this coat. What good's the rope going to do us now? If I can find it, maybe it's there. I've got a hold of it. All right. Pull me back down, partner.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Here you come. There you are.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Here, take one end of the rope and feed it into that back wheel on your side. I got the other wheel.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

That rope tangles in the wheel. It'll make a bind on the axle.

[Narrator/Announcer]

And slow us down. Huh?

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Hey, Bill, it's only a quarter of.

[Narrator/Announcer]

A mile to Dead Man Curb. If we can't stop, we're gonna all.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

The road, Mr. Hines.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

How you coming, dingle?

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Not very good dog on it there. There it goes. Bill, it's caught.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Good. My end's working too.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Bill, you get a better jump. Here comes dead man. Hang on, Mr. Hines. Still it's working. Hey. Hey. We're stopping.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill. I don't never want to get no poacher to wearing a pair of wings. I thought that was the end.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Come on, Butner, climb out. We gotta set up a welcome for Sugarfoot and Bootjack.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Now they ain't gonna be fools enough to come after us, are they?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Sure are. They didn't get the gold box because Mr. Hines wouldn't throw it down before the court started rolling.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah, they're gonna expect to find us dead anyway.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Now you've got it, Jingles. They'll be coming around that rock any minute.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Hey, wait a minute, Bill. How's that gonna be, Sugarfoot? Why, we locked him up in the jail before we left town.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Just haul your horses, partner, and see for yourself. Here they come. All right, back off the road and be quiet.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

All right, you healer monsters.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Reap boat jackets in.

[Bootjack Crouch]

They're not there.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Yeah, well they're gonna be.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Write em down. F. Ha.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Feel a girl. Hold on that cayuse. Jingles, I got Bootjack's horse. Yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ho ho there.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, that's the last trick you two salamanders are gonna pull. You're lucky we're taking you to the jail instead of to the coroner's office. The way I feel.

[Mr. Hines]

Well, Bill, we got Triggerfoot and Bootjack. Which proves that Triggerfoot was doing the robberies. But that still doesn't clear up the mystery of how he could be in two places at once.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Cut three of those horses out of your hitch, Mr. Hines. We'll take these jaspers in and clear that up. Oh, all right, climb down. We'll take him into the jail.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Jingles, you blasted star cracker. I'll live to kill you yet.

[Bootjack Crouch]

It's too late for that, Sugarfoot. We are through.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

Yeah, you and your plans, Boot Jack, you sure fixed us.

[Bootjack Crouch]

It is just that Marshall Hickok is smarter than we are. Sugarfoot. It's too bad.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Now you said something. Now go on and get that jar.

[Sugarfoot Jack Kramer]

I cut out this shovel.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Bill, I'm busting with curiosity. If I find out that this varmint broke out of jail too. Billy. Bill. Bill, he ain't. He's still in the cell, but he's out here too. Well, I'll be doggone. Two Sugarfoot twins.

[Mr. Hines]

Sugarfoot's got a twin brother.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Not quite, Mr. Hines. They'd been twins, we might not have caught up to their Trick.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

How's that, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

One of them was taller than the other Jingles. I saw the difference in the size of their boots in Boot Jack's shop yesterday.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

So that's why you put one brother in jail.

[Bootjack Crouch]

That was a smart trick, Hickok. I was so sure my plan to kill all three of you would work, I let you lock Sugarfoot's brother up.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah, Boot Jack. Now you can join them both in that cell. Now get right in there.

[Mr. Hines]

Well, you sure cleared up the mystery, Bill. Now I can ship gold and be confident it's gonna get there.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Yeah, but this varmint thought up a plan that almost got us killed.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

I hadn't planned on that when I invited you to go for that riding.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Well, you just watch it from now on, Bill Hickok. Cause you ain't getting me to go for a ride again unless I got a guarantee that it's gonna be nothing more dangerous than a rock.

[Commercial Announcer]

And now, here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

Andy, next time Wild Bill and Jingle's ride will be Christmas day.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

Say that's right, Guy. So Friday we got a real western Christmas story for you called the Santa Claus Trail.

[Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison)]

So long, kids.

[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

See you Christmas, Choo Choo choose your.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Favorite and Kellogg's Variety Pack show Mom and dad and kitties too. Choose a Kellogg's cereal is good for you.

[Commercial Announcer]

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[Andy Devine (Jingles)]

So Choo Choo Choo is your favorite.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Kellogg's Variety Pack.

[Commercial Announcer]

Kellogg's, the greatest name in cereals has brought you another exciting story of Wild Bill Hickok starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine in person. Today's cast included Parley Bear, Paul Freeze, Bert Holland and Jack Moyles. Our director is Paul Pierce. Story by Larry Hayes Music by Dick Orant. This is a David Hire production Transcribed in Hollywood now, this is Charlie Lyon speaking for Kellogg's the Greatest Name in Serials reminding you to listen again on Friday, same time, same station for another.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Adventure of Wild Bill Hick. Sam.

[Podcast Host (Andrew Rines)]

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