Danger Down the River | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (02-19-54)

Summary

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Old Time Radio Westerns Podcast

Episode: "Danger Down the River" | Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (02-19-54)

Host: Andrew Rhynes
Date: May 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

This exciting episode from the Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, beautifully restored and presented by the Old Time Radio Westerns Podcast, transports listeners into a classic tale of river adventure, danger, and old-fashioned Western camaraderie. Wild Bill Hickok and his ever-faithful (and ever-funny) deputy Jingles are tasked with escorting Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird—a mild-mannered Eastern academic turned river explorer—down the unexplored Thunder River. What starts as a seemingly straightforward assignment quickly turns perilous, with threats, gunplay, and a deadly plot hatched by outlaws to silence the party once and for all.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Beats

1. Setting the Stage: The Mission Begins

• [04:11 - 05:34]
  • Jingles reflects humorously on the wild variety in their job as lawmen:

    "I never thought when I hung on a marshall's badge that I'd get into all sorts of things... even run a ladies dress shop." – Jingles (Deputy), [04:11]

  • Wild Bill explains the true purpose of their river trip: government-sponsored exploration of unexplored canyons, with Dr. Hummingbird—a reputable if awkwardly named engineer—under their protection.

2. Meeting Dr. Hummingbird ("Butch")

• [05:13 - 06:47]
  • The trio meets for the first time at the train station; the professor is aware that his Eastern ways and name might draw laughter in the West, and asks to go by "Butch" as a nickname.
  • This exchange brings out both the warmth and comic relief in the team, establishing an endearing group dynamic:

    "My family calls me Butch." – Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch), [06:43]
    "Butcher's a lot better than Dr. Percy Hummingbird!" – Jingles, [06:51]

3. Tension on the Riverbank: A Warning from Outlaws

• [07:44 - 09:17]
  • As the group reviews their riverboat and plans, a stranger—Stormy Johnson—delivers a thinly veiled threat, warning them off the river:

    "If you go, there won't be none of you coming back alive." – Stormy Johnson, [09:05]

  • Wild Bill stands his ground, refusing to yield to the intimidation.

4. The Outlaws' Deadly Plan

• [12:39 - 13:44]
  • Cut to Stormy Johnson and his partner Todd Blake in their hideout, plotting to kill the explorers with dynamite as they pass through Marble Canyon, to protect their secret stash from previous robberies.

5. Into the Rapids: Danger Strikes

• [14:04 - 16:41]
  • The surveying party bravely navigates the rapids, but quickly finds themselves ambushed by gunfire and then dynamite from the cliffs above.
  • A tense sequence unfolds:

    "They're lighting the fuse, Bill." – Dr. Hummingbird (Butch), [16:41]
    "We've got one chance, Jingles. Hold onto that rock with one hand and get a Colt in the other..." – Wild Bill Hickok, [16:42]

  • Jingles and Bill attempt to shoot the dynamite out of the air, saving the party from certain death.

6. White Water Survival and Comic Relief

• [18:26 - 19:58]
  • Pushed into more dangerous rapids by the current, the trio bands together, Butch up front scouting rocks, Jingles and Wild Bill rowing for their lives.
  • Jingles, true to form, injects humor even in peril:

    "I'm madder than a sink bobcat at them two lizards up there." – Jingles, [17:14]

7. Mysteries and Confrontations: The Hidden House

• [23:54 - 24:25]
  • Emerging safely from the rapids, the group discovers a supposedly hidden house deep in the canyon—impossible to reach except from the river.
  • Their suspicions mount:

    "It ain't true... This is an unexplored canyon... and you say there's a house over there..." – Jingles, [23:59]

8. The Final Showdown

• [25:04 - 27:12]
  • Wild Bill, Jingles, and Butch search the house, finding loot from recent holdups and wanted posters for Stormy Johnson and Todd Blake.
  • The outlaws return and are ambushed by the party—culminating in a brief but fierce gunfight.

    "Get your hands up!" – Wild Bill, [26:32]

  • Butch surprises everyone by shooting one of the bandits, his first taste of genuine frontier violence:

    "I saw the big one go for his gun, and so I let him have it. Isn't that the right expression?" – Butch, [26:50]

9. Resolution and Comic Epilogue

• [27:12 - 27:36]
  • Jingles declares Butch an honorary westerner:

    "For a professor with a name like Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird, you're getting to be a westerner real fast, Butch." – Jingles, [27:01]

  • The episode wraps with laughs over the meaning of Butch's middle initial:

    "What does the D stand for?" – Jingles, [27:10]
    "Well, I'm afraid it stands for a Dinwiddie." – Butch, [27:12]
    "Not with me, it don't. As far as I'm concerned, D stands for dynamite." – Jingles, [27:16]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Comic Banter on Names

  • "Percy D. Hummingbird. Well, dip my beak in a honeysuckle vine. He better not use that name around here." – Jingles, [05:22]

• Classic Western Stoicism

  • "I don't know who you are or who you're working for but that sounded like a threat to me. And I don't like to be threatened." – Wild Bill Hickok, [08:22]

• Under Fire

  • "I'm watching them." – Wild Bill, as tensions rise before a brawl, [08:36]
  • "Blast it before it gets down to us, Jingles." – Wild Bill, under dynamite attack, [16:49]

• Humor in the Face of Danger

  • "I never been in such a spot in my life... Can't stop, can't go back, can't go ahead... Well, Hickok, do something!" – Jingles, [17:50]

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Timestamps: Episode Highlights

• [04:11] – Jingles’ comic reflection on life as a deputy
• [05:43] – "Butch" Hummingbird joins the team
• [08:13] – Stormy Johnson threatens the group
• [12:39] – Outlaws plan their deadly trap
• [16:42] – Dynamite attack; the heroes act fast
• [19:10] – The group fights the river rapids
• [23:54] – Discovery of the mysterious canyon house
• [26:32] – Ambush and final showdown in the hideout
• [27:01] – Jingles names Butch an honorary westerner

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a classic Western blend of straight-arrow heroics (Wild Bill Hickok), comical sidekick banter (Jingles), and an engagingly naïve "tenderfoot" outsider (Butch). The witty dialogue, rapid-fire comic exchanges, and over-the-top threats are delivered with warmth and vintage radio flair, making for a lively, family-friendly adventure through the wild frontiers of golden age radio.

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Summary

"Danger Down the River" delivers exactly what Old Time Radio Western enthusiasts crave: a rollicking blend of suspense, action, and humor, complete with signature soundscapes and charismatic performances. The enhanced audio restoration amplifies every gunshot and rapid, immersing the listener in every moment of peril and camaraderie. Wild Bill and Jingles shine, with Dr. Hummingbird’s transformation from outsider to hero providing both heart and laughs. A quintessential river adventure fit for both lifelong fans and new listeners alike.

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Transcript

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[Jingles (Deputy)]

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United States Marshal Wild Bill Hick and his big deputy Jingles, in addition to their job of upholding the law, gave aid to the builders of the west as well. But they never thought that a simple trip of the surveying party would turn up a storm of gun smoke and danger down the river.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Bill, I never thought when I hung on a marshall's badge that I'd get into all sorts of things. I've chased butterflies, driven stagecoaches, fought Indians, climbed mountains and even run a ladies dress shop.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yep, there's more to our job than just chasing owl hooch, Jingles.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

They sure is. But what are we getting into this time? How come we're going for a boat ride down the river?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It's more than just a boat ride. You see, Thunder river has never been explored before. So the government is sending out an engineer to find out what's down in those deep canyons.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

And we have to ride herd on this tenderfoot to see that he doesn't get his feet wet or lose his scalp to the Indians, huh?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's about it. It's all part of the job. Ho. Bug shot.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Hold it. Hold it, Joker.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Hold it. We're right on time, Jingles. And so's the train.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

We ought to celebrate. That's the first time I can remember that the Tonopah, Tidewater and Bullfrog Valley Railroad ever got a train through on time.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Not many people getting off either. We shouldn't have any trouble spotting our man.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

No. What's his name, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Hummingbird.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Hummingbird?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's what it says in the letter. Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird, professor of Engineering at Peabody College.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Percy D. Hummingbird. Well, dip my beak in a honeysuckle vine. He better not use that name around here. Some of our leading citizens will drop dead from laughing at it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, he might have a funny name, Jingles, but he's supposed to be one of the best men in the country when it comes to making maps.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, maybe so. Well, there's old Charlie too good getting off. There's Lamb, Steve Finger. The only one I don't know is that little jet in the white coat.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That must be Doc Hummingbird. Come on, Jingle.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I'm gonna have to talk to that boy before we start down Thunder river in a rowboat.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

How do you do, gentlemen? Can you tell me where I can find Marshall Wild Bill Hickok?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

That's probably the easiest question I'll get from you.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'm Marshall hickok. Are you Dr. Hummingbird?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Yes, yes. Well, how fortunate to meet you so soon.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, we were waiting for you, doc. I'm Jingles, Bill's deputy.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, well, how do you do, Jingles? I'm very happy to know you. Would you two mind doing me a favor?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Not at all, doctor.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, out here in the informality of the West, I'm afraid that my name and title might seem a little out of place.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yes, they might.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

That's putting it mildly.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, now, then, back East, I have a nickname, and perhaps you'd use that.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

You've got a nickname?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What is it, doctor?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, my family calls me Butch.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Butch, huh? Well, that's fine with us, isn't it?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Jingy Butcher's a lot better than Dr. Percy Humminbird.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What do you want to do first?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, first of all, Wild Bill, I'd like to look at the boat.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right, fine. We'll drop your luggage at the hotel and go on down the river.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, there she is, Docker. I mean, butch. 18ft long. A solid pine. She'll just go through those rapids of flying.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, yes, it looks like a fine boat, Jingles. But we'll need a good, strong boat in those rocky rapids.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sounds like you've done some river exploring before.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, my. Oh, that's my business.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, you're up against a tough one this time. That's the on the river is nothing to fool around with.

[Stormy Johnson]

You know something, Doc? He's right about that.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh. Oh. Who are you?

[Stormy Johnson]

Doesn't matter who I am, but I spent a lot of time on this river. I don't think you're very smart to go exploring down in them canyons.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We'll be going along with the doctor. Stranger, I don't think you have to worry about us.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

No, we'll do all the worrying that's necessary, sir.

[Stormy Johnson]

I still say you'd be smart if you forget the whole trip.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, but we. We cannot do that. It's very important that we find out what's in those canyons.

[Stormy Johnson]

Maybe so. You'll find it a lot healthier if you don't try to find out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I don't know who you are or who you're working for but that sounded like a threat to me. And I don't like to be threatened.

[Stormy Johnson]

I guess I'll have to make it real plain, Hickok. I'll give you a little sample of what will happen if you go like this.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Watch him, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I'm watching them.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

I'll hammer some sense into you.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

You just keep trying. Knock him over this way, Bill, and let me poke him back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Here he comes.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Good shot. Here he comes back.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Hold it, boy. Hold it. Hold it. We got him, Rocky. All right. You had enough, mister?

[Stormy Johnson]

Yeah, for now.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, that was a pretty silly play starting a fight with Bill.

[Stormy Johnson]

Not half as silly as the one you'll make if you start down that river.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

But what's wrong with our going down the river?

[Stormy Johnson]

He'd want it down there. If you go, there won't be none of you coming back alive.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You'd better go on back and tell whoever sent you that we're starting down the river tomorrow morning. And we'll be ready for any trouble that comes our way.

[Stormy Johnson]

Okay, I'm going. And if it's trouble you want, you'll get plenty.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

He's a nasty sort of a sidewinder, ain't he?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

He sure is. And he means business. You still want to make the trip, Doc?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, then, of course I do, Bill. Even though it looks like we'll meet. A few things I. I can't draw on a map.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Atta boy, Doc. No wonder your family calls you Butch. We'll start out in the morning and we'll figure on finding plenty of white water and gun smoke.

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[Charlie]

You know, Charlie, when you camp out on the range, there's nothing better than airtights to keep food.

[Todd Blake]

Why, they.

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Hey, hey, cool your fire a minute there, slim. What in tarnation are airtights?

[Charlie]

Oh, shucks, you know, Charlie, Tins and such to keep your food in so they'll stay fresh till you open them up.

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Would you call a Kellogg's Rice Krispies box and airtight?

[Charlie]

Hadn't thought of it that way, Charlie, but I reckon you sure could. That box is like an airtight because what it really does is seal in those little toasted Rice Puffs so moisture is kept from them. And even after you open a box of Rice Krispies, they stay fresh and crisp.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Right, Cheryl?

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Well, I've never poured milk or cream over a bowl of Rice Krispies without getting an answer. Soon as that milk or cream hits those golden Rice Krispies, they start their little chant, Snap, crackle, pop. To let you know they're just as crisp as the day they left Battle Creek.

[Charlie]

And when you add your favorite fruit or berries, fresh, canned or frozen, it don't make a particle of difference. You will be letting yourself in on some of the best breakfast eating you ever had. Gullies. Just talking about that talking cereal gets my appetite up.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Narrator]

So why not do yourself a good turn, partner? Ask your mom after the show if she'll set a big bowl of Rice Krispies out for you tomorrow morning. Tell her you want the only talking cereal in the whole wide world, Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Disregarding threats from a stranger who met them at the riverbank, Wild Bill and Jingles and Dr. Hummingbird started down the rapids and canyons of Thunder river, little knowing that death was being planned for them before their trip was over.

[Stormy Johnson]

Well, here we are. Boy. Easy now. There's Stormy waiting for me.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Oh, boy. Ho, ho, boy. Hi, Blake.

[Todd Blake]

How's the surveying party coming on the river?

[Stormy Johnson]

They're doing better than I thought they would, Stormy. They got through two of the toughest rapids and they're about 10 miles above our hideout.

[Todd Blake]

Well, that's not so good. We can't count on the river to kill them off. We'll have to do it ourselves.

[Stormy Johnson]

All right with me. I got a big debt to settle with that Hickok.

[Todd Blake]

Just don't try to do it with your fish like you did the last time.

[Stormy Johnson]

Why should I? Tomorrow they'll come sailing down into Marble Canyon and run right into the perfect trap.

[Todd Blake]

Yeah, those rapids are so big, they'll have to let the boat down through them with ropes.

[Stormy Johnson]

That's right. While they're working away down in the steep canyon, we'll be up in the cliff with a bundle of dynamite.

[Todd Blake]

Well, all I can say is we'd better not miss. If Hickok gets down the river as far as our hideout, finds our secret trail. He'll have the answer to where a lot of holdup money has been going for the last year.

[Stormy Johnson]

You'll never get that far. Peacock and Jingles and that little professor going to end their trip tomorrow in Marble Canyon.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Way down upon the Swanee River. Far, far away, loud and. Hey, Bill, this is kind of fun.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Keep your eyes open, Jingles. Those jaspers haven't made their play yet. And it's libel will come anytime.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

We're coming to some more rapids too, Jingles. I can hear them getting louder.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

You just keep drawing your pictures and making your notes, Doc. We'll get you through the rapids.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

The canyon's getting steep. That water's liable to be pretty rough in there.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Maybe we'd better pull into shore and look it over before we start through, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Good idea. All right, let's head for shore.

[Charlie]

Jingle.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Maybe we could explore a little before we run the rapids. I'd like to study the flora and fauna.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I got an Aunt Flora back in East Sidelia, but I don't know anybody named Fauna.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Doc wants to study plants and animals, Jingle.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, well, yes. You see, when we're exploring new territory, we make notes on indigenous forms of life as well as geologic and topographical characteristics.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

You do, huh? Well, you go ahead and do whatever you said, and I'll run the boat. Where shall I pull her in, Bill?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Pull in by that big rock and we'll take a look downstream.

[Stormy Johnson]

Jingles.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Grab a hold, Bill. I got a.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Now I can see the rapids with my telescope. Bell.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

How do they look?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, my. They're pretty rough, rocky, and the canyon's very narrow. I'd say they're by far the most dangerous yet.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Then we'd better get out. The long ropes line the boat through. No sense in taking any chances when we've come this far.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

No, sir. Thunder river is bigger than I am and tougher than I am. And I ain't gonna fool around with it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Somebody shooting at it came from up on the cliff.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Bill, look. Two men up there.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah, I see him. And I'll bet one of them is the gent that told us not to make this trip.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, they sure got us trapped. Cliffs on both sides of us, rapids in front of us and Thunder river piling down behind us.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

They're not doing any more shooting. Evidently, they just wanted to let us know that they were up there.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, take a look through that spyglass, Doc, and see what they're up to.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

All right, Jingles, I will. Just a moment, yes. There they are.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, I know where they are. What are they doing?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

They have some kind of a small bundle. It looks like sticks.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Sticks? What kind of sticks?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, it's a bundle of dynamite.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Dynamite. They really figured to get rid of

[Jingles (Deputy)]

us, Bill, what are we gonna do? There's no way out of this canyon but up.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

If they drop that dynamite on us, we'll go up. Not faster than we wanted.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

They're lighting the fuse, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

We've got one chance, Jingles. Hold onto that rock with one hand and get a Colt in the other

[Jingles (Deputy)]

and shoot them before they throw it.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

You hear it, cops?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Blast it before it gets down to us, Jingles.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I see it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

So do I.

[Todd Blake]

Hey, doc.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Jingles, you all right?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, I. I guess so, Bill. I. I am sort of shaken up, though. I.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

How about you, Jingles? Say something, partner.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I can see. I say, I can see you talking, but I can't hear you very well.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I said, are you all right?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Huh?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

No, no, no, I ain't all right. I'm shell shocked, dizzy in the head, my ears ain't working very good and I'm madder than a sink bobcat. At them two lizards up there. Where did they go?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

They didn't go anywhere. We're drifting down into the rapids.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Give me the oars, Bill. I'll get us back into the bank.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

You'll have to hurry, Jingles. The current's getting faster.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Dad blame it. Now they're shooting at us again. They just ain't sociable.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

They don't want you to start rowing, Jingles. They'd rather have us go on into the rapids.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I never been in such a spot in my life. Can't stop, can't go back. Can't go ahead. All the way all the time. Those varmints keep taking pot shots. Well, Hickok, do something.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right. Hand me that rifle, Doc.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

All right. Here you are, Bill.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, make them at least duck for cover, Bill.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Yeah, they ducked, all right.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

If Bill hadn't been shooting from a boat that's sunfishing like a low code Bron, they might not be alive to duck.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Can you get to shore now, Jingles?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I don't think so, Bill. We're just going faster and faster.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right. We're gonna have to take our chances of the rapids then. Sorry we got you into this, Doc.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, don't you worry about me, Bill. I. I just want to thank you and Jingles for saving my neck so far.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Doc, you old flora hunter, you. I think I'll have to start calling you A Butch from here on out.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Myself, I'll go along with that. But let's get ready for trouble. Jingles and I'll roll. Butch, you stay up there in front, watch for rock.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Not that we can do much of about it. We just want to know what we're going to hit.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

If we do hit a rock and the boat turns over, swim for the shore on the other side. Looks like the Colonel will be swinging over that way.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Okay, Bill, but stop talking and start throwing. Here we go. Felt like we rolled right off the edge of a cliff.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Pull to the right.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I am pulling, Bill. Wow, I'm glad I missed that one.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

There's plenty more. Now keep her straight or we'll turn over.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I took that whole wave right in the face.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I got my share of it, too. Keep pulling.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Bill, look out.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

And the rock. Bill, we're not gonna miss full hard. Hang on. Let me out.

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[Wild Bill Hickok]

Well, that's cool.

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[Jingles (Deputy)]

So what's the problem?

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

I'm waiting for the catch.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Maybe there's no catch.

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That's exactly what a catch would want me to think. Wow.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

You need to relax.

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[Jingles (Deputy)]

Pick up.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Fees may apply.

[Charlie]

Well, come along, boys and listen to my tale and tell you of my troubles on the old Chisholm trail Come and tie a yippie yippee yippee Come and die yippee.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Ah.

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[Charlie]

Oh, thank you, Charlie. That's bunkhouse music. And the cowpoke's music rides right along with him when he's out on the range keeping him company when he's got only his horse to talk to who can't talk back.

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[Charlie]

That's right. You just pour on milk or cream and Rice Krispies started talking to you telling you how crisp and good tasting a breakfast you're going to have. That snap, crackle and pop music really sets me right for the day. How about you, Charlie?

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Narrator]

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[Charlie]

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[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Narrator]

So why not set your sights on a big bowl of Kellogg's Rice Krispies tomorrow morning? Or maybe tonight before you climb into your bunk? That's Rice Krispies, the only talking cereal in the whole wide world. Deep in the canyons of Thunder River Wild Bill Jingles and the Doctor escape from a deadly dynamite trap only to find their boat pulled out into the swift current and sent smashing down into the dangerous rapids of Marble Canyons.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Now, pull hard, Jingles. Pull what? I got my head jammed under a seat and both oars are stuck under the back of my shirt.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Get him on, Doc. We're gonna need all the beef we can get on these oars.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I'm loose now. Wait till I get set again. Now. Oh, look, Look.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

The end of the rapping.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I haven't got time to look.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Butch is right, partner. We're coming to the end of it.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, it can't be too soon for me. I wish. We're at the end of this dead Blame Thunder River. I'm gonna climb out of this boat the next time it hits dry land. And I ain't never going closer to water than a bathtub from here on out.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

It looks to me like the canyon widens out just around that bend, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It sure does. We'll pull in there and see how much damage we've done.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Good. I want to count my ear. We hit that big rock, it felt like I tore off at least one.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, what if you count them and find you have three? Jingles.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Hunter. Now, you stick to your flora and fauna, Butch, and leave the jokes to me.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Pull in over here, Jingles, right by that little beach.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Okay. Bill.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Bill, look. A house.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It sure is. You see it, Jingles?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I see it, but I don't believe it. This is an unexplored canyon. The only way to get to it is to come down the river. And you say there's a house over there. It ain't true.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You see the stone walls and the smoke coming out of the chimney?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I do.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

See that trail coming down the little canyon?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I do.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You see the front porch and the shingles on the roof?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I do. But there ain't no house there, Bill. It's absolutely impossible.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

All right. Run the boat in under the trees where it'll be out of sight. I think maybe we found the reason why those owl hoots didn't want us coming down the river, Bill.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

You mean this might be a hideout for those. Those two renegades?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

It might be. Now I want to know who lives in this house.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Renegade. Now there's a word I'll have to remember. Halt, you renegade. Hand over that money you stole from the bank. Sounds pretty good.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Still say there's no housing.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Yeah, that's a mirage or something all right.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What do you say we walk up and knock on the door of the Mirage? Keep your gun handy just in case a ghost steps up and starts fanning a six ton.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Yes, but maybe I should have a gun, Bill.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Sure. Butch? Yeah? Take one of mine.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Oh, thank you. Oh my. Heavy, isn't it?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Sure, it's heavy. But when you run into some of the owl hoots Bill and I meet, you'll wish you were packing a 500 pound can.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Here we are, Jingles. You go ahead and knock.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

I still don't believe it.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

What do you think now?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Pretty solid Mirage, ain't.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Doesn't seem to be anybody home.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

I guess they haven't got back from trying to dynamite us out of that canyon. What do you say we go in?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Well, what do you know? There's mail sacks, express boxes, money bags. They never thought anybody would find this place.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Yeah. Look here on the table. A wanted poster for Stormy Johnson and Todd Blake. We've run onto the answer to a lot of robberies. Jingles.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

You mean bandits?

[Jingles (Deputy)]

The worst kind of bandits, Butch. Robbers and killers.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Hold it. I hear horses.

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[Jingles (Deputy)]

They're walking into the trap this time. You better take cover, Butch, before the gun smoke gets so thick you can't find your way out the front door.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Wait till they get in the door, then we're gonna jump em.

[Todd Blake]

When Hickok blasted that dynamite, I thought we was done for. But the river took care of him for us.

[Stormy Johnson]

Yeah, once I saw him go into those rapids, I quit worrying about him.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

You quit worrying too soon.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Get your hands up.

[Kellogg's Rice Krispies Narrator]

Blast them.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Break. Well, one with a hole in his shoulder, one with a slice out of his arm. And look, another bullet tore off. And sure. Hey, wait a minute. Who fired the third shot?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, I'm afraid I did, Jingles. I saw the big one go for his gun, and so I let him have it. Isn't that the right expression?

[Wild Bill Hickok]

That's good enough, Butch.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

For a professor with a name like Dr. Percy D. Humminbird. You're getting to be a westerner real fast, Butch. Hey, by the way, what does the D stand for?

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Well, I'm afraid it stands for a din widdie Jingles.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

Not with me, it don't. As far as I'm concerned, D stands for dynamite.

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

[Wild Bill Hickok]

Monday, Andy, and I'll have another Wildville Hickok story for you. So hope to see you then.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

We sure do, kids. Cause this one's packed full of excitement and danger. We call it a letter of warning.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

So long, kids.

[Jingles (Deputy)]

See you Monday.

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

I'm here on the job site with Dale, who's a framing contractor.

[Wild Bill Hickok]

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

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[Stormy Johnson]

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

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[Stormy Johnson]

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

We're so far up here.

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[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

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[Wild Bill Hickok]

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[Jingles (Deputy)]

Sam.

[Dr. Percy D. Hummingbird (Butch)]

Foreign.

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