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Andrew Rines
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the bakers of Weber's Bread present your All Star Western Theater Produced and transcribed in Hollywood Drifting along
Foy Willing
singing a song under a Western moon.
Narrator/Host
From Hollywood comes your All Star Western the starring America's great Western singers Hoy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage bringing you the music, the stories and the spirit of the great open spaces. And now here are the riders of the purple Sage.
Sid Robbins
There's a rainbow over the range and the skies are blue again the rolling thunder spills in the far off hills There's a rainbow over the rain Here are the cowboys yip yi o While the dog is mill and low the sun is rising high in the fairy sky There's a rainbow over the rain
Foy Willing
I've been told there's a pot of
Sid Robbins
gold at the end of the rainbow lane But I found the trail Just a magic veil that's born in the wind and rain It's a grand and glorious day and the clouds have rolled away the fading thunder stills in the far off hills There's a rainbow over
Foy Willing
the rain I've been told there's a pot of gold at the end of
Sid Robbins
the rainbow lane But I found the trail just a magic veil that's born in the wind and rain It's a grand and glorious day and the clouds have rolled away the fading thunder stills in the far off hills There's a rainbow over the rain.
Narrator/Host
Thank you.
Sid Robbins
Friends.
Narrator/Host
We were thinking back this morning remembering the songs that have lived through the years. And it seems as though the great majority are concerned with love. Must be the human race considers love a rather important subject. Anyway, here's an example of the kind of a song we mean. Have I told you lately that I love you?
Foy Willing
Have I told you lately that I love you? Could I tell you once again Somehow have I said with all my heart and soul how I adore you well, darling, I'm telling you now My world would end without a memory of you I'm no good without you anyhow oh, have I told you lately that I love you? Well, darling, I'm telling you now
Narrator/Host
have
Foy Willing
I told you lately how I miss you when the stars are shining in the sky? Have I told you why the nights are low when you're not with me? Well, darlin, I'm telling you now this heart would break in two if you refuse me I'm no good without you anyhow oh, have I told you lately that I love you? Well, darling, I'm telling you.
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Narrator/Host
A brand new tune written by Boy Willing and Sid Robbins for the riders of the purple stage to sing in their latest republic picture Holiday for the Blues.
Foy Willing
You gotta start in a singing and you gotta shout. You gotta keep on swinging. Kick the blues, don't you let it get you. You got too much to lose. It's a holiday for the blue you gotta start in a shout until you're feeling fine. You gotta keep on a thousand. Gotta rise and shine. Keep the raptors ringing. Till you settle for fuse. It's a holiday for the blue. The sun is out shining. The sky is bright and clear. It's no time to be pining. No time for having fear. Go calling on your neighbor. Go out and spread the news. Cause it's a holiday for the blues. You gotta start in a singing and you gotta shout. You gotta keep on swinging. Kick the blues right out. Don't you let it get you. You got too much to lose. It's a holiday for the blues. Was riding on my Pinto, Not a cent in my jeans. It felt like it was weeks since I'd had pork and beans. I told him let's jump in the river. My horse said, I refuse. Cause it's a holiday for the blues. You gotta start in a singing and you gotta shout. You gotta keep on swinging. Kick the blues right out. Don't you let it get you.
Sid Robbins
You've got too much to lose.
Foy Willing
It's a holiday for the blues. You gotta start in a shout until you're feeling fine. You gotta keep on a thousand. Gotta flies and shine. Keep the raptors ringing till you set off the fuse. It's a holiday for the blues.
Narrator/Host
Well, we've got time for another song before we tell our story of the West.
Loco Louie
What'll it be?
Narrator/Host
I wonder.
Foy Willing
That's right.
Narrator/Host
What's right? I wonder. Don't you know? Sure I know. I wonder. But if you wonder. Who's on first?
Foy Willing
Perry. Oh. Oh, I Wonder is the name of the song. Right now. All by myself alone at home. I'm feeling blue thoughts keep roaming through my mind. They're all of you. I wonder if you're dancing with somebody new. I wonder, I wonder. Can't help it if I wonder. No matter which side of the pillow that I'm sleeping on. My dreams of youth continue through until the dawn. And after that I find the daydream crew comes on. I wonder, I wonder. Can't help it if I wonder. You care for someone else. I see. Well, then it's quite all right with me. I'm gonna get me dressed up in my Sunday soon Find myself somebody who is twice as you. And when you realize that you and I are true. I wonder. I wonder. I wonder what you do.
Narrator/Host
Well, it's time now for Poor Willing and the riders of the Purple stage to tell us another of their adventures in the West. This week, they've called their story Local Louie and the Eastern Dude. There's a broad concrete highway running into Carson City and an endless roaring ribbon of automobiles feeding along it.
Foy Willing
It's a good road for tourists, truckers
Narrator/Host
and anyone else who's in a hurry, but not for cowboys. Cowboys use a road some distance away. A mere trail, not a road at all. But they like it fine. You see, Pony Express riders once galloped up and down the length of this trail, and before them, other famous men of the west, the three Vagabonds. The riders of the Purple Sage knew this trail well, for they traveled it many times. And they were traveling it again. Untroubled, unhurried, carefree. Were they? You fellas seem awful quiet. What are you thinking about?
Foy Willing
Girling?
Narrator/Host
Not me.
Foy Willing
Figure I'd be awful happy if Johnny
Narrator/Host
was to play a dance on his fiddle and I was to grab a gal about the waist and start lifting
Foy Willing
my feet up and down.
Narrator/Host
Now, where would I find a fiddle? Clear out here, Al.
Foy Willing
Well, where'd I find a girl? Clear out here.
Narrator/Host
The whole thing is impractical.
Foy Willing
Boy. Look, it's local Louie. Howdy, noi. Hello, Louie.
Narrator/Host
You're kind of far from home, ain't you, Louie?
Loco Louie
Oh, a little, maybe. Been having any more talks with Kit Carson, Louie?
Foy Willing
Yeah. What? She cut it out, John?
Loco Louie
Oh, yes, yes. Did a nice little gabfest with Mr. Carson early this morning.
Foy Willing
Well, tell him howdy for us next time you see him, huh?
Loco Louie
Oh, I don't see him. We just talk.
Narrator/Host
Oh, Louie, if you're headed for Carson City, why don't you hop on my horse? No sense in a fellow walking.
Loco Louie
Why, tain't more than 10 miles. Exercise good for a man. Takes the kinks out of his bones.
Narrator/Host
Well, whatever you say. Come on, Johnny. Al, we better hide that or we're not going to get to town.
Loco Louie
Just a second before you go, boy. You boys was asking me about Mr. Carson.
Narrator/Host
Louie, I apologized for him.
Foy Willing
They didn't mean.
Loco Louie
Oh, that's all right. All right. Everybody calls me Loco Louie. I don't mind, because I know most folks just ain't big enough to understand there's more in the world than meet your eyes.
Foy Willing
Well, Louie, we better.
Loco Louie
You see, I met you, Mr. Carson,
Narrator/Host
when I was a little fellow.
Loco Louie
I didn't know him well then, not like I do now. And I expect the reason he talks to me is because I'm about the only one left with the folk he met when he was alive. Probably kind of lonesome up there. He would be. Of course, there being no horses, there's six Shooters in heaven.
Narrator/Host
We understand, Louie.
Loco Louie
Not much of a hand to fly around. Play gold harp. Mr. Carson, was it? Well, I just thought I'd tell you. Figured if anybody was big enough to understand, there's more to the world in me. Fellas, I won't keep you no longer. I hope I see you again, though, real soon.
Narrator/Host
We'll tie up over there, Al.
Foy Willing
Johnny.
Narrator/Host
And if you're hungry, there's a cafe up the street.
Foy Willing
Cafe?
Sheriff
Where?
Foy Willing
Loco Louie's granddaughter's the waitress. I ain't very hungry for it. They eat us. I know old Louie is as crazy
Narrator/Host
as a prairie dog, but he's so blamed serious about what he says, you get to feel like a rattlesnake. Cause you don't believe it. He's a nice old fellow, Al. Yeah, perfectly harmless.
Loco Louie
Boy, oh, boy.
Narrator/Host
Willie, look, a girl. Howdy, Molly. Now, if I had a fiddle, you could dance. Now, Al, there's a girl. Yeah, but it's a girl we didn't want to see. It's local Louie's granddaughter.
Molly
Oh, boy. You always see it. Just the right kind. Howdy, boys.
Sheriff
Hello, Molly.
Molly
If you can possibly spare the time, I wish you'd help me find Granddad.
Narrator/Host
That ought to be easy, Molly. We saw him back on the trail about an hour and a half ago.
Molly
Was he alone? He was, wasn't he? Didn't have anyone with him.
Narrator/Host
Hey, what's up? There's nothing wrong with your granddad, Molly. Leastways there wasn't when we saw him.
Molly
But was he a lone Foy?
Narrator/Host
Matter of fact, he was. Yeah.
Foy Willing
He was even walking. Molly said he wanted to get the kinks out of his bones.
Molly
Oh, well, did he tell you what he done with his horse?
Loco Louie
The big day.
Molly
He always rides.
Narrator/Host
Not a word. If you're worried about anything, Molly, we'd be glad to ride back and pick him up.
Molly
I am worried, Foy. There was another hold up here this noon. Outlaws grabbed the feedlot payroll just as the bank messengers came in. Michelle thinks Granddad is mixed up with us.
Narrator/Host
That's just plain silly, Molly.
Molly
Your grandad might be mixed up with outlaws and not even realize it. For us, Granddad wanders all over. Boys like to have him around so they can egg him on about tick tock and why. Going around grad dad learns about everything he's done. And when payrolls come in, who stole the cattle?
Narrator/Host
I see what you mean.
Molly
Maybe he's gotten acquainted with the outlaw band some way. And they've been pumping him for information.
Loco Louie
And he's giving it to Them without
Molly
even knowing who they are?
Narrator/Host
That could be, I suppose.
Molly
Maybe as the sheriff thinks everybody's made sport of them for so long, he decided to get back at him. He's deliberately giving outlaws information. The sheriff believes that he's out looking for Granddad. Now.
Narrator/Host
He's just guessing. Or has he got something to go on?
Loco Louie
Something?
Molly
Well, it's almost definite. The bank messengers swear the outlaw leader was riding the big bay. And you just met Granddad. He was walking and didn't mention the horse being stolen or anything.
Narrator/Host
Boys, I reckon we'd better ride back and get the old man. Sort of protect him from any rough treatment until we find out what's what. You better come along too, Molly. We may need you.
Foy Willing
Get your horse. There he is, Lo.
Loco Louie
Howdy, boy. You fellas certainly made a quick trip.
Narrator/Host
Yeah, a little faster than we intended.
Loco Louie
Are you here too, Molly? It didn't get fired from the Cafe Hope?
Molly
No, Granddad, I won't.
Loco Louie
Well, now, don't you worry even if you did. Cause there's a little money coming our way you don't know nothing about yet. Money ought to have it. Maybe tomorrow.
Narrator/Host
Louie, I want to talk to you real serious for a minute.
Loco Louie
Sure, for sure.
Narrator/Host
Where's your heart? The big bay you always ride.
Loco Louie
Oh, that mean varmint I showed him this morning.
Narrator/Host
Who'd you sell him to?
Loco Louie
Well, now, if I was to tell you about that, you'd say it's just another one of Yoko Louise lies. Can't believe a word that feller said.
Narrator/Host
Maybe we wouldn't.
Molly
I want you to tell Grandad.
Loco Louie
Well, Mr. Carson and me was talking earlier this morning.
Molly
We don't want to hear about Mr. Carson, Granddad.
Loco Louie
We want to hear about just. Just now. Molly, I have to tell about Mr. Carson or you won't know how I happened to sell the big bay.
Narrator/Host
Go ahead, Louie.
Loco Louie
Well, Mr. Carson says that the sheriff we got now is to never going to catch them outlaws that's been bothering folks around here. He said we'd have to do it, him and me. Told me to take the big bay off the Lazy Q. That's a dude outfit. That piece says when I got there, a feller'd buy him from me. The feller'd be the robber chief. That's how I was to know him.
Narrator/Host
And you followed Kit Parson's instructions?
Loco Louie
Oh, I always do. Little letter.
Narrator/Host
What was the name of the man who bought the heart?
Loco Louie
The eastern dude named Grover Shimshin.
Molly
This is ridiculous. Mr. Simpson is an executive boy. He's been at the Lazy Shoe all summer.
Narrator/Host
Louis, the leader of the robber band, was riding your horse when the feedlot payroll was taken this morning.
Loco Louie
Mr. Carson's always right. He told me the leader of the man to buy my horse.
Molly
He's wasting his time.
Narrator/Host
Maybe not.
Loco Louie
I don't believe he'll be in now, though. Foy. Mr. Carson said the outlaws had a hideout, though. In a ravine just below Wright's place. You might look there.
Molly
You come on with me, Granddad.
Narrator/Host
Thanks a lot for the help, Louie,
Loco Louie
if you do find him. Won't do you any good, boy. Mr. Carson said him and me to capture him just after sundown.
Foy Willing
Locos and yellow jackets.
Narrator/Host
Yeah, he sure is. But he does seem to know something about the outlaws. Even though he may have mixed it up. Considerable. Let's locate the sheriff and have a look at this hideout Louis told us about. This place has been used as a hideout all right, Sheriff?
Sheriff
Sure looks like it. Yeah, we'll find them. Sooner or later they'll know they can't get out of the territory as long as the dragnet's out.
Narrator/Host
If you went back with us, maybe we could get a straighter story out of old Louie. You think we could, Sheriff?
Sheriff
That's hard to say, boy.
Loco Louie
Old Louie's perfectly sane one minute, the
Sheriff
next he's Gavin his fool. Head off about talking with Kit Carson
Foy Willing
to the north.
Narrator/Host
Come on, let's follow it.
Foy Willing
Take it easy, though, until we find out more than we know.
Narrator/Host
Now all we got is local Lou's word that it was outlaws who used this place as a hideout. We wouldn't want to go after any innocent people.
Foy Willing
Hold it.
Narrator/Host
Trail leads up to Giant Cave, doesn't it?
Foy Willing
Yeah.
Sheriff
No trail coming out of the cave, either.
Narrator/Host
You notice that they're still inside then?
Sheriff
Boy, have one of your boys ride over to Wright's place. Hold my office. Tell the deputy to bring out a party.
Narrator/Host
Johnny, will you go? Okay, boy.
Foy Willing
I tell it.
Narrator/Host
We may need you here.
Foy Willing
Be back in 15 minutes. No other entrance to the cave, is there, Sheriff? Down. They're shooting at us. They're after Johnny. They saw him. They know he's going for help.
Sheriff
We got proof now. Somebody's inside that cave.
Narrator/Host
Yeah, and we can be pretty sure it's outlaws. Somebody who doesn't want to tangle with the law. I sure ain't hankering to go in that cave himself.
Foy Willing
Any other entrances, Sheriff?
Sheriff
Not that I know of. But there's a good many miles of tunnels. Big tunnels, so a man would have plenty of room, even on horseback.
Narrator/Host
What's your idea on the best way to get them? It's your death to go in after them. They could see us, but we wouldn't be able to see them.
Sheriff
We'll keep the entrance covered until the par comes. They may surrender then when they see what a big force we've got. But if they don't, we'll have to make different planes.
Foy Willing
Here's Johnny.
Narrator/Host
Yeah, sure enough. Hey, Johnny.
Sheriff
You get in touch with my office?
Loco Louie
The deputy said he'd bring a posse right now.
Foy Willing
Shooting again? Keep down.
Sheriff
Yad logs around the cave, turning the pickets off before help can get here.
Narrator/Host
I'm afraid we're stuck for the night, Sheriff. Sun's about to set now and they're not going to surrender. When it's dark, they'll figure there's a chance of getting out.
Sheriff
Watch it. They're at the entrance to the cave. One of them's coming out.
Foy Willing
All right, stir up your hands.
Narrator/Host
He's riding the big bay.
Foy Willing
Look out. He's going to run for it.
Sheriff
Shoot him, boys.
Loco Louie
Shoot him off backwards.
Narrator/Host
He's made it. No use shooting anymore.
Sheriff
That must be the leader. He was riding Lewis's big day. Sheriff, if you can keep the rest
Foy Willing
of the outlaws in the cave until
Narrator/Host
the apothe arrive, I'll take my boys and go after this fella. He's the leader, the one we've got to get. Keep out of sight. They're down by the corral. I can't see a thing from where I am either. The outlaw and Lewis are trying to get the drop on each other.
Loco Louie
You mean Louie's got a gun?
Narrator/Host
A loco handling a gun. Yeah. My outlaw is holding Molly in front of him, using her as a shield. You better circle around. Had me for it. Yeah. Al, you stay here. When I give a signal, do something to attract the outlaw's attention. I will too. You'll think he's surrounded and maybe give up. What if Louie gets excited? We got to think of Molly. You know there's more danger to her the way she is. If worse comes to worse, I can get the outlaw from the side. Come on, Johnny. Stick with me. Why don't you give the signal for it? I've been trying to catch Louis eye to warn him first. Yeah, that's a chance it, though. Here goes the signal. Get ready.
Sheriff
Molly.
Foy Willing
Lewis. Drop to the ground.
Sheriff
Drop.
Foy Willing
All right, outlaw.
Loco Louie
Reach for it. He's all right, boys.
Narrator/Host
Don't do it.
Loco Louie
They both dropped in the trench.
Narrator/Host
Use that gun, Johnny boy.
Loco Louie
Johnny.
Foy Willing
Louie got the outlaw. He got him with that old pistol
Loco Louie
right in the ark, boy.
Foy Willing
Shut from the ground. Shut from the ground.
Sheriff
Grab the outlaw, Johnny.
Narrator/Host
Grab him now. I'll feed him out in the old man.
Molly
I don't know what we'd have done if you hadn't.
Loco Louie
No, no, Molly. I told you everything would be all right.
Narrator/Host
Nice work, Louie.
Loco Louie
Oh, I wasn't much worried, boy. And Mr. Carson told me we'd get him tonight, you know, and he said I had a little extra money coming, so I sort of figured it'd be as a reward for capturing out all alive. But awful clever, Mr. Carson, to arrange things as he did now, wasn't it?
Foy Willing
What do you mean?
Loco Louie
Why, I didn't like the idea of selling my big bay at all. Especially to Eastern Dude. Just didn't see how it helped, neither. But it did.
Narrator/Host
I don't get you, Louie.
Loco Louie
Well, you see, that big bay is the toughest mouth varmint you ever saw. Come sundown, no matter where he is, he takes the bit between his teeth and he hightails it for home. Ain't nobody ever been able to hold him, not even me. Yes, sir. Pretty clever, Mr. Carson. But then he was a great man even when he was alive.
Narrator/Host
All right, boys. We can be on our way, I guess. What were you doing in the public library for? He wasn't reading a book, I hope. I wanted to find out something. I bet he was reading a book, Johnny. You know, boys, Louis says he knew Kit Carson when he was a boy. I just looked something up. Louie would had to be over a hundred years old right now, or he wouldn't have been big enough to remember Kit Carson at all. How old is Louis? Well, he might be close to 100. I don't know. You believe he talks to Kit Carson for him? Well, I'm not saying I do, but I'm not saying I don't either. That's the way I feel. Let's get out of here.
Foy Willing
If somebody told us about this, I'd
Narrator/Host
have passed it off as a yarn. But we saw it ourselves. You know, maybe there is more in this world than meets the eye.
Foy Willing
And you're saying Loco Louie ain't loco at all, huh?
Narrator/Host
No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying just that there is more in this world than meets the eye. A lot more.
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Narrator/Host
On each of these programs, the writers of the Purple Stage pay homage to western music by highlighting some one song which has a real western spirit. Today we've asked them to sing a new song, a contribution to the music of the west by Foy Willing himself with Sid Robbins, teammate. A song we know will become a favorite of yours. Where the cool clear water spills
Foy Willing
and we walk along the river where the cool clear waters spill Cool, clear water, clear water and we walked along the river where the cool clear water spill There's a pretty spot in Texas Where I long once more to be where the mountains touch the river that hurries out to sea it was there I took my darling Just to see those rippling rills and we walked along the river where the cool clear water spills where the summer breeze is blown and the moon hangs clear and high where the whippoorwills are silent and stars fill up the sky yes, the dew is on the meadow and the blue is
Loco Louie
in the hill as we walk along
Foy Willing
the river where the cool clear waters spill Cool, clear water, clear water as we walk along the river where the cool clear waters fill for tonight my heart's in Texas where it all comes back to me on the stroll along the river that lonely memory and I know that you're still waiting down among the daffodil and we'll walk along the river where the cool clear water fills Cool, clear water, clear water and we'll walk along the river where the cool clear water.
Loco Louie
Was.
Narrator/Host
Well, that's about it for this time, friends. We hope you'll be with us next week when we come drifting along. I'd like to thank Fred Howard, Alvina Temple and Joe Duvall for their splendid performance on the show today. With us, this is 4 willing speaking for Al Floy, Johnny Paul, Scotty Harrell and all the writers of the Purple Sage saying so long and good luck to you all.
Foy Willing
Lifting along singing a song under a western moon.
Narrator/Host
From Hollywood. You've heard your All Star Western Theater a VM Bear production starring America's great Western singers, Boy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage. The script was by Ray Wilson, direction by Tom Hargis. This is Perry o' Sullivan speaking.
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Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: All Star Western Theatre
Episode Air Date: Originally July 12, 1947
Podcast Release Date: April 13, 2026
This episode of Old Time Radio Westerns presents a remastered airing of "Loco Louie and East Dude," an adventure from the classic All Star Western Theatre. Taking listeners back to the late 1940s, the episode masterfully blends Western music, heartfelt storytelling, and comedic charm. At its core, the narrative revolves around an eccentric yet beloved character, Loco Louie, whose outlandish tales and mysterious connections to legendary frontiersman Kit Carson become entangled with a payroll robbery and the arrival of an "eastern dude."
Alongside toe-tapping songs from Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, the story explores themes of community, misunderstanding, and the mysteries hidden in the Western frontier. The result is a lively, atmospheric experience that balances humor, suspense, and the spirit of the Old West.
“Everybody calls me Loco Louie. I don’t mind, because I know most folks just ain’t big enough to understand there’s more in the world than meet your eyes.”
— Loco Louie [14:59]
“Kit Carson said him and me to capture him just after sundown.”
— Loco Louie foreshadowing the later events [24:17]
“He got him with that old pistol right in the ark, boy. Shut from the ground! Shut from the ground!”
— Loco Louie, celebrating his unlikely victory [24:20]
“That big bay is the toughest mouth varmint you ever saw. Come sundown, no matter where he is, he takes the bit between his teeth and he hightails it for home.”
— Loco Louie [25:07]
“If somebody told us about this, I’d have passed it off as a yarn. But we saw it ourselves. …maybe there is more in this world than meets the eye.”
— Foy Willing reflecting on Louie’s story [26:22]
“Loco Louie and East Dude” is a charming, music-rich Western adventure with generous helpings of humor and homespun philosophy. The episode combines whodunit intrigue with a warm-hearted, respectful portrayal of an outsider’s wisdom. Its message—that there’s “more in this world than meets the eye”—lingers well after the fade-out, ensuring listeners walk away both entertained and a little more open to life’s mysteries.