 It's the Roy Rogers Show! Happy Praise to you! It's Grape Nuts Flakes, the great two-minute energy serial brings you the Roy Rogers Show, transcribed on the double R bar ranch with Pat Brady and the Queen of the West, Day 11. Happy Praise! In person, the King of the Cowboys, Roy Rogers. You know, being a cowboy, you need lots of energy. That's why Grape Nuts Flakes is the serial I like for strength and energy. Just two minutes after you eat a big bowl full, that whole wheat energy starts going to work for you. Try Grape Nuts Flakes buckaroos, they're great. Now, here's our story. It's called the Cash and Carry Rodeo. A group of citizens from all over Paradise Valley are meeting tonight in the Mineral City Schoolhouse. The sheriff is presiding, and as Roy Rogers says, this is Dale, the sheriff's doing a fine job. Yes, he is. I had no idea he was such a good parliamentarian. What a man, what a rurian. Dale means he's got this meeting roped and tied, Pat. Order, please! The suggestion of a valley-wide rodeo, the entire proceeds and such prize money as the winners can to contribute to go to the Lunchroom Building Fund seems to meet with the approval of this group. What's the objection? Well, that being the case, I'm going to take a bowl by the horns and appoint Mr. DeYoung as chairman of the rodeo committee to work with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and yours truly. The meetings adjourned. I promised my wife I'd be home early. For someone who was sort of against the Lunchroom Project, you're certainly throwing yourself into this rodeo, Mr. DeYoung. I should say so. One of the things it'll be the biggest thing Paradise Valley's ever seen. There's no reason I shouldn't do my part in a community project like this. I'm enjoying it. Well, this is a community project, all right. I guess the only outsider who has anything to do with it is Mr. Corbett. Corbett's a crackerjack rodeo man. I figured that hiring him would guarantee that everything would be run properly. And just between us, Corbett's cut his usual fee in half. And I'm paying that out of my own pocket. You and Corbett are doing such a great job that I'm just sort of sitting back and figuring out how I can stay on those broncs long enough to win some prize money. Yeah, I'm just figuring on how to stay on them, period. I guess you'll do all right, Roy. And you do, Pat. Hello. I just don't understand how come he's so generous all of a sudden. After all, DeYoung hasn't any children of his own and I never thought he gave a hoot about the school. Well, I think the idea of having a really big time rodeo is what's changed him. He was always so enthusiastic about that little private thing that he used to put on. And now I guess he feels he's really stepped up in the fast company. Yeah, I think he was enthusiastic about his own rodeo because he made himself four or five hundred dollars a year on it. How he ever brought himself around to giving that up, I don't know. Howdy. Anybody in here know where I can find this guy, Corbett, the rodeo manager? Mr. Corbett's staying at the hotel. But I think you'd find him now out at the fairgrounds. Well, maybe I'll wait for him to come back. Might as well have something to eat while I'm waiting. Well, sure, sure. The menu's right up there on the blackboard and anything you order is bound to be good because I'm doing the cooking today. Well, that'll be a thrill. Make it ham and eggs, one up and one over. Huh? Sure, I like variety. Say, cowboy, what's the picture on this big rodeo they're having here Saturday? Well, it's a Paradise Valley community affair. Yeah, I know all about that. What I mean is, can anyone under the events? Sure, the more the merrier. My name's Roy Rogers, and I'll be glad to take your entries and see that Corbett gets them if you don't have time to wait. Oh, I got plenty of time. I'll hang around a ton of the shows over. I wouldn't be surprised if I take down a good share of the prize money. You're sure welcome to try for it. Well, all the cowboys from the valley are going to donate any money they win to our school fund. Well, they don't have to, do they? No, they don't have to, but the purpose of the rodeo is to build a new lunch room. I don't care where the kids eat or what they eat. I just figured in the size of those cash prizes that after this Saturday, cop Collins will be eating plenty good for a while. Well, Collins, you look like a mighty good cow puncher, and that horse you have tied to the rare looks like a mighty useful rodeo animal. But if you're going to enter our show and not enter into the spirit of it, we're sure going to do our best to beat you out on any event you enter. Well, I'm going to enter them all, Rogers, and competitions, my mate. How about them? How about them? How about those great nuts flakes? How about them? How about them? How about those great nuts flakes? 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Both contestants and spectators are cooperating to make this the big event of the year, for all the proceeds are to go toward building a new school lunch room. Now, before the first event, Cowpuncher Cop Collins is under the stands talking to George Corbett, a promoter who has been hired to supervise the show. You don't have to break your neck to win any prize money, Collins. Everything splits three ways, and with the crowd that's up there, everything is quite a lot. Well, that's fine, Corbett, but I'm out to win, just in case something goes wrong. And what can go wrong? I don't know, but this is a big-time rodeo and you're a small-time guy. It's easy enough for me to walk in and win at the little half-baked shows you usually promote, and it's easy enough for you to stick your fingers in the till when you're dealing with the Hicks. These folks aren't that stupid. The only reason I'm not big-time is because I never had any luck. The only reason you're not big-time is because you're crooked. Oh, look who's calling who a crook. Look, I worked for my prize money. Of course, I may not always have the toughest competition. Oh, you think these boys are going to be tough? Yes, and if I find out in the first couple of events that they are, I'll take steps to see that they aren't so tough from then on. Are you sure we can trust this other geezer? Of course we can. He's as anxious to get his hands on one third of the money as we are. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Paradise Valley's biggest and best rodeo. Well, I better get on up there, and you better get over to the chutes. You know when to meet me. Right. You know why we're here, and so without further ado, I'm going to call the first of the fifth seconds. That's the best time so far. Say, that is fast time. Where did this Collins fellow come from? I don't know, Miss Heavens. He's a stranger to me. And the next contestant, that lady in the double-r bar range and the Eureka Cafe. Well, even your waiter entered the event. Say, Miss Heavens, he'd have trouble lassoing a cooked hamburger, let alone one on the hook. Well, now, Pat might surprise you, Mr. Corbett. And here they come. He certainly threw a neat rope on that calf. He had himself pretty well at that. You bet he does. There, he's finished. Ladies and the Wildcalf roping a man. His time was 13 seconds black. I guess he will. You're kind of sweet on this. Rodgers fellow, aren't you, Miss Heavens? Hold him there. You're an open horse in you. I haven't yet seen him. Now, next event, ladies and gentlemen, we'll be in a while. Say, good work, Pat. You really tossed that steer in a hurry. Oh, Bulldogman is nothing. If I practice, I could probably be the world's champion. Well, maybe you could at that. If you think seven seconds is good time, watch what I do. We'll be watching, Collins, and good luck to you. Well, you ain't so hot so far. You've got one third and one nothing. I guess the school fun ain't going to miss a few bucks you'll take out of this rodeo. And now, coming on the shoot number three, cop, Collins, of this unknown. All right, turn this steer loose, man. Ah! Clap for him, Matt. Hey, Collins is a pretty good cowboy, but I think we kind of got his goat. Maybe so. He's misjudging that steer. Yeah, he's only got him by one horn. Yeah, he's got a grip on it. Hey, that steer's tough. Well, maybe the steer don't want Collins to win. After all, he was bred in Paradise Valley. Well, he's getting him now. There, he's down. Nineteen and three-fifth seconds. Now, your winners in the Wild Steer Wrestling are Pat Brady first. Roy Walker is second. And Johnny Estengo third. All right, Pat Brady, you old son of a gun. Maybe he could be the world's champion of that. Our Paradise Valley boys are certainly coming through, Mr. Corbett. And I thought Collins would give a better account of himself than this. I thought you didn't know him. Oh, I don't. It's just that when he made his entries, he talked so big. Well, Miss Evans, I'd better go down and check the receipts with Mr. B Young and the sheriff before the next event's called. I think I'll go down and wish Roy and Pat good luck. They're really giving each other battle. All right, fine. It's been a pleasure to watch the rodeo with you, Miss Evans. Oh, I'm coming back to the box for the bronc ride. Oh, fine. That's fine. And, of course, you're coming to the basket social we're having for the contestants this evening, aren't you? Well, I don't know if I'm much for basket socials. Why, they're all kinds of fun. I don't think you realize what living is until you've lived in Paradise Valley. And I'll just be leaving you here. I'll slip over to the box office. I suppose Mr. B Young will still be there. See you later, Mr. Corbett. Gee, I'm proud of Roy and Pat. Oh, hi there, Mr. Collins. Hello, Miss Evans. Well, you don't look very happy. Oh, what a rodeo. Don't feel badly. One-third in the kind of competition you're meeting today isn't mad at all. You watch this bearback bronc ride and I'll want to first in that and know the reason why. Boy, is he a poor loser. Looks like he's heading for the box office, too. Well, hi there, Dale. You enjoying the show? Some rodeo in it, Dale. Well, it's certainly a financial success and you fellows are making it an artistic success, too. You've never been better. We're kind of lucky today, I guess. That Collins fella sort of got me riled up and I'm doing my best to beat him. Yeah, me too. You know, I never realized I was such a hot shot cow puncher. Hey, I'm wasting my time in your kitchen. I think you're both wonderful and I came down to wish you both good luck with the broncs. Well, thanks, Dale. That's sure nice of you. It sure is, but I'll bet you hope Roy wins. Well... How long do we have before the next event? Oh, five or six minutes. Why? Well, excuse me. I want to look up the sheriff. He and I are cooking up something. A surprise? Well, we hope it'll be a surprise. See you soon. I don't know what else they can think of. It's been a perfect rodeo. Say, Pat, have you found out anything more except he ain't quite as good a cowboy as he let on he was. Well, has he mentioned anything about Mr. Corbett? Well, yeah. Right after the Bulldogging event, he was mumbling something about Corbett giving him a bum steer. But there was nothing bum about that steer at all. He was just plain too tough for Collins. Pat, if you'll excuse me, I want to check on something before the event. I just want to be sure that nobody's getting a bum steer around here. Skip the bronc right in Collins. You can't hurt it anyway. Let's get out of here now. I'm not going to let these guys beat me in everything. I know how I can win. Look. All the money's locked up in this steel box. Let's skip with it the minute the announcer calls the event. We'll skip with it after I ride. I can beat anybody on the grounds except maybe Rodgers and Brady. I'm going out right now and fix the sursingles on their broncs. Ooh, I get it. You'll cut almost through them, huh? So they'll snap off when the heat's on. Is that right? Right. Wait a minute. Keep talking while I edge over to the door. I think I heard something. As I was saying, of all the lousy rodeos I ever competed in, this one takes the cake. Ah, keyhole kid. Come in here, Miss Evans. Let go of me, Corbett. So you two didn't know each other, huh? Well, I heard everything. You may have heard it, but that's as far as it'll get. If I get a new mouth, Collins. Right, you're pretty nosy, aren't you? What if I am? That's fine, Collins. Now go about your business. Then get back here fast. I got some plans for the lady that'll really cover our getaway. MUSIC Late on. Yes, Nicky, that bronze a good ride. He'll score some points on it, too. Cut, Collins, feet on his brunt for the full eight seconds. At the end of the event. Well, I'll climb up on the shoots here, then. I'm next. The pick-up men have got him. And they've got the bronc, too. Good ride. Thanks. Thanks for the pick-up. The good ride, Collins. Best one so far. Probably the best one you'll ever see, Rogers. I'm not gonna stay around and watch you on Brady. I don't waste my time on amateur. And on a shoot number five, Pat Brady on Teacher's Pat. Good luck, Pat. I'll pick up for you. Good. Now, don't you get any ideas about throwing me bronc? And there they go. I'm all right, but what happened? You've got thrown. Oh, I landed right on my head. You know, if I hadn't, I might have been hurt bad. Come on, trigger. Let's get that bronc. But he's giving us a great show up to now. And now, the final contestant. And he has his work cut out for him. And he's trying to beat Cop Collins' ride out of shoot number two, Roy Rogers on Grey Twister. Hold trigger for him, will you, Pat? Oh, sure. Hey, what's that piece of leather you have there? Leather? Well, I'll be darned. You know, I got on that bronc and grabbed my rig in it. Hey, it must have broke. That's why I got thrown. Let me see. Broke a nothing that's been cut. Hurry up, Roy. The bronc's ready. Okay. Roy, you mean somebody done this on purpose? Looks like it, Pat. I'm going to check my rig before I ride. Look, I'm loose and Dale's trying to ride it. Pat, she's tied on it. Come on, trigger board. Hold off the steer trigger. Now's the time to do it. Here's a reminder. Always do your best. Yep, friends. That's Roy's reminder for today. He'd like you to try to put all the effort you can behind everything you do at home, in school, or at play. When you do that, everyone will look up to you. To do his best, a man needs strength and energy, which means you have to stay healthy. And to do that, you've got to eat right. Good nourishing food like grape nut flakes. The cereal Roy likes best for building up strength and energy. Yes, partners, Roy eats grape nut flakes for energy. His pictures on every package. Yes, Roy likes those well-tasting grape nut flakes, because their whole wheat energy starts going to work for you just two minutes after you eat a big, multi-rich bowl full. That's energy you need for most everything you do during the day. And you like sugar-roasted grape nut flakes. They have a flavor that's multi-rich, makes them mighty good to eat. So if you want to be king of the cowboys in your corral, ask your mom to get you a grape nut flakes, the great two-minute energy cereal. Grape nut flakes is one of the triple-wrapped post-serials. Guaranteed fresh, or triple your money back. There she's coming around. Don't seem to be any broken bones or anything. Just a real mean bump. Roy, what happened? You're all right, Dale, but you had a mighty close call. Hey, who done that to you, Dale? Get the sheriff. It was Corbett and Collins. Regers! Regers, a terrible thing has happened. A terrible thing almost happened, Mr. D'Young. But Dale's going to be all right. But we've got to find the sheriff. We've got to organize a posse in all the confusion someone ran off for the catch-walk. Someone ran off for the catch-walk? Yes, with every cent of the proceeds, over $6,000. It was Corbett and Collins. I overheard them planning it, and they caught me. Don't just stand there, Rogers. We've got to do something. Easy there, Mr. D'Young. We've already done it. All right, what do you mean? Corbett and Collins won't get very far. There's only one road they could start out on for a getaway, and the sheriff has that blocked. What? How did you know what they were up to? We've been checking on this Corbett fella, and we found out he's a pretty slippery character. Well, we just decided to be ready for anything. Well, Roy, that's wonderful. But what if the sheriff slips off? Get in there, Corbett. You too, Collins. There they are, Roy. Great work, Sheriff. They're the ones. They're the ones that tried to kill me. Real smart gone, Corbett. You weren't so smart either, Collins. Hey, Sheriff, didn't they give you any trouble? Made me deafenies, leaped on them, and knocked them off their horses before they knew what was happening. And here's the cash box, too. You'd better look inside first, Mr. DeYoung. They might have taken the money out and hidden it already. Yes, yes. Good idea. Well, there's nothing in here, but old newspapers and some rusty nails. Corbett and Collins, you dirty double-crossed scoundrels. Where's my thumb? I thought so, Mr. DeYoung. This was your idea, wasn't it? No, no. The reason you were suddenly so public-spirited was because you saw a chance to make yourself a couple of thousand dollars. Arrest him, too, Sheriff. I'll do just that, Roy. Now look here, DeYoung. Corbett, now's our chance. Take your choice, Pat. Grab him fast. I'm not Corbett. He's a cop. All right, Collins, I was hoping I'd get a crack at you. All right, one of that, you can't lick me, and risers. Oh, no, we'll see. We'll let them sleep that off and see if they wake up with any fight in them. Roy, why didn't you let me know what was going on? We couldn't let anyone know we suspected Corbett and Collins until we found out who they were working with. Now, we might have known it'd be DeYoung. He sure did a quick switch from being against the new lunchroom to being all for it. Well, Roy, what do you say we get these fellas down to the jail? Wait a minute. If Corbett and Collins took the money out of the strongbox, we've got to find out where they've hidden it. They haven't hidden it anywhere, Dale. The sheriff and I fixed up that box to force DeYoung to tip his hand. The lunchroom fund is safe. We send it down to the bank when we switch the boxes just before the last event. Oh, I missed the bronc riding. Who won? Why, golly, we haven't finished it yet. That's right, Pat. I still have to ride yet. And if Collins should happen to win the event, well, I think I can talk him into donating it to the school with a little persuasion. That's all for now, folks. This is Roy Rogers saying to all of you, from all of us, goodbye, good luck, and may the good Lord take a liking to you. See you next week. Until... The Roy Rogers Show was brought to you tonight by Post Great Nuts Flakes. The great two-minute energy cereal. Great Nuts Flakes is the cereal Roy likes best for strength and energy. Look for the picture of Roy and Trigger on the front of the package. The Roy Rogers Show can be heard again next week at the same time with Pat Brady, Dale Evans, and the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers. 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