Riders Radio Theater

After running into numerous rocks per the suggestion of Master Ranger Yodel, Ranger Doug’s noggin cracked a huge rock that revealed stone steps leading into a deep, dark cavern. As Ranger Doug carefully made his way down the steps, he did not notice a trip wire lurking in the shadows. He tripped, lost his balance and fell into the subterranean void…

After receiving Master Ranger Yodel’s puzzling poem, Ranger Doug began walking into rocks, much to the consternation of Too Slim and Woody Paul. As Slim and Woody watched the Idol of American Youth attempt to crack both the enigma and his noggin, they decided to call for professional help. Has Ranger Doug officially lost it? Is this the end of Riders In The Sky?! Featuring Michael Martin Murphy!

Confused and downhearted, Ranger Doug journeyed to the perfect master ranger, Yodel, who told him he must “return home and walk into rocks.” Ranger Doug obliged the questionable koan with little question and immediately took to walking into rocks. Meanwhile, Slocum and Charlie plot a very big and evil plan…

After Ranger Doug was convicted of and subsequently jailed for late night, horseback terrorizing, he was granted an appeal if a $50,000 bond could be posted. To raise the money, Too Slim and Woody mortgaged the famed Triple X Ranch and herd to a seemingly friendly Slocum. Ranger Doug was to be released on the condition that he completely refrain from yodeling, but the very next morning he disappeared and left a mysterious note on his jail cell bed…

Over 300 eye-witnesses identified the mysterious night-riding yodeler as Ranger Doug. What they didn’t know was that the real culprit is none other than the doofus named Charlie in a latex Ranger Doug mask created by Slocum. Sherriff Drywall arrested the Idol of American Youth, and he was charged guilty. Is this the end of Ranger Doug?!

After running into Slocum at the recycling center – and headfirst into a questionable pie – the Riders returned to the Triple X Ranch. Later that same night, a smiling, yodeling figure on horseback caroused through the streets of Tumbleweed City, shooting out windows and terrorizing the sleeping citizens. The phone calls that poured in identified a most unbelievable person as the culprit…

The Riders are back in Tumbleweed Valley on the famed Triple X Ranch. It’s Saturday morning, and America’s favorite cowboys hitch up the old Studebaker wagon and head into town to drop off some recycling. But as the Riders fulfill their civic duty, a voice from the past halts them in their path…

Riders In The Sky discovered Slocum’s hideous death ray, with which he planned to destroy the Alaskan Pipeline. Just in the nick of time, Sergeant Dudley came to the rescue, but the death ray ran amok, drilling a hole into the center of a volcanic mountain. The Riders narrowly escaped, but Ranger Doug suddenly remembered they left Side Meat on the opposite side of the mountain… featuring Baxter Black!

Woody Paul devised a system to beat Slocum’s crooked roulette wheel and broke the casino bank. Slocum then challenged Ranger Doug to a game of five-card showdown for the money, valley and lost goldscri. Ranger Doug accepted the challenge at sundown on the roof of the Golden Calf Casino, but as their fifth cards were dealt a sudden gust of wind blew the cards off the thirty-story building. With that, the Idol of American Youth ran to the edge of the building and leaped off feet first… featuring J.C. Crowley!

Slocum has just unleashed the most perfect engine of destruction ever conceived: baby flies at mach 4 carrying a huge payload of explosives! While the Riders devise a plan to prevent the famed Triple X Ranch from being turned into Slot City’s landfill, Slocum’s flies of fury have locked in from high overhead and began their dive towards our unsuspecting cowboys…

Terrible trials and tribulations have been visited upon Tumbleweed Valley. Slocum has taken control of the entire region, turned it into a lurid gambler’s paradise called Slot City and transformed the famed Triple X Ranch into a landfill. Later that night, the Riders were suddenly surrounded by huge D10 Caterpillars pushing tons of earth before them. Is this the end of Riders In The Sky?! Featuring Garth Brooks!

After eluding a swarm of killer bees by jumping off a cliff, America’s favorite cowboys are settling in around a campfire listening to tales of Side Meat’s past. But as the Riders head home, they are met with a vastly different Tumbleweed City skyline…

Riders In The Sky are following what they believe to be an old map leading to something called the lost goldscri. Unbeknownst to them, current mayor Slocum forged the map, sending the Riders on an aimless journey while the arch-fiend turns Tumbleweed City into a gambling paradise… featuring Wild Rose!

In a rigged election, Slocum has become acting mayor of Tumbleweed City. Then during a ceremony of the opening of a time biscuit baked 125 years ago by Side Meat’s great grandfather, Mayor Slocum announced that the town was broke. But when biscuit was opened, a map was found purporting to lead to the fabulous lost goldscri. The Riders immediately set off to find the treasure to save Tumbleweed City from financial ruin, but not all maps lead to fortune…

Slocum has been elected the mayor of Tumbleweed City! Since his margin of victory was in excess of 73 times the city’s population, Side Meat understandably demanded a recount. Late the following night, Mayor Slocum broke into Sheriff Drywall’s office to dump the ballots. But while torching the courthouse, Charlie was turned into a flaming comet, with Slocum still trapped inside the fire and presumably lost… or is he? Featuring Frankie Yankovic!

After a bitter mud-slinging, fire-bombing, electrifying campaign, the voters of Tumbleweed City went to the polls and elected a new mayor. It’s night at Tumbleweed City, and the lights are all out with the exception of the courthouse. There the lights burn brightly as the anxious candidates and their loyal supports wait in the lobby while Sheriff Drywall counts ballots behind the closed and locked doors of his office. But the question is… who won?

Election day is drawing near in Tumbleweed City. Slocum has resorted to electrocution, bombing and barn burning to eliminate his opposition, Side Meat, all to no avail. With less than 24 hours until election day, Slocum is growing increasingly desperate. Who will he call on? What will he do? Is this the end of democracy?!

Slocum tricked Gary Morris into playing a benefit show for the evil villain’s mayoral campaign! But after a quick realization and subsequent coldcock to Slocum’s face, Gary Morris took the funds and gave them to Side Meat! It is now a couple hours after the benefit concert. Gary Morris has returned to the real world, the Riders have returned to the famed Triple X Ranch, and Slocum has snuck back to his office at the Dry Gulch Saloon to plot a terrible strategy…

It’s election time in Tumbleweed Valley, and Side Meat is running for mayor against Slocum. Unsurprisingly, Slocum is up to no good, and as Side Meat returns to his campaign headquarters he notice a funny smell… featuring Gary Morris!

Riders In The Sky were on the promotional trail drive for Singing Six Guns until receiving word that Slocum and Charlie are both alive, pardoned for their crimes and returning to Tumbleweed Valley! The Riders quickly dropped their Hollywood lives to head home, and upon their return have discovered an unlikely mayoral race afoot… featuring Roberto Bianco!