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Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders

17 episodes · 1949–1954 · Mutual · Westerns

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Twelve-year-old orphan Bobby Benson owned the B-Bar-B Ranch in the Big Bend country of Texas, and with foreman Tex Mason he faced rustlers, smugglers and stagecoach robbers. It ran on CBS from 1932 to 1936 and came back on Mutual from June 21, 1949, to June 17, 1955. In the Mutual run Ivan Cury and later Clyde Campbell played Bobby, and Don Knotts played Windy Wales, who told the tall tales.

Sources: Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1949

• Double Dare November 25, 1949 · Mutual · 30 min
  An angry Brahma bull, and Bobby learns what can come of taking a double dare.
• Killer Wales December 28, 1949 · Mutual · 26 min
  Two escaped convicts hide out on the ranch and kidnap Windy, and Bobby rides after them.

1950

• Den of Thieves May 27, 1950 · 30 min
• The Face of Jabaco June 13, 1950 · Mutual · 29 min
  A mysterious stone face in the desert has the local Indians frightened, and worse.
• The Ghost Rider July 28, 1950 · Mutual · 31 min
  An Eastern newspaper editor and a ghost rider.
• The Three Wise Monkeys August 15, 1950 · Mutual · 28 min
  Three good-for-nothing cousins go hunting for buried treasure.

1951

• Cyrano Wales July 7, 1951 · Mutual · 26 min
  A Shakespearean troupe comes to town up to no good. Will Windy tread the boards?
• Byline August 23, 1951 · Mutual · 28 min
  A former reporter looks for a missing man.
• The Strong and the Weak August 30, 1951 · Mutual · 24 min
  A young man pays his uncle's debts for two-thirds of a 'worthless' mine.
• Lost Tribe November 17, 1951 · 25 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on December 15, 1951.
• Queen of the Cowgirls December 1, 1951 · 25 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1953

• The Tunnel of Trouble February 16, 1953 · Mutual · 20 min
  A dishonest couple head for the Big Bend to fleece Windy Wales.
• Unwanted March 9, 1953 · 26 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Great Man May 4, 1953 · Mutual · 22 min
  Miguel is about to lose his land.
• The Headless Horseman October 26, 1953 · Mutual · 21 min
  Two outlaws fool Windy, and a 'ghost' helps fool the robbers.
• The Shadow of a Dead Man December 21, 1953 · Mutual · 25 min
  An old man comes to the Big Bend country to kill Tex Mason.

1954

• Grandma Wales January 4, 1954 · Mutual · 23 min
  A little old lady in a Tin Lizzie meets an escaped convict.