Boxcars711 Overnight Western "The Six Shooter" - Apron Faced Sorrel (Aired February 7, 1954)
His experiences were broad, but The Six Shooter leaned more to comedy than other shows of its kind. Ponset took time out to play Hamlet with a crude road company. He ran for mayor and sheriff of the same town at the same time. He became involved in a delighful Western version of Cinderella, complete with grouchy stepmother, ugly sisters, and a shoe that didn't fit. And at Christmas he told a young runaway the story of A Christmas Carol, Substituting the original Dickens characters with Western heavies. Britt even had time to fall in love, but it was the age-old story of people from different worlds, and the romance was foredoomed despite their valiant efforts to save it. So we got a cowboy-into-the-sunset ending for this series, truly one of the bright spots of radio.
THIS EPISODE:
February 7, 1954. "Apron Faced Sorrel" - NBC network. Sustaining. Clay Fanton, a young boy from the east, comes west to learn ranch life. It appears that he's beaten one of the ranch horses. Jimmy Stewart, Frank Burt (creator, writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Basil Adlam (music), William Johnstone, Bert Holland, John Wald (announcer), Sam Edwards. 29:23. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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