Join Potato Plus

Transcripts › Wild Bill Hickok

The River Boat Killers

Wild Bill Hickok · 1952 · 25 min · 4,076 words

The transcript of “The River Boat Killers”, an episode of Wild Bill Hickok from 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Wild Bill Hickok plays Wild Bill Hickok free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

Machine transcript (may contain errors).

Transcript

Whaaaaaat? I had some pastos Kellogg's sugar corn pops. Cause here comes Guy Madison as Wild Bill Hickok and his pal Jingle's which is me, Andy Divine. We got another rootin' Tootin' Wild Bill Hickok adventure story for ya.

From that great new Surio with the sweetin' and all already on it, Kellogg's sugar corn pops! Today Kellogg's sugar corn pops brings you Wild Bill Hickok, Hill Hickok transcribed in Hollywood and starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Divine as his pal Gingles.

In just 30 seconds you'll hear the exciting story of the Riverboat Killers. Now, boys and girls, before we get into today's exciting Wild Bill Hickok adventure, just let me remind you that the new Kellogg Sugar Corn Pops are sweeter and crispier than ever before.

So if you haven't tasted new Kellogg sugar corn pops yet, don't miss out any longer. Load up big at the store tomorrow so you'll have plenty of new Kellogg sugar corn pops on hand for breakfast and snacks.

Now let's listen. In the days of the Old West, side wheel and river steamboats carried freight and passengers wherever the water was deep enough. It was while United States Marshal Wild Bill Hickock and his deputy jingles were riding one of these popping river bolts that they had one of their most dangerous adventures.

And it was there that they met the river boat killer. Jump and catfish. Look at the black smoke coming out of that stack. Yeah, it takes a lot of cordwood to keep one of these side-wheelers fired up, jingles.

And look at those paddle wheels splashing. You know, I bet we're going faster than a stagecoach can travel. Added downstream, the current helps us along. How fast do you think we're moving, Captain? Yeah, maybe eight, ten knots, hard to say.

Read the full transcript with Potato Plus

90 more paragraphs, about 23 more minutes of the episode. Potato Plus is every episode on demand from any moment, every transcript in full and unlimited transcript search, for $5 a month.

Potato Plus opens soon: join the list

All Wild Bill Hickok transcripts · Search every transcript · The archive

The weekly note

New channels, the best find from the archive, and what is coming up. One email a week.

LIVE
Open