Tenderfoot Is in Love With Rose Carter: Red Horse Ranch

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“Tenderfoot Is in Love With Rose Carter” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

On the Red Horse Ranch, the cowboys prepare for an upcoming rodeo in Dandell, practicing their roping and riding while Cookie teases them about the Grease Pig contest. Ranch owner Mr. Carter and his daughter Rose are part of the friendly bustle. Rose tells Alabama that the young cowboy Tenderfoot has ridden away after a late-night visit to the house, because he believed she returned his feelings. Rose is worried that she unintentionally hurt him and that he thinks he is not wanted. Alabama resolves to ride out after him on Red and bring him back to the ranch. The episode ends with Tenderfoot gone and his return still uncertain.

The Red Horse Ranch, with its corral and bunkhouse area, preparing for a rodeo in Dandell

Characters: Alabama, Rose Carter, Mr. Carter, Tenderfoot, Cookie, Bob, Tex, Red

Listen for: Rose telling Alabama that Tenderfoot has ridden off, and Alabama's decision to go after him on Red

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.