+ Pinto Pete And His Ranch Boys and Pinto Pete in Arizona was a type of western with a lot of songs woven into it. Each episode would begin with the cast singing, "We Are the Kings of the Rangers". The music is sometimes interrupted with Cowboy philosophy from Pinto Pete. There are also spiritual messages included in Pinto Pete about faith in God and yourself. Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys recorded 104 shows and Pinto Pete in Arizona an additional 78. References to the Ranch Boys are found as early as 1930, though they may have been on earlier. They broadcast over KTM those first few years, nearly every day and at various times. Jack Ross, a versatile actor and producer apparently served as Pinto Pete, with Joe "Curley" Bradley and Ken "Shorty" Carson rounding out the trio. All three had acted as stuntmen. They also appeared in a few movies, including It Happened One Night and In Old Monterey. The first recorded notice of the Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys that researcher Ben Kibler was able to locate was a December 13, 1933 broadcast in Sandusky, Ohio. Mentions of the broadcast appeared through 1936. In 1935, they auditioned for the Tom Mix radio show in Chicago and Curley got the part of "Pecos", Ross got the lead of "Tom Mix", and Carson was to play bit parts. But Ross only got to play Mix once. While in Hollywood doing some movies in the summer of 1938, they rode their horses from Hollywood to Chicago in a publicity stunt that landed them on National Barn Dance for three months. Researcher Ryan Ellett perused the Los Angeles Times from 1930 to 1935 and turned up a few mentions that indicate the trio might have moved on to better pastures. Producer Grace Gibson introduced Australia to Pinto Pete And The Ranch Boys about 1934, according to researcher Ian Grieves, and the program was heard off and on through 1944. They were on the Blue Network in the U.S., according to a 1940 magazine ad, and on a Phoenix Arizona station in 1952. Click here to read more about Pinto Pete And His Ranch Boys
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Please enjoy these 104 old time radio episodes:
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| N/A | episode 99 blue feather |
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| N/A | episode 98 i love you best of all |
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| N/A | episode 97 little old rag doll |
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| N/A | episode 96 waiting by the silvery rio grande |
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| N/A | episode 95 i get the blues |
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| N/A | episode 94 lonely and blue |
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| N/A | episode 93 the old sunday school |
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| N/A | episode 92 when the wandering boy comes home |
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| N/A | episode 91 waters of the mohawk |
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| N/A | episode 90 bring your roses to her now |
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| N/A | episode 89 my blue ridge mountain home |
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| N/A | episode 88 night on the desert |
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| N/A | episode 87 answer with a kiss |
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| N/A | episode 86 wont you come over to my house |
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| N/A | episode 85 down in alabama |
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| N/A | episode 84 arizona here i come |
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| N/A | episode 83 on the ozark trail |
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| N/A | episode 82 take them mountains out of my way |
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| N/A | episode 81 an old lullaby |
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| N/A | episode 80 tumbling tumbleweeds |
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| N/A | episode 79 mothers crazy quilt |
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| N/A | episode 78 call of the rockies |
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| N/A | episode 77 when its prayer meeting time in the hollow |
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| N/A | episode 76 sierra mountain moon |
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| N/A | episode 75 ridin old paint |
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PINTO PETE AND HIS RANCH BOYS
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