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While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlihan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and enters a cliché-ridden town, in which the evil cattle baron (Andy Griffith) and the new Italian cowboys (who always wear raincoats no matter how hot it gets) join forces to get him and the sheep ranchers to leave the valley. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Trivia
Despite the notorious financial and critical failure of
Heaven's Gate, the Hollywood films industry within about five years of that movie bizarrely revived the oater movie genre during the mid-80s producing a mini-cycle of Western movies of which this western spoof was one. In 1985, the dream factory churned out such Western oaters as
Silverado,
Rustlers' Rhapsody,
Pale Rider and
Lust in the Dust.
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Goofs
When Rex O'Herlihan walks into town before the final showdown, you see Colonel Ticonderoga move his coat back behind his gun, making sure he has access to it, the next shot the coat is covering the gun.
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Quotes
Rex O'Herlihan:
This is 1884. You've gotta date and date and date and date and sometimes marry 'em even before... you know...
Peter:
Now, wait a minute. Are you tellin' me you've never...?
Rex O'Herlihan:
Never.
Peter:
My god, Rex. You ARE a good guy.
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Soundtracks
"Last Of The Silver Screen Cowboys"
Written by
Steve Dorff,
Milton Brown and
Snuff Garrett
Produced by
Snuff Garrett
Performed by
Rex Allen Jr. (as Rex Allen, Jr.)
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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It's too bad more people haven't had the pleasure of watching this hilarious send-up of the Western genre. For those of you who thought that Blazing Saddles said everything there was to say on this subject, give Rustler's Rhapsody a whirl. I promise you, it'll be worth your time.
8 out of 10.