Cowpunchers!

Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.  Episode Roundup: Enjoy our latest episode before we return in September! The Cowpunchers endure a more tolerable, and non-romantic, outhouse scene. Mel enjoys the classic western one-liners. Stu feels bad about getting what he wants. Amy learns that murder is wrong!?

All the Pretty Horses directed by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, and Henry Thomas. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are unsure what they were supposed to care about. Stu discovers a new verb. Amy crunches the numbers and determines that this movie did not feature ALL the pretty horses. Two episodes late, it's the "Was It West?" quiz!

The Harvey Girls directed by George Sidney and starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and John Hodiak. Episode Roundup: This musical leaves the Cowpunchers hungry for more! Mel gets her conspiracy board out to illustrate the similarities between this movie and the musical Grease. Stu still yearns for the burlesque hell dimension. Amy implores you to remember that the TRAINS MUST BE FED!

Oklahoma! directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, and Gene Nelson. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are back with more dating advice. Amy tells of the glorious modernity to be found in Kansas City; including, but not limited to, an erotic kaleidoscope. Stu is banished to the Burlesque Hell Dimension. Mel draws connections between Oklahoma!, An American in Paris, and...

The Thirteen directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Novoseltsev, Yelena Kuzmina and Aleksander Chistyakov. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers further entreat you to kiss your boys. Stu advises you to find yourself a girl who will throw grenades at people who hate you. Mel appreciates a passionate platonic kiss between brothers in arms. Amy is deeply disappointed that the balalaika wasn't als...

The Man from Utah directed by Robert Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, and Anita Campillo. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers recorded this episode from underneath a giant cowboy hat. Amy has tips for the "getting held at gunpoint" portion of any job interview. Mel is on a search for more dynamite. Stu is enthralled by two dummies falling into a river.

River of No Return directed by Otto Preminger and Jean Negulesco and starring Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe and Rory Calhoun. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers take a trip down the infamous river of no return! Amy gives full marks for the Mark in this movie. Stu wants Robert Mitchum to show some kind of emotion. Mel recounts the dangers of filming this movie!

Trouble in Texas directed by Robert Bradbury and starring Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, and White Flash. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers imagine what it must have been like to be a parent in 1937. Mel strikes us with some facts about this movie's star, White Flash the Horse. Stu found the perfect coot to put on a bottle of a barbeque sauce. Amy's out here just tellin' the boys!

And you thought Sabatathon was over?? Join us for the Sabatathon Challenge! Test your knowledge of the Sabata trilogy against Stu and Mel with Amy's fiendish challenge! Afterwards, hear Mel's thoughts on her first watch of Adios Sabata! Happy Sabatathon everyone!

Watch along with the Cowpunchers as we joke, riff, and get silly! Sync up with our audio as we watch the second in the amazing Sabata trilogy. This is Mel's first watch of this spaghetti classic!

Wanted: Sabata directed by Roberto Mauri and starring Brad Harris, Vassili Karis, and Elena Pedemonted. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers watch a baffling movie with a bounty of quick zooms, dead end plot threads, and period-inaccurate gaffer tape. Amy says you're all jacket, no shirt. Mel demands someone give these actors a hair brush. Stu observes a coot drinking dirty dish water.

The Tin Star directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Betsy Palmer. Also featuring Lee Van Cleef! Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers want to know what you would name your barn full of pigeons. Stu and Mel are disappointed by the lack of Norman Bates jokes in this episode. Amy wants to see those pigeons!

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. Episode Roundup: This movie was a wild ride with a whole truck load of handsome! Amy points out that moving to Bolivia won't solve all your problems. Stu revels in the "College Dude" energy. Mel is pretty sure that a joke about Atlantic City from 1969 doesn&#39...

Ebenezer directed by Ken Jubenvill and starring Jack Palance, Ricky Schroder and Amy Locane. Episode Roundup: The Cowpuncher speculate on the kinds of gifts a reformed Scrooge might give for Christmas. Mel's birth is foretold by Benjamin Franklin. Amy reveals the terrifying orgins of "Tiny Tim disease". Stu quizzes Amy and Mel on Western Movie Geography. Happy Holidays everyone!

Shane directed by George Stevens and starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers agree that having Van Heflin in your movie is worth a million points. Amy encourages you to adopt a cowboy from a rescue, and not from a breeder. This movie reminded Mel of TV's "Bluey." Stu is enamored with Alan Ladd's perfect hair.

Sartana Kills Them All directed by Rafael Romero Marchent and starring Gianni Garko, Guglielmo Spoletini and Maria Silva Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers hold on for dear life in this lightning fast mess of a spaghetti western. Amy struggles to summarize this film. Stu wishes that Sartana had killed them all and not just a couple of them. Mel points out that this movie ends with a canonical cowboy...

Hidalgo directed by Joe Johnston and starring Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, and Omar Sharif. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers watch all the pretty horses fight for survival in this True Story.* Mel tells us of the time she jumped across the Rio Grande in a single bound. Amy regales us with stories of her numerous victories in underground martial arts competitions. Stu relates the time he inv...

The Valley of Gwangi directed by Jim O'Connolly, starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan and Richard Carlson. Featuring amazing animation by Ray Harryhausen. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers watch a movie that perfectly delivers on its promises, those promises being Dinosaurs and Cowboys together at last! Amy calls 'em like she sees 'em, and what she sees is pirates. Stu is enamored by a...

The Searchers directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, and Vera Miles. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers watch an examination of John Wayne being racist. Mel gets a cringe itch she just can't scratch. Stu wishes that John Wayne would have just had a villain era. Amy delights in watching the thirstiest woman in the West.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers make some connections between this and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Amy wants to know who left their gun in the outhouse. Stu curses Bob Dylan for making him feel feelings. Mel uncovers the secrets of the "coot s...

The Ox-Bow Incident directed by William A. Wellman and starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, and Harry Morgan. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are once again up against a town of assholes. Amy finds a movie that does, indeed, begin as most Western do. Stu finds much in this movie's message that could be applied to today.

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken directed by Steve Miner, and starring Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling and Cliff Robertson. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers discuss a very odd, dare I say, confusing, scene of horse touching. Detective Amy begins to suspect Mel of having once been a horse girl. Mel has some quibbles with some of the horse husbandry in this film!

The Rifleman - Season 3 Episode 28: The Clarence Bibs Story and The Rifleman - Season 5 Episode 5: Death Never Rides Alone Episode Round Up: The Cowpunchers enjoy a more violent version of the Andy Griffith Show! Or perhaps a less violent version of Gunsmoke? Either way, we are treated with appearances by Lee Van Cleef! Stu diagnoses your husband with a terminal case of "Coot". Mel is ve...

Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Pedro L. Ramírez, and starring Jorge Martín, Fernando Sancho, and Vittorio Richelmy. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are baffled and distracted by one very unfortunate beard. Stu really wants to take a nap. Amy turns the recap into a deep philosophical discussion about the nature of existence. Mel draws connections between this...

El Condor directed by John Guillermin and starring Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef and Patrick O'Neal. Episode Roundup: The Cowpunchers are delighted to see a new kind of Lee Van Cleef in our first episode for Sabatathon 2025! Amy left all her Santana references at home. Stu likes the hat tan. Mel wants to know what everyone in this movie has against underwear?? Stay till the end for the geography qu...