00:24Hello again, Peabody here. The youngster depositing milk in a cowboy hat is my boy Sherman.
00:28You're right, Mr. Peabody. It is a ten-gallon hat.
00:31I'm glad you're convinced. Put the hat in the refrigerator while I set the way-back controls.
00:35Where are we going today?
00:36Texas.
00:37To get another hat?
00:37No, to meet those stalwart right arms of frontier justice, the Texas Rangers.
00:42A twist of the dial to the year 1879 was enough to send us rocketing back through time and space
00:46until there we were inside the governor's mansion,
00:49which should have been in Texas but was in those days somewhere near Springfield, Missouri.
00:53The governor was in conference with Captain R.J. Hotchkiss.
00:56How long have you been out on the road trying to sign recruits for your Rangers, Captain?
01:01Six years.
01:02How many did you sign up?
01:03One.
01:04And that one was a girl, wasn't it?
01:06That's what they tell me.
01:07Well, I'm afraid the idea of forming a Texas Ranger outfit is a waste of time.
01:11No, it isn't, Governor.
01:13Well, it certainly is if we can't get anybody to join.
01:15You leave it to us. We'll form the Texas Rangers.
01:18The governor not only gave us his blessing, but his seat on the overland stage, which enabled us to get
01:22to the city of Laredo,
01:23which in those days was somewhere near Newark, New Jersey.
01:25Well, son, as you can see, the streets of Laredo are full of cowpokes who ain't got nothing to do.
01:30Now, how do you propose to get them to join up?
01:32Like this, Captain?
01:33To the captain's amazement and my amusement, Sherman walked down the dusty street on his hands.
01:37Hey, kid, where'd you learn to do that?
01:39I got us from the Texas Rangers.
01:41And so it went, until when he got back to us, he had 22 cowboys with him.
01:45Say, the kid here says if we become Texas Rangers, you'll show us how to walk on our hands. Is
01:49that so?
01:50Say it so, Captain. We'll teach you, and you can teach them.
01:53Yep, it's so.
01:54Well, it seemed Sherman had solved the problem with great alacrity, so we adjourned to the nearest cafe for lunch,
01:58while Captain Hotchkiss prepared to induct the men.
02:01The lunch was good, but what we saw through the cafe window wasn't.
02:04Look, Mr. Peabody, it's a wagon full of hurt cowboys.
02:06That's a western ambulance, Sherman, and those hurt cowboys look familiar.
02:10Dashing outside, we halted the vehicle.
02:12Those men are supposed to be Texas Rangers. What happened to them?
02:15Some dang fool named Hotchkiss went and pinned badges on them.
02:19What's wrong with that?
02:20He made them take their shirts off before he'd done it.
02:23Recruiting rangers in Laredo was now out of the question, so we boarded the stage for San Antonio,
02:27which in those days was just south of Walla Walla, Washington.
02:30Well, I did just like to tell me. I got me some clues so I could stick badges on rangers.
02:35You going to perform some more hand walking, Sherman?
02:37No, this time I think I'll try something else.
02:39When it came to blowing bubble gum, Sherman was undoubtedly the second best in the world.
02:43I don't have to tell you who was first.
02:45At any rate, Sherman walked down the streets of San Antonio, blew bubbles in all assorted shapes and sizes,
02:50including a definite likeness of a certain Moose, who shall remain nameless on this portion of the show.
02:54Like wheeze, I'm sure.
02:57And by the time he returned to Captain Hotchkiss, Sherman had collected ten ranger prospects.
03:01Say, this little fella here with the talented lips says that if we unjoin the ranger outfit, you'll show us
03:06how to blow bubbles like him.
03:08Is that true?
03:09Tell him it's true, Captain.
03:11Yep, it's true.
03:12Hotchkiss was about to glue the badges on and swear the men in when a piece of paper fell from
03:16his hip pocket and caught Sherman's attention.
03:17Wanted, the Dallas kid and his nine rustlers.
03:20That's funny, Mr. Peabody, the Dallas kid and his men look just like the new rangers.
03:25I stopped the ceremony just in time.
03:27That's right, I'm the Dallas kid.
03:29We unswers are gonna get the bubble gum and then revert back to our usual criminal nature.
03:34That blessed it, I thought it was too good to be true.
03:37Mr. Dallas, are you a good shot?
03:39Am I a good shot?
03:40If anybody here can out shoot me, me and my boys will sign up to be rangers.
03:45Well, that of course left it up to me.
03:46We adjourned to a target area and prepared to take our shots.
03:49It was then I thought of a brilliant idea.
03:51Uh, Dallas, I won't even have to shoot to out shoot you.
03:54I venture to say that you can't even hit the aforementioned target.
03:57Oh, yeah?
03:58Shucks, I could do that standing on one, too.
04:01That's a pretty big target, Mr. Peabody.
04:03And these are pretty big bullets I am putting into this gun.
04:06Here, Dallas, try your luck.
04:07Dallas took the weapon, aimed and fired.
04:10The bullet went straight for the target, but just before hitting it, made a 180 degree turn and returned to
04:15Dallas.
04:15You win, Peabody.
04:17Me and my boys are going lawful.
04:19How come he couldn't hit the target, Mr. Peabody?
04:22Quite elementary, Sherman.
04:24I took the precaution of writing the words Dallas Kid on the bullet.
04:27And you know what happens when a bullet's got your name on it.
04:30An hour later, Captain Hotchkiss and his rangers rode out of town.
04:35Did the Dallas Kid make a good ranger?
04:37Oh, one of the best, Sherman.
04:38But he became even more famous after he retired.
04:41You see, he built an amusement park and called it Wonderland.
04:44It became so famous they even wrote a book about it.
04:47Really, Mr. Peabody?
04:48Well, of course, Sherman.
04:49Haven't you ever read Dallas in Wonderland?
04:52You, you, you, you, you, you.
05:00That's amazing.
05:00Oh
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