Lash LaRue Western #13

Molasses Mouth finds himself sitting next to a woman so striking that he loses his nerve—and his appetite. When she comments on how little he's eating, he seizes his chance to pay her a compliment, though his attempt at frontier charm lands in hilariously unexpected territory.

Dusty and a friend debate the meaning of work in this humorous frontier tale, with the lazy would-be cowpoke dreaming up increasingly ridiculous job schemes—from mattress testing to ranch cooking—each one more half-baked than the last. Their witty back-and-forth spirals into absurdity, complete with Dusty's desperate plan to survive a trip to the opera house without losing his breath. It's a light-hearted romp that proves sometimes the best job is no job at all.

A tenderfoot tries his luck at a frontier carnival game with a con artist barker, leading to a hilarious clash of city slicker and western frontier—where misunderstandings about frontier lingo nearly get him shot. It's a lighthearted romp that proves sometimes the real prize is a lesson in how to talk like you belong out West.

Wagonwheels decides to deflate a boastful newcomer named Brattleby who won't stop bragging about his jungle adventures, so he spins a tall tale of his own to upstage the blowhard at the general store. This quick-witted frontier humor from 1951 hinges on the kind of one-upping humor that made the Lash LaRue Western comics such a hoot.