26min | Adventure, Western, TV Series | Episode aired 15 October 1955
Sandy investigates Ricky's wild tale of a medicine show operator who he saw stuff a small boy into a box. The Norths learn that Doc Terwilliger, the show's owner, is a ventriloquist who uses his dummy, Wilbur, to draw in crowds. A trio of jewel thieves find Wilbur fascinating as well, since their leader hid the gems from his latest heist in the dummy's stomach.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: Peter Dixon
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon
Sandy investigates Ricky's wild tale of a medicine show operator who he saw stuff a small boy into a box. The Norths learn that Doc Terwilliger, the show's owner, is a ventriloquist who uses his dummy, Wilbur, to draw in crowds. A trio of jewel thieves find Wilbur fascinating as well, since their leader hid the gems from his latest heist in the dummy's stomach.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: Peter Dixon
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon
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00:00Champion the Wonder Horse! Champion the Wonder Horse!
00:10Like a streak of lightning flashing across the sky.
00:14Like a swiftest arrow whizzing from a bow.
00:17Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly.
00:21You'll hear about him everywhere you go.
00:24The time will come when everyone will know the name of
00:28Champion the Wonder Horse!
00:33♪♪♪
00:57Gosh! We better tell Uncle Sandy about this!
01:01I could never have seen it happen if I didn't have my telescope here let me have a look
01:24see anything just a medicine peddler camping out like you said dr terwilliger the secret
01:34tonic of montezuma he must be the one that did it ricky are you sure about what you saw
01:40well i'm sure it's anything uncle sandy a man with a gray mustache and glasses carried
01:46a little boy to that big box did you see the box yeah and then he put the little boy in
01:52the box and slammed the lid down and left the boy in the box let's ride down there and see
01:58what's going on now you watch this here's how it's done all right folks come on in a little closer
02:09gather around me for i bring you one of the wonders of ancient medicine the secret tonic
02:15of montezuma guaranteed to prolong life and restore you one bottle will make you feel like
02:22a new man two bottles will make you feel like new twins and it's so pleasant to the taste it's
02:27delicious on flapjack i think i can pick it up without too much trouble why sure you can jake
02:34all you gotta do is just to act like you'd take it yourself which is something i ain't never done
02:39visitors watch me turn them into customers
02:49i better get back to filling those bottles i can hear you from there all right
02:53so
03:05howdy folk howdy and welcome howdy say my nephew here says he saw somebody lock a boy in a box
03:11didn't sound likely to me but i thought i'd ask oh now how could you see anything like that boy
03:16well i saw with my telescope and there's the box uncle sandy
03:21well i guess maybe you got me dead to rights that was wilbur you saw
03:25funny thing about wilbur he likes being in that box i do not but he keeps putting me in here
03:31uncle sandy look mister open that box in pronto and now i'm not just a little
03:35joke friend just a little joke now wait just a minute
03:48folks meet wilbur my good friend and trusted partner howdy folks let me apologize for doc's
03:54sense of humor pretty crude i calls it uncle sandy it talks but it isn't real not real
04:05take that back boy or i'll i'll give you a punch in the nose doc's a ventriloquist reggie
04:11ventriloquist yeah that means he can throw his voice oh i see make wilbur talk some more doc
04:19not until you apologize for saying i'm not real you you impudent young jacanese
04:25oh i sure am sorry wilbur i think you're real real
04:29huh don't you try to bite me dog or you'll get a mouthful of splinters
04:36it's all right rebel wilbur's our friend you see wilbur and i have been together
04:40so long that i can't get over feeling like he's real myself i think i understand doc
04:44it looks like real today doc it's here
04:58howdy ricky sandy your name's her williger yes sir and i assure you he's paid all his license fees
05:06i ain't interested in medicine show tricks you run this outfit alone well yes along with wilbur
05:13here and a helper i hired a couple of days ago his name is jake webster
05:17see you around now yeah right back here oh yay
05:27uh
05:39stay here ricky and help the doc
05:57so
06:13well you did your best pony but you couldn't catch that horse of mine if you had eight legs
06:21well then the united states marshal tipped me off but he was seemingly doc back in red gap
06:25well that's where i hired him a couple of days ago but who in the world would
06:29ever think that he was a jewel thief one of the slickest and he's not a bad horse thief either
06:35with the jewels he's got it right this minute he could buy every horse in the territory
06:39fifty thousand dollars they say gosh how can he carry that much well jewels come high ricky but
06:45they weigh light well i guess i'll get back in time make out my report better get yourself a
06:51faster horse too you may not be as fast as your horse but he's going to save you from walking home
06:56carry him double and thanks for patching me up doc doc he's nothing but an old quack he's a
07:03pretty darn good saw bone glover say doc could i come back tomorrow maybe how about it wilbur
07:10long as he remembers i'm real i sure will wilbur all right see you tomorrow
07:28what did he say doc oh i don't know some foreign language how's that again wilbur i said so long
07:34but not goodbye in french why oh why do i have to put up with an uneducated pumpkin like you
07:43along doc see you tomorrow
07:49goodbye
07:54gee doc a nice bunch of people i'm glad you didn't try to sell them any of that stuff you make
08:00uh just a minute now watch it wilbur watch it will you and that ricky we sure had him fooled at first
08:19don't look like much but maybe we better see what he's got on him
08:30you use good sense not going for that gun stranger look him over now your boys are wasting
08:38your time they belong to the same lodge lodge what are you talking about this horse it's stolen
08:47i stole him to get away from the sheriff who happens to want me for robbery all right i'll
08:52listen but don't try no tricks what kind of robbery jewels bright shiny jewels now that's
09:01what i call a real lodge brother hand them over you're not very smart me i'd use my gun
09:09look boys i need help i'm ready to talk a deal if you want to listen i'll cut you into a fifty
09:14thousand dollar pot yeah get down and spread your cards
09:30gosh it's a beautiful night isn't it wilbur yeah just look at all those stars up there
09:37looks like you could reach right up there and touch them with your hand
09:40yeah come here you getting sleepy about an hour past your bedtime
09:47hmm
10:02man this ought to be real easy
10:07put on your mask
10:17hmm darn you wilbur making a darn fool out of an old man who me here i sit with a hunk of
10:27wood and strings on my lap pretending you're my own kid don't feel too bad about it doc
10:33you're the only daddy i ever had you ain't got no other kids that's right
10:38oh you're an old lady of dr williger
11:02here wait a minute
11:04now
11:07he's still alive better tie him up so he won't go yawning for help
11:12so
11:33what are you doing with that doll dog
11:35huh meet our new partner wilbur he's gonna share that 50 000 with us let's go
11:43so
12:01help help somebody
12:09help
12:11help oh shucks what's he doing
12:21go ahead and give me the horse life i got it coming
12:30ah
12:41something's happening to doc
13:01well whoever those ranna hands were didn't take my wallet i made sure of that last night
13:05not that there's much in it but but doc they must have wanted something yeah it beats me
13:13say wait a minute
13:17the trunk's open
13:22he's gone they've kidnapped wilbur
13:24oh
13:28wilbur's gone but doc maybe he didn't put him to bed with all the excitement and everything no no
13:34i remember i had just closed the lid down when they slugged me but why why would anybody want
13:40to do a terrible thing like that that's right doc why who want wilbur except you
13:48jake it could have been jake he was always fooling around with wilbur he could even make
13:53him talk a little bit too what would jake do with wilbur i don't know maybe go as minister
13:57himself i'm going to saddle my horse go in the wagon and get my hat
14:17doc if jake's got all those jewels he wouldn't go in the medicine business well i don't know
14:22the answer son but i aim to hunt down jake and get it but doc even if you did find jake and the
14:27others you couldn't handle him alone yeah i know but i just got to get wilbur back
14:34champ and i'll go back to the ranch and get uncle sandy well all right only i ain't gonna wait long
14:39you won't have to doc
14:53huh
15:04you're gonna haul that hunk of junk all the way to mexico don't call me a hunk of junk you don't
15:10didn't know you could work in but i get by all right and we'll be sure enough going with us
15:15no better place to hide those stones besides if we get in the spot he's a perfect alibi
15:20alibi sure anybody stops us ask too many questions we tell them we're working them in a carnival
15:25give me that poncho
15:49uh
15:54best way south is through buzzard path well you know this area i don't lead the way
16:08uh
16:15the idea champ
16:18let's see who it is first
16:24jake and those men headed for buzzard pass it looks like
16:28it got to follow them rebel it's up to you
16:38now you go find uncle sandy and
16:41no you could find uncle sandy but you couldn't tell him where to come
16:59wait till i get my hands on that jake sandy
17:09howdy doc howdy you seen anything of ricky sure didn't he find you find me he was coming up here
17:17to play with wilbur that's the last i heard of him then the outlaws must have got him along
17:20with wilbur outlaws what are you talking about we've got to find them i'll tell you all about
17:23it while we're looking
17:48oh
17:53so
18:24so
18:30one thing this isn't good for it can't see through rocks we'll just have to trust the luck
18:41so
18:47hold it blitzo just like this horse is laying himself
18:59hot and swelling you won't go no further
19:01so what are we going to do i don't know but i sure ain't walking all the way to mexico
19:24there's a horse for me right now and i won't need guns it's only a kid you boys block the trail
19:29i'll jump it go on
19:44let me go help let me go help let me go help
19:53let me go
20:10you let me go i will as soon as i get to ride that stallion he wouldn't let you
20:15oh come on boy you've been riding him you've been riding him bareback
20:18you can sure make him behave for me no you told him to run you can call him back i won't
20:25bledsoe i'm giving this mule-headed kid two minutes to change his mind
20:29if he doesn't you put a bullet right between that stallion's eyes
20:36you you wouldn't kill him what good would a dead horse do you kid i'm just naturally mean
20:42if i can't have what i want to make sure nobody else can have it either
20:48oh i'll try champ come down here
20:58you got a beat on him bledsoe get him anytime you say jake good champ it's for your own good
21:11champ over in the rock somewhere
21:18come on down here please
21:25that's better
21:29get the saddle off that pinnow
21:32champ you better do what they tell you kid now you're making sense
21:41so
22:11so
22:42so
22:45you all right Wilbur
23:12so
23:35here you get off of him get off
23:37all right good work doc you're all right now
23:48Wilbur got kind of busted up but what's this
23:55look he did have the diamonds inside of him okay get up you two both you jaspers line up over there
24:07so
24:15here what's this i sent him with a message for you
24:18well it's a little late rebel but i'm glad you finally got here
24:30so
24:35there ought to be a pretty good reward for finding those jewels doc
24:38shucks he was just lucky it was me that had him and Ricky deserved the reward
24:44if he hadn't found us oh i shudder to think of it the only reward i want is
24:52i wish i could throw my voice and then rebel and champ could talk to me
24:57what do you mean i can talk right now
25:04and i can talk just as good as any dog
25:09well goodbye folks bye bye doc see you again
25:27champion
25:37like a streak of light and flashing across the sky like the swiftest arrow whizzing from a bow
25:43like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly you'll hear about him everywhere you go
25:50oh the time will come when everyone will know the name of
25:55champion the wonder horse