History Film / RideEmCowboy

* MurphysBed: During Duke and Willoughby's escape from the Indians, they crash into a wall and push some unfortunate fellow in a wheeled bed down the road a ways, before he rockets off down the road on a different course.

* MustMakeAmends: After Anne gets injured protecting Bob from a rampaging steer and is unable to compete as a result, Bob writes her a check for the prize money to make amends. She doesn't accept it.

Famed writer Bronco Bob Mitchell, known for his autobiographical western adventures, has never actually been west of the Hudson River in his life. When a newspaper article threatens to expose him as a fraud, Bronco Bob goes on tour singing on horseback across the northeast. His first stop is a rodeo in Long Island, New York. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby (Abbott and Costello), two snack food vendors at the rodeo, accidentally let a bull out of its pen while hiding from their angry boss after their latest foul-up. Bob is thrown from his horse when he panics seeing the bull. The bull is stopped by cowgirl Anne Shaw, but she injures her leg in the process, keeping her from winning the ten thousand dollar first prize. A grateful Bob offers her a check for ten thousand as compensation, but [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules she interprets it as a bribe to keep quiet about his incompetence and refuses, though she agrees to keep quiet]]. Abashed when he hears that winning (or at least competing) would have drummed up business for her family’s dude ranch out west, Bob drops the tour and follows her to the Lazy S Ranch, begging for instruction on becoming the cowboy his books claim him to be. Anne relents, and the two begin to grow close as Bob starts to become legitimately competent. It's fortunate that he's getting competent, too - his publicist entered him in the Frontier Days state rodeo championships near the end of the summer. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby end up on a train while escaping their boss, and find themselves going much further west than they expected. They eventually meet up with Anne and Bob on the ranch, but not before a faux pas with the local natives that leads to Willoughby being stalked by the tribe, who are determined to have Willoughby marry one of them.

* MoodyMount: Wildcat, the toughest, meanest horse on the Lazy S. Willoughby gets dumped on his back by accident, Duke follows, and both are too terrified to fall, amazing everyone as Wildfire bucks and kicks furiously. By the time the ride is over, Wildfire is swaybacked, and the boys are MistakenForBadass by nearly everyone on the ranch.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Upon arriving out west, Willoughby panics seeing a native tribe, crying for them to "circle the wagons"... except it's 1941 and the Indians are more interested in selling them souvenirs.

* NightmareSequence: Willoughby has a nightmare about seeking refuge at a sanitarium, only to find everyone working there is an Indian. Then things get weird.

* CassandraTruth: A couple ranch employees put a dummy of an Indian chief in Willoughby's room as a practical joke. The real chief shows up, replaces the dummy, and trolls Willoughby repeatedly, but only when Duke isn't around to see it. Naturally, Duke doesn't believe that the dummy is alive.

* Arrowgram: The Indians send Willoughby a warning to get ready for the wedding with one.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Moonbeam is heavyset and homely, and Willoughby has no interest at all in marrying her... not that she or her tribe want to hear it.

* FeetOfClay: Bronco Bob’s books portray him as a brilliant cowboy, but the author himself is… lackluster at first. 

* HighDiveHijinks: Willoughby gets roped into going off a diving board for the first time in the Lazy S Ranch's pool. 

* HorsingAround: The plot kicks off when Bronco Bob gets thrown from his horse due to his incompetence. 

* InjunCountry: Zigzagged. The natives of an unnamed local tribe are initially more interested in selling shoddy souvenirs to tourists, but start planning to drag Willoughby off to marry Moonbeam after his AccidentalProposal, and after Willoughby insults them. They spend much of the film stalking him across the ranch, showing themselves as terrifyingly stealthy, and crack-shots with arrows and thrown knives, playing many of the usual tropes dead straight. By the end, though, they instead "marry" Willoughby to Duke, contenting themselves with a joke at HIS expense.

* Murphy'sBed: During Duke and Willoughby's escape from the Indians, they crash into a wall and push some unfortunate fellow in a wheeled bed down the road a ways, before he rockets off down the road on a different course.

''Ride ‘em Cowboy'' is a 1942 musical comedy western, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The film is also known for being the film debut of Ella Fitzgerald. Famed writer Bronco Bob Mitchell, known for his autobiographical western adventures, has never actually been west of the Hudson River in his life. When a newspaper article threatens to expose him as a fraud, Bronco Bob goes on tour singing on horseback across the northeast. His first stop is a rodeo in Long Island, New York. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby (Abbott and Costello), two snack food vendors at the rodeo, accidentally let a bull out of its pen while hiding from their angry boss after their latest foul-up. Bob is thrown from his horse when he panics seeing the bull. The bull is stopped by cowgirl Anne Shaw, but she injures her leg in the process, keeping her from winning the ten thousand dollar first prize. A grateful Bob offers her a check for ten thousand as compensation, but [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules she interprets it as a bribe to keep quiet about his incompetence and refuses, though she agrees to keep quiet]]. Abashed when he hears that winning (or at least competing) would have drummed up business for her family’s dude ranch out west, Bob drops the tour and follows her to the Lazy S Ranch, begging for instruction on becoming the cowboy his books claim him to be. Anne relents, and the two begin to grow close as Bob starts to become legitimately competent. It's fortunate that he's getting competent, too - his publicist entered him in the Frontier Days state rodeo championships near the end of the summer. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby end up on a train while escaping their boss, and find themselves going much further west than they expected. They eventually meet up with Anne and Bob on the ranch, but not before a faux pas with the local natives that leads to Willoughby being stalked by the tribe, who are determined to have Willoughby marry one of them. 

The film is perhaps best known as the movie debut of Music/EllaFitzgerald, who has a small role as a ranch employee named Ruby who leads a few musical numbers. 

* AccidentalProposal: Willoughby accidentally proposes to Moonbeam by shooting an arrow into a heart symbol on her tipi. 

* BearsAreBadNews: While fleeing the Indians, Duke and Willoughby briefly find themselves driving along with a bear in the drivers' seat. Cue panicking and eventually pushing the bear out of the car. 

* WrongGenreSavvy: Upon arriving out west, Willoughby panics seeing a native tribe, crying for them to "circle the wagons"... except it's 1941 and the Indians are more interested in selling them souvenirs. 

''Ride ‘em Cowboy'' is a 1942 musical comedy western, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The film is also known for being the film debut of Ella Fitzgerald. Famed writer Bronco Bob Mitchell, known for his autobiographical western adventures, has never actually been west of the Hudson River in his life. When a newspaper article threatens to expose him as a fraud, Bronco Bob goes on tour singing on horseback across the northeast. His first stop is a rodeo in Long Island, New York. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby (Abbott and Costello), two snack food vendors at the rodeo, accidentally let a bull out of its pen while hiding from their angry boss after their latest foul-up. Bob is thrown from his horse when he panics seeing the bull. The bull is stopped by cowgirl Anne Shaw, but she injures her leg in the process, keeping her from winning the ten thousand dollar first prize. A grateful Bob offers her a check for ten thousand as compensation, but {{ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules she interprets it as a bribe to keep quiet about his incompetence and refuses, though she agrees to keep quiet}}. Abashed when he hears that winning (or at least competing) would have drummed up business for her family’s dude ranch out west, Bob drops the tour and follows her to the Lazy S Ranch, begging for instruction on becoming the cowboy his books claim him to be. Anne relents, and the two begin to grow close as Bob starts to become legitimately competent. It's fortunate that he's getting competent, too - his publicist entered him in the Frontier Days state rodeo championships near the end of the summer. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby end up on a train while escaping their boss, and find themselves going much further west than they expected. They eventually meet up with Anne and Bob on the ranch, but not before a faux pas with the local natives that leads to Willoughby being stalked by the tribe, who are determined to have Willoughby marry one of them. 

''Ride ‘em Cowboy'' is a 1942 musical comedy western, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The film is also known for being the film debut of Ella Fitzgerald. Famed writer Bronco Bob Mitchell, known for his autobiographical western adventures, has never actually been west of the Hudson River in his life. When a newspaper article threatens to expose him as a fraud, Bronco Bob goes on tour singing on horseback across the northeast. His first stop is a rodeo in Long Island, New York. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby (Abbott and Costello), two snack food vendors at the rodeo, accidentally let a bull out of its pen while hiding from their angry boss after their latest foul-up. Bob is thrown from his horse when he panics seeing the bull. The bull is stopped by cowgirl Anne Shaw, but she injures her leg in the process, keeping her from winning the ten thousand dollar first prize. A grateful Bob offers her a check for ten thousand as compensation, but [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules she interprets it as a bribe to keep quiet about his incompetence and refuses, though she agrees to keep quiet]]. Abashed when he hears that winning (or at least competing) would have drummed up business for her family’s dude ranch out west, Bob drops the tour and follows her to the Lazy S Ranch, begging for instruction on becoming the cowboy his books claim him to be. Anne relents, and the two begin to grow close as Bob starts to become legitimately competent. It's fortunate that he's getting competent, too - his publicist entered him in the Frontier Days state rodeo championships near the end of the summer. Meanwhile, Duke and Willoughby end up on a train while escaping their boss, and find themselves going much further west than they expected. They eventually meet up with Anne and Bob on the ranch, but not before a faux pas with the local natives that leads to Willoughby being stalked by the tribe, who are determined to have Willoughby marry one of them. 

* GameEndingInjury: Anne’s leg is sprained by her helping take down a bull at the beginning. It heals soon enough, but it’s enough to keep her from competing in the rodeo.

* IdiotPlot: The entire story would never occur if Willoughby had simply politely explained to an audience member at the beginning that another man's money fell down the back of her dress. Somewhat justified in that Willoughby IS an idiot.