History Radio / RidersRadioTheater

-->''[[CatchPhrase Is this the end of Riders in the Sky?!]]''

Incidentally, these are the same guys who performed the theme music to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv-faHqmiVM Woody's Round-Up]] in ToyStory.

* LawfulGood - all the protagonists for the most part, but especially, '''especially''' Ranger Doug. He will absolutely make sure to do the right thing in all circumstances, even allow himself to be arrested and thrown in jail without resisting when he knows his own innocence for a fact, and doesn't even hold it against the Sheriff because he's just "doing his duty."

** Add in Joey "The Cow-Polka King" and "Texas" Bix Bender and you might, quite literally, have a FiveManBand.

* CatchPhrase - Several, but the most obvious is Ranger Doug's "That would be the easy way, but it wouldn't be [[AudienceParticipation the Cowboy Way.]]"

* CatchPhrase - Several, but the most obvious is Ranger Doug's "That would be the easy way, but it wouldn't be the Cowboy Way."

** TheDragon - Charlie is this to Slocum. He's much larger, stronger, and more intimidating, but dumb as a post and needs "the Boss" to tell him what to do.

* Add in Joey "The Cow-Polka King" and "Texas" Bix Bender and you might, quite literally, have a FiveManBand.

** AnachronismStew - Set in an anachronistic period where ranching, rustling and riding is still a thing but seems to sometimes cross over into modern day times as well, as if there's a special force that keeps Tumbleweed Valley rooted in the late 19th century while the rest of the world moves on, but moving between the two is seamless and doesn't seem odd to anyone. Just as an example, one story involved Slocum building a clandestine nuclear reactor in an abandoned mine.
** BrainsAndBrawn - Slocum and Charlie.
** {{Cameo}} - the week's musical guest usually gets a small speaking part in the episode as well.
** CardCarryingVillain - A. Swinburne Slocum. Because, in his own words, "The Plot demands an evil man. It's a dirty job, but [[https://myspace.com/ridersinthesky/music/song/someone-s-got-to-do-it-89101057 someone's got to do it]]."
** CatchPhrase - Several, but the most obvious is Ranger Doug's "That would be the easy way, but it wouldn't be the Cowboy Way."
** CliffHanger - Every episode ends this way (well, except for the final episode of each arc, of course).
** {{Cowboy}} - Just about every single character, given the western setting.
** EndingTheme - "So Long, Saddle Pals"
** IncorruptiblePurePureness - Ranger Doug, provided he hasn't [[TraumaInducedAmnesia hit his head recently]].
** LargeHam - in keeping with the radio melodrama theme, all the main characters.
** LawfulGood - all the protagonists for the most part, but especially, '''especially''' Ranger Doug. He will absolutely make sure to do the right thing in all circumstances, even allow himself to be arrested and thrown in jail without resisting when he knows his own innocence for a fact, and doesn't even hold it against the Sheriff because he's just "doing his duty."
** LethalChef - Sidemeat's biscuits are [[CatchPhrase the hardest substance known to man]].
** MediumAwareness - All the characters at one point or another seem to be aware of the audience, the narrator, the existence of the show's script, sometimes even interacting with them. Ranger Doug and Slocum both have explicitly taken actions because of [[InteractiveNarrator something they heard the narrator just say]].
** PowerTrio - perhaps of the KnightKnaveAndSquire variety - the trio being:
*** Ranger Doug, the Idol of American Youth
*** Woody Paul, the King of the Cowboy Fiddlers, and
*** Too Slim, the Man of Many Hats.
*** Add in Joey "The Cow-Polka King" and "Texas" Bix Bender and you might, quite literally, have a FiveManBand.

** TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin - This show seems completely immune to DarkerAndEdgier
** TheSheriff - Obviously, "High Sheriff" Drywall
** TheWestern - Self evident, and see above in Anachronism Stew.
** TraumaInducedAmnesia - The "Phantom of the Valley" arc involves Ranger Doug losing his memory and believing himself to be a Zorro {{Expy}} after awakening in said Expy's lair.
** WesternCharacters - Obviously.

** AnachronismStew - Set in an anachronistic period where ranching, rustling and riding is still a thing but seems to sometimes cross over into modern day times as well, as if there's a special force that keeps Tumbleweed Valley rooted in the late 19th century while the rest of the world moves on, but moving between the two is seamless and doesn't seem odd to anyone.

-->''Is this the end of Riders in the Sky?!''

'''Riders Radio Theater''', also sometimes known as Riders in the Sky (the name of the group that performs the show), is a {{Radio Drama}} (well, comedy/drama) that airs on National Public Radio. Set as an anachronistic western melodrama, the stories follow Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim and their compatriots as they fumble, yodel, and hero their way through misadventures and regular adventures - usually opposite the villainous A. Swinburne Slocum and his henchman Charlie.

As the show is a satirical take on actual radio melodramas, it is rather {{Troperiffic}} and the {{Fourth Wall}} takes a heavy, heavy beating. The characters all alternate between varying degrees of {{Genre Savvy}} and {{Genre Blindness}} from moment to moment depending on what best entertains, and the writing is definitely not above invoking [[Meta Humor]].

** CardCarryingVillain - A. Swinburne Slocum. Because, in his own words, "The Plot demands an evil man."

*** Add in Joey "The CowPolka King" and "Texas" Bix Bender and you might, quite literally, have a FiveManBand.

** CatchPrhase - Several, but the most obvious is Ranger Doug's "That would be the easy way, but it wouldn't be the Cowboy Way."

'''Riders Radio Theater''', also sometimes known as Riders in the Sky (the name of the group that performs the show), is a {{RadioDrama}} (well, comedy/drama) that airs on National Public Radio. Set as an anachronistic western melodrama, the stories follow Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim and their compatriots as they fumble, yodel, and hero their way through misadventures and regular adventures - usually opposite the villainous A. Swinburne Slocum and his henchman Charlie.

'''Riders Radio Theater''', also sometimes known as Riders in the Sky (the name of the group that performs the show), is a {{Radio}} comedy/drama that airs on National Public Radio. Set as an anachronistic western melodrama, the stories follow Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim and their compatriots as they fumble, yodel, and hero their way through misadventures and regular adventures - usually opposite the villainous A. Swinburne Slocum and his henchman Charlie.

** TheWestern - Set in an anachronistic period where ranching, rustling and riding is still a thing but seems to sometimes cross over into modern day times as well, as if there's a special force that keeps Tumbleweed Valley rooted in the late 19th century while the rest of the world moves on, but moving between the two is seamless and doesn't seem odd to anyone.

Riders Radio Theater, also sometimes known as Riders in the Sky (the name of the group that performs the show), is a {{Radio}} comedy/drama that airs on National Public Radio. Set as an anachronistic western melodrama, the stories follow Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim and their compatriots as they fumble, yodel, and hero their way through misadventures and regular adventures - usually opposite the villainous A. Swinburne Slocum and his henchman Charlie.

Recorded live at the Emory Theater in Cincinatti, Ohio (The Queen City of the West), the show not only has story exposition but also featured musical guests and short comedy skits.

Riders Radio Theater, also sometimes known as Riders in the Sky (the name of the group that performs the show), is a [[Radio]] comedy/drama that airs on National Public Radio. Set as an anachronistic western melodrama, the stories follow Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim and their compatriots as they fumble, yodel, and hero their way through misadventures and regular adventures - usually opposite the villainous A. Swinburne Slocum and his henchman Charlie.

As the show is a satirical take on actual radio melodramas, it is rather [[Troperiffic]] and the [[Fourth Wall]] takes a heavy, heavy beating. The characters all alternate between varying degrees of [[Genre Savvy]] and [[Genre Blindness]] from moment to moment depending on what best entertains, and the writing is definitely not above invoking [[Meta Humor]].