Pinky Tomlin

America's favorite cowboy, Will Rogers, is the topic of this documentary chronicling the star's beginnings as a rope-trick phenomenon in a traveling Wild West show, his rise to national prominence and his tragic death in a plane crash. Narrated by Bob Hope and featuring extensive archival footage, rare photographs and even home movies, this program paints a moving portrait of the man who would become known as America's cowboy philosopher.

In their first outing at Republic Studios, Grand Ole Opry staples Leon, June and Frank Weaver star as the first family of Pine Ridge, Ark., which is under siege from government workers trying to build a dam. Earnest official John Parker (Ralph Byrd) and his sidekick Pinky (Pinky Tomlin) try to convince the wary hillbillies that the move will provide them with labor-saving modern devices, but it's an uphill battle.

Pinky loses his job as a music professor because of his hatred of barbaric swing music. He eventually ends up at a posh nightclub tied in with a bunch of gangsters. Things get really weird when Pinky is mistaken for the head of a large Chicago racket!

Pinky loses his job as a music professor because of his hatred of barbaric swing music. He eventually ends up at a posh nightclub tied in with a bunch of gangsters. Things get really weird when Pinky is mistaken for the head of a large Chicago racket!