The Rounders

Episode 1

A Horse on Jim Ed Love

Tue, Sep 6, 1966 30 mins

A modern-day Western about two cowboys and their wily boss, rancher Jim Ed Love, who plans to buy unpredictable Old Fooler and make a fortune selling the cantankerous horse to a rodeo but the horse has other ideas about the transaction.

Episode 2

Frontier Frankenstein

Tue, Sep 13, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed is using a remote-controlled dogie as a training device in hopes of turning the ranch plugs into first-class cutting horses-and ending Old Fooler's cow-horse career.

Episode 3

It's the Noble Thing to Do

Tue, Sep 20, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed hires Noble Vestry, the world's best cowboy, to show Ben and Howdy what cowpunching really means.

Episode 4

The Moonshine Still Shines

Tue, Sep 27, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed begins his job as temporary sheriff by trying to smash a moonshiner's illegal still.

Episode 5

Don't Buffalo Me

Tue, Oct 4, 1966 30 mins

Howdy and Ben are eager to get on the good side of Jim Ed so learning he'd like to own a buffalo they start planning. But they find out it won't easy and things quickly escalate into a huge misadventure.

Episode 6

The Scavenger Hunt

Tue, Oct 11, 1966 30 mins

Ben and Howdy are literally lassoed off the J.L. Ranch and into a job at near-by Velvet Haven, an exclusive health resort for women.

Episode 7

Some Things Are Not for Sale

Tue, Oct 18, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed wants to buy Howdy's remarkably effective good-luck piece but some things just aren't for sale.

Episode 8

It Takes Only One to Suffer

Tue, Oct 25, 1966 30 mins

Disgusted with life on the ranch, Ben gives the horse, Old Fooler, to Howdy and takes over the operation of a one-pump gas station.

Episode 9

Man of the Year

Tue, Nov 1, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed wants to be named Man of the Year in Texas, so the ornery tightwad makes a painful effort to change his image.

Episode 10

Four Alarm Wing Ding

Tue, Nov 15, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed has bought a trailer from Howdy, but the merchandise might not arrive in A-1 condition. Howdy and Ben are throwing a party for the whole community in the trailer.

Episode 11

You Hold Your Temper, I'll Hold My Tongue

Tue, Nov 22, 1966 30 mins

Episode 12

Horse of a Different Cutter

Tue, Nov 29, 1966 30 mins

A cutting-horse contest finds Howdy and Jim Ed backing different entrants, and using all the sneaky tricks in the book to win their bets.

Episode 13

Polo, Anyone?

Tue, Dec 6, 1966 30 mins

Howdy and Ben plan to use Old Fooler to fool old Jim Ed. The cowhands are out to convince their tightwad employer that the stubborn nag is a valuable polo pony.

Episode 14

Low Moon at Hi Lo

Tue, Dec 13, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed's sneaky, low-down tricks are nothing compared to those of Abbey Marstow, a wily woman rancher who's out to outfox foxy Jim Ed in the annual horse race.

Episode 15

The Sweet Little Old Lady

Tue, Dec 20, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed's former fourth-grade teacher, Martha Frobish, descends on the ranch like an avenging angel and soon throws everything out of whack.

Episode 16

Efficiency is for Experts

Tue, Dec 27, 1966 30 mins

Jim Ed hires a saucy female efficiency expert to bring progress to the ranch, where she soon puts a burr under the saddles of Jim Ed's two laziest cowpokes.

Episode 17

What Elephants?

Tue, Jan 3, 1967 30 mins

Howdy and Ben get their hands on an elephant, then try desperately to keep it hidden. They also figure out a way for the pachyderm to do their chores for Jim Ed.