The Rounders(1966)
WesternComedy
First Air Date: 1966-09-06
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 5.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 18
The Rounders was a 17-episode western-style situation comedy about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas. It starred Ron Hayes as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne, a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967. The program was loosely based on a 1965 film of the same name, The Rounders, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda, set near Sedona, Arizona, rather than Texas. Chill Wills, a native Texan and formerly of CBS's Frontier Circus, appeared as the shady ranch owner, Jim Ed Love. Janis Hansen co-starred as Ben's girlfriend, Sally, and Bobbi Jordan played Howdy's girlfriend, Ada. Jason Wingreen appeared as Shorty Dawes, and Walker Edmiston as Regan. Character actors Strother Martin and J. Pat O'Malley appeared as "Cousin Fletch" and "Vince", respectively. James Brown, formerly the lieutenant on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, played "Luke". Selected episodes with notable guest stars include: "A Horse on Jim Ed Love", series premiere with Harry Carey, Jr.; "It's a Noble Thing to Do", with John Smith, formerly Slim Sherman on NBC's Laramie; "Don't Buffalo Me", with Jay Silverheels, formerly Tonto of The Lone Ranger, as John Tallgrass; "The Moonshine Still Shines"; "It Takes Only One to Suffer"; "The Scavenger Hunt" with Zsa Zsa Gabor as Ilona Hobson; "Some Things Are Not for Sale"; "Four Alarm Wing Ding", with Dick Haynes as a sheriff; "Horse of a Different Cutter" with Andy Devine as Honest John Denton and Strother Martin as Cousin Fletch; "Polo, Anyone?", with Jay C. Flippen as Kenny Fahrbush; "Efficiency Is for Experts", and "What Elephants?", the series finale, in which Ben and Howdy try to hide an elephant in plain sight.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 18E01
Pilot
Air Date: 1966-09-06
No episode overview available.
E02
Frontier Frankenstein
Air Date: 1966-09-13
Jim Ed plans to buy unpredictable Old Fooler and make a fortune selling the critter to a rodeo—but the horse has o...
E03
It's the Noble Thing to Do
Air Date: 1966-09-20
Jim Ed is using a remote-control device as a training dogie in hopes of turning the ranch plugs into first class cutt...
E04
The Moonshine Still Shines
Air Date: 1966-09-27
Jim Ed hires Noble Vestry, the world's best cowboy, to show Ben and Howdy what cow-punching really means.
E05
Don't Buffalo Me
Air Date: 1966-10-04
Jim Ed begins his job as temporary sheriff by trying to smash a moonshiner's illegal still.
E06
The Scavenger Hunt
Air Date: 1966-10-11
Ben and Howdy stand to make a tidy sum if they can find—and corral—a buffalo for Jim Ed.
E07
Some Things are Not for Sale
Air Date: 1966-10-18
Ben and Howdy are literally lassoed off the J. L. Ranch and into a job at near-by Velvet Haven, an exclusive health r...
E08
It Takes Only One to Suffer
Air Date: 1966-10-25
Jim Ed wants to buy Howdy's remarkedly effective good luck piece— but some things just are not for sale.
E09
Man of the Year
Air Date: 1966-11-01
Disgusted with life on the ranch, Ben gives Old Fooler to Howdy and takes over the operation of a one-pump gas station.
E10
Four-Alarm Wingding
Air Date: 1966-11-15
Jim Ed wants to be named Man of the Year in Texas, so the ornery tightwad makes a painful effort to change his image.
E11
Four Alarm Wingding
Air Date: 1966-11-15
Jim Ed has bought a trailer from Howdy, but the merchandise might not arrive in A-1 condition: Howdy and Ben are thro...
E12
You Hold Your Temper, I'll Hold My Tongue
Air Date: 1966-11-29
Jim Ed promises a handsome sum if Ben Howdy will haul his new boat to Lake Love. Leave it to the two cowpokes to foul...
E13
Horse of a Different Cutter
Air Date: 1966-12-06
A cutting-horse contest finds Howdy and Jim backing different entrants—and using all the sneaky tricks in the bo...
E14
Polo, Anyone?
Air Date: 1966-12-13
No episode overview available.
E15
Low Moon at Hi Lo
Air Date: 1966-12-20
No episode overview available.
E16
The Sweet Little Old Lady
Air Date: 1966-12-27
No episode overview available.
E17
Efficiency is for the Experts
Air Date: 1967-01-03
No episode overview available.
E18
What Elephants?
Air Date: 1967-01-03
No episode overview available.
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