The Cisco Kid: Bates Story
Originally broadcast in first-run syndication on Monday, November 12, 1951.
Plot: It’s a collision course with wackiness as Cisco and Pancho are mistaken for recently escaped convicts.
Analysis: There are times when a show tries way too hard to either be funny or take itself way too seriously. This is, unfortunately, one of those times as the plot both tries to be funny and serious and succeeds at neither. Compound that some laughably bad fight effects and the ability to magically teleport from the center of town to the middle of the desert and this one leaps from laughable to just plain bad.
As usual, the show is in color, but to recreate the original 1951 broadcast atmosphere, simply turn down the color on your television.
The Bottom Line: I know, I am being very tough on a Western intended for the small fry, but I do have a reasonable expectation of being entertained and this episode of Cisco falls woefully short. Great if others enjoy it, but I cannot recommend it.
If you are so interested, Bates Story is included on The Cisco Kid: Collection Two (http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Kid-Collecti....86758713&sr=1-3).
Next time, more Lucy.
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