Speaking of how ropey B westerns were, here is a quote from Gabby Hayes.
"[on westerns] I hate 'em. Really can't stand 'em. They always are the same. You have so few plots--the stagecoach holdup, the rustlers, the mortgage gag, the mine setting and the retired gunslinger."
The other so often repeated plot which was so annoying,
was the one where the up stream nasty rancher had all the water rights
and was blocking the water getting downstream .
How often the really nice downstream lady rancher baked some cakes
or felt sorry for the nasty rancher and yippee the water flowed again YUK!
