Cowboy Joe

Cowboy Joe was one of the first "commercials" conceived for It's All Been Done Radio Hour. Usually only a page or two long, it featured a man who claimed to be a "real-life" cowboy, not one o' them Hollywood types. He appeared to sell various products "released" by the IABDRH company, usually relevant to his current situation. The episode titles were the products he was selling.
(There is no IABDRH company and these products are not real.)
As the episodes unfolded, we learned that Joe was on the run from the law. While he presented himself as goofy, it turns out that he was a serial killer, and was eventually executed.
This commercial was discontinued due to the death of the character, though due to his popularity, he had been worked back in a couple of times. Since Joe's death, he has appeared as a ghost and in a "lost" episode that takes place during the original run. Additionally, the Pirate Jack and Astronaut Jake commercials were inspired by this one.
It is unlikely that the Cowboy Joe commercials take place in The Topnotch Tangler dimension, as even though Joe is pursued and arrested by Lt. Carson of the Tipp Town Police Post, he is put to death. More likely, this Tipp Town and Lt. Carson are in another dimension.
Cowboy Joe was part of the first six live Radio Hour shows, which were collected into a single installment of the regular podcast called "The Saga of Cowboy Joe." This was before commercials were released as 'bonus' episodes.
In 2020, Joe returned in a Packer & Ratcliff episode called "The Origin of Cowboy Joe," which was a prequel to the story told in the commercials. He also appeared in Halftime Report "Real-Life Halftime Report."
== Characters ==
Cowboy Joe was played by Keith Jackson. He appeared in all the Cowboy Joe segments.
=== Other Characters ===
* Joe Morales played Lt. Carson in episode 2 "Boots" and episode 5 "Handcuffs."
* Dallas Ray played the judge in episode 4 "Public Defender."
* Katelyn Hamilton played the court stenographer in episode 4 "Public Defender."
* Amanda Iman played the public defender in episode 4 "Public Defender."
* Katie Boissoneault played the execution doctor in episode 6 "Electric Chair."
* Packer & Ratcliff appeared in episode 7 "Ghost Trap."
== Episodes ==
=== The Original Run ===
#	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Live Show	Podcast
1	"Brand" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show I 	21
2	"Boots" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show II 	21
3	"Police Scanner" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show III 	21
4	"Public Defender"	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show IV 	21
5	"Handcuffs" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show V 	21
6	"Electric Chair" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show VI 	21
=== Post-Death Appearances ===
#	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Live Show 	Podcast
7	"Ghost Trap" 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Show XIII 	C16
8	"Fidget Spinner" 'Lost' (Episode) 	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Columbus Podcast Meetup May 2017	C4
-	Packer & Ratcliff "The Origin of Cowboy Joe"	Jerome Wetzel	Jerome Wetzel	Oops... All Packer & Ratcliffs 	323
9	"Back From the Dead" 	Jerome Wetze;	Kristin Green	Show LXXVI 	C192
=== Re-runs ===
#	Title 	Live Show 	Podcast
1	"Brand" 	OGP's West Grandview Fringe Festival 2016	C19
4	"Public Defender"	IABD Classic 1 	
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