The Best of Tumbleweed Theater

**The Best of Tumbleweed Theater** is a 60-minute compilation video released by Mammoth Radio Pictures, collecting songs and sketches from Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of the Nashville Network series *Tumbleweed Theater*. Originally released as a VHS in 1987 and sold exclusively at Riders In The Sky concerts and through Too Slim's Mercantile, the video was re-issued in the late-1990s with a slightly altered cover, then sold in the early 2000s as a DVD.

## Songs & Skits Featured

1. *Tumbleweed Theater* Theme
2. *When Payday Rolls Around*
3. Mammoth Vocational School For Doggie Training
4. The Army Fort: New Dog
5. *Back In The Saddle Again*
6. Too Jaws: The Doors of Showbiz
7. Sidemeat's Family Coffee/The Power Company
8. *Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie*
9. The Army Fort: Drums
10. *Here Comes The Santa Fe*
11. Too Slim's Phone Call
12. Varmint Dancing Instructional Video
13. *The Bobcat Bounce*
14. Genie of The Coffee Pot
15. The Army Fort: Indian Watch
16. *That's How The Yodel Was Born*
17. Sidemeat's Beans
18. Sgt. Dudley: Shack Happiness
19. Too Jaws: Fan Mail
20. *Ghost Riders In The Sky*
21. "Sheep or Cattle?"
22. Sgt. Dudley: Call of The Wild
23. Sidemeat's Homemade Biscuits
24. *Back Up And Push*
25. Drywall Putty: *Remodel My Home, Remodel My Heart*
26. *Cool Water*
27. Prairie Aire
28. Too Jaws: Knock-Knock
29. *Cielito Lindo*
30. Alfalfa's Greatest Hits
31. Western Geograph-E
32. Too Jaws: Sponsors
33. Sidemeat & Cristy Lane
34. Ranger Doug: Nostalgia
35. *Tumbling Tumbleweeds*
36. *So Long, Saddle Pals*

## Credits

### Riders In The Sky

* Ranger Doug (Douglas B. Green): Himself, Genie of The Coffee Pot, Fort Captain, Sgt. Dudley, Drill Instructor, Milo Barlow
* Too Slim (Fred LaBour): Himself, Too Jaws, Sidemeat, L. Philo "Larry" Mammoth, Fort Corporal, Pierre Le Pelt
* Woody Paul (Paul Chrisman): Himself, Scout, Alfalfa, Drywall Putty, Baron Crash von Beethoven The Fifth

### Featuring...

* Texas Bix Bender (Steve Arwood): Announcer
* Kayton Roberts: Whitewall (uncredited)

### Production Credits

* Steve Arwood - Producer, Writer
* Ned Ramage - Co-Producer
* Ed Givnish - Editor
* Dan McClurg - Post Audio
* Sandy Siegrist - Associate Producer
* Connie Gray - Associate Producer
* Randy Hale - Director
* Jim "Moose" Sowards - Director
* Gwen Huffman - Assistant Director
* Connie Gibbs - Producer's Assistant
* Debbie Cavalier - Producer's Assistant
* Jamie Amos - Producer's Assistant
* Roberta Samet - Make Up, Costumes
* Vanessa Sellers - Make Up
* Jean Louis - Make Up
* Robert New - Props
* Craig Spain - Set Design
* David Fisher - Graphic Design

### Studio Crew

* Fred Frederick - Technical Director
* Ron Worrell - Audio
* Bill White - Video
* Dennis Grandinetti - Videotape
* Chuck Shockley - Stage Manager
* Mark Carver - Lighting
* Jeff Bornstein - Lighting
* Rick Reddy - Camera Operator
* Bob Bonas - Camera Operator
* Larry Copeland - Camera Operator
* Wayne Womack - Camera Operator
* Damon Freeman - Camera Operator
* Harold Rice - Camera Operator

TUMBLEWEED THEATER Theme Song recorded at Studio 19 (Nashville, TN)

* Bill Haverson - Engineer
* Robby Adcock - Producer
* Fred LaBour - Executive In-Charge of The Producer

## Trivia

* The original 1987 release cover uses photographs of Riders In The Sky taken from the photoshoot for the *New Trails* album, while the later re-release uses images from the *Always Drink Upstream From The Herd* photoshoot.
* The back cover of both the VHS and DVD releases misidentify *Cielito Lindo* as *La Cucaracha* in the song list.