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Johnny LaRue: Yellowbelly
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
At SCTV’s anniversary special, Lin Ye Tang and Johnny LaRue reminisce about violent Westerns that disappeared from television. Their clip of LaRue’s Yellowbelly reveals a supposed frontier hero whose cowardice goes well beyond running from a fight.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I'm not gay either.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Its theme song borrows the melody of The Ballad of Davy Crockett.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
We now return to the 30th Anniversary Show with Johnny LaRue and Lin-Yi Tang.
- 00:09
Johnny LaRue ?
Hi, I'm Johnny LaRue.
- 00:10
Lin Ye Tang ?
Howdy, partners. Folks around these parts call me Lin-Yi Tang, but you can just call me Bronco.
- 00:17
Johnny LaRue ?
All right, Bronco. Throughout the years, SCTV has come up with some fine westerns. Classics like The Rattlesnake Kid, How Big Was My Valley, and The Headless Sheriff.
- 00:27
Lin Ye Tang ?
The Headless Sheriff, I remember that. It was great.
- 00:29
Johnny LaRue ?
It sure was. But three of these stand above the others in my mind because they were cancelled by the FCC Something to do with violence and kids.
- 00:37
Lin Ye Tang ?
Yeah, those FCC vomits are real poor cats
- 00:41
Johnny LaRue ?
Everybody knows you're Chinese. You're not from the old west.
- 00:44
Lin Ye Tang ?
Oh, yeah. Okay. I'll show you a fast draw Try to slap your hands together. Come on
- 00:49
Johnny LaRue ?
Well, give me another chance
- 00:50
Lin Ye Tang ?
I'm not giving you any other chance roll the film
- 00:52
Johnny LaRue ?
he was reading from a script
- 00:54
Lin Ye Tang ?
you're drunk
- 00:55
Johnny LaRue ?
I'm not gay either Get that camera off me roll the film
- 01:00
Lin Ye Tang ?
Yeah, roll the film. I'll deal with you later. You drunken bum. Get out. I should shoot you now. You're fired. Get out.
- 01:05
I'll fire you. I'll fire you up for a hot drink. Get out.
- 01:11
Stripped of his rank for desertion under fire, ostracized by the North and South during the Civil War for his double-dealing treachery, he's the biggest coward in the West. He's Yellowbelly.
- 01:30
Speaker 1 ?
Hey, Moira, it's Yellow Belly!
- 01:39
Mother ?
You shot my child! You Yellow Belly! Help! Help!
- 01:47
The Yellow Belly! I like that. you gonna run to now?
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