Harmony Howlette's Wild West Show
Harmony Howlette’s Wild West Show is a Pizza Time Theatre Showtape featuring the guest star Harmony Howlette. It was Harmony’s debut showtape and was released in May of 1981.
Segments:
Segment 1
- Waltz Across Texas
- Bob Wills is Still the King
- San Antonio Rose
- Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Segment 2
- Honky Tonkin
- If You’ve Got the Money
- Take me Back to Tulsa
Segment 3
- Deep in the Heart of Texas
- Texas Plains
Segment 4
- Cowboy Memory Lane
- Cool Water
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Cattle Call
Segment 5
- Prairie Pup
- Gonna be Happy-Happy
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Old Dan Tucker
- Pizza Pies
Segment 6
- Sugar Foot Rag
- Steel Guitar Rag
- Stay all night
Segment 7
- Buster of Bronx
Segment 8
- Bad Boy Billy
Segment 9
- I got Rythm
- All God’s Children got Rythm
Segment 10
- Big Rock Candy Mountain
- On Top of Old Smokey
- She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
Segment 11
- Your Cheatin’ Heart
- Hey, Good Lookin'
- Jambalaya
Segment 12
- Swanee
- Old Man River
- Down by the Riverside
Birthday Segments:
- We Understand it’s Your Birthday
- Birthday Chant/Song
- Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Baby
Specials:
- Cheer - Trumpets
- Pasqually’s Chuck E. Intro
- Christmas Medley
- Silver Bells
- Fa-La-La
- The Christmas Song
- Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- Jingle Bells
- Jingle Bell Rock
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Waltz across Texas
[Song: Waltz Across Texas]
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
Yeehaw ha ha ha ha.
Harmony Howlette & Jasper T. Jowls & Warblettes: (Singing)
Waltz across Texas
With you in my arms
Waltz across Texas with you
Chuck E. Cheese:
The songs that made the cowboys dance, that’s what we’re singing about now. But first we’re gonna bring out the little lady whose idea of moonlighting is to howl at the moon
[Harmony Howls]
Mr. Munch:
Every cowboy’s favorite coyote
Chuck E. Cheese:
The one, the only, Harmony Howlette.
[Everyone cheers]
Harmony Howlette:
Howdy boys!
All but Chuck:
Hi Harmony!
Jasper T. Jowls:
Oh Harmony, I’d waltz across anything with you!
Harmony Howlette:
Well, how about Texas?
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
When we dance together, my world’s in disguise
It’s a fairyland tale come true
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
And when you, look at me
With those stars in your eyes
I could waltz across Texas with you
Chuck E. Cheese:
Hey Harmony, you ever hear a wolf whistle?
[A wolf whistle sounds]
Harmony Howlette:
No but I’ve seen a fox trot!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Ough.
[Jasper and Harmony laugh]
Harmony Howlette & Jasper T. Jowls & Warblettes & Pasqually: (Singing)
Waltz across Texas
With you in my arms
Waltz across Texas with you
Pasqually: (Singing)
Like a story book ending
I’m lost in you charms
Harmony Howlette & Jasper T. Jowls & Warblettes & Pasqually: (Singing)
And I could waltz across Texas with you
And I could waltz across Texas with you
Pasqually:
Hey boss, I know a pizza chef from Texas. He’s a- so rich he doesn’t even have his Cadillac air conditioned.
Chuck E. Cheese:
Oh no?
Pasqually:
He just keeps half a dozen cold ones in the fridge!
[Jasper cackles]
Chuck E. Cheese:
That was a very perpetrating statement there Pasqually.
Jasper T. Jowls:
Very funny! Very Funny!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Tell us Harmony, where do you get your ideas for these little shows here?
Harmony Howlette:
Oh I just dream ’em up!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Really? They must be some nightmares!
Harmony Howlette:
Thanks for the insult Big C.
Chuck E. Cheese:
You’re welcome, would you like another one?
Harmony Howlette:
No, my doctor put my ears on a diet.
Chuck E. Cheese:
Your ears are on a diet?
Harmony Howlette:
Yeah, listening to your bad jokes could make me a real fat head!
[Jasper cackles]
Chuck E. Cheese:
It’s too late sweetheart.
Harmony Howlette:
Alright, come on boys, let’s get on with the next song and leave Big C to his insults.
[Song:Bob Wills Is Still the King]
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
The Honky Tonks in Texas were my natural second home
Pasqually: (Singing)
Where you tip your hats to the ladies and the rose of San Antone
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
I grew up on music that we called western swing
Harmony Howlette & Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
It don’t matter who’s in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king
Jasper T. Jowls:
Yee he he Haw!
[Song:San Antonio Rose]
The Warblettes: (Singing)
Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory
Beneath the stars, all alone
Harmony Howlette:
And now this next song is dedicated to an old cowboy I know named Joe.
[Song:Ragtime Cowboy Joe]
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
Out in Arizona where the bad men are
And the only friend to guide you is an evening star
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
The roughest, toughest guy by far is ragtime cowboy Joe.
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
Now when he starts stepping on the dance hall floor,
Pasqually: (Singing)
No one but a lunatic would start a war.
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
Wise men know his 44. makes me dance for fair.
Harmony Howlette & The Warblettes: (Singing)
He always sings raggy music to the cattle
As he swings back and forward in the saddle
On a horse that is syncopated, gaited
And there’s such a funny meter to the roar of his repeater
Mr. Munch & The Warblettes: (Singing)
How they run, when they hear that fellas gun
Because the western folk all know
All: (Singing)
Well he’s a highfaluting, scooting, shooting son-of-a-gun from Arizona
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
He’s that cowboy, talk about your cowboy
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Chuck E. Cheese:
What kind of a cowboy?
All: (Singing)
he’s a highfaluting, scooting, shooting son-of-a-gun from Arizona
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
He’s that cowboy
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Jasper T. Jowls:
You know what Big C?
Chuck E. Cheese:
What’s that?
Jasper T. Jowls:
I think Harmony’s really gonna go far!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Yeah, and as far as I’m concerned the sooner she goes there the better.
Jasper T. Jowl:
Oh no!
[Jasper starts to cry]
Chuck E. Cheese:
Jeez folks, between Jasper’s love sick bugling and Harmony’s howling-
[Harmony Howls]
Chuck E. Cheese:
This show’s really going to the dogs!
Jasper T. Jowls:
But I love her!
Chuck E. Jowls:
See ya’s around.
Honky Tonkin'
Chuck E. Cheese:
Quiet on the set! Quiet on the set!
[Sounds of Shh-ing]
[Song:Honky Tonkin’]
All: (Singing)
And we’ll go honky tonkin’, honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin’, honey baby
We’ll go honky tonkin’ ‘round this town
Chuck E. Cheese:
Alright folks, here she comes.
Mr. Munch:
The cowgirl who gathers more posses than Jesse James, Harmony Howlette!
Jasper T. Jowls:
Yahoo!
Chuck E. Chuck:
And you’re gonna take us Honky Tonkin ain’t that right Harmony?
Harmony Howlette:
That’s right Big C so hit it Pasqually
Pasqually: (Singing)
When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go,
come to see me baby and bring along some dough.
All: (Singing)
And we’ll go Honky Tonkin, Honky Tonkin
Honky Tonkin honey baby
We’ll go Honky Tonkin round this town
Pasqually:
Eh boss, how’d I do?
Chuck E. Cheese:
Hey Pasqually, you couldn’t carry a tune if it had handles on it.
Pasqually:
That a- does it boss, arrivederci.
Chuck E. Cheese:
Pasqually don’t go away mad, I wanna forget you just the way you are.
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
When you and your baby have a fallin’ out
Call me up, sweet mama, and we’ll go steppin’ out
All: (Singing)
And we’ll go honky tonkin’, honky tonkin’
Honky tonkin’, honey baby
We’ll go honky tonkin’ ‘round this town
[Song: If You’ve Got the Money, Honey]
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
We’ll go honky tonkin’ babe and have us a time
Pasqually: (Singing)
We’ll have more fun, baby, on the way down the line
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
Harmony Howlette:
You know fellas, that Big C, he’s as tight with his compliments as he is with his money!
Mr. Munch, Jasper T. Jowls, & Pasqually:
That’s for sure!
Harmony Howlette:
I mean if he gives you a pat on the back it’s only to see what he can get you to cough up! Haha!
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
Now you bring the money baby, you know I never mind
Bring along your Cadillac, leave my wreck behind
We’ll go honky tonkin’ baby and I won’t spend a dime
So if you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
All except Chuck: (Singing)
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time
Harmony Howlette:
Well boys with the money Big C pays me, we’re not gonna get much honky tonkin’ in.
Chuck E. Cheese:
You know Harmony I resemble that statement very much, especially since I was just gonna pay you a large compliment!
Harmony Howlette:
I don’t believe that anymore than I believe you’re gonna give me a raise.
Chuck E. Cheese:
I was just about to say that you’re one performer whose career bears a lot of watching.
Harmony Howlette:
Why thank you so much Big C!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Course then I was gonna say it’s too bad it ain’t worth listening to.
[Song:Take Me Back to Tulsa]
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
Where’s that gal with the red dress on?
Some folks called her Dinah
Stole her heart away from me,
way down in Louisiana
All but Chuck: (Singing)
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Pasqually: (Singing)
The Little bee sucks the blossom, the big bee gets the honey
Little man makes the pizza, the big rat takes the money!
Harmony Howlette:
Listening Big C?
All but Chuck: (Singing)
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Jasper T. Jowl: (Singing)
I always wear a great big smile, some folks think it’s funny
Travel all over the country, Big C takes the money!
All but Chuck: (Singing)
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
I went down to Tulsa, that was my undoing
Started into singing, still can hear the booing
Jasper T. Jowls:
Oh no!
All but Chuck: (Singing)
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I’m too young to marry
Mr. Munch:
Yeehaw!
Jasper T. Jowls:
Yippee! Haha hahaha haha!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Well folks, we certainly hoped you enjoyed the show. This is Chuck E. Cheese, The Big C, saying: After all I do for these people, you think I’d get a little respect! Jeez!
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Harmony Howlette:
There is a land, a western land, mighty wonderful, wonderful to see. It’s a land, it’s a land I understand, y’know? And it’s there I long to be.
[Song:Deep in the Heart of Texas]
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
The stars at night
Are big and bright
All: (Singing)
Deep in the heart of Texas
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
The prairie sky
Is wide and high
All: (Singing)
Deep in the heart of Texas
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
The sage in bloom
Is like perfume
All: (Singing)
Deep in the heart of Texas
Pasqually: (Singing)
Reminds me of
The one I love
All: (Singing)
Deep in the heart of Texas!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Yeah, deep in the heart of Texas, that’s where we’re going. And to start us off the most unlikely cowboys this side of mars: Munch!
[Song: Texas Plains]
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
I wanna drink my java from an old tin can
While the moon goes ridin’ high
Pasqually: (Singing)
I wanna hear the song of a whippoorwill
I wanna hear the coyote cry
[Harmony cries and Jasper attempts to also cry]
Chuck E. Cheese:
Alright, cry not scream you dummy.
Jasper T. Jowls:
Oh.
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
I wanna feel a saddle close between my legs
Ridin’ there out on the range
A- just a- going for an old ride, eatin pizza pie
Back on those texas plains
Harmony Howlette: (Singing)
Each night in my dreams
it somehow seems
that I am back
Where I belong
Jasper T. Jowl: (Singing)
Just a country hick
Back in the sticks
Back where I was born
Well city lights
And city ways
Are driving me insane!
Ho ho ho!
Chuck E. Cheese:
Jasper you just left yourself wide open for a joke but I’m gonna let it pass.
Jasper T. Jowls:
Thank you!
Harmony Howlette:(Singing)
I wanna be alone
I wanna be back home
Back on those Texas plains
All: (Singing)
I wanna be alone
I wanna be back home
Back on those Texas plains
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
I wanna drink my java from an old tin can
While the moon goes ridin’ high
Jasper T. Jowls: (Singing)
I wanna hear the song of a whippoorwill
I wanna hear a coyote cry
[Harmony and Jasper cry]
Mr. Munch: (Singing)
I wanna feel a saddle close between my legs
All: (Singing)
Ridin’ there out on the range
A- just a- going for an old ride, eatin pizza pie
Back on those Texas plains
Back on those Texas plains
Chuck E. Cheese:
Yeah alright! Moving right along!
Harmony’s Wild West Show is one of my favorite guest star showtapes, it’s one of the first I remember being exposed to, watching the capt. slappy videos on it. It’s the show that first introduces one of my favorite guest characters: Harmony Howlette. The theme of western music I think works really well with the early ptt characters and Harmony butting heads with Chuck instead of just taking his insults is really funny at times. The range of songs works well too, from older western songs with “Cowboy Memory Lane” to the more up beat songs in “I got rhythm”, it all works well to make each segment feel unique. I have one like teeny tiny gripe with this showtape in that it has a few songs that don’t have Harmony in them, or aren’t supposed to at least. Take Mountain Songs for example, Harmony’s not supposed to be in this showtape and isn’t until she’s name dropped at the very end, but she’s right there on the stage, plus it’s right in the middle of the showtape so it doesn’t really work as a way to “introduce” her if she’s already there. I do get that you’re not supposed to be listening to all of these shows all in a row, and that’s why it’s a tiny gripe, but it is one I have. My favorite segment has to be the “Bad Boy Billy” segment, it’s all about the aforementioned bandit and how, according to Munch at least, he came and ate Pasqually’s pizza and also made Munch eat some. It’s a pretty fun segment with a nice song too, I probably do have some bias towards it as it was the first ptt video I can remember watching. The birthday segments are, fine I guess. They’re not terrible but they’re nothing to write home about either. The special in this showtape is a Christmas special and it’s pretty good, it’s more of the usual banter if not a bit laid back since it’s a more cheery segment. My final opinion on this show is that it’s a great introduction to the character and in my opinion one of the best guest character showtapes.