I loved this movie. I had to watch it on Amazon since Netflix has never had a copy of this, but it was totally worth it. This is one of the best Western spoofs I've ever seen.Singing cowboy Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) finds himself going to the same cliche-ridden towns all over the West. There's always a corrupt cattle baron who is somehow always a colonel (Andy Griffith) with a beautiful, headstrong daughter (Sela Ward), a bunch of put upon farmers or sheep herders, a beautiful prostitute with a heart of gold (Marilu Henner), and a town drunk (G. W. Bailey). But when the Colonel joins forces with the equally corrupt railroad tycoon (Fernando Ray) to bring in a foil, Rex finds himself off script and struggling.
Some of this film has not held up well, like the underscoring homophobia, but the vast majority of it is spot-on. Berenger is absolutely perfect as the carrot-eating, monogram-wardrobed Rex and Bailey is fantastic as his erstwhile sidekick and narrator. If you've ever watched the black-and-white 40's Western serials, or the 50's TV shows, you really need to see this movie.
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