The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show was an American Western series that starred the famous singing cowboy, Gene Autry; his loyal yet klutzy sidekick, Pat Buttram, and his horse, Champion, listed in the opening credits as 'World's Wonder Horse'. The series premiered in 1950 and ended in 1955.


 * Adorkable: Pat
 * Big Eater: Pat was implied to be this in some episodes.
 * Butt Monkey: Pat provided most of the slapstick and comedy, due to his antics.
 * Cool Horse: Champion, or 'Champ' for short, as he's mostly called in the episodes.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Most of the episodes had Gene and Pat face off against a boss of either a bank or a newspaper office that had gone corrupted.
 * Cowardly Sidekick: Pat showed shades of this in most episodes.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Though Pat is mostly useless when in battle, there are actually a few episodes when Pat has stood his ground against the bad guys, such as the episode where he believed that he was sick.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Pat again
 * Leitmotif: Gene's is a slightly modified instrumental version of his main song "Back In The Saddle Again", while Pat's is a rather goofy-sounding theme that plays whenever he is about to do something funny.
 * Once Per Episode: Gene, being a singing cowboy, would sing one or two songs in nearly every episode.
 * Put on a Bus: In the final eight episodes of the first season, Pat wound up in an accident involving a cannon misfire. As a result, he was replaced by three other actors; Alan Hale Jr. as Tiny in two episodes, Chill Wills (the voice of Francis the Talking Mule) playing himself in two episodes, and Fuzzy Knight as Sagebrush in four episodes.