Full Of Thrills And Tension - But

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

I'd Never Believed In Luck. Never Had Any Cause To. Never Relied On It, Because I Never Could.

Practically Any Western Has A Homesteader In Trouble, And A Mysterious Rider Shows Up Off The Range, Solves The Problem Over Two Or Three Days, And Then Rides Off Into The Sunset.

The Third Guy Was Different. He Was What You Got When You Ate Squirrels For Four Generations. Smarter Than A Rat And Tougher Than A Goat, And Jumpier Than Either One.

I Had A Brief Theater Background And Loved The Backstage World There's More Backstage Work In Television, So I Saw A Job Advertised And Applied, And Got It. That Was Back In 1977, When Getting Jobs Was Easy.