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. . . Warner Bros. telegraphs the fact that OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS is NOT about the 19th Century, but rather provides omens regarding our deplorable 21st, by sketching out the superficial surface features of this ludicrous Two-Reeler with an atrocious plot, wooden acting, and fractured logic. However, let's consider Warner's warning here for we Americans of the (then) Far Future. Clearly, Warner's always prophetic prognosticators mean to foretell President Obama's selection of Merrick Garland ("John Walton" here) as the newest U.S Supreme Court Justice. This, of course, is thwarted by Tulsa's (representing America) first Crimelord, Whip McCord, who always wears black to show that he's just a stand-in for our first U.S. Tsar, Red Commie KGB Chief Vlad "The Mad Russian" Putin. McCord fears Tulsa Mayor John Kincaid (think Hillary) will cleanse the town of its oligarchical weasels, so he rigs an election to put Judge Ringle (Putin's Puppet Rump, of course) as the usurper allowed to name Loose Cannon Bozos such as "Judge" Ringle (or Neal Gorsuch) in place of the rightful justice, Walton (or Garland). Ringle immediately gets Kincaid hung by a Rumpster lynch mob chanting "String him up! String him up!" No thinking person can view this Tulsa Origin Story as a happy one, which is Warner's way of saying that Putin's SCOTUS impostor Gorsuch MUST BE PELICAN BRIEFED ASAP!

. . . warns Tulsa City Father "Whip McCord" during this extended Public Service Announcement, OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS. The Kincaid Gang has been a thorn in the side of Founder McCord and his business associates since the get-go. Visionary McCord has the foresight to picture Tulsa as America's #1 Gaming Destination, half a century before the Vegas Mob made a mess of things by draining the Nevada area aquifers. The backbone of Tulsa's early economy dominates its nightlife: McCord's Territory Casino, Cowboys come from near and far to try their Luck at the Territory, as McCord blazes the trail for future U.S. Gaming Tycoons such as Leader Trump. However, Kincaid's cartel of jealous, Johnny-come-lately henchmen set out on a witch hunt to dredge up dirt on McCord from malingerers out of favor with Lady Luck. Even after Old Man Kincaid himself is tried, convicted, and given over to Justice at the end of a rope for a cold-blooded murder, his motley crew of miscreants fail to accept the fact that executions have consequences. A gun-slinging bully named "Ned" terrorizes Tulsa by slaying many of its prominent citizens through firearm trickery. Ned tops off his murder spree by assassinating McCord himself. Tulsa's spineless residents decide that it's easier "to switch than fight," dooming their locale to become the forgotten backwater that it is Today.

. . . a gunfight, it's probably bringing a chair to a gunfight. Yet this is the exact mistake that self-styled gunslinger W. M. Cord makes to seal his doom in the finale of OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS. No self-respecting peacemaker trekked across the American West in the 1800's using a slogan such as "Have chair, will travel." Though 1950's television series bore titles like GUN SMOKE, none were called CHAIR DUST. Viewers showed interest in THE RIFLEMAN, but not so much attention was paid to THE FURNITURE GUY. After suffering through this misfire, please remember to support your local chapter of BANGS: Broke Americans Need Gun Stamps.