Fuzzy Thinking
Nobody was better at turning a western into a laugh-getter than PRC's resident elf, Al "Fuzzy" St. John.  In fight scenes, for example, he was always in everybody's way, taking punches from not only the bad guys, but from the heroes as well.  And in some of those scenes, both good guys and bad had trouble keeping a straight face.

Bad guy Charlie King recalled: "He was always coming up with funny stuff.  If something unexpected happened during a scene, or an accident occurred, he turned that into a gag.

"In one scene he split his pants and sewing them up became a gag.  Holding a needle in one hand and thread in the other, he slowly brought the two together crossing his eyes."

Al sidekicked for a lot of our heroes, but is best remembered for the "Fuzzy thinking" he brought to westerns starring the young man with a bullwhip, Al La Rue.  PRC lassoed La Rue at Warners to play bad guys in Eddie Dean westerns.  When fan mail began pouring in for La Rue, PRC had Lash La Rue, King of the Bullwhip, saddle up to make the west safe for little whippersnappers.

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