Cisco Pancho Quotes

And the closings were also done to formula. There was always a señorita, and Cisco always collected his kiss. Said Radio Life: “For each dark-eyed conquest he has a string of pearls (’they belonged to my sainted mother’) and a kiss before he rides off with Pancho into a blazing desert sunset.” Up came the dreamy organ music: the señorita would breathe, “Ooooooh, Cisco!” and Cisco would answer “Ooooooh, señorita!” The action would cut to the trail, with Cisco and Pancho riding away on their horses, Diablo and Loco. There was always a terrible closing pun by Pancho, with Cisco reacting in great disgust. Oh, PAN-CHO! Oh, Ceesco! Whooping laughter, galloping horses, and out.

The camaraderie of the trail was a constant. To Cisco, Pancho was “Chico,” and their allegiances were first and foremost to each other. Though Cisco would often scold his partner for stupidity, no other man was allowed to denigrate his friend. Cisco was a fighter, a formidable foe with fists or guns. The fights, especially in the Jack Mather syndications, were wildly verbal, with Cisco and Pancho jabbering away even in the thick of fisticuffs. And now, hombre, we shall see if you are as tough as your words! (Punch-punch-punch) Ah’ll kill you, Cisco! (Punch-pummel-pound) Oh, I think not! (Punch-punch-slug) Ceesco! Behind you! (Jab, dance, punch-punch) I see him, Pancho! And now it is time to show these hombres that the Cisco Kid means exactly what he says! A furious finish, with more chatter, punches, and broken chairs, and the final sound of a badman taking a fall. These fights today are hilarious, like a B-movie western in which the hero never loses his hat.

Jackson Beck as the Cisco Kid, “O. Henry’s beloved badman who rides the romantic trail that leads sometimes to adventure, often to danger, but always to beautiful señoritas.” Louis Sorin as Pancho, his fat comedic sidekick.