The hilarious antics in this musical begin with the film debut of Martha Raye and end when the curtain closes. The plot involves the rodeo at Madison Square Garden, where old cowhand Bing Crosby has purchased a prize bull named Cuddles and finds someone even more cuddly stowed away in Cuddles' boxcar on the trip west, a runaway heiress played by Frances Farmer. There is some debate as to whether this is Farmer's first or second film--she made three in 1936--but the film does offer several known firsts: Bing Crosby crooning "Empty Saddles" to his bull, as well as the now so popular "I'm an Old Cowhand"; bazooka player Bob Burns, a popular radio comedian of the time, putting his philosophical humor to the screen test; and, finally, Martha Raye singing "Mr. Paganini." ("Swing music in a voice with saxophonic overtones and an occasional trace of pure fog horn. Puzzling at first, but you get used to it," wrote the New York Times reviewer of this new find.)