 Hank Rides Again involved puppetry (for the studio introductions to each episode), drawings, cut-out animations, several distinct voices (including that of the horse Silver King, who was something like Disney’s Goofy) and sound effects – all supplied by Francis Coudrill, who made a personal appearance in a check shirt each week with Hank as his ventriloquist’s dummy.The end of each episode, a back view of Hank riding off into the sunset and descending below the horizon line, is still etched in my memory.My interest in European Westerns was first kindled by Hank Rides Again.