ANNIE, BEN & MANGO
You never know where they're gonna go!
WOW! There’s nothing but horses pulling the floats!
This is the parade for LA FIESTA DE LOS VAQUEROS --
it’s the world’s longest horse-drawn parade.
Uh, fiesta what?
It’s Spanish. It means:
the celebration of the cowboys.
Tucson, Arizona is in the United States --
-- but it’s only 65 miles from Mexico,
so a lot of people speak both English and Spanish.
Better pull your hat back so you can see, Cowboy Mango.
Howdy, pardners -- it’s me!
STAVROS!!!
We haven’t seen you since we got you out of Minos’ maze on Crete.
I took Annie’s advice and travelled the world.
And I found the greatest place for a minotaur is AT
THE RODEO!!!
I’m in the bull-riding event.
YOU’RE going to ride a bucking bull!
No, I AM the bucking bull!!!
I have tickets to the rodeo for you.
Now I must get back to the parade!
WE’RE GOING TO THE RODEO!!!
Hee-HAH! Howdy, folks. How ya doin’? Yippie-ki-yai-yay!
C’mon, Mango, Annie’s got our seats and peanuts and popcorn, too!
Ride ‘em, Mango!!!
I hope Ben and Mango get here before the barrel racing starts.
How DID they ever come up with these contests, anyway?
It came from the cowboys working on ranches.
They had to tame the horses so they could ride them.
That became the bucking bronco event.
Bull roping came from the cowboys having to keep their herds together.
How did they come up with bull riding?
Well, that time I think they just got a little crazy.
Although the bulls think it’s fun.
I know, I’ve talked to them.
Cowboys and cowgirls, it’s time for the barrel race! Yeee-Hah!
Oh no!
We’re going to miss the barrel race. I want to see the horses run!
Yeah, this must be the way out!
We’ve tried everything else.
Next up on the barrel race is...
... a dog and a monkey?
It's Ben!
and Mango!
Wrong gate! What are we going to do?
Oh, yeah!? Great!
Hang on, Cowboy Mango!
THEY’RE GOING TO BARREL RACE!
GO, BEN! GO, MANGO!
Hold on! Here comes turn number 1!
Oh, boy! I love to run!!!
They’re heading for the finish.
Wow! That was great! How’d we do?
Water! Thanks, Mango!
Cowboys and cowgirls, we have a new record.
In fact, it’s our ONLY record for FASTEST DOG AND MONKEY!
Okay -- this is weird. BUT I LIKE IT!!!
Why are there clowns at a rodeo?
That’s a good question.
The clowns have a very important job --
when a cowboy is bucked off a bull --
-- the clowns distract the bull until the cowboy is safe.
Well, it looks like our barrel racing monkey wants to be a rodeo clown!
THAT’S MANGO!
RUNNING FROM A BULL!
JUMP IN THE BARREL!
It’s there for the clowns’ safety.
Mango’s falling!
I have him.
You scared us Mango!
Yeah, you’ve got to quit ...
CLOWNING AROUND! Get it!? Clown. Clowning around?
This is Whirlwind.
That guy’s Tornado.
And that’s Bob -- he’s a national champion.
Nobody has been able to ride Bob --
and they only need to stay on for 8 seconds.
Wow! They’re so BIG!
They weigh 2,000 pounds, that’s 907 kilograms.
Wow! That’s a lot of bull!
I think our seats are this way.
I want to get back to see the bull riding.
Our next bull-rider is...
... a little girl getting a piggyback ride from a minotaur?
A little girl and a minotaur?
What are we going to do?
It’s showtime, Annie!
Remember how I threw you to the top of the wall in the maze?
Yeah!
WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!
This is great!
I can see the Mexican border from here!
Well, that’s not an official event, but it sure was spectacular!
Let’s hear it for them, folks!
That’s our Annie.
The rodeo asked me to be their official spokes minotaur
I’m going to travel everywhere with them.
Things are always so exciting when we’re with you, Stavros.
Here, I want you to have this.
Hey! It’s a bolo tie, like all the cowboys wear.
I love it, and I’ll always remember this whenever I look at it.
And that’s no BULL!
GET IT!? It’s a saying! That’s no bull! Bull riding!? Get it!?
Oh, bad joke, Ben. Really bad. Oooooh. That's the worst joke I've heard in 6000 years