The Lusty Men

One of the most thrilling

and surely one of the most

dangerous rodeo events--

cowboys riding

the wild brahma bulls.

Unlike the bucking horse

used in rodeos

who will try to prevent

stepping on or kicking a rider,

the brahma bull will

purposely stomp a contestant

with his sharp hoofs

or rip the rider with his horns,

oftentimes causing

fatal injuries.

The brahma bulls you see here

are well-known for

their mean dispositions

and are particularly treacherous

because they're

the only type bull

that will charge a man

with their eyes open.

That's why you'll

never see a brahma bull

in the ring with a matador.

The first bull rider today,

one of the all-time greats,

Jeff McCloud, Bandera, Texas.

Jeff's coming out

on a bull called razor,

'cause he's given

a lot of cowboys

a close shave.

Contestants ride the bull

holding onto a loose rope,

sometimes called a bullrope,

the other hand free in the air.

Should the cowboy touch

the bull with his free hand

anytime during

his eight-second ride,

he will be disqualified.

Keep your eyes

on chute number 1.

Take him out!

Thanks to the alertness

of our rodeo clowns.

He may be shaken up a bit,

but he's walked away from

tougher spills than this.

Now take a look

over at chute number 2.

Shorty west

from blackton, Idaho,

on a bull called round trip.

Shorty must have bought

a one-way ticket.

All right, you under there,

back out nice and slow.

What are you doing

crawling around under my house?

I didn't think

nobody lived here.

Somebody lives here.

What are you doing

crawling under there?

I was looking for something

I thought I'd lost.

I used to save my money

in this tobacco can

when I was a kid

and my folks lived here.

With my 2 nickels

in it after 20 years.

2 nickels was a load

of money to me then.

You Connie McCloud's boy?

I'm Jeff McCloud.

I'm Jeremiah watrus.

Howdy.

There's some coffee

in the house.

Come on in and sit.

- Did you know my old man?

- Not personal.

Well, the place

ain't changed much.

I bought it at a tax auction.

Got it at my own price.

Now I know why.

Could have had more fun throwing my money

out the window.

It ain't changed much

in here, either.

- Wash up if you've a mind to.

- I washed this morning.

I was born in this room.

That ain't much to brag about.

Where you from these days?

Oh, I move around a lot.

I can't get over it.

In 20 years,

you'd think it'd change.

Some things never do.

But there's been changes.

Sun's got a little hotter,

a little more

earth's blowed away,

a little less water.

That's about all the changes.

What made you come back?

I don't know.

I always thought someday

I'd make enough money

to settle down

on the old place, run a few head.

- You got the money?

- I had it... Once.

- What happened?

- I got kind of sidetracked.

Women?

No. No, women

don't sidetrack me.

Something else.

I'll be 62 come march.

Maybe if I was married,

I might fix the place,

or if I had kids.

It is kind of lonely.

I like a place

that's lonely, private.

You been married?

I figure it this way...

Marriage, it's lonely,

but it ain't private.

You got anything you own?

What I started out with,

a strong back and a weak mind.

A shack, some rocky ground,

a spavined horse,

and a busted windmill...

That's all I got.

That's still more than me.

Yeah, but you ain't 62 yet.

You a thinking man?

Oh, I can get in

out of the rain,

that's about all.

Me, I'm a thinking man.

This is what I think.

One of the things that's wrong

is that all the books

and rules on success

is written by successful men.

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