At the end of each month, Emil and Friends sit around the radio campfire and talk about western movies, the actors, the scripts, and, the musical scores. Emil is usually joined by Todd Roberts, Michael F. Blake, Robert Nott, John Komrada, Cotton Smith, and Johnny Boggs. Lively discusstions come up when the group tries to choose a "best of" or "Top 10" list of movies, movie scores, actors, directors, plots, or who was the best "bad guy."

The Best 10 Movies Adapted From A Novel
• SHANE 1953 - Novel Jack Schaeffer; screen play, AB Guthrie
• SEARCHERS 1956 - Novel, Alan LeMay; screenplay, Frank Nugent)
• 3:10 TO YUMA 1957- Short Story, Elmore Leonard, screenplay, Halstead Welies
• SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON 1949- Short Story, James Bellah; screenplay Frank Nugent & Lawrence Stallings
• TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948 - Short Story, b. Traven; screenplay, John HustonT
• RED RIVER 1948 - Short Story, Borden Chase; screenplay, Borden Chase & Charles Schnee
• THE TALL T 1957 - Short Story, Elmore Leonard; screenplay, Burt Kennedy
• TRUE GRIT 1969 - Novel, Charles Portis; screenplay, Marguerite Roberts
• THE OX-BOW INCIDENT 1948 - Novel, Walter Van Tillberg Clark; screenplay, Lamar Troth
• HONDO 1953 - Short Story, Louis L'Amour; screenplay, James Edward Grant