

However, Al's Stinky Pete is much wiser and became bitter from being an unsold toy for several years. On Woody's Round Up, he is a joke character: a friendly bumbling fool that normally injures himself from his stupidity. Most of the gang shared personalities similar to their "real world" counterparts owned by Al, with the biggest exception being Stinky Pete.

However, the show was prematurely canceled after the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union into Earth's orbit, which was the start of the Space Race. In the film, the show ran from 1949- 1957 and gained a great deal of popularity, especially for its lead character, Sheriff Woody. It is also the show's opening theme song performed by Riders in the Sky. It is sponsored by a cereal brand called Cowboy Crunchies. Woody's Roundup is a fictitious puppet show-within-a-show in the 1999 Disney/ Pixar animated film, Toy Story 2. Not to be confused with Woody's Round-Up (attraction).
