tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2350521668339999431..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked TV: The Roy Rogers ShowJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-16185681198809045442014-04-21T23:16:40.658-05:002014-04-21T23:16:40.658-05:00Maybe that's why we never shot up our schools,...Maybe that's why we never shot up our schools, Walker.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-75083936186717414362014-04-19T18:07:37.220-05:002014-04-19T18:07:37.220-05:00Albie mentions Roy teaching scripture from the bib...Albie mentions Roy teaching scripture from the bible. How about Gene Autry's COWBOY'S CODE. He listed 10 commandments such as the cowboy is clean in appearance and never lies. He also is kind to animals and the elderly. Etc, etc. <br /><br />Back then we swallowed this stuff, now we read in disbelief.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-42538374188931155252014-04-19T15:50:28.690-05:002014-04-19T15:50:28.690-05:00And SO "non-PC" at times!
I saw one e...And SO "non-PC" at times! <br /><br />I saw one episode-- on RFD-TV-- where the bad guys were coming down on Roy cuz they heard him talking about a treasure in his books somewhere. At the end Roy reveals the treasure was The Bible itself and he proceeds to educate the baddies on the treasures of scripture knowledge... <br /><br />Try and put THAT on TV in the DEADWOOD era! :DAlbie The Goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581327547260652201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-6697487230145401902014-04-17T18:52:56.807-05:002014-04-17T18:52:56.807-05:00I watched Roy Rogers as well during the late fifti...I watched Roy Rogers as well during the late fifties and sixties. There were no musical numbers in the show but it always ended with Roy and Dale singing "Happy Trails".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558309585112601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-68499621700797243692014-04-16T18:52:04.283-05:002014-04-16T18:52:04.283-05:00I still watch them and still like them. But I agre...I still watch them and still like them. But I agree that Pat's role does not seem too funny now. Not sure Dale Evans role holds up to well either, but guess I don't care.Neil A. Waringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25975604127563199732014-04-15T18:14:57.655-05:002014-04-15T18:14:57.655-05:00I watched them in the fifties and loved 'em. I...I watched them in the fifties and loved 'em. I had a RR Rodeo Ranch playset by Marx, and RR Fix-It Chuck Wagon from Ideal, and various RR toys. He was the King of the Cowboys as well as the King of the Merchandisers. I saw an old show a number of years back and one scene struck me as particularly bizarre. Perennial bad guy Myron Healy had been foiled from committing some dire act. He sat in Dale's cafe drowning his sorrows in coffee drunk from fine little cups. On the windows hung frilly curtains; on the tables checkered cloths. No saloons for that show.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-63275509955701392072014-04-15T16:00:26.907-05:002014-04-15T16:00:26.907-05:00Nellybelle could out-act Pat Brady every time, IMH...Nellybelle could out-act Pat Brady every time, IMHO.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-71908113179811963052014-04-15T10:32:35.096-05:002014-04-15T10:32:35.096-05:00As a kid in the late 1940's, I liked Roy, Hopp...As a kid in the late 1940's, I liked Roy, Hoppy and Gene also but my favorites were the stand alone B-westerns of the 1930's. The towns and cowboys had a gritty look to them and everything was not so squeaky clean.<br /><br />In the postwar years we could not afford a TV but we rented one and everytime you put a quarter in the meter, you got an hour's worth of TV. My favorite show in the Philly area was FRONTIER PLAYHOUSE and every day at 5:00 or 6:00 pm, I begged, borrowed or stole 25 cents to see the old cowboy movies.<br /><br />I had a gun and holster and blazed away at the TV. Of course now, any mother that sees her kid with a gun will head for the nearest shrink. It sure was a simpler and more innocent time back then.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-47612532839563403302014-04-15T09:58:24.486-05:002014-04-15T09:58:24.486-05:00Roy was my hero back then. Gene and Hoppy were al...Roy was my hero back then. Gene and Hoppy were alright but Roy Rogers was definitely the King of the Cowboys to me and my friends. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168568381694506602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-43761870520163776102014-04-15T08:01:05.243-05:002014-04-15T08:01:05.243-05:00Nellybelle is correct. The jeep is as much a chara...Nellybelle is correct. The jeep is as much a character as the horses or Roy's dog Bullet.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-31394220871412612712014-04-15T07:11:54.073-05:002014-04-15T07:11:54.073-05:00My memory is failing me, but wasn't it somethi...My memory is failing me, but wasn't it something with "Bell" in it? Nellie Bell, or something like that?Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-79530091496749535482014-04-15T06:45:13.006-05:002014-04-15T06:45:13.006-05:00Just like Roy has "Trigger" and Dale had...Just like Roy has "Trigger" and Dale had "Buttermilk," didn't Pat Brady have a name for the jeep that he wheeled around in the show?August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.com