The King of the Cowboys Turns 100!

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 5th November 11, 06:15 AM

Happy Birthday (and Happy Trails) to Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys!

**Jock Scot** · 5th November 11, 07:11 AM

Good lord is he! How old is Trigger then?

**creagdhubh** · 5th November 11, 07:18 AM

Yes indeed! I believe Trigger has been stuffed and mounted at the Smithsonian, correct? Thought I heard that somewhere.

Happy Trails...

**Grizzly** · 5th November 11, 08:19 AM

I believe Roy is riding the happy trails in the sky with Trigger now as he sadly passed away in 1998.

Happy memories nonetheless.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 5th November 11, 08:22 AM

Yup... Roy is long gone, as is Trigger (now stuffed and mounted for display) who is currently touring the USA to promote RFD-TV.

**creagdhubh** · 5th November 11, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Yup... Roy is long gone, as is Trigger (now stuffed and mounted for display) who is currently touring the USA to promote RFD-TV.

Wonderful!

I understand that Roy Rogers and good ole' Trigger were a wee bit before my time, but I am indeed very familiar with them, and certainly appreciate and respect the talent they both possessed.

Cheers,

**FatherWilliam57** · 5th November 11, 06:23 PM

I wonder if Bullet was stuffed as well? (No doubt there were several "Bullets" over the years, just like Lassie, but I'm not sure.)

Happy trails to yinz!

**thescot** · 5th November 11, 06:52 PM

Ole Roy had a big impact on those of us of a certain age. I just about wore out my mother's platform rocker using the arm for a horse when either Roy or The Love Ranger came on.

It really was a good time to grow up.

**FatherWilliam57** · 5th November 11, 09:12 PM

The Love Ranger? You obviously received more TV stations than I grew up with (3 stations, four if the wind was blowing the right direction). I had to settle for The Lone Ranger!

And isn't it interesting: We could almost always find something to watch with only 3 or 4 stations...when we weren't outside playing, or doing homework or chores, etc. Now I have cable with 160 channels of "absolutely nothing worth watching"! Go figure.

As a side note to our friends across the pond: As a young fella growing up in the 1960s, I will be eternally grateful to the BBC for importing The Avengers to ABC. ("Mrs. Peel, we're needed!") Dame Diana certainly got the attention of a lot of high school lads! (And it gave me a passion for Steed's taste in clothing and cars.)

**CopperNGold** · 5th November 11, 10:31 PM

That brings back a lot of happy childhood memories of watching Roy and Dale while wearing a little cowgirl skirt, tiny boots, fringed vest and cowgirl hat! No, that was not just last year!

Poor Trigger is on the road again? Happy Trails...