Roy & Dale ... I am shocked .... SHOCKED I tell you !!

[two-bit cowboy]

This thread has been a fun read, Jeff. Thanks.

One of my local watering holes has a tv in the corner above the cash register. Plays a steady stream of B&W westerns. I don't have a tv so it's the only thing I ever see. Great stuff.

 

[bigmtnman]

I remember those too. I live 3 miles from the Maryland line. Where is this Roy Rogers restaurant located, I just might head down there?

Burtonsville, Md on Rt.29 near Laurel Md. - Halfway between D.C. & "Bawlmer "

You may find some closer here - Locations | Roy Rogers Restaurants

 

[Walter Rego]

Back in the early 1980's I went with a friend and his young son up to the old Roy Rogers Museum in Apple Valley CA. One of the things that made an impression on the boy was three stuffed baboons from one of Roy's safaris. They were done up in the classic "see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil" pose. Macabre but hilarious.

I did have the pleasure of meeting Roy's daughter Cheryl. I was standing in line for the sadly defunct Great Western Gun Show at the L.A. County Fairgrounds. A couple of women in front of me were talking, and while not purposefully eavesdropping, they mentioned the name "Dusty" several times and were talking about "Clayton's" declining health. It finally dawned upon me that they must be related to Roy Rogers or Clayton Moore. I finally struck up a conversation with them, she was there looking for western memorabilia. Nice lady.

 

[dasnake]

Well well well.....

Here are the three derringers, kidz toy, real thing, adults toy.

 

[Grayfox]

 

[DWalt]

Roy (Leonard Slye) grew up in my old home town in Southern Ohio and he even worked in a shoe factory there (making women's shoes, not cowboy boots) for awhile. I knew several of his close relatives. He headed out to California when he was around 20. He would periodically come back (but not often) and participate in "Roy Rogers Day" events. At one of those events I met him and sat next to him once, this was back in the late 1950s. Big thrill at the time. I never saw Dale though. Dale was originally from Uvalde TX, which is about 85 miles west of San Antonio (Matthew McConnaghey is also from Uvalde). I drive through there a few times per month, don't remember ever seeing any Dale Evans memorials (or anything else about her) there. Incidentally, Roy was her second husband. I think she married her first husband at a very tender age.

 

[dasnake]

Jackson hole, Wyoming

Is the town where Shane was filmed, the DQ there runs the movie on a loop, I gained five pounds the four days we were there.

 

[xfarfuldog]

I loved all those old cowboy movies and tv shows. I thought the closest I would ever be to Roy was working at a RR Roast Beef. That was until I worked with one of his nephews (or great nephew). His nephew transferred in from our Cincinnati branch. Kind of a quiet guy and bore a slight resemblance to Roy.

From the same era, anyone remember the snub nose toy which fired plastic bullets? The revolver had either a 5 or 6 round cylinder. The cartridge had a brass casing with a spring inside. you pressed in the plastic bullet and it would actually fire a few feet. I think you could put a cap on the rear of the cartridge for a full effect.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I loved all those old cowboy movies and tv shows. I thought the closest I would ever be to Roy was working at a RR Roast Beef. That was until I worked with one of his nephews (or great nephew). His nephew transferred in from our Cincinnati branch. Kind of a quiet guy and bore a slight resemblance to Roy..

Small world.

I worked at a large music store in Cincy that had all the instrument/amplifier departments outfitted with wooden barrel stools with red vinyl seats that the owner had bought from a Roy Rogers that had gone out of business.

 

[Willyboy]

Old Westerns

When somebody would be coughing and hacking at work I would
always say "You do a good Doc Holiday." I always had to explain
it to the younger ones. Willyboy

 

[Golddollar]

I worked at a large music store in Cincy that had all the instrument/amplifier departments outfitted with wooden barrel stools with red vinyl seats that the owner had bought from a Roy Rogers that had gone out of business.

Now that would be definitely cool!

 

[Tom K]

Buttermilk, Dale's horse, bit me in the Houston Coliseum back around 1958. This was the pre- lawsuit era.

My Latin is rusty - just what part of the body is that?

 

[bigmtnman]

My Latin is rusty - just what part of the body is that?

Someone HAD to ask that ..... FINALLY !!

 

[Whit]

Anybody know what barrel length were Roy's Colts on the TV show? Sure wish I could have seen the museum before it closed down. Bummer.

 

[DWalt]

I think the RR museum collection was auctioned off about 10 years ago, and brought about $10 Million. I remember reading something about the guy who bought the stuffed Trigger, don't remember what it said.

 

[GaryS]

I find the whole thing triggering.

 

[Golddollar]

I find the whole thing triggering.

< < < rimshot > > >

 

[jeffrefrig]

Lucas McCain and Matt Dillon knew what to do with the bad guys The Lone Ranger and Tonto let live.

I always thought the Lone Ranger should have shot the bad guys so he could get his silver back!

 

[crsides]

Triple LIKE!! Still watch him on the GRIT channel.

Me too. I can get it at my cabin in the mtns, but not at home.