The 'Roy Rogers show' Time Warp?

Mistered · Sep 24, 2017

I was watching a few minutes of one of the old 'Roy Rogers' show and I have often wondered what they were thinking when they 'melded' clearly conflicting time periods together. For instance the vehicles in the show are clearly from the 40's & 50's (with people in similar time period clothing & other technology) yet Roy and his friends are riding horses, carrying Colt SAAs and displaying a lifestyle more reminiscent of the late 1800s. I have often wondered if this was deliberate or something else.

Nevada Ed · Sep 24, 2017

I watched part of one a few weeks ago, for a little bit.

Noticed that when a guy got hit on the head, the impact frame was left out
and then showed the guy falling to the floor in a cabin.

PG rated for the kids ?

Never noticed it when I was a youngster, watching.

JH1951 · Sep 24, 2017

Television - entertainment - and Roy and Dale led the 'cowboy lifestyle'.
Don't let it bother you, accept it for the entertainment that it is/was....

kwselke · Sep 24, 2017

You mean they were not riding horses as primary transport and toting six-guns out west in the 40s and 50s?

Targets Guy · Sep 24, 2017

Nelly Belle? Was that the jeep?

Mistered · Sep 24, 2017

Nelly Belle? Was that the jeep?

Yep - a CJ-2A with what appeared to be original military armor cut down for the doors and front short wind screen. The original.

Wyatt Burp · Sep 24, 2017

It got even weirder when Gene Autry fought robots in one of his movies where he and his pals rode around like cowboys.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ioDuO4w-jI[/ame]

JH1951 · Sep 24, 2017

Yep, Roy's Jeep was a modified 1946 Willys CJ-2A Jeep named Nellybelle!

walkin jack · Sep 24, 2017

Old Roy was quite a cowboy. He never shot anyone except to shoot the gun out of the bad guys hand and he never got his hat knocked off in any fight I ever saw. But he sure could sing purty!

Watchdog · Sep 24, 2017

Nellybelle was usually driven in the show by Roy's sidekick, Pat Brady.

In 2010, Nellybelle sold for $116,500 at an auction held by Christie's.

THE PILGRIM · Sep 24, 2017

Roy of course rode Trigger on TV- Movies.
In real life, he preferred a two wheeler.
I know guys who used to see him around Victorville- Apple Valley.

Jack Flash · Sep 24, 2017

They forgot to give Trigger the Horse equal billing.

People were widely using plow horses (or mules) well into 40s. Would it be surprising that horses were still commonly used for transportation, especially in areas where decent roads were scarce?

2ffat · Sep 24, 2017

The romance of the old west mixed with the (then) current familiar period to make it more appealing to us kids at the time. At 5 or 6 I couldn't tell you what was out of sync or not.

BLACKHAWKNJ · Sep 24, 2017

A cowboy NOT riding a horse or carrying a Colt SAA-who would accept THAT?
In the 1950 there a was a series"Tales of the Texas Rangers", the stories alternated between being set in the present and the past.

rwsmith · Sep 24, 2017

I think the idea was......

...that is was set in more modern times but the west was still wild and had all the trappings of the late 1800s. Rustlers, bandits, hoss thieves...

Who remembers Gene Autry's 'Radio Ranch' with aliens and the whole works. Everything a kid could want back then.

ParadiseRoad · Sep 24, 2017

...I used to watch it way too much...my first vehicle was a CJ-2a...and I used to call my wife Nelly Belle...

SAFireman · Sep 24, 2017

Time warp? nah...some places around TX are still like that

Targets Guy · Sep 24, 2017

THE PILGRIM said:
Roy of course rode Trigger on TV- Movies.
In real life, he preferred a two wheeler.
I know guys who used to see him around Victorville- Apple Valley.

I bet he didn't lose his hat riding that either.

italiansport · Sep 24, 2017

Roy and Dale were a positive image for kids that IMO is sadly lacking today!
Jim

Iggy · Sep 24, 2017

kwselke said:
You mean they were not riding horses as primary transport and toting six-guns out west in the 40s and 50s?

I was.

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