Roy Rogers' stuffed horse sold to Neb. TV station

MSNBC/AP ^ | July 14, 2010

[Free ThinkerNY]

NEW YORK — Roy Rogers' stuffed horse, Trigger, has been sold at auction in New York City for more than $266,000.

Christie's says Rogers' faithful companion was bought by RFD-TV in Omaha, Neb., at an auction Wednesday of items from the now-closed Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Mo.

[shadeaud]

Was that with or without his dung

[The Comedian]

http://www.worthpoint.com/worth-points/roy-rogers-museum-items-hit-trail

This makes me weep, and I can't quite say why.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Chickensoup]

Closed! Why?

I loved Roy and Dale.

[The Comedian]

Closed! Why?

Because the country they represented doesn't exist any longer, and the values they championed are now heresy.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[katana]

Trigger was a magnificent horse.

[Sybeck1]

My dad has RFD. 3 hours each days of cattle auctions. After the second hour every Angus looks the same.

[dainbramaged]

RFD-TV is a good network we get on the dish - reruns of Hee Haw and a show called “I love toy trains”.

[Mears]

The end of an era-———would make anyone cry.

[Kickass Conservative]

I saw Roy Rogers at Madison Square Garden when I was a little kid. At the end of the show, he rode Trigger around the ring and my Father told me to run down there and put my hand out.

Roy came by and touched all the kids hands as he rode by, including mine. It's one of my cherished childhood memories, along with meeting Dale Robertson at an amusement park called Freedomland.

Hard to believe it was over 50 years ago.

I obviously don't get out much either. LOL

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

At first read of the headline, I thought they were talking about the restaurant and using horse - then I realized “No, that was another franchise’s burger I ate today that would explain the use of horse meat!”

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

At first read of the headline, I thought they were talking about the restaurant and using horse - then I realized “No, that was another franchise’s burger I ate today that would explain the use of horse meat!”

[Slyfox]

Have you seen Polka Joe?

[The Comedian]

I envy you.

Roy was before my time. I learned of him later. My mom is/was still a huge fan. I was stunned that an American actor was so Christian and pro-America.

We've fallen further than our ability to measure.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[lonestar]

I saw Roy Rogers at Madison Square Garden when I was a little kid. At the end of the show, he rode Trigger around the ring and my Father told me to run down there and put my hand out. Roy came by and touched all the kids hands as he rode by, including mine. It's one of my cherished childhood memories,

For me...I was in the 5th grade...it was in the old Houston Coliseum.

I spent many Saturday afternoons with Dale, Roy, Trigger, Gabby and their gang...then we went home and played it.

[Moonmad27]

He was before my time as well but lives on in film and other ways. In fact just a couple days ago I heard a Roy Rogers radio episode on Sirius.

[BluH2o]

My mother bought me a Roy Rogers lunch bucket. I was probably seven or eight years old. It was a big moment for me, I remember it all these years later.

[vwbug]

Happy Trails to you
Until we meet again

[ExGeeEye]

Trigger was also ridden by Olivia DeHavilland as "Maid Marian" in Robin Hood.

[dfwgator]

"I was always partial to Roy Rogers, myself. I really liked those sequined shirts."