Posted on 12/25/2009 6:20:24 AM PST by Zakeet
Roy Rogers and his trusty steed Trigger may have come to the end of their "Happy Trails" - television's most famous horse is going on the auction block, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
The beloved golden palomino's home, the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, has closed - doomed by bitter family feuding, greed, mounting debts and IRS demands.
Trigger - stuffed in a familiar pose, rearing majestically on hind legs - will join Dale Evans' horse Buttermilk, their beloved German shepherd Bullet and other Rogers memorabilia in bidding that's expected to reach into the multimillions of dollars.
Fans around the world were stunned by the news that the museum in Branson, Mo., abruptly closed its doors on Dec. 12 after being open to fans for 42 years.
"Negotiations are underway for Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet to be sold at auction in New York next summer," an insider told The ENQUIRER. "The IRS has valued Trigger alone at $1 million - not bad for a horse Roy paid $25,000 for when he was alive!
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'Alan's Alley, and The Great Gildersleave, along with a few Creaky Door episodes.
Why that stuck in my mind, I don't know.
Community Cable TV was just distant commercial stations stolen from afar and redistributed over a cable.
TV advertising was limited by the FCC, until Ronald Reagan deregulated it. And of course there was the censorship that made TV family friendly, as for me I would welcome it back.
I visited the one in California in 2001....Loved it!
Wow, you are really old. I wouldn't have thought of that for a dollar. For those that don't remember or know, that is a theft of Chattanooga Cho Cho
"Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Cho Cho....."
Do you remember what he flew before the 310?
Yep and made a bunch of movies before he became Hoppy
Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, Loved Flicka!
Dale Evan's book, Angel Unaware was a breakthrough in the humane treatment of Down's Syndrome children at a time when many doctors suggested the children should be institutionalized for the duration of their lives.
A loving and contributing couple to the end.
The Songbird. Cessna 310.
I never knew that they had one in Branson. It was still in Victorville, Ca., when I moved from Ca. in ‘97.
Sorry to see it close anyway.
If you’re talking about the group I think you are talking about, the are usually quite warm and friendly at their concerts. Always available before and after the program.
Now that is written perfectly to how its said.......good job..:O)
At the beginning of the television series, Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine “Bamboo Bomber.” The plane, a World War II surplus UC-78B, was owned by legendary Hollywood pilot Paul Mantz[4] and flown by employees of his Paul Mantz Aerial Services for filming of the flying sequences.[5] At least two other T-50s are known to have been used for on-ground and in-the-cockpit scenes as well as a Beechcraft in a lost episode.[6]
I couldn’t find a picture but wikipoop has this info.
Thanks for that. I was in SoCal in 1960 and we still had black and white TV on our stations.
In Bakersfield, they started advertising cable about ‘85, as I remember.
Ditto
In Bakersfield, they started advertising cable about ‘85, as I remember.
Cable TV was in Clayton NM in 1960, Farmington NM in 1973, and began to be adveritzed in Tulsa, Ok in 1976.
I believe cable was stalled for years by various lawsuits from local TV station advertizers who didn’t want competition from Tv stations hundreds of miles away.
No, I dont remember what Sky King flew before the c-310, but would sure like to know....:-)
Great thanks
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