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KING OF THE COWBOYS ROY ROGERS REIGN ENDS WITH NO HAPPY TRAILS
National Enquirer ^ | December 23, 2009

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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KEYWORDS: branson; cowboys; irs; museum; royrogers; theend; trigger; westerns
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To: JamesA
The Honeymooners, Amos and Andy, Lawrence Welk and then the Saturday western shows. Such great memories.

'Alan's Alley, and The Great Gildersleave, along with a few Creaky Door episodes.

141 posted on 12/25/2009 5:25:08 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Zakeet
I remember a movie that Roy was in when I was a child.
He broke up a fight and asked why they were fighting. One guy told him "He called me a 'Dude'"!

Why that stuck in my mind, I don't know.

142 posted on 12/25/2009 5:34:57 PM PST by chemicalman
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To: wizr
All free (except commercials) from an antenna on our roof.

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.

143 posted on 12/25/2009 5:53:27 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Zakeet
Branson?...is there more than one museum?

I visited the one in California in 2001....Loved it!

144 posted on 12/25/2009 6:01:16 PM PST by Guenevere (....)
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To: Stegall Tx
Reading through all this, I just keep hearing, “Pardon me, Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?”

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....."

145 posted on 12/25/2009 6:01:32 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: True Republican Patriot
Sky King outa the Blue Sky in that Gorgeous Cessna 310! WOW!

Do you remember what he flew before the 310?

146 posted on 12/25/2009 6:13:55 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: terycarl
Hopalong Cassidy was William Boyd

Yep and made a bunch of movies before he became Hoppy

147 posted on 12/25/2009 6:19:13 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: mel

Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, Loved Flicka!


148 posted on 12/25/2009 8:16:57 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: Zakeet
Marvelous people.

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.

149 posted on 12/25/2009 9:10:50 PM PST by GVnana ("Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical." Sarkozy)
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To: itsahoot

The Songbird. Cessna 310.

150 posted on 12/25/2009 9:14:49 PM PST by GVnana ("Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical." Sarkozy)
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To: Zakeet

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.


151 posted on 12/26/2009 12:00:49 AM PST by papasmurf (You betcha!)
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To: Quix

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.


152 posted on 12/26/2009 3:20:25 AM PST by norge (The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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To: CatDancer
***Who knoooows what EE-vil LURKS in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows .... heh heh heh..***

Now that is written perfectly to how its said.......good job..:O)

153 posted on 12/26/2009 3:24:11 AM PST by goat granny
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To: GVnana

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.


154 posted on 12/26/2009 6:26:36 AM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

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.


155 posted on 12/26/2009 6:47:58 AM PST by wizr (Keep the Faith! Even when it gets tough! Nothing else will do.)
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To: huldah1776

Ditto


156 posted on 12/26/2009 7:20:16 AM PST by mel
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To: wizr

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.


157 posted on 12/26/2009 9:06:42 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Are my guns loaded? Break in and find out.)
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To: itsahoot

No, I dont remember what Sky King flew before the c-310, but would sure like to know....:-)


158 posted on 12/26/2009 10:11:32 AM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Great thanks


159 posted on 12/27/2009 5:39:40 PM PST by mel
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