Dianne, your mother obsession with Roy may have been understandable beings she was a women. My obsession for him had my parents worried I may need "counseling" given I was a male. They were assured I would out grow it. Note Roy's boots and the tapaderos in the preceding pictures. I guess I fooled them. I didn't out grow shit. And don't intend to. You were very lucky to be able to actually look at him. When the GSOE played Cal. in 1984 I requested that he and Iron Eyes Cody be invited to the show as my guests. Cody made it it but Roy had to decline as he was feeling under the weather with heart problems which eventually killed him in 1998. I spoke with him on the phone and was able to thank him for what he had given me as a young man growing up. Before we hung up I asked him if he could tell me Happy Trails which he laughing did. Not ever having the opportunity to shake his hand is one of 4 regrets I have had in my life.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Mystery of the Inspiration of the Ringling Bros. Eagle Costumes reveled here.
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You left that dangling in front of us like a carrot on a stick....I'll bite(although it may bite me in the ass),What are the other three?
Wade, great picture. Who is the tiger?
Mary Ann
Wade - He's one of my favorites too. I had the opportunity to see him at the rodeo during the International Livestock Show in Chicago many years ago, but did not get to meet him up close and personal. Wish I had.
Jeannie
Wasn't my Mother's obsession with Roy Rogers it was I as a sandwich cruncher. Mom just got pulled into the idol ism by a rather horse crazy daughter who by the way, never grew out of the horsey stage even when boys came into the picture. I wanted a pair of tapaderos and a beaded belt in the worst way.
I met Roy of course through Rex who did stunt double work for him and I can say he looked just like he did in the movies unlike a lot of other movie stars. Now I can sit and watch old Roy Roger movies and see Rex leaping on Trigger and riding away. Rex was also a really good friend of Gene Autry's and we were invited to the Gala Opening of Gene's Museum in Glendale. While there Roy stopped Rex and thanked him for years of fantastic stunt work in front of the guests, I know it was a proud moment for Rex. Rex did say that Roy did most all of his own stunt work until it came to the things the studio didn't want Roy to do.
Other neat thing was when Horse TV did a 20 minute story on my dancing horses the segment before mine was none other than one on Roy, guess I was in good company.
Years later a customer of mine bought a son of Trigger from the Roger's ranch, he was a neat horse and looked like Trigger so I got to play with Trigger in a round-about-way. Neat huh?
Mary Ann,
This is Kashmir. The first ever walk across the cage to you, and sit on command tiger. One of the greatest trainers alive today, in private will conceded that she was the inspiration for his. Also had a backward around the cage tiger, named Rohni, and a back ward straight tiger named Snow. They were done separately as I did not have the skill to do two like Boss did. But I studied him, and asked question and two years ago was able to combine 3 together. I look at pictures today of cats sitting up and clapping, at animals doing the kiss O death and I am incredulous that that is the best you can come up with after 2oo years of practicing the craft!!!!! Because of no imagination, skill, or courage to try something different, we trained the profession right into the toilet. And if that shoe fits anyone, so be it. It's just the way it is.
Wade
Margaret,
Appropriate use of the word ass, as a jackass is the only animal goofy enough to after the dangling carrot. Besides you, the other two are are private. LOL Seriously if you can stand it, email me and I will tell you. I figure I owe you at least that.
Wade
Madame Col.,
What a great, great story. Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Rex Rossi all together in the same room. I can promise you I would have made an absolute fool out of myself that afternoon. Decorum be damned. I would have been sucking up like the worlds largest Hoover.
Plus you got to put your hands on a son of Trigger!!! Neat, huh????? You damn right that's neat, huh.
I was proud, because I got to wear a Nudies jacket one time, and talk to Roy on the phone, and you drop that story on me out of the blue. For Christ sake, Dianne.
Wade
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