Heart_Mom Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My children stumbled across Roy Rogers a couple of years ago, and have become very fond of his old TV shows, etc. Did you know that he spent a good part of his childhood living on a flat boat on the Mississippi River? Anyway, my 12 year old son is wondering how many of children know about him. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My kids know a little about him. Mostly from the Muppet Show. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changed Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't know who Roy Rogers is!! So I'm guessing my kids don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 If you had asked a week ago I'd have said never heard of him. But this week while my dad was here dd was introduced to RR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I know who he is but my kids don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus flower Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 All my kids watch his shows once or twice a week on a local TV station that also has Buffalo Bill, Jr, Robin Hood, Sir Lancelot, and several others that they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I asked the kids. "Is he famous?" was their response. I guess the answer is no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I just asked DD12, and she has never heard of him. I don't recall his name ever coming up in conversation at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 "Well he has a great drink!" says the 13 year old. lol (A Roy Rogers is a Coke with grenadine and a maraschino cherry, for those who might not know) When I said something about his palomino, Trigger, he said, "Oh! That guy!" because they play re-runs on RFD-TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I learned about the alcoholic beverage Roy Rogers on an episode of American Dad. That is the extent of my knowledge on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHoustonMom Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't know who Roy Rogers is. Well except we had a Roy Rogers restaurant in the city I grew up in. That's the extent of my Roy Roger's knowledge. They had good fried chicken. Mmmmmm Roy Rogers chicken!! Man, do I miss that. You've got my mouth watering just thinking about it. DH and I took his parents on a long road trip to Pennsyvania, and I insisted we eat at every Roy Rogers we came across. Plus, they had a good Fixins bar for hamburgers long before Fuddruckers existed. My Dad used to have me watch Roy Rogers with him when I was a kid, and now I'm pretty sure my 3 yr old DS will end up watching him with my FIL on RFD. I'd much rather him be watching Roy Rogers than being stuck watching Fox News all day because that's the only other channel FIL watches and he never turns the tv off. Plus I'm sure DS will see the Roy Rogers Muppet Show episode because I'm crazy about the Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I learned about the alcoholic beverage Roy Rogers on an episode of American Dad. That is the extent of my knowledge on him. Alcohol?? The only Roy Rogers I've ever heard of is just as I mentioned; Coke, grenadine and a maraschino cherry. Like my kids, I've been drinking them since I was just a little sprout... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Alcohol?? The only Roy Rogers I've ever heard of is just as I mentioned; Coke, grenadine and a maraschino cherry. Like my kids, I've been drinking them since I was just a little sprout... I had always assumed grenadine was alcohol, but I see now it is a syrup used commonly at bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 It's commonly used in a lot of places. lol It's pomegranate syrup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Mine do I found a bunch of old DVDs of him and Lone Ranger once at Target. And thanks to ME-TV (a retro station here) they also know who the Cartrights are, and the Barclays, and Gidget, and the Monkees, and Johnny & Roy, Genie and the Bradys are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My kids know *what* a Roy Rogers is, but don't know who he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmvaughan4 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My kids do not know who he is. I only know because my great uncle used to be on a bowling league with him. They were pretty good friends/neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't know who Roy Rogers is!! So I'm guessing my kids don't know. This. I'd never heard of the drink, either. I am vaguely aware of there being a restaurant with this name in some other part of the country. As for the man, I feel like he is a cowboy actor from way back, but that's all I've got. Or maybe I'm thinking of John Wayne? Either way, I never watched any of those type of shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My ds13 knows who he is (and he knows about Trigger, too,) and he has seen a few of his movies. I'm surprised at how many people haven't heard of him, but then again, I'm older than dirt so maybe that explains it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 We live with my parents and my father watches Roy Rogers every day he has off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in SC Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm not sure exactly who Roy Rogers was, and none of my kids do. We all know of the drink, however our household preference for a special occasion drink for the younger set is a Shirley Temple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I've heard the name but can't tell you anything else about him. However, I am only 33 and I grew up mostly without TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I wonder, also, if it's a cultural thing. Those of us who live in the West, on ranches, with horsey-types, etc. are more likely to know who he is, regardless of age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't even really know who Roy Rogers is. I've heard his name, but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photo Ninja Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My son went through a long cowboy season in his life (lasted from about age 2 - 8 or so) so he knew all about him, and also Gene Autry. He watched their shows. He listened to their music. Yup, all my dc knew about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arstephia Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My mom remembered him, so when the TV shows showed up on DVD, she bought all of the seasons for my kids. We love them. That in turn got us into doing some research on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arstephia Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My mom remembered him, so when the TV shows showed up on DVD, she bought all of the seasons for my kids. We love them. That in turn got us into doing some research on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I've never heard of him, either, but we're not much of a TV family (meaning the both the family that raised me and the one I'm raising). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Guys, Roy Rogers is an American legend. I knew who he was about 30 years before I ever saw him on a rerun on TV... (He was on TV in the 50s, btw) I completely understand that some of you don't have the cultural connection to this, but you certainly don't have to be a "TV family" to know who he is. ;) Kind of like Mayberry. You don't have to have a TV to know what Mayberry is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't understand why you are surprised that not everyone knows about Roy Rogers If you'll re-read my last post, you'll see I wasn't saying anything of the sort. I was just pointing out that one doesn't have to watch TV to know who people like Roy Rogers or Barney Fife are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 TV is your only connection to pop cultural references??? I've never seen the Mona Lisa in person, but I still know it when I see it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Just asked my son, he doesn't know Roy Rogers. I, on the other hand, grew up with Roy, and Dale, and Trigger. All the kids in my era had the plaid shirts, cowboy hats, and strapped-on six-shooters, Roy Rogers style. Later, when I tended bar in college I would clear the place after last-call by playing "Happy Trails (To You)" off some vinyl in my collection as "exit music." Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Which goes back to my post #25: I wonder, also, if it's a cultural thing. Those of us who live in the West, on ranches, with horsey-types, etc. are more likely to know who he is, regardless of age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Alcohol?? The only Roy Rogers I've ever heard of is just as I mentioned; Coke, grenadine and a maraschino cherry. Like my kids, I've been drinking them since I was just a little sprout... Yes. I was a bartender for many years and a Roy Rogers has no alcohol. A Shirley Temple has 7-Up (or probably Sprite these days) but is essentially the same thing. I voted Other because I don't know if ds knows who he is. If he does, he learned it from the internet or friends (doubtful). I'm more than old enough to know who he is but never liked watching him, so that would be his reason for not knowing. I never bothered to teach him that bit of cultural history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm one of "the old-school" who believe a proper Shirley Temple is always made with ginger-ale, and not 7-Up or Sprite. But standards have slipped. Sort of like making a martini with vodka. *shudder* Bill (traditionalist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Later, when I tended bar in college I would clear the place after last-call by playing "Happy Trails (To You)" off some vinyl in my collection as "exit music." Bill We always played Good Night Irene. :) Nobody in my family is into (or ever was into) cowboy type movies. I suppose if my parents had been into that I might have heard about it. We didn't discuss cowboy or western type movies (or even stories) in school. I never picked that as a theme for any book I chose. Same here. My nuclear family consisted of a single mom and a younger brother. I'm certainly old enough to know who he is, but never watched the show (and I was born in the 50's) because cowboy movies or tv shows were just not a thing in our household. Except Bonanza, and even that was only sometimes. Dh has 2 older brothers, so he's seen a lot more of that kind of thing than I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 My kids know a lot about Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Just asked my dc.... 15yo dd: Yes. She knows about him because she reads tons upon tons of horse-related books. And, then she added that she could probably tell you more about his horse than about him. LOL. 12yo ds: No. He said the name sounds familiar but he does not know who he is. Neither has ever seen tv/movies of him. (In fact, neither have I. I know who he is because when I lived in VA growing up, there was a chain of fast food restaurants called "Roy Rodgers". Do they still have those???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I don't know who Roy Rogers is. Well except we had a Roy Rogers restaurant in the city I grew up in. That's the extent of my Roy Roger's knowledge. They had good fried chicken. Did your Roy Rogers have plastic horses you could sit on to eat? That used to be so much fun. And unlimited pickles from the fixins bar. I know who Roy Rogers is. My day's horse was named Trigger. My kids don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Mouse Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 My kids don't, but when I taught in HeadStart there was this one little boy who loved Roy Rogers. He brought in a picture of Roy Rogers for show and tell more than once. He preferred to watch Roy Rogers videos. I will say that this kids lives on a ranch and his dad is a cowboy. His older brother wore real, child size spurs to school the day I substituted for that class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Am I dating myself when I tell you I met Roy Rogers at a fair when I was a kid. I loved him and his horse. My sons know who he is because I was careful to teach them the classics. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'm one of "the old-school" who believe a proper Shirley Temple is always made with ginger-ale, and not 7-Up or Sprite. But standards have slipped. Sort of like making a martini with vodka. *shudder* Bill (traditionalist) Finally! A drink about which I can intelligently comment! ;) And yes, a REAL Shirley Temple is made with ginger ale. Only slackers use 7-UP. :lol: As far as Roy Rogers...yes, my kids know him well. But I raised my kids on 50s and 60s television, not the schlok that is considered good programming for kids nowadays. My kids can quote "The Andy Griffith" show ad nauseum (and I will argue that that show was the single best TV show ever made). And they watched "Leave It to Beaver", "Father Knows Best", "Donna Reed", "I Love Lucy", and "Dennis the Menace" every single day. Oh, and "Bewitched"...in spite of rampant alcoholism on that one. It went unnoticed by me as a kid, but sheesh, those people drank all. day. long. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I asked my kids and none of them had a clue. My middle child did ask if I meant Rory Williams. I told him not everything is about Doctor Who. He looked puzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I just asked my 15yods. He said he knows he was a famous cowboy, that he learned about him from watching Pawn Stars. :lol: He always come up with things like this. He learned about Jane Austen from Phineas & Ferb. He has spent half of his life trying to convince me he DOES watch educational tv. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'm from Apple Valley, we know all about him! Our roads are named after Him and Dale, Happy Trails Hwy. The bowling alley used to be a museum. My brother is good friends with his grandson. Yes, you can say we know who he is. My kids just know he's someone famous from Oma's town. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'm not entirely sure I'd go for Phineas and Ferb, but it truly is amazing what one can learn from Pawn Stars. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 triple post. Again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mrs Mungo Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'm from Apple Valley, we know all about him! Our roads are named after Him and Dale, Happy Trails Hwy. The bowling alley used to be a museum. My brother is good friends with his grandson. Yes, you can say we know who he is. My kids just know he's someone famous from Oma's town. LOL Awww...is the museum not in Victorville anymore? My kids know more about him from music and touring the Cowboy Hall of Fame than from tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Awww...is the museum not in Victorville anymore? My kids know more about him from music and touring the Cowboy Hall of Fame than from tv. The museum went from Apple Valley to Victorville sometime in the 80s. When we moved there, you could still see all the markings on the bowling ally. Then, several years ago, 2003, it moved to Branson, MO and has since closed. I know there's been a push to get Trigger back to AV. http://www.royrogersworld.com/Museum.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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