Buckles Blog: CARS #3

Saturday, January 19, 2019

CARS #3

8 comments:

Roger Smith said...: Roy later had a Pontiac, fitted out with six-shooter door handles, horns from a bull on the front, cow-hide seat covers, etc., as did others with fancy cars who made it big in the oaters.; 19 January, 2019 17:45
Charles Hanson said...: The one celebrity I wanted to meet....Boyhood memories like so many others.; 20 January, 2019 01:32
Charles Hanson said...: I have heard many say, never meet your childhood idol, for disappointment awaits you. Having said that, I understand that with Roy Rogers, what you saw was what you got. I was near the museum in Apple Valley in California. He was still alive at the time but the group I was travelling with had no interest in stopping there. One of life's regrets.; 20 January, 2019 01:39
Chic Silber said...: Didn't he have Trigger stuffed

& mounted for display in that

museum Charles; 20 January, 2019 16:27
Chic Silber said...: Wasn't Gabby Hayes part of

the entourage perhaps in a

an open jeep; 20 January, 2019 16:29
Charles Hanson said...: Trigger's hide was stretched over a plastic likeness and was on exhibit at Apple Valley and later Branson, Mo museum. Later, when the decision was made to cease operation of the Branson museum, everything was auctioned off. Trigger went for around $250,000. Believe it was a television station who bought Trigger, Bullet (family dog) and Buttermilk, Dales horse. Pat Brady, side kick, drove the jeep Nelly Belle.; 20 January, 2019 18:45
Charles Hanson said...: Gabby Hayes was a side kick for Roy Rogers and many others...But it was Pat Brady who drove the jeep (as stated above). Gabby had the beard, no teeth and a gruffy appearance...Had a lot of sayings like you young whipper snapper, dad burn tooting, etc. Supposedly, in private life, he was exactly the opposite, being well dressed, and well spoken. Everyone loved Gabby....I read that he said, "Once you've seen one Western, you have seen them all".; 20 January, 2019 18:53
Roger Smith said...: In earlier films, George Hayes had quite a run with leading man roles. His true calling was for character work, and few such actors equaled his success. As Gabby, with a succession of film surnames, he worked incessantly for most of 40 years. He was so loved by the boys and girls, his merchandising of lunch pails and comic books did as well as his movie hero co-stars. His final resting place, at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, could be easily overlooked. With no dates or inscriptions, his marker simply reads George F. Hayes.; 21 January, 2019 18:46

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