The Roy Rogers show along with other 50's Westerns is currently running on COZI TV and I am chuckling at some of my childhood heroes. Don't know if Roy could get a passel of little Buckaroos to engage today as kids now seem to be churned into mini teenagers by age seven. What struck me were the not infrequent references to the Bible or God in the show. Indeed one episode was about a search for treasure and the treasure turned out to be the Bible itself. The show had a pretty clear cut demarcation between good and bad with good clearly winning; but bad characters could find redemption. One thing for sure, we received clear messages from Roy as to what behaviors were expected and which should be eschewed. Personally, I don't think the 50's were the simple times people like to claim they were. Children still had to learn how to grow up navigating a world of Korea, McCarthyism, and Atomic bombs. Maybe it wasn't so bad getting "raised" in part by Roy, Cisco, Hopalong, and the Lone Ranger.
Review of The Roy Rogers Show
