When I was eight, Roy Rogers was awesome and I couldn't wait to see Brady's Jeep NellyBelle appear on screen. It didn't occur to me until I was a bit older just how stupid it was to have such an anachronism turn up in a western set at the early part of the 20th century. The most obvious question raised by this show is that if a cowboy could own a Jeep that never needed gas, why didn't any of the bandits ever carry M1911 .45 Caliber automatics and why didn't the bank robbers ever show up with M1 Carbines or BARs? Today, watching the show just grates on my nerves. Frankly, I wince less watching the racist posturing of earlier The Lone Ranger shows that I do the goody-two-shoes absurdity that was the world of Roy Rogers. I'm just sayin...
Review of The Roy Rogers Show
