REMEMBERING ROY ROGERS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 24th, 1998

A Salute to the “King of the Cowboys”
Who Died July 6, 1998 at the Age of 86

CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (12-7-47) Edgar Bergen and his friends welcome Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. Roy shows Charlie McCarthy how tough it is to be a movie cowboy. Edgar tells Mortimer Snerd how to keep a diary. Cast in­cludes Anita Gordon, Pat Patrick, Ken Carpenter, Ray Noble and the or­chestra. Royal Pudding, Chase and Sanborn Cof­fee, NBC. (30:00)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (3-13-44) “In Old Okla­homa” starring Roy Rogers with Martha Scott and Albert Dekker in a radio version of the 1943 Republic Pic­ture, an exciting oil-drilling story. Cast includes Martha Wentworth, Ken Christy, Charles Seel, John McIntyre, Leo Cleary. Cecil B. DeMille hosts. Lux Soap, CBS. (18:51; 15:06; 24:29)

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (3-17-49) Al Jolson with guests Roy Rogers “the King of the Cowboys and his Queen,” Dale Evans. Roy wants Al to become a singing cowboy. In a western sketch, Oscar Levant is a pianist in a saloon and Jolson is “Buffalo Asa.” Ken Carpenter, Lou Bring and the orchestra. Kraft Foods, NBC. (29:45)

ROY ROGERS SHOW (8-24-48) “The Mystery of the Circle E Ranch” starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George “Gabby” Hayes, Foy Will­ing and the Riders of the Purple Sage. Dale is suspected of foul play in the death of her uncle. Quaker Oats, MBS. (29:15)

BOB HOPE SHOW (6-10-52) Guests are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans who join Bob, Les Brown and his Band of Renown, announcer Hy Averback. Bob and Roy in a sketch about their cross-country tour to promote their forthcom­ing film, “Son of Paleface.” Remote broad­cast from Coronado Naval Base in San Diego, California. AFRS rebroadcast. (22:57)