The stuffed and preserved Trigger on display
- Roy Rogers and Trigger at the height of their fame
In a script straight out of a Weird Western Roy Rogers’ famous and fondly remembered horse Trigger will find himself a TV star all over again when his stuffed remains feature on a Saturday cable show from RFD-TV, Omaha, Nebraska. Starting November 6, Roy Rogers Jr. will introduce Roy Rogers films with Trigger and Bullet serving as a backdrop in the studio. Kind of eerie…
Trigger and Bullet were recently sold at auction in New York for $266,000 and $35,000 respectively following the closure of the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum last December. The total sale realized $2.98 million according to Christie’s. Every item was sold.
Roy Rogers features in my Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns with his 1951 film Spoilers of the Plains in a story involving rockets and satellites in space.
Believe-it-or-not Trigger [Golden Cloud] began his illustrious career as Maid Marian’s horse in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939).
I’m certainly glad that Trigger and Bullet found the same new home. The cable company seems to have some positive plans for keeping their memories alive for future generations.
Hopefully the remains of Trigger and Bullett will be in good hands Michelle.
Finally decided to go and see the Roy Rogers museum after four years of living in Los Angeles, only to find it had been moved to Branson, Missouri. Now I’ll never get the chance to see Trigger (except for this show it seems).
This sounds like a local cable show Ed so unless you live in the Omaha region you probably won’t see it. I’m certain fans will post clips online at some stage. You can always pose as a kid and visit the TV station.
I hear they’re letting kids view Trigger in person so to speak at the TV station.
It would have been nice if they actually showed Trigger being ridden by Roy Rogers. In the first clip of that segment the horse Roy was riding was Trigger, Jr. – not Trigger. Golden Cloud (Trigger) had one sock on his left rear leg – Trigger, Jr. had four socks.
Thanks for the info. Yes you would think they’d have researched the clip they decided to use better.