I remember Roy Rogers quite well since that happens to be my name.
Also, it so happens that I am a junior. Years ago when Roy Rogers
pictures were regularly shown across the movie screens we would get
constant phone calls from kids whose favorite pass time was flipping
thru the telephone directory. Once the word got around that Roy Rogers
was living in Atlanta the calls kept streaming in. It drove my
parents nuts. I was in high school at the time and enjoyed kidding the
callers along when they would call. Even pretended to play the guitar
and
sing. Hey, they really thought it was him. -- well, at least some of
them. Anyway before long my parents had little choice but to change
the phone number and list the name simply as R Rogers.
I still get comments from the old folds when going through the checkout
lanes in the stores. I can generally tell the age of the individual
based
on how they respond to the name. One check-out clerk resonantly
expressed
her condolences to me concerning Dal Evans recent passing even thou she
knew I wasn't the cowboy RR. Amazing!
Believe it or not some of the young people think that Roy Rogers is just
another hamburger restaurant owner.
Anyway, thanks for the memories.
Roy Rogers (the real one)
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