No one else has ever depressed me like Roy Rogers Jr. After seeing his Branson show last year, I felt like I had seen Bambi’s mother shot by hunters, then been forced to watch poor, shoeless villagers drink out of a poisoned well — it being the only water source for miles — and, finally, made to read "Old Yeller," twice.
Original Roy Rogers unlikely to reach today's kids
Monday, July 20, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:15 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 20, 2009
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