Forgotten TV: The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (1962)

Five years after his Sunday Western series ended, Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans, returned to television with a hour-long variety series that aired on ABC. Unfortunately, it lasted just three months, due to the fact that 1) it aired opposite Jackie Gleason on CBS, and 2) reruns of the 1951-7 Roy Rogers Show were airing on Saturday mornings, keeping that series fresh in the minds of viewers.

Humorist Cliff Arquette's alter-ego of Charley Weaver appeared with Rogers & Evans, but because the series' run was so short, most people still associate the character with appearances on the original Hollywood Squares, which premiered in 1966. Arquette, though, had been a character actor who appeared in other roles elsewhere (i.e. Dragnet) in addition to the Weaver persona.

Edit, 1/4/21: The video was deleted. In its place is the intro:

I have a sample of The Roy Rogers Show over at Saturday Morning Archives.

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