♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪the roy rogers show ♪before today's show let's visit roy and dale's western museum and victorvilleoy legend. roy's ninetieth feature film was macintosh and t.j. which he made during the 1970's after a 22 year absence from the big screen. he accepted the come back role because of the film's wholesome story line and exciting bronco busting scenes. after dozens of westerns, roy made it in hollywood, macintosh and t.j. was the first time he went to texas to film on location. and now here's roy rogers. well hi! dale, and trigger and bullet, nelly bell and pat were all a very important part of the roy rogers show. so why don't you sit back and watch us while we tame the west. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪the roy rogers show, starring roy rogers king of ♪ ♪the cowboys, trigger his golden palomino and dale evans ♪ ♪queen of the west, with pat brady his comical ♪ ♪sidekick. and roy's wonder dog, bullet ♪ hello in there? cliff? this is dale evans and roy rogers, we're coming in. what's that for? listen, cliff miller's a kentucky mountaineer and where he comes from you shout your name to prove you're visiting and

>> guest: my parents are retired in southern california, in victorville, and he spent much of his career in the community college world. he was president of san jose city college; at one point in the early '80s at university of maine at augusta. i believe he was the first black person to be president of a state university or a university in that--in maine. and then he ended his career at compton college in southern california. c-span: and who is gloria skinner? >> guest: my mother. and so i had somewhat of a stage mother who--she's also very proud of the book, but she encouraged me in not only academics but public speaking and drama and other activities. and... c-span: what did--what was her career? >> guest: she sometimes was a homemaker; a lot of times she worked in child care, in that field, and that's what she did for most of her career. she ran a day-care center, a very successful one, that she started. she's extremely independent, so she started her own business and--and--and that worked well for her. c-span: and you say they were both civil rights activists. >> guest: mm-hmm. c-sp

on facebook -- brad in victorville, california. good morning. are you with us? last chance. we will move on to doreen in connecticut. caller: i'm a small business owner. host: what kind of business? caller: i do alterations. in the evening return our business into a zumba class for ladies. my daughter and i seem to be doing pretty good. the ladies we hire as seamstresses are independent contractors. these are skills they got from their parents who taught them how to sew. we just went and put out advertising saying we needed seamstresses and we got six good seamstresses. we pay them enough that they can get their own health-insurance and they seem to be doing pretty well. i don't think that giving people the assistance in helping to further their endeavors is a bad thing. i think people who tried to stop people from making it further, they are just being selfish, because you can help individuals if they have skills. they don't have to have a college education to have certain skills. you can use those skills to your advantage and still help them along the way. they can get thr

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪the roy rogers show ♪before today's show let's visit roy and dale's western museum and victorvilleroy rogers. well hi! dale, and trigger and bullet, nelly bell and pat were all a very important part of the roy rogers show. so why don't you sit back and watch us while we tame the west. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪the roy rogers show, starring roy rogers king of ♪ ♪the cowboys, trigger his golden palomino and dale evans ♪ ♪queen of the west, with pat brady his comical ♪ ♪sidekick. and roy's wonder dog, bullet ♪ hello in there? cliff? this is dale evans and roy rogers, we're coming in. what's that for? listen, cliff miller's a kentucky mountaineer and where he comes from you shout your name to prove you're visiting and not feuding. morning ms. dale. howdy roy. hi cliff. howdy cliff. you both are a mighty welcome sight. we heard your store house burned down and we brought you some supplies. that's mighty kind of you but i don't want to be beholden to you. out here in the west we just call it being neighborly. ain't the way roger wilson feels. he acts like he's feuding with me. he wants to buy my ranch and

before today's show, let's visit roy and dale's western museum in victorville, california.g, and lands them both jobs on a big cattle ranch in texas. now here's roy. well hi, we sure had a lot of fun making these shows. the chases, the fights, the good guys, and the bad guys were all apart of the west, and we hope you enjoy the show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪the roy rogers show starring roy rogers ♪king of the cowoys tigger his golden palimino and dale evans queen of the west with pat brady his comical sidekick and roy's wonder dog bullet ♪ ♪ ♪ everything set? yeah ho bo's got em and he's on his way in. ready to make things look convincing? go ahead boys, it's gotta be done. wait. what did they show up now for? i don't know i didn't expect them this soon. come on finish me off we still got time. come on, nitches. it's time for us to get out of here. let's take them, bullet. ♪ take him off! take him off! he'll kill me. bullet, that's enough. on your feet. alright.

before today's show, let's visit roy and dale's western museum in victorville, california.at memories of hollywood and the west are apart of the cowboy legend. roy was never out of the public eye, but he made a big come back in 1976 starring in the film mackintosh and and t.j. featuring music by waylon jennings. this modern day western cast roy as a drifting ranch hand who teams up with a rebellious young boy named t.j. roy takes the boy under his wing, and lands them both jobs on a big cattle ranch in texas. now here's roy. well hi, we sure had a lot of fun making these shows. the chases, the fights, the good guys, and the bad guys were all apart of the west, and we hope you enjoy the show.