It was during my childhood that television made its debut in American living rooms. The first programs that burst forth on "Kiddie Saturdays" were Westerns. Every kid who was lucky enough to have one, was glued to the set every Saturday morning to see the latest adventures. We had all sorts of cowboy heroes, and every one of them triumphed over the bad guys within 30 minutes.

There was Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans. We even knew the names of their hors...


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