Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} License to Dream by Pat Brady 'The Last Tycoon' Will Make You Feel Like You're On A '30s Movie Lot. Amazon's lush and lovely period drama The Last Tycoon premieres on July 28 and depicts some very personal stories against the backdrop of the Golden Age of Hollywood. While the series discusses real films, real executives, and real movie studios, there's plenty of fantasy involved as well. At the center of the series is a film studio run by the gruff Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer) and his wunderkind producer Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer), which might be running into some money troubles. Could Brady-American be based on a real studio from that era? You'll hear characters in The Last Tycoon talk about rivals such as MGM that are in competition with Brady-American, but Brady-American itself is a work of fiction. However, the studio was inspired by real businesses during Hollywood's Golden Age. The show is an adaptation of an unfinished novel by someone who witnessed the glitz and glamour of the industry during the '30s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though Fitzgerald died before finishing the book, his friend, critic and writer Edmund Wilson, prepared and published The Last Tycoon in 1941. Fitzgerald based his hero, Monroe Stahr, on real American film producer Irving Thalberg. Thalberg was a production chief at MGM in the '20s and '30s. According to a film review of the 1976 adaptation of The Last Tycoon in The New York Times, Thalberg was thought of as a "boy genius" and was responsible for so many films that his resume spanned from the best of the best to Hollywood flops. And in the series, it seems Monroe has a similarly consuming passion for making pictures. But since Thalberg shows up as a character in The Last Tycoon , you can assume that the writers prefer their executive to stand on his own. The inclusion of Thalberg and other real Hollywood legends ground the show in a real historical place, as invented as it is. "You get the sense that this fictional studio and these fictional people exist in a real world of Hollywood, with people you’ve known,” says showrunner Christopher Keyser when speaking to Bustle and other press at an event. So, to sum up: The Last Tycoon is based on an unfinished book, which was based on real-life executives. But the Amazon show is an original series taking liberties with all of that content. For film buff viewers who are fans of the book, Fitzgerald, or classic movies in general, The Last Tycoon will likely be a fresh take on a bygone era. License to Dream by Pat Brady. Trigger, Buttermilk, Bullet, Pat Brady, and Nellybelle. Trigger, Roy Roger's beautiful Golden Palomino stallion, and co-star with Roy in many of his movies and Roy's TV show, was often billed as "the smartest horse in the movies." The two of them appeared in dozens of westerns in the 1930's and 40's, always chasing and thwarting the bad guys, and working to serve peace and justice. Trigger even shared the movie title with Roy on two occasions: "My Pal Trigger" (1946) and "Trigger, Jr." (1950). Trigger started life out as Golden Cloud. (1932). His sire was a thoroughbred horse that had raced at Caliente Track, and his dam was a cold- blooded palomino. Trigger was foaled on a small ranch in the San Diego area which was partly owned by Bing Crosby. The manager of that ranch was Roy Cloud, a breeder originally from Noblesville, Indiana. At around 3 years of age, Golden Cloud was sold to the Hudkins Stables, which rented horses to the movie industry. Golden Cloud's first major appearance was in the movie, "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" where he was ridden by Olivia de Havilland. (1938) When Gene Autry failed to report for work at Columbia Pictures, Roy Rogers found himself cast in the lead role for "Under Western Stars". Before filming began on "Under Western Stars", Hudkins Stables�brought their best lead horses to the studio so Roy�could select a mount. As Roy recalled it, the third� horse he got on was a beautiful golden palomino who handled smoothly and reacted quickly to whatever he�asked it to do.� Roy said of Golden Cloud "He could turn on a dime and give you some change." Smiley Burnette, who played Roy's sidekick in his first� two films, was watching and mentioned how quick on the� trigger this horse was. Roy agreed and decided that� Trigger was the perfect name for the horse. Roy purchased the horse for $2,500 and eventually outfitted it with a $5,000 gold/silver saddle. Roy was proud of the fact that throughout his more� than 80 films, the 101 episodes of his television series,� and countless personal appearances, Trigger never fell. Roy once said that "he felt that Trigger seemed to know when people were watching him and that he recognized applause and just ate it up like a ham!" During a film and TV career that spanned about twenty years, Roy Rogers had a variety of horses which were billed as some variation of 'Trigger' --- there was the original, and Trigger, Jr. and Little Trigger . and there were 'personal appearance Triggers' and 'Trigger doubles'. Trigger won a Patsy award for the role in "Son of Paleface" & 1958 the Craven award winner. He was so popular that at one time, he even had his own fan club with members from all over the world. On July 3, 1965, at the Rogers ranch in Hidden Valley, California, Trigger, at age 33, passed away. Roy was reluctant to "put him in the ground," so Rogers had the horse mounted in a rearing position by Bishoff's Taxidermy of California. Also mounted and on display at the Roy Rogers Museum are Trigger Jr. Buttermilk, and Bullet The Wonder Dog. Trigger Jr. was registered as Allen's Gold Zephyr. and foaled in 1941. His sire was Barker's Moonbeam and his dam was Fisher's Gray Maud. He was bred by C. O. Barker, of Readyville, Tennessee. Barker's Moonbeam was sired by Golden Sunshine whose dam was Golden Lady. All were palominos. Originally owned and trained by Hollywood legend Glenn Randall, Buttermilk was offered to Dale because her first movie horse looked too much like Trigger. Dale fell in love with the gelding and bought him. She rode Buttermilk in all but six of The Roy Rogers Show television episodes that aired Sundays from 1951-57. Bullet The Wonder Dog. Roy and Dale's faithful German Shepherd dog, was a constant companion and often hero as he helped the duo maintain law and order in the western town of Mineral City. Birthday: December 31, 1914 Birth Place: Toledo, Ohio Birth Name: Pat Brady Date of death: February 27, 1972 Cause of death: Road Accident. Best known as cowboy Roy Rogers' comical sidekick, Pat Brady was the son of traveling performers, and first set foot on-stage at the age of four. From the moment he was featured in a road-show production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, he was hooked on showbiz for life. While appearing as a bass guitarist in California in 1935, Pat struck up a friendship with a country & western singer named Leonard Slye, a member of the popular Sons of the Pioneers. When Slye became star, Roy Rogers, he recommended Brady as his replacement in the Sons band. In 1937, Brady played comedy relief in several of the Charles Starrett Westerns at Columbia. In the early '40s, he moved to Republic Studios, where he played camp cook Sparrow Biffle in the Roy Rogers vehicles. When Rogers moved to television in 1951, he took Brady with him. As himself on the show, he appeared in well over 100 episodes of The Roy Rogers Show, tooling about the sagebrush at the wheel of his faithful jeep "Nellie-Belle." After the series was cancelled, Brady continued his association with Rogers on TV and in personal appearances; he also rejoined the Sons of the Pioneers in 1959.the mid-'60s. Filmography. Starring Roles The Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Show (1962) - Himself The Roy Rogers Show (1951) - Himself. Guest Starring Roles. Wagon Train - Lane Gunderson - The Matthew Lowry Story (1959) 30 Minutes At Gunsight (1980) - Wrangler In Old Amarillo (1951) - Pat Brady South Of Caliente (1951) - Pat Bells Of Coronado (1950) - Sparrow Biffle Rio Grande (1950) - Pat Trigger Jr. (1950) - Sparrow Biffle Down Dakota Way (1949) - Sparrow Biffle The Golden Stallion (1949) - Sparrow Biffle Twilight In The Sierras (1949) - Dr. Sparrow Biffle DVM Eyes Of Texas (1948) - Pat The Gay Ranchero (1948) Melody Time (1948) - Himself (Uncredited) Night Time In Nevada (1948) - Pat (Uncredited) Under California Stars (1948) - Himself (Uncredited) Apache Rose (1947) - Singer (Uncredited) Bells Of San Angelo (1947) - Pat (Uncredited) On The Old Spanish Trail (1947) - Pat (Uncredited) Heldorado (1946) - Pat Brady Home In Oklahoma (1946) - Bass Player (Uncredited) Idaho (1943) - Singer (Uncredited) King Of The Cowboys (1943) - Pat (Uncredited) Silver Spurs (1943) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers Song Of Texas (1943) - Pat Brady, Sidekick Texas Legionnaires (1943) - Pat Call Of The Canyon (1942) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers Heart Of The Golden West (1942) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers Man From Cheyenne (1942) - Pat (Uncredited), Romance On The Range (1942) - Pat (Uncredited) Sons Of The Pioneers (1942) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers South Of Santa Fe (1942) - Himself (Uncredited) Sunset On The Desert (1942) - Pat (Uncredited) Sunset Serenade (1942) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers Outlaws Of The Panhandle (1941) - Pat (Uncredited) The Pinto Kid (1941) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers Red River Valley (1941) - Pat Brady, Sons Of The Pioneers Blazing Six Shooters (1940) - Pat (Uncredited) Bullets For Rustlers (1940) - Pat (Uncredited) The Durango Kid (1940) - Pat Texas Stagecoach (1940) - Pat Thundering Frontier (1940) - (Uncredited) Two-Fisted Rangers (1940) - Pat, Sons Of The Pioneers The Man From Sundown (1939) - Pat North Of The Yukon (1939) - Pat (Uncredited), Outpost Of The Mounties (1939) - Pat (Uncredited) Riders Of Black River (1939) - Pat (Uncredited) Texas Stampede (1939) - Pat (Uncredited), Sons Of The Pioneers The Thundering West (1939) - Pat (Uncredited), Sons Of The Pioneers Western Caravans (1939) - Bass Player (Uncredited) Cattle Raiders (1938) - Singer (Uncredited) South Of Arizona (1938) - Pat (Uncredited) West Of Cheyenne (1938) - Pat Outlaws Of The Prairie (1937) - Singing Ranger (Uncredited) The Roy Rogers Show, featured a 1946 Willys CJ-2A Jeep named Nellybelle, which had some unusual bodywork. It was in fact owned by Roy, but was driven in the show by his comic sidekick, Pat Brady. The name apparently developed out of Pat riding an ornery mule in the earlier movies, and addressing it with phrases like "Whoa, Nelly!" In most episodes of the show, Nellybelle's name is painted on her doors. In the picture above, the show begins with a wild stunt in which Nellybelle starts rolling down a hill by herself, and Roy chases her on Trigger and leaps from his saddle into the Jeep to bring her to a safe stop. Dale says, "Roy, you shouldn't have taken a chance like that for Nellybelle!" But Roy replies "Well, she's part of the family, Dale." As Pat Brady drove around Mineral City, he had the habit of talking sweetly to his Jeep as if his verbal compliments could convince Nellybelle to get up and go. Roy Rogers chose to include a Jeep into the program because he noticed that after WWII, the Jeeps were real popular, especially with children. Advisory Committees. See Kids Dream is able to reach over 10,000 youth, with only a handful of staff members because of the many committee volunteers who help us plan and make service learning possible! Our committees are the workhorse of See Kids Dream and where innovation and friendships grow. We’re grateful for their support and would love to have your help as well if you’re into that! (Check out the link at the bottom of the page) Advisory Committees. Kristi Weaver, Improving – Committee Chair. Katie Gausepohl, NetJets. Carol Herdman, Herdman-Yeager, LLC. JC Rice, Huntington National Bank. Pat Brady, Crane Renovation Group – Committee Chair. Bill Grindle, See Kids Dream. Pat Brady, Crane Renovation Group – Committee Chair. Bill Grindle, See Kids Dream. Laura Grindle, See Kids Dream. Brandi Davis, United Way of Central Ohio – Committee Chair. Jeffery V Kent, Lbrands. Montra Moody, Columbus Metropolitan Club. JC Rice, Huntington National Bank. Carol Herdman, Esq., Herdman-Yeager LLC – Committee Chair. 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We engage over 10,000 youth each year, with only a handful of paid staff through the support volunteer committees. Contact us for more info. Rose is Rose. This Rose is Rose comic strip collection stars the charming Gumbo family in a fantastical world all their own. The art combines dreams and reality as the stars live out their lives in sweeping fashion and the artwork begs to be cherished and collected. There are a number of reasons cartoon legend Charles Schulz described himself as an "ardent admirer" of Rose is Rose . From its five-time nomination as Best Newspaper Comic Strip to its appearance in more than 600 newspapers, Pat Brady and Don Wimmer's cartoon creation Rose is Rose is evocative of Schulz's own revered strip where daydreams slightly blur the edges of reality. Inside Rose is Rose: Not Just Another Sweetheart Deal , life in the Gumbo family is anything but ordinary. While gentle son Pasquale imagines toe- biting, bathtub drain--residing monsters, his mother, Rose, might morph into her leather-clad alter ego biker-chick persona, Vicki. Not to be outdone, here comes doting father and husband, Jimbo, riding in on his stallion with his romantically chivalrous ways. And let's not forget furry feline pet Peekaboo, who has fantasies of her own about her cute human counterparts. This Rose is Rose collection features more than 40 weeks of Gumbo family amusement and artwork. Brady is the recipient of cartooning's highest honor, the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2004 by the National Cartoonists Society. After two decades of sketching every Rose is Rose strip himself, Brady shifted to sharing duties to Wimmer. Not Just Another Sweetheart Deal. This Rose is Rose comic strip collection stars the charming Gumbo family in a fantastical world all their own. The art combines dreams and reality as the stars live out their lives in sweeping fashion and the artwork begs to be cherished and collected. Peekaboo Planet is a fantastic collection of Rose is Rose cartoons that gives readers another fun peek into the hilarity of the Gumbo family. Rose, Jimbo, Pasquale, and of course the family kitten Peekaboo, are at it again in a full-color collection of strips. From backyard blow-up swimming pools pilates to the fishing pole that got away, Rose is Rose is always good for a laugh. Peekaboo Planet. Ever since Rose is Rose began, I have been one of its most ardent admirers." -Charles Schulz. Nominated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip five times Rose is Rose is the strip where daydreams and reality meet and mingle. Life in the Gumbo family is anything but ordinary. A toe-biting monster dwells in the bathtub drain, awaiting Pasquale's bath time. Family-minded Rose occasionally morphs into her wild alter ego, Vicki the biker. Rose's love-note-writing husband Jimbo never disappoints as the always hopelessly hopeful romantic. The creation of Pat Brady and Don Wimmer, this Rose is Rose collection features more than 40 weeks of Gumbo family high jinks. After two decades of sketching every Rose is Rose strip himself, Brady shifted the writing and drawing duties to Don Wimmer. This Rose is Rose collection features the talents of Wimmer as based on Brady's creation. 100% Whole Grin Rose is Rose. Ever since Rose is Rose began, I have been one of its most ardent admirers." -Charles Schulz. * Rose is Rose appears in more than 600 newspapers and has been nominated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip a whopping five times. When Rose is Rose creator Pat Brady and cartoonist Don Wimmer present the lives of the Gumbo family, they reveal everyday life at its most extraordinary. From the Gumbos sharing a simple family moment to Pasquale warding off a bathtub drain monster to Rose morphing into her alter ego biker chick persona Vicki, Rose is Rose takes simple moments in everyday life and elevates them into lasting lessons. * Lauded for his work on the strip, Brady received the 2004 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. * After two decades of creating every Rose is Rose strip himself, Brady has shifted the strip's writing and drawing duties to Don Wimmer. This book marks the second Rose is Rose collection to feature the talents of Don Wimmer with Brady's creation. The Enchanting Rose. Creator Pat Brady received the 2004 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. He's previously been honored as a nominee for the award seven times, and Rose is Rose has been nominated five times for the Society's Best Newspaper Comic Strip Award. Rose is Rose has long garnered attention from fans across the country and around the world. When the National Cartoonists Society named Rose creator Pat Brady Outstanding Cartoonist of 2004 it only confirmed what those readers already knew in their hearts: Brady rolls out one of the best strips in the business. Red Carpet Rose is Brady's first book since he received the NCS honors. As the seven previous Rose is Rose books have done before, this one continues the tales of the hilarious Gumbo family: Rose, her husband, Jimbo, and their devilish, delightful, and demanding son, Pasquale. Brady deftly captures the innocent and ageless qualities of wonder and awe at the world's boundless experiences, as seen through the lives of his beloved characters. Whether the Gumbos are sharing a simple family moment in the park, Pasquale is pushing his little-boy limits, or Rose is morphing into her Biker Chic alter ego, this Rose is Rose compilation of daily and Sunday strips delivers all the fun, laughter, and family-loving moments that mark Brady's work. This is cartooning at its best! Red Carpet Rose. Rose is Rose presents the extraordinary nature of everyday life as seen through the eyes of the Gumbo family. The strip stars child-at-heart Rose and her ASD (Attentiveness Surplus Disorder) husband Jimbo. Their gentle son Pasquale is watched over by his Guardian Angel who morphs from tiny cherub into gargantuan protector. Family kitten Peekaboo boasts that her humans are the cutest in town. Readers relish the romance in Rose and Jimbo's marriage, yet cheer the emergence of Rose's rebel alter ego, the fearless, wild and ready-to-roll Vicki the Biker. She's a Momma, Not a Movie Star. Rose is Rose presents the extraordinary nature of everyday life as seen through the eyes of the Gumbo family. The strip stars child-at-heart Rose and her ASD (Attentiveness Surplus Disorder) husband Jimbo. Their gentle son Pasquale is watched over by his Guardian Angel who morphs from tiny cherub into gargantuan protector. Family kitten Peekaboo boasts that her humans are the cutest in town. Readers relish the romance in Rose and Jimbo's marriage, yet cheer the emergence of Rose's rebel alter ego, the fearless, wild and ready-to-roll Vicki the Biker. License to Dream. When Pat Brady puts pen to paper, readers can't resist following his original images and tight story lines. This creator pulls more material from the one-child Gumbo family than other cartoonists can with five times the number of characters and settings. That magic comes through in Brady's seventh collection, Rose is Rose Running on Alter Ego . The lively series of daily and Sunday strips revolves around Rose—devoted wife and doting mother—who, try as she might, just can't keep her biker chick fantasies totally in check. Rose never knows, as she manages her blue-collar husband, Jimbo, and their energy-fired son, Pasquale, when Vicki the Biker may show up. But when the long-haired, short-skirted babe surfaces, it's always with a breath of fresh air and a fresh take on "normal" family life. Besides appearing on the cover, Rose as Vicki shines throughout the collection, in six new full-page drawings created just for the book. Each shows the seemingly satisfied housewife's alter ego performing some mundane chore demanded by Rose's less adventurous life, while Brady's usual mix of family fun, frolic, and fancy gives Gumbo fans plenty of delight. Jeep Toys. The Roy Rogers Show on NBC-TV from 1951 to 1957 featured Roy's sidekick Pat Brady with his Jeep "Nellybelle". The popular cowboy show and the movies that preceded it inspired extensive merchandising of toys and clothing, including a few Jeep toys that have become real collector's items. See The Original Nellybelle for more details on the series and the original Jeep. This picture is an acrylic painting titled "Roy and His Pals" by Sean Sullivan. Rick Morris told us that it was also sold as a postcard at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum. The original was listed, along with Nellybelle, among the items to be sold at an auction in New York in July 2010 after the closing of the museum. The painting sold for $10,625. To make a convincing Nellybelle toy, you couldn't just slap her name on a standard toy Jeep. She had unique bodywork which gave the impression of armor around the cowl and doors, and side storage compartments in the rear. Marx had a plastic version (approx. 1:32 scale) which included the extended bodywork and also the support bow for the canvas soft top, always in place on the real Nellybelle even though she never seemed to be wearing her soft top. The plastic Jeep appeared in Marx playsets including the Roy Rogers Ranch (above) and this horse hauler set. I wasn't sure if this one had any basis in reality, although I knew Roy and Trigger did make live appearances at rodeos around the country. Terrence Kiefler answered my question: "I was a huge Roy Rogers fan back in the '50's and this is a photo indicating that Roy did in fact have a hauler and trailer that he used to take Trigger to various events held across the country. Unfortunately I never had a chance to attend one of them." This NBC publicity still of Roy, Dale and Pat was released to the press in 1952 to promote their upcoming live appearance at a rodeo in New York's Madison Square Garden. The caption claimed Roy was pointing out a road direction as they headed East in Pat's trusty Jeep! Since the TV show was in black & white, the colour of Nellybelle was not obvious to most of us, and it's not surprising toymakers might want to take some liberties with her grey paint job. She was in fact a "colorful" cantankerous character on the show, always likely to be losing her brakes on a steep hill, or refusing to start when her services were required. The Roy Rogers edition of the large pressed-steel Marx Jeep not only has an accurate paint job, but also the correct bodywork, spare tire, folding windshield and removable top bow. In a nice touch, the plastic Pat Brady figure is holding on to his hat while "Queen of the West" Dale Evans holds on, gritting her teeth. And the hood opened to reveal a pretty good likeness of the flathead engine (100K JPEG). The big Marx Nellybelle also has a California license plate on the rear (70K JPEG) and the gun slot in the front armor plate behind the windshield. To get the true Nellybelle spirit though, the windshield should be kept folded down. The Marx steel Jeep was 11-3/4 inches long and 5 inches wide. For more details on other versions of the toy, see Precursors of the Tonka Jeep on CJ3B.info. Ideal. A plastic playset from Ideal also includes character figures, as well as a red trailer with Roy's horse Trigger. The Jeep comes in various color schemes including grey, yellow and red. Including the trailer, the set measures approximately 15 inches long by 3-1/2 inches wide. The Ideal version was clearly modelled on a CJ-3B, and the box for the horse trailer set has a great illustration (170K JPEG) of a cantankerous high hood Nellybelle. The "Nellybelle" stickers on the sides are often missing now, but reproduction decals are available. Ideal also included the Jeep in a "Rodeo" set and a "Chuck Wagon" set (below) which is about 22 inches long overall and includes a variety of small plastic accessories (260K JPEG). See also the cardboard box for the set (260K JPEG). Stuart. A small (approx. 1:43) diecast metal Nellybelle from Stuart Mfg. of Cincinatti was a simple toy, again in a high-hood configuration. It was originally part of a Roy Rogers playset created for Post Cereals by C.F. Block & Associates of Chicago, and the Jeep may actually have been produced by Tootsietoy in Chicago. The plastic figures and the Jeep were then sold to Stuart who added them to their own line of cowboy toys. Hamilton. The Nellybelle pedal-drive Jeep made by Hamilton included the top bow and armor. The front bumper on this nice example has been attached backwards, probably after repainting. Photos courtesy Michael Watson. David Wiley points out that "The cut-out behind the windshield (200K JPEG) was there so Pat Brady or Roy could shoot their pistol through it. I was only 5 or 6 years old I believe and maybe someone told me that's what it was for. To me that was an important part of the authentic models. I had a pedal car replica in the mid 1950s which may have come from Sears-Roebuck, I'm not sure." David probably remembers correctly, because here's Nellybelle on a 1954 Sears-Roebuck catalogue page (350K JPEG), with a price of $21.45 (the equivalent of nearly $200 in 2017.) The Hamilton Jeep has the correct California "3P5 388" license plate, but it also has the front grille of a CJ-3B. Like the Hamilton U.S. Air Force Jeep, the Nellybelle pedal car was produced in grey as well as blue. A prototype USAF Jeep would have been blue, but grey is the correct color for Nellybelle (minus the red wheels of course.) Original color schemes also included red windshields. Decals provided Nellybelle's name, plus a drawing (130K JPEG) of Roy on Trigger, which was a smart use of the space on the large, prototypical doors. Repro decals are available for restorations. Some if not all of the original decals were in color (90K JPEG). An unrestored gray and red version is displayed at the Sieverling Antique Car and Pedal Car Museum in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of PAMustang.org. This "Double R Brand" advertisement features the Hamilton pedal Jeep, along with clothes and toy guns, but also includes a lengthy list in small print of merchandise from other manufacturers, including archery sets, guitars, jigsaw puzzles and stuffed toys. High Hood? Some of the Nellybelle toys represented her as having a high hood, similar to the model CJ-3B, released by Willys early in the run of the TV show. The cutout Nellybelle below, from a set in Gary Keating's collection, also is clearly a 3B. The set includes characters, horses and accessories, but Gary doesn't have the original packaging to identify the manufacturer. It may be from the Post cereals promotion (see Win a Willys Jeep from Post Cereals). Nelleybelle lapel pins (40K JPEG) given away by Post also show a green high-hood Jeep. Although Roy Rogers was seen driving a CJ-3B in the Post cereals promotion, Nellybelle on the screen was always a CJ-2A. The cover of Gary's 1956 Pat Brady coloring book shown here has a pretty accurate 2A illustration as well. Gary says there are lots of Nellybelle pictures to color inside, along with other scenes from the ranch. See The Original Nellybelle for more details on the series and the original Jeep. Thanks to Federico Cavedo, Jarek Skonieczny, Len Dunn, Thomas Miller, Randy Brown and Gary Keating. -- Derek Redmond.