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1947–2013. Rex Trailer Official site. Rex Trailer (September 16, 1928 – January 9, 2013) was an American regional television personality, broadcast pioneer, cowboy and Country and Western recording artist. He is best known as the host of the children's television show Boomtown which initially ran from 1956 through 1974.
Rex Trailer. Actor: Mermaids. Rex Trailer was born in Fort Worth, and raised just outside there. He spent summers at his grandfathers quarter horse ranch in Thurbur, Texas. While there, he owned his first horse. The hands on the ranch were rodeo riders, and taught him how to do trick roping, handle a bull whip, and play guitar. Trailer was also a square dance caller, and sang with a group...
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- January 9, 2013
May 3, 2012 · Relive an age of innocence, 'WANTED' posters, and live one-take TV as Jay Leno, Jimmy Tingle, Mayor Tom Menino, Steven Wright and more than 100 grown-up kids...
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Nov 24, 2008 · Filmmaker Michael Bavaro produced this video as Rex Trailer receives the Gold Circle Award from the New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television...
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Boomtown: With Brina, Bill O'Brien, Terrence Currier, Rex Trailer. Boomtown was a children's television show that ran, on WBZ Channel 4 in Boston, for eighteen years.
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Jan 11, 2013 · Rex Trailer died this week at his home in Florida. He was 84. For decades Trailer hosted the children’s TV show “Boomtown” from Boston’s WBZ-TV.
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May 14, 2013 · Discussion. When it comes to singin’, ridin’, and ropin’ cowboys in the Boston area, even though there haven’t been a lot of them, Rexford Trailer (1928-2013) was the king. The Texas native is best known in these parts for creating and hosting the Western-flavored kids variety show “Boomtown,” which ran Saturdays and Sundays on WBZ ...
