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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Old TV Episodes of.....of.....of.....The Lone Ranger

To me, The Lone Ranger is as good as anything to watch while I'm waiting for the Cardinals to take on the Carolina Panthers here in Glendale, AZ.

I(we) watched three episodes, (1) The Old Ranchers or something (2), The Hustler or something and (3) was War Horse.

In the first the Lone Ranger and Tonto have to figure out a way to capture the Devers gang and free the young ranch owner of the Circle K, who was hornswoggled into hiring Devers as his ranch foreman and is now a prisoner in his own house. The Lone Ranger sends his faithful companion, Tonto, to round up the ranchers, who are all old men, to come to the Circle K and lend assistance while he tackles the Devers gang head on disguised as an old Rancher posing as an agent of a man who wants to buy the Circle K.

The second is somewhat similar. Young Bob Fitzpatrick is taken hostage and the fighting duo must free him from the Madden gang and help Fred Vance to clear his name of being a rustler.

And the third is also somewhat similar. The law-abiding duo must free Chief Lame Bear's son from the evil hide hunter, who has stolen the War Horse named Black Hawk from under the nose of the Chief and taken the boy hostage. In this one the U. S. Army has to get involved, too, so as to prevent an Indian uprising.

These were all exciting stories filmed in black and white and cut to the minimum necessary to move the plots along. The pseudo-lawmen carry out their plans superbly with everything falling into place within the allotted time slot and end with "Who was that masked man?" as they ride off into the sunset.

HI-HO, SILVER!

And now, I'm ready for some football!  

8 comments:

  1. Thought maybe I was the only person who still watched these. I still enjoy them and always a moral lesson.

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    1. I got some of them on a DVD for my birthday and I have to say I enjoy them.

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  2. I don't know that I've ever seen a whole episode of the TV show. I used to watch Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and The Big Valley regularly.

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    1. Kimosabe, you missed out on some good shows, but they are available on DVDs.

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  3. I remember listening to this show on radio back in the day. Don't remember a single plot, just that famous opening with the Wm Tell Overture and "who was that masked man?" at the end.

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    1. That was about all I remembered until I received this DVD.

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    1. Me too, David. I'm glad they are on DVD and be procured easily.

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