VLVL2 (14): The Lone Ranger

Sat Apr 10 08:32:05 CDT 2004

295:  "li'l . . . piece of foam there on your lip, Hector . . . nah, it's OK, I -- I know what you're goin' through, Keemosobby."

The Lone Ranger was typical of the first wave of Westerns to hit TV in the early 1950's. Characters and plots were simple--good guys vs. bad guys--and there was none of the character development that marked the later "adult" Westerns. [...]  Although the Lone Ranger never killed anyone (sometimes his adversaries killed themselves and each other), there was plenty of action, and the show was a great favorite with the younger audience. Parents liked it too, because of the lack of overt killing and the hero's faultless grammar--which in itself was unique for the Old West. [...]  
The Lone Ranger was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who were also responsible for The Green Hornet, and there was an unusual link between the two programs. John Reid's nephew Dan was supposed to be the father of Britt Reid, who became the avenger of crime in another era as The Green Hornet. 
Clayton Moore was the best-known TV Lone Ranger (he also filled the role in two feature films made in the late 1950's), but the character was also played by veteran actor John Hart for a couple of seasons. Tonto was always played to poker-faced perfection by Jay Silverheels, a mixed-blood Mohawk Indian who in later years became quite successful as a horse breeder and racer. 
http://www.skypoint.com/members/joycek19/ranger.htm

Interestingly, by calling Hector "Keemosobby" (sic) Zoyd places himself in the role of Tonto to Hector's Lone Ranger.  Isn't Zoyd the morally upstanding, "lone" one here?

Tim
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