The Lone Ranger: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

ABC | Season Premiere Date: September 15, 1949

Starring: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, Fred Foy

Summary: "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!"

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Company credits:

Production Companies * Apex Film Corp. (1949-1954) * Wrather Productions Inc. (1954-1957)

Distributors * American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1949-1957) (USA) (TV) * Alpha Video Distributors Inc. (2002) (USA) (DVD) * GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) * GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS) * Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) * Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video) (17 episodes) * Rhino Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) * Rhino Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) * Timeless Video Inc. (1998) (USA) (VHS) * United American Video (UAV) (1992) (USA) (VHS) * WEA Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
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Awards
Emmy Awards
1950 -- Nominated -- Best Film Made for and Viewed on Television 1949
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Memorable Quotes:

1. [repeated line]
The Lone Ranger: Hi-ho, Silver, away.

2. [first lines for each episode]
Narrator: The Lone Ranger!
[gunshots are fired]
The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver!
Narrator: A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-yo Silver" - the Lone Ranger!
The Lone Ranger: Hi-yo, Silver, away!
Narrator: With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!

3. [earliest episodes]
The Lone Ranger: Only you, Tonto, know I'm alive. To the world, I'll buried here beside my brother and my friends... forever.
Tonto: You are alone now. Last man. You are lone ranger.
The Lone Ranger: Yes, Tonto, I am... the Lone Ranger.

4. [repeated line]
Tonto: Um, that right, Kemosabe. ====================
Show Trivia * Although the program was broadcast for 8 seasons, there were only 5 seasons with new episodes: 1949-1950, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1954-55, 1956-57. * The "Hi-Yo Silver!" shout at the beginning of each episode is a recording of Earle W. Graser, who played the Lone Ranger on radio from 1933-1941. * The Lone Ranger's young nephew, Dan Reid, who appeared occasionally on the TV series, was the father of Britt Reid, The Green Hornet (both characters were created for radio by George W. Trendle). * Premiered on ABC on 15 September 1949 (Thursdays 7:30-8:00) Last telecast: 12 September 1957. The Lone Ranger was the only ABC program to rank in top 15 when the A.C. Neilson Company began compiling national ratings for network programs. In 1950, Lone Ranger ranked #7 with a 41.2% share. Show was on ABC throughout its run. Reruns began on CBS on Saturday Mornings in 1953 and continued to September 1960 and then on NBC for another four years. ABC showed reruns of it in late afternoons from 1958 to 1961. * Tonto's horse is called Scout.
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Movie links for
"The Lone Ranger" (1949)

Follows The Lone Ranger (1938) The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
Followed by The Lone Ranger (1956) The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) "The Lone Ranger" (1966) The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Remade as The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Edited into The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952)
Referenced in Alias Jesse James (1959) Batman (1966/I) Same Time, Next Year (1978) Can't Stop the Music (1980) "The Beiderbecke Affair" (1985) (mini) Labyrinth (1986) Back to the Future Part III (1990) It (1990) (TV) Hexed (1993) Fall Time (1995) Earth Minus Zero (1996) Marshal Law (1996) (TV) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998) (TV) Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) (TV) Bubba Ho-tep (2002) Auto Focus (2002) A Good Night to Die (2003) Bruce Almighty (2003)
Featured in Scrooged (1988) My Life (1993/I) The Butcher Boy (1997) Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Spoofed in Drip-Along Daffy (1951) The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (V) The Stan Freberg Commercials (1999) (V)
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Release dates
USA -- 15 September 1949 West Germany -- 2 May 1959 ====================
Filming Locations

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA (episode 1.1 - site of Texas Ranger ambush) Columbia State Historic Park, Tuolumne County, California, USA Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA Jack Ingram Ranch - Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California, USA Kanab Movie Ranch, Kanab, Utah, USA Kanab, Utah, USA Lone Pine, California, USA Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA Spahn Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA ==================== Clayton Moore died December 28, 1999 Jay Silverheels died March 5, 1980 Chuck Courtney died January 19, 2000… Expand

Creator: George W. Trendle

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E52. Double Jeopardy
Air Date: September 7, 1950
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S1:E51. The Whimsical Bandit
Air Date: August 31, 1950
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S1:E50. The Black Widow
Air Date: August 24, 1950

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spide

Feb 20, 2015

Yes it is a old show but it is a bit better than the new movie, but I had fun with it when I was a kid. Yes the acting was sort of bad but you can expect that in the 40s and 30s.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 13, 1956
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 1954
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 11, 1952
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1950
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 1949
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  S1:E52. Double Jeopardy
  Air Date: September 7, 1950
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  S1:E51. The Whimsical Bandit
  Air Date: August 31, 1950
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  S1:E50. The Black Widow
  Air Date: August 24, 1950
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  S1:E49. The Star Witness
  Air Date: August 17, 1950
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  S1:E48. The Beeler Gang
  Air Date: August 10, 1950
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  S1:E47. The Wrong Man
  Air Date: August 3, 1950
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  S1:E46. Sheriff of Gunstock
  Air Date: July 27, 1950
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  S1:E45. Trouble for Tonto
  Air Date: July 20, 1950
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  S1:E44. White Man's Magic
  Air Date: July 13, 1950
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  S1:E43. Outlaw of the Plains
  Air Date: July 6, 1950
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  S1:E42. Eye for an Eye
  Air Date: June 29, 1950
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  S1:E41. Pardon for Curley
  Air Date: June 22, 1950
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  S1:E40. Man Without a Gun
  Air Date: June 15, 1950
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  S1:E39. Damsels in Distress
  Air Date: June 8, 1950
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  S1:E38. Spanish Gold
  Air Date: June 1, 1950
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  S1:E37. Devil's Pass
  Air Date: May 25, 1950
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  S1:E36. The Black Hat
  Air Date: May 18, 1950
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  S1:E35. Bullets for Ballots
  Air Date: May 11, 1950
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  S1:E34. Rifles and Renegades
  Air Date: May 4, 1950
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  S1:E33. Matter of Courage
  Air Date: April 27, 1950
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  S1:E32. Death Trap
  Air Date: April 20, 1950
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  S1:E31. Gold Fever
  Air Date: April 13, 1950
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  S1:E30. Never Say Die
  Air Date: April 6, 1950
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  S1:E29. Billie the Great
  Air Date: March 30, 1950
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  S1:E28. Pay Dirt
  Air Date: March 23, 1950
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  S1:E27. Gold Train
  Air Date: March 16, 1950
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  S1:E26. Troubled Waters
  Air Date: March 9, 1950
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  S1:E25. Buried Treasure
  Air Date: March 2, 1950
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  S1:E24. The Man with Two Faces
  Air Date: February 23, 1950
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  S1:E23. Jim Tyler's Past
  Air Date: February 16, 1950
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  S1:E22. Sheep Thieves
  Air Date: February 9, 1950
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  S1:E21. Barnaby Boggs, Esquire
  Air Date: February 2, 1950
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  S1:E20. Man of the House
  Air Date: January 26, 1950
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  S1:E19. Greed for Gold
  Air Date: January 19, 1950
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  S1:E18. Outlaw Town
  Air Date: January 12, 1950
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  S1:E17. The Man Who Came Back
  Air Date: January 5, 1950
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  S1:E16. Cannonball McKay
  Air Date: December 29, 1949
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  S1:E15. Old Joe's Sister
  Air Date: December 22, 1949
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  S1:E14. The Masked Rider
  Air Date: December 15, 1949
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  S1:E13. Finders Keepers
  Air Date: December 8, 1949
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  S1:E12. Return of the Convict
  Air Date: December 1, 1949
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  S1:E11. Six Gun Legacy
  Air Date: November 24, 1949
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  S1:E10. High Heels
  Air Date: November 17, 1949
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  S1:E9. The Tenderfeet
  Air Date: November 10, 1949
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  S1:E8. The Renegades
  Air Date: November 3, 1949
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  S1:E7. Pete and Pedro
  Air Date: October 27, 1949
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  S1:E6. War Horse
  Air Date: October 20, 1949
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  S1:E5. Rustler's Hideout
  Air Date: October 13, 1949
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  S1:E4. Legion of Old Timers
  Air Date: October 6, 1949
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  S1:E3. The Lone Ranger's Triumph
  Air Date: September 29, 1949
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  S1:E2. The Lone Ranger Fights On
  Air Date: September 22, 1949
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  S1:E1. Enter the Lone Ranger
  Air Date: September 15, 1949