I'm not sure if anyone who grew up watching TV as a kid, well at least my age or older, who hasn't seen at least one episode of The Lone Ranger. Now I wasn't around when this show first aired on TV between 1949-1957, but like a lot of shows I grew up watching, I was able to enjoy it in syndication.
There was nothing about it that a young kid wouldn't be able to love. There was plenty of action, lots of gun fights, and a really cool horse that I always wanted to jump right on and take off into the sunset. Of course it helped that Reid (The Lone Ranger) and his partner, the equally cool, Tonto were always on the side of truth and justice and they always came out on top.
Now I'm sure there are some now who would want to look at this show with glasses tinted by various sociological lenses, but for me this show was just fun. It was the basic storyline of right vs. wrong and good will always win over evil.
I've seen a few of the movies and while I enjoyed them, the Lone Ranger in my head will always be from the TV show that first aired from 1949-1957. I've even listened to a few of the old radio show broadcasts and I loved them. Sitting at home on a rainy day listening to show my grandparents and great grandparents would have listened to always puts me at ease, besides they are a whole lot of fun. Now one of the days I have promised myself that I will check out a few of the novelizations and comic books based on this character.
Just watching the opening sequence of the show puts me back to Saturday mornings in 1st grade, wearing my pjs, and scarfing breakfast down in front of the TV watching The Lone Ranger and Tonto fight the good fight.
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