The Lone Ranger was an American long-running early
radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed
by writer Fran Striker.
The titular character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American
Old West, who gallops about righting injustices, usually with the
aid of a clever and laconic American Indian sidekick called Tonto,
and his horse Silver. He would famously say "Hi-yo Silver, away!"
to get the horse to gallop.
On the radio and TV-series, the usual opening announcement was:
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and
a hearty 'Hi-yo Silver!' The Lone Ranger!" In later episodes
the opening narration ended with the catch phrase "Return with us
now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.... The Lone Ranger Rides
Again!" Episodes usually ended with one of the characters lamenting
the fact that they never found out the hero's name ("Who was that
masked man?"), only to be told, "Why, that was the Lone Ranger!"
as he and Tonto ride away. The theme music was the "cavalry charge"
finale of Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell Overture, now inseparably
associated with the series, which also featured many other classical
selections as incidental music including Wagner, Mendelssohn, Liszt,
and Tchaikovsky.
This collection of The Lone Ranger Greats includes
1044 different shows and appearances for a total of 473+ hours of
listening enjoyment. This collection is on two DVDs.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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