On This Date In 1949 The First Lone Ranger TV show Was Shown

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September 15, 2026, 09:34 PM

maxwayne

On This Date In 1949 The First Lone Ranger TV show Was Shown

I can't help but believe the Lone Ranger and all of the other Saturday cowboys were responsible for many of us in believing in the one honest man with a gun idea.

September 15, 2026, 11:25 PM

charlie12

I watched the first episode awhile back.

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September 16, 2026, 05:51 AM

braillediver

100% maxwayne.

Seems funny today- Forming your values from the media.

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September 16, 2026, 08:03 AM

lastmanstanding

I love my early westerns. When I was a kid and now that I'm retired I spend early mornings watching them all again. The Lone Ranger was one I didn't care for as a kid and I care for it less now. Same with Roy Rodgers.

"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton

September 16, 2026, 08:08 AM

John Steed

I wanted to be a cowboy when I grew up.

... stirred anti-clockwise.

September 16, 2026, 08:12 AM

Pipe Smoker

Thanks for that, maxwayne!

My folks didn’t get a TV set until 1950. A 16” Admiral console.

Then all of the Saturday morning TV shows!

Several cowboys shows, The Three Stooges, The Tons of Fun, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang.

Serious about crackers.

September 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

newtoSig765

quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

...The Three Stooges...Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang.

We got our TV a couple years later. It's ironic that even that early in television history, it already was heavy with reruns!

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September 17, 2026, 09:17 AM

downeastnc1

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