tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post8121600680138590435..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: The Lone Ranger SuiteGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-77216966027094902892009-03-09T11:51:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:51:00.000-07:00lucy -- I'm always surprised when I discover pop c...lucy -- I'm always surprised when I discover pop culture from my youth was spread as world wide as appears to be the case! But I don't think that the messages of the Lone Ranger should have injured any youngster anywhere. Besides. there was always that music!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-57540923693647912452009-03-08T23:30:00.000-07:002009-03-08T23:30:00.000-07:00They used to say the definition of a truly culture...They used to say the definition of a truly cultured person was someone who could hear the William Tell overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger! Now I'm not so sure, seems to me a cultured person is someone thoroughly versed in the lore of the Lone Ranger...<BR/><BR/>I missed out on it, though with older siblings it was something always around. I didn't know they used other classical music; the Polovtsian Dances was one of my faves as a kid.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-13347451701245109912009-03-04T20:52:00.000-07:002009-03-04T20:52:00.000-07:00tony -- which is why SF is often called space oper...tony -- which is why SF is often called space <I>opera</I>. But, you're right -- there's nothing more splendid for a youngster's imagination than daring-do and heroics.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-85245471599243302932009-03-04T19:09:00.000-07:002009-03-04T19:09:00.000-07:00Got to this post late but I too have fond recollec...Got to this post late but I too have fond recollections of Hi Yo Silver Awaaaaay. Now replaced in my young grandson's repetoire(sp?) with "To Infinity and Beyoooond!"<BR/>Same effect by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-26216303717251708682009-03-04T15:13:00.000-07:002009-03-04T15:13:00.000-07:00avus -- ah, the old days. There was some wonderful...avus -- ah, the old days. There was some wonderful stuff on radio back when I was a tad, not to mention the Saturday morning movie serials. BTW, a reader wrote me that you can get old Lone Ranger show podcasts at iTunes.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-59264100328922550912009-03-04T07:03:00.000-07:002009-03-04T07:03:00.000-07:00Ah, Granny...The Lone Ranger...you have taken me b...Ah, Granny...The Lone Ranger...you have taken me back to being a 10 year old at "Saturday morning pictures". These were held in two cinemas in the local town exclusively for kids. We walked a mile.Jumped on a bus for 7 miles, then circled the town before the flicks - then back in the reverse order.<BR/>No parental warnings, no mobile phones if we got into trouble (we would not want to tell the folks anyway!) No one thought there was any danger (there wasn't - and isn't, really). Kids have lost a great deal.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-23089636639922858862009-03-03T22:44:00.000-07:002009-03-03T22:44:00.000-07:00sandy -- I'll bet an awful lot of kids were quite ...sandy -- I'll bet an awful lot of kids were quite taken aback discovering that the overture had been around the concert halls long before they were born.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-16570272482336657242009-03-03T17:10:00.000-07:002009-03-03T17:10:00.000-07:00And he was my hero, too - and I do remember being ...And he was my hero, too - and I do remember being surprised the first time I heard the William Tell Overture in its usual classical setting, the Boston Philharmonic... ohmigosh - they're playing "popular" music and when I nudged my Dad, he said, "This is where it started, not at the end of a horse!"<BR/><BR/>On a trip to Washington, D.C. for my 14th birthday (on a DC12) I sat right in front of the Cisco Kid!!! For awhile he got more of my attention, but I always liked TLR because he was authentic... even 'out of costume.'Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265922352726668243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-56958499200711244982009-03-03T12:56:00.000-07:002009-03-03T12:56:00.000-07:00anon #2 -- a piece of me says that we're infecting...anon #2 -- a piece of me says that we're infecting our young 'uns with our own sophistication too early and two much. The credo that you reproduced certainly substantiates that point of view. It is so very <I>square</I> and yet so necessary a point of view.<BR/><BR/>steve -- glad to serve your memory banks!<BR/><BR/>bro -- it1 helps to be both older and wiserGranny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-28478655171835675612009-03-03T01:49:00.000-07:002009-03-03T01:49:00.000-07:00It must be fate, we're preparing for a garage sale...It must be fate, we're preparing for a garage sale this weekend and I was sorting through our vast accumulation of vynils and lo, there was a Lone Ranger record that I had purchased eons ago for the benefit of young sons (and self).<BR/><BR/>I credit you with introducing me to classical music via LR mood themes. Thanks!!<BR/><BR/>HermanoAntipodean Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207281597334838447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-89178421330118093112009-03-03T00:36:00.000-07:002009-03-03T00:36:00.000-07:00My fond memories of The Lone Ranger was from a sma...My fond memories of The Lone Ranger was from a small B&W TV with rabbit ears. I used to get shocked whenever I tried to adjust them. <BR/><BR/>Clayton Moore provided this young lad at the time, lots of entertainment.<BR/><BR/>It was my first into into 'Big Music' although I didn't realize it at the time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-31970646974453143602009-03-02T23:08:00.000-07:002009-03-02T23:08:00.000-07:00You don't have to be that old to remember The Lone...You don't have to be <B>that</B> old to remember <I>The Lone Ranger</I> on the radio (1933-54) and certainly not to remember the TV series (1949-57) and all the re-runs.<BR/><BR/>"Who was that masked man?"<BR/><BR/>According to Wikipedia, the Lone Ranger conducted himself by a strict moral code put in place by Fran Striker:<BR/><BR/><I>"I believe.....<BR/><BR/>That to have a friend, a man must be one.<BR/><BR/>That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a better world.<BR/><BR/>That God put the firewood there, but that every man must gather and light it himself.<BR/><BR/>In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right.<BR/><BR/>That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.<BR/><BR/>That 'this government of the people, by the people, and for the people' shall live always.<BR/><BR/>That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.<BR/><BR/>That sooner or later...somewhere...somehow...we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken.<BR/><BR/>That all things change but truth, and that truth alone, lives on forever.<BR/><BR/>In my Creator, my country, my fellow man."</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe more of us should remember that code...<BR/><BR/>"I didn't even get a chance to thank him"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com