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I was tinkering with the Stereo Theater this morning and ran across a DVD of the Lone Ranger. At the end of the first episode where Tonto finds the Lone Ranger and saves his life, I saw the date. MCMLIX. MCML would be 1950. IX would be nine, so MCMLIX would be 1959. I thought the Lone Ranger was lots earlier than that, 1949 maybe. He sure was a pompous, self-righteous character.

Glenn Strange, the actor who played Sam, the bartender, on Gunsmoke was the bad guy named Cavendish on the first episode of the Lone Ranger.

The Lone Ranger started on the radio, in Detroit. I just verified:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Ranger

Chris Campbell

Episode 1 released September 15, 1949.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAFyGUZfs0I

The end credits on this print say MCMXLIX

ABC originally carried the series. Both The Lone Ranger and Crusade In Europe that premiered that year, are still seen regularly in different markets across the country.