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• Although the program was broadcast for 8 seasons, there were only 5 seasons with new episodes: 1949-1950, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1954-55, 1956-57.
  
  
• The Lone Ranger's young nephew, Dan Reid, who appeared occasionally on the TV series, was the father of Britt Reid, The Green Hornet (both characters were created for radio by George W. Trendle).
  
  
• Tonto's horse is called Scout.
  
  
• The "Hi-Yo Silver!" shout at the beginning of each episode is a recording of Earle W. Graser, who played the Lone Ranger on radio from 1933-1941.
  
  
• Premiered on ABC on 15 September 1949 (Thursdays 7:30-8:00). Last telecast: 12 September 1957. This was the only ABC program to rank in the top 15 when the A.C. Neilsen Co. began compiling national ratings for network programs. In 1950 it ranked #7 with a 41.2% share. The show was on ABC throughout its run. Reruns began on CBS on Saturday mornings in 1953 and continued to September 1960 and then on NBC for another four years. ABC showed reruns of it in late afternoons from 1958 to 1961.
  
  
• The first 16 episodes from season one, and one episode from season five ("A Message from Abe" - Season 5, Episode 22) are in the public domain. These 17 episodes are available in numerous combinations from many distributors. The full list of public domain episodes, in order, are as follows: Enter the Lone Ranger, The Lone Ranger Fights On, The Lone Ranger's Triumph, Legion of Old Timers, Rustler's Hideout, War Horse, Pete and Pedro, The Renegades, The Tenderfeet, High Heels, Six Gun Legacy, Return of the Convict, Finders Keepers, The Masked Rider, Old Joe's Sister, Cannonball McKay, and A Message From Abe.
  
  
• Poor Jay Silverheels. His character's name, Tonto, literally means "Silly" in Spanish. Other definitions in Google's "Translate text/dictionary" include: cretin, idiot, stupid, fool, moron, dummy, cabbage-head, dunderhead, pinhead, simple-minded, witless. . . and the list goes on.
  
  
• On 11 August 2009 the US Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 44¢ commemorative postage stamps honoring early USA television programs. A booklet with 20 picture postal cards was also issued. On the stamp honoring "The Lone Ranger" is a picture of star Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger with his horse, Silver . Other shows honored in the Early TV Memories issue were: "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955), "The Dinah Shore Show" (1951), "Dragnet" (1951), "The Ed Sullivan Show" (originally titled "Toast of the Town" (1948)), "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950), "Hopalong Cassidy" (1952), "The Honeymooners" (1955), "The Howdy Doody Show" (original title: "Puppet Playhouse" (1947)), "I Love Lucy" (1951), "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" (1947), "Lassie" (1954), "Perry Mason" (1957), "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955), "The Red Skelton Show" (1951), "Texaco Star Theater" (titled "The Milton Berle Show" (1948), 1954-1956), The Tonight Show (which began as "Tonight!" (1953)), "The Twilight Zone" (1959), and "You Bet Your Life" (1950).
  
  

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