ALL KNOWN EPISODES TO EXIST.
Don't be fooled by other
collections that claim to contain more episodes. Many of these shows
were aired on multiple dates in reruns, so you have plenty of
sellers out there padding their collections with reruns!
We feature all known episodes in existence and do not add
"fluff" to our collections to increase our claimed episode count
like many others. We always include an episode list, so
that you can see all the episodes included for yourself.
NOTICE:
This collection is all in MP3 format supplied on DVD. You
play this in your computer and then can copy all the MP3 files
to your MP3 player of choice. This DVD will NOT play in a
regular CD player in your car, or your TV's DVD player, it is
intended for your computer only which will allow you to transfer
the MP3 files to any device that can play MP3's. This
collection remains the largest most original collection.
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked
former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West
with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been
called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by
WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, or by Fran
Striker, the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit
and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an
equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957,
comic books, and several movies. The title character was played
on the radio show by George Seaton, Earle Graser, and Brace
Beemer. Clayton Moore portrayed the Lone Ranger on television,
although during a contract dispute, Moore was replaced
temporarily by John Hart, who wore a different style of mask. On
the radio, Tonto was played by, among others, John Todd and
Roland Parker; and in the television series, by Jay Silverheels,
who was a Mohawk from the Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario,
Canada.
The Lone Ranger was named so because the
character is the only survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers,
rather than because he works alone (as he is usually accompanied
by Tonto). While details differ, the basic story of the origin
of the Lone Ranger is the same in most versions of the
franchise. A posse of six members of the Texas Ranger Division
pursuing a band of outlaws led by Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish
is betrayed by a civilian guide named Collins and is ambushed in
a canyon named Bryant's Gap. Later, an Indian named Tonto
stumbles onto the scene and discovers one ranger is barely
alive, and he nurses the man back to health. In some versions,
Tonto recognizes the lone survivor as the man who saved his life
when they both were children. According to the television
series, when Tonto left the Reid place with a horse given him by
the boy Reid, he gave Reid a ring and the name Kemo Sabe, which
he said means "trusty scout". Among the Rangers killed was the
survivor's older brother, Daniel Reid, who was a captain in the
Texas Rangers and the leader of the ambushed group. To conceal
his identity and honor his fallen brother, Reid fashions a black
domino mask from the material of his brother's vest. To aid in
the deception, Tonto digs a sixth grave and places at its head a
cross bearing Reid's name so that Cavendish and his gang would
believe that all of the Rangers had been killed.
In many versions Reid continues fighting for justice as The Lone
Ranger even after the Cavendish gang is captured.
As generally depicted, the Lone Ranger
conducts himself by a strict moral code based on that put in
place by Striker at the inception of the character. It read:
I believe...
That to have a friend, a man must be one.
That all men are created equal and that everyone has within
himself the power to make this a better world.
That God put the firewood there, but that every man must gather
and light it himself.
In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally to fight
when necessary for what is right.
That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.
That 'this government of the people, by the people, and for the
people' shall live always.
That men should live by the rule of what is best for the
greatest number.
That sooner or later...somewhere...somehow...we must settle with
the world and make payment for what we have taken.
That all things change but truth, and that truth alone, lives on
forever.
In my Creator, my country, my fellow man.
In addition, Fran Striker and George W. Trendle drew up the
following guidelines that embody who and what the Lone Ranger
is:
The Lone Ranger was never seen without his mask or some sort of
disguise.
He was never captured or held for any length of time by lawmen,
avoiding his being unmasked.
He always used perfect grammar and precise speech devoid of
slang and colloquialisms.
Whenever he was forced to use guns, he never shot to kill, but
instead tried to disarm his opponent as painlessly as possible.
He was never put in a hopeless situation; e.g., he was never
seen escaping from a barrage of gunfire merely by fleeing toward
the horizon.
He rarely referred to himself as the Lone Ranger. If someone's
suspicion were aroused, the Lone Ranger would present one of his
silver bullets to confirm his identity; but many times someone
else would attest on his behalf. The origin of this name was,
following the Bryant's Gap ambush, Tonto observed him to be the
only ranger left—the "lone ranger"; Tonto's choice of words
inspired him to call himself "The Lone Ranger".
Even though The Lone Ranger offered his aid to individuals or
small groups facing powerful adversaries, the ultimate objective
of his story always implied that their benefit was only a
by-product of the development of the West or the country.
Adversaries were rarely other than American, to avoid criticism
from minority groups. There were some exceptions to this rule.
He sometimes battled foreign agents, though their nation of
origin was generally not named. An exception was his having
helped the Mexican Benito Juárez against French troops of
Emperor Maximilian, as occurred in the radio episodes "Supplies
for Juarez" (18 September 1939), "Hunted by Legionnaires" (20
September 1939) and "Lafitte's Reinforcements" (22 September
1939).
The names of unsympathetic characters were carefully chosen so
that they never consisted of two names if it could be avoided.
More often than not, a single nickname was selected.
The Lone Ranger never drank or smoked; and saloon scenes were
usually shown as cafes, with waiters and food instead of
bartenders and liquor.
Criminals were never shown in enviable positions of wealth or
power, and they were never successful or glamorous.
There are too many episodes to list in this
description. You get 2357 episodes on 2 DVD's.
These are all the remaining episodes left in existence.
