H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Just watched the movie compilation of the first few episodes of the The Lone Ranger TV show starring Clayton Moore. It holds up remarkably well. Yes, it's a little corny in places, but the story is well told, and it just works. I maintain that with a minimal amount of "updating" that a remake of THIS story could work very well. In fact, that's what I think has made the recent remakes fail, they didn't tell this story. They told something else disguised as it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Trigger Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Don't forget Jay Silverheels, an authentic Mohawk which was unusual for that time period who was the glue that held the show together. Who was the masked man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Catorce Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 40 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said: Just watched the movie compilation of the first few episodes of the The Lone Ranger TV show starring Clayton Moore. It holds up remarkably well. Yes, it's a little corny in places, but the story is well told, and it just works. I maintain that with a minimal amount of "updating" that a remake of THIS story could work very well. In fact, that's what I think has made the recent remakes fail, they didn't tell this story. They told something else disguised as it. What streaming service is it on? Or how can i find the movie compilation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 53 minutes ago, El Catorce said: What streaming service is it on? Or how can i find the movie compilation? Streaming service? It was on Grit, a TV network dedicated to old westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Catorce Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Thanks. I missed it. I like GRIT network! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Even when I was a kid I could not buy into the "good" guy wearing a mask idea. These old westerns were super low budget pot boilers for the early days of TV when basically any show would draw an audience. Now with virtually unlimited content from around the world aimed at the prime age group of 18 to 34 I don't think a half-dozen 70+ year old SASS shooters are much of an audience for a new show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Itchy Trigger said: Don't forget Jay Silverheels, an authentic Mohawk which was unusual for that time period who was the glue that held the show together. Who was the masked man? Clayton Moore, he was an actor that was in a few movies before he got the part and he made it his own, never appearing in public without the mask or oversized sunglasses. I remember Jay Silverheels in the Captain of Castille with Tyrone power, filmed in Mexico during a live volcano eruption prior to The Lone Ranger as well. I didn't watch the substitute actor that they had for a year and neither did anyone else as they got Clayton Moore back in. Couldn't watch the remake with Johnny Depp as the Indian sidekick either, Growing up in the 50s and 60s was a different time, there were heroes on TV that you looked up to, not like today's stars, part of the problem with society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 FETV (Dish CH 082-00) is running the original Lone Ranger shows in order. Currently @ S3-Ep15 from 18 DEC 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 55 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Even when I was a kid I could not buy into the "good" guy wearing a mask idea. These old westerns were super low budget pot boilers for the early days of TV when basically any show would draw an audience. Now with virtually unlimited content from around the world aimed at the prime age group of 18 to 34 I don't think a half-dozen 70+ year old SASS shooters are much of an audience for a new show. Can't deny the fact that The Lone Ranger Clayton Moore series, has been continuously running in re-runs on many channels here and overseas. LR has never been off the air, since its first episode in 1949. Stations that have dropped it had letters and phone calls to put it back on the air, and many did. There are still many Forums on Facebook dedicated to either the Lone Ranger, Tonto, or Clayton Moore. His daughter also is a member and contributes frequently to some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439 said: Couldn't watch the remake with Johnny Depp as the Indian sidekick Don't forget the 1980's repop with Klinton Spilsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 In contrast the Johnny Depp version really sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Don't forget the 1980's repop with Klinton Spilsbury. A lot of LR fans are giving this version a 2nd look now. It started out with fans upset at Wrather suing for Mr Moore to remove his mask and stop going around portraying the LR in public. This hurt the movie. But it has many good qualities to it also. Scenes were LR and tonto knew each other at a younger age as children and separation to not be seen again till the Ranger massacre by Cavendish. This was a story line on radio and also in a comic book story. So for many it was a first time of hearing this. So this version is getting a revival and 2nd look by fans. There aren't many that are fans of the Johnny Depp version and that WD was going to make a sequel if it suceeded. Many also have noted that Depp maybe responsible for killing any future endeavors into another movie. Many have written the white on Depp face comes from the bird pooping on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I was entertained by the Depp version. And that's why I watch movies. The old TV show? It was OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I thought the Depp version was pure unadulterated, diamond studded, star spangled trash. Just my opinion, but then I thought Gone With The Wind was a waste of time and celluloid, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I thought the Depp version was pure unadulterated, diamond studded, star spangled trash. Just my opinion, but then I thought Gone With The Wind was a waste of time and celluloid, too. I had a few dates with an absolutely beautiful Miss Virginia runner up. Took her to a showing of Gone With The Wind. I wasn't real smart back then, she cried and I cracked up. OOPS! I love when one of these threads kicks up something I haven't thought of in years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 PWB, is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Any Lone Ranger thread has to include this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: PWB, is that you? Good eye! Yes, it is. Banquet at Standoff at Smokey Point (2013) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Clayton Moore as a bad guy in Shane. In the credits he is listed as Rex Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 13 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Clayton Moore as a bad guy in Shane. In the credits he is listed as Rex Moore. With an empty gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I have Clayton Moore's book called, I Was That Masked Man. A lot of good stories about the filming of the series. How they used to change into costume at a gas station washroom before catching the studio bus to take them to the filming site. The two different Silvers, just a lot of neat behind the scenes stuff. Did you ever wonder how they rolled down a hill or in a fist fight and their hat never fell off? Hospital tubing inside the sweat band and then crammed onto their head. A really good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Before the T.V. version with Moore, I listened to the radio show with Brace Beamer as the Lone Ranger. I think Jay Silverheels did the voice of Tonto on the radio, too. IIRC, the radio version was a half-hour at 6:00 PM Monday, Wednesday and Friday,on WLS in Chicago. I used to get real upset if my folks wanted to go out to eat or something and I'd miss the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Trigger Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Also recently watched from start to finish "The Rifleman" and "Wanted Dead or Alive." Both held up fairly well, but there was clearly a pre-defined Grammar that the shows strictly adhered to that made the stories a bit repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Old enough to remember the family around the radio, a console about the size of a small jukebox. Lone Ranger, Gangbusters, Green Hornet, Amos and Andy, Fibber Mc Gee & Molly and more I have forgot. Magical because your brain filled in the visuals and all of the "special effects" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Old enough to remember the family around the radio, a console about the size of a small jukebox. Lone Ranger, Gangbusters, Green Hornet, Amos and Andy, Fibber Mc Gee & Molly and more I have forgot. Magical because your brain filled in the visuals and all of the "special effects" Yup. And then we got a 12” Zenith TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Trigger Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 It looks like the full episodes of the entire five seasons are available on YouTube The Lone Ranger - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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