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orzel-w
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | However, the closing scene in practically every episode is obviously designed to have the last line delivered by a character who was in the story, and that character always includes the title of the series.
"Who was that masked man?"
"Why, EVERYBODY knows him! He's . . . The Lone Ranger!" |
Don't forget the lines in-between...
"Who was that masked man?"
"I don't know, but he left this silver bullet."
"A silver bullet? Why, that was The Lone Ranger!"
And while we're discussing authentic western garb vs (super)hero costumes, consider the Cisco Kid...
Prior to the mid-1950s TV Westerns were aimed at kids, so conventions derived from comic books were the norm. Then in the mid-'50s we began hearing the term "adult Westerns" as the target audience shifted to the grown-ups.
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Gord Green
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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"Oh Cisco....."
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Bud Brewster
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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'Ooooh, Poncho!"
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Would have been a hoot & a holler to have seen a Lone Ranger & Tonto crossover with Cisco & Poncho. Perhaps in a feature film. I'd have loved to have seen the Lone Ranger & Tonto team up in one of Roy Rogers' movies. |
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orzel-w
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Notice that all the main characters needed sidekicks to converse with (whether in Westerns or other genres) because there is no convention in audio-visual media equivalent to the "overarching omniscient perspective" that is available in literature to convey information to the audience. This was/is accomplished in audio-visual media, as well as some literature, by conversations between the main character and his sidekick...
The Lone Ranger and Tonto
The Cisco Kid and Pancho
The Green Hornet and Kato
Batman and Robin
Green Arrow and Speedy
Captain America and Bucky
Red Ryder and Little Beaver
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes
Gene Autry and Pat Buttram or Smiley Burnette
Sky King and Penny
Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Achilles and Patroclus
Moses and Aaron
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee
Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles
Captain Kirk and Mr Spock (and Dr McCoy)
Ralph Hinkley and Bill Maxwell
Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo
Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey
Ren and Stimpy
3-D Danny and Bazark
Big Jon and Sparkie
...and many more...
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Gord Green
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Don't forget Beany and Cecil the seasick sea serpent!
The Shadow and Margo Lane (Lois's sister?)
Great point Orzel!
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| The character of Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin)was created in order to have Secret Service Agent James West as someone to talk to regarding the plot of an episode and its developments along the way. As the show went on, the part of Arty grew because Martin was such a fine actor and could bring comedy to the show that a serious Jim West could not. |
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