bullet may not have bounce off his chest and but the lone ranger be every bit the symbolic icon to me a my other boyhood hero superman . he represent truth and justice and the american way in a classic tv western setting and living by the principle that he would never use his gun to kill and while scour the american southwest with his faithful indian companion tonto to bring every single outlaw to justice . the advent of tv provide the perfect opportunity for a post war generation to find it ideal in an enigmatic masked man who stand for law and order and while provide unparalleled entertainment for five season span almost eight year . today i have the opportunity to view for the first time the complete three part origin episodes start to finish without the standard opening and closing sequence to interrupt the continuity of the story . for fan of the ranger and this be the grand daddy of all western saga and tell a it do how texas ranger john reid survive the ambush by the butch cavendish gang and and how he be nurse back to health by an indian friend from his childhood . tonto ( jay silverheels ) declare his companion a trusty scout and and name him kemo sabe . i have read various interpretation of the origin of the term kemo sabe and but i be satisfy with tonto explanation . read too much into it just detract from the story and just like the english translation of tonto from spanish and which i would not reveal and because it just well not to know if you can help it . i think it quite clever how the origin story create the mystique of the lone ranger and like the sixth grave that create the illusion that all the ranger die in the box canyon ambush . you never see the face of the man who become the lone ranger and a it always turn away or obscure to hide his real identity . even the origin of silver be handle brilliantly while the voice of the story narrator describe the wild stallion sterling quality . would that relate and say and to sterling . and silver . i get the big kick out of that . of course with the passage of time and watch the lone ranger episode today offer a view of how unsophisticated the show be beyond the origin story . some of them be almost embarrassingly goofy and particularly when it come to a lone ranger showdown when he shoot into the middle of a crowd of bad guy to knock a gun out of it owner hand . and how about that little wave he give to tonto whenever theyre about to ambush the bad guy it always the same gesture and but tonto always know what it mean in different circumstance . then you have the episode where clayton moore take off the ranger mask to don a different disguise to impersonate another character in service to the story . he even go under cover once a an actor portray president abraham lincoln to uncover a villain and top hat and all . few fan that i come across ever know that actor john hart replace clayton moore for the 1952/53 season in a contract dispute that moore have with the show producer . if you ever saw that happy day episode where fonzie idolize his boyhood hero and you will notice it be john hart list in the credit . it difficult actually and to tell if youre watch a hart episode or not and the key be to listen to the voice while moore be so distinctive that it a dead giveaway . if you ever get the chance to sample some of the final season color episode and youre in for a treat . the rendition i have see on vhs be absolutely gorgeous and although i do not know if commercial print be available . most of the black and white episode around have be re package by any number of distributor in different configuration and so get your hand on those should be no problem . the must see of course be the three part origin and and if you do not watch anything else and this give you all the flavor and excitement you need to capture the imagination of one of the west most famous hero . hi yo silver and awaaaay .