Lone Ranger an education, making infrequent appearances on the series whenever Fran Striker wanted to remind the audience of the family connection, and would later become part of "The Green Hornet" radio series, first appearing on October 22, 1936, establishing the connection between The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet in the episode "Too Hot to Handle" (November 11, 1947) and being played throughout the series by John Todd, who played "Tonto" on "The Lone Ranger" radio series. According to the episode "The Legend of Silver" (September 30, 1938), before acquiring Silver, the Lone Ranger rode a chestnut mare called Dusty. The
Lone Ranger man. </poem> In addition, Fran Striker and George W. Trendle drew up the following guidelines that embody who and what the Lone Ranger is: Although the Lone Ranger's last name in the radio shows was given as Reid, his first name was never specified in any of the radio or television shows. Various radio reference books, beginning with "Radio's Golden Age" (Eastern Valley Press, 1966), give the Lone Ranger's first name as John. Some cite the 20th anniversary radio program in 1953 as the source of the name, but the Lone Ranger's first name is never mentioned in that episode.