# Green Hornet Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652 "2013-07-04T18:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/1 "2013-07-04T18:04:23Z")
I was watching this old show, and had a few questions: -how does the Green Hornet’s hat stay on (through fist fights)? Is it glued on? -The Hornet mobile-was it a Lincoln Continental? -is Kato nearsighted? One of the better 60’s shows…sadly forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/2 "2013-07-04T18:08:27Z")
The hat was pinned on. Black Beauty was a 1966 Imperial Crown sedan customized by Dean Jeffries. Kato had 20/20 vision. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/3 "2013-07-04T18:43:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The hat was pinned on. > Black Beauty was a 1966 Imperial Crown sedan customized by Dean Jeffries. But it wouldn’t go 200 mph, like Kato, in his role of Q, tells the Green Hornet of his 1940 two-door coupe. But wait! There’s more! The garage is secret and the door has electric eyes! I bet they’d even see in the dark! [**Free movie serial! Free movie serial!**](http://archive.org/details/quigs) But poor quality. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/4 "2013-07-05T01:13:14Z")
Don’t forget the Green Hornet was supposed to be the great-nephew of the Lone Ranger. His grandfather was the brother that the LR was out to avenge. I forget the LR’s brother’s name, but his own was John Reid, and the GH was Britt Reid. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/5 "2013-07-05T08:00:27Z")
The Lone Ranger’s brother was Dan Reid. I just watched the first episode of the televation series on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/6 "2013-07-05T13:19:56Z")
At this point I know we’re straying a bit from Green Hornet but the Lone Ranger show also had his nephew on it for a bit. His name was Dan and per the original radio serials, he’s Britt Reid’s father. Unfortunately, the two properties are owned by different groups now and the link is ignored except by folks like us who think it’s a great piece of trivia. I like the Green Hornet and I thought the show was OK. The main problem with it was that it was made by the same people as Batman (in Color!) and it had the same feel, but it wasn’t as over the top and wacky as Batman was, so they never really got the tone right. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/7 "2013-07-05T14:40:26Z")
The TV show played it straight, while Batman was played for laughs. Bill Dozier, who produced both, didn’t really care for superheros and it shows: the Green Hornet is desultory when it should be more bravura. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/8 "2013-07-05T16:40:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The TV show played it straight, while Batman was played for laughs. Bill Dozier, who produced both, didn’t really care for superheros and it shows: the Green Hornet is desultory when it should be more bravura. Something else about the two shows that I can’t help but now constantly notice: They hadn’t yet figured out that if you have a masked superhero you’ve got to supplement the mask with ‘blackout’ makeup under the mask, around the actors eyes & on their eyelids. Otherwise it looks really stupid! Compare [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&safe=off&hl=en&biw=1424&bih=739&tbm=isch&tbnid=8t_cv1lhamEcYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sodahead.com/fun/which-batman-movie-was-your-favorite-one/question-2130117/&docid=yK1RET8pO2Wc8M&imgurl=http://www.parade.com/features/superheroes/images/left-rail-michael-keaton-batman.jpg&w=190&h=276&ei=LvbWUZ3PBvSo4APv6YG4BQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:15,s:0,i:126&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=171&tbnw=127&start=0&ndsp=20&tx=43.20001220703125&ty=103.20001220703125#imgdii=_)to [this!](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&safe=off&hl=en&biw=1424&bih=739&tbm=isch&tbnid=lSUaawagLnqmlM:&imgrefurl=http://tomztoyz.blogspot.com/2011/01/batman-desktop-backgrounds-wacky.html&docid=MzEWC2sdWYgWrM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kjisMm3M9Y/TS3fNU-WVjI/AAAAAAAAOOs/0BBrOww1QpQ/s1600/1440%25252BX%25252B900%25252Badam%25252Bwest%25252Btv%25252Bbatman%25252B1966.jpg&w=1440&h=900&ei=-_XWUaSnN9TI4AOBjIHoDg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:9,s:0,i:114&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=165&tbnw=273&start=0&ndsp=23&tx=105.60000610351562&ty=91.80001831054687) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/9 "2013-07-07T02:23:59Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > They hadn’t yet figured out that if you have a masked superhero you’ve got to supplement the mask with ‘blackout’ makeup under the mask, around the actors eyes & on their eyelids. Otherwise it looks really stupid! Yeah, but in the comics, they have no eyeballs at all! So Batman should have looked like **this** : :eek: > **[Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&safe=off&hl=en&biw=1424&bih=739&tbm=isch&tbnid=lSUaawagLnqmlM:&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Ftomztoyz.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fbatman-desktop-backgrounds-wacky.html&docid=MzEWC2sdWYgWrM&imgurl=http:%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_2kjisMm3M9Y%2FTS3fNU-WVjI%2FAAAAAAAAOOs%2F0BBrOww1QpQ%2Fs1600%2F1440%25252BX%25252B900%25252Badam%25252Bwest%25252Btv%25252Bbatman%25252B1966.jpg&w=1440&h=900&ei=-_XWUaSnN9TI4AOBjIHoDg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:9,s:0,i:114&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=165&tbnw=273&start=0&ndsp=23&tx=105.60000610351562&ty=91.80001831054687#imgdii=lSUaawagLnqmlM%3A%3B-8S8Ri7Fnyj3bM%3BlSUaawagLnqmlM%3A)** ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/10 "2013-07-07T02:30:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The TV show played it straight, while Batman was played for laughs. Bill Dozier, who produced both, didn’t really care for superheros and it shows: the Green Hornet is desultory when it should be more bravura. It was more realistic, for sure (insofar as a heroic vigilante series can be realistic). What it really suffered from was the half-hour format, which limited story development. Batman had a half-hour format too, but each episode had two halves that aired at 6:30 (Central Time) on Wednesdays and Thursdays. So each story actually lasted an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/11 "2013-07-07T05:53:39Z")
In the TV show, did they hide the car upside-down, as in the movie? Just because I’m wondering how much modification you’d have to do to a car just to keep all the necessary fluids like oil and coolant from leaking out if you stored it upside-down. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/12 "2013-07-07T11:06:02Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > In the TV show, did they hide the car upside-down, as in the movie? Yup, that’s an homage. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-questions/662652/13 "2013-07-07T12:30:17Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > In the TV show, did they hide the car upside-down, as in the movie? Just because I’m wondering how much modification you’d have to do to a car just to keep all the necessary fluids like oil and coolant from leaking out if you stored it upside-down. 🙂 I watched that scene yesterday and had the same thought. It would seem to be a WHOLE LOT easier just to slide the cars sideways through secret doors, as opposed to an axial-spinning garage floor with precision grabbing clamps, and both vehicles having to be specially modified to allow for such storage. Jeez, just hide the car behind a false wall. :smack: