# The Lone Ranger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456 "2026-02-06T23:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/81 "2026-02-18T22:41:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > > > although I doubt that Apaches wore fringed buckskin shirts and pants. > > [Apache Tribe Clothing - The History Junkie](https://thehistoryjunkie.com/apache-tribe-clothing/) I learn something every day from this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/82 "2026-02-18T23:24:43Z")
I remember watching color and b&w reruns on TV happily enough in the 1970s. Even then I could sense that the part of “The William Tell Overture” they used for the theme music was (arguably) the greatest music for horses ever written. I only recall one episode in particular, probably because it made me reflect on the competitive spirit as a driving force of ambition and personal satisfaction. There was a German doctor involved with criminals who believed he was the fastest gun in the West. LR encountered him maybe a couple times in the course of the episode, warning him that no matter how fast he thought he was, there was always someone faster. Inevitably, LR and the doc duelled it out at the climax and the latter ended up with a bloody (or should I say, chocolatey?) hand after his gun was shot out. LR reminded him once again there is always someone faster…leaving the viewer with the disturbing yet unavoidable conclusion that someone exists who is a faster draw than LR. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/83 "2026-02-18T23:30:37Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > the part of “The William Tell Overture” they used for the theme music was (arguably) the greatest music for horses ever written. I beg to differ. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aF5nhMIyeqI/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/aF5nhMIyeqI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDaF5nhMIyeqI&start=143 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g4roeRAP2TY/maxresdefault.jpg "Every Time "Light Cavalry Overture" Was Played in Classic Looney Tunes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4roeRAP2TY) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/84 "2026-02-19T01:27:44Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I beg to differ. Two great choices. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/85 "2026-02-19T05:17:27Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > the theme music was (arguably) the greatest music for horses ever written. I though the 1812 Overture was commissioned by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice! Cereal, “Shot from Guns.” ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/86 "2026-02-26T19:59:57Z")
It was sign of coming to manhood, Kemo Sabe. Could be adjust and embellished as needed. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456/87 "2026-02-26T20:05:18Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > There are some voices that stand out from back then that instantly take me back in time. Clayton Moore is one and Adam West is another. So is this guy. I’ve lost count of how many different series I’ve seen him in. [Rupert Vansittart - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889338/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456.md?page=4)