NOT SO PRIME TIME



"LONE RANGER"

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This show ran from 1949 to the mid 50's. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto. Tonto called the Lone Ranger Kemosabe all the time and at the end of each show someone always asked "Who was that masked man?" Someone always found a silver bullet that he had left behind too.
This was the one show where a masked man was the good guy, you could always tell the good guys from the bad because the good guys wore white hats.
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THE ROY ROGERS SHOW

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This show began in 1951 and ran until 1957. Roy Rogers and his real wife Dale Evans stared along with Pat Brady, Penny was their niece, Bullet the dog and Nellybell, the old jeep.
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LASSIE(1954-74)

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The Martin family, Timmy, Paul and Ruth and of course Lassie.
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FURY AND MY FRIEND FLICKA
Fury and Flicka were stories about beautiful black horses and the boys and families that loved them. Who wouldn't love a horse that played with you and tried to keep you safe? In Fury Peter Graves played Jim Newton and Bobby Diamond was Joey. They lived on a ranch called the Broken Wheel Ranch.

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In Flicka, Gene Evans was Rob McLaughlin, Anita Louise played Nell and Johnny Washbrook was Ken.

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After watching both these shows I begged my parents for a horse but they were having none of that.
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LITTLE RASCALS

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Originally the Rascals began as Our Gang in the 30's, movies and a radio show came before tv. In the early 50's it hit your tv screen and became an instant success. This was a bunch of neighborhood kids who got together and usually led by Alfalfa and his imagination, worked together to make money by means of putting on plays and charging admittion to see them. Butch was the bully of the neighborhood who tried to terrorize them all at different times (especially Alfalfa) and tried to entice Darla away from Alfalfa. It was one of my favorite morning shows. Below are some of the tv actors who so ably played the Little Rascals
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"Hop-A-Long Cassidy"(1950)

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Hop-A-Long Cassidy played by "William Boyd" started out making movies in the 30's and 40's but in 1950 tv and radio came along and he was offered a chance to participate in this medium. He owned the rights to many of his movies and he proceded to edit them into 1 hour shows that aired. He then made 40-30 minute shows and all were a big success.
Hoppy tried to capture the bad guys instead of shooting them, he always let them shoot first and he was never seen kissing the girls. This show had some great action scenes with lots of great stunts.
Gabby Hayes was one of his sidekicks called "Windy Halliday",another one was Rand Brooks who plalyed "Lucky Jenkins" and Edgar Buchanan played "Red Conners". Hoppy's beautiful white horse was called "Topper".


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