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   On Thursday, June 11, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Patrick Neve wrote:   
   > On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Jerry Hull wrote:   
   >    
   > > On 11 Jun 98 12:28:48 GMT, "Harald Wiester"   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >    
   > > >As far as I know, the famous Secret Word "Hi-ho Silver" "Away!" was Ike   
   > > >Willis´ spontaneous idea. But where did it originate in the american   
   > > >culture? Where was the concept of "The lone Ranger" firt mentioned? As a   
   > > >German, I don´t know if it was from a certain book, film, show.    
   > > >   
   > > >I´m askin that because "hi-ho silver" was on TV yesterday. In a James   
   > > >Stewart film from 1941. A funny guy sat on a rodeo-machine and some woman   
   > > >made fun of him saying "hi-ho silver, away!"   
   > >    
   > > "The Lone Ranger" was a hit radio show before the advent of TV, & then   
   > > a hit TV show.   
   Radio show aired in the afternoon (still light out) in the very late 1940's   
   when I listened.   
   >    
   >    
   > Hm.. wasn't it a theater serial before it was on TV?  We're talkin' 1938   
   > here, I think that's when kids used to flock to the theaters every   
   > saturday afternoon to see continuing installments of "cliffhangers", such   
   > as Flash Gordon.    
   I was in grade school and attending the Saturday movie theater offerings   
   somewhere on either side of 1950 (1950 being the first time I remember, when a   
   New Year began).  We had two theaters available near where I lived, the one   
   with the continuing action    
   was 19 cents admission and Flash Gordon was one.  I don't remember the Lone   
   Ranger, except on the radio during this time.  Gene Autrey, Hopalong Cassidy,   
   Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Lash Larue (he had a whip) were recurring cowboy   
   movies at that time.     
   Hopalong visited with a group of mentally disabled boys and girls that I was   
   allowed to go with to meet him, Hopalong handed out signed pictures all the   
   while talking to his agent (not making eye contact with any of the kids).  The   
   disabled kids didn't    
   notice but I did and lost all respect for the man!   
   >    
   > And in response to the guess that it was ripped off from Zane Grey, my   
   > guess would be that if it was ripped off it would have been from    
   > "The Cyclone Ranger", a western from 1935.   
      
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