The Lone Ranger (1980 TV series)

The Lone Ranger is an American animated television series produced by Filmation in 1980. The series ran for 28 episodes over two seasons on CBS as part of The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour.[1]

The Lone Ranger
GenreAnimated series
Voices of
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes28
Production
Producer(s)
Production company(s)Filmation
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 13, 1980 (1980-09-13) –
January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30)

Unlike the 1966 Lone Ranger cartoon, which strayed into science-fiction and comic book plots, the 1980 version stuck to more standard Western fare.[2] The plots included real figures from American history, including President Ulysses S. Grant and Nellie Bly.[3]

Episode list

Season One (1980–81) – 16 Episodes

  1. "Hanga, the Night Monster" – September 13, 1980
  2. "The Yellowstone Conspiracy" – September 20, 1980
  3. "The Escape" – September 27, 1980
  4. "The Great Balloon Race" – October 4, 1980
  5. "The President Plot" – October 18, 1980
  6. "Tall Timber" – October 25, 1980
  7. "Blowout" – November 1, 1980
  8. "The Abduction of Tom Sawyer" – November 8, 1980
  9. "The Silver Mine" – November 15, 1980
  10. "The Valley of Gold" – November 22, 1980
  11. "The Wildest Wild West Show" – November 29, 1980
  12. "The Black Mare" – December 6, 1980
  13. "The Renegade" – December 20, 1980
  14. "The Great Land Rush" – January 10, 1981
  15. "The Memory Trap" – January 17, 1981
  16. "The Runaway" – January 24, 1981

Season Two (1981–82) – 12 Episodes

  1. "Photo Finish" – September 19, 1981
  2. "Walk a Tight Wire" – September 26, 1981
  3. "High and Dry" – October 3, 1981
  4. "The Ghost Wagons" – October 10, 1981
  5. "The Great Train Treachery" – October 31, 1981
  6. "Blast-Out" – November 7, 1981
  7. "Renegade Roundup" – November 21, 1981
  8. "Front Page Cover-Up" – January 2, 1982
  9. "Unnatural Disaster" – January 9, 1982
  10. "Showdown on the Midnight Queen" – January 16, 1982
  11. "Banning's Raiders" – January 23, 1982
  12. "The Long Drive" – January 30, 1982

Cast

From 1982–83 season, The Lone Ranger series had continued on CBS on Sunday Morning at part of the mini CBS Lineup at Lone Ranger/Zorro, which ran for 30 minutes in short cut versions, starting with showing Zorro, then The Lone Ranger.

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 513–515. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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