The Lone Ranger
Cannonball McKay
TV Flash files “Cannonball McKay” as hour 16 of 221 in the TV Flash guide — The Lone Ranger (1949–1957) on ABC, season 1, episode 16, aired 1949-12-29, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E16: listed hour 16 of 221 in the The Lone Ranger guide, hour 16 of 52 in season 1. It aired 1949-12-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Old Joe's Sister” (S01E15). Next is “The Man Who Came Back” (S01E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Cannonball McKay sit in the The Lone Ranger guide?
S01E16 is listed hour 16 of 221 — hour 16 of 52 in season 1, season 1 episode 16.
When did The Lone Ranger S01E16 air?
Cannonball McKay aired 1949-12-29 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Clayton Moore opposite Jay Silverheels — the silhouette the merch was built on — and let the William Tell Overture do the rest.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Lone Ranger is Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, and the William Tell Overture as kids'-western liturgy. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels defined masked justice for a merchandising generation. Watch it now as the purest children's western brand of early TV — plus the casting-war lore of John Hart's brief mask.
Flash: a mask, a silver bullet, and the *William Tell* Overture already louder than whoever is trying to call this kids' western a text. ABC, 1949–1957, after a long-running radio drama: Clayton Moore as the masked former Texas Ranger, Jay Silverheels as Tonto, 221 episodes across five seasons of black-and-white justice with merchandising in the wings. Hi-Yo Silver was not a whisper. It was lunchbox scripture. The museum guard can catalog the silhouette. The rope line was already selling the mask.
Filed against
- Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger
Clayton Moore played the Lone Ranger — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids'-western liturgy. Jay Silverheels beside him, masked justice for a merchandising generation. TV Flash files him as 1950s children's…
- Jay Silverheels as Tonto
Jay Silverheels’s Tonto made The Lone Ranger a two-person liturgy — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids’-western scripture. Clayton Moore beside him, merchandising as a generation’s justice. TV Flash files him…
- John Hart as The Lone Ranger (replacement seasons)
John Hart wore the mask in The Lone Ranger’s replacement seasons — Hi-Yo Silver, a silver bullet, the William Tell Overture as kids’-western liturgy. Clayton Moore defined the brand; Hart is the casting-war footnote that still rode. TV…