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Hard as it may be to believe today, after Hollywood’s numerous big budget box-office disaster reboots of the subject, the Lone Ranger once ruled American pop culture, this during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels exemplified the quintessential Lone Ranger and Tonto that we know and respect so well, but it wasn’t always so.
In 1940, during the golden years of studio animation, MGM turned out a cartoon parody of the Lone Ranger, this being The Lonesome Stranger. The villains are stereotypical Mexican bandidos (voiced by Mel Blanc), the Lonesome Stranger himself is a not-overly bright Caucasian, and the horse, Sliver (a parody of Silver) is a stereotyped-for-the-day parody of Jack Benny’s valet, Rochester.
The animation, all hand-drawn of course, is superb, but the storyline and character development, well, see for yourself.
Source: neatorama