ON this date in 1949 - "The Lone Ranger" premiered on ABC.

Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto...

Bun Man and Mr. Purple actually auditioned for the part and were seen as the faves until Mr. Purple dropped one of the dimes to keep the mechanical horse running outside the grocery store and the Show's producers caught on to the charade...

Took a long time for Bun to get over that one.