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Originally Posted by tvbound
...Being such a big part of my Saturday morning youth (followed by Sky King), it's sad to see it go.
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That was similar to my Saturday Mornings, mine were The Lone Ranger, Howdy Doody Show, Circus Boy (Mickey Dolenz) and Sky King. A couple of years later the Beatles cartoon show.
I never forgot this story told by comedian Jay Thomas, you might remember him from the David Letterman Show and annual football toss. Unfortunately he passed away a couple of years ago, but once on Letterman he told about when he was young and was a radio DJ in the Carolina's and Clayton Moore in full Lone Ranger gear was making an appearance for the station. It was time to take Clayton to the airport to catch his flight.
Jay is driving the Lone Ranger to the airport and they have a minor fender bender. Jay and another DJ, who he said looks like a dirty David Lee Roth, get out of the car and they both with long hair and dressed like hippies, get into a loud verbal argument with the other driver. Jay said, I'm calling the cops, and the other guy said, who do you think the cops are going to believe, you hippies or an old man like me. Then the Clayton Moore in his Lone Ranger outfit gets out of the car and said, 'They'll believe me, citizen". The other guy said in astonished voice, 'I didn't know it was you'.
