Masked heroes for children
The Lone Ranger and Friends
The after-school adventure serial, aimed squarely at children and sponsored just as squarely by their parents' cereal money.
1938 – 1955 · 5 stops · 1h 42m
- 1
The formula in its familiar quarter-hour shape.
- 2
The all-American schoolboy hero, built the same way.
- 3
A cowboy hero built entirely around a cereal sponsor's premium offers.
- 4
Aviation adventure, the era's other fascination for young listeners.
- 5
The masked man's own holiday episode.
