The Memorial Day Parade 2011 went off as planned yesterday. From the lobby I could hear the sirens and the sounds of music drifting from the streets downtown. At 1:00 Lynn and Vincent were off to the parade. Vincent took along my camera to take pictures of my childhood favorite...The Lone Ranger. Yes, he was there with his silver bullets and his trusty steed, Silver. Walking along side of the Lone Ranger was Tonto, his friend. As a child I loved watching the Lone Ranger get the bad guys and it taught me that to be a law-abiding citizen was the best way to live. It was a wonderful parade and I love the pictures that Vincent took for me of a childhood hero.
2 comments:
Hi Marietta,
I had the pleasure of working with some of the guys that did the Lone Ranger. A very dear friend was the Foley operator on the show who later became a director (we did Kelly & Co. together). He had some great stories about them. The radio Tonto (John Todd) was an English Professor at Wayne State and used to practice his grunts in the hallway at the station! Brings back a lot of memories since we lived near WXYZ radio and I spent one summer "on the air" with Fred Wolf and as part of my reward at the end of summer got to see where the Ranger was broadcast. It was in the upstairs bedroom of a mansion on Jefferson Avenue. I was in the 6th grade then little knowing that when I graduated college I would spend most of my working life with these same guys at WXYZ. You never know where life will take you.
Chuck (Farol's friend)
Wow! That's quite a memory, Chuck.
I remember Fred Wolf..what an experience to work with him. Thanks for sharing!
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