Best broadcasts of 1939-40 (1940)

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THE LONE RANGER Ranger. — Keep your hands away from guns! Pete. — Wha . . . what the . . . Ranger. — You’re covered! Loomis. — You! Voice 2. — That voice. That’s the crittur Snead had . . . Ranger. — Your pals are already roped and waiting for jail! Tonto. — Steady, scout! Ranger. — I’ll have you cut loose in just a minute, Kemo Sabay. Pete. — You stretched a rope between them trees! Ranger. — Of course, I did! That was the easiest way to catch you without giving you the chance to fire on Tonto! There you are, Tonto. Tonto. — Now, Tonto, rope um, feller! Ranger. — This will make five of the Brogan gang to take to the sheriff in town! Pete. — The jail ain’t made that’ll hold me! Ranger. — We’ll see about that! Tonto. — Put um hand behind back. Loomis. — I won’t do it! I (howl) ouchhh . . . Tonto. — That better. Ranger. — Make those ropes good and tight, Tonto! I guess we wont need to use the plan I had in mind to capture the Brogan outlaws. Pete. — They ain’t no plan that man ever made that’ll hold me ! I’m bigger’n the law ! The law don’t dare hold me ! My men will wipe out every town around here, if I ain’t let go! Music. — Tension interlude. Announcer. — When the Lone Ranger left the five outlaws, well tied, in the hands of the sheriff, he rode away, not realizing the terror that Brogan’s gang had brought to the entire region. Brogan, as a captive, had a lot to say, and the towns¬ people heard it . . . 2QI