Hi-Yo Silver! – The History of The Lone Ranger

If you’re like most folks, when you hear the finale to the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini you think of The Lone Ranger.  Did you know that they selected the William Tell Overture as the Lone Ranger’s theme song because Rossini was long dead and there would be no royalties to pay?

You’ll learn that and a lot more about The Lone Ranger and Tonto if you check out Hi-Yo Silver, Away! 

Source: Uncle John’s Fully Loaded Bathroom Reader and Neatorama.