The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1980–1982)
"The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour" (original title)

An animated series following the adventures of two classic action heroes. In the jungles of Africa, Tarzan discovers strange tribes and battles evil forces with the help of his monkey, ... See full summary »

Stars:

William Conrad, Henry Darrow, Robert Ridgely

Cast

Credited cast:
William Conrad	...	The Lone Ranger (1980) (voice) (as J. Darnoc)
Henry Darrow	...	Zorro (Don Diego) (voice)
Robert Ridgely	...	Tarzan (voice)
Julio Medina	...	Miguel (voice)
Eric Mason	...	Capt. Ramon (voice)
Ivan Naranjo	...	Tonto
Don Diamond	...	Sgt. Gonzalez (voice)
Socorro Valdez	...	Gov. Gen. Garcia (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ismael 'East' Carlo	...	Gaspar (voice)
Carl Rivas	...	Gov. Gen. Don Alejandro (voice)

Storyline

An animated series following the adventures of two classic action heroes. In the jungles of Africa, Tarzan discovers strange tribes and battles evil forces with the help of his monkey, Cheetah (Jane is nowhere to be found). In the American Wild West, The Lone Ranger, with the help of his partner, Tonto, defends the rights of the weak against various outlaws and desperados.

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Plot Keywords:

jungle | mask | gorilla | based on radio series | based on novel | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Adventure | Western

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Details

Official Sites:

Classic Media - The Lone Ranger Entertainment Rights - The New Adventures of Zorro

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmation Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

A Classic!

For a kid growing up in the early 1980s, this was about as good as it could get: Tarzan, the Lone Ranger AND Zorro, all in one place!

I recently acquired a videotape of some animated Lone Ranger episodes, so my commentary will focus on that portion of the show. The series seems to hold up well. The stories are fun and exciting, plenty of action (they sneak in an educational message, but I won't hold that against them). William Conrad does a fine Lone Ranger, and Ivan Naranjo's Tonto is pretty good, too.

The animation... well, it's pretty typical Filmation. The characters look good, and the backgrounds are fantastic (almost 3-D in places), but you get a little tired of watching the same stock footage all the time (like that same shot of the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding towards, then away from the camera -- how many times can you show that in one episode?)

But little things like that don't really matter. Unlike some favorite childhood series, I can watch these old Lone Ranger cartoons and not wonder what I was thinking. It reminds me of the days when cartoons existed just to entertain (and educate!), rather than sell toys.