Pluggers by Rick McKee for August 16, 2020

in my childhood’s case, it’d be Darkwing Duck as well as Batman: The Animated Series … those were the days, the early 1990s

Tonto and kemosabe. Silver and the William Tell Overture. Radio static every time the well pump turned on. Mom giving me a bowl of popcorn with war time margarine on it as we listened to ’"The Lone Ranger" together.

Ranger ’s Mask covered upper face not lower face ;-)

But real gentlemen wear monocles, bowties, and bowler hats.

The “Adventures of Superman” was only broadcast in our area early in the morning. I used to watch it while waiting for my ride to school. That program was followed by “Amos & Andy”. Us kids rarely commented about the Superman show, but we were all hip to who Kingfish, Sapphire, & Ramona were. Odd, eh?

Hopalong Cassidy, Sea Hunt.

Let us not forget the Durango Kid! Or the few (and much more obscure) Western heroes whose masks actually covered their mouths and noses:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vigilante

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_the_Steel_Whip

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daredevil_Rides_Again

And, the only one of this latter group really worth remembering:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro%27s_Black_Whip

Does that mean that fake men DON’T wear masks? Heh, reminds me of a commercial, “Beef: Real food for real people”. Doe that mean that broccoli is fake food for fake people? :D :D :D

@Bigger than Stuttgart: Some of us pluggers aren’t conned by Don the Con .

Remember listing to the Green Hornet, Lone Ranger and others on the big console radio in the living room. When we got TV, watched the Saturday morning westerns – Lone Ranger, Hop Along Cassidy, Sky King, Rin Tin Tin, etc. I’d get so engrossed that I didn’t notice the lines on the screen or the flickers when mom would turn on the dryer or the vacuum cleaner.

but they don’t wear them over their mouth and nose!

Until I got used to wearing a mask at work, I told myself super heroes have to wear them and fight super villains

I just have to stock groceries

Good toon!

But HIS mask covered his eyes, not his breathing apparatus.

“real men” seriously??? oh MY EYES MY EYES MY EYES – come on 1st American type buddy let’s go!!!!!surprised that cancel culture hasn’t taken on the “lone ranger” and his Indian sidekick who wore buckskin and a sixgun instead of using bow and arrow and called the ranger (old day police officer) kemosabe which meant white guy with stetson (I made that last part up) just read the very latest “mask” information and what some of those “protective” masks are really doing to us and others.