Old-Time Radio

   I remember listening to The Lone Ranger. There was always Tonto and often a half-breed lying under a tavern window, posing as sleeping, but actually gathering information for the Lone Ranger. I didn't know what a half-breed was, but was aware it was a kind of inferior person. 

    My father was interested in detective stories, magazines like True Crimes and radio shows, such as The Fat Man, The Thin Man, The Shadow, though I think the last-named may have been a favorite of my brother, who would sit in a chair in front of the wooden Silvertone radio, his eyes focused on the small green lighted "eye' on the top of the dial. Don't get between his line of sight. I think my father's favorite may have been a show called Gangbusters, which simulated reality law enforcement calls.  I myself  preferred a show called  Boston Blackie.  (Oops.