Often known as "the other Lone Ranger" to Clayton Moore's definitive portrayal, John Hart nonetheless did fill the role for 52 episodes in 1952-53 while Moore was furloughed. In addition to reprising his role here, Hart again played the Lone Ranger a year later in the "Hi-Yo Fonzie" episode of Happy Days (1974).
The title is from the song "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" was performed by Willie Nelson in the 1979 film The Electric Horseman.
Bill's quote of "Pressure makes diamonds" he attributed to General George S. Patton was an actual quote.
Clayton Moore who first played The Lone Ranger (1949) played in the later show The Greatest American Heroine (1986).
Pam mentioned the "new Disney flick." When originally aired, the two most recent Disney movies, released the month before, were The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), which starred Robert Culp's former co-star Bill Cosby, and Amy (1981).