Editing The Masked Marshall TV Hour (section)

===Tonto and "Kemosabe"===
Tonto greets the Lone Ranger with the expression "kemosabe", which has also been written "Kemo Sabe" or "Kemo Sabhay". The origin of this expression is somewhat unclear, but James Jewell, an early director of the radio series, said the name comes from a boy's camp located on Mullett Lake, Michigan that his father-in-law had run from 1911 to 1941. The translation was said to mean "trusty scout." Fran Striker, the writer of the Lone Ranger scripts, said the actual expression was Ta-i ke-mo sah-bee, which he said meant "greetings trusty scout". In the pilot of the Clayton Moore TV series, "Enter the Lone Ranger", Tonto explicitly states that "Kemosabe" means "trusty scout".

However, the phrase "faithful friend" has also been associated with the term Kemo Sabe. One such instance was in the 20th anniversary broadcast of the radio show, which recapped the Ranger's origin. In the scene where the wounded Ranger awakens and recognizes Tonto, he says, "years ago, you called me Kemo Sabe." Tonto replies, "That right, and you still Kemo Sabe. It mean, 'faithful friend.'"

Various investigators have found other sources for this saying, some of them humorous and usually centering around the idea that "Kemo Sabe" is actually an insult or vulgarity. For instance, a Far Side comic strip has the long-since retired Lone Ranger discovering (in an Indian dictionary) that "Kemo Sabe" is an Apache expression for a "horse's rear end."

In the early 1970s, Jay Silverheels appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, playing Tonto, with Johnny Carson playing a career counselor. Tonto was seeking a new job after having spent "thirty lousy years" as the Ranger's faithful Indian companion. ("Him let me peek under mask once. No big deal!") As to why he was no longer working with the Masked Man, Tonto said, "Him find out what Kemo Sabe means!"

In Spanish, Tonto means "Fool". In English it was spoken "TAHNT-oh", vs. the Spanish "TONE-to". Regardless, it is spelled the same way, and in Spanish-speaking countries, the character was renamed "Toro", meaning "Bull". In the Potawatami language, the word is supposed to mean "Wild One". The Potawatomi were the tribe that he was mentioned as belonging to in the radio dramas. In certain Spanish-speaking parodies, the name "Tonto" was still widely used, perhaps because Tonto was seen as foolish for seemingly always being the one taking a beating from the townspeople, as with an early Bill Cosby routine in which Tonto is finally fed up.

    Lone Ranger: Tonto, you go to town.
    Tonto: You go to hell, Kemo Sabe!
    Lone Ranger: I want you to get the information.
    Tonto: Information say Tonto no go to town. That's what information say.

The punchline of a popular Lone Ranger joke of the 1950s (or earlier) has taken on a memetic status of its own. The joke goes something like: LR: "Tonto! We're surrounded by hostile indians!", Tonto: "What you mean WE, paleface?"

Later adaptations are notable for their efforts to remove the stereotypical elements of the Tonto character (e.g. his broken English) and change him into a proud and articulate warrior who is treated by the Ranger as an equal partner.