Re: Palindromic movie

gwh wrote:

The "familiar" tune was the theme to the old "Lone Ranger" show. If it
has a particular name, I don't know it.

There's an old gag that an intellectual is somebody who can
listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking about
the Lone Ranger.

I'm not quite sure what that makes you, though...
.

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