[Ads-l] My work here is done

[Peter Reitan]

A glance at this subject line repeated several times in my inbox made me think there was a mass retirement, or exodus from the list for some reason.
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=0AThanks for pointing out the YouTube channel.=0A =0AI've looked at a numb=
er of episodes (but far from all; that would be a task). I did turn up a ha=
ndful of episodes where the Lone Ranger says something like "Tonto, our wor=
k here is finished." Or "Tonto, our job is done here."=0A =0AIt really does=
 look like a misremembered line along the lines of "Badges, we don't need n=
o stinking badges." And it was hardly a routine signoff to the episodes.=0A=
 =0A =0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: "Stephen Goranson" <goranson at DUK=
E.EDU>=0ASent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:17pm=0ATo: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA=
.EDU=0ASubject: Re: [ADS-L] My work here is done=0A=0A=0A=0AAnother charact=
er says this about him:=0A"He's gone, Dad; he never stays around once his w=
ork is done."=0Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRb7ORC_sCnY=0A1.03=0A____=
____________________________=0AFrom: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSE=
RV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of dave at wilton.net <dave at WILTON.NET>=0ASent: Wednesda=
y, October 18, 2023 11:53 AM=0ATo: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.U=
GA.EDU>=0ASubject: My work here is done=0A=0A=0ALanguagehat has a nice writ=
e up on the catchphrase "my work here is done." [ https://urldefense.com/v3=
/__https://languagehat.com/my-work-here-is-done/__;!!OToaGQ!uETnWgs-cV_1IqM=
radPPA8VOBMuCCoNL_Upg7FhsfjVw02tjaWFlAFK2EAeRB1u-Hrx_DhDvBLJb$ ]( https://u=
rldefense.com/v3/__https://languagehat.com/my-work-here-is-done/__;!!OToaGQ=
!uETnWgs-cV_1IqMradPPA8VOBMuCCoNL_Upg7FhsfjVw02tjaWFlAFK2EAeRB1u-Hrx_DhDvBL=
Jb$ )=0A=0AThe catchphrase is almost universally attributed to the Lone Ran=
ger, but I have been unable to find an actual example from an episode of th=
e radio show or television series that uses the phrase.=0A=0AOf course, mos=
t of the episodes are not readily available, and even fewer have been trans=
cribed to make them readily searchable. (I listened to a number of the radi=
o recordings but gave it up as being too time consuming before finding an e=
xample.)=0A=0AThere are probably examples out there, but I'm beginning to w=
onder if this is an example of the Mandela effect.=0A=0ADoes anyone have an=
y ideas on where to look?=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A-----------------------------------=
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