Tag: Randy Lewis

Randy Lewis has been writing about rock and pop music for the Los Angeles Times since the 1980s, but he’s dropping by the Hero Complex to reconnect with a childhood hero — and that hero’s sweet ride. When I saw the first billboards go up for “The Green Hornet,” I’ll confess I got a little adrenaline rush — not so much at the prospect of whatever adventure lay in store for the Hornet, a.k.a. newspaper publisher Britt Reid, or even for his martial-arts-expert valet, Kato. No, my heart jumped when I caught that initial glimpse of the hero’s sweet ride, the Black Beauty. I was 13 when “The Green Hornet” TV series debuted in the wake of the surprise success of “Batman.” The voiced-over introduction — “Another challenge for the Green Hornet!” — that launched each episode as trumpeter Al ...