Ranger Bob, Orlando's TV Icon

Through the 1990's in Orlando, if you turned on your television, you were bound to see a comic character with a cowboy hat - the one and only Ranger Bob. This week, we meet the man behind the mustache, and learn the history of how an Orlando icon was born.

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Thank you to Tim Trombitas for being on this episode - and letting us make a profile of his incredible life. Check out more Ranger Bob history at his website here!

Read more about monster make-up artist Patrick Tantalo here!

Watch the clips used in this episode

TV 18 Buckaroo Club Open

WUHF TV Powww 1981 Promo

Wet & Wild

The Gravemaster TV 18

The Gravemaster Montage

All of the music was originally composed.