Thunder - A wild black stallion that befriended eight-year-old Cindy Prescott (Melora Hardin), her young neighbor, Willie (Justin Randi), and his stubborn mule Cupcake on the Saturday morning live-action adventure THUNDER/NBC/1977-78. The series was developed by the producer/writer of the horse adventure FURY/NBC/1955-60 and shot in Round Valley, north of Bishop, California. Thunder (real name: Ott) and Cupcake were owned by Bobby Davenport. Cupcake the mule was trained to "Burp" on camera. Thunder played in the Universal remake of Black Beauty (1978). The popular western lawman Red Ryder (Rocky Lane/Bill Elliott) from the TV/Movie adventure series RED RYDER also rode a black stallion called Thunder. On the radio the Red Ryder got his horse moving by saying "Roll, Thunder, Roll."  

   

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