Thank you for this Post, you reminded me of my childhood. #NDD 🌸
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This photo brings back so many fond memories ages and ages ago of my childhood. I miss all the old TV children's programmes from back then when TV had real quality.
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The Paley Center for Media
We couldn't let #nationaldogday go by without celebrating one of TV's goodest dogs. Though there are multiple probable origin stories for the story of Lassie, most of us know the character as written by Eric Knight in the short story turned novel 'Lassie Come-Home.' Published in 1940, Knight's novel was filmed by MGM in 1943, with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal appeared under the stage name "Lassie" in six other MGM feature films through 1951. In 1954, the Lassie television series debuted, running for 17 seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. It is the fifth longest-running U.S. primetime television series. The show's titular character was portrayed in the two pilots by Pal, the original MGM Lassie, then Pal's son Lassie Junior performed until retiring in 1959 to battle cancer (he recovered). As of 2015, Lassie is still a family business and is played by the tenth generation direct descendant of the original line. Fun fact, though the character of Lassie is female, Lassie has always been played by male dogs. This is in part because their larger size helped make child actors look a bit smaller. In this picture along with John Provost (Timmy) is most likely Baby, the fourth dog to play the role. #Lassie #gooddog
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