Lassie tv series simple english wikipedia, the free. When a young boy arrives at the ranger station with his day for several days of camping, he mentions feeding squirrels at a prior site, and had a bite on his finger. Corey and lassie visit a ranger whose wife is having trouble adjusting to her new life in the forest. Mar 17, 2017 the episode continues the logging balloon theme from the ride the mountain episode. Ranger corey and lassie take a troop of boy scouts for a camping trip during which lassie finds a young boy following them. Lassies final network season was done without any regular human cast at all, setting lassie up as a littest hobotype wanderer who stepped in and helped people with their problems.
The ranger years end at the end of the sixteenth season. Corey stuart first appeared in the series as a oneshot character in the tenth season episode, disappearance 1963. But when that plan falls through, corey and scott, the nfs fish hatchery agent, have to find the true cause of why all the young trout are being stunted and not growing. The series is about the adventures of a collie and her human and animal friends. Lassie is a fictional character created by eric knight. The ongoing saga of the martin family and their beloved collie, lassie. I would like to see releases of each of the series jeffs collie, lassie, including the ones with cloris leachman, ranger years, lassie alone, in order as they aired then you have a collection for lassie fans. During the seventeenth season, lassie is inexplicably left alone. He was on the ranger shows for two yearsbaby was the only lassie that did not live at least seventeen years.
Unfortunately others are gunning for the horse with real firearms. Lassie escapes from ranger bobs trailer to go to the hospital just as corey is transferred to another one. This takes place at the sanger ranger station in the eagle lake national forest. These years focus on the relationship between lassie and a young farm boy. The next seven years are about the dog and her forest ranger friends. Lassie and ranger corey are on a project in a 5,000 year old forest of bristlecone pines. But the pregnant deer is being stalked by a cougar, so while corey returns to the ranger station to get help for the doe, lassie gives chase after the big cat. Watch all 39 lassie episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. She is a female rough collie dog, and is featured in a short story that was later expanded to a fulllength novel called lassie comehome. The tone of many of the episodes changes as well, with an emphasis on wildlife, fire safety, and other nature issues. When a ranger at red oak station is attacked by a wounded bear, the wife and lassie must assist the ranger and deal with the bear. Gathering a selection of the best episodes from the lassie television series, this release is designed to celebrate 50 years of the diminutive canine.
Jun 05, 2007 my complaint with all of the lassie releases is that they are released piecemeal and with very few episodes in each collection. Mar 17, 2017 while supervising the cutting of the national christmas tree, ranger corey and lassie meet a young boy whose father is a navy lieutenant overseas currently missing. The season started off with a sevenpart story called, in its entirety, the saga of lassies puppies. The series was telecast in color starting this year. Ranger cory stewart arrives to visit the martins, only to discover they had moved. When lassie finds a doe that was struck by a car, she helps the injured animal to cover and then fetches corey. The new music was by nathan scott, whose distinctive style can be easily distinguished in the 1961 jet fighter movie, x15. Neeka appears in seven episodes in season 15 and four in season 16. Lassie then finds a place with ranger corey stuart robert bray and ends up facing a number of new adventures in different parts of the country. Lassie is an american television series that follows the adventures of a female rough collie dog named lassie and her companions, both human and animal. Donald keeler, gay goodwin, lee erickson, and tommy rettig lassie and.
A weekend camper, angered by the sale of virgin timber on the us forest service lands to a logging company, begins a systematic sabotage of equipment that rapidly escalates into an out and out brawl with ranger corey when the man kicks and injures lassie. Lassie girl in the scots language is a fictional female collie dog character and the stage name of a line of male dogs who have played her. With lassie, jon provost, june lockhart, hugh reilly. The show was the brainchild of television producer robert maxwell and animal trainer rudd weatherwax.
Jonathan bion jon provost born march 12, 1950 is an american actor, best known for his role as young timmy martin in the cbs series lassie. Season 12 color 196566 32 episodes lassie with ranger corey season color 196667 30 episodes lassie with ranger corey season 14 color 196768 28 episodes lassie with ranger corey cast. This episode opens with what would be an archtypical scene in the ranger years, lassie looking at and later wandering through scenes of forest animal life. Lassie saves from death an unpredictable stallion who has injured one person and almost hurt another, but in the process inadvertently frees the animal and sends its owner and corey hunting him in the hills with a tranquilizer gun. Stuart is a middle aged bachelor and a ranger with the united states forest service. Mar 08, 2017 lassie and ranger corey are on a project in a 5,000 year old forest of bristlecone pines. The show was the creation of producer robert maxwell and animal trainer rudd weatherwax and was televised from september 12, 1954, to march 25, 1973. The first four parts were later incorporated into a tv movie. Forest ranger corey stuart who appeared in a few episodes of season 10 and began to work with the u. Among the longestlived life forms on earth, the oldest pinus longaeva is more than 5,000 years old, making it the oldest known individual of any species. When a series of wildfires caused by lightening threaten an old sheepherders homestead, it is up to lassie and ranger corey to convince the old man to leave for safety.
This is a complete list of episodes of the lassie television series. Ctva us adventure lassie 3 with ranger corey wrather. Mark miranda then returns as andy lopez, one of the boys fostered at the holden ranch. Corey stuart is a fictional character in the longrunning television series, lassie 19541973. Lassie 19541974 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19. But the sheepherder will not leave his house, his flock, or his family. Despite all those forests to explore that corey talked about in the previous episode, and the theme of this episode being that in the. Cully gives lassie to cory, and the ranger years begin. Lassie and ranger corey get to meet another collie, lady when she and. All these videos have been recorded by me directly from overtheair broadcasts. Therefore, although the titles and dates of these episodes have been gleaned from other sources as cited on the contents page to this episode guide, any description and comments are mine. Seasons 1116 were the ranger years of the series, as lassie due to not being able to travel to australia with the martins after paul had gotten a job offer to teach agriculture there was taken in by u. All these videos have been recorded by me directly from over the air broadcasts. Lassie and ranger corey battle the rapids to string a chain line across the river to constrain the logs.
At the age of four, provost was cast in the film the country girl 1954, starring bing crosby and grace kelly. Lassie the alone years season 17 eps 7 natures child duration. Among the longestlived life forms on earth, the oldest pinus longaeva is more than 5,000 years old, making it the oldest known individual of. Please note that i have seen every episode of lassie as listed in this guide. Andre, a young frenchman, is following the scouts to learn from them as he knows nothing about woodcraft. Next day lassie brings together sue with a lonely soldier. She has three pups with his collie duke but the sergeant is under the mistaken belief a killer wild dog is the father. But when one of the pigeon flock falls into a tar pit after being chased by a cat, it is up to lassie to come to the birds rescue. The episode continues the logging balloon theme from the ride the mountain episode. While supervising the cutting of the national christmas tree, ranger corey and lassie meet a young boy whose father is a navy lieutenant overseas currently missing. Ranger corey stuart 19641968seasons 1114 a continuation from where timmy and lassie leaves off. A weekend camper, angered by the sale of virgin timber on the us forest service lands to a logging company, begins a systematic sabotage of equipment that rapidly escalates into an out and out brawl with ranger corey when the man kicks and injures lassie who was attempting to stop the man from. The longrunning series was the recipient of two emmy awards before it was canceled in 1973. Lassie is ed by dreamworks animationclassic media which owns all rights to the lassie series.
Ranger corey is concerned about the apparent disappearance of fish in paradise lake, although his old friend who has the fishing concession is sure the forestry service will restock the lake. Knights portrayal of lassie bears some features in common with another fictional female collie of the same name, featured in the british writer elizabeth gaskells 1859 short story the. The forest service must decide lassie s fate after they realize coreys recovery will take months. Created by robert maxwell, lassie premiered on cbs on september 12, 1954, where it aired for seventeen seasons, before moving to first run syndication for its final two seasons. Watch all 22 lassie episodes from season 17,view pictures, get episode information and more. Forest service rangers as her companions, then the collie was on her own for a season before ending the series with lassie residing at a ranch for orphaned children. Lassie 111baby, he starred on lassie for six years he died of cancer in 1966 he was 8 years old. The opening is narriated by robert bray, explaining the bristlecone pines as the oldest living organism on the planet. The first ten years of the series are set on a farm in the american midwest. There is concern about a pack of wild dogs and lassie s new pal is accidentally shot while protecting a herd of sheep from the marauding animals. Rangers corey and barney work in tandem to rescue their beloved canines. Season 11 bw 196465 33 episodes lassie with ranger corey season 12 color 196566 32 episodes lassie with ranger corey season color 196667 30 episodes lassie with ranger corey season 14 color 196768 28 episodes lassie with ranger corey cast. As if in transition to next season, the classic lassie music changed this season.
The forest service must decide lassies fate after they realize coreys recovery will take months. Mar 09, 2017 ranger corey is concerned about the apparent disappearance of fish in paradise lake, although his old friend who has the fishing concession is sure the forestry service will restock the lake. Lassie, still at coreys ranger station, befriends a herding dog on the neighboring ranch. In the last two years, lassie lives at a home for troubled children. May 31, 2016 when a young boy arrives at the ranger station with his day for several days of camping, he mentions feeding squirrels at a prior site, and had a bite on his finger.
On her own again, lassie is mistaken for a possiblyrabid collie named tawny. During the seventeenth season, lassie is inexplicably left alone, without human caretakers, and she wanders from place to place, helping people and other animals as needed before moving on to her next destination. It was televised on cbs from september 12, 1954 to march 24, 1973. Lassie heads back into san francisco over the golden gate bridge and meets sue, a lonely runaway. Look up lassie or lassie in wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ranger bob erickson was named for lassies most prolific writers, robert schaefer and eric freiwald. Lassie joins him and gets silky through a series of misadventures. Theres an eagle lake in california, but its in the. Lassie 50th anniversary collection dvd, 2004 for sale.
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