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All the Lassies were actually male dogs because female collies tend to "blow coat" (go through a massive hormone-induced shedding process) with each heat cycle. While males blow coat as well in reaction to a change in season, it is much less noticeable than what occurs with an intact female. By the time that spaying, which would reduce the dramatic shedding of the female, became commonplace, it had become tradition to use a male in the role. Additionally, it was believed that males, who often outweigh their female counterparts by as much as fifteen pounds, would look more impressive on film.
This was one of the first long-running television shows to remain in its time slot and day of the week during its entire prime-time run on a US television network. It became a syndicated program for the last three years of its run.
The only program to regularly bump "Lassie" off the air in the USA was the annual CBS television showing of The Wizard of Oz, which, from 1959 to 1967, always took place on a Sunday evening.
Pal, the first ever dog to play the legendary dog "Lassie" in Lassie Come Home, appeared in the pilot of this TV series (broadcast as the first two episodes). It was his last appearance before his death in 1958.
Although it has been the subject of many spoofs and misquotes, the one situation that Timmy never needed saving from in the entire history of the show was falling down a well.
The famous "whistle" theme associated with the show's opening and closing credits was not actually introduced until Season 5. The previous four seasons used a more traditional orchestral theme for its opening and closing music.
Lassie was both owned and trained by Rudd Weatherwax and reportedly lived to be 19 years old.
On 11 August 2009 the US Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 44¢ commemorative postage stamps honoring early USA television programs. A booklet with 20 picture postal cards was also issued. On the stamp honoring "Lassie" is a picture of its canine star, Lassie. Other shows honored in the Early TV Memories issue were The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), "The Dinah Shore Show" (1951), Dragnet (1951), "The Ed Sullivan Show" (originally titled The Ed Sullivan Show), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Hopalong Cassidy, The Honeymooners, "The Howdy Doody Show" (original title: "Puppet Playhouse" (1947)), I Love Lucy, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, The Lone Ranger (1949), Perry Mason, The Phil Silvers Show, The Red Skelton Show, "Texaco Star Theater" (titled The Milton Berle Show, 1954-1956), The Tonight Show (which began as "Tonight!" (1953)), The Twilight Zone (1959), and You Bet Your Life (1950).
The title is from the common expression "A place for everything and everything in its place".
Per the title, a Cub Scout is just below Boy Scouts in the American scouting program for boys first grade through fifth grade.
The little wild animal that tries to eat Lassie's trout is called a "fisher" and is a mammal known to North America related to the weasel family.
Per the title, Bundles for Britain was an American effort to provide help for the war weary British Isles during World War Two.
The title is a parody of the film The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Ted Knight's debut.
Per the title, The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and health care to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.
The title is from one of Aesop's fables whose morale is: To work today is to eat tomorrow is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
'Kenneth Toby' reprises his role of helicopter pilot Chuck Martin from the syndicated adventure series "Whirlybirds".
The title refers to the German legend of the Pied Piper of Hamlin that rid the town of rats merely by playing his flute.
The level railway crossing is called Granville Crossing after associate producer Bonita Granville Wrather.
The title comes from the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" which is a typing exercise and contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet.
The title is based upon the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan.
This title was an allusion to the family sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
The title is based on the phrase "It's an ill wind that blows no one good" which dates back to the 16th century in various similar forms.
This was the last original episode broadcast on CBS in black and white.
This was the first episode to be broadcast in color.
The deaf students came from the Mary C. Bennett Scholl for the Deaf, Los Angeles City Schools.
The title is a parody of The Sixth Wife of Henry the Eight. (Catherine Parr)
The title is from the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" or "The Hounds of Zaroff" by Richard Connell about a man hunting man for sport.
The title is a line from the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep.
The title comes from the common expression: "Out of the frying pan and into the fire."