Lassie
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Sep 14, 2026
Susan NanceGUEST
The herds that Jumbo came from in the Sudan were hunted out of existence while he was traveling around the world as a famous individual.
Susan NanceGUEST
Another example of this that comes along a little bit later is there's a number of dogs that played Lassie, uh, the, you know, the, the TV and film character Lassie, and novel, novelized character Lassie.
Susan NanceGUEST
So this is also a kind of a, a function of the sort of modern consumer attitude that wants to focus on certain sort of celebrated or special animals.
Susan NanceGUEST
Lassie became very famous as a, a character played by a number of dogs.
Susan NanceGUEST
A lot of people thought it was the same dog the whole time.
Susan NanceGUEST
[laughs] But the character actually consumed-
Claudia HirtenfelderHOST
Hmm
Susan NanceGUEST
... a number of individual dogs who played, uh, Lassie.
Paul HarrisGUEST
Well, I wrote that story, but I was, of course, it was plagiarizing because
Imac ZambranaHOST
In my youth, Lassie,
Paul HarrisGUEST
there was this story about Lassie, a collie dog who was lost.
Paul HarrisGUEST
I think that made into a film called Lassie Come Home.
Imac ZambranaHOST
I remember that film.
Imac ZambranaHOST
I watched it as a kid.
Paul HarrisGUEST
It was a popular story for young children.
Imac ZambranaHOST
Yeah, so copyright infringement.
TomHOST
Let me know what you think.
TomHOST
[suspenseful music] Now, I'm probably older than, in fact, I, I've seen the stats, I'm older than most of the audience that listens to this show, and I remember a time growing up when I was a kid where people would make jokes about the old TV series Lassie from the 1950s, which I'm not that old.
TomHOST
I'm [laughs] definitely not that old.
TomHOST
But the jokes were still around decades later, where kids would joke about Timmy falling down the well and that sort of thing, and I know that's still kind of in the culture, but I haven't heard this reference in a long time, so I'm guessing a lot of you may not even know the reference.
TomHOST
So in the 1950s TV series, Lassie was a dog, and she was a collie, and she would help out people in town, and she was a good dog.
TomHOST
And there's one classic episode where Timmy has to be rescued because he falls down a well, and Lassie's the only one who notices and barks at the well.
TomHOST
Well, the same thing happens in New Vegas with Rex.
TomHOST
If you have Rex with you, at some point you might get an aroo, and then you get a location on your Pip-Boy that Rex is trying to get you to go to.
Chris JarvieGUEST
Just show that there's progress in her character.
Jimmy EnglandHOST
Her character development and th- she could've been played by Lassie.
Chris JarvieGUEST
Right.
Mario BernardiGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Desi JedeikinHOST
So he's like the first big dog star because this
Rachel FisherHOST
is pre-Lassie.
Rachel FisherHOST
Well, what about our gang?
Desi JedeikinHOST
They have a dog.
Bob AddisonGUEST
Ye- yes.
Shane HewittHOST
Lassie, great dog.
Shane HewittHOST
Absolutely.
Bob AddisonGUEST
Lassie was wonderful.
Bob AddisonGUEST
Um-
Shane HewittHOST
Scooby.
Bob AddisonGUEST
He looks like a Hu- a husky.
Bob AddisonGUEST
But-
Billy RutledgeHOST
Is this the most
Shannon the DudeHOST
popular dog since Lassie?
Billy RutledgeHOST
Well, Air Bud also had a run, didn't he?
Shannon the DudeHOST
Oh, don't even put Air Buds.
Shannon the DudeHOST
Air Bud does not even compare to the popularity of Lassie.
Billy RutledgeHOST
Lassie could not hit a three-pointer, I will tell you that.
Shannon the DudeHOST
No, but he could save a little boy from drowning in a lake.
Shannon the DudeHOST
And I think that's more important than hitting a three.
Mackenzie PhillipsGUEST
That was cool.
Valerie BertinelliHOST
Lassie was on the plane.
Valerie BertinelliHOST
Remember that?
Mackenzie PhillipsGUEST
Yes.
Cesar MillanGUEST
Right.
Cesar MillanGUEST
And then at the age of 10 years old, I started watching a show called Lassie and Rin Tin Tin.
Cesar MillanGUEST
And that's when the idea of becoming a dog trainer began, right? Because I wanted, who trained those dogs? They're amazing, right? And so at that time, I thought the dogs really understood words.
Cesar MillanGUEST
And so at the age of 13, I told my mom, mom, you think I could be the best dog trainer in the world? And that's when I declared what I wanted to become, right? And so my mom says, you can be whatever you want as long as I'm not a bad person, right? Because I'm from Sinaloa, so it's easier for me to become part of a cartel than the dog whisperer.
Cesar MillanGUEST
I never seen it.
Cesar MillanGUEST
In Mexico, dogs don't misbehave, right? And so in America, dogs misbehave.
Cesar MillanGUEST
And in my mind, it's like, where is Lassie? Where is Rin Tin Tin? Why not all the American dogs are doing exactly what Lassie and Rin Tin Tin were doing? I thought that all Americans didn't have dog problems.
Cesar MillanGUEST
Right.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
The next slide.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
Lassie.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
So Lassie first appeared on screen in 1943 in the MGM classic Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
Her trainer was Rudd Weatherwatz, who would later also work with the dog who played Old Yeller and the beagle who served as the New York Mets team.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
Powell appeared as Lassie in six other MGM films through 1951.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
And then, In development, Powell's trainer acquired the Lassie name and trademark from MGM.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
MGM apparently felt that after seven films over almost a decade, and Lassie was getting, the dog Powell was getting older at this time, that Lassie had run a course.
Lauren E. HanssonGUEST
So Weatherwax apparently acquired the rights in exchange for getting $40,000 in back pay that was apparently owed to him by MGM.
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