First watched : 19 April 1974
Well here's another one dragged from the outer edge of the memory banks. I don't think I've given this one a second thought since it was last broadcast nearly forty years ago.
The series transplanted everybody's favourite collie to a fictitious national park Thunder Mountain run almost singlehanded by the Persil-white Turner family, the youngest kid being blind for an extra yuk factor. Lassie and her motley band of animal buddies such as Toothless the mountain lion were the Rescue Rangers helping the Turners plus docile Indian Gene Fox protect life and limb from natural disasters and the usual tame criminals.
It was the first time I'd heard of Lassie but in America it followed directly on from the cancellation of the long -running live action series and was coolly received to say the least. Only 15 episodes were made . Even without that cross to bear it was poor stuff. Made by Filmation rather than Hanna-Barbera the animation was cheap and repetitive and the scripts were tame and boring making it very easy to forget.
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