January 4
LASSIE FORGETS DAY
On this day in 1970, television history was made when super dog Lassie was hit by a car while pushing a child away from danger.
Lassie was seen on TV for the next month suffering from amnesia. Here is the list of episodes (thanks to Linda Young’s Unofficial Lassie Web site):
The Road Back, Part 1 (01/04/70):
An injured Lassie, stricken with amnesia, is lost in San Francisco’s Chinatown.The Road Back, Part 2 (01/11/70):
Lassie wanders Chinatown searching for home without knowing where it is.The Road Back, Part 3 (01/18/70):
Still unsure of her identity, Lassie helps a retarded girl.The Road Back, Part 4 (01/25/70):
Her memory recovered, Lassie searches for Scott.The Lassie TV series, inspired by Eric Knight’s 1940 best-seller, Lassie Come Home, went through three formats centered around a different master. In 1954, Jeff Miller inherited the dog. In 1957, a 7-year-old, named Timmy, was adopted by a childless couple. In 1964, Lassie was given to a forest ranger named Corey Stuart.
Lassie, incidentally, was always played by a male dog and was the first inductee named to the Animal Hall of Fame in 1969.
Those Were the Days, the Today in History service from 440 International
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