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The series initially depicted Lassie as the pet of farm boy Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), and in later seasons Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), of "[[CommonKnowledge What's that, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down a well?]]" fame -- although a well was actually one of the few things Timmy ''didn't'' [[BeamMeUpScotty fall down in the course of the series]].

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The series initially depicted Lassie as the pet of farm boy Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), and in later seasons Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), (Creator/JonProvost), of "[[CommonKnowledge What's that, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down a well?]]" fame -- although a well was actually one of the few things Timmy ''didn't'' [[BeamMeUpScotty fall down in the course of the series]].

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* UndyingLoyalty: Lassie towards Timmy.

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In the series, Lassie was initially the pet of Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), and in later seasons Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), of "[[CommonKnowledge What's that, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down a well?]]" fame -- although a well was one of the few things Timmy ''didn't'' [[BeamMeUpScotty fall down in the course of the series]].

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In the series, Lassie was The series initially depicted Lassie as the pet of farm boy Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), and in later seasons Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), of "[[CommonKnowledge What's that, Lassie? Timmy's fallen down a well?]]" fame -- although a well was actually one of the few things Timmy ''didn't'' [[BeamMeUpScotty fall down in the course of the series]].
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* TheBusCameBack: Jon Provost reprised his role as a now grown up Timmy (who was adopted and by this time went by the name Steve) in The New Lassie TV show in the late 1980s.

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* TheBusCameBack: Jon Provost reprised his role as a now grown up now-grown-up Timmy (who was adopted and by this time went by the name Steve) in The ''The New Lassie Lassie'' TV show in the late 1980s.
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It may be a little hard for [[TroperDemographics modern tropers to really grok]], but this series was a ''big deal'' back in [[TheFifties the day]]. It was on the air at the very dawn of mass-consumption television, and it hit ''exactly'' the perfect note for young baby-boom families of the time. ''Lassie'' was one of the first true super-smash television hits, alongside shows like ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', that demonstrated just how potent television was as a medium -- not just for storytelling, [[CashCowFranchise but for making obscene amounts of money]].

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It may be a little hard for [[TroperDemographics modern tropers to really grok]], but this series was a ''big deal'' back in [[TheFifties the day]]. It was on the air at the very dawn of mass-consumption television, and it hit ''exactly'' the perfect note for young baby-boom families of the time. Alongside such shows as ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', ''Lassie'' was one of the first true super-smash television hits, alongside shows like ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', that demonstrated family series to demonstrate just how potent television was as a medium -- not just for storytelling, [[CashCowFranchise but for making obscene amounts of money]].

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