Comments on: Local News 11.18.08

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:32:43 +0000

Little known fact: Lassie actually wrote that novel. Lassie also ghost-wrote The Rin-Tin-Tin Story during a brief period during the 50s when she/he was on the list.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:46 +0000

Lassie started as a novel. I read it when I was a kid. It takes place in England. I believe it is called "Lassie Come Home." I remember from the back of the book that it "started it all," so it wasn't a novelization.

Where the Red Fern Grows makes me cry. So does the story of its author.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:05:58 +0000

More than a teevee show, Rat, Lassie stared in a series of popular movies. My fav is the one where Lassie plays a disturbed and dangerous combat veteran.

By: Rat

Rat — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:53:28 +0000

pssst....Lassie was a television show.

By: msparber

msparber — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:34:29 +0000

If there is one thing I have learned from Where the Red Fern Grows, it's that dogs might save you from mountain lions, but they then die of injuries and heartbreak. So I'm giving them a doggie treat.

By: jane

jane — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:31:33 +0000

Am I the last to learn this is for sure going to happen?

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/CIP/HennepinAve/

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:21:39 +0000

For all the times Lassie had to find some wandering little moron who fell down a mineshaft, got treed by a mountain lion, etc., she (he) has earned a majority share in Milk Bone Inc.

By: Tom Bartel

Tom Bartel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:33 +0000

Bob, Lassie just does that stuff. She doesn’t need a treat.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:53:28 +0000

Nice doggie. Good boy! (gives milkbone)