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Here is a list of the episodes of this DVD collection for those who might want to collect the single disc editions that beget other episodes. Unfortunately, a number of the shows in this collection are edited. The episode numbers below follow the production/syndication order; the DVD booklet numbers them by the order they were aired, although they must be skipping “The Frog” from 1956 (which was not aired by CBS but is in syndication) as the episodes starting with “The Runaway” are off by 1. What’s laughable is the discs follow the production order.
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———- Jeff years ———-
1) #1 – The Inheritance (ALERT: this version is edited, missing segement where Lassie unties her rope to Jeff’s bed)
2) #5 – Lassie’s Pups
3) #10 – The Lion (the DVD book incorrectly puts this episode after “The Inheritance”)
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4) #53 – The Scoot (the Jeff episode, not the Timmy episode with the balloon)
5) #104 – The Runaway (introducing Timmy)
6) #116 – Transition (the Martins hold over the farm)
———- Timmy years ———-
7) #173 – The Camera
#180 – Peace Patrol (the Lone Ranger)
9) #184 – The Novel Refrigerator (not “The Refrigerator” as named in the DVD booklet)
10) #202 – The Set Traveler (not “Status Invader” as named in the DVD booklet)
11) #269 – Lassie and the Eagle (the DVD book incorrectly puts this episode after “The Odyssey”)
12) #275 – Lassie’s Protege
13) thru 15) #277-279 “Lassie’s Odyssey” (Portion 1 thru 3)
(note: episodes are missing re-caps of previous episode plus previews for the next one, so they rush shorter than the normal 25.5 minutes)
16) #290 – Lassie and the Tiger
17) thru 18) #330-331 – The Adore (Parts 1 and 2)
———- Ranger years ———-
19) thru 20) #476-477 “Holocaust” (Parts 1 and 2) edited down to 22.5 minutes each
———- alone years ———–
21) thru 22) “For the Savor of Lassie” (Parts 1 and 2)
severly edited down to 20.5 minutes each
———- Holden years ———-
23) thru 24) “Hurry to Nowhere” (Parts 1 and 2) edited down to 22.5 minutes each
It’s aloof a titanic collection to have. “The Odyssey” itself makes it worthwhile. And seeing Jan Clayton, Tom Rettig, June Lockhart and Jon Provost together on stage is one of the greatest TV moments!
I had high hopes for this DVD collection and seeing it was created and released by two well known companies (Classic Media & Sony) it should have been better. This collection contains several “Lassie shows” starting with “Jeff’s Collie” in 1954 all the plot up to the “Holden Ranch” episodes in 1974.
Classic Media & Sony apparently had the blessing of the “Lassie Organization” so why couldn’t they have acquired the fresh negatives and struck novel prints?? While the episodes included are watchable, many have visual artifacts (scratches) and a grainy quality. Novel prints would have been more in order with a release such as a 50th Anniversary DVD collection. For example, every “Timmy and Lassie” episode in this collection opens with the 1959 opening, even if it was a 1960 or 1962 episode. Did they judge diehard babyboomer fans of this display wouldn’t peek?? Also, the opening of one particular “Jeff’s Collie” episode, looked very rough. The closing music on many episodes of Jeff’s Collie” had a wavy or unbalanced sound. The color episodes which were the newest and should have looked the best, were of dreadful quality. Again with mismatched opening titles and genuine episode years. They looked to be second or third generation copies…even the older B/W episodes looked better.
It would have been nice if surviving cast members could have done some narration discussing unhurried the scenes shooting or current episodes.
There ARE some marvelous things to say about this DVD collection. The episodes chosen were some of the best. The booklet by Ace Collins describing the Lassie anecdote is very informative and this status is packaged very nicely. The extras such as the current “ninja” Lassie G.E. commercial and other noteable Lassie appearances are fun to peep although again, the quality of some of these clips varies.
This DVD collection had such substantial potential and although I’m tickled I bought it, I expected so worthy more…Lassie fans deserved it and so did Lassie.
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