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Rating: 
Summary: Not Really the Best
Review: I'm at a loss on how to review this DVD because I love LASSIE
and wish all the episodes were on DVD, even the ones I don't
like. But as a representation of good episodes, this one
falls rather flat! If you were going to have a DVD called
"Best of the Lassie Show," you'd have to have the 3-parter
"Lassie's Odyssey" on it, as this is the episode that most
people cite as their favorite, including series actor Jon
Provost!"The Rocking Chair": Oh, dear, what a silly episode. Ruth
donates a rocking chair Lassie has fallen in love with to
a charity auction. Someone else buys it and Lassie steals it
off the guy's porch! Yep, that's the entire story. "Peace Patrol": Interesting episode, and not much seen until
recently. "The Peace Patrol" was a gimmick for raising money
via US Savings Bonds by kids joining the Lone Ranger's Peace
Patrol and saving up their spending money to buy Savings
Stamps, which could be converted into Savings Bonds eventually.
The first student to get all his classmates to join the Peace
Patrol will have a certificate given to him personally by the
Lone Ranger and Silver, so Timmy is keen to win the prize.
But surly classmate Frankie won't join--and then the money
disappears and Frankie is the main culprit! Clayton Moore
appears as the Lone Ranger--the Wrather Corporation produced
both LASSIE and THE LONE RANGER. "Lassie at the Grand Canyon": Makes you long for color filming. The best episode on the DVD, with great shots of the canyon,
albeit in black and white, and of the mule ride. Yes, it was
filmed on location.
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