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''Lassie'' is a Canadian television series which aired from 1997 to 1999 on YTV in Canada and Sunday nights on the Animal Planet network in the United States, as a modified remake of the original ''Lassie'' series (1954–1973) about a boy and his faithful dog. As with previous Lassie TV versions and several movies dating back to the original ''Lassie Come Home'' movie of 1943, the star was Lassie, a trained Rough Collie.〔Scott Moore, "Lassie", ''Washington Post'', March 2, 1997.〕 Not to be confused with a previous, syndicated follow-up series entitled ''The New Lassie'' which aired 1989–1991, this Canadian-produced ''Lassie'' series starred Corey Sevier as 13-year-old Timmy Cabot in the fictional town of Hudson Falls, Vermont. The show was filmed in Quebec by Cinar Inc.. In this series' story line, Timmy and his recently widowed mother, Dr. Karen Cabot, move to Hudson Falls, where Karen takes over a veterinary practice.〔(''Variety'' TV series profile )〕 In the first (1997) season, Lassie was played by "Howard", an eighth generation collie descended from "Pal", the dog in the original 1943 movie ''Lassie Come Home''. As with all previous Lassie movies and television series beginning with Pal, Howard was owned and trained by Weatherwax Trained Dogs, founded by brothers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax. Midway through production, Cinar replaced Howard with a non-Pal descended dog. Following Lassie fan protests, "Hey Hey", son of Howard and a ninth-generation direct descendent of Pal, was brought in to assume the role of Lassie for the final thirteen episodes of the show.〔("Collie... Everybody's All-Star", ''Dog and Kennel Magazine'', 2000. )〕 Although young Corey Sevier impressed critics, others complained that the series relegated Lassie to a bystander role by focusing more on the Cabot family's dealings with various townspeople, at the expense of featuring Lassie's action stunts and feats as had been traditional in the famous canine's previous movie and TV incarnations. The show was canceled after two seasons. A total of 52 episodes were produced. The entire first season is available on DVD in Canada since April 4, 2006. ==Cast== *Corey Sevier as Timmy Cabot (all episodes) *Susie Almgren as Dr. Karen Cabot〔(Susan Almgren at imdb )〕 (all episodes) *Walter Massey as Dr. Donald Stewart (all episodes) *Tim Post as Ethan Bennet (51 episodes) *Tod Fennell as Jeff Mackenzie *Nathalie Vansier as Natalie *Al Vandecruys as Jay Mack Mackenzie *Chip Chuipka as Hank *Rick Mabe as Sean "Murph" Murphy (7 episodes) *Michael Yarmush as Clark Cairo (3 episodes) *Tyler Hynes as Darren (2 episodes) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lassie (1997 TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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