Nae gentle dames tho' ne'er sae fair Shall ever be my Muse's care; Their titles a' are empty show, Gie me my Highland Lassie, O. Within the glen sae bushy, O, Aboon the plain sae rashy ...

The bravest Collie to ever ford a river, get stuck on a cliff, or, yes, help get Timmy out of a well, Lassie first hit TV screens 70 years ago on September 12, 1954. Though the hero pup had ...