♪ ♪ good morning. hello. my it seems the ice melts just as fast as you put it in. well with these warm days, mrs. martin. can't let the food spoil ya know. oh ,your money's in the dish right on top of the icebox. oh thanks. hello? oh yes paul. well, let's get that free sample you've both been drooling for. well what kind of a surprise? oh paul! how about that? you've got the best tasting ice in the world, mr. cuppy.

and it's so nice and cold too. oh stop buttering me up. alright now pretty lady. let's see what kind of manners you got. that's a good girl. well... bye mr. cuppy and thanks. see ya in a couple of days. mr. cuppy? something else you wanted mrs. martin? you ought to have a piece of ice mom it's nice and cool. mr. cuppy i..i don't quite know how to break this to you. my husband just called and i'm afraid we're getting rid of our old ice box. you mean you're really gonna get rid of it? but what will we do for ice mom? we're getting a brand new second hand electrically operated, gleaming, white modern refrigerator.

well, congratulations mrs. martin. what do we need it for mom? timmy i wanted one for so long. i can't say i blame ya much mrs. martin. just about all my old ice customers have deserted me for refrigerators. won't you be coming around anymore mr. cuppy? oh we'll still be getting coal and oil from mr. cuppy in the winter. gotta keep up with the times son. well, goodbye. and good luck with the new contraption. thanks mr. cuppy. i'm glad you understand. i understand. guess there is no harm in tellin you now. my own wife insisted on getting a refrigerator. five years ago. bye. he sells ice and she's had an electricqllyúópwósteovpvn ♪

careful. it's very heavy. everything is under control. lassie move. lassie. lassie stop barking. get out of the way lassie. you're in the way lassie. please move lassie. lassie. stop that barking. what's that barking about? she doesn't like anything about the whole idea. oh nonsense. lassie stop barking. there we are. there it is. how does it look? it's gorgeous. pretty nice. can i help? anything to keep you happy. no, no fine i can do it. well, there is nothing left now but to plug it in.

it's nothing girl. just the sound of the motor. lassie you're a reactionary. it is sort of pretty isn't it? well, let others have their mink coats.

why are you keeping the old ice box? i can use it everything is ready. get washed up. ♪ ♪ ♪ what's the matter girl? aren't you hungry? that's funny. aren't you gonna eat your supper lassie? ♪ a simple case of the combined forces of trust, sentiment and habit.

are you trying to tell me that lassie refused to eat food taken out of my new refrigerator? there is nothing in there girl. it's not even cold anymore. i'm afraid that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. that new refrigerator is a complete stranger to lassie. obviously she's still associates this old ice box with her stomach. it's like an old friend. that's what it amounts to timmy. well it's no old friend og mine. i never did like that old ice box, with its dripping pan and no space and...well in the meantime we've got to solve the problem with feeding lassie. now obviously she doesn't trusty food that comes out of that refrigerator. you mean we're gonna keep on using the old ice box? i've got an idea. each time before lassie is ready to eat let's just take food out of the refrigerator and put it in the old ice box. all she'll see is that it comes from there. she won't know the difference. you're a genius dad. your father may be a genius but he's gonna have to conduct

his experiments without my help. look i've wanted a new ice box and i have finally gotten it and i'm not going to feel like a criminal about it. lassie's part of this family and she's just going to have to learn to accept it. there is no room in this house for two stubborn females. we seem to be surrounded by temperment. are we? ♪ ♪ ♪

lassie, what's the matter? what's all the ruckus about? i don't know. but lassie's in a fight with the new ice box. something is wrong. listen. stop that barking girl. oh my beautiful refrigerator. paul what is it? everything stopped. it seems to be alright now. you sure? i don't know what i'd do if anything happened to it. it's alright. it's alright, i hope. come on everybody let's get back to bed. i've got a big day tomorrow. go one dear. i'll be right up ♪ ♪

lassie, can't you try to get along with my new refrigerator? please. i wouldn't bark at something you've always wanted.it's alrig. tonight i can catch up on my sleep. just think i might have married somebody else? never. you and i and this refrigerator were meant for each other. ♪ timmy? it's almost time to sit down and e a t. so...i'll take care of you know what and

you just keep you know who here for a few more minutes. okay. no lassie you're supposed to stay here with me a couple more minutes. lassie's bowl ready? how long is this nonsense going to continue? ♪ ♪

(9 to eat. hi mom. we're starved. thank you. you know timmy this thing can't go on forever. i know. but what can we do? i don't know. there must be some other way. ♪ ♪ very well then young lady.

if you insist on being stubborn i can be stubborn too. we all eat out of the refrigerator. and you enjoy the same privilege. now there it is. if you want it or don't it's up food spoils. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got it.

it might be the solution. jimmy? jenny, ring mr. cuppy for me please. the ice man. well i sure do appreciate this mr. cuppy. well of course i'm always glad to oblige mr. martin. but i sure admit i feel kind of stupid doing what you want me to. how do you do mrs. martin? mr. cuppy. here lassie.

see. ice. mr. cuppy. your friend. mr. cuppy is your nice ice man, lassie. remember? mr. cuppy wouldn't want to hurt you. he likes you. the refrigerator likes mr. cuppy. lassie. see nothing's changed. refrigerator, ice box. ice box, refrigerator. dear, would you close the ice box door please? are you sure it'll work? we'll see. alright now lassie. let's eat. good girl. come on you must be hungry lassie. see.

ice. mr. cuppy. all the same. ♪ lassie's still sitting in front of the ice box waiting to eat. i'm afraid it's the only way she's gonna learn dear. son every once in a while your mother is right. i guess so. may i have some more potatoes please? you've already had three helpings and you haven't touched your lamb chop. and we haven't finished eating. oh i'll eat my lamb chop, i just feel like lots of potatoes first. thank you. you're welcome. i'm sorry son. i can't wait for you to finish eating. i have got things to do. i don't want you to gulp your dinner, dear. but just finish it without dallying. i'll hurry.

i'm through. may i go out now? you finished? well alright you may go out. thanks mom. it was real good. ♪ ♪ bone and all. i wonder what that could possibly mean? just remember i can't do this all the time. or i'll get malnutrition and starve. there's some rope. we can play tug of war when you're finished.

♪ ♪ ♪ what is it lassie? alright then i'm coming. timmy? oh timmy? ♪ now you're not gonna start that again lassie. you want timmy to get better, don't you? ♪ ♪

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it hurts awful. i don't doubtap@ you've got a bad bump. there now. the doctor said to keep an ice pack on it. that'll help the swelling and the pain too. will i live? almost forever. there you close your eyes. feel better? it's nice and cool. you try to get some sleep now dear. ♪ he really clunked himself.

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♪ ♪ ♪ oh. oh lassie. paul? paul, look she brought the ice bag to be refilled. she'd sure make a good nurse. well all the ice is melted. i'll go fill it. anything i can do to help? no dear you go back to sleep. i'll just be a minute. the refrigerator is a friend after all. well you're a very very good dog.

♪ ♪ for us. ♪ oh lassie your feet had better be clean. to think that a couple of days ago that white monster was her worse enemy. it's more fun than the old ice box, isn't it girl? ♪ ♪ ♪2rrúr ú r@ 4 x@ú 00♪@@@@@@@

@@@@@@sp ♪2rrúr ú r@ 4 ♪starring june lockhart ♪hugh riley ♪john provost and timmy and of course ♪ ♪lassie and mother hardly had to help me at all. letter?y good letter for what? it seems to me that anybody with a pet would know you're supposed to write a letter for the circus contest. contest? for a circus? where did you hear about it? it seems to me that a person would read the paper...i read it every day. at least the funnies. well tell me about it. why don't you just find out for yourself timmy martin? ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ mom! where's the paper? the what? the newspaper. i gotta find it. what are you looking for? i don't know. willie wouldn't tell me. but it's about a... a circus and a pet contest. that sounds pretty exciting. here let me help you. oh! what my pet means to me. yes, here we are. rules. letters must be written by the pet owner, using only one side of the paper and only one entry is allowed to a contestant. the six best letters will win free admission tickets to the circus and the judges decisions are final! all letters

must be post marked not later than midnight the 6th. that's today. i hadn't got much time. where's the pen and ink and good paper? well their right where they always are. i guess i better get 'em. yes, i guess you had. what are you going to write? i'll write that she's the very best dog in the whole world. i'm sure we'd all agree with that. but what are you going to write? that she's the very best dog in the whole world. i think every other pet owner would feel exactly the same way about his pet. and they will say so too. then what shall i write? well, why don't you write about lassie's virtues. actually risked her life for you or for someone else.

i think that would be very interesting. like that time you got caught in that cougar trap. oh, yes. she was certainly brave then. i'm not likely to forget it in a hurry. ♪ ♪ there was this big cougar that came to our woods because of a forest fire. an honest to goodness stay hunter came and set some traps to catch him. and he told us to keep lassie safe in the house and not to go near the traps. but mom had a flat tire and got caught in one. oh, hey! ♪ oh. ouch. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ along and we can all sit down together. okay. ♪ help! help! ♪ ♪ ♪ see you! lassie, do you remember the c clamp that the trapper

brought? well i think i left it on the sink. would you go get it for me? ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ oh lassie! lassie! lassie! and lassie saved my mom from that cougar and we ate the spare ribs! and how could any pet be braver than that? yours truly, timmy martin. through mom. alright then i think you better hurry if you wanna get that letter in the mail. mr. huff will be here any minute. i'll get you a stamp. here. that's a boy! there you are! come on lassie.

mr. huff! mr. huff! mr. huff! you can run faster than i can lassie. if you wanna go to the circus, you better get this letter to mr. huff. he's gonna have to make another stop and you can catch him. go girl go! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ stop it. stop it.

come on melody. come on. we were taking the short cut to the creek when that mean dog came at us. what's the trouble lassie? lassie, wait!! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ouch. oh. oh. help. help. that you lassie? go get somebody. i am blind, them needles. go on lassie. i need help, go get somebody. good girl lassie. but you go get help. help. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lassie! lassie! lassie,

come here. come here girl. lassie now you come here girl. oh that's a good girl. now lassie you go get me that calf. go get that calf, lassie. go get her. oh! ♪ well i sure do thank you lassie. you know i don't know whether i could have chased her any longer or not. i am about tuckered out. well now what do you want? what's the trouble? well i know you're trying to tell me something, but what?

you want me to go with you? sure. come on. now you just wait there till i tie up this skiddish heffer and i'll be right with you. lead off girl. you did me a big favor and i'll@ supe b@ @@ ♪ ♪ is that you lassie? ♪

say what's going on here? oh thank heavens oh i got hit in the face with a tree branch here. my eyes is full of fur needles. here let me take a look. say...you did get a smack. how did it happen? oh, i'll tell you later. first, i've got to get this mail to the post office. first, we gotta get you to a doctor. now get over. that's a girl, lassie. you've done your good deed for the day, now you go on home. ♪ move over. ♪ ♪

♪ i was going down to the creek to look for craw dads it's too late now. that's alright girl. mom wouldn't have let us keep 'em anyway. hey mom? mom? mom? oh you don't have to shout like that. i am right here. hello willie. wait until you hear what lassie did yesterday. it's just like what i wrote about in my contest letter. oh? she practically saved melody's life. really, well that is something to shout about. what happened? yesterday, melody and i were on our way to the creek so melody could have a swim. geese like to swim, ya know? oh yes, i know. well tell her about the fight. fight? a great big dog was going to kill melody. and lassie came up and she and that dog had a terrible fight. lassie

won and she saved melody. lassie just flew at that vicous dog. she was wonderful! oh, mr. huff what happened to you? oh you know what they say about mailmen, neither rain nor wind nor snow nor storm shall stop us from our appointed rounds. well, a little fur branch near did yesterday. don't tell me you ran into a tree? nope. tree ran into me. gosh. i got blinded by being hit in the face with a tree branch. and lassie come along about that time and went and fetched sam burke to come and help me. well how are your eyes? oh doctor says i'll be alright in a few days. thanks to lassie and sam for getting me to him on time. oh by the way, found this letter at the post office this morning timmy. i figured lassie must have dropped it on the truck floor yesterday.

the address was so smudged you could hardly read it. my letter. just look at it. well i'll tell you what you'll do. you just rewrite the name and address on it and i'll see it gets delivered. it's too late now. ah don't say that. it's never too late to mail a letter. well talk about being late. i better get going. i was late yesterday and i don't wanna be late again today. oh don't you worry about it mr. huff. nobody could be expected to read that. thanks again lassie. and if ever you need a special favor, just remember i am mighty in your debt. well, ya sure ya don't want me to mail that letter for you? well...goodbye. oh goodbye, mr huff. goodbye. ♪ ♪ was it your contest letter? it was supposed to be. it was a good one too.

it's too bad it didn't get there. gosh, lassie why weren't you a little more careful with it? you shouldn't blame lassie, timmy. she was only trying to help melody and me and mr. huff. it was too bad you didn't know about the contest sooner. that's my fault. i should have told him. well my melody is only a goose. i understand. anyhow, it just isn't fair. everybody knows you shouldn't be punished just because lassie was being a good smartan. a what? a good smartan, like the bible says. oh a good samaritan. yes, that's what i said a good smartan. i am going straight home and telling my mother about this. she won't think it's fair either. bye mrs. martin, bye timmy, bye lassie. bye. goodbye willie. timmy. i know it's a big disappointment for you but their will be other

contests and other circuses. come on now how about having a piece of coconut cake i baked this afternoon? i'm not hungry. coconut? i guess we might as well. oh i should have read the newspaper more carefully. i dad, may i turn on the radio? they are gonna announce the winners of the pet contest. well there is a big league ball game on son. wouldn't you rather listen to that? i wanna hear who wins the pet contest. oh, i think the baseball will be more interesting, dear. timmy there will be other circuses. it isn't just going to the circus, mom. it's more important than that. well, lassie is the very best dog in the world and i think she should win so that everybody will know she's the best. i see what you mean. melody's a nice goose...

but did she ever carry willie's books to school? well, melody is a different sort of a pet, dear. i know. like jodie and his goat. jodi and his goat? the goat pulls the wagon but it never saved jodie from falling in the lake. no. no i guess not.

i'pa l well, we had an amazing response to our little pet contest. i had no idea that you kids had so many and so varied a collection of pets. polly wogs and garden snakes that's bill anderson. of course some of the letters were a little hard to read. and some of them were a little unbelievable. and so the decision of the judges was final. here are the winners: keith evans, marian bartontell, willbert gossinger,

kenneth ryan, moinett weiss, and albert gomo. now these lucky winners will receive their tickets to side show coupons through the mail. we were gonna read six of the best letters tonight and also name the pets. but we have a couple of guests here that can tell you a much more interesting story. there is a young lady here that went to a lot of trouble to bring these two gentlemen here. we'll let here tell her story in her own way. willie brewster, the mic is all yours. well, there was one letter that didn't get in in tme and i guess i'm part of the reason. timmy martin wrote a letter and gave it to his pet lassie to take to out postman, mr. huff. lassie came by as a mean dog was going to bite my pet melody. i called to lassie and she chased the dog away. she kept coming right along after my mail truck. and well about that time i got a bit careless and a tree branch hit me smack dab in the face. durn near knocked

my eyes out. durn near knocked my eyes out i say. and then when lassie came up i sent her for help. and i was chasing down the road after a heffer of mine that got loose. and i saw lassie coming and well first, first she caught my hepher for me. then she guided me over to mr. huff so i could drive him to the doctors. and all this help from lassie explains why, timmy martin's contest letter got so beat up at the post office and we couldn't read the address on it. and that's why his letter didn't get to the newspaper in time to make the deadlines. how about that folks? here's a pet owner who wrote a letter. and just because his pet spent so much time helping friends in trouble, the letter wasn't delivered in time. well, both the calverton centennial and i want to thank willie brewster, mr. huff

and mr. burke. for being here at the studio tonight and giving us this wonderful story. of course there is no question that what timmy martin's letter arrived too late for the contest. but because of the manner in which lassie went out of her way to help her friends and neighbors, in this unselfish fashion, the centennial is giving a special prize. lassie and timmy martin receive reserve seats for the circus also coupons entitling them a side show, peanuts, popcorn, hot dogs, all the pink lemonade they can drink. and they will be delivered by mr. huff tomorrow morning. congratulations lassie and timmy! have fun at the circus! yipee! we're going to the circus! we're going to the circus! you know what? i am gonna

bring home a balloon and part of my popcorn for willie. well, i'd say she deserves it! oh boy, we're going to the circus. i am glad for you son! i'm sorry i scolded you about messing up that letter. besides, even if they did get it, they might not have been able to read it. my teacher says my handwriting is not very good. ♪ ♪@p@húú@@ú@ ♪@ ♪@@ @@♪@@@@

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