Lassie - Episode

Timmy and Lassie meet a unique former sea captain who has come to the local fair to exhibit his racing ostriches.
TRIVIA - this episode is actually based on a real person according to lassieweb.org... "Gene Holter was a [sic] actual person who ran Holter's Wild Animal Show (Holter's Wild Animal Circus) in the 1950s-1960s, and he did feature racing ostriches as well as racing camels, plus other animal acts (his show was much bigger than what is shown on Lassie), and he did drive a Cadillac Eldorado like the one shown in the episode, with the number "100" painted on the front side panel. It's safe to assume the ostriches used in the episode are his."
MORE TRIVIA (source: wikipedia.org): Actor J. Pat O'Malley (b. 1904 - d. 1985) who plays Captain Holter in this episode, has played a number of roles in Lassie movies ("Lassie, Come Home") and Lassie TV series throughout the years. Well known on both Broadway and in Hollywood as a premier character actor, he is best remembered on stage for the Broadway production of "Ten Little Indians" and "Dial M for Murder". His television guest and regular role appearances span the years in some of the most popular series, including 8 episodes of "My Favorite Martian". Walt Disney engaged O'Malley to provide voices for the Disney animated films, including "Alice in Wonderland" (1951) in which he performs all the character voices in the "The Walrus and the Carpenter" segment (besides Alice), including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Walrus, the Carpenter, and Mother Oyster; "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949); the roles of the Colonel and Jasper in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961); "Mary Poppins" (1964); "The Jungle Book" (1967); and in the Disneyland/Disney World 'Pirates of the Caribbean' attraction in several roles including the original voice of the Pirate Captain dunking the magistrate into the well.
NOTE: Lassie and the Lassie Trademark are owned by DreamWorks Classics which is part of Dreamworks Animation LLC who purchased Classic Media, LLC in 2013. This episode was publicly broadcast via over the air (OTA) antenna TV by NBC affiliate COZI TV in the original format without modification, stretching or cropping. Recorded, edited and uploaded by Collie Lover to KZbin in July 2015 with no remuneration whatsoever. All KZbin pre-video advertisements are authorized and placed by Classic Media who own the Lassie copyright.