Lassie's Rescue Rangers

Lassie's Rescue Rangers

Genre	Animated
Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Voices of	Hal Harvey Ted Knight Erika Scheimer Lane Scheimer Keith Sutherland Jane Webb
Composer(s)	Yvette Blais Jeff Michael
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company(s)	Filmation Associates
Distributor	Metromedia Producers Corporation
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	November 11, 1972 (1972-11-11) – December 22, 1973 (1973-12-22)

Lassie's Rescue Rangers is an animated TV show produced by Filmation and featuring Lassie, running from 1973 to 1975. The hour-long pilot, Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain, was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.

Overview

In the series, Lassie the collie dog lives near Thunder Mountain with the Turner family. Ranger Ben Turner works with wife Laura and children Susan, Jackie, and Ben Jr. as The Forest Force, a ranger-rescue team that protects Thunder Mountain National Park. Lassie is the leader of The Rescue Rangers, a group of wild animals living in the park, working alongside the Turners to help protect the environment and keep it safe for visitors.

The Rescue Rangers were eight animals including Groucho the owl, Toothless the mountain lion, Musty the skunk, and Robbie the raccoon. Also helping the Forest Force was Gene Fox, a Native American, who was Ben Jr.'s, Jackie's and Susan's friend.

Episode list

No.	Title	Original airdate
0	"Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain"	November 11, 1972
1	"The Animals Are Missing"	September 15, 1973
2	"Mystic Monster"	September 22, 1973
3	"Lassie's Special Assignment"	September 29, 1973
4	"The Imposters"	October 6, 1973
5	"Deadly Cargo"	October 13, 1973
6	"Grizzly"	October 20, 1973
7	"Deepsea Disaster"	October 27, 1973
8	"Black Out"	November 3, 1973
9	"Arctic Adventure"	November 10, 1973
10	"The Sunken Galleon"	November 17, 1973
11	"Goldmine"	November 24, 1973
12	"Rodeo"	December 1, 1973
13	"Hullabaloo in Hollywood"	December 8, 1973
14	"Tidal Wave"	December 15, 1973
15	"Lost"	December 22, 1973

External links

Lassie's Rescue Rangers at the Internet Movie Database
Lassie's Rescue Rangers at TV.com
Lassie's Rescue Rangers at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Works featuring Lassie

Novel	Lassie Come-Home

Films	Lassie Come Home (1943) Son of Lassie (1945) Courage of Lassie (1946) Hills of Home (1948) The Sun Comes Up (1949) Challenge to Lassie (1949) The Painted Hills (1951) Lassie's Great Adventure (1963) The Magic of Lassie (1978) Lassie (1994) Lassie (2005)

Live television series	Lassie (1954–1973) Lassie: A New Beginning (1978) The New Lassie (1989–1991) Lassie (1997–1999) Lassie's Pet Vet (2007)

Animated television series	Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–1974) Famous Dog Lassie (1996) The New Adventures of Lassie (2014)

Other	Lassie (manga series)

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) The Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–76) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Super Friends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)

Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1972–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1976) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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