Encyclopedia of TV Pets : A Complete History of Television's Greatest Animal Stars

by BECK, KEN & JIM CLARK

• ISBN13: 9781558539815
• ISBN10: 1558539816
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

The Encyclopedia of TV Pets is an entertaining and comprehensive#xD;journey into the lives of the world's most famous television animal stars. All#xD;creatures great and small, from kangaroos, sea lions, simians, and horses to#xD;elephants, dogs, lions, cats, and bears are here and pictured in nearly 200#xD;photographs. #xD;More than 100 TV series are represented along with the biographies and#xD;true-life stories of such memorable animals as Lassie, Mr. Ed, Gentle Ben,#xD;Wishbone, Flipper, Trigger, Arnold the Pig, Murray, Morris, Silver, J. Fred#xD;Muggs, Spuds McKenzie, Nunzio, Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion and Judy the Chimp,#xD;Benji, Morty the Moose, Marcel the Monkey, Salem from Sabrina, Fred the#xD;Cockatoo, Flicka, Fury, Lancelot Link, Tramp, Comet, Skippy the Kangaroo, Rin#xD;Tin Tin, Cheetah, London, C.J. the Orangutan, Eddie from Frasier, and#xD;even the Taco BellA? Chihuahua! #xD;The Encyclopedia of TV Pets is an amazing menagerie of facts and#xD;tales, many never before told to television fans. Owners, trainers, and the#xD;human actors who worked with the animals have told stories in exclusive#xD;interviews. What were the animals' real names? What were their favorite treats?#xD;Who trained them to do the incredible feats you see on TV? It's all here and#xD;more in The Encyclopedia of TV Pets, a book that animal lovers will keep#xD;handy alongside their remote control. #xD;A

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
The Abbott and Costello Show	1	(1)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	2	(2)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	4	(3)
Alex, the Stroh's Beer Dog	7	(3)
ALF	10	(1)
The Andy Griffith Show	11	(3)
Annie Oakley	14	(1)
B. J. and the Bear	15	(3)
Bachelor Father / Get Smart	18	(2)
Baretta	20	(3)
The Beverly Hillbillies	23	(3)
The Bionic Woman	26	(3)
The Black Stallion	29	(3)
Blondie	32	(2)
Born Free	34	(5)
The Brady Bunch	39	(2)
Call of the Wild	41	(3)
Caroline in the City	44	(2)
The Chimp Channel	46	(1)
Circus Boy	47	(5)
Coach	52	(1)
Columbo	53	(1)
Corky and White Shadow (The Mickey Mouse Club serial)	54	(2)
Cowboy in Africa	56	(2)
Daktari	58	(9)
Dave's World	67	(2)
Dharma & Greg	69	(2)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills	71	(2)
The Drew Carey Show	73	(1)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	74	(2)
Due South	76	(3)
The Dukes of Hazzard	79	(4)
Early Edition	83	(3)
Empty Nest	86	(4)
Flipper / Flipper: The New Adventures	90	(5)
Frasier	95	(3)
Friends	98	(2)
Frontier Circus	100	(1)
Full House	101	(2)
Fury	103	(5)
The Gene Autry Show / The Adventures of Champion	108	(5)
General Hospital	113	(2)
Gentle Ben	115	(3)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir	118	(3)
The Greatest Show on Earth	121	(1)
Green Acres	122	(4)
Hart to Hart	126	(1)
The Hathways	127	(3)
Hee Haw	130	(6)
Here's Boomer	136	(2)
Honey West	138	(1)
Hooperman	139	(2)
Hopalong Cassidy	141	(3)
I Love Lucy / Dennis the Menace	144	(3)
In the Heat of the Night	147	(1)
Jungle Jim / Bomba the Jungle Boy	148	(2)
Lancelor Link, Secret Chimp	150	(3)
Land of the Giants	153	(3)
Lassie	156	(10)
Life Goes On	166	(1)
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams	167	(4)
Little House on the Prairie	171	(2)
The Little Rascals (Our Gang films)	173	(1)
The Littlest Hobo	174	(4)
The Lone Ranger	178	(8)
Longstreet	186	(2)
Mad About You	188	(3)
Magnum, P.I.	191	(2)
Married . . . With Children	193	(3)
Maya	196	(3)
Me and the Chimp	199	(2)
Meego	201	(3)
Mister Ed	204	(10)
Morris the Cat	214	(2)
Mr. Smith	216	(3)
My Friend Flicka	219	(4)
My Three Sons	223	(3)
Nanny and the Professor	226	(2)
National Velvet	228	(2)
The Norm Show	230	(2)
Northern Exposure	232	(1)
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	233	(2)
The PATSY Awards	235	(7)
The People's Choice	242	(2)
Petticoat Junction	244	(6)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies / The Doris Day Show	250	(4)
Punky Brewster	254	(2)
Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop	256	(2)
The Roy Rogers Show	258	(7)
Run, Joe, Run	265	(2)
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch	267	(4)
Salty	271	(2)
Sam	273	(1)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon	274	(5)
Sheen, Queen of the Jungle	279	(1)
Skippy (the Bush Kangaroo) / The New Adventures of Skippy	280	(3)
Spin City	283	(2)
Spuds MacKenzie	285	(1)
Star Trek: The Next Generation	286	(2)
Taco Bell Chihuahua	288	(1)
Tales of the Gold Monkey	289	(2)
Tarzan	291	(5)
Tequila & Bonetti	296	(1)
Thunder	297	(2)
The Today Show	299	(10)
Topper	309	(3)
The Waltons	312	(4)
The Westerner	316	(2)
Wishbone	318	(5)
Bibliography	323	(2)
Index	325