listen and and watch this 22 second video - what emotions does it evoke?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZTRlLV_fw&feature=related



And - for posterity's sake - one full 30 min. episode from 1963 Lassie - complete with the Campbell's Soup commercials

part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoiIERWiUl0

part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkm0lx7IyJM&feature=related


part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZ8iActLIQ


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That was all I knew of America, the images which came via Lassie, Bonanza and Mr. Ed. To me, as a child, that was what America was all about. The good always won in the end. America was where I wanted to be. To me, these glimpses of American life were a look at paradise.

My own country was still digging out of its self-inflicted destruction. What did I know of hatred, injustice, discrimination as a little girl? All I somehow managed to gather was that it was our own damn fault. But how? Why? I couldn't wrap my child's mind around it.

At the same time, I was just a little too young to watch "On the Waterfront" or "In the Heat of the Night", or any of the other classics, which showed a different side of the country I longed for so much.

Still, Lassie seems to forever be part of a life that many of us wish we could have had. Am I wrong? I really and truly don't know.

married with a family; A boy and his dog; idyllic setting with a farm pond and a farm road with no traffic.
About all that is missing is the fishin' pole and an apple to munch on.
It was a movie lot, right?

About 20 min from downtown LA on the freeway. If you went up on top of the hill in the background, you'd see the smog.