TV Shows with Animals Instructions ● There will be trivia about different tv shows with animal as its main character from the 1950’s and 60’s ● After you guess the TV show you can go to the answer slide where there will be the answer along with a link to the TV show ● There will also be discussion questions for each show Trivia ● A show about a smart and fearless collie who performs a series of heroic tasks for her human owners and friends ● For the first several years of the series, she lived on family farms, before moving on to work with forest rangers in the wilderness and ultimately settling in at Holden ranch, a ranch for troubled children ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Lassie ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV1 Nyf_u1AA Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Lassie? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American black bear befriends a family in the Everglades ● It is about their adventures in the Florida Everglades ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Gentle Ben ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=zHt6tkUEhCI Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Gentle Ben? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● This show is about a New York lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas who longs for a simpler way of life, so he buys a farm, sight unseen, and moves there to live off the land, with his wife, Lisa ● The show highlights the collision of small-town life and Lisa's sophisticated ways ; she insists on wearing full-length gowns and ostentatious jewelry, even on the farm which provides much of the humor in the show ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Green Acres ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=umS3XM3x APk Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Green Acres? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● A western TV series about adventures of a young boy and his horse ● The series took place in Montana ● The show came out in 1957 ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● My Friend Flicka ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0 TcM46olCQ Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch My Friend Flicka? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American children's television program, that began in October 1954 and ended in May 1959, ● It starred a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache ● He and his German shepherd dog, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ nclUG-0SQ Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American drama series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 ● The show stars a girl who lives on a dairy farm with her parents and brother ● She owns a thoroughbred stallion which she hoped would one day run in the Grand National Steeplechase ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● National Velvet ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbk Q9Sb8nt8 Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch National Velvet? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American television comedy that aired from 1961-1966 ● It is about the misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner ● The horse causes mischief for which his owner gets blamed for ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Mister Ed ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 3cI-LXMyyDo Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Mister Ed? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● A Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau ● This show is a German Shepherd dog wanders endlessly, only stopping to do a good deed or help a person in need, before returning to his road without end ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● The Littlest Hobo ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg GKSjiw0HQ Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch The Littlest Hobo? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American television program first broadcast from 1964 to1967 ● It is about two children find adventure with their pet dolphin. ● The show has been dubbed an "Aquatic Lassie" ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Flipper ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6P qrTZsho0 Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Flipper? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An Australian television series airing from 1968 to 1970 ● It is about the adventures of a young boy and his highly intelligent pet kangaroo ● Can you guess the TV show? Answer ● Skippy ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 4dXOTFvVWkQ Discussion Questions ● Did you ever watch Skippy? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Trivia ● An American documentary television program that features wildlife and nature ● It was originally produced from 1963 until 1988 ● Can you guess this show? Answer ● Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom ● Link to show: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=oOf_34xI-YE Discussion ● Did you ever watch Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom? ● Did you like it? ● Who did you watch it with? Resources ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Acres ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassie_(1954_TV_series) ● http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2016/08/animal-shows-of-sixties.html ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friend_Flicka_(TV_series) ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rin_Tin_Tin ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Velvet_(TV_series) ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Ed ● https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054557/plotsummary ● https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061255/ ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo ● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Kingdom.