Remember Disney’s Old Yeller?
How About Babe, Lassie or Black Beauty?
Maybe King Kong or even CJ the Orangutan.
No prizes for guessing what all of the above have in common . . .
From Mr Ed the Talking Horse thru to Flipper the Dolphin and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo – the managery of animals that have graced both the big and small screen flies in the face of the old adage never to work with children or animals.
But who have been our favourites and who deserves special mention?
Did Benji tug at your hearstrings?
Were Toto and Rin Tin Tin really related?
Was Clarence the Crossed Eyed Lion and Gentle Ben really all [I]that[/I] wild?
And how about Cheeta from the Tarzan movies?
Who have I missed?
Wow! Blasts from the past! Being the die-hard animal lover I am, many of those were my faves.
And, of course, I loved Chewbacca simply because he had fur… I actually went as him for Halloween when I was 5. Now that is animal dedication.