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The Littlest Hobo (1963) |
The Littlest Hobo (1979) | ||
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lyrics by Ronald Stein. Performed by Randy Sparks
Original Air Dates: 1963 - 1965 (Canada) |
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Maybe
Tomorrow Music by Terry Bush and
lyrics by John Crossen. Performed by Terry Bush
Original Air Dates: 1979 - 1985 (Canada) |
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The Littlest Hobo was originally created by Dorrell McGowan for a 1958 movie shot in black-and-white in California by director Charles Rondeau. The movie led to a TV series in 1963, also in black and white. It was filmed in the Vancouver area of British Columbia and was shown in both Canada and the U.S. In 1979, the show was put into production once again. It was also filmed in Canada, this time in color, and saw only limited broadcast in the U.S. The star of the show was an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walked into a new place at the beginning of each episode. He (or she) would come upon people down on their luck or in trouble, and always befriended and helped the struggling person. Then, when the job was done, the shepherd departed to continue the cross-country drifting. It is unclear as to the name of the dog. Obviously, since it never had an owner, no one it met would know its name. Fans knew it as "Hobo" and also as "London" which was the name in the credits of the dog actor (and there were several dogs used in the part, just like Lassie). Also, I doubt if the gender of the dog was ever established. |
A special thank you goes to Nancy L. for help with this show. I was only aware of the color version. She remembered the older one and led me to the info I needed.
Also, I received some nice additional information from Terry Bush, the writer and performer of the 1979 theme. Here are Terry's own words: I was mainly a jingle writer, so most of my 'stuff' was used on commercials. The Littlest Hobo theme song was the only one used for an actual TV series that was played worldwide. I released the song (finally, after 20 years) because of a resurgence of interest in the UK because they used the theme for a commercial a while back. The commercial was extremely popular due to the theme, that another band over there recorded it. I thought it was about time to release my original version! Your site is very informative and helpful. Thanks for your help. Kind regards, Terry |
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1963 LYRICS I find adventure everywhere,
ORIGINAL MOVIE LYRICS Looks like we're comin' into town. |
1979 LYRICS There's a voice that keeps on calling me |
