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Hi,
I thought you might like this video. You are correct that Jon Provost (Timmy) was never in the well. The joke became so well known that he has named his new book “Timmy’s in the Well”. The book will be out mid-November.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=894543076
Thx,
Bonnie Vent
Genesis Creations Entertainment
www.genesiscreations.biz
The video is from The O’Reilly Factor, but despite Bill O’Reilly I can recommend watching the segment, because Jon is interesting. Something that I didn’t know, and in fact joked about in my previous post, is that Lassie really did have a stunt double! I’ll embed the video here.
Jon’s Web site is here. The book can be ordered here from Amazon.com.
I hope copies of the book will be available in time for Provost’s appearance in West Springfield, MA on November 2-4, because I’m hoping to see him there to say hi. I’d like to give Jon the Give-a-Show slide that I scanned and posted, now that it’s confirmed he never fell into a well, playing Timmy Martin on Lassie.
Alan Hale, Jr., aka the Skipper. Here it is: Roll down to No. 73:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0001308/
I was in ERROR; he played a hunter, and was in more than one episode. Just goes to show how faulty even MY memory can be!
Also, which Barbara Stanwyck classic did his daddy appear in?
Tramp as in hobo? Sorry, drawing a blank!
Quick! Who played the tramp who gave Lassie room and board one night during the same TV epic, “Lassie Come Home?” NO CHEATING!
He’s still so darned CUTE! and dare I say it, so PATIENT with the smarmy, annoying O’Reilly! >:( If you get out to Springfield, tell Timmy, I mean, Jon, that I STILL cry when I think of him having to bury Lassie’s toys. Mother Ruth had said it was “best to move on.” Remember that, like, six-parter, “Lassie Come Home?” where of course, Lassie got separated from the Martins? With tears running down his cheeks, Timmy began to bury all of Lassie’s toys. What’s this? A faint bark in the distance? Nah, it couldn’t be … YES! He looks up! Lassie is running toward him! WAAH! I’m crying again! (Jest kiddin’)