 First appeared in a short story in 1859, Lassie the Collie has been depicted, I guess, everywhere. Books, movies, TV shows from the 40s. The TV show, by the way, lasted 19 seasons. Lassie aired from 1954 to 1973. By the way, all Lassies have been male dogs. All right, and let's hop on one more here as we go underground to talk Groundhogg.