TIL in 1951, MGM owed the dog that played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Planning on ending the franchise and in lieu of payment MGM gave full rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog's trainer, who then spun it off into a TV show that ran for 571 episodes. Fresh fom Reddit

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Submitted April 12, 2015 at 02:48AM by Removal_Rover http://www.reddit.com/r/ModerationLog/comments/32b8o9/til_in_1951_mgm_owed_the_dog_that_played_lassie/