The Littlest Hobo (1979) Season 1-6 Complete

The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV, spanning six seasons, from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985. The concept of the show was that of "an ownerless dog". Rights to the Littlest Hobo series currently belong to Mighty Motion Pictures located in Spruce Grove, Alberta.

All three productions revolved around a stray German Shepherd, the titular Hobo, who wanders from town to town, helping people in need. Although the concept (of a dog saving the day) was perhaps similar to that of Lassie, the Littlest Hobo's destiny was to befriend those who apparently needed help, portrayed by well known actors in celebrity guest appearance roles. Despite attempts to adopt him by many people whom he helped, he appeared to prefer to be on his own, and would head off by himself at the end of each episode.

Never actually named on-screen, the dog is often referred to by the name Hobo or by the names given by temporary human companions. His origins, motivation and ultimate destination are also never explained.

Although some characters appeared in more than one episode, the only constant was the Littlest Hobo himself.

In 1979, when CTV revived the series (which was then sometimes called The New Littlest Hobo), it was shot on videotape rather than film. It was subsequently syndicated in many countries. In the course of its run, a mixture of well-known Canadian and Hollywood guest stars have appeared - such as Al Waxman, Carol Lynley, John Ireland, Megan Follows, Rex Hagon, Alan Hale, Jr., August Schellenberg, DeForest Kelley, Ray Walston, Morey Amsterdam, Jeff Wincott, Michael Ironside, Patrick Macnee, Abe Vigoda, Saul Rubinek, John Vernon, Keenan Wynn, Chris Makepeace, Karen Kain, Vic Morrow, Henry Gibson, John Carradine and Leslie Nielsen. In the 1979 episode "Boy on Wheels", 16-year-old Mike Myers made an early acting appearance playing the friend of a paraplegic boy. Charles (Chuck) P. Eisenmann appeared as a dog trainer named Chuck in the first-season episode "Stand In" and as dog kennel operator named Mr. Charles in part one of the episode "Voyageurs" from the sixth season.

The series aired on CTV on Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. After the sixth (and final) season, reruns continued on CTV, CTV Two and other national networks up until the early 2010s, when CTV replaced it with a block of music videos from Juicebox. In the UK, the series premièred on the BBC on April 8, 1982, but only the first three seasons were shown (and repeated until 1989). In April 1991, ITV picked up the series, and each of the local companies played out the full series until late 1994. Anyway, enjoy these videos!