There was this little shaggy dog on it, and Frank Weatherwax was working the dog. One day we were all sitting around, and Frank said, listen, my brother Rudd just got the rights back from MGM for Lassie, and said have your agent check into it. I did, and I went for a screen test.
I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties. - Tommy Rettig
I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.
- Tommy Rettig
We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part. - Tommy Rettig
We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.
Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life? - Tommy Rettig
Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?
It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection. - Tommy Rettig
It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.
Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done … - Tommy Rettig
Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done …
I wanted to go to regular high school- it looked like a lot of fun. - Tommy Rettig
I wanted to go to regular high school- it looked like a lot of fun.
I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide. - Tommy Rettig
I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.
I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships. - Tommy Rettig
I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.
I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who s… - Tommy Rettig
I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who s…
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