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Season 2 - Kids (episode)


Watched this on Netflix last night. Wondering if the dog playing "Boot" was the same dog from "Benji" ? I know Boot appears later in the Season, but was it explained how he returned to Station 51 after this episode? Love the humor in this show. They never really resolved if the dog was really the property of that other station that rescued the young John Travolta character from the hiking accident. And the dog seemed to be warming up to Gage too LOL. The kid that was stuck under the house with the Vaseline around his head...hilarious. I didn't get to see all of this show when it aired, but caught it most Saturdays.

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No, Boot (that was the dog's actual name) did not also play Benji. Although it DOES look like him, so they must be similar breed (both were mutts).

No, the show never resolved anything about Boot... he just appears and disappears at will. Not very responsible pet ownership, lol. Incidentally, Boot (the actor/dog) also 'starred' in an episode of The Virginian. It was his only other acting credit, other than Emergency!

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Boot also appeared in an Episode of Adam-12.Don´t remember the Episode title though.



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Benji was considerably smaller than Boot. The original Benji "actor" was a male mutt named Higgins that was found at a Burbank animal shelter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_(dog)

I don't know anything about Boot other than his first appearance on the show was also John Travolta's first ever tv appearance, s02e02.

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