Season 1 Plot
The Littlest Hobo was a dog who showed an uncanny knack for arriving at a time of peril. After performing heroics, the shrewd stray resisted entreaties to stay, preferring instead the open road.
The Littlest Hobo Season 1 aired on October 10th, 1979.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Smoke
Hobo saves animals from a forest fire and aids a poisoned child.
2. Manhunt (1)
3. Manhunt (2)
4. The Defector
Hobo rescues a defecting ballerina from kidnappers.
5. Double Trouble
Hobo saves two draft horses from the glue factory. Note: This episode was trailed at the end of #1.21 "Guardian Angel")
6. Silent Witness
The Hobo witnesses a drunken hit-and-run and haunts the perpetrator, playing his conscience against him. Hobo pursues a hit-and-run driver.
7. Target For Terror
Hobo rescues a politician's son from kidnappers.
8. Heritage
Hobo protects an elderly prospector from greedy land-grabbers. Jasper: Leon Ames. Laura: Lynn Griffin. Glenn: J.P. Linton. Cal: Shawn Lawrence. Ralph: Ben Gordon.
9. Little Girl Lost
10. Boy On Wheels
Hobo comes to the aid of a wheelchair-bound boy in rehab.
11. Stand-in
A different dog, and then the littlest hobo has to come and stand in for that dog.
12. Second Chance
13. Big Al and Sam Strawberry
14. Give My Regards to Broadway
A struggling actress resorts to stealing (and writing IOUs) to make ends meet and the Hobo tries to keep her out of trouble.
15. The Last Job
An ex-convict has a bright future ahead of him, if he goes straight, but is compelled to perform one last bank robbery.
16. Snapshot
17. The Million Dollar Fur Heist
18. Diamonds Are a Dog's Best Friend
19. Romiet and Julio
The Hobo plays matchmaker to a young couple who, in between being separated by their respective parents, find time to bicker among themselves.
20. Escape
21. Guardian Angel
22. The Pied Piper
23. Willie and Kate
The Hobo tries to give support and guidance to a couple of quarrelsome human transients--one old man and one young girl.
24. The Further Adventures of Willie and Kate
The Hobo journeys onward, trying to keep his transient companions out of trouble, when Kate is captured by the authorities and placed in an orphanage run like a military academy.