# Benji vs. the Littlest Hobo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064 "2019-01-19T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/21 "2019-01-22T14:07:53Z")
[The _original_ “Littlest Hobo”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo1vRiElCfo) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/22 "2019-01-22T14:12:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [The _original_ “Littlest Hobo”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo1vRiElCfo) Can’t say the theme song is very catchy—at least not in comparison to the later incarnations. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/23 "2019-01-22T14:29:37Z")
I voted Littlest Hobo because I used to watch that on a Sunday morning. I’ve never seen Benji. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/24 "2019-01-22T15:10:24Z")
I’ve never heard of The Littlest Hobo ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/25 "2019-01-22T15:30:37Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Can’t say the theme song is very catchy—at least not in comparison to the later incarnations. It is the one _I_ grew up with, and the tune is hummable. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/26 "2019-01-22T16:58:20Z")
The results of this poll and the Jif/Skippy debate has really shaken my faith in you guys. This makes me sadz. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/27 "2019-01-22T17:02:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The results of this poll and the Jif/Skippy debate has really shaken my faith in you guys. This makes me sadz. All those votes for that overgrown rat Benji disturbs me, too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/28 "2019-01-22T17:12:29Z")
Hey, YOU TAKE THAT BACK! I WILL **DIE** ON BENJI HILL! ESPECIALLY IF THE DOG WANTS HIS CREAMY JIF! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/29 "2019-01-22T23:08:41Z")
My criterion for “better” in this case boiled down to “I’ve heard of him.” So Benji it is. _(Edit: Ah, Canadian TV. There ya go.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/30 "2019-01-22T23:20:20Z")
I’ve heard of Benji, but haven’t seen it. Littlest Hobo was pretty popular in Canada, and the theme song is good! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/31 "2019-01-23T00:13:46Z")
I don’t know who The Littlest Hobo is, but I have always hated Benji. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/32 "2019-01-23T00:22:37Z")
I swear to God… ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064/33 "2019-01-30T17:02:35Z")
Littlest Hobo by a mile. Better theme song, and “able to jump out of a helicopter and put out forest fires” trumps “stole some keys and looked cute.” 😃 In all fairness, I’d take Benji over that twit Lassie any day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064.md?page=1)