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Gentle Ben

CBS (Ended 1969)

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6.1 Fair
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Gentle Ben ranks 8,790 out of the 18,221 shows on TV.com.

The 16 users who count themselves as Gentle Ben fans have written a total of 1 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

September 10, 1967

Ended

September 7, 1969

Genre

Drama, Action/Suspense

Theme

Animals

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The adventures of the young son of a game warden and his pet black bear in the Florida Everglades.

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  • Gentle Ben

    I remember this popular family show from the late 1960s. Dennis Weaver, who had previously played Chester on CBS' Guns...more »

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    8.5 Great

    A childhood favorite. I always loved the Ivan Tors Animal shows - Flipper & Gentle Ben were my two of the best. And though Lassie was not a Tors, we can't forget her either. hide « show »

    Gentle Ben was a movie that became a Tv Show and it starred Clint Howard, younger brother to Ron Howard. It had a Gentle Giant - Ben the bear and Dennis Weaver as the Father who was also a Florida Park Ranger.
    What a great show! Each week was some excitement and some moral lesson to be learned. Listen to your parents. Don't get into trouble. Don't go outside the boundaries (of the great florida everglades) because who knows what is lurking there.
    Not all of us were lucky enough to grow up with Bears at our side, but Gentle Ben brought that fantasy into our living room. The issues that they tried to touch us with helped to frame our childish minds.
    I remember the big fan/air boats and them whizzing around the 'glades in them. The opening credits made it all look so fun. They had a family in an interesting dynamic. Living amongst the wilderness and showing us that it could be done. Ben helped that by showing all of us that bears can be human too and have hearts.
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