Gentle Ben 1967 - 1969 Opening and Closing Theme (Mini Episode) HD Dolby
Vložit
- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Loads more TV Themes at: teeveesgreatest...
Gentle Ben premiered September 10, 1967 and ran until August 31, 1969, airing a total of 58 episodes in two seasons. The series chronicled the adventures of young Mark Wedloe (played by Clint Howard) and his lovable 650-to-750-pound black bear named Ben.
Gentle Ben was produced by Ivan Tors, who also produced the Gentle Giant pilot film.
Tors was an established producer of successful TV series, including Lloyd Bridges' Sea Hunt, Flipper and Daktari. Like the Gentle Giant film, the TV series Gentle Ben was set in Florida (allowing Tors to use his own studio facilities there) rather than Alaska, and Ben was a large black bear instead of the brown bear of the original novel. The TV series picked up the story where Gentle Giant left off, with Mark's father Tom Wedloe already a wildlife officer in the Everglades, and Ben an adult bear and established family pet living outside (or sometimes inside) the Wedloes' house.
I’m a Florida gal. Born and raised. I so miss theses day. Innocent programs.. I watched this . Grizzly Adams. Ben the same Bear 🐻. Flipper. Beverly hillbillies. Very grateful I’m a 70’s baby.
I use to love gentle Ben, lassie and especially flipper. I too am a 70's baby
I couldn't agree more with you both. Seventies kid here myself and tv programming was geared towards family values and family viewing. After a long hard work day whether it be at my main job or working on the homestead it's nice to escape for a little while and watch these old shows once again over lunch and or dinner. Flipper and the Forest Rangers (a Canadian junior ranger adventure kids show) were similar adventure rescue themed shows that I still enjoy today.
I watched this and in a few short minutes was caught up in the story. I was 11 when this show debuted. Agree about the magic of these vintage shows. CZcams is full of nostalgia, like me.
I really miss Dennis Weaver. He was such a cool dude. Don't know much about his personal life, ( and maybe that's a good thing ) but he was always such a stand out guy in any production he was in. A toast,... To the wholesome day's of TV magic and drama.
I am reading a bit about him in the new autobiography by Ron and Clint Howard "The Boys." Weaver introduced their parents to each other back in Oklahoma, was great to work with, was also an early vegetarian in Hollywood. I highly recommend the book too.
@@candymiller8023 Awesome, well your Uncle was a good decent man. 👍
@@candymiller8023 You should be very proud! I loved him in McCloud and Duel.
I'm really enjoying The Boys. Clint and Ron Howard's memoir. And it's fun to jump to CZcams and watch clips of the things they talk about.
I've been reading the book too, and really enjoying it!
Yes! I’m doing that right now 🥰
I’m reading it currently and really enjoying it!
Doing the same! Such a fun read!!😊
I'm reading it now & also going to CZcams too watch various clips they mention
Zipping through the Everglades on an airboat with your son next you and your bear in front, that would be the life. If we all had our own bears.
I know. I suppose this is why I'm jaded as an adult. World isn't as simple as it seemed on TV.
Gentle Ben was one of a series of shows CBS placed in the old Jack Benny slot at 7:30 pm est between Lassie and The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday nights . All family shows like Dennis The Menace , My Favorite Martian , Its About Time and The George Gobel / Eddie Fisher variety show .
I was too young to care about all that. I just loved the show.
Used to watch this show; loved it right alongside "Flipper" and "Daktari".
And Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangarooooooooo!
@@clivesmith9377 😄👍
Those four. I think we are of an age😂
I used to love that show as a kid! I just saw Clint Howard (the little fella) on Bold and the Beautiful as a old street man in an alley! I'm glad he's still working! 🏆👍
That tv show inspire me to be a forest ranger after grew up.
I was approximately five years old when this show was produced and I lived in the area of South Florida were it was filmed. It reminds me of childhood. Sadly most of the areas where this was filmed have been destroyed by development.
@@redbug3485 Some of it was filmed in and around Port Salerno, FL.
Same age as you. The airboat was/is fascinating. Clint in “The Corbomite Manoever”, Star Trek…..was awesome. Clean Cut conservative as some would say? Na. A bear as a friend is appealing to a 5 yr old. Not the politics of short hair.
@@loyertamaraHe was in Night Shift too. 😆. Directed by his brother!
gentle ben was a big part of my childhood. ranks right up there wuth flipper now both on tv land
Don’t forget Lassie :)
I remember watching it when I was in the first and second grade.
Do you remember “The Wilderness family” ? (70s movie about a family leaving city to move to remote wilderness)
I recently had a nice conversation on facebook with the former actress who starred as the daughter in the original. Very sweet lady.
@@AdamsBrew78 I remember it. In fact, there was a second Wilderness Family movie I believe.
I'm a contemporary... don't forget about Lassie.
Wow Ron Howard really looks like his dad. I see the resemblance immediately.
I wish that TV land or ME TV bring these shows back...
Me-TV or Antenna TV or INSP for sure, don't think that TV Land is gonna bring this show back, especially in the direction its going
I remember gentle BEN during my childhood in Nigeria..I will never miss it
Many Saturday morning spent watching this show about 6:30am in front of the old console TV!! Loved this show!!
Great memories and great show from my childhood..thank you !
+SeventhBeatle Barros - yes I agree, your very welcome
I used to watch this as a child.
Clint Howard...the true Howard genius
I miss these clean cut wholesome shows.
I am exactly the same age as Clint Howard and loved this show. But I'm glad I didn't know that the 3 bears that played Ben had their teeth and claws removed.
@@tigertbalmDoes it really matter though, my brother? In the long run YOU were entertained and had some good memories from it. I mean, c’mon man. Bear(s)had a (albeit short) bit of a career from it too. 🤷🏼♂️. Win/win.
@@sec9788 No, I don't think a bear benefits from having a career especially when it's teeth and claws were amputated. I don't think most people would take that deal even if they craved the fame.
When television was about integrity, morality, and everything wholesome
Right on!
Absolut!!! Greetings from Germany!!
…and a boy with a bear. Integrity, morality blah blah meant nothing to five year olds.
@@loyertamara Really? They meant alot to me at that age.
@@h.huffen-puff4105 Says a lot about today's generation, I feel.
I remember watching this show in reruns on Pat Robertson's CBN along with Flipper and Daktari
Good Times
T-Bone Hubbard I remember those days.
Don't forget the Johnny Quest cartoons on Saturday! :))
Used to watch this as a kid
Ditto, CBN ran this in the 80's.
This brings back some wonderful memories; I loved this show. Thank you for sharing this.
CBBC used to show this in the UK in the early 1990s...I loved it!
They showed it in the 80s as well.
I saw it in the 90s and I thought it was on sundays on Channel 4 with Flipper.
@@boggybogallow yeah I probably saw it during the latter half of the 80s too. Late 80s/early 90s was my era for kids TV
@Paul Kryder No lol.
I watched it in the seventies when I was a kid. Loved it
An oddity : Dennis Weaver introduced Mr. and Mrs. Howard to each other in an acting class in OK . Another oddity was that at that time you had two child acting brothers featured in different TV series at the same time . When Ron Howard was born Rance Howard was in the acting ensemble of the Broadway play Mister Roberts . The star Henry Fonda told audience the news during the curtain call , In the early 1970s Ron played Fonda's son in the TV the Smith Family .
I didn't know that Rance Howard, Clint and Ron's dad played in this episode too. I guess he was heavily involved in the lives of both sons. That can be a good thing.
Yes, Ron Howard especially is the Poster Boy for child actors that do turn out normal. And that was due to his parents of course. Just treated him like any other kid at home.
Most of these old tv episodes can be boiled down to six and a half minutes. I feel like i just watched the whole episode.
That bear was air boating old school. He was checking out the glades from the bow.
Dennis Weaver looks pretty young in this must of been before he took a trip out west as a salesman in his red Plymouth Valiant and had a rough day with that old tanker truck in the movie Duel LOL
Mike Caron That was '71... I believe this was late sixties. His part was like Ben's in this with his whining from what I remember...
Rusty G Lol
Mike Caron that one movie aged him 30 years
It's Chester, or McLeod, depending on how old you are. LOL.
Great movie.
Oh my God actual entertainment
What we miss now.
I remember watching this as a little boy and thinking what a beautiful place the everglades must be! It was so sunny, everyone looked so cool and things were just so pleasant. Well, quite a few years later I have a pretty good idea what this area is all about: Swamp; mosquitoes; blistering summer heat with unbearable humidity; alligators; venomous snakes crawling all over; and of course all the black bears are kind and loving like Gentle Ben -sure! It was truly a great fantasy show.
I grew up near Philly and watched Gentle Ben and Flipper every week!! Now I live next to the Everglades and I agree with you!!Lol You forgot the PYTHONS however...Horrible,eating all the native wildlife. Disaster for the Everglades.
@@sbbrph2651 Yes, I read about that, it's an ecosystem nightmare and the Florida Fish and Game is having to deal with this horrible problem. I grew up near Syracuse and many years later we owned a condo in Myrtle Beach. I wasn't as far down as you are but that area is still a hot swamp full of gators and snakes. It definitely wasn't Central New York and I'm sure you see the great contrast from Philly.
@@sbbrph2651 It's a shame when we're older.
🎶 And you knew where you weeeeeeere then. Watching shows like Gentle Ben
67-69, I was 2-4yrs old. Hard to believe I remember this show.
@LucisFerre1 Yeah, me too. But I watched this and other shows like this in syndication.
Brought back some great childhood memories
I watched this growing up in Pa. Now I live next to the Everglades!! Now we have pythons eating up everything.
Omg it took me over 2o years to fine this clip I can never think the name of the show I call it Uncle Ben no wonder that couldn't find it it's called Gentle Ben I grew up on the show
I always like gentle Ben. When I was a kid I love Florida 💙 but it's not what it use to be 30 year's ago to many concrete houses and side walks I remember when Florida was still wild
I remember when Florida was still wild
florida is overrun with midwesterners and new yorkers and it sux now they are killing the everglades
You all have no idea 🌴
Damn, TV shows were way more ballsy in the 60's. Here because Homer mentions this show on the Simpsons in a late 90's episode, the golden years of pop culture for me
Who had the crazy idea of filming a kid’s show with a bear?! Let’s teach children how gentle bears are haha!
lol i freaking love gentle Ben,
I had a GENTLE BEN lunch box when l was a 4th grader. It would be nice if l still had it.
Debut on CBS Primetime on 9/10/1967.Aired Sunday evening at 7:30 (eastern),6:30 (central).Lasted for 2 seasons.
The mid to late 1960's were a popular place to film TV shows. Flipper, Gentle Ben and I Dream Of Jeannie. The state was growing exponentially with the popularity of the space program, spring break and the soon to be opened Disney World.
That chain around the bear creeps me out though.
My childhood.
Thank you sharing. I loved this show as a child.
There's a fire 15 miles away, then suddenly right after Mark falls out of the tree and gets knocked out the fire is ten feet away. Of course, when in the Everglades and there's a fire close by, the first thing you should do is get yourself and your pet Florida Black Bear into the water with all the water snakes and alligators. I give that advice to all parents who let there 6 year old kid and his bear wander around the South Florida wilderness alone.
That was TV and kids really were more free to roam about the cabin back in those days.
@@blaster-zy7xx I'm aware its a tv show. I watched it when I was a kid. That's why Iooked up this video. It’s been decades since the last time I saw the show and wanted to reminisce. I’ve always been inclined to see the humorous side of things. You have to admit those old 60s and 70s TV series didn't have much regard for whether or not a scene was possible in real life. 🤣
@@JohnHWelch63 Me too. Yes, those plot lines were always a bit of a fantasy. I remember the Brady Bunch always seemed to be on a sunny Saturday afternoon... all the time.
His brother got all the looks hehe
There are definitely gators in that creek!
Clint, he had no business being out there, Howard.
I had the lunch box, but am straining to remember the show itself, which came out when I was four. The hovercraft looks vaguely familiar at least!
It’s not a hovercraft.
I was reading Ron and Clint Howard’s book. The bear in the water was a smaller brown bear. The bear playing Ben wouldn’t do stunts. They painted the brown bear with hair dye.
Clints father is in this Episode
For a very special brother Uno♥️
When television used wild animals like props, kept in cages, no air conditioning for a black bear in Florida, fed donuts, and spray painted it black when there was a need to. Poor Clint Howard’s dad didn’t believe in air conditioning so the kids sweated away a couple years in Southern Florida.
i was born in 83, i never knew anything about this show. this was TV of my parents time. i finally get that simpsons joke tho.
Probably the show that led to more wild bear attacks in Yellowstone Nat'l Park, and many other parks where bears forage for food in dumps and garbage cans near campgrounds, than any other show did!
Because the show gave bears ideas.
tryithere Or tourists thinking they knew better.
"Hey momma bear...we were just petting your little cubs..hey you seem kind of upset...why you charging at me like that? No...stop...safe word...that is really hurting me now...safe space!! I call safe space........"
All the Howard's,Clint,Rance,& Ron appeared together in one episode.
No Ben, no!
Quality reference 👌
Once dad showed up both Mark and Ben knew everything was good. Lucky no gators😮
I didn't know that was Dennis Weaver that played that role. I first remembered him in McCloud. But I obviously saw him first on this show. Sort of like when I saw Scar Face later, I was blown away the girlfriend was Michelle Pfeffer. When I first saw it, she wasn't well known.
Love the tow chain they got around his neck…
Yes, the Social Justice Warriors of today would find soooo much wrong with this show back then. Thank God they didn't exist, or at least very little back then, and of course didn't have the Internet to shout their loud mouths on.
all Gentle Ben does is wimper, Lassie wouldve had him out of that burning forest on his own
"Her" own.
@@nealaitken4512 Their. Lassie insisting of having pronoun rights.
NO BEN NO!!!
But, how did the boy get chained to the bear after he fell from the tree?
Love. Show.
My thing is this came out the year, I was born, but, when, I think of Gentle Ben, I think of the Bear and, the characters that was on Grizzly Adam’s! 4:20
The Simpsons brought me here 😂😂😂
I had no idea this was an actual show. I though the simpsons just made it up, lol
Ron Howard's big Brother Clint as a Boy, Ron &Clint's Dad... Rance Howard is Henry Boomhauer! Cool!
Ron and Clint...cute kids who grew up less and less attractive.
Clint was the younger of the two.
Image ratio fail. Should be 4:3.
I never seen this show before and I'm old enough to remember watching Grizzly Adams and The Waltons.
I don't this this show ran in Detroit markets.
Omg I never realized the Simpsons was referencing this with their talk show 😂
I always thought he was a grizzly but he’s a black bear
Could you have been getting the memory confused with Grizzly Adams? I think that was another 60s show. They were both aired on TV in England in the 80s/early 90s, which is when I saw them. Grizzly Adams was about a man living somewhere up north in North America in the 19th century (I think), and he had a grizzly bear companion.
Quick Ben, ask Skippy to get Flipper to go find help!
Only 6000 views. This is a great show.
4-10-2023.
Bear says, "You taste good, I eat you now!"
Mi oso y yo.serue de tv. Maravillosa que daba la tv chilena a comienzos de esta el año 66 68.
Quise decir serie y no serue.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Ben supposed to be a grizz? I haven't seen the show but I read the book and I swear he was a different kind of bear.
...and starring Brian Blessed as Ben Wadloe
Wow nostalgia overload, this really takes me back. Dont remember the episodes being so short tho. What time is The Waltons and Wonder years on? xD
Here because Kool Keith always references Gentle Ben in his raps.
i saw kool keith in concert just before the corona hit - ultamagnetic mc’s
I liked this at first,but outgrew it along with Lassie after getting two digits in my age.
What a ridiculous opener! I never watched this when I was a kid for some reason.
That bear has had too much Tranya.
I would been worried about alligators and snakes
Watch out for the ‘Bob Cat’. If he gets a hold of the bear he will use it for meat.
The old man gave the boy a ride. Ok uhm. Who set that fire?
All fun and games until the past comes out to haunt you.....
I watched it..kind of neat to own a bear.😂
It just hit me that the theme tune borrows a recognisable motif from Peter and the Wolf.
Funny.
Ben seems to have “lost” his teeth and claws.
Most people don't know, but the show was discontinued because the bear ate the little boy. Can't produce new episodes without the main character. The bear did say that he did love that little boy, he was delicious.
That was a malicious rumor started by Yogi. He was resentful of Ben's popularity.
disfruté viendo mi oso y yo como se llamaba en español.lo veiamos en casa del pistudo de la manzana.que gratos recuerdos.gracias!!
I remember this shoe was my favorite at 5 ,uears later Id ask frirnds do you remember Gentle Brn , I guess my age is showeing.. Noe I can shoe them thus clip . I lovedvit eish it would come back on
Ol gawd it’s a proper scare and anxiety full tv show, we can’t let the kids watch
Is this Lassie with a bear?
Yes, pretty much...
Kurt Vonfricken Yep, basically that. I'm sure the brainstorm was going with a least likely animal in the role.
Just like Flipper is Lassie as a dolphin.
The Australians had Skippy the bush kangaroo which was basically Lassie with a kangaroo.
SIMPLY DELICIOUS
Wow, Clint really does look like a poor man's Opie Taylor , here lol
Wish I would have had a big brother like Ben wouldn't have hgot picked on
Ivan Tors
What the bloody hell am I looking at?!
Podrian llevarla al cine como homenaje a la amistad entre dos seres ; un niño y un oso. Todo puede ser.