Gentle Ben Season 1

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1x01 Hurricane Coming aired Sep 10, 1967

Mark befriends a boy whose family is vacationing on a houseboat in the river. While out on an adventure together a hurricane quickly comes in. They get the b... read more

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1x02 Green Eyed Bear aired Sep 17, 1967

As Tom and Mark are watching a mother bear play with its cub the mother gets shot by a swamp hunter. Tom issues as citation to the hunter and takes the cub. ... read more

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1x03 Fish and Chips aired Sep 24, 1967

Ben and Mark stumble upon fish poachers and their illegal smokehouse. The men threaten to kill Ben if Mark tells his father. Later Ben wanders off and Mark ... read more

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1x04 Gator Man aired Oct 01, 1967

Mark befriends shoeless Jenny Maddox at school. However, when Tom drops her off at her father's dock in the airboat, he discovers that Jenny's father is the ... read more

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1x05 Voice from the Wilderness aired Oct 08, 1967

Mark gets Tom to put a radio transmitter on Ben so he can hear what he's doing when he's away. After Ben wanders off a plane carrying exotic animals crashes ... read more

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1x06 Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher aired Oct 15, 1968

Mark is mocked at school and on the school boat when he is the only child in his class that didn't bring in an Indian artifact for show and tell. He decides ... read more

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1x07 Restless Bear aired Oct 22, 1967

Ben gets restless when wild bears come near the Wedloe home during mating season. Tom explains to Mark Ben's natural instincts and Mark agrees Ben should be ... read more

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1x08 Battle of Wedloe Woods aired Oct 29, 1967

Developer Philip Garrett wants to clear cut and burn the brush to build a housing development on 60 acres of land adjacent to the game reserve. Concerned abo... read more

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1x09 Warden for Man and Beast aired Nov 05, 1967

Professor Hugo brings his performing bear Victor to the Wedloe home. He has bought a bungalow in a retirement community and wants to release Victor into the ... read more

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1x10 A Waste of Honey aired Nov 12, 1967

Mark leads some thieves to Boomhauer's honey farm and overhears them saying they will kill the game warden if he catches on. They notice Mark has heard them ... read more

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1x11 Jennifer aired Nov 19, 1967

A little girl gets lost in the Everglades. There is also an injured wildcat roaming the same area. Against his father's orders, Mark and Ben join in the sear... read more

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1x12 Warden in the Bear Pit aired Nov 26, 1967

A couple of con artists try to steal Ben to gamble on him in fights against dogs. Unable to get Ben, they find another bear. Tom and Ben break up the illegal... read more

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1x13 A Medal for Ben aired Dec 03, 1967

A group of Seminole children approach Mark for help in attending his school, having been impressed by him getting Jimmie Boy into the school in the earlier e... read more

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1x14 The Ransom aired Dec 17, 1967

Tom offers Packy Benner some work, but he decides he can make more money more easily by stealing Ben and waiting for a reward. Tom is on to him and runs into... read more

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1x15 The Wayward Bear, Part 1 aired Dec 24, 1967

While on a shopping trip, Ben climbs into a delivery truck and gets separated from the Mark and Ellen. Subsequently Ben has a number of solo adventures inclu... read more

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1x16 The Wayward Bear, Part 2 aired Dec 31, 1967

An injured Ben wanders into the camp of a couple of old carneys whose own bear is too old to perform anymore. They are going to keep Ben and train him but an... read more

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1x17 The Opportunist aired Jan 07, 1968

Poachers are stealing the animals from a newly repopulated island. As they try to get away with their live cargo they also load Ben onto the truck, but he is... read more

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1x18 The Battle of Birthday Bay aired Jan 14, 1968

Mark and Tom have a surprise for Ellen's birthday. They are going to a cabin deep in the woods to spend a few days. When they get there they discover that th... read more

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1x19 Trophy Bear aired Jan 21, 1968

Hunting guide Joe Cardigan takes rich Miami big game hunter John Coberly into the swamp looking for a bear. Messing up on his first attempt and enticed by th... read more

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1x20 Mama Jolie aired Jan 28, 1968

Mark takes Ben to Mama Jolie, a woman with alleged magical powers, to seek a remedy for Ben's lack of appetite. Ultimately, Mark and Tom help her son Geoffre... read more

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1x21 Batter Up aired Feb 04, 1968

St. Louis Carndinals star pitcher Bob Gibson is vacationing in the Everglades. When his small boat capsizes, Tom comes along in the airboat and gets him out ... read more

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1x22 Growing Pains aired Feb 11, 1968

Mark befriends an older boy with a minibike, Steve, and ignores Ben, who stops eating. Mark punishes Ben for being a nuisance and Ben runs away. Mark realize... read more

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1x23 Fire in the Glades aired Feb 18, 1968

Looking for an injured deer they saw the day before, Mark and Ben hitch a ride directly into the area which becomes engulfed in a wildfire. The instinctively... read more

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1x24 Take a Giant Step aired Feb 25, 1968

Feeling neglected by his hard-working father, Mark's friend Jamie runs away from home. He hides in a shipwreck but it is in danger of being washed out to sea... read more

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1x25 Survival in the Swamp aired Mar 03, 1968

Two armed criminals run into the swamp to elude the police after robbing a jewellery store. Tom, Mark and Ben are camping in the same area. While Mark and Be... read more

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1x26 Who's Afraid? aired Mar 10, 1968

Right after Mark has been teased by girls on the school boat, his cousin Virginia comes to stay with the Wedloes for the weekend. Mark tries to entertain her... read more

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1x27 Greener Pastures aired Mar 17, 1968

Tom's boss visits and offers him the job of District Manager, which means more money, no danger, and a move to the big city. The family visits the city and a... read more

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1x28 Ol' Joe's Gotta Go aired Mar 24, 1968

Farmer Lloyd Larkin thinks local alligator Ol' Joe has turned rogue and is eating his pigs and chickens. Tom offers to catch him and move him away, enlisting... read more

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