Episode guide
Gentle Ben: Season 1
28 episodes · premiered Sep 10, 1967
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- Episode 1: Hurricane Coming Sep 10, 1967 · 30m 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 boy's mother from the houseboat…
- Episode 2: Green Eyed Bear Sep 17, 1967 · 30m 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. Ben appears to be jealous of…
- Episode 3: Fish and Chips Sep 24, 1967 · 30m 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 follows him onto the poachers'…
- Episode 4: Gator Man Oct 1, 1967 · 30m 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 alligator poacher he has been…
- Episode 5: Voice From the Wilderness Oct 8, 1967 · 30m 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 in the bush. Ben runs across…
- Episode 6: Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher Oct 15, 1968 · 30m 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 to go to the private island of…
- Episode 7: Restless Bear Oct 22, 1967 · 30m 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 allowed to wander off to have a…
- Episode 8: Battle of Wedloe Woods Oct 29, 1967 · 30m 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 about all the animals that will…
- Episode 9: Warden For Man and Beast Nov 5, 1967 · 30m 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 wild. Hugo is unable to adapt…
- Episode 10: A Waste of Honey Nov 12, 1967 · 30m 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 and tell him that if he says…
- Episode 11: Jennifer Nov 19, 1967 · 30m 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 search. Just as the girl is…
- Episode 12: Warden in the Bear Pit Nov 26, 1967 · 30m 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 bear-baiting ring.
- Episode 13: A Medal For Ben Dec 3, 1967 · 30m 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 episode ""The Invasion of Willie…
- Episode 14: The Ransom Dec 17, 1967 · 30m 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 Packy at the general store…
- Episode 15: The Wayward Bear Part 1 Dec 24, 1967 · 30m 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 including licking the shaving cream…
- Episode 16: The Wayward Bear Part 2 Dec 31, 1967 · 30m 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 announcement on the radio…
- Episode 17: The Opportunist Jan 7, 1968 · 30m 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 spotted by Mark. The poachers…
- Episode 18: The Battle of Birthday Bay Jan 14, 1968 · 30m 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 the cabin has been broken into…
- Episode 19: Trophy Bear Jan 21, 1968 · 30m 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 the promise of $1000 for a big…
- Episode 20: Mama Jolie Jan 28, 1968 · 30m 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 Geoffrey who is in the country…
- Episode 21: Batter Up Feb 4, 1968 · 30m 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 of the water. Gibson agrees to…
- Episode 22: Growing Pains Feb 11, 1968 · 30m 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 realizes that Ben is his only true…
- Episode 23: Fire in the Glades Feb 18, 1968 · 30m 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 go to the river to seek refuge…
- Episode 24: Take a Giant Step Feb 25, 1968 · 30m 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 in a fierce storm. Based on a…
- Episode 25: Survival in the Swamp Mar 3, 1968 · 30m 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 Ben are elsewhere, the fugitives…
- Episode 26: Who's Afraid? Mar 10, 1968 · 30m 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 but she is reluctant to do…
- Episode 27: Greener Pastures Mar 17, 1968 · 30m 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 are impressed by the parks…
- Episode 28: Ol' Joe's Gotta Go Mar 24, 1968 · 30m 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 the help of champion alligator…