Product Details

• Format: Full Screen, Color, Special Edition
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002CIA59O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,027 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

FIRST TIME ON DVD! The Classic Gentle Ben TV Series. This edition contains six full episodes from the 1968 TV show starring Dennis Weaver and Clint Howard. This collection comes on two discs with three episodes per disc. Fun for the entire family. These episodes feature guest appearances by Burt Reynolds, Slim Pickens, Bob Gibson, Bart Starr and Tom Posten. Total Running time is 155 Minutes.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good series, poor video quality, July 21, 2010

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Many of those who loved the old Flipper series in their childhood also liked Gentle Ben, which was the adventures of a boy and his pet bear. Unfortunately, they will probably be a bit disappointed in the quality of this DVD set, which is the only one currently available of this series. The six episodes on the two discs offer a good sampler of this family friendly series. But there is no restoration of sound and picture as with the Flipper DVD's. The picture is like an old VHS tape from twenty years ago, and the sound is also sometimes poor enough so that you can't understand every word of dialogue. You would expect something better from the discs that are available with their modern technology. If you love the show you might want this DVD set because there is nothing else available besides VHS tapes. However, it would be nice if something better like a good season DVD set of Gentle Ben were released.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good memories, not so good production, August 14, 2010

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J. Pruitt "Dr. Woof" (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
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I was so excited to finally see Gentle Ben on DVD. It is still every bit as good as when I was a kid. The sound reproduction, however, is very disappointing. I had to turn the TV up all the way to hear it, and then it didn't sound good. I expected this to have been remastered, but was disappointed that it was not. Still, I feel I got my money's worth at $12.49, but will research Season 2 more carefully before I buy it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Animal TV Series, December 13, 2011

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C. Mathieu "waldenpond88" (Worcester, MA) - See all my reviews

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Many of those who loved the "Flipper" and "Gentle Ben" TV series in their childhood also liked "Kentucky Jones" (Dennis Weaver) and "The Farmer's Daughter" (Inger Stevens). I wish these two wonderful old TV series and many others like "A Man called Shenandoah" (Robert Horton), "The Detectives" (Robert Taylor), "The Magic Boomerang", "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Jack Palance) would finally be released on DVD.