Season 1
(1967)
Cast
as Tom Wedloe
as Henry Boomhauer
as Mark Wedloe
as Jerry
as Jody Cutler
as Pilot
Episodes
Hurricane Coming 0.0
September 10, 1967
Mark befriends a boy whose family is vacationing on a houseboat in the river. While out on an adventure together a hurr…
Green Eyed Bear 0.0
September 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 cita…
Fish and Chips 0.0
September 24, 1967
Ben and Mark stumble upon fish poachers and their illegal smokehouse. The men threaten to kill Ben if Mark tells his f…
Gator Man 0.0
October 1, 1967
Mark befriends shoeless Jenny Maddox at school. However, when Tom drops her off at her father's dock in the airboat, he…
Voice From the Wilderness 0.0
October 8, 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 …
Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher 0.0
October 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 a…
Restless Bear 0.0
October 22, 1967
Ben gets restless when wild bears come near the Wedloe home during mating season. Tom explains to Mark Ben's natural in…
Battle of Wedloe Woods 0.0
October 29, 1967
Developer Philip Garrett wants to clear cut and burn the brush to build a housing development on 60 acres of land adjac…
Warden For Man and Beast 0.0
November 5, 1967
Professor Hugo brings his performing bear Victor to the Wedloe home. He has bought a bungalow in a retirement community…
A Waste of Honey 0.0
November 12, 1967
Mark leads some thieves to Boomhauer's honey farm and overhears them saying they will kill the game warden if he catche…
Jennifer 0.0
November 19, 1967
A little girl gets lost in the Everglades. There is also an injured wildcat roaming the same area. Against his father's…
Warden in the Bear Pit 0.0
November 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 …
A Medal For Ben 0.0
December 3, 1967
A group of Seminole children approach Mark for help in attending his school, having been impressed by him getting Jimmi…
The Ransom 0.0
December 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 …
The Wayward Bear Part 1 0.0
December 24, 1967
While on a shopping trip, Ben climbs into a delivery truck and gets separated from the Mark and Ellen. Subsequently Ben…
The Wayward Bear Part 2 0.0
December 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 …
The Opportunist 0.0
January 7, 1968
Poachers are stealing the animals from a newly repopulated island. As they try to get away with their live cargo they a…
The Battle of Birthday Bay 0.0
January 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. Whe…
Trophy Bear 0.0
January 21, 1968
Hunting guide Joe Cardigan takes rich Miami big game hunter John Coberly into the swamp looking for a bear. Messing up …
Mama Jolie 0.0
January 28, 1968
Mark takes Ben to Mama Jolie, a woman with alleged magical powers, to seek a remedy for Ben's lack of appetite. Ultimat…
Batter Up 0.0
February 4, 1968
St. Louis Carndinals star pitcher Bob Gibson is vacationing in the Everglades. When his small boat capsizes, Tom comes …
Growing Pains 0.0
February 11, 1968
Mark befriends an older boy with a minibike, Steve, and ignores Ben, who stops eating. Mark punishes Ben for being a nu…
Fire in the Glades 0.0
February 18, 1968
Looking for an injured deer they saw the day before, Mark and Ben hitch a ride directly into the area which becomes eng…
Take a Giant Step 0.0
February 25, 1968
Feeling neglected by his hard-working father, Mark's friend Jamie runs away from home. He hides in a shipwreck but it i…
Survival in the Swamp 0.0
March 3, 1968
Two armed criminals run into the swamp to elude the police after robbing a jewellery store. Tom, Mark and Ben are campi…
Who's Afraid? 0.0
March 10, 1968
Right after Mark has been teased by girls on the school boat, his cousin Virginia comes to stay with the Wedloes for th…
Greener Pastures 0.0
March 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 …
Ol' Joe's Gotta Go 0.0
March 24, 1968
Farmer Lloyd Larkin thinks local alligator Ol' Joe has turned rogue and is eating his pigs and chickens. Tom offers to …