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Release Date:
14 March 1980 (USA) more
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The adventures of Boomer, a stray dog who travels the country helping those in trouble. full summary
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2 nominations more
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Wow- NBC couldn't even get Benji! more (2 total)

Cast

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Todd Bridges ... Benny / ... (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
John Reilly ... Matt / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1982)
Raymond Singer ... Lester / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1982)
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Here's Johnny (USA) (working title)
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30 min
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Wow- NBC couldn't even get Benji!, 16 September 1999
Author: Robert Morgan from Indianapolis

Considering Benji had his own Saturday morning live-action show (Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince) just a couple of years after this, you have to wonder why NBC was unable to procure Benji for their prime-time line-up. Instead, we got a show starring a clone named "Boomer".

Take a show like Lassie, stick a tiny dog in that looks like it's going to shiver at you if it doesn't like you, and you get "Here's Boomer". I guess that's what the Benji movies were like, though...

Today the show feels like a cast-off from Disney's TV show from the same era; even the muted colors and blurry contrast remind me of live-action Disney animal shows. But when it was first on, I was a big fan of the show. Now, I just sit here and wonder why there was a kid's show on in prime-time. Perhaps NBC needed a tax write-off, or perhaps the management really DID want to lose their jobs to Brandon Tartikoff a few years later.

Still a decent show, really- more of a true Benji show than the God-forsaken drivel that was Benji's Saturday morning show...

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