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Ben Goes Wild

[AaronCapenBanner · 7/10 · 27 November 2014]

James 'Grizzly" Adams(Dan Haggerty) is trying to rescue a raccoon when he is suddenly buried in a rock slide. Believed dead, his friends Mad Jack(Denver Pyle) and Nakoma(Don Shanks) make a quick memorial for him there, while poor Ben runs off in grief. Adams of course isn't dead, much to the relief of his friends, but they realize that Ben is gone, and resolve to find him. He ends up captured by an unscrupulous circus owner(played by Norman Fell) whose mistreatment causes Ben to revert to his primitive wild instincts, though when Adams finally finds him, does his best to re-civilize him...Though a bit contrived, this is still an appealing episode about patience and forgiveness.