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Dennis the Menace (1959)
| Dennis the Menace | |
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| Premiere | October 4, 1959 |
| Finale | July 7, 1963 |
| Based on | based upon the comic strip by Hank Ketchum syndicated by Hall Syndicate |
| Network/Provider | CBS |
| Style | 30-minute sitcom |
| Company | Dariell Productions, Screen Gems Television |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 146 (List of episodes) |
| Origin | USA |
Dennis the Menace is a sitcom that aired on CBS.
The show follows the lives of the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles first with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson, a retired salesman, and later with George's brother John, a writer.
While the series was based on the Dennis the Menace comic strip, there are differences between the two. On the sitcom and in the comics, Dennis is basically a good well-intentioned boy who always was trying to help people, but wound up making situations worse - often at Mr. Wilson's expense. In early episodes of the first season, far more disasters happened as a result of his actions than in later episodes. The character of Dennis was slightly toned down by the sixth or seventh episode. Instead of Dennis' dog Ruff, there was a smaller Cairn Terrier (per the episode "Miss Cathcart's Friend") named Fremont which belonged to George and Martha Wilson. He did not appear during the fourth season, when John and Eloise Wilson moved in to 625 Elm Street.
Contents |
Cast
| Actor | Character | Duration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jay North | Dennis Mitchell | * | * | * | * |
| Herbert Anderson | Henry Mitchell | * | * | * | * |
| Gloria Henry | Alice Mitchell | * | * | * | * |
| Joseph Kearns | George Wilson | * | * | * | |
| Gale Gordon | John Wilson | * | |||
| Supporting/Recurring Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sylvia Field | Martha Wilson | * | * | * | |
| Billy Booth | Tommy Anderson | * | * | * | * |
| Jeannie Russell | Margaret Wade | * | * | * | * |
| George Cisar | Sgt. Theodore Mooney | * | * | * | * |
| Irene Tedrow | Lucy Elkins | * | * | * | * |
| Willard Waterman | Otis Quigley | * | * | * | * |
| Robert John Pittman | Seymour Williams | * | * | * | |
| Sara Seegar | Eloise Wilson | * | |||
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS | ||||||
| Season One | October 4, 1959 | June 12, 1960 | 32 | |||
| Season Two | October 2, 1960 | June 25, 1961 | 38 | |||
| Season Three | October 1, 1961 | July 1, 1962 | 38 | |||
| Season Four | September 30, 1962 | July 7, 1963 | 38 | |||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
| Title | Release | Discs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Sets (Region 1) | ||||||
| Season One | March 29, 2011 | purchase | 5 | |||
| Season Two | July 26, 2011 | purchase | 5 | |||
| Season Three | October 25, 2011 | purchase | 5 | |||
| The Final Season | January 10, 2012 | purchase | 5 | |||
