Title from container. Based on the comic strip character created by Hank Ketcham. Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television series. Special features: all new conversation and original radio interview with Gloria Henry and Jeannie Russell, original promos; bonus episode: The Donna Reed Show episode "Donna decorates" featuring Jay North as Dennis Mitchell and Joseph Kearns as Mr. Wilson. For specific features see interactive menu. Gloria Henry, Herbert Anderson, Jay North, Joseph Kearns.
Contents:
disc 1. Dennis goes to the movies -- Dennis and the signpost -- The fishing trip -- Grandpa and Miss Cathcart -- Innocents in space -- Dennis' garden -- The new neighbors -- disc 2. Tenting tonight -- Dennis sells bottles -- Mr. Wilson's award -- The Christmas story -- Dennis and the cowboy -- Dennis haunts a house -- Dennis' tree house -- disc 3. Dennis and the rare coin -- Dennis and the bike -- Dennis and the open house -- Dennis and the duck -- Dennis and the swing -- Dennis and the dog -- Mr. Wilson's sister -- disc 4. Dennis and the TV set -- Dennis creates a hero -- Dennis' paper drive -- Dennis and the bees -- Alice's birthday -- Dennis becomes a baby sitter -- Dennis and the starlings -- disc 5. The party line -- Dennis by proxy -- Dennis runs away -- Miss Cathcart's sunsuit.
Summary:
Airing on CBS from 1959-1963, Dennis the Menace is a TV series based on the popular and iconic Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. The show follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis. Dennis is an energetic, well meaning, but trouble prone boy and sometimes a mischievous child. He often tangles with peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson.
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