Dennis the Menace (TV series)

Dennis the Menace is an American sitcom based on the comic book series. The series was broadcast from 1959 to 1963, with a total of 146 episodes. The film stars Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry and Joseph Kearns.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The show revolves around the life of the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis. Dennis is energetic little guy that often unintentionally causes problems.He sees neighbor George Wilson as his idol and tries to help him regularly, but Dennis Wilson is preferably left alone there more problems than it solves. ==Differences with the comic book series[ Edit] == The character Joey in the television series was replaced by another character named Tommy Anderson. Joey came but in eight episodes were broadcast for that early in the series. The character Gina and Dennis ' dog Ruff were omitted from the series. Instead, the Wilsons ' in the series had a dog named Fremont. ==Production[ Edit] == The pilot episode was recorded, in 1958, entitled Dennis Goes To The Movies. Dennis was in this episode clearly younger than in the rest of the series, and his character was even less developed. In the pilot episode, Dennis also many more problems and destruction than in the series itself. Also in the first episodes of season 1 was Dennis still very destroy selfish. CBS decided to apply some censorship on the series for fear that the series would encourage children to exhibit the same behavior. In the rest of the series Dennis ' behaviour was therefore a lot milder.
 * 2 differences from the comic book series
 * 3 Production
 * 4 Music
 * 5 Roles
 * 6 external link

The episodes of season two and three focusing more on Dennis ' school and other activities such as camping.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Towards the end of season three died actor Joseph Kearns, who played the role of Mr. Wilson, on the consequences of an Intra cerebral hematoma. Therefore it was in season four Mr. Wilson's brother, John, introduced, which stayed at Mrs. Wilson while Mr. Wilson was traveling. Later in season 4 was also Johns wife, Eloise, was introduced. The original Wilsons were then never called.

<p lang="en" len="183" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series was broadcast during the four years that he was successful, but had to stop when actor Jay North in accordance with the producers was too old for the role of Dennis. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The music of the series was composed by John Seely. The background music was largely identical to that of other sitcoms of the time such as Donna Reed, Ozzie & Harrietand Patty Duke. ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="353" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Dennis Mitchell: Jay North
 * Henry Mitchell: Herbert Anderson
 * Alice Mitchell: Gloria Henry
 * Mr. George Wilson: Joseph Kearns
 * Mrs. Martha Wilson: Sylvia Field
 * Tommy Anderson: Billy Booth
 * Margaret Wade: Jeannie Russell
 * Mr. John Wilson: Gale Gordon
 * Mrs. Eloise Wilson: Sara Seeger