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"The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams TV series ran on NBC from January 1977 to 1980. Its theme song, 'Maybe' by Tom Pace reached number one in Europe for nine weeks, and opened each episode with these words:
"Deep inside the forest there's a door into another land. Here is our life and home. We are staying here forever in the beauty of this place, all alone. We keep on hoping. Maybe there's a world where we don't have to run. Maybe there's a time we'll call our own, living free in harmony and majesty. Take me home. Take me home."
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams was initially a feature film released by Schick Sunn Classic in 1974. It profiled the wilderness life of James Capen Adams, a mid-1800's mountain man who left civilization after being falsely accused murder. In the hills Adams rescued a grizzly bear cub he named ‘Ben’ that he went on to raise, as he lived his fugitive life among other wild animals.
The story was loosely based on the real historical character known as John ‘Grizzly’ Adams (1812-1860) a former Boston shoemaker who became a great frontiersman and bear tamer after migrating to the west coast. Sunn's 'family friendly' version of Adams’ story captured its audience. Amazingly, the $140,000 film brought in more than $65 million at the box office, and the NBC hit TV series starring Dan Haggerty as Adams, Denver Pyle as Mad Jack, and Don Shanks as Nakoma soon followed. Producer/creator Chuck Sellier said he wasn't so surprised by the success of the new franchise after people from a nationwide survey conveyed it was a movie they wanted to see.
In the 1970s audience testing had become a major point of controversy in the industry. For example, All In The Family tested very poorly with audiences before it aired. Grizzly Adams' star, Dan Haggerty wasn't all that crazy about the testing methodology himself. "People change, the testing didn't always hold up," he commented. "I would have liked more growth, more pizzazz. Wouldn't it have been logical for Adams to fall in love with something other than a bear?"
Perhaps, but the audience itself fell in love with the bear, a 500 pound female grizzly named Bozo that in real life, former animal trainer, Haggerty developed a great bond with.
As the formula worked, the only element missing from the process was the unneeded historical accuracy. Sure, the real Grizzly Adams had been a sharp witted frontiersman whose hunting skills enabled him to provide food and clothing to his fellow white man as well as the different Native American Indian tribes he befriended during the 1850s. (The hunter's way of life was acceptable then.) An expert bear trainer and showman, the real Adams continues to be widely revered for his incredible mountain-man skills and
wilderness survival attributes, who also raised and cared for a variety of animals he caught, and as a business venture he would sometimes sell them to circuses. He traveled with a menagerie of tamed animals, and he was the first to ever assemble a living wildlife display (to include his own grizzly bear friends) in the United States when he opened his 'Mountaineer Museum' in San Francisco in 1856. Eventually he even went on to work for P.T. Barnum.
Still, series star, Dan Haggerty remains most famously recalled as ‘Grizzly Adams throughout the world today.'"
"Grizzly Adams
Grizzly Adams est le principal personnage de "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams", un film sorti en 1974. Le film a donné naissance à une télésérie de 39 épisodes, intitulée "Grizzly Adams", diffusée par NBC à partir de 1977 aux États-Unis. Le film pour la télévision "The Capture of Grizzly Adams" a complété l'histoire. Le film est basé sur la vie d'un trappeur américain : James « Grizzly » Adams.
La télésérie et les films ont été doublés et diffusés par Radio-Canada pour le marché québécois au Canada. En France, la diffusion a eté assurée par Antenne 2 dès le 29 avril 1979 sous le titre la légende de James Adams et de l'ours Benjamin.
Synopsis
Grizzly Adams (Dan Haggerty) est un menuisier qui, durant la période de la ruée vers l'or en Californie, fuit dans les montagnes, car il est faussement accusé de meurtre. Alors qu'il tente de survivre dans son nouvel
environnement, il découvre un bébé grizzly orphelin et l'adopte. L'ours, malgré son énorme taille à l'âge adulte, devient le meilleur ami de Grizzly Adams.
Adams démontre une facilité étonnante à établir le contact avec différents animaux sauvages qui peuplent la forêt environnante, lesquels ne le craignent pas. En retour, il s'est juré de ne faire de mal à aucun animal.
Dans la télésérie, Adams a deux compagnons humains, un ancien prospecteur (Denver Pyle accompagné d'une mule nommée Numéro neuf, ainsi qu'un Amérindien Nakoma (Don Shanks). Ensemble, ils aident différentes personnes, tout en protégeant les animaux.
Un film pour la télévision, intitulé The Capture of Grizzly Adams et diffusé en 1982, a complété la télésérie. Un chasseur de primes utilise la fille de Grizzly Adams pour l'attirer en dehors des bois et le capturer. À la fin, Adams prouve son innocence.
En 1976, il fut visionné à la télévision par 43 % des téléspectateurs américains, ce qui incita les cadres de la NBC à lancer la production d'une télésérie. Elle a obtenu une part d'écoute de 32 %.
May be, la chanson ballade du générique a été composée et chantée par Thom Pace. Sortie en single en Europe, elle a connu un véritable succès commercial (prix Goldene Europa 1980 en Allemagne). Les musiques additionnelles de la série TV sont de Bob Summers."
Maybe (lyrics):
Deep inside the forest
Is a door into another land
Here is our life and home
We are staying, here forever
In the beauty of this place all alone
We keep on hopi-in'
Maybe
There's a world where we don't have to run
And maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me ho-ome
Take me home
Walkin' through the land
Where every living thing is beautiful
Why does it have to end
We are calling, oh so sadly
On the whispers of the wind
As we send a dying message
Maybe
There's a world where we don't have to ru-un
Maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me ho-ome
Take me home
(Maybe)
There's a world where we don't have to ru-un
Maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me ho-ome
Take me home
(Maybe)
Maybe there's a world where we don't have to ru-un
Maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me ho-ome
Take me home (fade)
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