Sensible Ben

Sensible Ben
Premiere date	September 7, 1974
Run time	20:38
Starring	Andrew Parks Pamelyn Ferdin Jack E. Haley June Lockhart Henry Jones Frank Cady
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Sensible Ben" is the first episode of These Are the Days season one. It aired on September 7, 1974 on ABC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Tired of being considered too responsible, Ben plays a bottle toss game with his sister's money.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kathy Day	Pamelyn Ferdin
Danny Day	Jack E. Haley
Jeff Day	Henry Jones
Drifter	Unavailable
Jonas	Unavailable
Ben Day	Andrew Parks
Martha Day	June Lockhart
Cost Johnson
Mr. Jameson
Barker	Unavailable
Miss Crew	Unavailable
Homer	Frank Cady
Sheriff	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • Great Plains
    • Elmsville
      • Day residence
      • General store
      • Sheriff's office

Objects

• Nothing of importance

Vehicles

• None

Production

Development

Every episode was credited with the same group of writers, who consisted of Bernie Khan, Leo Rifkin, Gene Thompson, Same Locke, Milton Pascal, Dick Wesson. The executive story consultant and story editor were Myles Wilder and Ed Jurist, respectively.

Music

Hoyt Curtin was credited as musical director, with supervision by Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 7, 1974 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Ben and Grandpa are 16 and 60, respectively.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢