Dennis The Menace: Season Two

During the 1950s and into the 1960s, TV audiences had two choices of which precocious little boy they could watch on a weekly basis. This doesn't mean one had to be either pro "Leave It To Beaver," or pro "Dennis the Menace," as the two series offered up different scenarios (IE- trouble) from which their title characters could learn lessons.

While "Leave It To Beaver" is in reruns on TV Land, you'd be hard pressed to find an episode of "Dennis the Menace," a towheaded little boy that saw his fair share of mischief or shenanigans, on any station.

Thankfully, the sophomore season of "Dennis" has been released in a 5-DVD Box Set with its star Jay North gee-whizzing his way through 38 episodes. Of course, good ole Mr. Wilson (Joseph Kearns) is on hand for more than his fair share of torment from the pint-sized terror. He seems to get the brunt of Dennis' attention-getting schemes, while his classmate Margaret (Jeannie Russell) has the opposite problem, and "The Menace" is aided and abetted by his sidekick Tommy (Billy Booth).

Naturally, his long-suffering parents (Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry) are the modicum of TV parents of that era, never putting their offspring over their knees for a spanking and always have a "Gee, I never thought of it that way," bit of advice for their child.

"Dennis The Menace: Season Two," which ran on CBS from 1959-1963, is a time capsule to a bygone era when kids could still be kids, and when their most pressing problem was entering a soapbox derby.

"Dennis the Menace: Season Two"
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