Boomer the stray
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Boomer the stray |
| Original title | Here's boomer |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1980-1982 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 |
| genre | Drama , action series |
| idea | Lowell Ganz , Arthur Silver |
| music | Edward Leonetti , Zoey Wilson |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 12, 1981 on ZDF |
Boomer the Stray is an NBC American television series that was produced by Paramount from 1980 to 1982.
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Boomer is an abandoned, shaggy mixed breed dog that strays across the United States. He meets a wide variety of people on his journey. He helps those who are up to good, and helps the wicked to receive the just punishment.
background
Boomer is NBC's answer to the success of the Benji cinema films. It all started in 1979 with a Christmas special. Due to the overwhelming success, it was decided to make a series about boomers , which NBC then added to the program in August 1980. To top it all off , Boomer , or rather his "actor", was interviewed by late-show legends Johnny Carson and David Letterman . The series was also nominated for the Young Artist Award . The series had clear parallels to the Canadian television series Der kleine Vagabund , which ran since the 1960s and was reissued in the late 1970s. The focus is also on a stray, here a German Shepherd , who rushes to help people and disappears without a trace after the work is done.
The original idea of the producers that boomers his thoughts to the audience by a speaker from the off tells. This idea was realized in the Christmas episode, but not carried on in the series itself.
For the animal stunts in the series, a double was used that looked very similar to Boomer , but was so different that you couldn't show it in close-up during the stunts .
The theme song for the series was sung by David Michael Frank.
Guest appearances
As is common on US television (e.g. The Muppet Show ) , numerous stars had guest appearances on the series, including
- Tom Bosley (in episode 2 His Big Appearance , as Archie Hale )
- Ken Kercheval (in episode 4 The Hermit , as Dr. Chelsea Haggert )
- Michael J. Fox (in episode 6 Alles Ad , as Jackie )
- Doris Roberts (in episode 6 Alles Ad , as Liz Wiggins )
- Jonathan Frakes (in episode 8 The Private Investigator , as Philip )
Boomers in Germany
The ZDF quickly secured legal rights to a German version of Boomer . On September 12, 1981, the first episode ran on the screen. From Christmas Eve of the same year, ORF broadcast the little dog's adventures. Finally, viewers from Switzerland could also participate via SRG .
However, Boomer was not repeated on any other station as often as on ZDF - be it as the winner of a desired film campaign or as a whole season. The first repetition took place in 1983. Since the ZDF had a gap between two allocated program slots (one television series ended, the next began two weeks later), two boomer episodes were shown as a gap filler . The fan base of the series was so indignant that the German television newspaper Gong took up the topic. The ZDF bowed to the pressure and handed in the remaining episodes soon after.
In the early 1990s, the private broadcasters began to secure the rights to the US television series, which previously ran on the public television channel. In 1989 it ran for the first time on Sat.1 , then in 1990 on ProSieben .
From New Year's Day 2008 was the television channel Nick in the program window Nick after eight - after a free TV -Pause of almost 14 years - every Tuesday a two-part episode. From June 28th to July 26th, 2010 the station Anixe repeated the series.
DVD release
The series was released on September 18, 2017 on four DVDs with a running time of 584 minutes at KSM GmbH.
Web links
- Here's Boomer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Boomer, the stray in the online movie database
- Episode guide on fernsehserien.de