They should have given Adams a...

...lady friend, someone who loved nature as much as he did and understood his innocence of the crime he was accused of.

I would have volunteered. He was kind of hot with that burly frame, great smile and pearly whites. I doubt it would have been realistic for a mountain man in the 1800's to have such great teeth though. That was Dan Haggerty, not Grizzly Adams.

Ben / Bozo was also lovable. That bear acted like a pet dog and not a bear. I think the real Grizzly Adams was injured by his bears.