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Release Date:
12 September 1959 (USA)
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Plot:
The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. Full summary »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 7 wins
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12 nominations
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(114 articles)
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The Fifth Season of "Bonanza" Strikes Gold
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Blu-ray Release: Earthquake
(From Disc Dish. 25 March 2013, 3:55 PM, PDT)
The Fifth Season of "Bonanza" Strikes Gold
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Good Show, but typical of fan catering
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 745) | Lorne Greene | ... | Ben Cartwright / ... (429 episodes, 1959-1973) |
 | Michael Landon | ... | Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright / ... (426 episodes, 1959-1973) |
 | Dan Blocker | ... | Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright / ... (415 episodes, 1959-1972) |
 | Pernell Roberts | ... | Adam Cartwright (199 episodes, 1959-1965) |
Series Directed by | |||
| William F. Claxton | (56 episodes, 1962-1973) | ||
| Lewis Allen | (42 episodes, 1960-1973) | ||
| Leon Benson | (35 episodes, 1967-1970) | ||
| Don McDougall | (31 episodes, 1961-1965) | ||
| William Witney | (27 episodes, 1961-1967) | ||
| Christian Nyby | (26 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Michael Landon | (14 episodes, 1968-1973) | ||
| John Florea | (12 episodes, 1960-1965) | ||
| Leo Penn | (11 episodes, 1968-1972) | ||
| Herschel Daugherty | (11 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Gerd Oswald | (10 episodes, 1965-1967) | ||
| Don Richardson | (9 episodes, 1968-1971) | ||
| Robert Altman | (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| William Wiard | (8 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Tay Garnett | (7 episodes, 1963-1965) | ||
| Murray Golden | (6 episodes, 1963-1964) | ||
| Donald R. Daves | (6 episodes, 1966-1967) | ||
| Joseph Pevney | (6 episodes, 1968-1972) | ||
| Ralph E. Black | (5 episodes, 1964-1966) | ||
| R.G. Springsteen | (5 episodes, 1965-1966) | ||
| Virgil W. Vogel | (5 episodes, 1965-1966) | ||
| James Neilson | (4 episodes, 1960-1970) | ||
| John Rich | (4 episodes, 1960-1968) | ||
| Joseph Kane | (3 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Paul Landres | (3 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Charles F. Haas | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Arthur Lubin | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Dick Moder | (3 episodes, 1961) | ||
| Robert L. Friend | (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Marc Daniels | (3 episodes, 1968) | ||
| Philip Leacock | (3 episodes, 1971) | ||
| James P. Yarbrough | (2 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| Thomas Carr | (2 episodes, 1961) | ||
| William D. Faralla | (2 episodes, 1961) | ||
| Arthur H. Nadel | (2 episodes, 1963-1971) | ||
| Bernard McEveety | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | ||
| Robert Totten | (2 episodes, 1965) | ||
| Gerald Mayer | (2 episodes, 1967) | ||
| Nicholas Webster | (2 episodes, 1970-1972) | ||
| Nicholas Colasanto | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Alf Kjellin | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| David Dortort | (255 episodes, 1959-1970) | |
| John Hawkins | (28 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| Michael Landon | (20 episodes, 1962-1973) | |
| Preston Wood | (19 episodes, 1962-1972) | |
| Thomas Thompson | (17 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Ward Hawkins | (17 episodes, 1961-1973) | |
| Frank Chase | (14 episodes, 1961-1969) | |
| Frank Cleaver | (12 episodes, 1962-1965) | |
| Jack B. Sowards | (11 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Robert Vincent Wright | (10 episodes, 1961-1971) | |
| B.W. Sandefur | (9 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Anthony Lawrence | (8 episodes, 1960-1963) | |
| Ken Pettus | (8 episodes, 1964-1971) | |
| Suzanne Clauser | (8 episodes, 1965-1972) | |
| Joel Murcott | (8 episodes, 1967-1973) | |
| Stanley Roberts | (8 episodes, 1969-1972) | |
| Alex Sharp | (7 episodes, 1963-1968) | |
| Carey Wilber | (5 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Paul Schneider | (5 episodes, 1965-1967) | |
| Walter Black | (5 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Gene L. Coon | (4 episodes, 1959-1961) | |
| Robert E. Thompson | (4 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| John Furia | (4 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Don Ingalls | (4 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| William R. Cox | (4 episodes, 1961-1966) | |
| Denne Bart Petitclerc | (4 episodes, 1961-1964) | |
| Norman Lessing | (4 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Robert V. Barron | (4 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Warren Douglas | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Lois Hire | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| William L. Stuart | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Peter Packer | (4 episodes, 1963-1964) | |
| Robert Sabaroff | (4 episodes, 1964-1967) | |
| Donn Mullally | (4 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| Jo Pagano | (4 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| William Blinn | (4 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Arthur Heinemann | (4 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| Robert Pirosh | (4 episodes, 1970-1972) | |
| Donald S. Sanford | (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| David Lang | (3 episodes, 1960-1968) | |
| Steve McNeil | (3 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| Laurence Heath | (3 episodes, 1960) | |
| Arnold Belgard | (3 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Lewis Reed | (3 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Elliott Arnold | (3 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| N.B. Stone Jr. | (3 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| Ed Adamson | (3 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Jerry Adelman | (3 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Robert Goodwin | (3 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| William F. Leicester | (3 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Mort Thaw | (3 episodes, 1966) | |
| Milton S. Gelman | (3 episodes, 1968-1970) | |
| Michael Fessier | (3 episodes, 1968) | |
| Arthur Weingarten | (3 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Herman Groves | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Al C. Ward | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Oliver Crawford | (2 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| John T. Dugan | (2 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| Robert M. Fresco | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| George W. George | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Judy George | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Charles Lang | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| E.M. Parsons | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Borden Chase | (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Dick Nelson | (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Richard P. McDonagh | (2 episodes, 1963-1970) | |
| Eric Norden | (2 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Leo Gordon | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Paul Leslie Peil | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Robert Barron | (2 episodes, 1963-1964) | |
| Jack Turley | (2 episodes, 1964-1967) | |
| Daniel B. Ullman | (2 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| Mort R. Lewis | (2 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Don Tait | (2 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Jessica Benson | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| William Bruckner | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| Murray Golden | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| William Koenig | (2 episodes, 1965-1971) | |
| Martha Wilkerson | (2 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Elliott Gilbert | (2 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| John M. Chester | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Frederick Louis Fox | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Helen B. Hicks | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Sidney Ellis | (2 episodes, 1966-1967) | |
| Marc Michaels | (2 episodes, 1966) | |
| Jack Miller | (2 episodes, 1967-1970) | |
| Richard Wendley | (2 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| James Amesbury | (2 episodes, 1967) | |
| Peter Germano | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Alf Harris | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| S.H. Barnett | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| Colin MacKenzie | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| William H. Wright | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| D.C. Fontana | (2 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Larry Markes | (2 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Jess Carneol | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Kay Lenard | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Joseph Bonaduce | (2 episodes, 1972) | |
| Fred Hamilton | (1 episode, 1959) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| David Dortort | .... | producer / executive producer (425 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | associate producer / production executive / ... (242 episodes, 1961-1968) | |
| Richard Collins | .... | producer (127 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| John Hawkins | .... | associate producer (85 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Thomas Thompson | .... | associate producer (34 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Robert Blees | .... | producer (12 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Robert Stillman | .... | production executive (6 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| David Rose | (319 episodes, 1959-1973) | ||
| Harry Sukman | (18 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Walter Scharf | (5 episodes, 1961-1963) | ||
Series Cinematography by | |||
| Haskell B. Boggs | (134 episodes, 1960-1972) | ||
| William P. Whitley | (76 episodes, 1962-1968) | ||
| Ted Voigtlander | (32 episodes, 1968-1973) | ||
| Lester Shorr | (31 episodes, 1959-1960) | ||
| Walter Castle | (28 episodes, 1961-1962) | ||
| William E. Snyder | (17 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| Harkness Smith | (2 episodes, 1968) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| Marvin Coil | (94 episodes, 1959-1969) | ||
| Ellsworth Hoagland | (81 episodes, 1959-1968) | ||
| Everett Douglas | (74 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Jack Harnish | (17 episodes, 1967-1972) | ||
| Danny B. Landres | (16 episodes, 1968-1970) | ||
| George Watters | (10 episodes, 1971-1973) | ||
| Richard L. Van Enger | (6 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Archie Marshek | (3 episodes, 1967) | ||
| Edward Haire | (3 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Otho Lovering | (2 episodes, 1962) | ||
| Harry Coswick | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| Daniel A. Nathan | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| George A. Gittens | (2 episodes, 1971) | ||
Series Casting by | |||
| Joe Scully | (4 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| William Maybery | (3 episodes, 1960-1963) | ||
Series Art Direction by | |||
| A. Earl Hedrick | (331 episodes, 1959-1971) | ||
| Hal Pereira | (270 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| E. Preston Ames | (10 episodes, 1971-1972) | ||
| Carl Anderson | (4 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| George Renne | (2 episodes, 1971) | ||
Series Set Decoration by | |||
| Grace Gregory | (323 episodes, 1959-1972) | ||
| Sam Comer | (201 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Robert R. Benton | (79 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Bob Signorelli | (9 episodes, 1971-1973) | ||
Series Makeup Department | |||
| Nellie Manley | .... | hair style supervisor / hair styling supervisor / ... (277 episodes, 1959-1967) | |
| Wally Westmore | .... | makeup supervisor / makeup artist (277 episodes, 1959-1967) | |
| Jeanette Marvin | .... | hair stylist / hair style supervisor / ... (63 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Marvin C. Thompson | .... | makeup supervisor / makeup artist (63 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Abe Haberman | .... | makeup artist / makeup supervisor (24 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Beau Wilson | .... | makeup artist (5 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
Series Production Management | |||
| Kent McCray | .... | production manager / production supervisor / ... (295 episodes, 1962-1973) | |
| Donald R. Daves | .... | unit production manager (57 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Andrew J. Durkus | .... | unit production manager (48 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| John Banse | .... | production supervisor (34 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | production supervisor (30 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Shiu Look | .... | unit production manager (20 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Dick Mang | .... | unit production manager / unit manager (20 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Don Robb | .... | unit production manager / unit manager (8 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ralph E. Black | .... | assistant director (66 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Donald R. Daves | .... | assistant director (51 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| John Burch | .... | assistant director (34 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Bill D'Arcy | .... | assistant director (27 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Miles Middough | .... | assistant director (26 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Charles R. Scott Jr. | .... | assistant director (19 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Clancy Herne | .... | assistant director (17 episodes, 1966-1967) | |
| Walter Daniels | .... | assistant director (15 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Henry E. Brill | .... | assistant director (10 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Daniel McCauley | .... | assistant director (10 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Jack Voglin | .... | assistant director (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Nathan Barragar | .... | assistant director (6 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Bud Brill | .... | assistant director (5 episodes, 1960) | |
| John Barnwell | .... | assistant director (4 episodes, 1967) | |
| Ned Dobson | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Donald Roberts | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1960) | |
| Dale Hutchinson | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1961) | |
| George Walls | .... | assistant director (2 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
Series Art Department | |||
| Robert Ayres | .... | illustrator (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| Bill Wistrom | .... | supervising sound editor (348 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Joel Moss | .... | sound recordist / sound (261 episodes, 1961-1970) | |
| Lyle Figland | .... | sound recordist (234 episodes, 1959-1968) | |
| Winston H. Leverett | .... | sound recordist (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Harley Ramsey | .... | sound recordist (32 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| John Wilkinson | .... | sound recordist (30 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Harold Lewis | .... | sound recordist (26 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Harry Lindgren | .... | sound recordist (26 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Jack F. Lilly | .... | sound recordist / sound (22 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Richard Weaver | .... | sound recordist (18 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
Series Special Effects by | |||
| Johnny Borgese | .... | special effects / special effects crew (146 episodes, 1959-1963) | |
Series Visual Effects by | |||
| Farciot Edouart | .... | process photography (9 episodes, 1959-1964) | |
Series Stunts | |||
| Bob Miles | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Landon / ... (98 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Bill Clark | .... | stunts / stunt double: Dan Blocker / ... (66 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Hal Burton | .... | stunts / stunt double / ... (16 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Henry Wills | .... | stunt double: Pernell Roberts / stunts / ... (14 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| Alex Sharp | .... | stunts / stunt double: George Kennedy / ... (13 episodes, 1961-1968) | |
| Troy Melton | .... | stunts / stunt double: 'James Beck (IV / ... (9 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Diamond Farnsworth | .... | stunts (7 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Robert F. Hoy | .... | stunts (6 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Bobby Somers | .... | stunts (5 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Jesse Wayne | .... | stunts (4 episodes, 1965-1970) | |
| Fred Carson | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Ross (3 episodes, 1961-1967) | |
| Clint Sharp | .... | stunts / stunt double (3 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Jack N. Young | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1959) | |
| Buddy Van Horn | .... | stunt double: 'Carl Reindel' (qv / stunt double: Guy Williams (2 episodes, 1962-1964) | |
| Carol Daniels | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Jerry Summers | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1965-1969) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Richard Debolt | .... | camera & mechanical design (333 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Wilbur Kinnett | .... | chief set electrician (19 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| James V. King | .... | camera operator (13 episodes, 1959) | |
Series Casting Department | |||
| William Maybery | .... | casting supervisor (282 episodes, 1959-1968) | |
| Milt Hamerman | .... | casting supervisor (52 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Frank Kennedy | .... | extras casting: locations (4 episodes, 1972) | |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Dario Piazza | .... | costumer / costumer: men (110 episodes, 1966-1973) | |
| Floydine Alexander | .... | costumer: women (20 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
Series Editorial Department | |||
| Edward P. Ancona Jr. | .... | color consultant (316 episodes, 1960-1973) | |
| Bill Wistrom | .... | post-production coordinator (160 episodes, 1967-1973) | |
| Marvin Coil | .... | supervising editor (59 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Alex Quiroga | .... | color consultant (31 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| Ray Evans | .... | composer: theme music (373 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Jay Livingston | .... | composer: theme music (371 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Edna Bullock | .... | music editor (69 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| William Lava | .... | music supervisor / composer: theme music (67 episodes, 1960-1965) | |
| David Rose | .... | composer: theme music (54 episodes, 1970-1972) | |
| Bob Bain | .... | musician: guitar (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Tommy Tedesco | .... | musician: guitar soloist (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Transportation Department | |||
| Frank Khoury | .... | driver (1 episode, 1971) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| Frank Cleaver | .... | story consultant (134 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| May Wale Brown | .... | script supervisor / script continuity (97 episodes, 1964-1973) | |
| Robert Stillman | .... | production executive (94 episodes, 1962-1965) | |
| John Hawkins | .... | story consultant / executive story consultant (55 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Thomas Thompson | .... | executive consultant / story editor (39 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| Denne Bart Petitclerc | .... | story consultant (33 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| John S. Peters | .... | technical advisor (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | production executive (27 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Richard P. McDonagh | .... | story consultant (26 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Ward Hawkins | .... | story editor (25 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Patricia Falken Smith | .... | story editor (13 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Laurence Heath | .... | story consultant (12 episodes, 1960) | |
| Edward W. Walsh | .... | story editor (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Jo Pagano | .... | story consultant (6 episodes, 1965) | |
| Brian McKay | .... | story editor (6 episodes, 1969) | |
| Sidney Marshall | .... | executive story consultant (6 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Erika Wernher | .... | script continuity (4 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| William D. Gordon | .... | executive story consultant (3 episodes, 1972) | |
| Anthony Wilson | .... | story consultant (2 episodes, 1963) | |
| William Douglas Lansford | .... | story consultant (2 episodes, 1966) | |
| Jack B. Sowards | .... | executive story consultant / story editor (2 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| Clyde Ware | .... | executive story consultant (2 episodes, 1972) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1959-1973) (USA) (TV)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1962-1965) (West Germany) (TV)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1967-1977) (West Germany) (TV)
- Sat.1 (1989-1990) (West Germany) (TV)
- Sat.1 (1990-1994) (Germany) (TV)
- Kabel 1 (1997) (Germany) (TV)
- Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (all media) (31 episodes)
- Al!ve AG (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
- Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
- Liberty Channel / LBN / WTLU (2006) (USA) (TV)
- Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
- Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT) (19??) (Belgium) (TV)
- Fiction Pictures (2008) (Greece) (TV)
- Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) (19??) (Netherlands) (TV)
- Madacy Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Madacy Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Soul media (2010) (Denmark) (DVD)
- Weton Wesgram (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division original sponsor
- Paramount Studios filmed at
- Warner Bros. Studios Filmed at
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49 min (430 episodes)
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Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (some episodes) | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) | Australia:PG (some episodes)
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Dan Blocker died unexpectedly shortly before filming began for the final season, it was decided to have Hoss die too by having him killed in an accident. The opening episode, a two-hour special in which Little Joe marries only to see his bride die, was originally scripted to feature Hoss. This was the first time a TV series had incorporated an actor's death into the storyline by having his character die.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The story of Bonanza starts in 1859 Nevada but the clothing worn by the cast is invariably 20th century . For example belt loops did not appear on men's trousers and jeans until many decades later.See more »
Quotes:
[running gag]
Ben Cartwright:Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman?
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright:Sure I do.
Ben Cartwright:Then take your feet off the table!
[Hoss rolls his eyes]
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright:He'll never learn to do that.
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Ben Cartwright:Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman?
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright:Sure I do.
Ben Cartwright:Then take your feet off the table!
[Hoss rolls his eyes]
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright:He'll never learn to do that.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2004) (TV)See more »
Soundtrack:
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FAQ
How did the characters Adam and Hoss leave the series?Little Joe's middle name
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Bonanza ran for so many years that it's impossible for someone like myself to say anything negative about the show and have credibility, but I'm going to. So many shows start off with an "ensemble" cast and then, because of fan mail to one or two certain actors on the show (usually the younger ones), turn the show around to showcase only those actors.
This happened with Bonanza. Pernell Roberts was the best actor on the series, and Adam Cartwright lent a sense of rationality and calm to the frenetics of Ben, Hoss, and Little Joe. He was so subtle, yet stole each and every scene he was in. He was like cool water to a fever. However, and as always happens with fan mail because only a small demographic segment write it in the first place (primarily young, single women), the character of "Adam" appeared less and less as the series wore on. Bonanza became "The Little Joe Show," and that's when I stopped watching it. At that point, the only "breath of fresh air" on the show was Hop Sing.
Anyway, Bonanza is a classic and is worth watching when Pernell Roberts was still in the show, or if only to see the myriad of great guest stars in each episode.