Bonanza: Badge Without Honor

Starring: Dan Blocker, Fred Beir Director: Arthur Lubin Dvd Release: 1st February, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, Dolby, NTSC, Region 0 Encoding

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Bonanza was an American western / cowboy television program starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts & Victor Sen Yung. It was the first regularly broadcast television program to be filmed in color. It aired on NBC from September 12, 1959 through January 16, 1973 ; from 1961 to 1972 it aired on Sunday nights. from 1964 until 1967, the show was #1 in the yearly Nielsen ratings. In terms of longevity, the show was the second-most popular western in the history of television, behind Gunsmoke. Ponderosa was an alternative title of the series, often used for the broadcast of syndicated reruns in the 1970s & 1980s. The show chronicled the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by patriarch Ben Cartwright. Joseph or Little Joe ; Adam ; & Eric, better known to viewers by his nickname of Hoss. The familys cook was the Chinese immigrant Hop Sing. The family lived on a ranch called The Ponderosa, on the shore of Lake Tahoe in Nevada ; the name refers to the Ponderosa Pine, common in the West. Posters Of Bonanza

Dan Blocker was an American actor & advocate for social justice. He is best remembered for his role as Eric Hoss Cartwright in the TV western Bonanza. Actor Dirk Blocker is his son. Dan passed away when he had gall bladder surgery. He & Dolphia, whom he met while a student at Sul Ross State,married & all of their chldrens names began with a D He was a bouncer in a beer joint while a student. He went to Texas Military Institute & his roommate was Ronald Lee Bowen. When he was performing at an Annual Rodeo in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, he phoned Runt & told him he was making so much money from Bonanza he stuffed it in mattresses. He was a Gentle Giant & good natured. Posters Of Bonanza

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