IMHO By far the best family and western series of all time.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV Series - 49 min - Western
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The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Creators: David Dortort, Fred Hamilton
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

I would stop what I was doing when I heard the theme song....The good old days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsypUGOyhz4

I remember being at one of the filming locations as a kid up in Lake Tahoe. Beautiful. Of course this was in the 1980's long after the show went off the air but in any event still cool to see.

I liked Bonanza. It was a good show but my sister and I both watched mostly cause we thought Little Joe (Michael Landon) was so cute!! FYI, back in the 70s I met Landon at a local event and got his autograph.




TIS

I loved "Bonanza" as a kid, and I still love it today.

Michael Landon was the coolest 5 foot 6 cowboy to ever come out of Queens. Okay, he was the only one .

When I was little, for some reason I was fascinated by the drawings that came after the cast credits and during the closing credits. They start at about 30 seconds here:



Favorite guest star: Marlo Thomas as a...uh...Chinese girl.

Did the Cartwrights ever date women who lived?

Man, those guys were the kiss of death .

I remember Ricardo Montalban as an Indian too.

I remember Ben talking to little Joe about youth in Asia Is that how you spell it? I guess it was when Ben worked on a ship after they landed in San Francisco

Any one remember that episode.

Even then he rode around in a Cordova covered wagon with fine Corinthian leather