Bonanas for Bonanza - 
Re-Release: Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #11: “The Truckee Strip”

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly Bonanas For Bonanza returns, and Dalton, Mutt and Amy are joined by an incredibly special guest: the son of Hoss Cartwright himself, Dirk Blocker! They discuss Michael Landon's insatiable love of money, and which members of the Bonanza cast are secretly bald. Then, they recap season 1, episode 11 of Bonanza, "The Truckee Strip," in which a story of star-crossed lovers from feuding families brings out Mutt's love of the Bard.Featuring Maria Bamford as Amy SleeversonMerch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/shopMail: PO Box 9407 Glendale, CA 91226Email: [e-mail]’s website: andydaly.comRelease date: Oct. 12, 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Academy Award winner Helly Berry. One touch without a robot is all in text. Say it. Never let go. We're the world now. Never let go. In theater September 20th. You're about to listen to Bananas for Bananza, episode 11.

This is Andy Daly. Hello. Here on this free feed, I'll be re-releasing all of the back episodes of Bananasa for Bananza one every other week. If you want to hear new episodes, add free. Please subscribe to my Patreon at Patreon.com. Slashed. Andy Daly. The entire Bananas for Bananza Archive is also waiting for you there, and you can access lots and lots of bonus content. So do that. Okay, thank you. Enjoy. Yeah. Oh Namsa, it's a finest show of lives. So consult your TV guide.

Get your great outdoors inside. Get your great outdoors inside. Take some ponderosa pride and forever made Right I'm bananas for bananas Yeah, dang! What happened there, mutt? What did you do? Well, I figured if we were going to go on for 430 of these episodes, I can't put a new weapon in each time, so I'm just going to write a listener's name on a bullet and fire it in the air, different one each time. That was Lisa McAughlin from Bewiggy, Minnesota.

How you doing, Alisa? Lisa, that was your bullet. That bullet had your name on it. You're lucky to be alive if you're listening to this now. Well, yeah, that's a good idea. Save your ammunition, mutton, because we got 421 episodes, including the one we're about to do now. Folks, yes, hello, friend.

the gate is open wide. Welcome to Bananasa for Bonanza. Ha, damn, good to be back. This is the- Crazy about it. Yeah, crazy about it. This is the only podcast on the entire planet earth, where each episode of the classic television, Western television series Bonanza is discussed in depth.

Believe it or not, nobody else is doing it. It's incredible because Bonanza defined what it means to be a man, to be a Western man, to be an American, to be an Indian or a Chinese fellow. It defined everything you care to think about for every single one of us ever since it premiered. Folks, we are back. That's right. We was gone for a few weeks there, I'm afraid. There appeared to have been a little bit misunderstanding in which certain people made complete asses out of themselves. And they revealed themselves, I'm sorry to say, to be potential Frankenstein's. And I am closely monitoring the situation. As you may know, in addition to being the poet laureate of the American West and the host of this podcast, I am also under constant monster attack. I I th, I th, th, th, th, th, th th, th, th, th, th th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thu that, that, thu that, thatu-a, thatu-a, thi thi, thatu-a, thatu-a, tho, tho, thatu-a, thu-a, thu-a, thu-a, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, the, the, the, the, the, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, the host of this podcast, I am also under constant monster attack I can't seem to go more than a couple of days without that I have to slaughter some kind of a monster or other

And including many times Frankenstein's and I put some folks at Earwolf on notice that they appeared to be showing Steins of Frankensteinism and they got this podcast back up and run right quick after that and that probably means that they are Frankensteinstein's the their their their their their their their their th. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. their. the the the the te. the the the the the te. the te. the te. their. te. th. right quick after that, and that probably means that they are Frankenstein's, but they just didn't want to make it so obvious. So anyways, that's a backstory as to where we've been and what's going on now and why it is that we're back. So let's, but I don't want to dwell on any of that unpleasantness, and I have been told time and to please not discuss my monster, to please, to discuss my, to discuss my, the, to discuss my, th.... bit out of the way and now we move move on to the rest of what I'm saying. Okay, we're rack. Nothing can get in the way of us discussing every single episode of Bonanza, of which there are sadly only 431. And today we're going to devote this episode to a close examination of season one,

episode 11, the Truckee Strip. But I, yeah, yeah, was Vendetta. Right. Yeah, you just mentioned that before we got on the air. Amy Sleverson accidentally watched a wrong episode, but we'll make it work. Yeah, we'll see what kind of parallels they have and how they can relate and if I'm using this word right, juxtapose on each other's. Well, so yeah, the trucky strip. This one, but listen, I'm thi. thrusting. thi, the thi, thi, the thru' thru' thru' the thru' thruck. the the thrucki. the thrucki. thrucki. thruck. the thruck. thruck. tr' tr' tr' truk. truk. truk. tru, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. th. th. th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, trucky. Oh, trucky. trucky. truu. tru. tru. tru. tru. Tru. Trucky. Trucky. Trucky. trukuke. Trucky. Trucky truk. Trucky truk. truk. truk. truk. truk. truk. truk. tr each others. Well, uh, so, yeah, the truckey strip, this one, but listen, I mean, I can't even tell you, I cannot believe the guests that we have to help us out doing this today. It's truly phenomenal. But I believe this is the closest that we could possibly get, genetically speaking to having an actual member of the original goddamn cast and Bonanza on this show. You couldn't get closer, right? From a DNA perspective. Unless you're at the altar. I don't, I don't even know what that means. But I'm not, I don't even

know what that means. But I'll go. God lives. Oh, I see. Yes. Yes. God. Yes, God. God. Well, I can't even believe it's happened. Before we introduce them, I just want to tell you who you're already listening to. Obviously, you know, there's me, Dalm Welcox. And we also got Mutt Taylor's over over here every time. Hello, mutt. God damn, it's good to be back. to Goddam it's good to be back. Hell yeah. And also, she never curses. Christian entrepreneur and biblical slash bonanza scholar, Amy Slaverson. Hello, Amy. Hi, I've upgraded into women's health products. Oh boy. They can also be used for men.

So their men's health products are a little cheaper. And they're all gummies. They're gummies! Hey what do you mean? Everything's a gummy? Yeah, it's a nutritional gummy and it gives you courage for vengeance. Wow! I'll take some of those sign me up. Yes. Yeah, revenge gumies. I'd like a whole pack of revenge gummies. I need to take revenge against a lot of folks and I've got a sweet tooth. It's perfect for me.. the. the. the. they. they. they. they. they. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their they's they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. they's. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. revenge gummies. I'd like a whole pack of revenge gummies. I need to take revenge against a lot of folks and I've got a sweet tooth. It's perfect for me. You would do a cleanse so you just have gummies for 30 days. So these are products. Now it seems like every time we do one of these, Amy, you've got a new product line inspired by this week's episode. Now this product line is inspired by the episode we're going. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. th. the, the, the. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to to be to be to be to me, to to to to to to to to th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It, th. It's, th. It's, th. th. th. the. the. It's, the. the theeeate. the te. teeeu. te. teu. teu. te. to te. to te. It's, the. It inspired by the episode we're going to listen to two episodes from now.

But from when I understand that there is a certain romance that develops within this that's like Romeo and Juliet. And that's also what am I herbal products? What do you mean? It means that when you, you, don't they poison themselves, but this isn't a poison. This is in nowhere poison, though it is not FDA approved. It's a powder, you put in a drink. But what does it do?

Does it make you able to be dead for a while until your families leave you alone? It's 1999 is what it is. It's at your price point. It's a powder and you pour it in your drink. Yeah, that's right. Romeo and Juliet, what happened there? The one poisoned himself but just temporary and the other one says, oh no, and stabbed himself or herself. And the other one woke up and said, oh damn it, and then stab him himself or herself. You might not know this to look at me, but I'm a huge Shakespeare head. And, you know, two houses both alike and name here in Verona.

And yes, that's right, he fake poisons himself and wakes up and she's already stabbed herself or some shit like that. Ha ha ha ha ha, that's funny. All right, well, now it's time to introduce our guest. And I'm quaking in my boots. I can't believe it's happening. Ladies and gentlemen, this feller is literally the goddamn child of Dan Blocker who played Hoss Cartwright.

I can't even believe it. Ladies and gentlemen, please say hello to actor and hilarious man, Dirk Blocker. Who? God damn, it's good to be here, boys, girl. Wow. What a treat. We got a real yeaw out of Dirk. I can't believe you're our first guest to give us a proper yeha.

Well, that'll be the last one, I promise. Well, feel free. You just got to alert Brian, who's a sound engineer, tell him right. Yeah, it's coming. Sorry. Now, he don't, he don't, he don't mind. Derek, I can't believe this. I have a million and one questions for you. Your father was the great Dan Blocker who played, now I have to tell you, it took me a long time to accept that the people on Bonanza was not actually named, you know, Ben Cartwright and Adam Cartwright and Hoskartwright and that they was actors playing those roles and that, I don't, sometimes

I still don't believe it. Same here. Is your grandfather not Ben Cartwright? I'm a little confused. Right. I also am confused. I've been confused about that for years now. Okay.

Okay. He wore a wig and I've worn a wig so there's that similarity. Hang on now. Does it? That's a genealogical test. Why do the other sons keep leaving your father behind to fight battles? They're always going off to San Francisco to see ladies and then it's you and and and your and it's your dad and and and that and and dad cartwright because my dad was the baddest ass of them all. He really was I tell you we talk about that all the time but one thing we say about Hoss cartwright is it he appears to have unlimited strength which is amazing yeah

yeah he was do you Yeah he was. Do you carry any of that with you did that get passed down? Not much. Okay. Be perfectly honest with you. But some. He carries every episode. I'm a bit of a wimp. No, no, you heard my weah. Oh, it was man Man, it was powerful. That was a powerful Yeha. Thank you. So you have a little bit of unlimited strength. A little tiny bit, yeah. But, you know, I mean, there was only one Hots, let's face it.

That's for damn sure. Now, yeah, one thing that happens to Hoss all the time is when it's fighting all right all right all right let hoss do the fight and he just gets in there and he hulks out and he just smash destroy was that something he would do at home not to us not to siblings and I not to the children all right good an unsuspecting mailman get a little too close to the house or milkman or somebody yeah we you know a lot of legal fees in the house hoss smash he would just he just go into a the the the the the the the th the th the th th th th th th the th th the th the th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th just th just th just th. thus thus just thus just just thus just just just th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. to the. to to to to to the. the. to thus. thus. the. the. th. th. th. milkman or somebody. Yeah. We, you know, a lot of legal fees in the house smash. He would just smash. He just, he just go into a blind rage. That's what seems to happen. He just seems to, yeah, you can't see nothing in his eyes anymore. It's just destruction. Just complete and out of rage. What I like best about the fight he had in this episode was how

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Door-to-door sales, in my own neighborhoods, everybody knows me. Yeah, do you find that people are less inclined to open the door because of this pandemic? What? No, they know who I am. And they say, oh no, let's starters, we already have enough for your candles and stuff. But they don't know that I still, you know I still that I still that I still th, you th, you th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to told told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told. told. the the. the too. te. te. te. te. tooooooooooooooooo. too, too, you know, I am more, I always have new stuff, like tragedy charms and oh yeah, like that would have been a perfect trauma charm to put on your

bracelet. It just sings bad things that happen in your life like addiction and you know, like the opioid to that is affecting so many families and just get a little pill for that and then you put on, you know, whatever it is. This is one of Amy's most wonderful product lines. I don't know if you know about this dirk or if you're interested in buying it. She, it's a, it's, you know, how they've got charm bracelets. This is a tragedy bracelet and you can buy a little tragedy charms or trauma charms from any bad things ever to you. And, any any any any any any any any any any any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any any bad any bad any bad any bad any any bad any any bad any bad any any bad any any bad any any bad any any bad any any any any any any any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad any bad th. th. th. things things ever any bad things, any bad things, any bad things things, any bad things things any bad things th. th. th. th. any bad bad bad bad bad bad bad see it right there, hold up your wrist there, Amy. Oh yeah, like a, and you have like a broken heart or like a, oh, this a bridge of San Francisco if your husband goes gay. It's the bridge to San Francisco. Hey, did that ever happen to you? You ever had a friend of mine. Francisco. Hey, did that ever have to you? You ever had a-

No, but it happened to a friend of mine. Yeah, yeah. Is that what you call it? And I said, I got the charm for you. Hey, that's perfect. And then I gave her a little bottle of Jack Daniels too, because that's for alcoholism. But she, she, you know, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she isn't, she, she isn't, she isn't, she, she isn't, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she, she isn't, she, she isn't, she, she, she's. that, she's. that, she's. that, that, that, that, that. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that. that. that. that. that. that big a drinker, so she couldn't really, I mean it runs in her family a little but so. Well, at least you just give her a small bottle.

Yeah. Yeah. The first step to get in help is putting a tragedy bracelet on your arm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So now, all right, Derek. Now, you must have met over time as a child all of the other cast members on Bonanza.

I did indeed. I met every single one of them, yeah. You did it. Which one gave the best Christmas presents? Good question. They were all cheap. They didn't give any of us anything. You're kidding me. After all those years? That's a long time. Yeah, it was a long time. I haven they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they they didn't they didn't they they they they they they they they they they they their all their all their their all their all. They didn't they they they they they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't their all all all all all all they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're they're their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the their the the the the the the their their their their their their those years, that's a long time. Yeah, it was a long time. I haven't gotten over it. But maybe one of these days, one of their children will send something. I hope that. What about cattle?

They own all in the Ponderosa. Why wouldn't they share anything with you? Well, you know, some people just don't get what it is to be generous, you know. Yep. That's what you know. Well, this one, in fact, generosity, you know, is to be frowned upon. I mean, you don't want to share anything if it's all about amassing as much power and money as you possibly can. That's the American way. Come on. Yeah, you're right. That's true. The promise land. We get ours. Hey, Dirk, that we heard, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that's. Dork. Dork, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the that's. that's. that's. We get ours. Hey, yeah, Dirk, we heard that Lauren Green, he had a house that was modeled after the Ponderosa Ranch. You ever go to that house? No, I have not. Now I'd heard the same thing about Michael Landon. Oh, you're kidding me. No, he actually had a replica

built up in the hills above Beverly Hills on a five acre piece of land, which tells you how much money that sucker was making. I know. Yeah, that's all I want to know because he did bonanza and then he was on a little house on the prairie for all that time and then he was on that goddamn highway to heaven. And I just think this guy must have been, he must have had an insatiable desire for money. Yeah, I think he probably did, yeah. Couldn't he was a, he was a commissionary like me. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you bring my, you, the more money you bring in, for the company, the more money you get back out of it and then you go to the golden bridge. Wait, so he, the more people he brought he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he th. he he he th. th. he he he th. th. th. th. he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he golden bridge. Wait, so he, the more people he brought to heaven, the more money he'd get?

Yes. Wow. That hell highway to heaven work? The more employees he had, the more he could get closer to, you get up in the levels of heaven. There are different levels of heaven, and he was probably like, he's in the diamond sky platinum level at very least. Wow it's like a toll road to heaven more likely. Yeah. I didn't know any of this about heaven. This is all new. Well you're gonna find out if you're lucky.

Yeah oh I know I'm going to heaven I made an arrangement. I'm definitely going there with all the monsters I've slaughtered. I've killed. I can't even tell you how many vampires I've slaughtered and sent it straight to hell. You ever have any experiences, Dirk, with vampires or Mummies or Frankenstein's, anything like that ever come upon you? Well, I, uh, my wife and I are both huge monster movie fans. So we've probably seen every single monster movie that's ever been made at least once. But, and I think that maybe that's protected me against real monsters, you know, but I'd fight one if I had to. You sure would. I know you would. If you've got any of that Oskart right blood in you, you'd take them. Oh. Yeah. Puh. Does your wife have a birthday coming up? She does.

I mean almost immediately. I have a great gift idea. It's something I made myself. It was just for fun. And then it's just turned into this, this crazy profit making thinness. I'm a profiteer because it's a goat tether. It's something I tether myself to a lead-weighted steak in the living room or wherever, just so I can't get the refrigerator or other places I feel like I shouldn't be.

Or I put it on the front line, it can go outdoors to stay away from, you know, just stuff stuff that I should need and stuff. It's a goat tether for women. Well that's a that's just such an interesting and good idea I would say. Yeah it's so you don't have to have willpower anymore. It's just like I'm staked. Yeah and you know like the way you'll do you put a goat on a tether and you hope that the goat is going to eat all the grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass grass the grass the grass the grass. the grass. the grass. the grass. the grass. the grass. the grass. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. to to to to to to to to to to the. to to the. to. the. to. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. the the the the the the. the the the the theat the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their the. the. the. the. the. te teateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateathea theateathea the the the bag and then throwing it out after one taste. That's terrible. What a coincidence. My wife one time met Tammy Faye Baker at an airport.

Is that right? She saw and she was walking behind her getting on the plane and she noticed that Tammy Fay Baker had goat hubs instead of feed. You're kidding me? No, interesting, huh? I'm not at all surprised to hear that because I know that they communed with the devil in certain ways and you know, I mean, hell. I mean, come open your eyes people. No, there's the good Christians and then there's that other Christians who are good but are faking so hard that you can't tell and you've really, you've got

I've got to figure out a new product to figure out which ones are bad and which ones are good. You mean you imagine? We're surrounded by people who may not be what they seem? Wiches. Wow. Okay. Yeah I'm worried about witches but I just can't even imagine how difficult it would be to buy shoes if you have goat hooves. Well, you just buy horse shoes. It'd be a bit, they've got to be teeny tiny. And the hoof is a shoe. A hoof is a shoe.

A hoof is a shoe. Is that where the term being a huffer came from, I wonder? Yeah, I think, in the old days, most of the movie dancers were part goat. Of course, of course they did have. They had hands, human hands, but their hind quarters was a hooved. Has your wife ever lost a friend, you know, to argument? You could get her a pendant and it's a, it's a balloon. It's a forgotten birthday balloon. Well, I don't think she's ever lost an argument, at least not with me.

Yep, yep. Yeah, I've been there, my friend. And now I'm living in a shipping container. Yeah, that's right. We've much had a difficult love life. And speaking of difficult love lives, the characters on this television program Bonanza have some of the most difficult love lives you've ever seen in your life. Unbelievable bad luck with their love lives.

Wouldn't you say that, Derk? Yeah, curse the cart rights. Curse? The cart rights. Yeah, yeah, you, I mean, if you're an actress in those days and you are booked to be on Bonanza, you knew that, you know, the end was near. You knew you're getting a nice death scene in a bed, probably of tuberculosis or something. Envelope, please. Yeah.

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It seems that when we watch them, we can think to ourselves, hey, little Dirk was sitting there watching this. Well, I usually tuned out when they'd actually start shooting because it was, you know, the process is dull, you know, again and again and again. But one of the things that my dad would do when he'd get busy is he'd ask somebody working on the show who had some time to take me around and take care of me, babysit me basically. And I'd end up in a makeup chair usually and then the wardrobe people would put wardrobe on me and pretty soon I looked like a small person and a Western.

And one day Michael Landon was directing an episode and he saw me and he picked me and they were doing a saloon scene. And he picked me up and carried me over to the middle, in the middle of the room and set me down and suddenly I was surrounded by extras and everybody had beers in front of them and dance girls right above us. And it was, that was wonderful. I couldn't find myself on the episode though. I tried and tried and tried and I, but I, but I, I was, I was, I was, I was tried and I was just and I was just and tried and tried and I was just and tried and tried and I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was, I was. I was. I was, I was. I was. I was just. I was just. I was just. I was just. I was just, I was just. I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just, I was just tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, I was just, tried, Iarn it. So do you think you looked like somebody brought their child to a saloon? Or did you have like a mustache and something like that? Oh no, I had like a fake beard and a mustache.

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I'd say so, yeah. Unless you had one eye and it was a bad eye. But yeah, we, they would shoot, they would shoot in, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, two weeks out of each year and that became like a vacation for all the families. And they would just mostly they would shoot an episode while they're there but primarily they would set a second unit, you know a small group of crew members out with various cast members and shoot them just riding across a valley or up a hill or on a snowy peak or whatever that they could then insert later into episodes during the year, during the course of the year. When they split the talent below the line and above the line and have you fight over who deserves to stay on the location? Well Well you know who won that fight. Oh yeah.

Danny Hoss. Uh, yeah. Hoss smash. I don't know how the other half lived. I'm sorry. No, who knows? Who cares? Man, oh man.

Hey, I got one more question for it. Before we take a probably a break and then after that we'll get into a blow by blow of this incredible episode of Bonanza, the tricky street. We didn't watch it. Yeah, which Amy didn't watch. Oh, I watch 113. Oops, a daisy. Well, uh, Dirk did you ever get to ride Chubb, which was the name of Huss's horse. You know, named Chub. I might have, I don't remember, I did write, they did let us ride horses once in a while when we were there. Yeah.

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Oh my God. Anything, anything to keep their marriage alive, you know, whenever it takes because you guys have something special. All right. I got another charm. It's a gas station rose. It's for domestic violence. I've never heard of a gas station rose. What is that? It's a rose but then it's wrapped in a little bit of plastic, but you can see all the details on the charm. You say they're talking about. I didn't know that's what they was called. They sell roses. It's a gas station rose. Okay. It's what you pick up when you're on your way back from 24 hours in the pokey for maybe or maybe not intimidating your wife and family.

You want to make something up to somebody and you and you got to get gas. You pick them up a gas station rose. And then if you're, you know, a survivor of that situation, you know, get a charm! Oh, beautiful. Beautiful, that's a beautiful story. All right, folks, well, we are gonna take a little break here. And then when we come back, man, oh man, we're gonna dig right into.

A season one, the trucky strip with the help of our dear friend now, dirt blocker, holy shit, all right, don't go to where. You We're the world now. Never. Let go. And did her September 20th. Welcome back to Bananas for Bonanza, it's me and Mutt Taylor and Amy Slaverson and Dirk Blocker our guest for this episode, oh my God. Hey you're on that Brooklyn 99, right? Yes, sir, I am. I have been for the last seven years, yes.

Seven years. Wow. You're a lawman on that show, aren't you? I'm a lawman, indeed. But a city slicker and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, thii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 't you? I'm a lawman, indeed. But a city slicker, too. A city slicker and, you know, probably someone who should have retired some time ago. Yeah, yeah, you and the other Scully guy, you're just kind of like, what are you, a couple of, you, uh, past their primes? Yeah, we're just, we're just trying to survive until our pension kicks in, is basically how it works. Oh, is that right? Yeah. So you've done seven seasons on there. And what do they do about 25 a season?

God only knows how many of that is, but it's gonna take you a while to get up to 431, isn't it? Unbelievable. Yeah, and those were one hour episodes that, you know, took days, it was like a movie. He shot him. Yeah, it's unbelievable. These days you can make an hour of television and it's only really 44 minutes. Back in those days it was it was pushing 50. Yeah, right. As we damn well know. All right. Well folks, this is a fantastic episode. So once again a member of the

Cartwright clan, false victim to love it first sight. Blood is shed over land ownership and there are two absolutely outstanding bare fisted brawls in this episode. We. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi and there are two absolutely outstanding bare-fisted brawls in this episode. We're going to watch them both. And there's a fine performance by James Coburn. Boy. Who would go on to appear in such classic films as The Magnificent Seven, the Magnificent Seven, the great escape and sister act two back in the habit. That's where I know them from. in Magnificent Seven when it was called the Mazin Eight, but I didn't get along with Robert Vaughn, he was a real prick and a dandy, and so I walked and they just said, well,

fuck it, well, called the Magnificent Seven, let's shoot the movie. Oh, man, I didn't know that because Amazing Eighth sounds better to me, it's just got a better ring to it. Mason Eight. Oh, I see. Even better. Yeah, the, the, the, the, the, the, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the. the. the. the. the. the the. the the the the the the the the the the the, the, so it's actually an apostry at the beginning and the end, and it just looks like the quote, Mazen, ate. And it was hard to market, I think they fired me for that reason. Oh, that's why? Yeah. It sounds like before you said you walked off the set. Now it sounds like maybe they fired you.

Can it be both? I love Jimmy Coburn though, that man, he can do no wrong for me. And when he showed up in this episode, you've got the Cartwrights and Jimmy Coburn, I was too much. It's too much. He plays Pete Jessop and he's a son of a bitch. Oh, he's a bad one. Amy, I'm sad for you. You miss this episode. Oh, I am so sad, butthey are fully operational ladies pistols.

Let's say family together. Family together. I love it. These are like little derringers that might go like in a garter under your bustle or something? Yes, yes. And they come in white, pink, and then off like a tope. Would it be too untoward if I were to buy a set of those? Oh, that's fine. Because I'm, and I can't, I can't give you a deal. My best friends pay the most. I can't give you a deal. You love me. Hashtag girl balls. That's how it gets done.

Yeah, now I know those garters normally go around the thigh of a lady, but I've been working out since I've been on my own in the shipping container. And so I got my arms pretty big and I'm figuring if I were to put one of those garter guns around my arms, it might fit. And then I could do a little little thler th. little hug grab the derringers and and shoot. That's an excellent idea and it's such it makes me think of a ruffled top as well how it could really work that way a ruffled. I do that we'll talk later we can do a whole consultation. This is all making me uncomfortable to think of you with ladies garters on your little derange is to think of you with ladies gardeners on your arms little gerring just tuced into your to your newly bulging biceps and a frilly shirt mud eye just makes me uncomfortable. There's been a lot of trouble in

my life lately I should mention to you in full disclosure this episode's called the trucky strip and my shipping container is parked outside of the trucky strip which is a strip joint here in northern Nevada and there's been a lot of goings on see the reason I I don't have my truck anymore is I lost a game of curb dice and so I got some fellas after me but we don't have to talk about that let's just move on. Wow that's a big bit for curb dice that tends to be more nickel and damm well they're a huge. Oh, I see. That makes sense. Pretty big curb or what? Yeah, and it was like them Dyson Prices Right with it, and we played it against a damn.

Okay, now I get it. All right, well, this episode features actress by the name of Adrienne Hayes, and she's had a lot of one-time appearances and a lot of TV shows. Only show to ever had her back more tha tha tha tha tha tha tha their tha tha thoom thoom thoom thoom thoom thoom. thoe. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. thoom. tho. thi. thi. thi. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. they. th. they're they're thi. they're thi. thi. thi. they're thi. the. they're the. thea. thea. they're they're thean. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they once was some soap opera, Guiding Light or something like that. Everybody else got one taste and said that'll do. And then we've got the fellow by the name of Charles Horvath and Charles Horvath plays Willard Trump and he was also in the wackiest ship in the army which Jack Warden was the star of. We've got to get our hands on that show because it seems like Bonanzaanza was a ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban a the the the the the to to to to the to to to the the to to to the the to to the the to to to the to the star of. We've got to get our hands on that show because it seems like Bonanza was like the feeder show to the wackiest ship in the army.

So I've got to see that. Well, this episode begins where some guys is cutting down a tree and it seems to be a tree and then Willard Trump, who's got an eye patch on and he is a rancher who works for the cart rights. rides up and he sees him cutting down this tree and it seems to be a problem. How many episodes now have begun with a tree being cut down? We're into about three-fifths of them? I'd say, I'd say. Yeah. With none of the cast of characters in the first scene. That's right. They often don't start that. It starts with a real beautiful establishing shot of the Lake Tahoe I suppose and then you cut back into the stage and he's cutting down a fake tree. This must be that be-roll you was

talking about Dirk where they go out and shoot with actors and such. Yeah and and they felt a lot of trees on the be-roll I suspect. Yeah that's right do you get the wide shot of the whole big tree coming down it's beautiful. And then then then you you the the the the the the w I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that that the the that that that the that that that is the the is the is the is the is the is the. the is the is the is the is the is the is the. the. the. the. the. the. the is the is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the is the is the is the the the the is the the the. the the the. the ta. tea. tea. the the tree. tree. tree. theeee. the. the. the. the. tree coming down. It's beautiful. And then, well, and then you see James Coburn, and he said, and then there's a banker, a fancy banker, they're all out there in the woods. Banker wanted to oversee the cutting down to this tree, I suppose. And you get the feeling they got some evil plan going on, and it involves riling up the cart rights. Bad idea, b-b-dairo-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-a-a-ba-ba-a-ba-a-a-a-nanananananan-a-a-a-a-a-nanananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananan, their, ban. their, bad-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-nananananananananananan-nan-nan-nan-nan-a-a-a-nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananan-nan boys. Terrible idea. I don't wait B roll is what my husband calls our sex life. Well, well, that's not bad. It could be, you know, you got C, D, and F. So you're, sounds like you're doing fine, above average. Well, okay. You get those leg supports, you know, then you're going to be right up there, you know, be an A before you know it. And I'm getting into Christian sexual AIDS because places like Truckee Strip, no offense

to that small business, you need to, we need to have products that are available from Christian sources for pleasure. Yeah, I agree. I've always been searching for Christian porn and I find it's few and far between. I'd like it to be just as you know dark and dirty but sanctioned by God and with a man and a woman who were married but then they can still get as freaky as they want. Yeah. If you just heard this sound, says what I'm thinking like a podcast and then you just heard the sound of what was happening but people who weren't, weren't for vocal the the the the the vocal the vocal the vocal the vocal the vocal the vocal for vocal for vocal for vocal for vocal for vocal for vocal. to v v v v v v. to to the to their their their to their their their their. I th. I th. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the. theeeeean. tean. tean. teananananananananan. tea. tea. tea. thea. I. I the. I podcast, and then you just heard the sound of what was happening, but people who weren't for vocal.

So you just heard. Yeah. I mean, I sounds just like sex. Tell you there's something about. It got me a little too. It got me going to find the wife. I'll tell you that my old brother. Going straight to the trucky strip.

Yeah, I'll think I'll head on out to the whorehouse. Now, that's funny with all these podcasts out there. There's no pornographic podcasts, is there? Oh, I'm sure there is. You think there is? I think there probably is. Okay, well, as soon as we're done, I'm gonna look it up on Google. Okay, so now what? All right.

Yeah, the cart rights come along, Sport, Buck, Cochise, and Chub with above them their corresponding humans, which is Adam, Ben, Little Joe, and Haas. And they come out, and then we have a real weird, they chase off the guys who's cutting down that tree. And Little Joe takes off in one particular direction. And I believe he rides on to the Concho, though we don't quite learn it yet, until later. And he comes upon a young woman who is hiding in the bushes with her dress off. And yeah, but don't worry, because under her dress she has a full dress.

Yeah, but there's no telling if she's not got a dress on under that, a Russian nesting dresses. Could very well be. That's a great idea. There's no explanation at this point as to what this woman is doing in the wilderness with her dress off. It's just a total mystery. Later we learn that what she likes to do is go out there and splash her feet in a little creek. Yeah, the th we we th we th we th we th we th we th we th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi that thi thease theateate. the. the. the. the. the. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's thi. That's thi. That's thi. That's thi. That's thi the. That's theanananan't thateananananan't thateananan't thateanananan't thateanan't thatea thate. That's the. That's th creek. Yeah, the only thing we've learned and been told is

that she does this every day. She does this every day, but it still doesn't explain why she had to take her dress off. She takes off her dress so she can splash her little feet in that creek is apparently what what she does to get her jolies off that Amy, what's her name, Amy Bishop? But Little Joe comes upon her and he is immediately struck, his love struck, and they have a scene where every time he speaks, behind him is an actual tree in the sky and the wind is blowing through his hair because that scene was shot outside. And every time they cut to her, she is on a phony baloney set with a fake spring between her. It's unbelievable.

Just cut back and forth between outside and inside. She was probably pulling on her goat tether at that point. She may well have been. Yeah, and I have to believe that they shot this together. So it's crazy to think that they had built an outdoor set that they were just shooting half outdoor and half indoor with an open wall. That's crazy. Oh, come on, you know, it cost a little bit of money to send an actor to Lake Tahoe. Oh, okay. See, now we get the inside scoop.

Inside scoop. They're not going to send Adrian Hayes all the way up to Lake Tahoe. Hell no. They're shooting her part down on the, what stage was it here where they do it in now Hollywood you remember it was a paramount studios and I know that they did stay on the one stage there for the longest time but I don't remember now what the night I might have been number nine but I'm not sure number nine stage nine at paramount so they got her out of paramount and she probably had a street park and then she in there doing her scene plenty of street parking over there.

You can give you a walk on it's okay. Oh yeah they give you a walk on yeah absolutely just bring your ID but she didn't get in the parking structure I'd guarantee you see your scene walk out onto Melrose or walk down to that store that only sells fireplace mantles that you always drive by yeah it's a nice yeah and if it's a half hour walk away lunch you can't you you you you the you you the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. their their their their their. their. their. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can can. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. the the the the the they. the the the they. the they. I the they. I can't go go. I can't. the or walk down to that store that only sells fireplace mantles that you always drive by. Yeah, it's a nice happening. And if it's a half hour walk away lunch you could do a lot worse than Lucy's adobe. Not that I've ever been anywhere near Hollywood. Me either. Nope. But then what happens? Okay so he falls in love. But I was going to say I think it's a it was an intentional stylistic choice. The two of them th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the thi. thi. thi. thi. the th. the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. the thi. thi. the thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the thi. the thi. to say, I think it was an intentional stylistic choice. The two of them are in such different worlds. You know what I mean? He's outside, she's inside.

They're in totally different dimensions, you know what I mean? They're from different world. Because this is our Romeo and Juliet story. She's a bishop. Yeah, he's a cartwright. Two houses except only one house the others outside. Both alike and name. Yeah like in name. So then we find out, what do we find out? The fellow by name Luther Bishop owns the Conchow, that's piece of land and the the

truccian and there's, the fellas who was cut down the tree was Bishop's men and there, that's the truckey strip and the trucky strip sits between between the the the the the the the the thsesesesese is between sits between sits between between between between between between between between between between between between between between between the Concho and the Ponderosa and they were just like Palestine right 58th parallel the demand right I was thinking that too Amy because you talked about how the Ponderosa is Israel or something I don't always fully listen to when you talk about that but you've said something like that it's okay it's okay it's all right it's just the emotional truth that you need to get out out of what I would ever say yeah yeah just you the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th the th th th th th th th th th th is th th is th is th is th is th th th th. you've th. You've th. You've the thi the the's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. You've th. You've th. I've th. the. the. the. theeeeeeeeeeeeeeea. theeea. theeeeeeeeeea. the. the. the. the emotional truth that you need to get out of what I would say. Yeah. Just listen to the emotions behind the words. That's what my husband says. Yeah. Hey, Dirk, can you can you confirm this Amy's theory that Michael Landen is Jesus and that

this show is, it takes place in the Holy Land. Any insights you have on that at all would be helpful. Well, I don't, I can't say for sure, but I do know that he was deathly afraid of having his haircut. Is that right? Yeah, I don't know like a Samson. Yeah, precisely like a Samson, Yes, exactly that, right? Oh, okay. So I don't know how much Jesus and Sampson hung out.

Oh, I know a lot. Oh, there you go. Okay, well in that case, yes. But it's. Okay, thank you. That's big. That is exactly what I was looking for was confirmation of my own prejudices. Oh, there you go. And even if-

Thank you so much. That's exciting, right? So there you go. Everything's about everything. It always feels so good. So if it fits, he has short hair through pretty much all of Bonanza, and it's like, that's his first show and he doesn't have a lot of pull, but bythe time he gets to Little House on the Prairie says you want me to do the show I ain't cut my hair you want me going to the highway to

heaven I ain't cut my hair basically. Right well you know everybody except he tuced he on that hair into underneath the scalp holder. Call it the scalp holder. So Michael landed when he was on Bonanza had the same kind of long luxurious hair we're used to from the prairie days. But he would tuck it up underneath like an Elvis Presley, updue. Precisely, he had a very small head, so he was able to get that all underneath that skull cap, basically. This is some real inside information.

Now wait a minute, are you trying to tell us Lauren Green and Mr. Purnell there, that they, these fellows, when you saw them off set, they was bald-headed? Well, I think if you just kind of looked closely in the episodes, you might be able to tell. It looked like a piece of lettuce on their head, basically. You're kidding me! I thought they just had lettuce hair. What about your own father? Did he? Oh, God, yeah. He would just, but he didn't like hair pieces, so they just paint, they paint his head dark. This is outstanding information.

I'm going to, I'm just going to stare at their hair from now on. I never even thought about it. Never thought about it once in my life. Well, it's given me great insight. Now I can spot a hair piece. Oh, me too. I got perfect wig dar. But then what about Hop Singh? Is that a real hat or is it a hat piece? Hey, good question. You know, I never saw him without the hat, so I'm not sure.

All right, fair enough. Yeah, he's got that long hair. Now that makes Michael and even more Jesus like because it's like these, his, everyone who surrounds him is wearing sort of a holy covering of their head, sort of a hejab. Yeah, a hijab. I like that. I like a hijab. Now, uh, okay, so it's the Truckee Strip is between the Ponderosa and the Concho and these two parties have been warring over it for a long time. Turns out Willard Trump got shot in the eye by Luther Bishop, a long time ago during these war. And not. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their, th. th. th. th. th. th. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. thi. the. the. the. thea. thea. thea. thea. Hea. thea. Hea. thea. their, their, the eye by Luther Bishop, long time ago during these wars, and not only that, but Pete Jessop, that's James Coburn. His brother was killed during one of these truckies trip wars. And but a court order settled it. Court order says that land belongs to the cart rights.

Well, you think it settles it, but Luther Bishop't accept it. So this is like a tender box and now Pete Jessop is out there, throwing matches at it or whatever. He's trying to get a war going again over the tricky strip and because it has to do something with a fancy banker named, is that Jason Carter, I guess. There's always some element of the plot where I just say, you lost me. And this time it's, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's the, it's the, it's the, it's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, i, i, i, i, i, i, i, i, i, i. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. some element of the plot where I just say, you lost me. And this time it's the, it's whatever the banker, the banker wants to sell the timber on the trucky strip and somehow believes that that somehow that if there's a war, a reinvigorated war between the parties, it'll help them get that wood. He wants to buy the timber from Bishop. But he's forcing Bishop the bishop the the thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. the b b won won won won won won won won won won won won't the b b bi. the bi. the bi. the bi. the bi. the bi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the ba. the ba. thi. thi. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. It's the bank. It's the bank. It's the bank. It's the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the bank. the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. thi. thtimber from Bishop, but he's forcing Bishop to sell because he won't give Bishop a loan. Yeah.

But is this scheme like there's going to be a war here and Bishop's going to say it's not worth the trouble? I'll sell the land? Well, there's also a part where I tune out to and that was it so I don't. So little Joe and Amy Bishop is getting closer together and he says we don't have to inherit the hates of our families and that's when I says, God damn it, this is Romeo and Juliet. Yeah. That's the moment where it came together for me. Yep. Hey, uh, Dirk, you ever meet any of the writers for Bonanza? There was one fellow named Richard Collins who I think was the

like script super not the script supervisor he was a he was a producer he was story editor. Yeah I think believe that was his title and I'm not sure what years but yeah he I met him but no otherwise I don't think I knew any of the writers no. I'd love to know what I was just I was a child you know but during these days. Yes I know I know I know but but the the the the the the the the the th th th th th the th th. th. th. the th. the th. the th. the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the th. I th. I th. I the the the the the they I they I they I the the they. I the the the the the the they. I the the the they. I the the the they. I the they. I the they I the they I they I they I the the the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I th. I th. I thi. I th. I thi. I th. I thi. I thi. I th. I th. I th. no. I'd love to know what that was doing over there. I was a child you know, but during these days. Yes, I know, I know, but so they never said he would be entertained in the writer's room. Send them over there. Yeah, invitations to the writer's room is hard enough to come by when you're an adult. So. down to the bar. I like that the writers stole the storyline from Shakespeare. Because that's what, sometimes I just borrow someone's business plan entirely. You know, just say, oh, I'm just gonna, because that's why I did. This, Mary and Martha, the most popular Christian, women's and marketing.

Are you all right? Take bread. She's new. You need to take some gummies. Take some gummies and powder. I only do touables. Okay. Two balls are also very colorful. Well, drink your soup. I'm worried about you. Okay.

You know, you're not alone though because Shakespeare stole from the best. He himself was a thief. Pyrmous and thusee. Hebeckh. Hea. thuse. thus. thus. thus. thiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. toe. toe. thi. thi. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toief. He stole from, you know, Pyramus and Thisbee is Romeo and Juliet. And hell, I know again, it doesn't look like I'm a huge Shakespeare head, but all of his plays were stolen the exception of his biographical later play The Tempest and the Mary Wives of Windsor so commissioned by Queen Elizabeth herself. And that one stinks. Yeah, I agree. That's a stinker. Yeah, okay. So Shakespeare's a thiefed and so he's thiiiiiii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, thi, tho- is tho- is th. And, th, th, th, th, th, th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I is is is is th. I is th. I is the is a the is a thi, is a thi, is a thi, is a thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. Yeah, okay. So Shakespeare's a thief and so he wouldn't mind old story editor Collins stealing this story from him. Let's just say he wouldn't get along with the cart rights. He's not on the up and up. I'm sure you're right about that. Yep, Cartwrights is honest. Well, so okay. Oh, and then Pete Jessop, James Coburn, steals three horses.

Something going on there. He steals three horses, and then they ride up and they shoot a guy. There's two guys camping out in the woods. And Jissop and his buddies who are all riding cartwright ranch horses, ponderosa horses, come up on these two guys who are camping out and they just shoot one of them. And the other one is not terribly perturbed by the fact of his his friend got shot. He takes it very much in stride. He just kind of says, hey why'd you cut them down? It's curious, you know. Past the time makes some conversation. Yeah he's the big Lebowski of the old West, whatever. Yeah he takes it. He takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes it takes takes it to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their tooom-in. to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the's thea. to. to. to. tooo. too. too. too. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. the. the. the West, whatever. Yeah, he takes it, he takes it. I guess I'm gonna bury it. Death comes to all of us.

I have that on a dish towel. I have that on a dish towel and death comes to all of us. Oh, man. That's a, that sounds good. I'd like to have one of those because sometimes I do forget. I'll forget for a few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few few the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their the're in disguise and the whole point is, I guess, is Pete Jessup and his buddies are trying to make it seem as though the cartwrights committed a wanton murder on Luther Bishop's land on the Conchow.

It's all about whipping up this goddamn war over the tricky strip, right? Am I missing anything so far? Divide and Conquer, that's right. They're wearing bandanas so you can't see their their their their their their their their their their their their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces their faces And they're wearing bandanas so you can't see their faces and it's plausible deniability. Oh, I'm a cartwraat, but they wasn't. Yeah. And then you got, uh, well, this Willard Trump sees a tree being cut down. He tells Paul what's going on. And then we cut to a little scene by the brook where Amy is reading. their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Oh, thi. Oh, th. Oh, thi. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I I I I I I I I's. Oh. Oh, I I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I's. Oh, I'm. Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a. Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a. I'm a. Oh, I'm a th. Oh, I'm a th. Oh, I believe this is what happens, I might have zoned out. Joe says, like, put that book away, that Shakespeare doesn't know what he's talking about. And then he speaks in colloquial terms,

the mystery's eyes, nothing like the son, Shakespeare's sonnet, basically, puts it in his own words. Isn't that about right? Yeah, I mean, is he knocking Shakespeare because he can do better? He kind of says, this sonnet is stupid, how it really is, and then he paraphrases the sonnet. Well, as you said, if they believed Shakespeare was a thief, you know, the little Joe would have to be opposed to anything that he had ever written. Oh, yeah. That's right. Little Joe would never would have to be opposed to anything that he had ever written. Oh yeah, that's right. Little Joe would never steal anything. No one is. Just that little girl's heart. Yeah, I was thinking the same. Right.

That's right. Which she gave up freely. Yeah, I believe she did. She fell a lot. And she, by the way is another one of these women characters we've seen on this show, who's just as simple as a child. I. I I I. I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's that's that's that's that's that's th. that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. Little, little the little little the little little little the. Little, little that's little little little little the. the. the. the. Little, little little little little little little little little the characters we've seen on this show who's just as simple as a child. I don't know how I don't know how I am. I don't do any of this politics stuff or anything. I just like go, oh I don't want to hear any of it and just give me my crafts and my small business and that's all I want to think about. All she wants to do is get her dress off and get her feet wet and read her books. She loves to read books. And that's it, and then she doesn't seem to understand anything outside of that.

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strategy dress where she's like, no, I have not interested. What's that made of that strategy one? Is that like Kevlar? It's a washable plastic with a felted interior like a tablecloth. All right. Is it all gingham and check like a tablecloth too? Whatever you want. God, I want, I want. I want. I just never got. I want. I just never got. I want. I just. I just never got. I, I. I. I. I. I, I. I, I. I, I, I, I, I. I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I th. I th. I th. I that. I that. I th. I, I th. I that. I that. I, I that. I that. I. I, I, I. I. I. I, I, I. I, I. I, I, I. I, I. I, I. I. I, I. I, I. I. I, I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. I th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. ham and checked like a tablecloth too? Whatever you want. God, I won. I want. I just never gotten past dress too, so I don't know and I'm wondering what's to come. It's like getting to a level of a video game. There's a reason you have to got past dress too. I know. She's gay. I'm just kidding. Nobody is. Nobody is. Nobody is. She could be. Her name is. Nobody is. Nobody is. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No's gay. I'm just kidding. She's yeah. Nobody is. She could be.

Her name's Clark. Nobody is. Yeah, yeah. I'm with you on that. Man. Well, I'll tell you, three dresses wouldn't hurt the women of the, of Bonanza might help them survive a bullet or what takes this woman out is bizarre. But it's real weird. All right, so now we have a thing

where the cart writes right up on the encampment of guys who's cutting down the trees to sell to Jason Carter, and there's a Chinese fellow there, and he's got a knife. And I don't know why they showed this Chinese guy with a knife. I don't know why. He ducks into a the the the the the the the the tie tip tip tip tip tip tip tip tip tip te te te te te te te te te te is te te te th. It the the is th. It's the th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's thi. It's thi. It's thi. It's thi. It's th. It's th. It's is is is th. It's is is th. It's is th. It's is th. It's is th. It's is th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's te is te. It's te is te. te. teateateateateatea. teatea. tea. teatea. tea. tea. tea. It's th I don't know why they showed this Chinese guy with a knife I don't know why but he ducks into a tent with a very scary looking knife and then I think when they were rat in that scene is when Dirk was brought over to the writer's room for daycare and they just missed a

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Trump, right? But I'm about to show you a moment that if they put it in an ad, a political ad, it would just settle this whole thing once and for all. Ready? Watch this. Here we go. This is Ben Cartwright responding. Hang on, I gotta share my damn screen. Ben Cartwright responding to Willard Trump having killed this Chinese boy. Here's what he says. Trump is like an animal.

See that. Oh, that is the biggest anti-endorsement you could have in a political ad. Right? It'd be all done. You got Ben Cartwright, literally, saying you're like an animal, you're finished. Wow. Somebody out there take that footage and make an anti- Trump. I mean, I don't go into politics either. No, I don't care. I, you know, I always write in Ben Cartwright, as you know, I'm my my my my my the the the th., I'm th. their, I, I'm their, I'm th. their, their, th, th, th, their, their, thi, their, their, their, thi, the biggest, thi, thi, the biggest the biggest thi, thi, thi, the biggest thi, the biggest the biggest thi, you could the biggest the biggest the biggest the biggest the biggest, their their their their thi, thi, the biggest, thi, their thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi- an anti-end an anti-end an anti-end an anti-end an anti-end an anti-end an anti-end an anti-endon-endon-endon't go into politics either. No, I don't care. I always write in Ben Cartwright, as you know, I'm a ballot every year. You write in Chub.

You write in Chubb? Yeah. He'd be a good president. Better than any city slickers we usually get. Yeah. I take a couple of horse pills. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry. No, not at all. No, please. I take a couple of horse pills, like actual horse pills every election. How long does that knock you out for? Oh, you know, it's just not long

enough to wake up and go, what happened? Yeah. That's like a jawbreaker, right? Like you got to work on those. Yeah. Sorry. What was you gonna say there, dirt? Oh, I just thought, you know, uh, I just the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th th th th th th th th th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the ha, the ha, the ha, tip the ha, a couple the ha, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, a couple, the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. thi tip tip tip tipe tipea tipea tipea' hipel of hipel tipel tipel tipel tipel tipel tipel tipel tipel tipel, a? Like you gotta work on those. Oh, yeah. Sorry. What would you gonna say there, dirt? Oh, I just thought, you know, Ben Cartwright could, Lauren Green could have, could offer Trump, President Trump, his hairpiece, and then he, then he could be, he could do away with all this nonsense. People always making fun of his pathetic hair. Yeah, that hair is, I have always felt personally insulted by it.

It's a personal insult to me. Well, all right. I've seen better hair on thatched roofs before. I agree. Well, now I'm going to show the rest of this scene. I'm just going to let it roll because right after this is when there is the first of the two epic brawls I want to show and this is really the one because this is it this is one where Haas goes full of hoss and it is a thing of beauty here here we go let's let's roll on from here now starts with Ben Cartwright oh he hands his gun off because it's time for a bare-fisted brawl Trump and it looks like Ben Cartwright's gonna get strangled to death and they're here, but here comes Hawes.

Or a light beer commercial. Little Joe rides up, but that's not important to that. None of this is important. Oh, there goes Cochise. Now here's Haas beating the hell. How to Willard Trump. Oh, man. An axe.

Yeah. Now the bad guy seems to always pick up some kind of a weapon. That was beautiful. And that'll do it. Dang! God, that is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel. Yes, it is. That's a real good one. Particularly that part where a hoss sort of grabs him by the legs and flips him over his back. I think James Coburn might have showed that to him. Are you serious?

Well, it looked like something right out of Flint to me. Oh, yeah. Or one of his last movies, Hudson Hawk, where he was riddled with arthritis. Oh, that sounds good. I'd like to see that. I'd like to see people in their worst state. Dirk, do you know, I mean, was, was your father a professional wrestler before going into acting as so often happens these days? No, he wasn't a professional wrestler. However, he was he boxed in college. Oh, he did. Yeah, yeah, he was the golden gloves champion of Texas as a matter of fact.

Heavyweight champion, undefeated. He was also a war hero, right? Didn't he get the purple heart? Yeah, but you know, but you know, but you know, he didn't really talk about that a whole lot. Man, that's a big deal of him. Wow, wow. But you know, when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when when But you know, when when Trump was wielding the axe, I thought it was very interesting that one of his paws, Ben's sons would prevent Paw from coming to his rescue. I mean, the guy had a fucking axe. Yeah, there's a lot of conflict between the cart rights. In fact, coming up is a scene that I thought I'd never see till the day I died. I know what you mean. I know what? I know what you mean, but I want to take a moment to agree there that was an odd moment. So a fella picks up an axe and he's swinging it at your son and so you pull your gun and

you say well I'm putting an end to this and then one of your other sons goes, no, no, no. Let's not be hasty. I'll bet you Hawks can handle this axe. That's crazy. And if not, there'll be more for me to inherit. Yeah, that's what he's thinking. There you're a suble bitch. God damn Adam. Well, yeah, so that was a beautiful fight there.

I think that was one of the best what we've seen yet in 11 episodes. And yeah, that's right. Now, little Joe comes up. And, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, that's right. Now, Little Joe comes up and I don't remember what exactly all gets into it here, but oh, it's, oh, little Joe says he's going to bring this murdered Chinese boy back to his father over at the conch, over at Luther Bishop's ranch house, and for some reason, all the otherwrights are dead set against it. They say you can't do that. I guess they think that little Joe's going to get shot as soon as he shows his face over there even though he's doing a nice

thing of bringing this dead body over there and and it gets to be a real fight to the point that little Joe pulls a gun on his own father. I just about died I didn't know what way was up. the neither. I couldn't believe it. Well you knew therapy had to come after that which kind of happens in this. They do delve into therapy a little bit, you know, talk talk therapy. They do. It's a last chapter of the Bible when Jesus gets armed. Pulls a gun on God? Yeah he doesn't turn the other cheek at all. He turns around the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. the th. th. the th. the th. to the the th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the the th. I th. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. ta. ta. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. the the the the the the the the the doesn't turn the other cheek at all. He turns around with a can of whoop ass. What kind of guns is Jesus packing? Yeah. Just, well, he's got his two arms, of course.

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father had mine when he said please keep an eye on my daughter I don't think downright creepy yeah that was one step too far for me and I am not a progressive fella. Yeah keep an eye on her but not when she's alone in her bedroom please through the window in the bushes could have been he could have been more specific. And she was down to her second dress and that's just downright untoward. She's your wreath. That's not right when you're courting. I agree. I agree. Well, so Joe eventually comes home back to the Ponderosa and Joe have a talk. Now there's an interesting element here where Haas says to Little Joe, he says, hey, it helps to talk things over. You could talk to Pa. It's always helped me in my hard times.

And that is not what we've seen so far on this show. There have been times where the whole idea of not talking about it is the remedy. There was the time where I believe Haas himself was suffering and Adam was going to go talk to him and Ben says no we'll have no talking in this family basically so this must have just been a different pilot of a show altogether. Yeah Ben says when a man has suffered a tragedy he must suffer it alone basically stay away from him. Yep so anyway so anyway they, I guess I don't know, this is different. This is a slightly different attitude. But now we have where, oh gosh, I guess Paul, Joe confesses to Paul that he's in love with a bishop and Paul is like, okay fine. We'll work it out and then there's a sort of a parley

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I mean, I don't think folks have ever seen anything like this brawl I'm about to show you. This is like, uh, it's a brawl in a barn and there's just an endless number of weapons that an unprincipled man like Jessop can call upon. Can you see my screen? Now, there it is. Okay, here we go. This is the big climactic brawl between James Coburn, Pete Jissup, he's a big wide up. Oh, he throws a punch anybody could have seen coming. Oh, no. Little Joke ducks it. Yeah. Oh, there. there. there. She, there. She, there. She, there. She, there. She, there. She, there. She, there. She's, there. She's, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there's there's there's just, there's just, there's just, there's just there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there. there. there. there. there, there. there. there. there, there, there's just, there's just, there's just, th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi's just just just just just just a thi's just just a thi's just a thi. the. thi. thi. thi. there's just, there's just, thi big wind-up. Oh, he throws a punch anybody could have seen coming. Oh no, oh no. Little Joe ducks it. Yeah. Oh, she's down to her second dress.

She's down to her second dress lying in a pile of hay enjoying the fight. These two are fighting. Now here comes to Cocoa with a chain and he gets flipped. And he's whipping old little Joe with that chain for all he's worth. Oh man, Unprincipled. It's unprincipled is what it is. She's having a seizure. Yeah, Little Joe's getting choked to death with the chain. But he punches, old Jessica, now just, I don't know what-

I have no idea what that is a bridal. Oh! They're both using sticks. Oh, what's next? No. Some random piece of wood. More brawling. Now he picks up the first of two pitchforks that will be employed in this fight. This is pitchfork number one.

That's the problem with pitchforks, they'll stick in the wall. Now you can't use it anymore. Men's bodies, diving. It's terrible. Oh, the old kick. Here's pitchfork number two, very different style of pitchfork. And he froze it. Oh, oh, he missed by a lot. Yeah, he really did.

By a body length. Fight, fight, fight. Oh, what's this? A whip? Now we've got a whip. Oh, no, it's a whip. Oh, no, it's a whip. I've lost track of how many different weapons have been employed in this fight. Hey, Little Joe did the old log roll, knock you over. And this is it. Now, Little Joe's got up. Was this later, Market is as a workout system for your home? Pete Jesip has taken little with the gun. Yeah, well, Little Joe was decent enough to take his gun off for this barefisted brawl like they always do on this show for some reason.

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Oh, in your heart, crotch. Now look what, that's it. That's where Pitchfork number two is. She's dead. But why is she dead? She has hay problems. She is hay fever. No, she is dead.

We look over and she's dead and we don't know why. Well it's... No, it's because Pete Jessop when he threw pitchfork number two and a little Joe dodged it, it went straight into Amy Bishop and killed her. She was lying in a bail a straw though where you would normally put a pitchfork. You can't blame Pete Jessop for saying this pitchfork belongs in the hay. Yeah. I tell you what, even though she died, if she had signed up for my eternal life insurance policy, she would be able to pay past her passing.

That really. Yeah, that even if you die by your own hands, suicide, you will continue to have those payments come out monthly so you know, so you know that you're taking care of. Wow. Who does the money go to? Who's the money go to? The insurance company. Oh. Okay, I think I get it.

So this is money. You're going to, you personally are going to collect after you die if you can't figure out how. Okay. Well, you get, yeah, you get it in the afterlife. Okay. Depending on what level you end up that. How much does it cost to buy one of these policies? Oh, it's a real easy in. It's $99. It's $99. It's $99. That's three stuffed animals for your kids. $99. Easy in. Anybody can afford $99. That's maybe a stool, a nice stool if you're going to buy one. $99.

$99. That's that's maybe a stool, a nice stool, if you're going to buy one. $99. That's like six packs of cigarettes. Uh-huh. There's a lot of things that could be added up to cost $99, I guess. But, all right, everybody, San Damie Sleverson $99,

and you can withdraw money in the afterlife. All right, well, that's it. Another woman down on Bonanza. What does that make now? We're 11 episodes in and we're probably at about, what, 24 dead women? Well, you start right out of the gate with three dead women because Ben Cartwright has buried three wives. That we should take their bodies three dead women because Ben Cartwright has buried three wives. They should take their bodies and make a bone church. My husband and I went to prom for our honeymoon and there was a church made of bones. They could make a, the brothers could make a bone church of their wives. They should. And then we had an episode three, Hoss fell in love with a woman who had tuberculosis and died. But that was the true love of his life.

And then in episode six, Joe, little Joe fell in love with Julia Boulette. And she died. So he's been here before. And then I was trying to remember when Bancart, right, proposed marriage to that actress, who in the end ended up with that drunk guy. Did we hear that the two of them had gone off and died together? I think we, I think it's safe to assume.

I think the way that episode was, hey, they left town turns out and they they died, and they died, and they died, I think the way that episode ended was, hey, they left town, turns out and they died on the way. Was there anyone who spoke up and said, we should have one woman live? No, I think they pretty much needed to get the women out of the way. They did, right? After season, season after season. I think in the 400, what did you say? th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, th, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. And, th. And, th. And, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, was, thi. And, was, was, thi. thiiiiiii. thiii. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th season. I think in the 400, what did you say, 400, how many episodes? 31, 431.

And I think there were seven or 800 women who died on that show. Man, oh man. Something like that. First time, shame on me. Second time, shame on you. Shame on me again. Well, I mean, and every time, too, it seems like, well, I tho, tho, tho, to to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to be to me to me to be to be to be to be to be to be to like, well, I guess this lady is going to be a permanent member of the show now. She's gonna, they've found a little parcel of land down by the creek that they're gonna

build a house on and she's on a second dress. Yep, she's gonna be around for a while. And then, nope, it doesn't happen. No, it, no, it was just, it was really important to get him out of the way, basically. I guess, well, it's easier than figuring out how to write for him, I guess. Can't be done. Poor Collins up to it.

He's got enough on his plate. We have emotional death that's harder to stage than a fight. Yeah, you got that right. But that last fight scene with the three in that bar and that was a lot of sexual tension I felt. Oh yeah, it was not two grand right. I got my wife and I both ready for the evening I'll put it that way. Oh yes, yeah leave it at that. But yeah, sliding across the hay. I know I watched that and I looked, took one look at my wife and says go put on th on th on th on th on th on th on th th th th th th th tho tho tho tho tho thin on thin thin thin the thin thin' the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. theanananananananananananananananneeeeeeateeeeeateeateeee. theeean. theeee. the. the. th hay. I watched that and I looked, took one look at my wife and says, go put on two more dresses. Oh, hell yeah.

Yeah, you got two guys fighting over, fighting to the death over a woman they both want to be with. And then it seems like in the middle of this brawl at some point, they realized, no, where's, we should be together. And there were whips. Yeah, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the together and there were there were whips and chains yeah your objects yeah some unidentified objects there were a steam pipe maybe yeah yeah I feel like I've seen parodies of that fight scene where it's like one thing after another just keeps coming off the walls yeah also now you know where Jason Bourne got it from where he just pick up a magazine or a pen. Oh yeah, I can kill a man with this. I think they identified a thing was a yoke to keep two oxen together when you're you're a lot of fields. Because my husband and I, we actually were put together on one of those for a whole weekend. What? By who? Christian marriage counseling. They yoked you two together like a couple of hawks?

Yeah, we plow in a field. Did you really? All weekend. God damn. And you're still together so I guess it worked. Well, you can't get a divorce. That's not even a thing or possible. Yeah, that's right. I'd be too scared to ask him. Oh, man.

Can you imagine what would happen? Just terrible. Oh, he'd be so mad. Oh, that's beautiful. That's beautiful. Yeah, it's a hoax. That's what I heard too. It's like along with those you know like the trails in the sky that are made of cream of wheat because they have an overage of breakfast cereal and they spray it. Oh. Is that what? Because I know that there's

something going on with them chem trails. They ain't what they appear to be but I hadn't heard that what, because I know that there's something going on with them chem trails, they ain't what they appear to be, but I hadn't heard that it was cream of wheat. But it makes sense that they, because people don't eat that so much these days and they've just made too much of it. Right. I got remarried so many times on accountto ten wives. All at the one time. Yeah, as I was going to St. I met a man with seven wives and I'm that guy. Yeah. And that's where you are. You're on the way to St. I believe so. I believe so. Yep.'t we all? Well, folks, that there brings to a close that episode of Bonanza, episode 11, season one. There's only 420 episodes left for us to talk about on this show, unfortunately. But, yep, another woman has died, and the cart rides hang on to their land for one more week. Dirk, do you have any final thoughts about this episode, bring back any of particular

members for you or anything like that? Well I believe if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Coburn may have appeared more than once, but one of those episodes is when he turned the cast on to LSD, I believe. Wait. I need clarity for real. And this is me, Muttay th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. D. thi. thi. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. D. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. thi. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thied the cast on to LSD, I believe. Wait. I need clarity for real. And this is me, Mutt Taylor, asking, not anyone else. Well, that's, at least that was what it appeared to be. I can't wait for that. James Colburn turned the cast of Bonanza onto LSD. I believe, I'm pretty sure if it, if not that, maybe a later episode. But, yeah, you can actually see. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. You can, th. th. th. You can, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. Bonanza onto LSD. I believe, I'm pretty sure if not that, maybe a later episode, but yeah, you can actually see it if you look closely, like when the characters walk by, there's a trail behind them. Yeah, and when they shoot, there's all kinds of colors that come out of the guns, and you know, it took on a whole new bit dent after, after Mr. Coburn. And they're they they they they they they they they they're they they're they're they're they're they're they're th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, tu thi, the, the, tu. tu. took, took, took, took, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, turn. Wow, turn, turned, turned, turned, turned, turned, turned, turned, turned, tuui. tuooooooomorrow, tuoooomorrow, tuooe. Wow, tuoomorrow, tu. Wow, tu. Wow, tu. Wow, took on a whole new bit dent after, after Mr. Coburn. And they're all pie-eyed pupils,

pie-bigot. Blackest, yeah. Wow. Man, oh man, I knew somebody was going to do it eventually. I didn't know it be Coburn. Well, it was the 60s. It was, wasn't it? Amy, when you, you know, is you doing like Christian eroticism, you also should do some Christian hardcore drugs.

Well, I haven't really gotten into that area of business. Yeah, I mean, I'm still struggling. I'm still in the, this, you know, beginning stages, but I do have a line of milks. And they have dexedrine in them. Which helps, it's a housekeeping milk, it's to help to keep you energized to clean, and it's in a milk form.

Wow, okay. I've never heard of anybody who had a line of milks before. I love milk! Yeah. Who doesn't? Who doesn't? It reminds me I gotta get over to the trucky strip, so let's wrap this up. Yeah, we better wrap it up.

All right, well, thank you as always to Mutt Taylor and Amy Sleverson and thank you. Oh, so much to Dirk Blocker, it was a thrilleri. to delight to have you here I can't even believe it. Right back at you. We will never fly this close to the sun again. I don't believe we will. The son of Hawks. Wow. This is the highest level of heaven as far as I'm concerned. Hell yeah. All right everybody. Well, thanks so much for joining us. Glad to be back. We'll see you next time when we will be talking about season one episode 12 and we'll try to get Amy to watch that one in particular. But who knows? All right folks. We'llto you by Andy Daly. With Maria Bamblea and Matt Gorley. Theme song by Matt Gordley with The Journeyman, which in this case are Mark McConville, Daniel Mutchikoff and Wade Ryan.

Special thanks to our gang on the ground, Josh Richmond and Shannon Locke. Bananas for Bonanza is produced by Ryan Connor and Matt Gorley, and executive produced by Colin Anderson and Chris Beck. We'll see you next time. Academy Award winner Helly Berry. One touch without a roll ball is all in takes. Say it. Never let go. Never let go. We're the world now. Never let go. the world now. Never let go.

In theater September 20th.