# Bonanza - The Cartwrights **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744 "2007-02-11T18:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/1 "2007-02-11T18:05:51Z")
I just saw a Bonanza with only two Cartwright brothers mentioned in the opening credit. Is this an older or a newer episode? It could be that Adam (Purnel Roberts) was a long lost brohter added in the beginning, or he was killed off by script writers in later episodes? What’s the SD? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/2 "2007-02-11T18:15:51Z")
Pernell Roberts (Adam) left the series after the first 165 episodes. To write him off the show, they had his character move to Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/3 "2007-02-11T18:15:57Z")
Parnell Roberts was unhappy with the show, and left after the 1965 season, So any of the episodes from 1966 on wouldn’t have him in it. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/4 "2007-02-11T18:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Pernell Roberts (Adam) left the series after the first 165 episodes. To write him off the show, they had his character move to Australia. [/QUOTE] Wow! I know 'em Cartwrights can ride, but that’s some horse ride! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/5 "2007-02-11T18:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] Wow! I know 'em Cartwrights can ride, but that’s some horse ride! 😉 [/QUOTE] He just went on the same boat as Quigley. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/6 "2007-02-11T18:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] Wow! I know 'em Cartwrights can ride, but that’s some horse ride! 😉 [/QUOTE] Must’ve used a seahorse. At least part of the way. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/7 "2007-02-11T18:38:27Z")
It was a major mistake by Roberts. He wanted to stretch as an actor, and after he left his career went into a tailspin until _Trapper John, MD_. Greene, Landon, and Blocker went on to make millions, most of it very well invested. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/8 "2007-02-11T18:40:05Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] He just went on the same boat as Quigley. 😃 [/QUOTE] You can ride a horse across the ocean if you’re moving Quigley enough! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/9 "2007-02-11T18:41:22Z")
I wonder what ever happened to Dan Blocker’s race car _Vinegaroon_? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/10 "2007-02-11T18:44:44Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] You can ride a horse across the ocean if you’re moving Quigley enough! 😛 [/QUOTE] Megagroan! Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/11 "2007-02-11T18:53:20Z")
My mother grew up with Dan Blocker in the little town of O’Donnell, Texas. She remembers him and his family well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/12 "2007-02-11T18:54:18Z")
Since it appears to be too late to keep this thread from taking some sidetracks, have any of you ever seen [God’s Little Acre (1958)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051666/)? Michael Landon (in his pre-Little-Joe days) played an albino with the alleged ability to dowse for gold. If you haven’t seen it, and it comes around so you can, do. One hilarious movie with a great cast. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/13 "2007-02-11T18:58:54Z")
Pernell Roberts did get the last laugh by outliving the rest of the cast. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/14 "2007-02-11T19:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I wonder what ever happened to Dan Blocker’s race car _Vinegaroon_? [/QUOTE] [Ah. It’s been restored](http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z11340/Genie_MK10/default.aspx). ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/15 "2007-02-11T19:25:18Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] My mother grew up with Dan Blocker in the little town of O’Donnell, Texas. She remembers him and his family well. [/QUOTE] I grew up in the town just south of O’Donnell, down Hwy. 87. Small world huh? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/16 "2007-02-11T20:01:19Z")
Lamesa? My grandparents are buried in a little cemetary outside Lamesa. We were by there a few years ago to make sure they were being maintained properly. Very small world. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/17 "2007-02-11T20:11:23Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] I grew up in the town just south of O’Donnell, down Hwy. 87. Small world huh? [/QUOTE] How close is O’Donnell to Alpine? I was there visiting friends for Thanksgiving and there was a building with a mural on it and it featured Dan Blocker. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/18 "2007-02-11T20:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Lamesa? My grandparents are buried in a little cemetary outside Lamesa. We were by there a few years ago to make sure they were being maintained properly. Very small world. [/QUOTE] Yup, that be the place. Various family members are buried in that cemetary. The only reason we go back is my Mil and Bil live there. **Adam** , hubby says it’s about a couple hundred miles from O’Donnell to Alpine. Don’t quote us, though, that was just a WAG. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/19 "2007-02-11T23:57:56Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Since it appears to be too late to keep this thread from taking some sidetracks, have any of you ever seen [God’s Little Acre (1958)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051666/)? Michael Landon (in his pre-Little-Joe days) played an albino with the alleged ability to dowse for gold. If you haven’t seen it, and it comes around so you can, do. One hilarious movie with a great cast. [/QUOTE] Forgive me for feeling a need to top you, but I once saw Landon in _I Was a Teenage Werewolf_ (1957, in the title roll). Probably not worth looking for. . . . ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744/20 "2007-02-12T00:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] My mother grew up with Dan Blocker in the little town of O’Donnell, Texas. She remembers him and his family well. [/QUOTE] Has she ever made reference to the _Dan Blocker Singers?_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonanza-the-cartwrights/391744.md?page=2)