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Originally Posted by Ray Allan
Other trivia about Bonanza--it was the first American TV series to be broadcast regularly in color when it debuted in 1959. At the time virtually all television programs were black-and-white and not many color TV sets existed then.
Another episode I remember watching that had race-mixing propaganda was about this Indian woman played by Dawn Wells (Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island) married to a White man. Naturally racism abounded from the other Whites until the Cartwright boys stepped in to stop it, and made everyone live in peace and harmony.
There was once this tourist attraction called Ponderosa Ranch between Reno and Lake Tahoe with stuff based on the show. I stopped there one time and at the restaurant had a 'Hoss Burger' which I assumed would be big-sized. No, it turned out no larger or better-tasting than something you would get at McDonald's.  |
The Cartwright boys ended the party, again ...
But the Ponderosa region is in my tourist plans, for sure.