On of my favorites was the Leprechaun episode but as I think about it there were many 😁 that show and Gunsmoke are the two best shows on TV of ALL TIME!! bar none!!
I worked on the lighting crew the last 3 seasons of the show. Both Dan & Michael were simply awesome generous people. Dan passed during the hiatus season after surgery. ---- The following and last season, on the very first filming day back, as the crew gathered back on the set after lunch, Michael gathered the crew together. As Michael started to address the crew, he teared up and started to cry. With great difficulty, he said "it will never be the same again". 728iatse Hawk
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@@FactsVerse --- Well as with many crew members, memorable for us usually applies to the location, weather, or things like various filming difficulties. The script subject matter is rarely remembered for long. Most memorable for me was the location in Big Bear Lake Ca. in the legendary winter there of 1969/70. I can't remember the show title or airing date now. Big bear Lake was totally frozen over solid. We filmed up even higher at the smaller Cedar Lake. Our big location trucks were stuck everywhere. Our big arc lights and the big cable needed to supply power to them from the generator would get hot during use and sink into the deep snow and ice. Everything would then freeze, and our equipment and power cables would be locked in, unmovable. After lunch one day, Dan walked out in the snow, and seeing the small group I was with about 50 feet away, challenged us with a large reward, to hit him in the face with a snowball. What great fun that show was. ----- My career in the movie business lasted over 40 years and those 3 seasons on Bonanza were the only time I can truly say I woke up in the morning and couldn't wait to get to work. ------- The show went on many locations during my 3 seasons, Old Tuscon Az, Sonora Ca, Stanislaus River Ca, and more. Occasionally even Franklin Canyon Reservoir behind Beverly Hills lol. Of course, the last 3 seasons were filmed at Warner Bros stages and back lot, not Paramount where it began and filmed for many years. What great memories and stories I have of that special show. ----- Oh, btw, Dan owned a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley and would invite the crew and families out for dinner. His specialty, that he would serve himself, was catfish. Dan would wear bright colored bib overalls.
That 14th and final season was missing Hoss, but it brought back another new version of the original theme and David Canary ( as Candy ). But it was missing not only Dan Blocker, but also Sheriff Coffee since Ray Teal retired. The final year also didn't have one comedy among those last 16 episodes. Tim Matheson ( previously a ranch hand on The Virginian ) joined the cast as ex-con Griff King. Ironically Lorne Greene's next TV series the following season was a private detective show called GRIFF.
I knew a man who worked as a stunt man on Bonanza, he told me Dan was as kind and lovable as he was on TV. He treated everyone the same from the guy who put up the lights to a guest star he respected everyone.
Great point about Dan. You can tell how people are by how they treat the, "little guy". I loved Bonanza so much that when my children were babies I would bounce them on my knee to the Bonanza theme. I also have done it with my two grandsons.
I loved his innocence, his softness, his strength when needed. He was someone we would have all loved to be friends with, knowing he could be trusted and counted on.
My mother’s cousin met Dan and family at a hotel. He was being mobbed in a hallway and they let him in their room and hit it off. For several years he invited them to visit his home and spend the week. He’s buried in Dekalb TX in a simple grave. I was about 12 when he died. He played some bit parts in old Westerns pre Bonanza and was usually a bad guy. He also attended my same college, Hardin Simmons University and story goes that he was expelled for farting at a pep rally but that may just be a story. He graduated from Sul Ross and I think with a teaching degree. Fess Parker also attended Hardin Simmons as well as an actor from High Chaparral who’s name escapes me this moment.... I think Don Collier. Also a regular on Pony Express Rider and a few Wayne movies. I think Collier has passed on.
Alan Hale, the skipper on Gilligan's Island also has a mini me son too. Madonna's daughter is a mini me. Heather Locklear's daughter is a taller mini me.
or i might be wrong aboute the episode in little house on praire with dirk blocker , dan blockers son , i wrote , his ep was called , dumb abel , might be school mom instead , i checked it and looked it up , my bad , my fault .
Upon hearing the news of Blocker's death, Lorne Greene said he told his wife "That's it, Bonanza's done." Michael Landon would say in an interview "When Dan Blocker died, Bonanza died with him." They knew what he meant to the show's success.
I loved this show since it began. Loved all the characters, but Hoss was the greatest. So heart warming and wanted him for a big brother. Then when I got older, I thought what a great husband and father to have him .RIP
@@None-zc5vg The show had carried on a long time following Roberts departure, however. In fact there were more episodes without Adam than with him. Pernell Roberts left the show for good after season 6, and he only appeared sporadically that season, with season 5 being his last full-time season. Roberts considered himself a serious actor, having done Shakespeare on stage, and the further he went with Bonanza he felt it was beneath his talent, once saying about the show that it was "a little far fetched that 3 grown men all still lived at home and did whatever their Pa said." Adam would essentially be replaced by ranch foreman Candy (David Canary) as well as by adopted son Jamie (Mitch Vogel) in the later seasons. It was only after the loss of Blocker that the ratings declined and the show could not continue. Lorne Greene and Michael Landon both knew that the Hoss character was the heart and soul of the show. Years later Landon said that Bonanza would have lasted 20 years if Dan Blocker had lived!
@@JAG51020 There was a later show called "Fantasy Island", one of whose principal actors was Hervé Villechaize, a small man (not a dwarf) who was in every episode until he started behaving lecherously and also [gasp!] demanding more pay. He was dumped from the cast and replaced by a 'normal' actor. The t.v. audiences promptly dumped the show (which had cretinous plots, being an Aaron Spelling production-line effort) and the series ended tout de suite. The little actor (whose physical and personali problems soon led to his suicide) had become the main attraction, like Hoss, and about the show's only 'attraction' (it really was bad, even by the standards of U.S. t.v.).
Dan Blocker was so exceptional as the character Hoss Cartwright. He and Little Joe were my favorites for sure. I grew up watching Michael Landon, he went on to so many great programs, Little House on the Prairie, one of my all time favorites, to Highway to Heaven, was very sad when he passed away too.
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michael landon had tremendous pressures on him, he was a smoker and smoked up to 4 packs of cigarettes a day. you cant go thru life like that, and not take care of your health.
Agree 100% Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartright) an amazing and talented man. His kindness and sincerity always shone through. A brilliant actor. Rest in peace. ❤️🌹
Absolutely right Dandy. Lovely tribute and such class back in those days. They just didn't seem to be so narcissistic. And didn't wear their hearts on their sleeves. And also didn't expect us to make major life decisions based on their " feelings ". Although, so many of them were head and shoulders above the current stock in Hollywierd. Total class actually a they were. Thanks again for posting this very nice tribute to Mr. Blocker.
Love the episode with Dan Blocker when he rescued the little girl whose parents were murdered. He wanted so much to keep her with him. Taking her everywhere and caring for her.
I remember the episode where Hoss helped the little girl that was sick. Little Joe said he has seen those big hands pick up a butterfly and seen them bend a horse shoe. That was deep and heartfelt to the soul.
@@reynaldoflores4522 It's possible if it were an aluminum horseshoe. However, I think the comment was meant to show how very gentle his nature was though he was physically very strong.
in 1963, I walked onto an elevator where Dan Blocker was on. I was just a tongue-tied kid, and couldn't believe the experience I was having. He was the 1st celebrity I'd ever met. My favorite Dan Blocker episode was where he had to wear the Bunny Suit for an Easter episode. I was heartbroken to hear of his death in 1972.
Dan & family were our neighbors. Dan was a GREAT guy. As a 5 year old, I'd say, "Hi Hoss"... and he'd reply, "Hi Peanut butter"... How do you beat that??? 💖💖
I was raised by my grandparents watching Bonanza. I also went to visit it. I now watch it everyday with my 87 yr old man which I do home health for. Today's episode was one of my favorites where Hoss runs back and forth playing midwife to the mare in the barn and the lady in her house, while the husband and the rest were in town. Such a lovely person!💕 good memories with my grandparents!
@@FactsVerse I think the episode I mentioned that we watched yesterday is my fav with Hoss! Where he was running back and forth being the midwife between the horse and the lady in the house. It was sweet, and funny. Just a big old teddy bear like folks say he was in real life! ❤ so when I read this last night, that will be how I will remember him! He brought so much joy to all who watched!
@@Twisted.Ginger The fact is that they all helped make Bonanza what it was and many would say ( myself included) that as the series went on Dan Blocker became a favroite, The gentile giant!!!!.
I laughed so much at that episode and have watched it many times over the years and still laughing at it. what a great actor and person was Dan Blocker 'Hoss' I still miss Him
I haven’t seen that show in a long time but I do remember that huge man’s sensitivity and politeness that seems to have come very natural to him I loved watching him he was one of my favorites on there
Dan Blocker was a teacher, my uncle Steve was a student of his in Carlsbad NM. The stories my uncle told me of Mr. Blocker was of a gentleman who lived and loved life and was always happy and I believe that is what we seen every week on Bonanza.
Yes, for having played a good-natured, but somewhat dim-witted character on Bonanza, it comes as a surprise to many that he had earned a master's degree, taught school for a number of years, and was a medal-winning Korean War veteran.
A friend of mine met Dan in the Army and told me that Dan was as amenable in person as he was portrayed in the series. His death was certainly a great loss to not only the series but to humanity as well.
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I, my brothers and family practically grew up with Bonanza. My dad especially would never miss an episode. Yes yes, Hoss was our favorite character. We loved the others of course but he was unique! We took his loss hard and reeled for years but still keep him close at heart. This video is a wonderful tribute and a blessing to his memory.
How could anyone be able to just choose one scene in the Bonanza series done by Hoss? To me, Hoss was the epitome of kindness and love to everyone he met. He will always be remembered as being a wonderful gentle giant who was loved by millions. 🥰
The most heartwarming episode where Hoss befriends a black child and his family as he helps them with there farming . I even loved him on the comical episodes such as the leprechauns , he dresses as the Easter Bunny , or he gets stuck in a shack with a man and his dog named Walter .
I can’t believe he died the year I was born . I’ve been watching this show before I even knew English , although i admire the whole cast, I love Hoss . This goes to show you ,we’re definitely not our body , we are actual spirits with different aura; His shines very bright, he was really special ..
My favourite memory of Dan was his kindness and how he treated everyone with respect and kindness no matter who they were. Such a sadness that he died the way he did. Dan was the heart and soul of Bonanza.
My grandmother worked for the studio and I was about 8 years old and would go with him to work sometimes, I got to meet all of the actors on bonanza and the other shows being filmed at the time, dan came outside during lunch break one day and I was shooting basketball and he grabbed the ball and played a game of horse with me, he picked me up several times so I could dunk the ball. Lol. He was a giant kid. Really he was, he was always laughing on the set , he took us to dean Martin's restaurant and we had hamburgers and hot dogs and fries. Lol. At a steakhouse, I wish you could still post pictures on here cause I have many that I took while at the studio on different days and holiday breaks from school, he was a awesome guy
I met and got to shake Dan Blockers hand during an appearance at an old western town recreation in north Florida called "Six Gun Territory" back when I was about 5 or 6..The nicest, most lovable, not to mention BIGGEST guy, especially to this kid.. He was in character as Hoss..Guns and all...Back then,to me, Hoss was real ! Even though that was about 55 years ago, its a memory I'll have till the day I die.. R.I.P. Dan, you did leave me a memory I'll treasure forever..
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In my youth, he was the reason I watched the show. It was so fun to watch him in a very real life in the home his father (Loren Green) he was always about home, food in the pantry , windows in the house, all the horses treated well. It was like he was a homebody. I enjoyed that he never had unbelievable adventures. That was what Dan Blocker gave the show. I still find this show on COSI.
The leprechauns of course, was a very good one AND when he was wearing the pink bunny suit riding a horse and THROWING EGGS at those GOOFY OUTLAWS those are a couple that I'll never forget along with a few more
@@billprezioso3677 omg yes, and the beans that Arthur Honeycutt cooked and was so hot that hoss"s face turned red ,,YES THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT UNFORGETTABLE!!!
I think my favorite show was the one with the little people leprechauns who were circus performers. Watching Hoss and Joe chase them around was absolutely hilarious...
It's difficult to name one favorite, Dan had an awesome acting range, from comical to extremely serious, which he portray with his expressions alone. He was a great older brother to Little Joe, letting Joe punch him all the time, helping to make a man of his little brother, Eric "Hoss" Cartwright was and is one of the best characters in TV history.
One of the episodes I liked was the one where Hoss helps a man get back his courage and self respect after losing it when he was in a gun battle as a teenager. Everyone made fun of him and a gang used him to set Hoss up, but he found the courage to help Hoss and thanked him for not giving up on him. They don't make shows like Bonanza anymore.
I remember my parents telling me that hoss was at a autograph signing in Florida, I was 1 year old and hoss held me in his arms and said "hey there little buddy"! Today I'm 58 and I've been a Huge Bonanza Fan! Thanks Hoss!RIP!
Reading the comments brings tears for the loss, and laughter for the memories, because the big lug really felt like part of everyone’s family. A great show, with a great cast!
Dan blocker was awesome I grew up watching Bonanza from a small boy in the early 60s. Bonanza was always on at my grandparents house on Sunday evenings. They never missed it. When hoss passed away the show was never the same. I think everyone knew that would be the end of it. Such a sad thing. At least today we have reruns and a lot of internet options and tv channels etc. There is never I loss of bonanza on TV. Can always find it somewhere. Rest in peace Dan blocker
Dan Blocker was a friend of mine when I met him I was about nine years old I helped him do two movies we went out to dinner mom and me and him and his family a few times he was such a nice man I still miss him very much
Chuck Norris wrote a book in the 80s called Inner Strength and he talks very fondly of Dan Blocker great book and to talk about Hoss I thought was so cool .
Bonanza was truly a brilliant show. This show, along with Gunsmoke and Little House on the Prairie, where central to my Childhood growing up. I'm only 24, but i got my love for those shows through my Grandma. She was a major Bonanza, gunsmoke and Little house fan.
I loved it when Michael Landon had a part for Dan Blocker's son in the 'Little House on the Prairie' series. That was so touching to see. I found that Landon was so loyal in presenting so many actors that he has worked with, through the years, to show up on 'Little House', and 'Highway to Heaven'. young & old alike. Beautiful!
My favorite comedy was the old miner and Walter (the genius sleeping dog) staving off outlaws trying to bushwack Hoss and the miner in his cabin. The best episode was Hoss' love interest that married the fancy city man. He turned out to be an abusive gambler and abandoned her to die in childbirth in a charity hospital the night Hoss was sent by her father to fetch her home. He was preparing her funeral and to take the baby girl to her grandfather when the husband arrived and demanded money or else he would take the baby. He threatened Hoss at gunpoint and Hoss just walked over and nailed him downward with his balled fist like a hammer in one blow. That was Hero Hoss.
That is one of my favorites too ! I can still hear Dan Blocker saying " Where are you ? ( in a falsetto voice) And Michael Landon answering( also in a falsetto voice), " I'm over here !" Miss both of these gentlemen.🤗🙏
I liked the episode "The Last Viking" when Hoss met his uncle Gunnar and was not seriously beaten up in a mud fight by accident. Hoss then was so impressed by him especially as he was told his identity. He then admired him like a little boy. 💪🏻😁
After he had beat the"The Duke" in a boxing match he said "Pa,he didnt have nobody with him"...he felt empathy and sympathy even for the guy he just beat...this was the essence of Hoss..
I am 65 now Bonanza was my favorite TV show growing up in Japan, started watching when i was 5 or 6 yrs old I remenber hoss was a big and strong kind hearted gentleman Always wear same clothes (brown best & white long sleeve shirts and Funny looking cowboy hat) I live in united States now And then I still watch it on METV everyday 😍
My Grandpa was a huge fan of both Gunsmoke, and Bonanza. He died back in 2009 from cancer, but every time I'd visit him when he was sick, we'd be watching Bonanza.
This show was long before my time, I'm 40, but I've seen most episodes if not all. Classic television. Real morally gripping story's. Beautiful work on your video sir, thank you much for making this!
I saw Dan Blocker at a Chevy car dealer in 1966. I was 12and loved bonanza. He was huge my b&w tv did not properly portray his size.He was kind, wonderful person To this day I still have great memories of this gentle giant RIP Dan Blocker, you are missed
@@FactsVerse He was larger than I could have imagined, he was friendly , had a great smile he looked so healthy I was young boy but I’ll never forget that time, Bonanza wasn’t the same with Hoss
Dan Blocker could do serious acting as well as comedy. I guess we all loved to see Hoss in funny situations especially when Joe led him into some sticky problems. I liked the episode with Loretta "Hotlips" Swit guest-starred in a story about a run-down bar that Joe and Hoss bought. I loved the ending, but Ben's frustration with his sons added to the show.
I remember Ben was lecturing Joe and Hoss on some of their hair brained schemes and Ben brought out this rifle that the barrell was bent like a bow and Hoss said "That was for--shootin around corners." I never laughed so hard.
So sad to think that a gallbladder op would take him out?? Never knew why he passed? Loved that Hoss! So much warmth he brought to Bonanza! RIP Hoss Cartwright!!
My wife met Dan Blocker at the Indianapolis 500. Her dad was a major on the Indianapolis State police and had the job of driving him around. He really was a very nice man and a really big dude too.
Before Bonanza, Dan Blocker was a teacher. My dad was in his class at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad New Mexico. It was fun watching the show knowing dad had a personal connection.
My favorite Bonanza episode was the one where Hoss has a new hobby, birdwatching, and Little Joe teases him mercilessly about it. It was very funny and entertaining.
Because the show ran so long, it was a part of every Boomer's childhood, though I felt it too adult to watch each week. I saw Lady in Cement in 1968 at the theater which had featured Blocker, and I recall the announcement of his death on the news in '72. A real surprise. By the way, that was Blocker's lookalike son in the reunion show.
I also liked Bonanza and watched it for many years and hoss Cartwright was such a gentle Giant on the show there were times he could be angry but I'd like to remember him as the gentle giant..
@@FactsVerse I'd like to see more true to life stories about the movie stars they're real way of life not the one we see on the screen but the human part of who they are. They have feelings too they have jobs they're actors. But when they are not on the screen and they are being themself that's what I'd like to see. People should understand that what they do is a job. I can relate to people just being people the sad thing is they can't be themselves because of who they are. But to know them as people living in the real world I can truly relate to. I am a big fan of Elvis Presley and his favorite saying was"The man is one thing and the image is another."
What l liked most about Dan was that he cared so much for other people's problems and would bring them to the ponderosa. He also brought a sense of humor the show.
Dan Blocker was a marvelous actor, a true family man, and a wonderful human being. My favorite episode was with Hoss and his love played by Inger Stevens. I could easily see falling in love with Hoss❤️ He was by far my favorite actor on the show. He will be forever loved and missed ❤️🙏
My very favorite episode with Hoss was when a clan of dwarf men and their wives had moved to the area, and had found a gold mine on the Ponderosa, and was harvesting it to take with them and Hoss came upon them a few days in a row and thought these men were Leprocans. And he and they were all chasing each other around and really cracking me up!
Bonanza was part of my life from the time that I was 3 years old that show taught a lot of young people like me the importance of family values and defending your home
@@FactsVerse my absolute favorite episode was with Austin Little Joe and the dwarfs. It's kind of hard to pick a favorite episode when they were all so fantastic.
I loved the show where Hoss was born into the world. It started for him right there. A good man on the show. A good man in life. Rest in Peace, Mr. Blocker!
I can remember watching the original episodes of Bonanza when I was a child, propped with my fists under my jaw about 24” away from the family TV and remembering that my favorite character was Hoss, he seemed to be a real life protector of not only his television family but could be to anyone else in trouble, he was like a guardian angel. My wife and I watch the re runs with my son on tubi, he enjoys them very much, as do we.
i loved that show i believe if he hadn,t past they would have easy made it 20 season he was the one that held it all together there was no replacing him and without him there was no bonanzas the others where great too but he made the show always a stand out .
I was a faithful watcher of bonanza. However I did not get to see the last episode number 14. And I don’t know how I can get to see that. I know this was a few years ago but I watch every rerun of Bonanza now but I still haven’t seen how Haas was written out and I did not know that he had died as he did until today which is May 9, 2022. That is sad.😥
That was me too! I never knew how long Bonanza ran, because l left home in 73, right after I left High school. And, l can sat tge same for Tge Waltons. And I watch every rerun of both on MEtv now, in 2022, mon. May 9th, 2022
My favorite episodes are when hoss and little joe raised rabbits to sell for meat but could not bring themselves to kill them and the episode when he and little joe got the elephant!
According to Michael Landon and others, the only difference between Dan Blocker and his character Hoss was that Dan was not dim-witted. Like Hoss he was big and strong, good with kids, and very caring and personable - but he also had a master's degree and was quite intelligent.
I would trade all this internet and social media in a heart beat to go back to the days of just watching this show as a kid. Back then I think my tv had antennas and no remote. Ah. Some how at the time I knew these were the best of days.
I went to James Monroe High in Sepulveda, Ca. I was on the running track when i saw a red Cadillac convertible. The top was down, on Nordoff near Haskell, with a Big man with his arm stretched out over the passenger seat.. It was Dan Blocker!!! I will Never forget seeing him!!
Michael Landon wasn't out of a job very long he got to play Charles Ingalls a couple years after Bonanza ended then after that he went and did Highway to Heaven. But Dan Blocker was my favorite on the show because of his last name Blocker he was big like an offensive lineman.
Little House was really to give the ensemble of character actors and crew from the last two years of Bonanza, new steady work. Many of the town regulars and Mr Edwards were repeating incidental characters on Bonanza. A lot of the production staff got to keep working too, via the TV movie and the new series.
I couldn't watch it all. It was too sad. But I do know how serious the surgery for having your gall bladder removed used to be. They used to open the entire chest wall. It was a big, dangerous event and apparently it was a surgery that they did in England only if it was a life and death situation. Suddenly, they started using the laparoscopic surgery with just two little chest wounds and one in the belly button for the camera. Easy. And so much safer. I had that and lived to tell the tale. Such a lovely big man. And far too young to die. And obstetricians had been using the laparoscope since the late 50's I think. Medicine has made such great strides that he would have lived if it had been done today. Too sad.
I more or less grew up with the series watching it on Dutch and German television. I was eight years old when Dan Blocker died but I still remember it being on the news. Our family was devastated because we all watched and enjoyed the series.
Always loved Hoss/Dan Blocker/Cartwright! Used to watch Bonanza with my Grandma when I was very young . We watched up until the tome of her death then I was a total fan. Im now 66(67 this Dec) and still love watching Bonanza reruns! I'll continue watching them til they're no longer aired or I join the cast in heaven lol! However I have the DVDs! Thank you for this memory! God bless you all. Prayers out to the family of our beloved Dan. I had an older brother named Dan, he too was a gentle giant at 6' 2" and around 250 "! Much like "Hoss" he's greatly missed. He left us in 2011 of cancer! Luv to him and all!
Several things that were not mentioned is that season 14 changed from Sunday night to Monday night, the very first show was a two hour special having little joe get married, we thought that this would be how Dan would be replaced, only to have Joe’s pregnant wife brutally murdered on that first show, this outraged most of the viewers, and in turn we turned the show off
I recently watched that two Parter for the first time, and after losing Blocker, they really needed to have that ending re-written, because it was such a downer. At the least, Blocker didn't have to have his character of hoss suffer in Landon's place.
I am 57 and I still watch bonanza, gun smoke, the rifle man and the big valley (: I never get tired of watching the same episodes over and over again(: 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏻
One of my favorites was when Hoss was looking for the 5 Leprechauns in a St Patrick Day show. He and Little Joe were in the woods making silly sounds at each other. I laughed so hard. Dan Blocker was amazing onscreen and off.
One of my all time favorite episodes of Dan Blocker aka Hoss Cartwright was when he was away from the Ponderosa and had an accident and suffered amnesia, it was so well done, it bright to life things about his mother who Hoss only knew of her through his father's memory. And gradually gets his memory back.
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My favorite episode was Walter
Had no idea he was from Texas! I lived in Houston for 33yrs, and just now found out. Thanks!
reseach his service in KOREA - the pics are memorable
On of my favorites was the Leprechaun episode but as I think about it there were many 😁 that show and Gunsmoke are the two best shows on TV of ALL TIME!! bar none!!
I worked on the lighting crew the last 3 seasons of the show. Both Dan & Michael were simply awesome generous people. Dan passed during the hiatus season after surgery. ---- The following and last season, on the very first filming day back, as the crew gathered back on the set after lunch, Michael gathered the crew together. As Michael started to address the crew, he teared up and started to cry. With great difficulty, he said "it will never be the same again".
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@@FactsVerse --- Well as with many crew members, memorable for us usually applies to the location, weather, or things like various filming difficulties. The script subject matter is rarely remembered for long. Most memorable for me was the location in Big Bear Lake Ca. in the legendary winter there of 1969/70. I can't remember the show title or airing date now. Big bear Lake was totally frozen over solid. We filmed up even higher at the smaller Cedar Lake. Our big location trucks were stuck everywhere. Our big arc lights and the big cable needed to supply power to them from the generator would get hot during use and sink into the deep snow and ice. Everything would then freeze, and our equipment and power cables would be locked in, unmovable. After lunch one day, Dan walked out in the snow, and seeing the small group I was with about 50 feet away, challenged us with a large reward, to hit him in the face with a snowball. What great fun that show was. ----- My career in the movie business lasted over 40 years and those 3 seasons on Bonanza were the only time I can truly say I woke up in the morning and couldn't wait to get to work. ------- The show went on many locations during my 3 seasons, Old Tuscon Az, Sonora Ca, Stanislaus River Ca, and more. Occasionally even Franklin Canyon Reservoir behind Beverly Hills lol. Of course, the last 3 seasons were filmed at Warner Bros stages and back lot, not Paramount where it began and filmed for many years. What great memories and stories I have of that special show. ----- Oh, btw, Dan owned a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley and would invite the crew and families out for dinner. His specialty, that he would serve himself, was catfish. Dan would wear bright colored bib overalls.
That 14th and final season was missing Hoss, but it brought back another new version of the original theme and David Canary ( as Candy ). But it was missing not only Dan Blocker, but also Sheriff Coffee since Ray Teal retired.
The final year also didn't have one comedy among those last 16 episodes.
Tim Matheson ( previously a ranch hand on The Virginian ) joined the cast as ex-con Griff King. Ironically Lorne Greene's next TV series the following season was a private detective show called GRIFF.
I knew a man who worked as a stunt man on Bonanza, he told me Dan was as kind and lovable as he was on TV. He treated everyone the same from the guy who put up the lights to a guest star he respected everyone.
What a tribute when they had to write him off as a hero. The fans just couldn't take it, it left such a hole in the show.
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Great point about Dan. You can tell how people are by how they treat the, "little guy". I loved Bonanza so much that when my children were babies I would bounce them on my knee to the Bonanza theme. I also have done it with my two grandsons.
So, technically he wasn't an actor... He was just being himself, who only had to memorize the script!!
@@vanmoody I remember Wild Kingdom, Disney, and Bonanza, then it was beadtime.
There was a child-like innocences about him and sweetness . Great character’s portrayal
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I started watching Bonanza when i was 10 . I'm 68 years old now. I still grieve the death of all Bonanza main stars as if they died yesterday.
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I feel you man
I am 65 now
Actually bonanza was my favorite tv
Show when i was a little kid and
I still watch now on METV everyday 😍
Now 71 - my family got together to watch Bonanza every week💙
I loved his innocence, his softness, his strength when needed. He was someone we would have all loved to be friends with, knowing he could be trusted and counted on.
Dan was a warm hearted guy in a big bear of a body. It was impossible for him to hide that warmth. It always shone through.
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Omg you’re absolutely, I adore him ..
My mother’s cousin met Dan and family at a hotel. He was being mobbed in a hallway and they let him in their room and hit it off. For several years he invited them to visit his home and spend the week. He’s buried in Dekalb TX in a simple grave. I was about 12 when he died. He played some bit parts in old Westerns pre Bonanza and was usually a bad guy. He also attended my same college, Hardin Simmons University and story goes that he was expelled for farting at a pep rally but that may just be a story. He graduated from Sul Ross and I think with a teaching degree. Fess Parker also attended Hardin Simmons as well as an actor from High Chaparral who’s name escapes me this moment.... I think Don Collier. Also a regular on Pony Express Rider and a few Wayne movies. I think Collier has passed on.
LOL. Yeah?? You ought to hear Blocker in some of the bloopers/outtakes videos. He's referring to women as "bitches and cunts". 😂
@@weedermann
Wow.
Truly a great show and casts too. And Dan Blocker’s son look so much like him RIP Mr. Blocker 🙏🙏✝️🙏🙏
yea , his son , dirk blocker look very much like his father , you know dirk played a role in little house on the praire , ep , dumb abel .
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Alan Hale, the skipper on Gilligan's Island also has a mini me son too. Madonna's daughter is a mini me. Heather Locklear's daughter is a taller mini me.
He sure did! Dirk!
or i might be wrong aboute the episode in little house on praire with dirk blocker , dan blockers son , i wrote , his ep was called , dumb abel , might be school mom instead , i checked it and looked it up , my bad , my fault .
Upon hearing the news of Blocker's death, Lorne Greene said he told his wife "That's it, Bonanza's done." Michael Landon would say in an interview "When Dan Blocker died, Bonanza died with him." They knew what he meant to the show's success.
I loved this show since it began. Loved all the characters, but Hoss was the greatest. So heart warming and wanted him for a big brother. Then when I got older, I thought what a great husband and father to have him .RIP
WELL SAID
Pernell Roberts had already quit, so the series couldn't continue as a two-hander.
@@None-zc5vg The show had carried on a long time following Roberts departure, however. In fact there were more episodes without Adam than with him. Pernell Roberts left the show for good after season 6, and he only appeared sporadically that season, with season 5 being his last full-time season. Roberts considered himself a serious actor, having done Shakespeare on stage, and the further he went with Bonanza he felt it was beneath his talent, once saying about the show that it was "a little far fetched that 3 grown men all still lived at home and did whatever their Pa said." Adam would essentially be replaced by ranch foreman Candy (David Canary) as well as by adopted son Jamie (Mitch Vogel) in the later seasons. It was only after the loss of Blocker that the ratings declined and the show could not continue. Lorne Greene and Michael Landon both knew that the Hoss character was the heart and soul of the show. Years later Landon said that Bonanza would have lasted 20 years if Dan Blocker had lived!
@@JAG51020 There was a later show called "Fantasy Island", one of whose principal actors was Hervé Villechaize, a small man (not a dwarf) who was in every episode until he started behaving lecherously and also [gasp!] demanding more pay. He was dumped from the cast and replaced by a 'normal' actor. The t.v. audiences promptly dumped the show (which had cretinous plots, being an Aaron Spelling production-line effort) and the series ended tout de suite. The little actor (whose physical and personali problems soon led to his suicide) had become the main attraction, like Hoss, and about the show's only 'attraction' (it really was bad, even by the standards of U.S. t.v.).
Dan Blocker was so exceptional as the character Hoss Cartwright. He and Little Joe were my favorites for sure. I grew up watching Michael Landon, he went on to so many great programs, Little House on the Prairie, one of my all time favorites, to Highway to Heaven, was very sad when he passed away too.
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michael landon had tremendous pressures on him, he was a smoker and smoked up to 4 packs of cigarettes a day. you cant go thru life like that, and not take care of your health.
Michael Landon past I remember the Sky in Columbus Ohio.Had all the Various Clouds...All of Em.
Large. . Small ..Streaks.
Loved Landon on Highway to heaven
@@finddeniro wow interesting.
This is a nice tribute to the show as well as the actors. I loved Dan Blocker. RIP Dan.
Agree 100% Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartright) an amazing and talented man. His kindness and sincerity always shone through. A brilliant actor. Rest in peace. ❤️🌹
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Absolutely right Dandy. Lovely tribute and such class back in those days. They just didn't seem to be so narcissistic. And didn't wear their hearts on their sleeves. And also didn't expect us to make major life decisions based on their " feelings ". Although, so many of them were head and shoulders above the current stock in Hollywierd. Total class actually a they were. Thanks again for posting this very nice tribute to Mr. Blocker.
Love the episode with Dan Blocker when he rescued the little girl whose parents were murdered. He wanted so much to keep her with him. Taking her everywhere and caring for her.
MINE TO EPISODE FOUND CHILD MY LITTLE GRAN DAUGHTER LOVED IT ALSO
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@@lithakennedy6113 Gran Daughter?? DON'T you mean GRAND daughter???
A GREAT BIG YES
Ditto.
I remember the episode where Hoss helped the little girl that was sick. Little Joe said he has seen those big hands pick up a butterfly and seen them bend a horse shoe. That was deep and heartfelt to the soul.
Michael Landon began drinking heavier after Dan Blocker died he visited his grave each year on Dan's birthday
@@eivindgj3761 Our generation was the last to understand what this show was about. Today they can care less.
He can actually bend a horseshoe with his hands? I can't believe that.
That is exactly what I was just thinking about.
@@reynaldoflores4522 It's possible if it were an aluminum horseshoe. However, I think the comment was meant to show how very gentle his nature was though he was physically very strong.
in 1963, I walked onto an elevator where Dan Blocker was on. I was just a tongue-tied kid, and couldn't believe the experience I was having. He was the 1st celebrity I'd ever met. My favorite Dan Blocker episode was where he had to wear the Bunny Suit for an Easter episode. I was heartbroken to hear of his death in 1972.
Does anyone know what season the Easter Bunny was in?
I'd like to know too. Hope we find out, someday.@@judykilgore4266
Dan & family were our neighbors. Dan was a GREAT guy. As a 5 year old, I'd say, "Hi Hoss"... and he'd reply, "Hi Peanut butter"... How do you beat that??? 💖💖
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You can't beat that ,a special memory for you
You were truly blessed!
RIP Hoss.. you are sorely missed..
Dan's face exudes kindness. He has many fans here in Brazil.
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I was raised by my grandparents watching Bonanza. I also went to visit it. I now watch it everyday with my 87 yr old man which I do home health for. Today's episode was one of my favorites where Hoss runs back and forth playing midwife to the mare in the barn and the lady in her house, while the husband and the rest were in town. Such a lovely person!💕 good memories with my grandparents!
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@@FactsVerse I think the episode I mentioned that we watched yesterday is my fav with Hoss! Where he was running back and forth being the midwife between the horse and the lady in the house. It was sweet, and funny. Just a big old teddy bear like folks say he was in real life! ❤ so when I read this last night, that will be how I will remember him! He brought so much joy to all who watched!
@@Twisted.Ginger The fact is that they all helped make Bonanza what it was and many would say ( myself included) that as the series went on Dan Blocker became a favroite, The gentile giant!!!!.
.......and now there off riding together just like in the opening!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 yes they are!🧚♂️🧚♀️
My favorite episode would have to be the one with the little people. Dan and Michael Landon were truly precious with The Leprechauns 🤗
I laughed so much at that episode and have watched it many times over the years and still laughing at it. what a great actor and person was Dan Blocker 'Hoss' I still miss Him
Absolutely 😂😆
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Mine too
Mine too.
I haven’t seen that show in a long time but I do remember that huge man’s sensitivity and politeness that seems to have come very natural to him I loved watching him he was one of my favorites on there
Dan Blocker was a teacher, my uncle Steve was a student of his in Carlsbad NM.
The stories my uncle told me of Mr. Blocker was of a gentleman who lived and loved life and was always happy and I believe that is what we seen every week on Bonanza.
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Yes, for having played a good-natured, but somewhat dim-witted character on Bonanza, it comes as a surprise to many that he had earned a master's degree, taught school for a number of years, and was a medal-winning Korean War veteran.
A friend of mine met Dan in the Army and told me that Dan was as amenable in person as he was portrayed in the series. His death was certainly a great loss to not only the series but to humanity as well.
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("...amiable (?)")
I, my brothers and family practically grew up with Bonanza. My dad especially would never miss an episode. Yes yes, Hoss was our favorite character. We loved the others of course but he was unique! We took his loss hard and reeled for years but still keep him close at heart. This video is a wonderful tribute and a blessing to his memory.
How could anyone be able to just choose one scene in the Bonanza series done by Hoss? To me, Hoss was the epitome of kindness and love to everyone he met. He will always be remembered as being a wonderful gentle giant who was loved by millions. 🥰
The most heartwarming episode where Hoss befriends a black child and his family as he helps them with there farming .
I even loved him on the comical episodes such as the leprechauns , he dresses as the Easter Bunny , or he gets stuck in a shack with a man and his dog named Walter .
I loved that episode too! Hoss was always my favorite.
Yes May He And George Spell R.I.P🙏💕
Dan Blocker been gone a long time. He will always be "Hoss" the man with a Big Heart.
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Yep - only one “Hoss” . RIP DB. Thanks for remembering. We all miss “back when”.
Amen
All four of the stars of the Bonanza tv series, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon,Pernnel Roberts,and Lorne Greene are now gone, RIP to them all.
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Memories of watching Bonanza with my Uncle as a kid. I am now recording and watching reruns. Never get enough of Bonanza.
Dan Blocker was a mavalous actor and a true star. I love watching Bonanza. Love and respects to Dan.
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I can’t believe he died the year I was born . I’ve been watching this show before I even knew English , although i admire the whole cast, I love Hoss . This goes to show you ,we’re definitely not our body , we are actual spirits with different aura; His shines very bright, he was really special ..
Sadly, he did. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful message to Dan. We're surely he'll be smiling when he reads this.
My favourite memory of Dan was his kindness and how he treated everyone with respect and kindness no matter who they were. Such a sadness that he died the way he did. Dan was the heart and soul of Bonanza.
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Dan was a big teddy bear 🧸 loved him on Bonanza. So sad he died so young. His son looks just like him. Rest peacefully, Mr. Blocker. 🕊️❤️🙏
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My grandmother worked for the studio and I was about 8 years old and would go with him to work sometimes, I got to meet all of the actors on bonanza and the other shows being filmed at the time, dan came outside during lunch break one day and I was shooting basketball and he grabbed the ball and played a game of horse with me, he picked me up several times so I could dunk the ball. Lol. He was a giant kid. Really he was, he was always laughing on the set , he took us to dean Martin's restaurant and we had hamburgers and hot dogs and fries. Lol. At a steakhouse, I wish you could still post pictures on here cause I have many that I took while at the studio on different days and holiday breaks from school, he was a awesome guy
I met and got to shake Dan Blockers hand during an appearance at an old western town recreation in north Florida called "Six Gun Territory" back when I was about 5 or 6..The nicest, most lovable, not to mention BIGGEST guy, especially to this kid.. He was in character as Hoss..Guns and all...Back then,to me, Hoss was real ! Even though that was about 55 years ago, its a memory I'll have till the day I die.. R.I.P. Dan, you did leave me a memory I'll treasure forever..
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I loved everything about him. He was the big brother I always wanted ❤
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In my youth, he was the reason I watched the show. It was so fun to watch him in a very real life in the home his father (Loren Green) he was always about home, food in the pantry , windows in the house, all the horses treated well. It was like he was a homebody. I enjoyed that he never had unbelievable adventures. That was what Dan Blocker gave the show. I still find this show on COSI.
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The leprechauns of course, was a very good one AND when he was wearing the pink bunny suit riding a horse and THROWING EGGS at those GOOFY OUTLAWS those are a couple that I'll never forget along with a few more
Love leprechauns but remember Walter the dog?
@@billprezioso3677 omg yes, and the beans that Arthur Honeycutt cooked and was so hot that hoss"s face turned red ,,YES THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT UNFORGETTABLE!!!
I think my favorite show was the one with the little people leprechauns who were circus performers. Watching Hoss and Joe chase them around was absolutely hilarious...
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It's difficult to name one favorite, Dan had an awesome acting range, from comical to extremely serious, which he portray with his expressions alone.
He was a great older brother to Little Joe, letting Joe punch him all the time, helping to make a man of his little brother, Eric "Hoss" Cartwright was and is one of the best characters in TV history.
Dan Blocker was surely a gentle giant. I still watch their reruns to date. Great wholesome shows for families with morals. 👍🙏
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One of the episodes I liked was the one where Hoss helps a man get back his courage and self respect after losing it when he was in a gun battle as a teenager. Everyone made fun of him and a gang used him to set Hoss up, but he found the courage to help Hoss and thanked him for not giving up on him. They don't make shows like Bonanza anymore.
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I remember Dan Blocker as a gentle giant. I believe much of his character on Bonanza was a big part of his personal personality. RIP gentle Dan.
Just saw that this day
Loved the character of Hoss played by Dan Blocker. He was Great as Hoss.🐎
I remember my parents telling me that hoss was at a autograph signing in Florida, I was 1 year old and hoss held me in his arms and said "hey there little buddy"! Today I'm 58 and I've been a Huge Bonanza Fan! Thanks Hoss!RIP!
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Reading the comments brings tears for the loss, and laughter for the memories, because the big lug really felt like part of everyone’s family. A great show, with a great cast!
Dan blocker was awesome
I grew up watching Bonanza from a small boy in the early 60s. Bonanza was always on at my grandparents house on Sunday evenings. They never missed it. When hoss passed away the show was never the same. I think everyone knew that would be the end of it. Such a sad thing. At least today we have reruns and a lot of internet options and tv channels etc. There is never I loss of bonanza on TV. Can always find it somewhere. Rest in peace Dan blocker
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Dan Blocker was a friend of mine when I met him I was about nine years old I helped him do two movies we went out to dinner mom and me and him and his family a few times he was such a nice man I still miss him very much
Chuck Norris wrote a book in the 80s called Inner Strength and he talks very fondly of Dan Blocker great book and to talk about Hoss I thought was so cool .
I wonder how he knew him?
@@surfleopard Chuck had a gym in LA Dan and his wife kids went to it thats how they know each other its all in the book .
Bonanza was truly a brilliant show. This show, along with Gunsmoke and Little House on the Prairie, where central to my Childhood growing up. I'm only 24, but i got my love for those shows through my Grandma. She was a major Bonanza, gunsmoke and Little house fan.
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I loved it when Michael Landon had a part for Dan Blocker's son in the 'Little House on the Prairie' series. That was so touching to see. I found that Landon was so loyal in presenting so many actors that he has worked with, through the years, to show up on 'Little House', and 'Highway to Heaven'. young & old alike. Beautiful!
Who couldn't love Dan Blocker I'm lucky to get to see his son on Baa Baa Black Sheep
Me 2 :)
and in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
@@koshie66 didn't know about that! I'll check it out THANKS!
@@perrywatson8505 do that. Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller are my favourites.
My favorite comedy was the old miner and Walter (the genius sleeping dog) staving off outlaws trying to bushwack Hoss and the miner in his cabin.
The best episode was Hoss' love interest that married the fancy city man. He turned out to be an abusive gambler and abandoned her to die in childbirth in a charity hospital the night Hoss was sent by her father to fetch her home.
He was preparing her funeral and to take the baby girl to her grandfather when the husband arrived and demanded money or else he would take the baby. He threatened Hoss at gunpoint and Hoss just walked over and nailed him downward with his balled fist like a hammer in one blow. That was Hero Hoss.
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He was the show. All episodes remind me and I watch every day over and over.
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Dan Blocker was truly missed ! :(
Yes, he is. May Dan find peace 😥
So many great episodes with Dan Blocker, but one of my favorites will always be with the leprechauns ❤️
The all time favorite of mine was the one where Hoss flies
That is one of my favorites too ! I can still hear Dan Blocker saying " Where are you ? ( in a falsetto voice) And Michael Landon answering( also in a falsetto voice), " I'm over here !" Miss both of these gentlemen.🤗🙏
I liked the episode "The Last Viking" when Hoss met his uncle Gunnar and was not seriously beaten up in a mud fight by accident. Hoss then was so impressed by him especially as he was told his identity. He then admired him like a little boy. 💪🏻😁
After he had beat the"The Duke" in a boxing match he said "Pa,he didnt have nobody with him"...he felt empathy and sympathy even for the guy he just beat...this was the essence of Hoss..
Great episode.
Friday 13th May 13,2022-1972❤50th Anniversary Dan Blocker Dealth
Wow..his son Dirk has really made a name for himself as an actor.
Dick Blocker on Television 📺Show 70's Black Sheep 🐑♥Squard Robert Conrad
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I am 65 now Bonanza was my favorite TV show growing up in Japan, started watching when i was
5 or 6 yrs old
I remenber hoss was a big and strong kind hearted gentleman
Always wear same clothes (brown best & white long sleeve shirts and
Funny looking cowboy hat)
I live in united States now
And then I still watch it on METV everyday 😍
My Grandpa was a huge fan of both Gunsmoke, and Bonanza. He died back in 2009 from cancer, but every time I'd visit him when he was sick, we'd be watching Bonanza.
Thank you for sharing your grandfather's life story. May he find peace 🙏
Dan Blocker was a big man with a big heart. He made Bonanza.
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This show was long before my time, I'm 40, but I've seen most episodes if not all. Classic television. Real morally gripping story's. Beautiful work on your video sir, thank you much for making this!
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I saw Dan Blocker at a Chevy car dealer in 1966. I was 12and loved bonanza. He was huge my b&w tv did not properly portray his size.He was kind, wonderful person To this day I still have great memories of this gentle giant RIP Dan Blocker, you are missed
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@@FactsVerse He was larger than I could have imagined, he was friendly , had a great smile he looked so healthy I was young boy but I’ll never forget that time, Bonanza wasn’t the same with Hoss
Dan, such a star, miss you and your humor such an actor...prayers 4 tou..🙏🙏🙏
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I think that the character of Hoss was made memorable on TV by his big stature and compassion for helpless little children and animals.
Hi 👋how’re you doing?
I loved this show! I still watch the reruns.
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TVLand (cable) and the INSPHD NETWORK (cable) & World Harvest Television network (cable) all show reruns of Bonanza.
Dan Blocker could do serious acting as well as comedy. I guess we all loved to see Hoss in funny situations especially when Joe led him into some sticky problems. I liked the episode with Loretta "Hotlips" Swit guest-starred in a story about a run-down bar that Joe and Hoss bought. I loved the ending, but Ben's frustration with his sons added to the show.
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I remember Ben was lecturing Joe and Hoss on some of their hair brained schemes and Ben brought out this rifle that the barrell was bent like a bow and Hoss said "That was for--shootin around corners." I never laughed so hard.
So sad to think that a gallbladder op would take him out?? Never knew why he passed? Loved that Hoss! So much warmth he brought to Bonanza! RIP Hoss Cartwright!!
My wife met Dan Blocker at the Indianapolis 500. Her dad was a major on the Indianapolis State police and had the job of driving him around. He really was a very nice man and a really big dude too.
Before Bonanza, Dan Blocker was a teacher. My dad was in his class at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad New Mexico. It was fun watching the show knowing dad had a personal connection.
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My favorite Bonanza episode was the one where Hoss has a new hobby, birdwatching, and Little Joe teases him mercilessly about it. It was very funny and entertaining.
Because the show ran so long, it was a part of every Boomer's childhood, though I felt it too adult to watch each week. I saw Lady in Cement in 1968 at the theater which had featured Blocker, and I recall the announcement of his death on the news in '72. A real surprise. By the way, that was Blocker's lookalike son in the reunion show.
I also liked Bonanza and watched it for many years and hoss Cartwright was such a gentle Giant on the show there were times he could be angry but I'd like to remember him as the gentle giant..
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@@FactsVerse I'd like to see more true to life stories about the movie stars they're real way of life not the one we see on the screen but the human part of who they are. They have feelings too they have jobs they're actors. But when they are not on the screen and they are being themself that's what I'd like to see. People should understand that what they do is a job. I can relate to people just being people the sad thing is they can't be themselves because of who they are. But to know them as people living in the real world I can truly relate to. I am a big fan of Elvis Presley and his favorite saying was"The man is one thing and the image is another."
What l liked most about Dan was that he cared so much for other people's problems and would bring them to the ponderosa. He also brought a sense of humor the show.
Dan Blocker was a marvelous actor, a true family man, and a wonderful human being. My favorite episode was with Hoss and his love played by Inger Stevens. I could easily see falling in love with Hoss❤️ He was by far my favorite actor on the show. He will be forever loved and missed ❤️🙏
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My very favorite episode with Hoss was when a clan of dwarf men and their wives had moved to the area, and had found a gold mine on the Ponderosa, and was harvesting it to take with them and Hoss came upon them a few days in a row and thought these men were Leprocans. And he and they were all chasing each other around and really cracking me up!
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Leprechauns.
I ALSO LOVE THAT EPISODE, IM GOING TO WATCH IT AGAIN SOON
Bonanza was part of my life from the time that I was 3 years old that show taught a lot of young people like me the importance of family values and defending your home
I was 11 years old when my Uncle died. RIP Uncle Dan
I absolutely love the show Bonanza and the entire cast still watch it every day.
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@@FactsVerse my absolute favorite episode was with Austin Little Joe and the dwarfs. It's kind of hard to pick a favorite episode when they were all so fantastic.
I loved the show where Hoss was born into the world. It started for him right there. A good man on the show. A good man in life. Rest in Peace, Mr. Blocker!
Such a sad thing knowing it was his last. 😢
I can remember watching the original episodes of Bonanza when I was a child, propped with my fists under my jaw about 24” away from the family TV and remembering that my favorite character was Hoss, he seemed to be a real life protector of not only his television family but could be to anyone else in trouble, he was like a guardian angel. My wife and I watch the re runs with my son on tubi, he enjoys them very much, as do we.
i loved that show i believe if he hadn,t past they would have easy made it 20 season he was the one that held it all together there was no replacing him and without him there was no bonanzas the others where great too but he made the show always a stand out .
I was a faithful watcher of bonanza. However I did not get to see the last episode number 14. And I don’t know how I can get to see that. I know this was a few years ago but I watch every rerun of Bonanza now but I still haven’t seen how Haas was written out and I did not know that he had died as he did until today which is May 9, 2022. That is sad.😥
That was me too! I never knew how long Bonanza ran, because l left home in 73, right after I left High school.
And, l can sat tge same for Tge Waltons. And I watch every rerun of both on MEtv now, in 2022, mon. May 9th, 2022
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Dan Blocker was a big teddy bear. Such a loss. Happy though he Blessed our TV screen.👍🙏
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Dan Blocker was a legend and a good actor ..he made the western popular and I fell in love with a guy called Hoss Cartwright..best Western on TV
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My favorite episodes are when hoss and little joe raised rabbits to sell for meat but could not bring themselves to kill them and the episode when he and little joe got the elephant!
According to Michael Landon and others, the only difference between Dan Blocker and his character Hoss was that Dan was not dim-witted. Like Hoss he was big and strong, good with kids, and very caring and personable - but he also had a master's degree and was quite intelligent.
I would trade all this internet and social media in a heart beat to go back to the days of just watching this show as a kid. Back then I think my tv had antennas and no remote. Ah. Some how at the time I knew these were the best of days.
I went to James Monroe High in Sepulveda, Ca. I was on the running track when i saw a red Cadillac convertible. The top was down, on Nordoff near Haskell, with a Big man with his arm stretched out over the passenger seat.. It was Dan Blocker!!! I will Never forget seeing him!!
Michael Landon wasn't out of a job very long he got to play Charles Ingalls a couple years after Bonanza ended then after that he went and did Highway to Heaven. But Dan Blocker was my favorite on the show because of his last name Blocker he was big like an offensive lineman.
Little House was really to give the ensemble of character actors and crew from the last two years of Bonanza, new steady work.
Many of the town regulars and Mr Edwards were repeating incidental characters on Bonanza. A lot of the production staff got to keep working too, via the TV movie and the new series.
I couldn't watch it all. It was too sad. But I do know how serious the surgery for having your gall bladder removed used to be. They used to open the entire chest wall. It was a big, dangerous event and apparently it was a surgery that they did in England only if it was a life and death situation. Suddenly, they started using the laparoscopic surgery with just two little chest wounds and one in the belly button for the camera. Easy. And so much safer. I had that and lived to tell the tale. Such a lovely big man. And far too young to die. And obstetricians had been using the laparoscope since the late 50's I think. Medicine has made such great strides that he would have lived if it had been done today. Too sad.
I more or less grew up with the series watching it on Dutch and German television. I was eight years old when Dan Blocker died but I still remember it being on the news. Our family was devastated because we all watched and enjoyed the series.
Always loved Hoss/Dan Blocker/Cartwright! Used to watch Bonanza with my Grandma when I was very young . We watched up until the tome of her death then I was a total fan. Im now 66(67 this Dec) and still love watching Bonanza reruns! I'll continue watching them til they're no longer aired or I join the cast in heaven lol! However I have the DVDs! Thank you for this memory! God bless you all. Prayers out to the family of our beloved Dan. I had an older brother named Dan, he too was a gentle giant at 6' 2" and around 250 "! Much like "Hoss" he's greatly missed. He left us in 2011 of cancer! Luv to him and all!
Dan was a great actor . He was so good .
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Several things that were not mentioned is that season 14 changed from Sunday night to Monday night, the very first show was a two hour special having little joe get married, we thought that this would be how Dan would be replaced, only to have Joe’s pregnant wife brutally murdered on that first show, this outraged most of the viewers, and in turn we turned the show off
Yes exactly! I hated that they did that! It's like FINALLY one of the sons get married, and then they go and kill her off!!
Women's lives weren't worth a plugged nickel on Bonanza, if they fell in love with a Cartwright.
I recently watched that two Parter for the first time, and after losing Blocker, they really needed to have that ending re-written, because it was such a downer. At the least, Blocker didn't have to have his character of hoss suffer in Landon's place.
I am 57 and I still watch bonanza, gun smoke, the rifle man and the big valley (: I never get tired of watching the same episodes over and over again(: 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏻
Bonanza was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Love the Cartwrights.
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Any Friend of Walter's is my favorite episode with Dan. And probably my favorite Bonanza episode all together. The episode was hilarious.
One of my favorites was when Hoss was looking for the 5 Leprechauns in a St Patrick Day show. He and Little Joe were in the woods making silly sounds at each other. I laughed so hard. Dan Blocker was amazing onscreen and off.
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One of my all time favorite episodes of Dan Blocker aka Hoss Cartwright was when he was away from the Ponderosa and had an accident and suffered amnesia, it was so well done, it bright to life things about his mother who Hoss only knew of her through his father's memory. And gradually gets his memory back.
I liked how he and hop sing interacted the best, his smile and grace was always present.