Bonaanza Best

08/25/2025

Pernell Roberts and his male and female body doubles.

08/23/2025

Michael's second wife, Marjorie Lynn Noe, was one of the few people who refused to attend his funeral, because, as she told her children, the divorce had already been like a death to her.

08/21/2025

Michael and his first wife Dodie were adopting a son named Jason in 1961. Shortly before or after their divorce in 1962, Dodie gave the child up for adoption to another couple.

08/14/2025

Dan Blocker was known for his friendly and warm personality despite his large stature, which helped him bring a unique charm to his role as Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza.

08/13/2025

08/13/2025

08/09/2025

Landon inducted (as a cast member of Little House on the Prairie (1974)) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1998).

08/09/2025

Michael Landon wrote and directed two movies that were semi-autobiographical: The Loneliest Runner (1976) and Sam's Son (1984).

08/05/2025

In a 1985 interview, Landon claimed he ate lunch alone at Collingswood High School, and that he never had a date as a teenager because no Christian father in the town would allow his daughter to go out with a Jew.

08/04/2025

The show (Bonanza) helped promote the sale of color TVs in the early 1960s.

08/04/2025

Step back in time to Hollywood’s golden era with Michael Landon and Dan Blocker’s lifelike wax figures from Bonanza, once proudly displayed at the legendary Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California — the largest wax museum in the U.S. for over four decades! A tribute to classic TV and movie stars that captured the hearts of millions.

08/04/2025

There was a Ponderosa Ranch theme park opened in 1968 based on the show.The theme park operated until 2004.