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'Bonanza' Ranch Rides Into Pop Culture Sunset (Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe-what a memory!)
Reuters ^ | Tue Sep 28, 2004 | Kathryn Reed

Posted on 09/28/2004 5:00:19 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE

A great symbol of the rugged old West, or at least as it was portrayed by Hollywood, is riding off into the sunset.

The Ponderosa Ranch, an American West theme park where the television show "Bonanza" was filmed, closed on Sunday after its sale to a financier whose plans for the property are unclear. The show, which ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973, was the top-rated U.S. program in the mid-1960s.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: adam; ben; cowboy; hoss; littlejoe; oldwest; themepark
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1 posted on 09/28/2004 5:00:20 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

OOOPs major PC f...up

I forgot Hop-Sing

off to rehab..................


2 posted on 09/28/2004 5:04:16 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE (NOT FAIR-That's Dan's Story to Break!!!)
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3 posted on 09/28/2004 5:04:53 PM PDT by turbocat
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What are your favorite episodes?


4 posted on 09/28/2004 5:05:28 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE (NOT FAIR-That's Dan's Story to Break!!!)
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To: turbocat

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5 posted on 09/28/2004 5:07:02 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

It is shown on PAX at 5PM in Boston. If I have a chance sometimes I watch it. Was a quality show.


6 posted on 09/28/2004 5:07:46 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (Vietnam Veterans Reconciliation Day - 02NOV2004.)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE
Hoss in the bunny suit. Hoss and the mail order bride(Marlo Thomas is chinese).
7 posted on 09/28/2004 5:08:23 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

I always thought the funny episodes were the best.


8 posted on 09/28/2004 5:09:17 PM PDT by yarddog
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My wife read this article on CNN and is near tears. Bonanza is her favorite TV show of all time and we watch it every night. It is a shame that they don't make shows like it any more. I think young people would enjoy show like this it if they would make them again.


9 posted on 09/28/2004 5:09:53 PM PDT by texasmountainman (proud father of a U.S. Marine)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

The problem was nobody could find it as they burned the map in the opening credits.


10 posted on 09/28/2004 5:10:33 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)
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Its like another piece of our youth gone


11 posted on 09/28/2004 5:12:16 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE (NOT FAIR-That's Dan's Story to Break!!!)
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I miss it.
12 posted on 09/28/2004 5:14:48 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve to keep us free.)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

The funniest one of all was the one with the Leprechans, who were driving Hoss crazy.


13 posted on 09/28/2004 5:18:13 PM PDT by woodyinscc
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When the program was running, people who lived circa 1885 were still alive and able to watch the series.
14 posted on 09/28/2004 5:18:45 PM PDT by fso301
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wow now i remember


15 posted on 09/28/2004 5:18:59 PM PDT by CT CONSERVATIVE (NOT FAIR-That's Dan's Story to Break!!!)
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What was the show after it with the guy in the rocket sled?


16 posted on 09/28/2004 5:19:26 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (I once forged my school report card....Boy!!! Did I get beat!!!)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

It's on TVLand every day at 3:00 Eastern.


17 posted on 09/28/2004 5:19:31 PM PDT by SilentServiceCPOWife (I think...therefore, I am a conservative.)
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I don't think it's an easy task to develop buildable lots on North Shore. To the Tahoe area residents, didn't there used to be some kind of lottery to allow building on one's lot?


18 posted on 09/28/2004 5:20:02 PM PDT by RGSpincich
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Bonanza taught me as a little kid that older women who weilded power as a matriarch were hot in a strange sort of way. I'll take Barbara Stanwyck over Florence Henderson any day.

Tough things to sort out when you're ten.

19 posted on 09/28/2004 5:21:51 PM PDT by blackdog (I survived John Dupont's wrestling camp and all I got was a lousy tee shirt and a prolapse.)
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To: CT CONSERVATIVE

Does Reuters require experting of their articles? I don't like to give their website any hits.


20 posted on 09/28/2004 5:23:17 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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