Bonanza 1959 - 1973 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippets) HD Dolby 5.1
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Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, it ranks as the second-longest-running western series (behind Gunsmoke), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication.
The show is set around the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family, who live in the area of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series stars Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts (who left after six seasons), and later David Canary and Mitch Vogel.
In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. The time period for the television series is roughly between 1861 (Season 1) to 1867 (Season 13) during and shortly after the American Civil War.
During the summer of 1972, NBC aired reruns of episodes from the 1967-1970 period in prime time on Tuesday evening under the title Ponderosa.
The show chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by the thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene). He had three sons, each by a different wife: the eldest was the urbane architect Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts) who built the ranch house; the second was the warm and lovable giant Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (Dan Blocker); and the youngest was the hotheaded and impetuous Joseph or "Little Joe" (Michael Landon).
watched Bonanza on our small black and white TV at the time
Fun to see the opening and closing credits in color 60 years later
We played Bonanza in the backyard after we had watched the series. Each of us had a favourite actor - me was Little Joe. We watched it as a family experience and hardly anything could thwart our plans to watch it on Sunday afternoon. My mind often switches back to that time and never fails to make me anticipant for the past thanks to the Cartwright family.
One of the reasons I fell in love with westerns was shows like this and the Sergio Leone films. Awesome!
We will never have wholesome programming like this again... Though this was just a few years before my time, as a child I would watch this while it was in syndication. TV back then was no cable, and about 11 channels(vhf/uhf), a simple stereo with a record player, board games and lots of outside time. We worked, but enjoyed just as much. What a time to be a kid...
In german TV of 1970s there had been only two TV channels. Most Wild West shows could be seen at early sunday evening. Bonanza, Rauchende Colts ( Gunsmoke) and Die Leute von der Shiloh Ranch (?). During week, also Westlich von Santa Fee (The Rifleman) was shown, and in 1980s at late night a Western Show with young Steve Mc Queen was shown.. Nowadays Wild West TV shows/ movies are rare in german TV.
I miss watching this with my dad😢
I love these shows. Bonanza gunsmoke. Two of the greatest shows ever.
Everyone and their dog watched this and Gunsmoke when my parents were growing up. I saw it in reruns in the 80s as a kid. Those were the damn days of American TV. And you included the NBC “in living color” ident. Iconic.
When Bonananza first came on I was just a young kid. But it is still one of my favorite TV Shows. And 4 of my favorite Actors. R.I.P. Lorne Green, Parnell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon. Thanks for the great acting, and the beautiful memories.
davi
david fyre I watched the retuns. Considering I did not come along till 1970
Gran serie 💙 bonanza me encanta cuando de prelean los hermanos son graciosos pero se quieren mucho 💚❤💛💜saludos Uruguay ❤💚💚 Ana San Martín fanática de esta serie 💙💚
Lorne Greene also made music
Michael london is also a star of film serial "little house on the prairie and highway to heaven"
As a young boy in the early 60's, I couldn't wait for each show to come along, such a classic cowboy series, along with Rawhide, wagon-train, the Rifleman etc,
As kids in the 60's to 70's we were blessed for entertainment. The emphasis on the word 'entertainment'. TV and so many classic PG rated movies. 'Poo' was a swear word and god help you if you said 'bum'. Things started changing in the 90's for the worst and it has all been downhill from there. Being able to step back in time on CZcams is one of the few joys left (along with sippin Tennessee Whiskey on ice with an old mate by a fire in winter).
Every Sunday afternoon after church growing up this would be on TV Land yes this show was way before my time but still loved watching this and Gunsmoke with my Dad
I have always loved that extra few second fanfare intro stating the producer, writer and director at the end of the beginning theme song.
YES!!! I loved this show. What a great time back in the day!!
Amazing memories! Thank you for sharing. God Bless you!
This is my favorite era of the introduction (4:03) and the short prelude (4:40) was so powerful. I loved the paintings they used as backdrop (also in the extro) and when the show was over I'd look forward to seeing and even studying them as the credits rolled. And 55 years later, I still do that. It was just all awesome.
I think they filmed the intro at Lake Tahoe - that scenery is unmistakeable.
it is lake tahoe. beautiful any time of the year @@jpdemer5
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@@jpdemer5🥃😵 SOOO YOURE 4,000 OR WATT?
Classic, when TV was good and westerns ruled.
One of my favorite shows loved Michael Landon and of course Hoss.
This series is so great in so many ways!
I always loved the fanfare for the production credits right after the main theme.
Me, too!
I love the fact you have to connect with your kids
The whole panorama of Bonanza was attention getting, from the paintings in the background to the theme song. I also remember when Chevrolet sponsored the program in the Sixties as a kid. Hard to believe that RCA was the show's original pitchman in the first two seasons as a way of selling their color television sets. By season three, Chevrolet took over the advertising. The rest is history. Thank you for presenting.
Bonanza pretty much had it all. Very interesting dramas that were not predictable (as opposed to much of the worthless TV programming on the main networks which I don't waste my time on). Real entertainment you can show enjoy with your children & grandkids.
My favorite aspect of the show though was the HUMOR!! My goodness, I would easily be in stitches mostly from watching the antics of Hoss and Little Joe! Ben & Hop-Sing too!
The opening & closing clips for the "Springtime" episode above give just a little taste of it. Besides Hoss' incident w/ his mules and followed by the wild, 3-way rumble between the brothers, look at the mischievous faces the brothers make when Pa decides to have some fun in town, 6:39 - Hilarious!!
If you search for it on youtube you can find what may have been the funniest Bonanza episode ever - from season 11, episode 25, "Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing". It's a total side-splitter!
Bonanza, I still love it . Leandro Roberts .
Michael Landon such a great actor
Ronald Ryan that's right he made good family shows
Ronald Ryan
I agree. I saw him twice at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.
I also thought him and Karen Grassle made the perfect TV mother and father
heard is life story and for the first 15 minutes he ran down his irish mother- Peggy O'Neal in new york city. Never come across male runn down their own Mom before as ahh 100% for my mom. O'Dwyer- side was wild and loud too.
sweet memories
And now all that beautiful countryside is burning up. God how sad. August 2021.
Yeah I used watch it when I was younger I love it
This sharing is quite grand.
Reminds me of my now late grandfather being his favourite programme on Sunday afternoon on BBC 1. Was sadly my que to going home and get ready for school next day
Those good ole Boys entertained me for Years - I'm still Laughing -
- Hollywood at it's Best -
I have one of their Intro . Maps & several signed Photos framed on my wall .
Fans.BONANZA.
BONANZA.1959.1973.
With the exception of not including the Chevrolet commercials, it's really nice to see how this 1961 episode originally began and ended. I've never seen that closing NBC presentation slide (7:53).
This is Season 3 Episode 2 "Springtime" (10/1/61)
Excellent settings, great use of colour (good reason to get a colour tv), no wonder it lasted so long.
RCA-NBCs parent company back then-used the show to promote their line of color TVs.
@@starey1 it worked out big time, since NBC then was the first to go to color.
Nowadays we have stupid, deviant movies instead of family movies like Bonanza, when good deafeat evil. No evil promotion. I was young and not living in the US. Old times, normal times.
Okay boomer
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@@nova3752🚬👴🏻🥃 SOOO YOURE 2 OR WATT?
Stimmt 👍
Hard to believe that This Beloved Series is now 64 Years old.
Saya ingat masa kecil ku
Coming to Talking Pictures TV in the UK! 😀
Hoje tenho 51 anos e adorava ver o Bonanza em Lisboa na casa dos meus avós.
My favourite film when i was child...
Always liked the overture that preceded the first act.
Opening theme - sounds like a good phone tune. Need to create ringtone
ONE OF THE BEST NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN AN EPISODE NEVER .
Really fun to see. Have not watched so long. The opening credits filmed at Lake Tahoe where I used to drive by all the time. Gorgeous. Was a wonderful show.
best tv theme song of any western bonanza the rifleman is cool too
Phim này hồi trước 1975 được chiếu định kỳ mỗi tuần trên băng tần số11 của Mỹ . Rất thích !
Yeah i love the theme song from the tv show series bonanza
To me, the third greatest opening theme song ever behind no.1 Hawaii Five-O and no. 2 Batman and what do all three have in common? The Wrecking Crew!
Wrecking Crew strikes again! Technically, they're my favorite band! ;)
Macgyver is up there
@@martinh1309 I must confess that I have never seen that show.
@@yourroyalhighness7662 i have never seen Hawaii Five-O, but i always see it mentioned when the discussion about the best theme songs comes up. Might have to see it.
Absolutely love the Bonanza theme song and show as a whole. You should check the Macgyver theme out as it's pretty catchy and very 80s
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Old cowboy series are always fun to watch. 📺❤️
Ben's three sons Adam,Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright in a beat up fist fight with each other.
What great program, watched it often...
as soon as Ben says smell fresh the scene cuts to a studio scene
❤seriál mého dětství prostě nádhera vždy jsem se na něj moc těšil vrátí mě to do dětských let úžasné super díky moc !!!!!
Hoss, the gentle giant. Hated to fight but feared no man...terrified of women...Hoss ruled.
Não perdia nenhum filme do Bonanza meu gosto dos quatro.mais o meu preferido era o .Addan
They had great guest stars too.
Not like rugged gunsmoke, but the very clean looking cowboys of bonanza!
الله علا هيديك الايام تلفزيون ابيض واسود وجمعة ولاد مع هيك مسلسل
Maravillosos los 4,mi preferido Adams
I wonder if those drawings seen at 4:39 and under the closing credits still exist anywhere?
Wow imagine if you was super rich enough in 1959 (no really, color TVs back when in today's money were easily several thousand dollars at the time...and were still a few thousand by mid/late 60s) to be able to see this in beautiful color!
I recall an episode where Hoss beat up both his brothers and he advised Little Joe to knock it off or else Hoss would get REALLY mad!
That was the pilot..
Ídolos de siempre...
Michael Landon was soooo handsome
7:49 NBC Television Network Presentation/NBC/CBS Television Distribution (1961/2007)
I read somewhere that Ben Cartwright's horse thought his name was "Son of a Bitch" since Lorne Greene was not a horse lover.
Even though Ben was going to town for some fun he still brought his Winchester.
Would that be the same Mishawaka half way up Poudre Canyon, above the river?
No, the river runs through it, right down the middle.
Mishawaka Post really didn't know that.lmao
Really that's so funny looked like to me he loved horses.lmao
wooowoooo hermoso vídeo cada vez que los veo me hacen reír como nunca son inolvidables
When I"m still young
Ikeh ikeh kimochi
It's funny to see michael London angry and fight , coz in my mind he's a good father (little house on the praire) and nice angel (highway to heaven)
was his mom that mad- o'neal
Umurkuskrng 49th.. Dlu aq lht film seri ni th79..
When I was a kid my uncle called me Hauss
The Ponderosa couldn't stay in business without Hoss.
was always told that Joe Maphis played the guitar on the Bonanza opening.
This was like season ,5 or 6! Wrong title!
When I was a kid, I like to go to Ponderosa for a steak dinner.
Seriado que mostrava os valores morais por isto foi sucesso.
Aunque no entendí soy uruguaya entiendo el español mandé en español gracias ❤💚💙❤
quando estava no Rio de Janeiro há muitos anos atrás eu gostava de ver este filme Bonanza eu e o meu filho mas amava esse filme por causa dos cavalos da Fazenda dos rios e das Águas
Michael Landon
God Bless you , we loved this programme down here in Oamaru, New Zealand. But I have to ask one question why would anybody want a mule? A really good Standard Breed was way better.
Did Donkey's and (Mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey), so why did people have mules and donkeys? Sorry, I have had a few really good New Zealand Beers tonight? Just asking my US Brothers and Sisters about this question? I have probably embarrassed my Nation, but we are a democracy and will get over it!
rob- O'Dwyer's religioslly watched it on Highway 50 - hawkes bay Province. We gelled to it with all the guns/ knifes/ horses/ cattle/ sheep/ out-laws / gangs/ mongrells/ in the area.- neighbour was a canada Indian who nearlly killed me for fightin her kids.''
Ya Allah mengapa akulahir ke dunia ini.
懐かしい(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ
50 year old father and his 3 47 year old sons lol
Meine Range in Ehrwald.
Play a Rose for lotta
NBC, the original rainbow network (guffaw) Actually, every Sunday night our family (nearsighted all) would cluster around the TV and I (being the baby) would hop on my rocking horse (the one with the springs) and rock madly to the theme song, imagining me riding along. Hoss was my favorite. But looking at the intros, he has a kinda creepy expression...
Actually it's nicknamed The Peacock Network
:36 Sounds oriental.
Tommy. Tedesco.played.original.bonanza
Theme.he.was.one.great.wrecking.crew
.Tommy.carol.kaye.hal.blaine
Played.on.10'000.rock.songs
Many.tv.themes
John carradine
When TV was Stupid and violent!
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Bonanza e Bat Masterson, no faroeste são imbatíveis, mas sou fã mesmo de Star Trek!!!kkkk e Lost in Space!! Sorry!
3:45 That's a real crappy [OBVIOUSLY fake!] fight scene ..... but in 1964, we ate it up!
Nah. Just some good slapstick humor.
Cuddly cowboys.
laggeuuuuuuuuuuu
Jesus can save
The three stooges lol
when i was a kid i loved Bonanza. But revisiting it 50 years on it just looks silly. I had the same shock when i caught a video of Laredo. It made me cringe.
As someone who didn't grow up then, I respectfully disagree. I think Bonanza's amazing. MUCH better than television of today.
Sounds like you have aged poorly. Calling everything cringe like a zoomer.. Like everything the shows acting and writing got better as things went along. If you watch the first season of Seinfeld it isn't very funny either.