Bonanza Comments

Extended Reading

Bonanza quotes

  • [Hoss reluctantly agrees to serve as a temporary deputy sheriff]

    Deputy Sheriff: I'll swear you in. Do you?

    Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: I do.

    Deputy Sheriff: You are.

  • [running gag]

    Ben Cartwright: Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman?

    Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright: Sure I do.

    Ben Cartwright: Then take your feet off the table!

    [Hoss rolls his eyes]

    Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: He'll never learn to do that.

Bonanza

Director: Michael Landon, Robert Altman, Joseph Pevney

Release date: September 12, 1959