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One of the longest running and most popular of all television westerns, Bonanza was both an action/adventure classic and family drama. For fourteen seasons, audiences enthusiastically tuned in to see the High-Sierra adventures of the Cartwright clan. Nestled amongst the pines above the shores of Lake Tahoe is the Ponderosa ranch, the thousand-acre home of Ben Cartwrignt and his sons, Adam, Hoss and Joe (aka "Little Joe.") Plots featuring revolving cast of interesting guest players helped to set Bonanza apart from the usual gun-slinging formula Westerns of the day.
- Actor: Lorne Greene
- AspectRatio: 1.33:1
- AudienceRating: NR (Not Rated)
- Binding: DVD
- Brand: Paramount
- Director: Arthur Lubin
- EAN: 0097360723441
- Format: Box set
- Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
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- Language
- Name: English
- Type: Original Language
- Language
- Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
- MPN: 097360723441
- NumberOfDiscs: 8
- PackageQuantity: 1
- ProductGroup: DVD
- ProductTypeName: ABIS_DVD
- Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
- RegionCode: 1
- ReleaseDate: 2009-09-15
- RunningTime: 1585
- Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
- Title: Bonanza: The Official First Season, Vol 1 & 2
- UPC: 097360723441
Customer Reviews:
The "Waiting Game" continues (sigh).....
Well, you've probably seen Bonanza at some point in your life, and if you're reading these reviews to see if the visual and sound quality is good, well the answer is "yes, and then some!" If you're wondering if it's as good as you remember and you haven't seen it since you were a kid, I'd say, read the last answer. In other words, you can't go wrong!
All I'm saying, is "buy it" and tell anyone you know who likes the series to do likewise, so we won't have to wait for CBS to take their sweet time releasing the other seasons, while they "test the waters" as it were, to see if it's selling, which is what I assume they do.
A Great Set
As was another reviewer, I was born in 1959, about 3 weeks before the first episode of "Bonanza" aired. I was not a fan as a kid, as I preferred science fiction & monsters to westerns. My grandmother, however, loved all the old western TV shows, and I started watching when I got a little older - I caught some of the later seasons when they first aired (& remember hearing about Dan Blocker passing away), but mostly watched in reruns & became a huge fan. I've only watched the first episode so far (with the original NBC "bumpers" - is it just me, or is the NBC announcer the same guy who did the voice of the robot in "Lost in Space"?). The picture quality is amazing - you'd never guess it was a 50-year old TV show. I can't wait to watch the rest of season one. I'm a little disturbed, though, that this was relased last September (for some reason, I did not hear about this set until now), and there does not appear to be any sign of any more seasons coming out. They did such a fabulous job with this season, I hope the others are in the works. Highly recommended to all "Bonanza" fans - the only negative is there is no season 2 out yet!
Whahoo! Bonanza!
Finally, the complete first season of "Bonanza" with the original music from the show.
I don't know how it is in the other states in teh U.S., but in New York City, the first half of the episodes (Volume 1) were never shown in syndication for some reason.
I was also too young to have seen them on NBC when they first aired in the 1959 season.
In my opinion, if you like "bONANZA," you must see these episodes. These episodes explain where teh title of the show came from.
I remember as a kid scratching my head wondering "What does Bonanza mean?' A friend of mine looked it up in the dictionary and told me. I was still left scratching my head wondering, "So what does taht have to do with the TV show?"
It wasn't until many years later that I found out. If you do not yet know, now you can find out from the first few episodes of the first season (in Volume 1). You get two seperate volumes in the set.
Special Features include interviews with the shows creator and writer David Dortort.
The alternate ending to the "Bonanza" TV pilot in which the Cartrights sing the lyrics to the "bONANZA" THEME is also included in the Special Features.
It also includes a black and white theatrical short done by David Dortort based on an historical character from Navada, Bill Stewart, first lawyer/prosecutor of Virginia City. Stewart later on becomes Nevada's first U.S. Senator. An actor also plays Bill Stewart in one of teh early "Bonanza" episodes.
Again, if you like "Bonanza," you will like this DVD set.
Bonanza...a Classic!
I have one other DVD set of Bonanza episodes which had early episodes of this popular TV western, and claimed to be the first "official" season of the series. HOWEVER, this MUST BE the OFFICIAL original volumes and the DVD quality is great! I grew up on Bonanza, and so for over 45 years I think I've seen many episodes, and reproductions of episodes of this classic TV series. Plus the very first episode I believe has them singing their theme song, which only appeared once. (Many people didn't realize that there were words to the original theme song) There is also a story of the map that appears at the beginning of the show, and how that came about appears in the Special Features. So if your a Classic TV western fan this would have to be a "must have" purchase for your collection!
Why it takes so long.....
Why it takes so long for Paramount to release the other seasons, it was 6 month ago that Season ONE was released, and Bonanza has 14 seasons, it is totally unreasonnable that the other seasons are not release already, have one season to be released each month, it will still take another 13 months to have all seasons, for those who complain that the price is to steep well what we have here is a content of 26 hours of programming, lots of people will pay about half of that amount to watch a 2 hour film, this series is my all time favorite western, this DVD set is perfect in any way, everything is complete, original music, great color picture, some extra`s, nothing is wrong with it, I just hope the other seasons will be release very rapidly.
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