The Set of Bonanza Was Never the Same After the Series Ended
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Did you know that one of the original Bonanza filming locations, Spahn Ranch, was the site where Charles Manson and his followers called home in the late 60s and were you aware that Bonanza star Lorne Greene recreated the Ponderosa on a piece of property he owned in Arizona?
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - The Original Lake Tahoe Ponderosa Ranch Was Recently Sold
02:00 - The Iverson Movie Ranch
05:02 - The Spahn Ranch's Murderous History
06:23 - Bonanza's Other Shooting Locations
07:01 - Lorne Greene Built A Bonanza Replica Set
07:26 - Outro
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Location scouting and set design is always key to a TV show's success, and Bonanza was a series that was known for having some truly remarkable filming locations. Aside from the marvelous cast of characters, several other important factors made Bonanza one of the most-watched series on TV. The Western series was extremely popular in the 1960s. Millions of viewers tuned in each week to see what kinds of moral dilemmas and sticky situations the Cartrights, family ranchers living near Virginia City, Nevada in the mid 19th century, would be getting themselves into.
NBC's Bonanza was notable on a technical level for being the first western broadcast on television in color. It was also the second-longest running western series on American television, right behind CBS's Gunsmoke.
It starred prominent actors like Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, and Dan Blocker. While the series' phenomenal cast certainly was one of its primary draws, its visual aesthetics were also quite striking. Simply put, Bonanza wouldn't have been the hit show that it became if it weren't for its set immensely talented set designers and location scouts.
Watch this video in full to learn what became of Bonanza's various shooting locations and sets in the years following the airing of its final episode in January 1973. If you consider yourself a fan of this hugely influential Western series, this is one video you won't want to miss.
The Set of Bonanza Was Never the Same After the Series Ended
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@jesusfrankvaldez9673
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I am
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
@@jesusfrankvaldez9673 Glad to know! Which episode is your favorite?
@gino423
2 жыл бұрын
100% a fan even to this day....
@sandidavis820
2 жыл бұрын
Always and forever I love every show and have seen most a dozen times.
Im 43 and just started watching this show about 3 years ago. Honestly these old shows are 50X better than anything created today.
@robertgiles9124
2 жыл бұрын
What nonsense; take a look at Ozark or Better Call Soul. But maybe you want kiddie shows with cliches.
@clarencemoore5651
2 жыл бұрын
That's so true somewhere down the line we lost creativity.
@robertgiles9124
2 жыл бұрын
@@clarencemoore5651 Get real; compare Bonanza to Deadwood. Especially how they portray women of all types and Chinese characters. Bonanza; a world where there's no such thing as prostitutes and Asians except in the kitchen.
@clixbond6105
2 жыл бұрын
@@robertgiles9124i think we can all agree every era of filmmaking has great movies and shows
@clixbond6105
2 жыл бұрын
@@robertgiles9124 you cant expect people from 50 years ago too conform to how we view society today
My late mother in her 90s, with severe Alzheimers, STILL remembered the cast of Bonanza. Our whole family watched it in the 60s...THAT is how memorable the show was to us.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing the life story of your mother. This brought a smile to us. May she find peace ❤
I heard that Lorne Greene built a repelica of the bonanza house for himself and his wife after the series ended because he loved the house so much,
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Fun stuff, thank you for sharing this info. Who is your favorite cast member?
@dianemiller3844
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse i liked all of them. They all had personal trates that can be admired
@tommyjones8812
2 жыл бұрын
KZread Lornes house. I’ve watched it before!
The bonanza house was on a set in a studio. Never used a real house. Lauren Greene built a replica for his own home and the house your showing was in a park for sightseeing close to Lake Tahoe. Even some of the outdoor filming was a set.
Bonanza was sponsored by Chevy. A huge Chevy dealership opened in the town we lived. Lorne Greene attended the Grand opening in costume. I was about 7, and got to meet and shake hands with Lorne Greene.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing this. What is your favorite Bonanza episode?
Every show that featured "Adam" was my favorite! Growing up, dad would religiously watch Bonanza every time it was on TV, consequently I had access to any and all Bonanza airings. I developed a "crush" on Adam Cartright! He was so easy on the eyes! 👀
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
We're happy to know that you gre up watching Bonanza. Thank you for sharing your life story! Which episode appealed to you the most?
@debbieschultz9768
2 жыл бұрын
He was one gorgeous man
@mamaluvify
2 жыл бұрын
my favorite is the men themselves ! lol they were sexyyyyyy!
@craig3916
13 күн бұрын
he spoilt the show cause he couldnt act well at all or work the scripts good enough, plus the was bald which was a big problem so they realised they didnt need him and got rid of him the show was so much much better after that.
Bonanza is just a legendary western tv show. The set is incredible. Great Video!
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed this video. What other types of video would you like to see?
My favourite episodes are The Jackknife, and The Ride, both in Season 3. Of the lighter-hearted episodes, Bank Run (S2), and The Flapjack Contest (S6). Favourite Cartwright, Adam.
I am 70 I have recently been watching all seasons of Bonanza my favorite episode was the Legacy when ben Sons thought he had died and each one went after the three people they thought were responsible for his murder
@FactsVerse
Жыл бұрын
One of our favorites too, you've got taste! What other types of video would you like to see?
@southernbelle6108
Жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse I like Cheyenne with Clint walker
I loved the character Hoss. It was alway great when him and little Joe bantered back and forth
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to know that you love Hoss. Which cast member comes in at second place?
I took my kids to the Ponderosa Ranch near Lake Tahoe in the 80s and they enjoyed it!
I have been to Tahoe and have seen where they filmed the ponderosa ranch part At the time I was there I couldn't go inside to look at it but it was very beautiful. I was there in the 90s
All of them. I still watch the reruns
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to know that you're still watching the reruns! What other types of video would you like to see?
I went to the ranch in the early 90s while on vacation in Reno. ....just stunning scenery....
'The Creeping Terror' was directed by a fellow called Vic Savage(who was also the star) and earned a wopping 1.9 on IMDB.
I visited the filming location near Tahoe in the late 1960s.
@sonjastanger5858
2 жыл бұрын
@Mutant Ryeff ... cool 😎 & awesomely awesome 💞🙏✌
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing this. What other types of video would you like to see?
My favourite episode was when Hoss got amnesia and didn’t recognize little Joe,Adam and father Ben,Hoss almost became a (son)to a mother who had lost her child and was eternally heartbroken,she convinced Hoss to live with her and her husband as a replacement son,all the while Father Ben Cartwright was looking for his son and found him with this couple that had found Hoss with no memories of Ben and his brothers,at first Hoss didn’t wish to go back home to his family,in the end Hoss gets his memory back a bids a sad farewell to the nice couple and farther and son ride back to the Ponderosa.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your favorite Bonanza episode and for sharing your thoughts. What other types of video would you like to see?
It still is a good looking show to watch. What's even better is being a period show with no modern things to reference, you cant really tell when production happened if you didn't already know
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
We absolutely agree! Thank you for watching our content. Be on the lookout for our next video!
I have several favorite episodes. A man to admire The deserter The storm No less a man Hoss and the leprechauns The decision The gift of water Many more i can't think of! Most of these episodes I watch daily.
Bonanza will always be my favorite show. Michael Landon has been my favorite and will always be
@FactsVerse
10 ай бұрын
Glad to know that you're a fan of Bonanza. Which episode is the most memorable for you?
The Cartwrights were supposed to be so rich.. they wore the same clothes for 14 years.
@lanathomas2194
2 жыл бұрын
They wore the same clothes because it made it easier to edit scenes. I have a book on Bonanza explaining the reasoning behind things such as this. If they needed a scene where LittleJoe and Hoss were galloping across the territory on horseback, they could easily add in a old clip. Saved time and money.
@verahall6498
8 ай бұрын
@@lanathomas2194I too also have a book on the history of Bonanza, it's hunter green in coloring with white lettering, and it's entitled, A Reference Guide to Television 's Bonanza, Bruce R.Leiby and Linda F. Leiby. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Very enjoyable, very informative. I just love it ❤👍💯
My favorite shows are mainly the comedies in the early seasons. I never take interest in episodes after Adam left. But some good dramatic stuff too. I recently looked at the flashback episode in which Ben meets Hoss' mother. It works very, very well. The best, imo, of the "Ben's Wives" entries. A dynamite episode is The Decision, with pre-Star Trek DeForest Kelley as a doctor condemned to die. And then there's The Crucible with Pernell Roberts and Lee Marvin. Oh, yeah: and then the best history lesson from the series, The Philip Deidesheimer Story; that was excellent. (I don't think they had location shots in that one).
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
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I was there years ago and it is so beautiful, we were allow to go inside and the thing i remember was Little Joe's green swede jacket.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Fun stuff, thank you for sharing this! What other types of video would you like to see?
I loved it all
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
You're a true fan! Be safe and have a great day ❤
Hmmmmm not what I rxpected
Boss and the little people.
Best bonanza episode, A Knight to remember
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your favorite Bonanza episode! How about the cast member who appealed to you the most?
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS TO MANY EPISODES TO PICK A FAVORITE BEST YEARS WERE 1965 TO 1970
Raised on Bonanza since 1968
Favorite episode???? Without a doubt it's Hoss and the Leprechauns
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
A memorable episode of Hoss indeed, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?
@plap.
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know it's pretty close with him flying of a cliff with feathered wings. Oh and don't forget him in the bunny suit
The history of these movie ranches is almost mythic. The Spahn Ranch story is a shattering heartbreaker. My thoughts did a bankshot to director Roman Polanski and his controversial behavior. You can't exonerate him for the stuff he did in subsequent years, but he had so many horrific traumas repressed in his psyche - from his parents having been murdered in Nazi death camps when he was 9 to the brutal disgusting murder of his beautiful pregnant wife in 1969 as mentioned in the video. Strange indirect bedfellows for Bonanza.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you so much for sharing this information. What other types of video would you like to see?
I visited the original ranch house in Tahoe. I was so disappointed because it was very small. They said they used wide angle lenses to make it look large. It was a shock.
The replica built by Lorne Greene in Mesa was a scaled-down version of the one that sold for $38 million. The larger one had 9 bedrooms while the one in Mesa only has 2.
Pernell never seemed happy doing this show. He always acted like it was a chore to do certain scenes. Maybe this was not the ideal role for him.
@heatherkay5924
Жыл бұрын
He was animated enough during the first couple of seasons. He left a job that didn't engage him any more. Most of us have done that. I have seen clips of a guest role he took sometime afterwards on The Virginian, and see all the vitality there that was missing in him during the last season of B. Yes, it was another cowboy, but it wasn't Adam Cartwright, that 'quarter of a character' as he put it. He enjoyed a long career as a freelance actor, despite the grief levelled at him because he dared to choose variety over stardom and money. Good for him. Whether he regretted that decision, or not, only he can truly know.
I have Seasons 1 to 11. It sure would be great if they could release 12 13 and 14 on DVD. I did watch the last 3 Seasons on U Tube a year ago. Heck if Gunsmoke has all 20 of their Seasons out by now. Then Bonanza should have all 14 seasons out as well.
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Great collection you have there. We're happy to know that you're a fan of Bonanza! Which episode is the most memorable for you?
@brucejensen4490
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactsVerse The Hayburner Season 4.
The ponderosa Ranch Replica house in lake Tahoe that sold for 38 million isn't where they filmed the original Bonanza episodes. The Ponderosa Ranch house was merely a Ranch house prop on set inside a studio . Sometimes they would show an outside shot of the real replica house in lake Tahoe but use the studio set house for everything else. I visited the Ranch house replica as a tourist in 2002 before they closed it to the public soon after.
@voiceofreason7856
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for clarifying that. I was about to make the same comment till I came across yours. I'm sure many original Bonanza fans know that, too, but sites such as this that get a basic thing like that wrong should clean up their act, and do the research.
@stevezentner4161
Жыл бұрын
So many people thought that they filmed it in Nevada. But it clearly says in the credits filmed at paramount studios in California.
@nancysullivan6827
10 ай бұрын
They may have done outside filming around that are but not that house.
@stevezentner4161
10 ай бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, I believe the beginning where they play the theme song and the cast rides up is filmed in Nevada but the majority of the show was at the studio in California.
@zhillsx
10 ай бұрын
There were a couple of opening scenes ,but the one your referring to was in front of Lake Tahoe.@@stevezentner4161
The movie set and house in Lake Tahoe was sold over 20 years ago and there was never a private road that went to the lake as you had the cross a two-lane road before you went to the lake been there many times
I'm currently watching it for the first time in my 50+ years. I'm in season 10. I think Candy is a great improvement over that stick in the mud Adam. The more serious ones are my favorite
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to know that you're still watching Bonanza! Thank you for sharing your favorite. How about the most memorable episode for you?
Does anyone recognize what and by whom is the painting hung above the side table just inside the front entrance to the Bonanza house? I would love to get a copy!
The first Bonanza episode was entitled "Get Off My Land!" Episode two was "Get Off My Land! II." Episode three was " Get Off My Land! III" The last episode 10 years later was entitled "Get off My Land For the Last Time will Ya!"
I loved the Fireplace; I wonder what happened to all those boulders! Does anyone knows?
I love bonanza, I think I watch this more than my other show with Charlie Sheen 2 1/2 men. I think my 2 favorite episodes were #1 the fighters and #2 tin badge. In fact I guess I will watch them now. REST IN HEAVEN GUYS, I love you all and hopefully I’ll be there with you. 🙏🏻
@joyjohnson885
Жыл бұрын
😂 You and have the same taste. I am from Jamaica. I discovered Bonanza about three months ago and have been watching since then. I am addicted to 2 1/2 men
the one where hoss and little joe had all of the rabbits it was very funny show
One of my favorites is when Hoss dresses up as the Easter bunny and the backflashes of Ben and his wives,
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your favorite Bonanza episodes! What other types of video would you like to see?
I rather watch this than the new stuff on Tv.
Best episodes were " any friend of walters" Walter and the bandits "Twilight Town...my 3 favorites..
I went to Ponderosa Ranch the last year it was open 2004... I'm going to miss the Hoss Burger
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! How was the Ponderosa Ranch experience?
HANDS DOWN!!!!!! HOSS AS THE EASTER BUNNY=LMAO 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Walt Disney, Ed Sullivan, Bonanza, every Sunday night, if I was good.
Hoss duking it out with the professional fighter money marbles or chalk
My favorite episode was vengeance and twilight
@FactsVerse
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your favorite episode! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 😀
They don't makem like that anymore
First
@FactsVerse
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Can you make it twice in a row? 😁
great propaganda...the set used for most of the shooting was near Tahoe I visited a few times before it was sold off to a developer Spahn wasnt used for much
Get your facts straight on the Ponderosa my man, your wayyy off.
There is a house on Lake Tahoe now for sale for $49,000,000