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.
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June 14, 2008
#1
Why wait all this time when you can have seasons 1 through 7 from German Amazon! I certainly didn’t!
June 14, 2008
#2
Why are classic TV fans putting up with this? In a recession no less? $51.00 for a complete season of a TV show? That’s the incredibly low Amazon price. Retail is closer to 70 bucks! Even for a classic like Bonanza, that is absurd! Paramount has done this for the past few years, putting out partial season sets of shows like Cannon, The Untouchables, and The Fugitive. Yet, they give us full season sets of shows like I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Mannix. Sometimes, they give us the full 1st season of a show(Gunsmoke, Rawhide) then double back on us by dividing up the following seasons into partial sets. ENOUGH! This crap was enough to deal with when people had more money than brains. But with less discretionary income available these days, it’s not feasible to abuse fans of classic television with these partial season sets, then change out the incidental music to boot! TV fans, Please, PLEASE resist the temptation to buy this. I LOVE BONANZA, but I refuse to be financially RAPED by the marketing team at CBS Paramount Television anymore. No other studio is pulling this stunt. We, the consumer have the power to make it stop. Oh, and Paramount, how about releasing the remaining 3 seasons of “Have Gun, Will Travel” before launching another western? Or do you think half-way is good enough?
June 14, 2008
#3
BONANZA fans! Season 1 both Vols 1 & 2 will be arriving on the same day on 1 Sept., 2009! This was announced today, 1 June 2009. You can buy separate or bundled together, a new trend in DVD release.
Hope all 14 seasons come out soon. Can’t wait till can pre-order on amazon.
June 15, 2008
#4
I love the show and enjoy watching it on TV!!! But I could tell they were leaving scenes out and I wanted to see the whole episodes so much but the show wasn’t on DVD!!! ARGHHHH!!! I’m so glad they are finally making them, when is the second year coming out, I want more!!! They just don’t make TV shows like this anymore UNFORTUNATELY!!!!
June 15, 2008
#5
Bonanza 14 seasons on DVD! Well at least we are able to sign up but like another reviewer said,”Pick up the pace and give us, the fans what we’ve been so long in waiting for. A box set with the Pondarosa map on the cover would be nice as well as single season boxes. Added bloopers would be great test screening of the actors trying out for thier parts in the show would be good also. There is so much that they could do with a package like this. I say for myself and other fans that we are just tired of the same episodes on differant DVD cases. Bonanza: Season 3Bonanza: Season 4Bonanza: Season 5