this episode and "forever" are the most hearttouching episodes of bonanza. and it shows what a good actor m. landon was. when you see this, you forget, that its just a movie. and the music contributes very much to the story. thanks.
I love the last half of this show especially because it's about the young Cartright and his childhood girlfriend, all grown up...one very heartbreaking episodes I have seen.
He is so gentle. Watch "Different Pines, Same Wind"; he is the kindest and gentlest man in the world. A real eye-opener for all those Joe-haters out there.
I knew that this woman wasn't long for this world when she first ran from Little Joe, grabbed a hitching post, and nearly keeled over! Why did the writers have to make like every woman who got serious with a Cartwright, either die, or get on a stage coach; and leave town?
I think if they were to get married, the entire series would be difficult for the writing process..plus the writers don't want to fix what isn't broken
They didn't want to write complicated stories. Every episode basically exists as if the one before it never happened. It was simpler for audiences. Also, a huge part of the audience of Bonanza at the time was women, so the show creators thought it was better to keep every Cartwright forever single, to appeal to those women watchers. Which is why every single romance any Cartwright gets involved in ends in ridiculous disaster all the time. Kinda makes you wonder why they bothered making so many romance-based episodes, it just gets ridiculous watching them each fall in love with seven or eight childhood friends they knew all at once, for one episode at a time.
Poor Little Joe. This guy has to be the most nearly but never quite married character in television history. I wonder how many times while the series was running Little Joe almost got married but the poor girl either died or move it on. It has to be a record
The creators agreed that none of the Cartwrights would ever marry. If any episode involved romance, the end result would be that the woman would either meet another man, leave town, or sadly perish. I hate it but its what they decided.
@@rhaegostheskydragon1760 Can you imagine what will happen if they all successfully got married; the Ponderosa would be infested by little Cartwright's running all over the place (we can't have that). The "Cartwright Curse" is the only way to stop a marriage taking place!
For quite a while I thought it was the FATHER who was making her ill. It seemed every time he pressed her down and tried to confine her she got ill. And doing that didn't help her. Even if they'd only been married a few days it would have. been something!!!!
When I first saw this episode, I was hoping the girl would marry Joe. Their both little and seemed to match, and she was from Louisiana like Joe's mother too. I almost thought it would finally be happily ever after, but it wasn't until Caroline, I guess. ;)
The Sunday night sermon, Ben spouting bible verse, hoss ready For supper. The learned Adam ready to strengthen out any Literature entanglements. Hop sing with the burnt offering. God bless NBC.
Did They Actually Use the Greeting "Hi" Back in the 1850's-60's, "Little Joe, used the term When the Girl Approached Him When She Was Sewing" Around 6:39-40 Not so Sure About That One, Still the Best Western Family I Know's Chur! .. .
I Love Bonanza!! I Feel Bad For Little Joe, Like Even Though He Want's To Marry Almost Every Girl That Come's On These Show's The Girl's He Love's The Most Usually Die, First there Was Amy And Now Her!! So Sad I Cry Every Time. Mostly Because Little Joe Cry's Every Time A Man Start's To Cry over Happiness Or Sadness Make's Me Cry Cause it Show's That Real Men Cry. love Little Joe And The Rest Of The Cartwright Family!!! :)
I Don't Think It's Creepy I Just Think it's Very Sad & Unfortunate. All The Episodes Are Great But When I Do Watch The One's That Are Heartbreaking Like This I Question Myself For Watching These Because I Cry Ever Time It's Sooooo Sad!! I Do Get Annoyed When A Beautiful Girl Come's on The Show Cause I'm Just Like Oh, Another Girl For Little Joe... I Guess why I Get Annoyed Is Because I Get Jealous Of The Girl Because She's With Micheal Landon... :).When Their Mom's Died Those Were Heartbreaking Episodes, Oh My Goodness!!!
Margarita Patino I think they do it to maintain the storyline. It would change the dynamic of a widowed father and three sons. I think someone said something about it making a show like a western less desirable to watch if a woman is added and makes it less so for the men to have adventures and mishaps.
Little Joe carried this gentleness into Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, he must have been a gentle soul by nature and had 9 children I think they said.
How much lumber did they waste on building houses for wives they never married, or who died after the fact? I'm surprised there was any pine left on the Ponderosa.
laquita- regarding joe's bigg ears. they only got bigger as he started developing cancer. - ahh have seen this happen too allot off folk who start too develop cancer - @@ there normal ears start getting bigger. Now from 1959- too about 1970 little -joes cartwright ears were small- butt they get bigger from 1970 and this was the time he would have slowly started too get cancers. ????
Georgcorfu Little Joe wasn't the only that was unlucky when it came women & love Ben, Adam and my big baby Hoss😘 was also unlucky when it comes to love ❤January 25,2021
@@user-bj2xq4rz5o omg the comment I've been looking for. Thought that for years when Sam started having the dead girlfriends add up. always said he has just about as bad luck as little Joe when it comes to women.
I must say that if I found out I'm going to die, I'm getting out of that bed like she did and go see the home that Joe built for me. Suck the life outta life before it sucks the life outta you, I'd say.
You know it seems like I just woke up after four years of living in a senior building, not even realizing where I was after being bitten by a hobo spider that forced me to run from my home that I was buying while caring for my granddaughter and working in my lawn every day and my garden. Now since she's 18, she's gone and here I am the life being sucked out of me at 68 years old in February and I don't know what to do with myself while I have years left or at least I think I do. This is the most difficult realization in my life that I'm old and when did that happen? I don't feel any differently than I have for years but I'm living in this senior building where people are 95 years old. I am helping them while I'm here. I ran here for Refuge not realizing what it was. It's like God knew that my granddaughter was leaving and I would be alone to take care of my house by myself. But I don't believe God would have put me in that medical shape of nearly losing my arm. Those spiders Wouldn't Die. The fumigators were there twice and the hobos were even in my garden and throughout the city. It was like the movie The Birds. People were running to the hardware store to get hobo traps and they worked but I would have had to Buy a hundred at least. I'm still in shock 4 years later as you can tell. I have cayenne pepper around every window, door , baseboard heater, refrigerator, in the bathroom, everywhere. I pray to God I never see them again. The bite was like an anesthetized electric drill going in my arm. Always look behind your toilet. They are light brown and they are huge. The size of a woman's small fist . July was the month.
While visiting the Ponderosa, Ben's old friend, sea Captain Matthew White, is forced to reveal a terrible secret after Little Joe Cartwright falls in love with and plans to wed the Captain's daughter, Laura, once a freckle-faced playmate from Joe's childhood in New Orleans, now grown into a beautiful woman.
I usually hate romance. But this - I loved the girl from the start, because she loved him so much. I thought he didn't care for her at the beginning and I felt sorry for her. But then he fell in love. And I thought perhaps, for once, for once - then BLURGHHH! She freaking dies! I would like to string the writer up! Why can't you let them be HAPPY??
Shawn Post How does that " figure"? Do you think every "CA" means California, even in user names? No, my comment above was sincere to the context of the story, having no bearing on my screen name, having no correlation to my locale that has never been California. Fools are rash; they jump to conclusions on the basis of nothing, as that character did in the story. Rash is exactly that, every place in the world, as you so aptly demonstrated. To be rash is contrary to wisdom. Why you presume a Californian would speak of it, is unclear, considering that it is a region known for confusion, not for astute wisdom. You're trying to shame a commenter for writing in wisdom, while you demonstrate none. Troll much?
Hey now, the both of you. Some of us Californians do try. Really we do. If that man would have talk of my son that way in my presence, in my home, in the bosom of my hospitality extended toward him...I'd probably would begin to see glaring flaming red!!!
I remember when I was 25 I didn't really accomplish so much. Must be pretty amazing to accomplish things and be successful I've always felt I'm kind of a late bloomer mainly cuz I'm 42 and every time I try something it just doesn't seem to work out For example fish keeping I figured out how to get the aquariums right and how to get the water right but I keep having to buy fish in Taiwan that are sick so they die anyways It's really hard to get a healthy fish unless I buy it. Gardening yeah that doesn't work either the plants die after I broke my shoulder and scooter accident I made it difficult to do karate and archery again But there is a some light at the end of this dark tunnel my friend and I want to open a hot dog stand at the park which I think I can because since I won it's kind of easy to get around rules I'm American and my roommate is Taiwanese and for 6 years we've been trying to save money and every time we save money something happens Sadly she's a single mom and her husband bruso kindly divorced her needs Jesus All I can say is she's a great mom and I'm honored that I get to care for my God son and be like a second parent him I never thought I'd have a son before I was married I'm excited because next week we start our first attempt at running our hot dog business I'm an entrepreneur I told her I would sponsor it and I can watch her sign while he's at the park playing with his friends Since I have complex PTSD it makes it hard to run out for little people for long periods of time I often wonder if what I do really makes a difference in Taiwan Jesus told me to love the people in Taiwan that looks different and different ways and I've seen some of those people and God healed and bless them
Just once in 13 seasons I would have loved to have seen one of the boys or the father get married and have children! It could have kept the show going after Hoss passed away. Why do they never consider these things? Instead they bring in a guy named Candy. Not that Candy was bad, but it wasn't the right timing. Adam could have come back , anything to keep the show going.
Barbara Mowery even TV shows come to an end then hearsay was that Loren Greene & Michael Landon wanted to go venture into other acting areas January 25,2021
She was EXACTLY Joe's type! He had the sweetest, most tender temperament and she absolutely worshiped him. She was the loveliest girl Joe ever had. I think if they'd got married they'd have been very happy.
Man... every movie producer had to make these freaking sad love stories?? Wtf? How come none of them had an happy ending? The girl shouldn't die. Both of them should of get married have lots of kids and live happily ever after. But always some sad dramatic crap had to happen huh? 🤦♂️ those freaking movie producers all they knew is beautiful love stories with sad endings. Sucks 🤔
You are so right! Laura was the most lovely girlfriend Joe ever had. And she loved him body and soul. My heart ached for her at the beginning because I thought Joe wasn't interested and I know what unrequited love's like. But then he fell for her, and it was so SWEET. Maybe, maybe if they'd got married, Joe would've given up his philandering ways and been true to her. And then I was like: "Please, please, please don't tell 'em she's going to die! Let them get married, even if it's only for a few days!" As you say, it SUCKS big time. And bites at the same time.
pervert lil joe says , better get those wet clothes off you when shes in the rain for 2 whole secs ... after its him that falls in the pond ( but is bone dry 5 secs later )
the womanizer, who died young. vodka and 4 packs of cigarettes per day married 3 times and didn't allow anybody else to join bonanza, after adam left. jealous, egocentric, i me mine a monster justice works, even in hollywood. adam could not work with this egocentric, half-jewish, social climber anymore. freedom is worth more than money, show and glory. adam , the man. r i p
Adam was the stud. My mom had a heavy crush on him, along with at least 50+ million other women I suppose, that watched Banana on the regular, ha ha ha:)
Alessandra Benz, like every other human, Michael Landon had his shortcomings. However, he was a great man. He wrote, produced, and directed some of the best shows in Hollywood. I admire him. Many people do. He followed his dream and worked his hardest to touch millions of hearts around the world. He has a fantastic family, who are very talented and hardworking. I suggest that you do your research about what happened behind the scenes of Bonanza and his other television shows before you say something else foolish.