This wonderful retrospect paid homage to the most amazing series in television history. It focused on the years that featured the original cast, a time when the "family" was complete, and quite frankly, Bonanza at its very best.
When this NBC 1-hour special aired in November 1993, I had just turned 10. The only Bonanza episodes I'd seen were "Rose For Lotta" (1959; debut episode) & "The Underdog" from 1964 with Charles Bronson.
This excellent Bonanza-mentary aired in November of 1993 on NBC as a warm up to the new "Bonanza Return to the Ponderosa" movie.Perhaps it was the networks way of keying in younger viewers who werent familiar enough with the original to know what was going on.
