It started out as a shoot-’em-up. But in its 14 years on the air, Bonanza became an American institution — largely due to some early input from its star, Lorne Greene. “Every show began with one member of the family with a gun, pointing it at somebody, saying, ‘What are you doing on the Ponderosa?’ ” remembered Lorne, who debuted as patriarch Ben Cartwright in 1959. “Finally, I said to the producer, ‘If a stranger comes to the Ponderosa, why do we have to point a gun at him? Let’s be human beings, let’s not be antagonists.’ ” The producer listened, and the show evolved. Instead of just another western, Lorne said, “it became a story…about a four-letter word: love.”
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My Family COMES FIRST
THE TODAY ANCHOR WILL LEAVE THE SHOW NEXT YEAR TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER DAUGHTERS
JULIE BOWEN - 5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME
THE EMMY-WINNING ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER EARLY YEARS, MODERN FAMILY & MORE
BONNIE BARTLETT & WILLIAM DANIELS - OUR LOVE Keeps Getting Stronger
THE ACCLAIMED ACTORS REFLECT ON THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR 73-YEAR UNION WORK
I've Never Been HAPPIER
The Partridge Family alum talks about his life today and the long road he has traveled.
I'm a SURVIVOR
A TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD DIDN'T STOP THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND STAR FROM LIVING HER DREAMS
Cary Grant - HAUNTED By His Past
THE HANDSOME AND CHARMING ACTOR SPENT DECADES RUNNING FROM HIS CHILDHOOD PAIN
FAREWELL TO A LEGEND
\"I feel so lucky to have lived the life that I did and to be surrounded by the people I love.\"
Freshly Reinvented OLD-SCHOOL BITES
Discover a new and creative twist on traditional Hungarian recipes that you'll instantly add to your rotation
INA GARTEN - HOW THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
\"It was the hardest thing I ever did. I told him that I needed to be on my own.\"
FRANK SINATRA & DEAN MARTIN - The Night That Almost Ended in TRAGEDY
A MAN NEARLY DIED WHEN A CELEBRATORY EVENING AMONG THE RAT PACK WENT HORRIBLY WRONG