Hi Magnum,MagnumILWU wrote:https://youtu.be/p3ZqKht4Vr4 Hoss and the Leprechauns! What a great episode! Grew up watching Bonanza. Sunday nights: Lassie, Walt Disney, and Bonanza!
What a great line up for kids! Disney's multi part Scarecrow movie (with Patrick McGoonan) so scared me when a screaming Scarecrow on horseback rode thru a storm with a maniacal laugh that I was sent to bed while my twin sister got to stay up and watch it. She teased me for the rest of our childhood about that one.
For my money the "Hoss and the Leprechauns" episode of Bonanza that you mentioned is one of the all time funniest episodes of television ever made. The entire cast down to the extras look like they are having a ball.
The Bonanza cast all put out music albums, Lorne Greene the most successful with many hits.
But Pernell Roberts(Adam) was far more talented musically and had a beautiful singing voice. He received critical praise for "Alberta" and his Hoyt Axton duets which along with his other songs are on Youtube.
Does anyone know if the Magnum cast put out any music, or if they had musical talent? Higgins singing "Bridge over the River Kwai" would have been great! Not whistling like in the movie.
Because the lyrics were dirty they had to have the British soldiers march into the POW camp whistling the tune, which turned a negative into a positive as it is one of the most stirring moments ever in a war movie.
It would not have been anywhere as effective if the squaddies were singing:
"Hitler, he only has one b---, Himmler has two but they are very small"