Best of Bonanza (1959)

The Cartwright's thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City Nevada site of the Comstock Silver Lode during and after the Civil War. Product Description

Disappointed

I was disappointed in this set. Some of the tracking on the disks is poor and the awful theme music is different than the series. This wonderful series deserves better. June 26, 2008

Title is a Mis-nomer

The correct title should have been "Uncopy-righted Episodes of Bonanza". Obviously, Mill Creek didn't want to pay any royalties so even the theme song was substituted with a cheesy recording of the company owner's brother strumming a guitar (just my guess). My poor review is not a slight against the Bonanza series. These are actually excellent. I just feel duped because I can pull these epsidoes down off the Internet for free. June 14, 2008

Hopeless

The other reviews here are spot-on. The faux theme music sounds like something from a bad spaghetti western. The picture is a bit choppy at times, but that's what you get when you cram eight or nine episodes of an hour-long show onto a SINGLE-SIDED DVD! Yes, these are single-sided, so you can image the compression that was required.

And yet, for the price I would glady endure all that, if the silly discs would actually play. I've tried three separate copies, Discs 1 and 3 won't play properly in any of them. (The ones stored above another disc in the overlapping clamshell box. Coincidence? Maybe, since no scratches are visible.) Shame on Mill Creek for putting out such a poor product.

You can get these same 31 episode for a little more coin in a more reliable set, try: Bonanza 8-DVD Pack May 5, 2008

Ok, I guess

It has some episodes that aren't on other collections, but it also had lots of areas where the dvd would freeze, could have been just my copy.
Why can't they just start at season one? April 27, 2008

Whut?

Okay, fine! I know that Bonanza's story telling method is dated, is aimed at general TV audiences, and as such, has time constraints and is gonna be lacking. But this lacks the original music and I feel really cheated! Only a few of these episodes are stellar, but the music always was. I'm sorry, but Bonanza is not Bonanza without David Rose's Theme song! Now this here's sumpin' to start a shootin'war over, and Ben Cartwright would not be pleased!

On the other hand, the stories are fun, simple, and are wholesome fare for the whole family. There's comedy episodes, dramatic episodes, and stories that fall right down the middle. Ya gotta love Bonanza! It's got Hoss, Little Joe, Adam, Ben and the sherrif, and plenty of guest stars that'll tug on yer heart, no matter how old ya are!

Then again, it's lower'n a rattlesnake's belly to publish this without the music. I mean, it's just plain low! Maybe we oughtta call in the Lone Ranger and see what he thinks! Would the Lone Ranger be The Lone Ranger without his theme song? No! And neither is this collection of Bonanza tales.

Now, gimme my dollar back. I can get a meal and a shave with it, and have money left over to buy whiskey!
April 26, 2008

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