Bonanas for Bonanza

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Coming to you from the headquarters of the Mattel corporation, Acacia, Avery, Mary, Steven and Count Andlock gather once again to celebrate friendship and the beautiful city of El Segundo, California, USA!

Featuring: Lisa Gilroy, Chris Tallman, Matt Gourley & Neptuna as Steven

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In the first ever listener challenge episode, Joe, with the help of his longtime student Ezra Palmer, proves that there is no song in the history of recorded music that would not be...better with bongos!

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Young love blossoms as Mutt's nephew Kyle gets his wish and meets Markie. They help break down season 3, episode 18, "The Ride", in which the hotly debated question of how long it takes to get from Goat Springs to Virginia City is definitively put to rest.

Featuring Ryan Asher, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Don and Mal have produced a true love child of an episode, but who’s the father? Join them as they handle Johnny and Rielle, and the sad and dumb scandal that brought down a politician who had actually already been brought down by a general lack of voter interest. But things get pretty steamy - and very complicated!

Featuring: Matt Gourley

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Rolling Stone Magazine’s 54th best rock guitarist embarks on an audacious plan to reunite with some of the many many guitars he has given away over the years. With crucial assistance from his guests Hot Dog and Ahi, extremely detailed planning gets underway.

Featuring: Matt Gourley & Mark McConville

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Time to open the windows and the phone lines. Some may like it hot, but today Randall wants to hear your ideas for beating the summer heat.

Featuring: Mark McConville, Ronnie Adrian, Dan Lippert & Matt Gourley

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Host Lawrence Ribbits looks back to 1958 and the grand opening of what would grow into an enduring international restaurant chain - Pizza Hut. His guests, Margaret Dewps, Ben Alterman and Dutch Swanson were there and they saw it... with their own eyes.

Featuring: Lisa Gilroy, Mark McConville & Matt Gourley

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Big prizes are on the line as a green grocer from Leffingwell, Kansas squares off against a demon from the fiery depths of hell. Plus, Chip Chat with Chip and Tip!

Featuring: Sean Conroy, Lisa Gilroy & Matt Gourley

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Dalton, Mutt and Markie are joined by Spanish bull breeder Jose Jose Jose Jose to discuss season 3, episode 17, "The Lady from Baltimore", in which a demon from hell brings her beautiful daughter to the Ponderosa to ensnare a Cartwright.

Featuring Oscar Nunez, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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August Lindt and H.R. Giger are joined by US Ambassador for North American malls Debbie Swirly to discuss the exciting future of everyone’s favorite pretzel! Plus another installment of This Day in Schmeideberg Pretzel History. 

Featuring: Mary Holland & Matt Gourley

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Actor and comedian Chris Smith joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss season 3, episode 16, "The Tall Stranger", in which a beautiful horse and a beautiful woman flee from Hoss Cartwright's affections as fast as they can.

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Dalton and Mutt are thrilled to welcome Mutt's nephew Kyle to discuss season 3, episode 15, "Land Grab", in which the Cartwrights host a truly awful house guest and Sean Penn's mother tries to rope Hoss into a possibly incestuous throuple.

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After a significant diversion into the life of Elvis Presley's secret son, Dalton, Mutt and Markie celebrate Christmas Eve on The Ponderosa with season 3, episode 14, "Gabrielle", a beautiful episode in which the Cartwright boys constantly lie to a blind grandfather-obsessed orphan.

Featuring Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Another classmate of Markie's, Aidan, joins the show to help break down season 3, episode 13, "The Tin Badge", in which Little Joe gets his ass kicked in a stable and finally earns the respect of his big brothers.  

Featuring E.R. Fightmaster, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Markie brings along her classmate and Geography project partner Ted "Little Bopper" Sanders who feels a strong connection to season 3, episode 12, "The Frenchman", in which an insane French man exposes the truth about Ben Cartwright and Little Joe makes out with his (the Frenchman's) sister a whole lot.  

Featuring Dan Lippert, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Dalton, Mutt and Markie are joined by Susan Jenkins, a background actor and chaperone to a budding young star. Together they discuss season 3, episode 11, "Day of the Dragon", in which Little Joe acquires a Chinese slave and, as you might expect, laughter ensues!

Featuring Erin Whitehead, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Having endured so very many episodes of Bonanza, Markie Wilcox now grabs hold of the remote and compels her Uncle Dalton to watch season 1, episode 1 of the fast-paced and Europe-filled Netflix series Emily in Paris. They're joined by Mutt Taylor and Ted "Little Bopper" Sanders.  

Featuring: Lily Sullivan, Matt Gourley & Dan Lippert

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The phone lines are, once again, open, as host Randall Canfield presides over a discussion on the very important topic of bees.  

Featuring: Jess McKenna, Jason Mantzoukas & Matt Gourley

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Dr. Loren Carter, PhD joins Dalton, Mutt and Markie to provide a psychologist's point of view to season 3, episode 10, "The Horse Breaker", in which the Cartwrights help fix a broken man who then breaks a woman.

Featuring Lennon Parham, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Record date: 6/19/2025

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Substitute host Lawrence Ribbits presides over a lively reminiscence of the premiere of the 1939 American film classic, The Wizard of Oz. His guests were among the first people to see it... with their own eyes.

Featuring: Lisa Gilroy, Mark McConville & Matt Gourley

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Another long-lost episode of L. Ron Hubbard's radio program has been unearthed and carefully restored. This never-before-heard audio was recorded aboard Hubbard's floating headquarters in 1968 and features the "scientology" founder and science fiction author alongside a hand-picked cast of his favorite shipmates and fellow seekers.  

Featuring: Erin Whitehead, Seth Morris, Matt Gourley and Mary Holland

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Don and Mal take a deep dive into the waters of Biscayne Bay with Gary Hart, Donna Rice and plenty of Monkey Business! 

Featuring Matt Gourley

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A tip of the hat to Matt Bai's book "The Front Runner", which was Mr. DiMello's primary source. It has also been made into a fine motion picture by the same name.

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It’s hard to believe, but August has been your podcasting travel bug for ten years! To mark the occasion, he’s reassembled the panel from the very first episode. Wonderful travel destinations are reviewed and many other topics explored in this heartwarming milestone episode.

Featuring: Matt Gourley, Matt Besser & Paul F. Tompkins

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Bartleby Mulcahy, Dalton's oldest friend and the undisputed grandfather of cowboy poetry, returns by popular demand to discuss season 3, episode 9, "The Countess", in which Ben Cartwright once again narrowly avoids female companionship!

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Record date: 5/21/2025

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On tonight’s suspense-filled episode of The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Lewis Barometer plays a hotel manager whose life changes in unexpected ways.

Featuring: Matt Gourley, Amanda Lund, Paul F. Tompkins & Mark McConville

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Guests: Ben Alterman and Dutch Swanson

On September 30, 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over the dedication of the newly completed Hoover Dam. Nicorette Gumchunk speaks to the last living witnesses of this era-defining historical event.

Featuring Lisa Gilroy and Matt Gourley

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This is Andy Daly with a programming note for 2026. It contains good news and news I would describe as slightly less preferable. The less preferable news is that we'll be releasing one episode a month of Bonanas For Bonanza here next year rather than the two a month we've been releasing, because if we continue to release episodes at the current rate, in a few months we'll be releasing them before we've recorded them, and the experts tell me that's inadvisable.   

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It's the final Oswaltmananza! In this imperfectly recorded episode, Patton Oswalt joins Dalton, Mutt and Markie to discuss the last episode of Bonanza to be directed by Robert Altman. It's a highly comical affair with a flawless plot and a cavalcade of A+ guest stars, including a woman!

Featuring Patton Oswalt, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Real estate developer Janaloo Hicks returns to take deep dives on Jimmy Dean, Dean Jones and, of course, Bonanza Season 3, Episode 8, 'The Friendship', in which Little Joe finds a stray human and Pa lets him keep it!  

Featuring Janet Varney & Matt Gourley

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Record date: 3/24/2025

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Actor, writer, comedian and podcaster Paul Rust joins Dalton, Mutt and Markie for Bonanza Season 3, Episode 6, 'Broken Ballad', in which Robert Culp stirs affections and Adam shows off his folk album worthy singing voice.  

Featuring Paul Rust, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley

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Record date: 2/24/2025

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America's sweetheart Andy Richter joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss Bonanza Season 3, Episode 5, 'The Burma Rarity,' a classic switcheroo comedy caper that features a Playboy playmate, a poor man's Bud Abbot and a never-before-heard dialect of Britain. Plus, Ben Cartwright narrowly avoids female companionship!   

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Dalton, Mutt and Markie are joined by a very special guest, 99 year old reformed bank robber and retired Bonanza crime consultant Garrett Serratella. Garrett played a key role in the making of Bonanza Season 3, Episode 4, 'The Lonely House,' which features a damn fine stable brawl and a truly beautiful love story.   

Featuring Matt Walsh, Matt Gourley & Lily Sullivan

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Episode 69! Kurt Russell's father and the guy that played Bones on Star Trek make their Bonanza debuts in Season 3, Episode 3, 'The Honor of Cochise,' an episode that features a hat made out of a snake and, according to Dalton's niece, Markie, an offensive amount of bronzer.   

Featuring Matt Gourley & Lily Sullivan

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Dalton and Mutt are once again joined by Dalton's niece, Markie, to discuss Five Easy Pieces, The Dukes of Hazzard, John Carradine's corpse, and, of course, Season 3, Episode 2, 'Springtime,' in which the Cartwright boys fuck up three simple tasks.  

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Dalton, Mutt and Dalton's niece Markie are excited to welcome Bonanza fan, author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) to discuss Bonanza's morally complex and song-filled third season premiere episode, 'The Smiler'.  

Featuring Gillian Flynn, Matt Gourley & Lily Sullivan

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Record date: 10/28/2024

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Oswaltmananzapalooza continues as Dalton and Mutt welcome Patton Oswalt back to the show to discuss not one, but TWO Robert Altman directed episodes, Season 2, Episode 32, 'The Dream Riders' and the Season 2 finale, Episode 34, 'Sam Hill'. Balloons and sledge hammers feature prominently in these, frankly, very weird hours of television.  

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Dalton and Mutt kick off Oswaltmananzapalooza with their special guest Patton Oswalt, who returns to discuss the Robert Altman directed Season 2, Episode 31, 'The Secret'. What is the secret that the title refers to? That's the best kept secret of all!  

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Record date: 9/10/2024

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On this very special flashback epiosode of Bonanza, we get to meet the first of Ben Cartwright's dead wives! Season 2, Episode 33, 'Elizabeth, My Love’ takes us to a New England port city where a young Ben Cartwright first gives voice to the dream that would become The Ponderosa, and gets a taste for wife-burying.  

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Moonanas For Moonanza! Novelist, memoirist, actress, comedian and tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss Season 2, Episode 30, 'The Thunderhead Swindle’. Moon might have been disappointed with this episode of Bonanza, but you won't be! It's mostly about mining boundary lines, but also features Ben Cartwright taking the law into his own hands and some really irresponsible use of explosives! They also discuss Moon's perfectly normal upbringing and her brand new memoir, "Earth to Moon"! 

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Conanas For Conanza! Dalton and Mutt are joined by a very special guest, Bonanza superfan Conan O'Brien! Conan shares his memories of Bonanza and helps to break down Season 2, Episode 29, 'The Infernal Machine’, which involves, believe it or not, the invention of the automobile, and features one of the most exciting, and doughy, fight scenes ever committed to film!  

Featuring Matt Gourley and Conan O'Brien

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