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Enter Mark TwainEpisode Number: 5 Season Num: 1 First Aired: October 10, 1959 Prod Code: n/a |
Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) arrives in Virginia City and takes up a job as a reporter at the Territorial Enterprise. In order to sell newspapers, Clemens creates a fantastic story about a monster roaming the Ponderosa. The story angers the Cartwrights and they set out to get an extraction from Clemens. However, both the Cartwrights and Sam soon discover that they will have to work as a team in order to stop a crooked politician and a corrupt businessman.
| Writer: | Harold Shumate |
| Director: | Paul Landres |
| Star: | Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (1959-1972)), Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright), Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)), Michael Landon (Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright) |
| Recurring Role: | Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing), Lane Bradford (Lash's Foreman) |
| Guest Star: | Howard Duff (Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain), Dorothy Green (Minnie Billington), Percy Helton (Blurry Jones), John Litel (Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington), Patrick McVey (Bill Raleigh), Ann Whitfield (Rosemary Lawson), Edmon Ryan (Daniel Lash), Arthur Lovejoy (Dr. Ephraim Lovejoy), Robert Carson () |
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A. Earl Hedrick was credited as Earl Hedrick. Edmon Ryan was credited as Edmund Ryan.
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This is the first of three episodes that feature Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain.
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Hoss: (to Sam Clemens) I don't know about that name Mark Twain. It seem to me like that I've heard a lot better names than that before. You sure that's a fittin' name for a writer?
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Saloon of choice: The Bucket of Blood
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The company that Lash owns is the Sierra and Nevada Railroad.
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Ben mentions in this episode that he homesteaded the Ponderosa.
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Sam: Now, back a couple of months ago, I was in California, a place called Calaveras County and the folks there seemed to think that they wanted to hold a, sort of a...a little frog jumping contest.
Mrs. Billington: Yeah, I heard about it. You’re the fellow who thinks up all that junk. Signs himself Josh.
Sam is referring to the famous story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country, which has become one of Mark Twain’s most beloved short stories. (edit) Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Worked for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper from 1861 to 1864. (edit)
Mrs. Billington: Yeah, I heard about it. You’re the fellow who thinks up all that junk. Signs himself Josh.
Sam is referring to the famous story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country, which has become one of Mark Twain’s most beloved short stories. (edit) Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Worked for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper from 1861 to 1864. (edit)
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Enter Mark TwainGreat "Another great installment" Sam Clemens comes to town to write for the Territorial Enterprise, just before a judicial election. A local railroad tycoon is trying to buy the election for his "pet judge", so he can steel the Ponderosa. The Cartwrights and Clemens have other ideas! Continue » Posted May 25, 2006 4:00 pm PST |
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