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Springtime

Episode Number: 68    Season Num: 3    First Aired: October 1, 1961    Prod Code: n/a
A friend of Ben's (Mr. Milbank) arrives at the Ponderosa at a bad time...when the Cartwright boys are fighting in the mud. Mr. Milbank, who is injured by a flying log during the fight, gives an assignment to each of the three boys. Can they fulfill the assignments, or has Springtime gotten to them all?

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Director: Christian Nyby
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: Denver Pyle (Theodore Hackett),  Clegg Hoyt (Livery Stable Owner)
Guest Star: John Carradine (Jedediah Milbank),  Lorna Thayer (Maina Hackett),  John Qualen (Parley),  Claude Johnson (Paul),  Selmer Jackson (Doctor),  Jena Engstrom (Ann)

Notes

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Lorne Greene does a small narration at the beginning of the episode. (edit)
John Furia was credited as John Furia Jr. (edit)

Quotes

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Ben: (speaking to his sons) Ten year old schoolboys would have showed more sense. (edit)
Joe: ...I made it plain. GET OFF THE LAND!!
Parley: No, I'd just as soon not. (edit)

Trivia

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Ben says "Do you realize that man started out with nothing on his back but his clothes?" (should be "nothing but the clothes on his back.") (edit)
Pernell Roberts can be heard shouting "the wig" during an early fight scene (a warning to his on-screen brothers not to knock off his toupee). (edit)

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10.0
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Springtime
"Series classic"
It's Spring and the Cartwright boys are sick of the snow, rain, cold and mud of winter. When they get into a tussle and injure Jedediah Milbank, an old friend of Ben's, each has to go on an errand for the old miser.
Continue » Posted May 17, 2006 3:36 pm PST
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Episode: Springtime
Season Number: 3
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