Bonanza

Enter Mark Twain

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Oct 10, 1959

Next
Episode Previous
Episode

Trivia
ADD TRIVIA
- Scenes for this episode were filmed at Janss Conejo Ranch, Conejo Valley, California.
  Edit Share Hide
- Saloon of choice: The Bucket of Blood
  Edit Share Hide
- The company that Lash owns is the Sierra and Nevada Railroad.
  Edit Share Hide
- Ben mentions in this episode that he homesteaded the Ponderosa.
  Edit Share Hide
Quotes
ADD QUOTES
- 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?
  Edit Share Hide
Notes
ADD NOTES
- Edmon Ryan was credited as Edmund Ryan.
  Edit Share Hide
- This is the first of three episodes that feature Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain.
  Edit Share Hide
Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS
- 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 Share Hide
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
  Worked for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper from 1861 to 1864.
  Edit Share Hide