The Flapjack Contest

Season 6, Episode 15, Aired
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Hoss is entered into a flapjack-eating contest by Joe, who needs money to replace a ruby that was stolen from him. To insure a win, Joe puts an unhappy Hoss on a starvation diet, rigging up the kitchen with alarms to keep him away from the food. In the meantime, the boys' attempts to replace a broken window with a new pane of glass proves to be an impossible task.moreless
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  • There's always room for Jello.

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    By GeorgeJobson, Oct 12, 2009 Report Abuse
    A rare comic episode of the series which usually the series is always on the drama side. this episode is quite different. avery funny episoide. As the episode opens Joe came home after losing poker and must get a pane after he broke one. Hoss must get in shape for a pancake eating contest. By the end of the episode, Joe has broken seven panes and nothing to show. And Hoss is eating panckes like there's no tommrow. I aleways see Michael landon as a serious actor. But he made a rare comic performance. I love this episode. Probaby by next episode, they're will be doing a dramatic episode again. Things will be back to normal again.moreless

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  • This show holds a very special meaning to me. Not for it's story or acting.This series was my dads favorite on T.V. He died the next day after this episodes airing 1/4/65. I was 12 and he and I watched it every week.moreless

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    By Govguy, Mar 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    Good old family values show! Not always a true oater with shoot em ups and phoney accents they were more than western cowboys or settlers! they were a first generation settled family establishing the west. They experienced some of the same issues we face today only their solutions were less politically correct and more personalized. There was humor in some of these episodes as well as a lesson blended in with entertainment. It also featured some of the most beautiful country in the world. It encouraged people to go west. It also showcased a simpler time when we did not need shock and awe to be entertained. A show like Bonanza today would not last because there was no controversy, no social statement no graphic language, or nudity.moreless

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    • Hoss tells Joe to hurry up to find a place for the window pane after they get back from Virginia City because it will be dark when they get back from the high pasture, but it clearly isn't dark when Ben, Hoss, and Joe return home. Edit
    • Virginia City's Founders' Day is held on a Saturday. Edit
    • Joe is either directly or indirectly responsible for breaking 7 window panes. Edit

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    • German episode title: "Hoss Cartwrights schwerster Kampf", meaning "Hoss Cartwright's Hardest Fight". Edit
    • Similar to an episode of Little House on the Prairie where Pa's (Michael Landon) picture window keeps getting broken. Edit
    • A. Earl Hedrick is credited as Earl Hedrick. Edit

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    • Lily: I'm not that kind of girl! Joe: You're no pie maker either, Jezebel. Edit
    • Ben: Oh I doubt that very much. As a matter of fact I'd being willing to make a little wager that you're young brother here takes more than a year to pay you off. Joe: Oh yeah, you giving any odds? Edit
    • "I'm starvin' to death after all that exercise. I can't live on this rabbit food!" - Hoss Edit

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