Bonanza

Songs featured in this episode included "It Won't Be Very Long", "Man Passing Through" and "Blood Brothers".

Richard Thomas was just two years away from his signature role as John-Boy Walton on The Waltons. The producers of Bonanza had wanted make Thomas' character Billy (who was one of the Weary Willies) a recurring role, but this idea was later scrapped.

Singer Michael Martin Murphy performed the song, "The Weary Willies." Murphy – whose string of country-pop hits include "Wildfire" (1975), "What's Forever For" (1982) and "A Long Line of Love" (1987) – is best known for his many cowboy albums.