Dan Blocker "Bonanza" 1971 - Bobbie Wygant Archive

[@superfuzzymomma]

Wow, finally get to see Dan Blocker as himself after a lifetime. Thanks.

[@pattijesinoski1958]

Did you miss how long ago he died?

[@bornfuct]

Ya...I'm 50 and I've never heard him speak till now...

[@lyndafaye6748]

Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked int Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@davidvanzant2019]

Me too first time I seen him not in television this is why I love utupe

[@GeorgeBonez]

Yeah. Pretty disappointing isn’t it? I liked him much better before I learned how arrogant and anti-American he was!

[@daisycassidy2448]

Nobody could have replaced Dan Blocker's character of Hoss on Bonanza. He had it nailed. God rest his great big gentle heart.

[@lyndafaye6748]

funny you should say that, such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight..Sounds like a song comin in, yes ? Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked int Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@douglascarlson9006]

He passed at only 44 ...

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@douglascarlson9006 43, from a pulmonary embolism after surgery. They actually wrote his death into the show, that he died saving someones life. Which was interesting because it was dangerous life working a ranch. The show failed after him.

[@douglascarlson9006]

@@charles-y2z6c Thank you Charles ... Those were the days ... and my all-time favorite drug continues to be - NOSTALGIA!

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@douglascarlson9006 they sure were, I remember as a child sitting around with the whole family watching Bonanza. I cried when they told me Hoss Died.

[@stevefowler2112]

One of the most likeable TV characters ever

[@jimangler984]

Big ole faktzzz

[@odiekarone]

He was a very talented actor and a very intelligent man. I just loved him as “Hoss” on Bonanza, and was heartbroken as a child to learn of his passing on the show. My Dad and I always watched the Westerns on TV when I was growing up. Great and precious memories. 💙

[@jameswood231]

@@odiekarone Loved My "Hoss" Dan Blocker. Broke my heart too as a child when Hoss Cartwright died. What a great man, what a great actor.

[@sadiegrill2846]

Mine as well.💔

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ the Hoss legendary TV character

[@dee7353]

Who didn’t love Hoss? Dan Blocker, gentle giant.

[@rogerjoseph2532]

I wish I could have had him for my big buddy friend.

[@lloydkline6946]

❤the big house, he was an three stooges movie, bonasa tv show etc etc

[@georgemaster689]

Weren't all four (and eventually three) Bonanza stars follically challenged?

[@beneditocintra4024]

Dan..Blok..foi..o..melhor..do..Bonanza

[@beneditocintra4024]

muito..simpatico..e.muito..justo

[@Teho231]

Mr. Blocker was an outstanding actor, who had so much more to give. He died too, too soon. RIP.

[@Jamestele1]

He was well-read, educated, and seemed to have a real love of life. I wish there were more like him today. Almost every famous person today seems to be either hyper-PC, or on the other "side". People used to have more freedom of opinion.

[@weedermann]

Should have followed a better diet.

[@miguelitoinguanti6171]

I know God bless you and your family

[@bubbadump8676]

Way to soon*

[@miguelitoinguanti6171]

@@bubbadump8676 yes my friend

[@francollins4036]

Great man. Highly educated. Everybody loved Dan Blocker.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes and very politically active.

[@Pflap64]

It is incredible that I can see and experience this interview in 2021.

[@bodijisattva9333]

I agree , and I believe his geopolitical views make as much since now as they did then.

[@williamdolyniuk7804]

Yeah hoss i remember when he died and how they handled it those were the days my friend we need a western on T.V.

[@manofiske3318]

Why is this 'incredible' ?

[@williamdolyniuk7804]

Only one hause. L.o.l that why.

[@Pflap64]

@@manofiske3318 In the 70s if you didn't see the interview while it was aired on television, if you had access to the station it was played on at the time it was aired. If not you never saw it and it was gone and forgotten. Now we can all see it experience it, and discuss it anytime and anywhere .

[@WolfRanger2008]

Dan Blocker was Level headed, Intelligent and possessed of Common Sense. Traits not often found these days...

[@barbaramarrs5113]

Articulate and with no swear words.

[@20alphabet]

Yet completely ignorant of the CCP.

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@20alphabet Maybe he didn't want to PUBLICALLY DISPLAY his knowledge of the CCP? funny you should say that, such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight..Sounds like a song comin in, yes ? Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked int Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@darrengilbert7438]

I agree completely. He spoke with respect and like he was afraid he was saying something offensive. People now days don't care if they come across as rude or vulgar.

[@OsbornTramain]

what do you mean 'common Sense'? His whole explanation of why the show would go 15 years was nonsensical...he was just a pompous actor who thought he was the smartest guy in the room.

[@rali-cassim2733]

I never saw him speak as himself before. He was a very intelligent and articulate man.🙏🏼❤️👏🏼

[@derrickbperry]

Funny how a television icon like Dan Blocker can occupy our collective conscious and yet I’ve seen so few interviews. What a thoughtful and introspective man he was.

[@lyndafaye6748]

He probably didn't NEED the exposure of many interviews-dedicated and BUSY; Dolly Pardon's A&R man in Hollywood 's name was Dan Blocker-a really rude jerk; hope he wasn't related to DON! .

[@DrumandPianoDude]

He was gone way too soon! Too bad our current actors aren't as intelligent, articulate, and approachable.

[@georgemaster689]

@us71 Dan's death was the reason the show was cancelled.

[@brigidabanfelder4015]

I miss him.

[@jameswood231]

@@georgemaster689 Yep!

[@lyndafaye6748]

Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@NoNonsenseKindaGal]

@@lyndafaye6748 and too think I just wasted my time listening to a lot of nonsense. I mean time is precious and I'll never get that time back. I can't express how confusing you were sounding. I mean you started on the great Dan Blocker and found yourself talking about a fake administration. well, I've wasted even more time trying too explain how much time I wasted when I read your comment that seemed like it would never come to an end. I guess I'll be more careful next time about what I read. you really sound like you're kin to the energizer bunny 🐰 🐇 you're everywhere on the map. I suggest that you might want too limit your caffeine in take because if you aren't careful you'll ware yourself out. I'm sorry girl but, you're a Trumpion loony and you know what gave you away? the fake administration and up to that point I just thought you had a caffeine high going on but it's worse then that you've been bitten by Trumpy 🐻 🐻‍❄ 🧸 🐻 🐻‍❄ 🧸 good grief

[@celebritychit6876]

Hoss was my favorite character from Bonanza, great actor. This was prophetic. HIs last episode was Season 13 Episode 26, aired April 2 1972, He passed away in May 13, 1972, the show ended after the following 14th year. He really was the heart and soul of that show. HIs intelligence was often hidden underneath the loveable Hoss's surface, but it always came out in these interviews. He was a decorated combat veteran of the Korean war, serving as an infantry sergeant, Most people think or assume he died of a heart attack. He had gallbladder surgery, which I believe was deemed successful, went home but developed a blood clot in his lung, which caused his death. Very sad end to a wonderful life.

[@iowabettyg]

I enjoyed this interview with him decades after he passed away. I always enjoyed Dan as Hoss. His son looks and talks just like him brings back wonderful memories and many laughs during the 13 Seasons he was on Bonanza. R i p oh, return if possible is another meeting I learned the last year during 2020. Betty Gordon, Ames, Iowa

[@JRobbySh]

All major surgery is inherently dangerous.

[@brianwalsh1401]

Thank you for the info. I didn't know he was a Korean war veteran. I sort of remember watching Bonanza growing up and remember the Cartwright's. I only learned that Dan Blocker died at such a young age just recently. It's so sad because things in his life seemed to be going good and a year or so later he would die from complications from surgery. It goes to show you never know when you're last day will be.

[@easycampfireguitarlessons]

@@brianwalsh1401 You are Welcome, yes, still gets me.

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@easycampfireguitarlessons EXTREMELY sad for a man who's "acting life" really had just begun ...I wondered if that COLLEGE DEGREE was WORK -when a man has a family to support AND a full-time-JOB ANYWHERE... IT'S LOTS OF STRESS. Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@chadfalaster8275]

He will forever be missed

[@Stafford-d8u]

True story

[@chadfalaster8275]

@@Stafford-d8u greatest show every..remember watching as a young boy

[@rogerjoseph2532]

@@chadfalaster8275 me too, all my family watched it every Sunday night. What memories.

[@chadfalaster8275]

@@rogerjoseph2532 yes sir ...

[@christined3953]

sounds like Rush

[@williamhalpin6713]

I had a blood clot in my right lung pulmonary embolism Aug 2019 and survived thank God. But will always be Dan Blocker God rest your soul ❤. You left a good mark on this world

[@jeffmcduffie2298]

I loved the character he played in Bonanza. It's sad we lost him so soon.

[@lyndafaye6748]

I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight..Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ? Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@jamesfair4315]

I remember the show after Dan died and how I cried. He was such a likeable character.

[@buttyscott1]

He had a Masters degree , a very intelligent man ..this interview shows how

[@Global_just]

That’s right sounds intelligent

[@psychozebra8802]

He was 100 percent wrong. China has become our downfall. Look at a national debt chart from 1970 on.

[@kellyfoster7054]

@@Global_just voicing what he thinks is right , same as you or me

[@CHEECHMUN]

@@psychozebra8802 Lots of people get it wrong. But this administration is diving into the demise that will kill US

[@psychozebra8802]

@@CHEECHMUN No shit, really? It's all by design. Two wings of the same bird. Everything is going according to the plan. Evil people rule over us.

[@yhideit4427]

As a kid ..that show had such an impact on me. May all those that have passed R.I.P.

[@tekay44]

This made me smile, thank you. the good old days, when everyone in my life was still alive. lol. good memories.

[@Sandra-cm1du]

I met Dan Blocker when he was filming a Chevy truck commercial to be aired on Bonaza at a horse farm. He was the nicest man. Very down to earth and funny too. A gentle giant.

[@rickkinki4624]

I remember when Dan Blocker passed away, and how shocked I was. Hoss was by far my favorite character on my favorite show, Bonanza.

[@josemelendez8549]

Wow good old boy Hoss. I remember anxiously waiting to get home from church on the Sunday evening just to watch Bonanza

[@Joesfosterdogs]

What a voice! Brings joy to my life...love DB

[@Michaelbos]

I wish this interview went on for hours.

[@williamschlumpf1025]

After I heard Dan Blocker had died I was never the same. He was Bonanza

[@davidhunt8456]

@Fred Forbes no he died in a hospital.

[@markberryhill2715]

Ditto.

[@donnaarmstrong9029]

you are so right.

[@toledojeeper2932]

@Fred Forbes ...I thought there was 1 or 2 seasons without him .

[@toledojeeper2932]

@Fred Forbes ...lol...i hated Oliver

[@lendrury2771]

A gentle giant . Super strong man with a heart of gold Taken from this world way too soon

[@lloydkline6946]

Banana was a legendary great tv show hoss left killed the bananza

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@lloydkline6946 I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@bluemoon2934]

He was a smart man ahead of his times.

[@urgdaddy]

He is the main character I loved to see on Bonanza. The Big guy who made it right. You're loved and from the town of ODonnell, Tx. and your birth place of DeKalb, Tx. RIP Hoss!

[@karampa]

The quesion about being superstisious going into the 13th season of Bonanza is very eerie. It was his last season with the show. He died quite young, on May 13, 1972. Rest in peace big guy...

[@ronniebishop2496]

I thought about that too. 13th day 13th year.

[@Victoria-ns2vi]

I know, it gave me chills, Bonanza couldn't make it without Dan

[@GA-1st]

Great that this was posted. There was obviously a lot more to Dan Blocker than just Hoss. He died a very young man. R.I.P.

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

RIP Dan! Nice nice guy!

[@imskeptic1]

Way smarter than a lot of people would have thought. Sad to lose such a fine person too early. Sometimes life isn't fair.

[@ellez2115]

Most of the time.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@ellez2115 I saw "Mommie Dearest" in a movie theater. Mommie, older and taller than Christina, won a swimming race, and Christina bleated "That's not fair!" Mommie replied, "Nobody ever said life is fair." Many in the audience burst out laughing.

[@douglasthompson9482]

I loved Dan...he was a great man and actor. So sad to lose him early.

[@zefrem1]

Only had 12 months to live when this was filmed

[@HenriqueAndradeNogueira]

My God! It's very sad!

[@romcelreath]

David Blocker (Dan's oldest son) said in an interview that Michael Landon was overwhelmed with grief when Dan died. He said each year on the anniversary of his dad's death (May 13) Michael Landon would travel alone to Dan's burial site at Woodmen Cemetery in DeKalb, Texas to leave flowers and say a prayer over Dan's grave. I believe I read that Landon's daughter, Leslie, still makes a trip each year to Dan's grave site to leave flowers.

[@CHEECHMUN]

Gee, may they both ride together now.

[@margomazzeo1680]

@@CHEECHMUN Yes..

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

Yes I hope they all are resting in peace 🙏❤️💔

[@JRobbySh]

Deeply moving. The affection between the characters, which was so apparent, was far deeper than we knew.

[@lyndafaye6748]

Have you seen the comment above BY LYNN WOOD ? Like to see a BOOK about this man from some who personally knew him; or at least a well-assembled video ....A VIDEO of some public domain footage connected with DAN BLOCKER'S MILITARY EXPERIENCE ? GREAT INTERVIEW; Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " working full time to support a family AND working on a degree at UCLA , .....WHILE trying to enter the acting field, is allot of stress on allot of aspiring actors too; RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@Midnight-rj4ed]

Oh my goodness. Great to run across this in 2022. Im 66 and when a little girl so long ago, I just adored this man Haus on the ranch! Lol the internet is like time traveling.

[@timcarr6401]

I don't remember having seen an interview with Dan. He was so intelligent. So articulate. Can you imagine? At the time of the interview he was speaking of China having 700 million people. Now it's more than twice that size.

[@ReggieCox]

Dan Blocker was the most educated of all the cast. He had a masters in Fine Arts.

[@cjcj6945]

@@ReggieCox he was also a teacher, before becoming an actor!👍

[@danpatch4751]

Yeah, they do alot of something over there

[@cjcj6945]

@C J 👋🤠

[@torgman]

@@danpatch4751 Quite a lot.

[@deedeeannash]

His humour and intelligence were a joy to watch every single episode. I liked Hoss the best.

[@randyking3057]

Boy, he is very bright.

[@rayjr62]

He moved to Southern California to work on his PhD in English Literature at UCLA in the 1950s. To support himself and his family he took bit parts as an actor and his acting career took off.

[@joesmoke9624]

A gentle giant who kept Little Joe in place. GodBless them both.

[@edwardluth7740]

Better humble person than narcissistic Maurice Orawitz who was Michael Landon but His politics on China were wrong. We are paying dearly for this China junk today. Damn communists.

[@fastfootedone]

Landon was devastated by Blocker's death and interestingly always had a big loveable character beside him -- whether on LHOP or Highway.

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

Quite an intelligent man who didn't leave his time with his craft as an actor, and Mr. Blocker KNEW what he was talking about - A great actor, too!

[@rayjr62]

He moved to Southern California to work on his PhD in English Literature at UCLA in the 1950s. To support himself and his family he took bit parts as an actor and his acting career took off so he put his academic pursuits on the hold. In retrospect, It turned out to be a wise decision.

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

@@rayjr62 ​ Fascinating - Thank you for this information! I am awed by how many actors in decades past had another career, possibility that showed strength of character, intelligence, patriotism, and more. Many of today's actors - Legends in their own minds - are one-trick ponies who barely have high school educations, and liberal-to-socialists views. No doubt a HUGE factor that I watch considerably more movies and TV series from years past over the PC garbage of today! :-)

[@rayjr62]

@@usaveteran-retired6464 SMH...

[@davidlackey4873]

he was wrong, just ask taiwan

[@lyndafaye6748]

Thank you for your service btw: Have you seen the comment above BY LYNN WOOD ? Like to see a BOOK about this man from some who personally knew him; or at least a well-assembled video ....A VIDEO of some public domain footage connected with DAN BLOCKER'S MILITARY EXPERIENCE ? GREAT INTERVIEW; Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " working full time to support a family AND working on a degree at UCLA , .....WHILE trying to enter the acting field, is allot of stress on allot of aspiring actors too; RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@p.s.5563]

I was 15 when he died it was on my dads birthday. Our family always watched Bonanza Sunday nights. How we liked forward to it. My sister and I had our own horses ad always pretended we were on the Ponderosa when we went riding. Wonderful times. My mom s favorite character was Boss a gentle giant.

[@phippsb]

Not sure if it's been mentioned here, but I heard Dan Blocker had a photographic memory. They said he could look over a script one time and have all his lines memorized! Hoss was definitely the glue that held Bonanza together, and I still watch it daily all these years later

[@rayjr62]

He moved to Southern California to work on his PhD in English Literature at UCLA in the 1950s.

[@jtoo6060]

Dan and all the actors on the show were great. They worked well with each other

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@rayjr62 WOW, MR. PHIPPS! LOOK at Lynn Wood's comment, and see if you don't see a VIDEO the two of YOU could create and dedicate to DAN BLOCKER'S LEGACY ? I always loved this guy (that's Dan Blocker, not YOU, sorry!) and I type 100 wpm, so I can help; but you guys would have to EDIT the words; (no time to look back you see!)I'll paste this for you btw on Lynn Wood (wondered if that was a female Lynn or the famous attorney, Lynn Wood ? Well, as John Wayne used to say, "I got my copy paste and I'm a GUNNA USE IT !" One of the few things Google did right/ Microsoft, duh? Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prairie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@rayjr62 Now that I review my comment, I think I see a COLLABORATION of writers here or at least admieres of this man, who could and SHOULD put these facts all, perhaps, into a BOOK? If not a video... How does JTO 0 below KNOW "ALL THE ACTORS worked well with each other ? was he back stage for any of the filming ? Perhaps as in the Barbara Streisand sequel, they did not, and just came together during the readings and filming ? I'm asking him... but all three of your comments are really inspiring... (Yes and I used to live two blocks away from the UCLA Law library, ha )

[@beatlejim64]

Blocker passed away on May 13, 1972 at age 43. He died from a blood clot after gallbladder surgery.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Sad. And preventable in this era.

[@johnangelora4669]

When I was a child, I watched the show and Dan was my favorite actor. I was 5 years old when he died. A big loss for so many. God bless Dan.

[@vvvvvvvvv608]

Loved this guy, what a human being!

[@BarqB]

He bummed a beer off my dad at riverside raceway in 60's then turned around and asked for another. My dad always said he was a great guy and very cordial and wished he would have asked for his autograph

[@robertpattison7988]

Makes perfectly good sense. He reportedly bought a 1965 396 Chevelle SS.. great post btw!

[@YourFoodBank]

He backed into my cousin’s family car at a grocery store in Glendale around the time of this interview. They said there was a split second where almost decided to drive off

[@crikker9447]

I heard he was notorious for squeezing a dollar

[@lyndafaye6748]

@@YourFoodBank Remember though, fender benders were so overly indulged in big money by insurance companies; Most fender benders I'd heard of preferred to settle right there on the spot to avoid humungous stacks of paperwork just so insurance companies could RAISE YOUR PREMIUMS ? ? (Even some attorneys preferred those quick "settlement" processes ? Especially if they were busy with "much more IMPORTANT "cases ? Having driven those LA freeways while at CSUN, some of us even carried TOWELS and ICE in the trunks of our cars for the "many occasions." (Seriously-I logged my experiences too-Courts close down, she still has the accident paperwork hardcopies!)

[@lyndafaye6748]

Have you seen the comment above BY LYNN WOOD ? Like to see a BOOK about this man from some who personally knew him; or at least a well-assembled video ....A VIDEO of some public domain footage connected with DAN BLOCKER'S MILITARY EXPERIENCE ? GREAT INTERVIEW; Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " working full time to support a family AND working on a degree at UCLA , .....WHILE trying to enter the acting field, is allot of stress on allot of aspiring actors too; RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@JT-il3fe]

My favorite actor ever Dan Blocker. Wished they were all still here making more episodes.

[@jimmiejones7938]

Dan the man He was fine and decent human being

[@bonniepwtf]

So interesting! Loved this insight.

[@wrl4812]

What a great human being, he was a staunch civil rights supporter also 👍🙏

[@tealx2014]

Really????

[@rayjr62]

He was. Very progressive, in terms of his politics.

[@rayjr62]

@Skillz Sett Hardly.

[@tealx2014]

@Skillz Sett Really??? 😮😮😮

[@tealx2014]

@Skillz Sett 😭😭😭

[@SeventiesVet]

Being from rural Texas, sending his kids to Switzerland for broader education and culture was a wise decision. He had a lot of foresight in taking care of his family.

[@mariesatterly3924]

My favorite actor on Bonanza. He was Bonanza to me. He was an educated, loving father that really seemed to care about his fans. He was called home too soon and I for one feel blessed to see him still on Bonanza. RIP Eric “Hoss” Cartwright/ Dan Blocker🙏❤️

[@tremayne3]

Nice words.

[@lruss5050]

I loved him a lot! He always seemed like a genuinely nice person!❤️🇨🇦

[@rbsmith3365]

I have never seen this video. He was 42 and a year before his death.

[@Bond-ik1vn]

He was similar size and age to Elvis before he died.

[@richiegtt]

He played one of the most likable characters in tv history . Bonanza was the only western I watched regularly.

[@clarkgrayhame1250]

Dan Blocker was a true gentle man.

[@xtasktaste0]

How bright Dan was! Thanks for posting this gem.

[@itsrobloxcatie6163]

Always loved Dan " Hoss " Blocker , one of my all-time favorite actors and the show Bonanza was a favorite as well . R I P

[@jonkline709]

Grew up watching this show I’m mid 60s now. I always enjoyed watching him. Thank you for this video

[@JSB1882]

I'm amazed at the intellect of Dan Blocker.

[@rayjr62]

He moved to Southern California to work on his PhD in English Literature at UCLA in the 1950s. To support himself and his family he took bit parts as an actor and his acting career took off.

[@margomazzeo1680]

@@rayjr62 Wow..so cool!!

[@charlesdesmond6510]

Not just a pretty face

[@rayjr62]

@@charlesdesmond6510 And more brains before breakfast than most people have all fucking day.

[@cherie623]

I named a boxer, Hoss🙂 I always loved Dan Blocker

[@LaptopLarry330]

Thank you for sharing this VERY RARE interview footage with Dan Blocker here on KZbin. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[@tray488]

Yes

[@jerrymoore838]

Dan Blocker and Alan Hale Jr., two of my favorites

[@dazza2024]

Wow takes you back a few years, the best years of TV even here Oz, a gentle giant of a great man we were lucky to have seen him on the big screen Thank-you. for sharing.

[@anthonyangeli256]

Dan seemed like such a nice man from all I've read about him. & Bonanza made him a well deserved rich man. RIP Dan. You left the room way too soon.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

One of the most beloved Actors ever was our Hoss! !!

[@leroycaudill96]

When Dan Blocker passed I quit watching Bonanza I was a huge fan of his. RIP Dan.

[@stevemaher7481]

The interviewer is lovely. Reminds me of Sandy Duncan.

[@74Spirit1]

She was a Fort Worth legend.

[@JoseVargas-yr6om]

What an incredible site to see this interview. Feels like it was just recent. Never will there ever be another cast of Bonanza. RIP to all. Love all especially Hoss.

[@uliuli201]

The absolute BEST 2 episodes...With Walter. Golden. Walter and Hoss are my mental medicine. 😎👍

[@kevinallen6197]

My friend met Mr. Blocker. He had a boat and used to visit Catalina Island. His dad knew Dan. He told me how cool he was. RIP

[@trailersfromhell2539]

Interesting that he sort of acknowledged that the show, going into it's 13th season, only had maybe a couple of more seasons left. At the time Bonanza's ratings were in steep decline. I also only recently discovered that he was the highest educated of the main cast.

[@davidlackey4873]

he was wrong, china owns us now

[@usncorpsman7966]

Bonanza was the first show that we seen in color! We were amazed at the outdoor shots. TY Dan🙏🙏

[@roberttompkins6489]

I can remember as a teenager the shock of his early death with a show so successful still going strong-it still hurts today after all these years.

[@pyrojojo952]

Love Dan Blocker! Thanks for all your great work and entertainment on film.

[@usatrooper5045]

God bless you Dan Blocker and the cast of Bonanza, RIP.

[@sawannajohnson5827]

I still watch bonanza everyday. Started watching in the 60's with my grandmother.

[@raulsantiago5042]

RIP. Dan Dlocker

[@whisperinrod56]

Blocker

[@sarinaedwards6705]

Awwww I really enjoyed you and watching bonanza

[@suegermaine5730]

Gosh this is the only interview I have seen of Mr Blocker he was such an incredible actor. I know he appeared on talk shows but there are none on You Tube. I grew up in the UK with Bonanza but only up to 1970 as I then left home to do my registered nurse training so did not see the last few seasons. Since we have been in total lockdown I have been catching up rewatching all the episodes again and it reminded me of very happy days of my youth. So whoever posted this thank you.

[@markberryhill2715]

Same here. One of my childhood hero's.

[@robertj.1106]

Mr. Blocker was my favorite character on Bonanza. He appears to be a very pleasant man.

[@GeriatricGuitarGuy]

The 13th season would indeed be the darkest for the Cartwrights. Miss you Hoss.

[@elvicare35]

I WOULD click the 13th LIKE!!!!!

[@rodfritz1683]

Me and my brother use to work for Dan when we were kids! He owned 2 restaurants in the SFV in Cali! Very nice man

[@johnr8309]

Dan Blocker in real life was a lot smarter than Hoss Cartwright in Bonanza.

[@terrykelly6113]

I would hope so. Hoss was my favorite growing up.

[@sunnybizz4857]

He was from Texas after all.

[@kevinpyne5808]

Yes. My very first thought.

[@allanwilkerson6426]

@ John R. Dan Blocker was the only one of the four main stars of Bonanza to have graduated from college with a degree. He was a teacher before becoming a TV and movie star. Yes...he was a very smart and educated man.

[@stevenstadel8823]

He was far smarter then most in Bonanza.

[@adonikam1]

Extreme INTELLIGENCE! Excellent person I'm sorry he is gone. Especially for such a short life. I was seven when this video was recorded. God bless him.

[@lynnwood7205]

Amazing. He served in the Korean War, had to lug the base for a fifty caliber, earned the Combat Infantry Badge and a Purple Heart. I did not realize he was three weeks younger than my father, also a veteran of Korea. RIP all.

[@lyndafaye6748]

LYNN maybe YOU should make a video ALL ABOUT your knowledge of this above. WAR is on peoples' mindS lately you know ? Course some wars are just MASSACURES created by master egotistical narcissists? TRY IT the "footage is Public Domaine" too . Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prarie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often? For Lynn Wood: 805-616-7394

[@lyndafaye6748]

WOW, MR. PHIPPS! LOOK at Lynn Wood's comment, and see if you don't see a VIDEO the two of YOU could create and dedicate to DAN BLOCKER'S LEGACY ? I always loved this guy (that's Dan Blocker, not YOU, sorry!) and I type 100 wpm, so I can help; but you guys would have to EDIT the words; (no time to look back you see!)I'll paste this for you btw on Lynn Wood (wondered if that was a female Lynn or the famous attorney, Lynn Wood ? Well, as John Wayne used to say, "I got my copy paste and I'm a GUNNA USE IT !" One of the few things Google did right/ Microsoft, duh? Seems to me it's the ARROGANT HOSTS that elicit the inarticulate appropriateness of "today's" interview shows. They're moreover about the hosts needing a screen test sample to show , than the actors they're interviewing ? I think he had "allot more under his belt" w/ more cleverness "up his sleeve" than he had time to express ? such as Michael Landon "was" or "became" the Little House on the Prairie?" DAN WAS the "gentle heart character " that WAS " Bonanza." I used to love to make up titles back then (and still , ha) and thought a whole show should have been devoted TO Dan Blocker, and title it " Gentle Heart?" Gee , maybe I'll copyright that tonight.(.Sounds like 'a song comin' ON" HERE yes ?) Well, said, and this in regard to an actor whose private life wasn't displayed as so many video-makers do today to their actors. (Think I have a list of those inaccuracies somewhere by now!). TEXAN, huh? Bet he'd have allot to say TODAY about China, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, Putin and the Fake Administration of Gangsters flopping around pretending they know anything about helping THEIR OWN PEOPLE ? What a great "character' he was-So now we see he was " Two Great Characters! " yes? RIP Dan ! I was sort of hoping that a commenter who knew Mr. Blocker personally, would come here, and I could ask if they KNEW, if the music agent " Don" Blocker -was related to Dan? His office was two doors down from "Hank" Mancini's" and he represented Dolly back when songwriters had to play their songs live for agents. (Long story short --ANYONE ?) Thanks, " Beauty is as Beauty Does" the song I sang live for DON Blocker the day I accidentally walked into Hank's office by mistake! Praying for Afghanistan and the Ukraine" "God Gave Them One More Day" I Ain't no Middleman" FredGold& LyndaFaye "[e-mail]) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

[@jaybird7534]

Dan Blocker, a real cultural teddy bear and my favorite Bonanza character. Speak softly and carry a big stick right Dan. RIP you big lovable Teddy you.

[@wilbertgreen6794]

He talked very well and he said the Destruction of them or the Destruction of us he understood what it was like to be a Human Being Rest in Peace Dan Blocker

[@ArtfulService]

Hugely intelligent and insightful man. My niece always took pride in knowing that she was born in the California hospital room in which he spent his last days. Very likable man.

[@pamelaking7283]

One of my all time favorites. ❤

[@ernestgamez9794]

I grew up Watching Bonanza in late 60's. Sadly Dan Blocker passed away in 1972. Great show, Loved the cast. I still watch the reruns every now and then..

[@lendrury2771]

Underrated actor known primarily for his great role in bonanza but dan is extremely cerebral and socially aware

[@lenarrowseller2419]

Well yeah, Dan had a Masters degree and was an educator for a time

[@lendrury2771]

@@lenarrowseller2419 i heard that he also played college football

[@daysyperez5103]

Sadly this 13 Bonanza's season was his last. We lost him so soon!!!

[@csrothlisberger852]

Was an interesting interview. He demonstrated that he was a highly educated person. He had his M.A. degree & dropped out of the Ph.D program to pursue acting. It would be interesting to speculate where he would have ended up if he had lived. He had been a teacher, was interested in politics, & was a good actor. Would he have gone back to teaching? Would he have entered politics like Ronald Reagan or Sonny Bono? Would he have continued acting? One can only wonder.

[@j.j.upright4010]

"One can only wonder" I believe was the last line spoken in the original Movie "The Time Machine" starring Rod Taylor!!

[@WHOMEWHOYOU]

Yes I was a kid when He died, well 17, that seems like a kid to me today, now we buy Refrigerators from "Them" & we better be good or "They" may just wipe "Us" out

[@markwest3485]

No Reagan No Bono, Dan was a Democrat.

[@lerakalrc2027]

Bom dia , não tem a tradução dessa entrevista???

[@j.j.upright4010]

@@markwest3485 He wouldn't have been a democrat today because the democrats have turned too far left as they want socialism!! Sorry but no can do!!

[@jaebeablessings1005]

My family's surname is Blocker & we live in Texas! Gotta be related! 💯😉

[@georgemaster689]

Dan Blocker was the big brother that I think that we would have loved to have in our families.Just my view.

[@Rollo-lq9jq]

I was devastated when he died, pretty much the only reason I watched Bonanza when I was a kid, he captivated me!!! GOD BLESS!!

[@williepower1716]

he was a legend rip Dan blocker from all here in Ireland

[@nancykurpaitis7928]

WAS FANTASTIC to hear Him speak as Himself!!!!! WHAT A KIND & INTELLIGENT MAN!!!!! Was Soooo SAD the day He Died. Still remember exactly where I was back then!!!!!