Bonanza - Gift of Water | Episode 87 | TV Western Series | Full Episode

[@trwent]

Notice how each Cartwright made a contribution to the task, which ultimately led to a successful outcome: Hoss with the Auger, Adam with the pipe, Joe with the mule, and Ben with the windmill. A great example of the value of cooperation and teamwork.

[@anacordoba5042]

Joe only said about the mule, he didn't also say about the crossbar

[@VondaBrewer]

Yep ....got that from the get go.....

[@3Ddude101]

Bonanza had the most heart warming stories of any TV westerns. Ben Cartwright had an incredible amount of kindness and compassion for his neighbors and fellow man. His patience and understanding were approaching godliness at times. He was always willing to share his fortune with those less fortunate.

[@youaresomeone3413]

To bad it's just a show and not real life

[@noahahlstrom3834]

lil kids love to help in real life

[@suegermaine5730]

Most neighbours don’t even know their other neighbours name most of the time.

[@linsqopiring6816]

@@youaresomeone3413 Yea the way the other ranchers acted is much closer to the truth.

[@williamlis7947]

In the movies anyway

[@joijaxx]

This is such a quiet, engrossing episode that builds in a unique and heartwarming way. Very, very special!

[@thegoodstuff863]

I’m 18 my grandfather showed this to my dad me and my dad watch it and I will watch this with my kids when I have some

[@SSKing-iy8kr]

They need to see Springtime, too.

[@A.l85]

A tradition that passes from generation to generation

[@robinsredbrest1991]

Nice tradition ❤

[@opryman1]

Sounds like your grandpa and your dad did a fine job raising their kids

[@CherylBlack-s4t]

It’s so good for you to see wholesome shows like this! God bless your sweet heart!❤

[@aldrinnmarvolamin1234]

Every episode touches my heart. Great stories. Bonanza teaches us a lot of family values. God bless Bonanza and the whole team.

[@bobpourri9647]

Star Trek's Scotty and Nurse Chapel go back in time to study ancient American West. Notice they did not "interfere".

[@scotthamp384]

I feel stupid. I forgot Marjel Barrett was Nurse Chapel

[@francisphillips53]

That's the prime directive at work.

[@chrismc410]

@@scotthamp384 didn't pick up the face at first but definitely her voice

[@scotthamp384]

@@chrismc410 I'm not used to Chapel

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Bobpourri. Majel Barrett was also the computer voice in "Star Trek." She married Gene Roddenberry.

[@McIntyreBible]

This episode is a good example of what it means to help out your neighbor in need!

[@SunRabbit]

My favourite supporting character is definitely Sherriff Roy Coffee because he never gets swayed by the crowds and always goes by the book. He's always steadfast in his ways, and carefully balances his roles as sherrif, father, citizen, and friend.

[@patbiggam8138]

Ingenuity, faith, working hard together, and humour. Another great episode.

[@whumpcookies]

The Hoss dropping little joe is definitely the humour 😂

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Later on, both Majel Barrett and James Doohan beamed up to the Enterprise.

[@sandramara4394]

@@murphynapoleon ELE está certo.O James apareceu na cena em que ele estava junto com duas mulheres, em cima de uma CARROÇA.

[@patriciovalenzuela6119]

It’s one of those movies you don’t want it to finish, and you go to bed with a nice warm feeling in your heart!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

🤠👌🎬🍿

[@sheiladavis6523]

Patricia Valenzuela Hello 👋 Bonanza was not a movie 🎥 it was a 📺 show 🙂 June 17,2021

[@cherylcummins5209]

Watch little house on the prairie, the best!

[@natvan29]

This is not a movie it's a tv show

[@violetagarland7841]

Very great episode.I love all the Cartwrigths.Ben and the Boys have very good moral values.the love and kindness toward each other, their great respect for their father and neighbors.love this show.thank you for uploading.

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

I'm glad at the end they realized Linda's pinwheel was Ben's inspiration

[@johnhenryholiday3845]

As a man that lives in the Rocky Mountains of Montana I completely understand this episode

[@bethanycampione3558]

I love the opening scene when they're almost out of water but still offer some of what they have left to Hoss and his horse cause that's just how people were back then. Contracts were made on a handshake and a stranger in need was never turned away

[@AndrewVelonis]

The "way people were back then" also includes those who would shoot desperate people who were only trying to find a way to survive.

[@bethanycampione3558]

@@AndrewVelonis You're real fun at parties, aren'tcha? 🙄

[@GojiraSC]

@@bethanycampione3558 i mean he's not entirely wrong

[@maychua3465]

I ❤this episode...thank you for sharing. I knew it was just a story but I didnt know why I was also 😀 when I saw water coming out.

[@andreadesalvo3000]

So do I!! You know not too long ago " gunsmoke " tv show was also uploaded maybe the rights to the series ran out! Anyway enjoy this series always loved " bonanza " especially the ones with " Adam Cartwright "!!!

[@christopherpeterson5509]

0,

[@retiredusvet4396]

Star Trek well represented in this great Episode: James Doohan (Scotty) and Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel).

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Majel Barrett was also the computer voice in "Star Trek" and she was married to Gene Roddenberry.

[@tomswinburn1778]

I wonder how many different episodes of how many different series Royal Dano appeared in. Never a leading man, he got as much screen time as some of the giants of the industry. And though he generally played the meek as the milquetoast character he also occasionally played the heavy. He was equally good at either. Too bad series like this are ancient history, never to be made again. "Modern" TV leaves me cold for the most part. What today compares?

[@dennishardy3869]

Wow another absolute stellar episode of Bonanza. This one really touches the heart & soul. It's almost Iike that old saying. the Lord helps those who help themselves. And putting your Trust and faith in God and our Lord Jesus. When television shows were just so great to watch.

[@dianeblack8849]

yep

[@williamhaynes4800]

My favorite western, my favorite episode.

[@Suzyfromtheblock]

Amen❣️🙏❤️

[@reidhirsh3338]

A TV show reflects the generation it was made and produced in. While episodes like this are great and touching one mustn't forget that some of the earliest shows were still made when society was at its lowest with racism and discrimination and has made a comeback in the present. While this show was a great classic, with a talented cast, great but sometimes incomplete stories, interesting characters, and life lessons we can relate to....we mustn't forget that it was made during a time when man was dehumanizing his fellow man. Something we must still fight and defeat in the present.

[@dennishardy3869]

@@reidhirsh3338 Yes Mr. Hirsh. I very much understand your point. I don't think alot of us will ever forget the dehumanizing of other races. I'm all too familiar with alot of that which happened even before my time. I've seen alot of movies which showed me the ugliness that took place. It was really sad of what happened to alot of blacks, Mexicans alike. I am even ashamed of alot of my white ancestors. And watching and enjoying shows like Bonanza episodes doesn't mean I forget. Hoss on Bonanza was very much against racism. As alot of us are. I am no racist. We're all children of our most high preacher God. And that's the way I feel.

[@MXB2001]

Yet another episode where future Star Trek players appear together. This is the first one where two regulars appear!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

That's right. James Doohan played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott who was the engineer and Majel Barrett played the nurse at first and then she was the computer voice.

[@AndrewVelonis]

I recognized James Doohan right away, I didn't know it was Majel Barrett until the closing credits.

[@peanut1001x]

Majel Barrett was Roddenberrys wife

[@soniabergeron8711]

Love watching these shows with my Dad, unfortunate he's passed but I still watch these in honor of him.

[@anandiyer9322]

This episode is relevant even today

[@huguettecolflesh5565]

I LOVE Bonanza I've been watching evercinse I was a little girl in France.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Now you can conveniently watch them wherever you want! 🤠✌📺🍿

[@thomascooper5668]

Very interesting western well done Cartwright family and the farmer

[@whumpcookies]

23:35 hearing Joe yelp as Hoss drops him hilarious and cute 😂 Lindy ganther was played by Pam Smith she stared Ieave it to beaver a film called misty, I can't find if she's still alive though 🤔

[@SAGHAJAR]

I specially loved this episode for appearances of James Doohan “Scotty“ Chief engineer in Star Trek and Royal Dano the farmer who was looking for underground water by making an Artesian Well, interestingly he played in The Rifleman looking for underground water through Water Dowsing by a forked shape stick of a Willow tree has anyone seen that episode “A matter of Faith” ? him being the Co-Star as a rain maker !?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I recognized James Doohan from Star Trek too.

[@dawnwatkins6554]

I love this episode, and am watching it for the second time in a week. I love how each member of the Cartright family came up with a different solution into finding the water.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

❤️🎬

[@linsqopiring6816]

Technically it would be more accurate to say they each came up with a part of the overall solution.

[@lizabethgarrett8251]

My favorite part is when the water came gushing out. : )

[@bobpourri9647]

Prop crew had a blast with this one!

[@erinbaer5118]

Maybe not the quote-unquote best episode, but by far my favorite 😊Everything that endeared me to Bonanza shines in this episode. Love how it highlights the strengths of each of the Ponderosa boys: Hoss's bighearted idealism, Adam's observant and tactical brilliance, Joe's playful creativity, Ben's fierce moral fiber. At the end of the day, this episode (like the series as a whole) is about a family who loves each other, supports each other, works hard together, plays together, and ultimately does what's right together.

[@mariyahisrael5508]

Very well said!

[@whigboy9]

I wonder who runs the Ponderosa when the family is off saving the world ha

[@patriciovalenzuela6119]

that would be hopsing

[@timothyball7502]

Remember that Benjamin did hire many men to help deal with the property. They stay while the four Cartwrights do good. 12-8-2021

[@jamiefeltner6398]

the incomparable Hop-sing!!

[@missshaukat5559]

They had a big staff whom they occasionally showed

[@jimmyrick2844]

Watching this episode for the umpteenth time.

[@dianeblack8849]

that was an absolutely wonderful episode..

[@aldrinnmarvolamin1234]

Thankyou America for giving us the Old Wild West. I'm still delirious.

[@royholley6856]

Wouldn't it be beneficial to all if Bonanza and all there episodes were reproduced for the generations of today to enjoy ! Of course the actors of the Cartwright's would have to play the exact mannerisms, characters, morals, empathy, wisdom, fairness, and strength of the original characters ! Loved every character , named my son Adam , Adam Cartwright was the mysterious brother, a thinker, always six moves ahead of the others on a chess board ( so to speak ) and had a faster draw than his little brother Joe LOL, that was never gonna be proven LOL ! Yeah , loved Bonanza, father and sons ! Showing how to behave and do things the morally right way .

[@AndrewVelonis]

No need to reproduce them, they're right here. I just watched one.

[@charlesvan13]

Why don't they use carts to haul tanks of water from the nearby freshwater lakes? Not enough to water crops but it would keep livestock alive.

[@arlineabdalian8974]

Excellent episode. Everyone was stellar. Scripting first-rate. Many thanks!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thanks for watching, happy you enjoyed it.

[@williamhaynes4800]

I am surprised Little Joe kept his temper. Smart asses threatening a Cartwright on the Ponderosa would have been cruising for a bruising.

[@scotthamp384]

He did have help from Hoss

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@scotthamp384 And Adam.

[@Jeremy-rp6xq]

Virginia City citizens get on my nerves smh always going to the Cartwrights for help,but turn there backs on the Cartwrights in a minute just like people are to this day lol love bonanza

[@robertbisbal6252]

Amazing to see another actor in the form of James Doohan who would go on to play Scotty on Star Trek make an appearance on Bonanza alongside DeForest Kelly(Bones)in the Honor of Cochise episode and Leonard Nimoy(Spock) in the Ape episode .

[@stevenkovacs2766]

Great episode. Royal Dano as the farmer makes this episode imo. this had me looking for other movies/shows with him in it.

[@mungfam]

It was an absolute 🎉 pleasure 🎉 to see a bit of Majel Barrett in this episode. I am a big fan of her. Most of you are probably fans too. She is part and parcel to one of the most recognizable and highest-grossing media franchises of all time. She is considered the First Lady of it…, did all the computer voices till 2009…,it might help to know her married name or one of her many series roles. Majel Barrett-Rodenberry or Lwaxana Troi. 😅

[@terribarrett9381]

I absolutely love all the old Bonanzas. Can you also upload Gunsmoke???

[@jimmyrick2844]

Besides the saddle stiff, this is one of my favorite episodes.

[@hiramortiz8510]

This show takes me back home I used to watch it with my grandfather may he rest in peace

[@cheryldahl9192]

Two star trek actors! Cool

[@hemrajmishra1396]

First movie i saw not a single bullet fired.

[@scotthamp384]

@hemraj mishra there are a number of episodes where nobody fires a gun

[@multirichardb]

Absolute stellar episode a little faith, belief, and hard work, the lesson here is never giving up, the vacuum will answer itself. It's physics in other words E=MC 2 rd, emotions are equal to mass, mass is emotional content which equals effect is equal to cause, the cause is the vacuum of needing what's always substance which in this case is water. I've always love sitcoms like Bonanza, and other great sitcoms, Big Valley, Wagon Train, Rifle Man, Gunsmoke, and the like. Thank you to this channel.

[@alfaman4113]

Artesian bore. 1/2 of Australia has an artisan basin were sandstone below the surface acts like a sponge to all the water that flows down the western side of the great dividing range.

[@METALLICARULES11]

Joe getting owned from 25:02 on is one of the funniest moments in the show.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

Am I the only one that's catching some "That's what she said" moments in this show?

[@edoedo8686]

And now the West Coast USA is going through one of the worst droughts ever. Good episode, with some ideas to think about.

[@emmashaw7132]

I love seeing the brothers interact with Lindy, it's super sweet 🥰🥰

[@CathyKitson]

She had one big crush on Little Joe! Following him around, annoying him, then pretending she didn't like him at all. But it was a huge dollop of puppy love!

[@rosered103]

@@murphynapoleon I love it when people come on and put the backstories in. Thanks!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@murphynapoleon Royal Dano also played a rejected preacher in an episode of "The Rifleman."

[@linsqopiring6816]

she was incredibly annoying

[@Ettibridget]

In my country Lindy is a boy's name.

[@tomcloss9764]

I think this was the same year Hoss started the first Bonanza steakhouse restaurant. Or maybe that was in 1963.😊.

[@jessicaeasley5828]

Is there a episode where hoss starts a restaurant

[@mr.ormrs.greene9737]

@Eivor Wolf-Kissed lmao

[@HGFP]

@@jessicaeasley5828 no but the actor Dan Blocker started a restaurant in 1965

[@kystars]

This was my FAVORITE episode of Bonanza! I loved it, and all the detail they did. So good

[@jonmunoz2772]

Little Joe met his match lol.

[@mjsolomon5427]

Majel Barrett and James Doohan pre Star Trek! Cool!

[@McIntyreBible]

9:01, Ben rejects Luther's proposition of assembling a vigilante.

[@59Alaskan]

Annnndd??

[@winonamassingill7895]

I knew a man who fell into a bin of grain seed. It was impossible for him to climb up and out of it and he died smothered in the grain seed. When they missed Bill, they emptied the grain bin and found his body. What a horrible way to die, knowing that they’re was no hope of his being rescued.

[@earthjin2000]

Treat all guns as if they are loaded or not....Adam looks down barrel of gun.....

[@rebeccamartin3744]

Nurse Chapel and Montgomery Scott before the Enterprise.

[@ppumpkin3282]

I wonder how those horses could travel all those distances without water.

[@sarinaedwards6705]

Wow loved this episode of bonanza

[@michaelmoslak2975]

They need to have that little girl walk in front of Hoss with a pie when he's pushing that auger! LOL

[@McIntyreBible]

25:23, the girl drops the heavy tool on Little Joe's foot.

[@gazof-the-north1980]

What a heart warming episode!

[@TTundragrizzly]

My favorite episode

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thats awesome! 🤠👌🎬🍿

[@mohammadrezaghadirian4564]

nice..lovely story..thank you

[@NoName-zm1ks]

OK, Dr. McCoy & Scotty went back in time & visited the Ponderoza, but how about Sulu, Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Chekov?

[@cheryldahl9192]

You forgot about Christine Chapel/Nurse Christine (Majel Barrett). She was on this one as well as Scotty. I have not seen Dr. McCoy on this show, which episode is he on?

[@marianwalsh6297]

@@cheryldahl9192 he in story called the honour of concise espoide 69 a great espoide

[@cheryldahl9192]

@@marianwalsh6297 Thanks

[@dennishardy3869]

Spot was on the episode called The Ape.

[@dennishardy3869]

@@cheryldahl9192 I saw McCoy on the episode where he plays a soldier who killed an Indian claiming it was his orders. I don't remember the name of the episode. Unfortunately you just have to look for that. But it had to do with that showed Indians.

[@9johnpaul]

They said that horses wouldn't be able to walk the amount of time needed (round the clock),to get the water, but it only took 1:03. I think a horse could walk that long.

[@nancysherburne7445]

I sure got a jolt when watching the closing credits to Gift of Water. I recognized the actress playing Lindy as the actress who played Maureen Beebe in the movie Misty, and Royal Dano playing her father Jason. I saw him on The Big Valley in an episode called Hide the Children. What I, a big fan of Star Trek TOS, did not recognize were Majel Barrett, the actress who played Nurse Chapel, played Lindy's mother, or James (Scotty) Doohan, who played one of the cowboys. This is why I appreciate people like Grjngo who include them whereas too many others leave them out.

[@normbarrows]

Both Mr Scott and Nurse Chapel (Mrs Gene Roddenberry IRL) from Star Trek. Dr McCoy was in an earlier episode.

[@claudiaalvesdacosta3405]

Leonard Nimoy também no episodio The Ape.

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Wonderful, some people really hv faith in God ! 👏👏😍🥰😘👍👌👌⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@hannahcruz1440]

Yes indeed!

[@jrbleau]

For a smart guy, Adam doesn't know much about leverage.

[@GEEKICIDALTENDENCIES]

couple Star Trek alum. Cap'in there be water here! Nurse Chapelle/ STNG Enterprise computer voice

[@juliewebb620]

Yep, James Doohan in it too.

[@donhagerty5669]

It seemed like everyone had something to contribute towards this project,. The old man believing that there's water down there, Haas and his auger drilling down to where it is, Adam adding the piping to keep the sand from falling into the hole 🕳️, and Ben and pigtails got to use a windmill to pump the water out. A perfect example of how a small project can snowball into something larger, much larger 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

[@crispincain5373]

James Doohan, and Majel Barrett (Mrs. Gene Roddenberry), are both is this episode

[@9johnpaul]

Didn't know who Majel Barrett (Mrs. Gene Roddenberry) was. She wasn't bad at all on Star Trek.

[@mdonahue4683]

And Royal Dano. A fixture on the Westerns.

[@davidbaker7617]

Now I see where Hoss got the idea for Blocker Drilling

[@kathimcadams2654]

My favorite episode ever.

[@sanjaycobran8322]

Little Joe 😂😂😅😅and this little girl

[@charlesvan13]

There's so much wrong with that pump. You can't pull water up more than say 30 feet. Wells always have the pump at the bottom.

[@jrbleau]

I was looking for this comment. 32 feet is the theoretical maximum. At 30 feet, there'd hardly be any suction. I've been shopping around for hand pumps and they're rated 25 feet.

[@brucedavis3816]

Scotty

[@watchgoose]

SCOTTY!!!!!!!!!!! or his great great great great great great grandfather

[@mlbullbooks]

Loved this episode! Thanks for sharing!

[@cholakuany5989]

Great movies like this help us appreciate the past and its hardships. It's too bad some humans today have their hearts set on greed and hatred. Some say the World is civilized but I think we are thousands of years away from true civilization. Civilized Humans do not hurt or hate each other based on whatever scale we measure or judge each other.

[@weirdorwhat7294]

I'll tell ya what there's been very few men in this life like Ben now I know it's just a made up tv show but there has been a few good men in this life like Ben "very few" unfortunately only because humans just do not for the most part get along that's just the plain truth but the few good men who's offered and helped others out not to just make themselves look good but truly from the heart is how I wish everyone was. Sure would be a life worth living because the times were in and have been in for the past 25 30 years now has been down right miserable.

[@vickiwalters6924]

This was one of the great one's

[@rjwalker4153]

In those days neighbors depended on each other. Wish I had that farmers optimism. He just wouldn't quit. When you don't give up, and keep trying even after repeated failure, sometimes you do find a way. There's an old saying "where there's a will there's a way". Lot of truth in it.

[@tomswinburn1778]

Perseverance frequently wins out over optimism. Combine them and you have a winner.

[@ameliagibbs354]

You have the Best Videos, Thank You.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thank you 😃

[@kennethsmith8968]

u can buy the dvd and have them yourself like i do.all it cost is money,lol.

[@jadezee6316]

guy pushing that well with cracked ribs? lol..i dooooooont think so.....just fell on my ribs once... the pain was the worst i have ever felt....and slept in a chair for 2 months...because i couldnt lay down...the pain so extreme

[@jrbleau]

I've had broken ribs twice. Yawning was an ordeal.

[@dalepartap120]

in my opinion...hoss was the bonanza all this time

[@scotthamp384]

That is the reason why the show only ran for one more season after Dan Blocker had passed away

[@yeguenianantranik4003]

UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME EPISODE. THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT WITH EVERY EPISODE WE LEARN A NEW LESSON IN LIFE THAT IS NEVER THAUGHT AT SCHOOL. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Captain I'm pushing it as hard as I can the wagons dilithium crystals might explode!

[@LAEDADMEDIA12]

Gracias por permitirnos mirar Bonanza

[@innervisionjj]

this is what humans do when they come together

[@alexaallison1448]

As actors they really portrayed genuine smiles and a "thank you Heavenly Father" face when that water started pumping clean clear water. Makes you realize how many folks lived this in their real lives not as actors but genuinely desperate and welling for water. Love the dedication and passion here

[@ronleddy5131]

Got to wondering if working on Bonanza was a prerequisite to Star Trek lol. So many great actors!

[@danwat1234]

Wow, Majel Barrett in this one!

[@42lookc]

How incredible that would have seemed to a real settler.

[@williegordon9236]

Actually it was Ben's idea when he saw the girl blowing on her pinwheel.