Bonanza - The Flapjack Contest | Episode 183 | Wild West | Classic Cowboy | TV Series

Classic Western Series from 1965 starring Pernell Roberts: Bonanza - Episode 183 - The Flapjack Contest - Intending to confront the card-shark who he believes bushwhacked and robbed him, Little Joe instead decides to get his money back by betting the shady gambler that big brother Hoss will win the Founders' Day flapjack eating contest against champion Big Ed Simpson.
The Flapjack Contest
Director: William F. Claxton
Writers: Frank Cleaver (teleplay), Tom Davison (story)
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 January 1965 USA
Filming Locations: Stage 17, Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Intending to confront the card-shark who he believes bushwhacked and robbed him, Little Joe instead decides to get his money back by betting the shady gambler that big brother Hoss will win the Founders' Day flapjack eating contest against champion Big Ed Simpson. But Hoss isn't sure that winning the five hundred dollar first prize is worth suffering through his little brother's training program, especially when it includes meals consisting of only carrots, apples and water...and no beer! Written by shepherd1138 on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"Little Joe is in big trouble. He gambles his money away, he loses something that belongs to Adam, he breaks a window in his own bedroom and then puts Hoss into a contest!! In a rip roaring comedy that the Bonanza series was always capable of, I enjoyed every single scene in this movie! For one episode, gone are the heavy melodramatic writing, serious plot lines and sad outcomes! Hoss and Little Joe do some great comedic acting in this one. Made in 1965, it is still timeless and has every element of enjoyment that the Bonanza series thrilled us with for so many years. This actually comes close to "Hoss and the Leprechauns" show in laughter and good fun." Written by JDouglasJ_1 on IMDb.com
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[@Sheskis]

When 2022 gets to be too much I escape to these beloved 60’s shows, things were so much simpler then. It’s like balm for my weary soul.

[@jessecuevas4669]

Love your comment bro. Spot on

[@buckbuchanan4902]

Yessir, Bonanza is the perfect hideaway from all the ruccus!

[@veritas2145]

What's going on in 2022?

[@sandib4234]

👍❤️

[@judyives1832]

Things weren’t simpler then, they just weren’t talked about.

[@11leidenrd]

What made the comedy episodes of Bonanza so great was the chemistry and acting of Michael Landon and Dan Blocker. They were just fabulous together. Chemistry can't be taught and these two had it.

[@buckbuchanan4902]

Like Laurel and Hardy!

[@gloriagarcia4351]

That's true,

[@user-vv3po2wk2b]

this is my favorite.

[@abbyolson5789]

Those two are HILARIOUS!!!!

[@loreebrew38]

Hoss is my favorite, so loyal, kind and hardworking, but gulable. I love the funny episodes.

[@adelarsen9776]

Learned to spell gullible yet ?

[@tomascharles5080]

I'll never get enough of bonanza so many great episodes.

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I am watching Bonanza as an escape. Also I think I was born 100 Years too

[@robbyhayden8266]

@@momijiyamanishi4548 Hoss is the Best!

[@gloriagarcia4351]

So w/ me.

[@siriuzbiz]

​@@momijiyamanishi4548 it's all the nostalgia for me of when times on this earth made sense,

[@dakotahstr]

What great entertainment we had back then . After Sunday dinner we watched The Wonderful World of Disney ,Ed Sullivan and Bonanza as a family.

[@dorismcdowell6574]

My family did those and Mutual of Omaha' s Wild Kingdom every Sunday

[@billh.8515]

@@dorismcdowell6574 Oh yes that's right. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. I loved watching that show on Sunday evenings!

[@rosered103]

@@dorismcdowell6574 I had forgotten about Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom until you mentioned it!

[@lizevans4010]

Yes, and the 20 mule team, Sunday matenae. Love those days.

[@davestelling]

Yessir, my brother and I had our baths and in our P.J.s and were ready for Walt Disney at 7:00 every Sunday night. Then, our folks would watch Bonanza after we were in bed - no fair!

[@multirichardb]

Yes, the love and humor of a tight knit family, this is the perfect example.

[@chrissystreva9442]

I remember watching this episode with my dad when he was living. I can still hear him laughing. 😁❤😇

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thats awesome! 🤠👌🎬🍿

[@SweetestTabu]

Whhhhhoooo child I can remember my dad and I as well My God how I miss him!!!

[@scorchogrey2385]

This is awesome. Ya know, I recall an episode I watched with my grandpa but I only remember mainly the bar scene at the end. I remember where we were both sitting out old family home. Guess I’ll have to watch some until I find it. 😊

[@paulharbin7580]

@@GrjngoWesternSeries )))))))))))))))))))))

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I miss my dad as well. My dad was wonderful. I'll bet yours was as well.

[@philliskirby1876]

I GREW UP WATCHING BONANZA AND BIG VALLEY BUT BONANZA HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE TV WESTERN IM 55 AND RIGHT NOW IM STILL ENJOYING THE CARTWRIGHTS IM ENJOYING THESE EPISODES NOW ALL WERK LONG TY I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING THESE TWO LITTLE JOE AND HOSS ARE HILARIOUS 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😂😂😂

[@audreyjackson6057]

I look forward to watching any episode of Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Rifle Man😀😀😀This is Real entertainment STILL today as in back in the day ❗👍❤️💐🌻🙉

[@joanneesposito3295]

Little Joe always seems to find a way to talk Hoss into entering contests and the result is usually very funny.😂

[@ceciliahink6611]

MY SISTER WAS CRAZY ABOUT HOSS AND I WAS MADLY IN LOVE WITH LITTLE JOE.THEY WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR YOUTH.THANKYOU FOR BRINGING THEM BACK TO US.

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I am nuts about Adam.

[@gloriagarcia4351]

@@momijiyamanishi4548 I am nuts for the 4 of them.

[@jimerrigo7142]

hoss's son was an actor in Brooklyn Nine, Hoss had 4 kids 2 twin girls and 2 boys, fought in the Korean War and had a Purple heart

[@jeffdelaney8934]

My aunt and uncle had a colour TV and Bonanza was the first show I saw in colour on a Sunday night. Bonanza was huge in Canada, partly because of Lorne Greene.

[@allenwatkins4972]

It was huge here too...as long as Hoss was in it.

[@earnold1896]

Lorne Greene was great and good looking.

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

He was a gem.

[@debihester7284]

@@earnold1896 I don’t think he was very good looking

[@valmor1073]

Loved this series as a kid and still do.Old enough to remember these episodes when they originally aired so long ago.

[@wethepeople925]

Hoss is so adorable creepin around in his nightgown ❤

[@childoftheking8772]

I come from the old school and I love to watch all the shows

[@deannaedmondson1963]

I love Bonanza Hoss and Joe worked so well together. Funny funny 😅😂

[@iamwahyusetiyo]

31:25 Hoss' facial expression is PRICELESS ☺️❤️

[@maritzaagosto1793]

I'll say .

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

Haas was never my favorite but now he is.

[@ghostl1124]

Did he ever guest star on Hee Haw ?

[@matthewbrice6202]

Except his name is Hoss!!✌️

[@victoriaferrarini1781]

Hoss and Little Joe are hilarious together! Little Joe is always scheming and big brother Haas always seems to fall right into it. He such a sweet teddy bear!

[@toonrog9957]

Big brother haas???....whoze is dat?...heheheh....but yea they do have the actors chemsitry , so it's too bad the two actors did not make movies from a foriegn distrobutor for the usa audiences to watch....see nbc network would possiblibly not let them out of a contract to do a usa made movie...but a comedic movies filled with explosives made in some foriegn country, would be done and the two actors of mike landon and dan blocker would have cleaned up offa the profits from perhaps two movies made in the off season between each year of mar-mid july...from the years of 1962-1970....donja agree????...IMHO...just sayin'

[@TruthWillFreeYou]

@@toonrog9957 It's never too late to go back to school.

[@maritzaagosto1793]

Little Joe is the slick devil alright .

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

As a child that I was, I never liked hooss now I think he is the very best he is the gem.

[@dannyward9766]

I love this show! Best Western of all time and top 20 TV show of all time. Some episodes are serious with life lessons, while others are comical!

[@lauracrowson2575]

I like little Joe in this episode this is the funny side of him. And Hoss is the best.

[@madelineray9480]

Little Joe you little devil! Poor Hoss starving to death for nothing. I had such fun watching this episode. Thank you so much.

[@11leidenrd]

I always have a hard time picking my favorite comedic episode of Bonanza. The flapjack contest is definitely one of them perhaps only eclipsed by Old Sheba. And these were both in the 6th season fairly close together. 2 incredible acting talents separately but when together Michael and Dan were unbelievably funny. Chemistry is what it's all about

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I just started binging on Bonanza in the last five weeks. That would be as nsgate. My very favorite is the ballerina, which others have found their least favorite. But Barry is a real dancer with Fred Astaire. What a beautiful and generating episode

[@TheMormonSorceress]

I like the three brides for Hoss episode.

[@adamfox9245]

Joe Cartwright Detective

[@leehawkins5795]

Hoss and the Leprechauns is my favorite.......hilarious .......I still laugh watching it

[@Nanee907]

@@leehawkins5795 "yooooowhooooo pa sent me to bring you home for supper" 🤣🤣

[@CHT420]

Sunday nights - Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Wonderful World of Disney(when it was so…), AND Bonanza❤️

[@Charles-ct8jb]

For a weekly show and seasons. I was brought up with a fantastic group of actors who shared heart teaching experience on how the west and 1800's was. Family's, upbringing on morals, values of life. Difference from gunslinger westerns. Cherish the memories with my father and never get enough of watching ❤️

[@pamward1623]

Me too,,,hoss and the leprechaun is hilarious 😁

[@Lovesloyalty1429]

If I were ben, I do not think I would ever trust little Joe around anything glass ever again! Great episode, one of the funniest out their, and just as filling as those flapjacks!

[@user-vv3po2wk2b]

Landon used the window idea in a episode of little House which was also very funny but not as funny as this one when he goes after the bad guy for breaking another pane lol!!!

[@maychua3465]

Everytime when I heard the theme song in beginning of each episode, I would see if Adam was still in this series. I would 😀whenever I saw the 4 of them appearing together.

[@rosered103]

@May Chua I do the same as you. for some unknown reason watching the opening theme with the four men riding....I find it enchanting.

[@maychua3465]

@@rosered103 I ❤the original theme song too😃. Stay blessed and safe🙏

[@tnargskoorb1]

It’s funny you say that. I thought that at the start of this episode.

[@dmax64]

Adam was so handsome then I definitely wouldn't kick him outta bed for eating crackers!! The series wasn't the same when he left.

[@tobe1207]

You got Adam til S6

[@michaelruffbodybuildingz6767]

I so agree with you 2022 gets too much I watch one before I go to bed.

[@gazof-the-north1980]

$500 in the 1860's (when Bonanza was set) is about $9000 in todays money!

[@johnvanlindingham9490]

When I was15 Lauren Green moved 3 houses down the street from pure Summer house on a cliff In East Marion Long Island NY It was in between Green Port And Orient Point had dinner with him and his wife and my family Kenny times, That was when he was doing Battle Star Galactica he was nice and a good man.

[@Suzyfromtheblock]

How lovely I liked Lorne he seemed very genuine 🙏♥️

[@Suzyfromtheblock]

@@blessedman1959 yes he did Russ, it’s on you tube to listen to, all through the west they feared the name Ringo 😁👍💕

[@gaillinton2809]

Funny by note. Never saw him in real life. But I watched a talk show where the interviewer asked Lorne Green when he last saw little Joe. He replied, not since he moved to a little house on a prairie.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Our summer house? Many times?

[@chrisyunge8569]

That must have been kool.!!

[@jenniferclarke9683]

One of the best westerns, great actors.

[@georgia-mayclark9590]

One of the best episodes That's for uploading

[@marthaashley2211]

Love watching bonanza my favorite western of all time

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Little Joe is just too much ! 👍👌😘🥰😍😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

🤠👌🎬🍿

[@lynettepalecek3141]

The actor Olan Soule played Ira, the skinny guy in the flapjack contest. He played the hotel clerk and the choir director in "The Andy Griffith Show."

[@oldblackstock2499]

The thing with the constant glass breaking was also in an episode, maybe two, on Little House on the Prairie.

[@deannaedmondson1963]

Yes Michael Landon brought a lot of the Bonanza episodes to the Little House on the prairie😊

[@billh.5360]

This is a great episode. Bonanza did such a good job with the light hearted themes. What I didn't understand is why Joe thought a glass window pane would be "safe" hidden under a sofa cushion! 😅

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

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[@cgallagher5023]

😊

[@bobbywarren6583]

The best episode they ever made to me !!

[@soulaesthete8563]

Hilarious episode!! 😂😂😂😂😂👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@johnmatullo773]

This was a great episode, but nothing like Hoss eating beans in Any Friend of Walter. To hilarious! And Walter, best guest actor ever ! Made it look so easy!

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

Walter was so popular that they made a second series over him.

[@rosered103]

I always laugh so hard at the funny episodes.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

😅

[@julianadalila3022]

Michael Landon was very handsome. The most beautiful, funny, inconsequential of Bonanza lol. I just love him❤️

[@malbinpan1775]

God bless your dad. Those were better times. Glad you shared the moment with him.🙏🙏🙏💯

[@kevonoliver4375]

Joe is trouble lol 😆😂and hoss face does make me laugh 😅🤣😂

[@BearStar1]

I ain't seen that many Windows broke since Windows 95 !!! LOL 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

I can't stop binging bonanza had no idea it was so nice🤩🤩🤗🥰🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

🤠😁😂❤

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

I am binging on Bonanza as an escape. I have horses, dogs, chickens cats and dogs.

[@buckshot21000]

Hoss done stepped in an ol bear trap!!! Works every time!! Lol

[@tobe1207]

Mouse

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

Oh goodness, had it been a bear trap he wouldn't have been able to hobble out of the kitchen. Mouse trap.

[@buckshot21000]

@@user-pd7il3xz5j it s figure of speech.

[@Toninz]

Love it…warm and fuzzy bringing back childhood memories ❤️🤗

[@Shmerpy]

Boy, when things get silly at the Ponderosa, they really get silly...

[@olgalara9738]

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT LOVE IT 🙏❣

[@jasonmichael3676]

It was really funny when Charles Ingalls kept breaking his window too.

[@melany_7melania]

Yep Laura kept breaking them

[@nadaprlic22]

Wouldn't they cut themselves going through the glass window?

[@elizabethsmith8118]

I have been laughing😅 so much. Every time I run across this it gets funnier

[@mm2024-7]

Thanks Grnjio for these good copies of Bonsnza!

[@daysyperez5103]

Little Joe, little green-eyed rascal. You're the devil in disguise. 😀😃 But I still love you!!! ❤

[@johnsheehan977]

Wow! I don't ever remember Little Joe getting into so much trouble! He just keeps digging himself into a deeper hole!!!Poor Hoss.Paw's gonna woop his ass!!!!😬😬🙄😂😂

[@momijiyamanishi4548]

We should make a bonanza Gathering somewhere. I would be there in a heartbeat. I would hug all of you fans.

[@adolfinagomez7800]

Seguro mejor sería hasta dicfrases de ellos parecido alguno sería formidables concurso con los de parecieran ellos sería formidable divertidos hacerles rrecordatorios ellos todos los de bonsnzs x no traducen al espanol x fa

[@siriuzbiz]

growing up watching this with Dad were awesome times as a kid, turns out he would watch it because i loved it, he was into rawhide, and Gunsmoke! Im lucky to say Dad is my best friend and still doing well! 🙏👍

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Little Joe is the classic little brother.

[@bridgettcade5526]

I love every episode of Bonzana.

[@joeshmoe8847]

Loren greene loved the ponderosa home so much he asked the studio if he could build one just like it, well after they worked it out he built one identical to it in California, and he even had some of the props from the tv house in his home, loren built a modern home next to the ponderosa II and tried to get the cook hop sing to move in nextdoor, but hop sing said no, it was something to do with hop sing family if I remember correctly,, but you can go and stop in and see the house that loren had fell in love with and lived in for some time, maybe I'll get to see it one day, hopefully.

[@pamelamotyka8036]

cool, thanks for sharing

[@garyfrancis6193]

Lorne. Had fallen.

[@963ag]

His house that was identical to the Ponderosa was in Mesa, Arizona. There was also a identical house and tourist area/ theme park in Nevada, near Lake Tahoe... It was closed a few years ago.

[@debihester7284]

@@963ag yes I got to your the house near Lake Tahoe. It was great!

[@cw9664]

Love the comedy episodes, no killing just fun

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

$500 is a LOT of money to win a flapjack eating contest - even now!

[@3Ddude101]

Quite ridiculous actually. With the worth of money then you'd be lucky to win 10 maybe 20 dollars.

[@kitcat9447]

@@3Ddude101 😂😂😂

[@matthewbrice6202]

I understand what your saying, but it’s not ridiculous. Back then $500 was a lot of money. And now to be given $500 isn’t bad for just eating pancakes.

[@jamesholmen9725]

These episodes with Adam are so much better!

[@clivebuckwheat]

Such a well written funny episode

[@clivebuckwheat]

@@cacatr4495 correct i fixed it

[@nadaprlic22]

I agree. This episode was well written. Such an original storyline.

[@kevinleroy3374]

I remember we just got a color TV so we would watch Bonanza because it was in color

[@tnargskoorb1]

“He eats more than all of us put together why does he have to build up his appetite?”

[@Getvictd744]

Joe should be thankful for the water wake up, he might have been sleeping a concussion....Hoss is a good brother 🙂

[@matthewbrice6202]

Watching Bonanza now is so relaxing and a joy. Bonanza was able to do great after Pernell Roberts left, but can’t say the same about Dan Blocker and Michael Landon. Hoss and little Joe were great actors and even better when together. Both were great with their facial expressions.

[@e.o.s.470]

As rich as they were, it's amazing they had the same clothes all the time. LOL

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

That was done to reuse clips and save $ on production. And by saving $, the guest actors/actresses got paid very well. At least that is what I read about show production.

[@janejones5362]

I DID that water wakeup to my brother once 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

LOL, once is the key word.

[@sarinaedwards6705]

Poor hoss always getting talked into something by little joe

[@westcoastgirl]

I think this episode was all about Little Joe’s misfortunes and mishaps . One of the funniest episodes .

[@jmartin4204]

Michael Landon had a similar story line with the window pane in Little House on The Prarie

[@cathyt144]

Guns, fights, family ,saloons,and the antics of Joe and Hoss. What program offers more.....

[@randquadrozzi5850]

Hoss and little Joe were good in the comedy episodes like hoss and the leprechaun and when they raised rabbits.

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

And Joe the Detective was also hilarious. Season 8.

[@hbabubabu7017]

Amazing ❤️👍 I was very young when I used to watch this great show.those are golden era of cinema

[@truckupgf]

Poor Ben always had his hands full with Hoss and Little Joe.

[@GracyBeeBee]

29:20 WILL YOU LEAVE 👋👋IT ALONE My personal favorite part of this whole episode 😂😂

[@FootzRichardson]

My favorite episode

[@edgarsalazar9193]

I love this series

[@deannaedmondson1963]

The detective one where Little Joe thinks he's a detective funniest show ever And hoss accidentally hits his dad and starts crying 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ItsKrma00]

Little Joe is a user. I wish Hoss would stand up to him.

[@jamesholmen9725]

May 3, 2023; binge watching these great episodes 😊

[@figtree7013]

Look at that Hoss eat. Why he could just finish an entire planet in one bite if it was made up of flapjacks! His mother must be so proud of him. That kind of eating power isn't given to just anyone.

[@rickshipper2002]

One of my favorite

[@bryansimmons8008]

A great show...I want to go live on the Ponderosa!

[@almercraft488]

Lil Joe was always criticizing Hoss😊 Great movie 🎉 They were my favorite and Ben🎉

[@cherylangel1714]

Funny episode that was also good.

[@lysmykyta1199]

He ain't no bigger than my leg!😂😂😂

[@user-qz6vl4oe4o]

"You know you can count on my, Pa." *spills cream on scrambled eggs* "I'm trying, Son - I'm sure trying." LOL This is hilarious! It's actually good to see Little Joe get in trouble...

[@kerryrussell6876]

I wonder if this episode inspired him to do the little house on the prairie episode where laura kept breaking the glass window when her and almonzo where fighting

[@lyndavonkanel8603]

It must have been.

[@gaillinton2809]

Kerry Russell I just saw the window pane lhp yesterday. Funny reading your comment tonight. 😊

[@garyfrancis6193]

When she and Alonzo were fighting. Why do so many confuse we’re with where?

[@fromchomleystreet]

Gary Francis Thank goodness you’re here, Gary, to point out everybody’s typos. You’re doing God’s work.

[@Catssandra13]

@@fromchomleystreet 😄

[@shuaibuumaru3555]

What a classic than ever, am watcher of Cowboys movies but this series present all l need in Cowboys films, from A-Z.

[@dewaynejones2792]

Good clean TV

[@BearStar1]

Big Ed's Favorite Food is FOOD ! LOL !~ 😂🤣😂🤣

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

Hey Joe....nice song

[@MrPerfecttommy]

Joe, have you ever thought of going in to politics? LOL

[@deannaedmondson1963]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 little Joe 😂😂😂😂Hoss

[@cgallagher5023]

10:29 a thousand dollars in those days , was worth approximately $31,700

[@cgallagher5023]

(?)

[@adolfinagomez7800]

X fa x alguien no daría es gusto estar sin stres ver bella y hermosa serie nunca pasará moda x fa tv y en internet todas temporadas bonanza y bella finca todo pasa allí ponderosa gracias esperando Miles veamos serie en español x fa 😁🙏🌎

[@mattwilliams9442]

Love bonanza awesome show

[@paulackley6919]

I've always wanted to see their kitchen. I wonder what type of refrigerator & stove they have?! Hahaha! Meat Leftovers?! Lol