Bonanas for Bonanza

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #67: “The Smiler” Sep 03, 2025

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Dalton, Mutt and Dalton's niece Markie are excited to welcome Bonanza fan, author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) to discuss Bonanza's morally complex and song-filled third season premiere episode, 'The Smiler'.

Featuring Gillian Flynn, Matt Gourley & Lily Sullivan

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Record date: 10/28/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #66: “The Dream Riders” and “Sam Hill” Aug 20, 2025

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Oswaltmananzapalooza continues as Dalton and Mutt welcome Patton Oswalt back to the show to discuss not one, but TWO Robert Altman directed episodes, Season 2, Episode 32, 'The Dream Riders' and the Season 2 finale, Episode 34, 'Sam Hill'. Balloons and sledge hammers feature prominently in these, frankly, very weird hours of television.

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Record date: 9/10/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #65: “The Secret” Aug 06, 2025

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Dalton and Mutt kick off Oswaltmananzapalooza with their special guest Patton Oswalt, who returns to discuss the Robert Altman directed Season 2, Episode 31, 'The Secret'. What is the secret that the title refers to? That's the best kept secret of all!

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Record date: 9/10/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #64: “Elizabeth, My Love” Jul 23, 2025

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On this very special flashback epiosode of Bonanza, we get to meet the first of Ben Cartwright's dead wives! Season 2, Episode 33, 'Elizabeth, My Love’ takes us to a New England port city where a young Ben Cartwright first gives voice to the dream that would become The Ponderosa, and gets a taste for wife-burying.

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Record date: 9/3/2024

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Re-Release: Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #63: “The Thunderhead Swindle” Jul 09, 2025

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Moonanas For Moonanza! Novelist, memoirist, actress, comedian and tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss Season 2, Episode 30, 'The Thunderhead Swindle’. Moon might have been disappointed with this episode of Bonanza, but you won't be! It's mostly about mining boundary lines, but also features Ben Cartwright taking the law into his own hands and some really irresponsible use of explosives! They also discuss Moon's perfectly normal upbringing and her brand new memoir, "Earth to Moon"!

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Featuring Matt Gourley

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Record date: 7/29/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #62: “The Infernal Machine” Jun 25, 2025

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Conanas For Conanza! Dalton and Mutt are joined by a very special guest, Bonanza superfan Conan O'Brien! Conan shares his memories of Bonanza and helps to break down Season 2, Episode 29, 'The Infernal Machine’, which involves, believe it or not, the invention of the automobile, and features one of the most exciting, and doughy, fight scenes ever committed to film!

Featuring Matt Gourley and Conan O'Brien

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Record date: 7/9/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #61: “The Rival” Jun 11, 2025

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It's another Patton Oswaltmananza! Legendary film director Robert Altman brings this tale of cattle thieves, lynch mobs, a love triangle and some unresolved mom stuff to vivid life in Bonanza, Season 2, Episode 28, 'The Rival’ and Patton Oswalt beams in via Zoom to help Dalton and Mutt break it down.

Featuring Matt Gourley and Patton Oswalt

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Record date: 6/27/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #60: “The Gift” May 28, 2025

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Real estate developer Janaloo Hicks joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss Beef Men, canyon strategy, and the best way to abandon a child—plus a damn fine TV show: Bonanza, Season 2, Episode 27, 'The Gift’!

Featuring Matt Gourley and Janet Varney

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Record date: 6/5/2024

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Bonanas For Bonanza Episode #59: “Cutthroat Junction” May 14, 2025

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Dalton and Mutt discuss the Alamo, monster houses, melody theft, human vivaria, and many more things, including, briefly, Bonanza Season 2, Episode 26, 'Cutthroat Junction'!

Featuring Matt Gourley

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Record date: 5/17/2024

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Bonus Sneak Peek Treat! Bonusnanza: Extravaganza #52: "We Belong To The City" May 07, 2025

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Release date: Mar 5, 2025

Longtime friends Acacia, Avery, Mary, Steven and Count Andlock convene to pay tribute to one of their favorite cities, Los Angeles, California, USA!