Dan Blocker "Bonanza" 1971 - Bobbie Wygant Archive

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@dee7353 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rogerjoseph2532 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lloydkline6946 3 жыл бұрын

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

@georgemaster689 3 жыл бұрын

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

@beneditocintra4024 3 жыл бұрын

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

@beneditocintra4024 3 жыл бұрын

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

@superfuzzymomma 3 жыл бұрын

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

@pattijesinoski1958 3 жыл бұрын

Did you miss how long ago he died?

@bornfuct 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@davidvanzant2019 2 жыл бұрын

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

@GeorgeBonez 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stevefowler2112 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most likeable TV characters ever

@jimangler984 3 жыл бұрын

Big ole faktzzz

@odiekarone 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

Mine as well.💔

@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын

❤️ the Hoss legendary TV character

@daisycassidy2448 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@seekhimwithallyourheartand3358 2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ K

@douglascarlson9006 2 жыл бұрын

He passed at only 44 ...

@charlesbaldo 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Teho231 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Jamestele1 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Should have followed a better diet.

@miguelitoinguanti6171 3 жыл бұрын

I know God bless you and your family

@bubbadump8676 3 жыл бұрын

Way to soon*

@miguelitoinguanti6171 3 жыл бұрын

@@bubbadump8676 yes my friend

@francollins4036 3 жыл бұрын

Great man. Highly educated. Everybody loved Dan Blocker.

@WolfRanger2008 3 жыл бұрын

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

@barbaramarrs5113 3 жыл бұрын

Articulate and with no swear words.

@20alphabet 2 жыл бұрын

Yet completely ignorant of the CCP.

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@darrengilbert7438 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Pflap64 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bodijisattva9333 3 жыл бұрын

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

@williamdolyniuk7804 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this 'incredible' ?

@williamdolyniuk7804 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Pflap64 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 .

@DrumandPianoDude 3 жыл бұрын

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

@georgemaster689 3 жыл бұрын

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

@brigidabanfelder4015 3 жыл бұрын

I miss him.

@jameswood231 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgemaster689 Yep!

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@NoNonsenseKindaGal 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@rali-cassim2733 2 жыл бұрын

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

@celebritychit6876 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

All major surgery is inherently dangerous.

@brianwalsh1401 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@derrickbperry 2 жыл бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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! .

@chadfalaster8275 3 жыл бұрын

He will forever be missed

@pleasantdaddy 3 жыл бұрын

True story

@chadfalaster8275 3 жыл бұрын

@@pleasantdaddy greatest show every..remember watching as a young boy

@rogerjoseph2532 3 жыл бұрын

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

@chadfalaster8275 3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerjoseph2532 yes sir ...

@christined3953 3 жыл бұрын

sounds like Rush

@williamhalpin6713 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jamesfair4315 3 жыл бұрын

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

@yhideit4427 3 жыл бұрын

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

@buttyscott1 3 жыл бұрын

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

@qasimmohamed1338 3 жыл бұрын

That’s right sounds intelligent

@psychozebra8802 3 жыл бұрын

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

@kellyfoster7054 3 жыл бұрын

@@qasimmohamed1338 voicing what he thinks is right , same as you or me

@CHEECHMUN 3 жыл бұрын

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

@psychozebra8802 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@jeffmcduffie2298 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@lendrury2771 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lloydkline6946 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@imskeptic1 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Most of the time.

@akrenwinkle 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@karampa 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Victoria-ns2vi 11 ай бұрын

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

@rickkinki4624 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Michaelbos 3 жыл бұрын

I wish this interview went on for hours.

@beatlejim64 3 жыл бұрын

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

@m.e.d.7997 3 жыл бұрын

Sad. And preventable in this era.

@bluemoon2934 3 жыл бұрын

He was a smart man ahead of his times.

@williamschlumpf1025 3 жыл бұрын

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

@davidhunt8456 3 жыл бұрын

@Fred Forbes no he died in a hospital.

@markberryhill2715 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto.

@donnaarmstrong9029 3 жыл бұрын

you are so right.

@toledojeeper2932 3 жыл бұрын

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

@toledojeeper2932 3 жыл бұрын

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

@deedeeannash 3 жыл бұрын

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

@joesmoke9624 3 жыл бұрын

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

@edwardluth7740 2 жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

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

@usaveteran-retired6464 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@usaveteran-retired6464 SMH...

@davidlackey4873 3 жыл бұрын

he was wrong, just ask taiwan

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@jankypop-a-matic58 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Dan! Nice nice guy!

@Joesfosterdogs 3 жыл бұрын

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

@paul1242 3 жыл бұрын

What a marvelous interview, although way too short. Clearly, Mr. Blocker was a thoughtful, educated, and deeper man than the character he played on Bonanza.

@douglasthompson9482 3 жыл бұрын

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

@wrl4812 3 жыл бұрын

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

@tealx2014 3 жыл бұрын

Really????

@rayjr62 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rayjr62 3 жыл бұрын

@Skillz Sett Hardly.

@tealx2014 3 жыл бұрын

@Skillz Sett Really??? 😮😮😮

@tealx2014 3 жыл бұрын

@Skillz Sett 😭😭😭

@romcelreath 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Gee, may they both ride together now.

@margomazzeo1680 3 жыл бұрын

@@CHEECHMUN Yes..

@survivingsicklecell1732 2 жыл бұрын

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

@JRobbySh 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@p.s.5563 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@randyking3057 3 жыл бұрын

Boy, he is very bright.

@rayjr62 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@BarqB 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@YourFoodBank 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

I heard he was notorious for squeezing a dollar

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

@vvvvvvvvv608 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this guy, what a human being!

@richiegtt 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jimmiejones7938 3 жыл бұрын

Dan the man He was fine and decent human being

@rbsmith3365 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Bond-ik1vn 3 жыл бұрын

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

@johnangelora4669 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@GA-1st 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@timcarr6401 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@cjcj6945 3 жыл бұрын

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

@danpatch4751 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they do alot of something over there

@cjcj6945 3 жыл бұрын

@C J 👋🤠

@torgman 3 жыл бұрын

@@danpatch4751 Quite a lot.

@JSB1882 3 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed at the intellect of Dan Blocker.

@rayjr62 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@rayjr62 Wow..so cool!!

@charlesdesmond6510 3 жыл бұрын

Not just a pretty face

@rayjr62 3 жыл бұрын

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

@SeventiesVet 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@lruss5050 2 жыл бұрын

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

@mariesatterly3924 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Nice words.

@clarkgrayhame1250 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Blocker was a true gentle man.

@leroycaudill96 2 жыл бұрын

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

@williepower1716 3 жыл бұрын

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

@johnr8309 3 жыл бұрын

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

@terrykelly6113 3 жыл бұрын

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

@sunnybizz4857 3 жыл бұрын

He was from Texas after all.

@kevinpyne5808 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. My very first thought.

@allanwilkerson6426 3 жыл бұрын

@ 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 3 жыл бұрын

He was far smarter then most in Bonanza.

@phippsb 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@jtoo6060 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 )

@GeriatricGuitarGuy 3 жыл бұрын

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

@elvicare35 3 жыл бұрын

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

@anthonyangeli256 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@itsrobloxcatie6163 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Midnight-rj4ed 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jerrytetro6482 3 жыл бұрын

I remember thinking when Dan Blocker died television was not the same ever.

@trailersfromhell2539 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

he was wrong, china owns us now

@Bobby_Digital37 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly he died just a year later at 43 years of age. RIP sir 🙏

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@daleval2182 2 жыл бұрын

That 13 season was a bad omen, I didn't know that, Thx

@urgdaddy 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@josemelendez8549 2 жыл бұрын

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

@wilbertgreen6794 3 жыл бұрын

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

@roberttompkins6489 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@georgemaster689 3 жыл бұрын

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

@usatrooper5045 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stevemaher7481 3 жыл бұрын

The interviewer is lovely. Reminds me of Sandy Duncan.

@74Spirit1 3 жыл бұрын

She was a Fort Worth legend.

@lendrury2771 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lenarrowseller2419 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lendrury2771 3 жыл бұрын

@@lenarrowseller2419 i heard that he also played college football

@lynnwood7205 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often? For Lynn Wood: 805-616-7394

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

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 "LyndaFayeSmusic@gmail.com) and at Yahoo, if I get censored for using the word God too often?

@ronaldwilson1653 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great memories big guy especially the one with the leprechauns was one of my favorite you are sorely missed you left this way too soon rest in peace Dan

@csrothlisberger852 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@WHOMEWHOYOU 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

No Reagan No Bono, Dan was a Democrat.

@lerakalrc2027 3 жыл бұрын

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

@j.j.upright4010 3 жыл бұрын

@@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!!

@ual737ret 3 жыл бұрын

His intelligence and intellect was impressive. I, and probably many others , never saw that side of him. He was a great individual, both as an actor and as an intellectual .

@sawannajohnson5827 2 жыл бұрын

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

@robertj.1106 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dazza2024 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@raulsantiago5042 3 жыл бұрын

RIP. Dan Dlocker

@whisperinrod56 3 жыл бұрын

Blocker

@uliuli201 2 жыл бұрын

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

@JT-il3fe 2 жыл бұрын

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

@pamelaking7283 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites. ❤

@paulashahan4142 3 жыл бұрын

Love him. Great actor

@jaybird7534 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@LaptopLarry330 3 жыл бұрын

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

@saiyongdawn7756 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Blocker should've gone into politics. He knows what he's talking about. Rip 'Hoss'. ❣️

@davidlackey4873 3 жыл бұрын

he was wrong, china owns us now

@jamespeterson7100 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe how young he died. The poor guy. 😭

@alicephillips3214 3 жыл бұрын

He just could not keep a healthy weight. His doctors had to have him lose weight before doing a simple gallbladder surgery because he was well over 300 lbs and at risk with his heart, blood pressure with surgery. He dropped some weight but not enough. As smart as he was one would think he would have loved his family enough to figure out how to eat properly to stay around longer.

@margomazzeo1680 3 жыл бұрын

@@alicephillips3214 Stop judging! He died of a blood clot after gall bladder surgery..ignorant and mean comment..

@nancykurpaitis7928 2 жыл бұрын

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!!!!!

@barbaradunn5017 3 жыл бұрын

Hoss was such a kind, gentle soul with empathy for others. Dan Blocker was a wonderful actor, who died much too soon. RIP

@lyndafaye6748 2 жыл бұрын

@pwatson5766 3 жыл бұрын

I knew that Lorne Greene, Parnell Roberts, and Dan Blocker all wore toupees on Bonanza, but I had never seen Dan Blocker without his hairpiece. He is almost unrecognizable. But the voice is pure "Hoss"!

@christinehallchrissie 3 жыл бұрын

His son Dirk looks exactly like his Dad especially now I’ve seen Dan without his toupé. I love the big guy 🤠

@jtoo6060 3 жыл бұрын

Back then if you were bald they wanted you to wear a hair piece to cover it up

@thomaspiccirillo6820 3 жыл бұрын

Hoss (Dan) was a great man who I would have loved to have been friends with-A true gentleman RIP Sir

@fredroberts6778 3 жыл бұрын

DAN BLOCKER HOSS ONE OF THE MOST LIKED ACTORS WE HAVE EVER HAD. I WATCH ALL THE RERUNS OF BONNANZA HARD TO BELIEVE all of the orginial cast are now gone..

@xtasktaste0 3 жыл бұрын

How bright Dan was! Thanks for posting this gem.

@suegermaine5730 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. One of my childhood hero's.

@jmen4ever257 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 1972, I was not a great fan of bonanza, but still liked him as hoss. It was a sad thing to hear of his passing back then.

@rodfritz1683 3 жыл бұрын

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

@miguelaviles5676 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible talent always he will live in ours hearts.

@paulnewkirk7351 3 жыл бұрын

I was quite surprised when I learned that Dan played football at Tarleton State college in Stephenville Tx. I knew that he was a native Texan from the panhandle.

@terrydriggers5217 3 жыл бұрын

Hardin Simmons then Sul Ross.