Free Western Series: Bonanza - Episode 126 - Any Friend of Walter's - Attacked by outlaws, Hoss takes cover in a prospector's shack with the old prospector and with Walter, the old man's surprisingly communicative dog.
Any Friend of Walter's
Director: John Florea
Writer: Lois Hire
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 24 March 1963 USA
Filming Locations: Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
"Three outlaws lay siege to an aged prospector's shack, hoping to steal the old man's gold. Hoss happens along and, attacked by the outlaws, takes shelter in the shack. There he meets the prospector - and Walter. Walter, Hoss learns, is the prospector's dog - seemingly almost as old as the prospector, and endowed with special talents for convincing the old prospector that Walter is as animated and talkative as the prospector himself. Faced with what seems to be ongoing and very silent slumber from Walter, Hoss is mystified. Meanwhile, two of the three outlaws repeatedly renew an ongoing brawl between themselves. The third outlaw, their leader, tries to get them to patch up their differences and keep their minds on the gold. As often as they stop quarreling though, the two manage to find a pretext to forget about the gold and start tussling with one another once again. Hoss is left with the challenge of finding a way, along with the old prospector and with Walter, to vanquish the three feckless outlaws attempting to bumble their way into possession of the gold in the shack." Written by Charles Delacroix on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"I've been a huge Bonanza fan since the 1960s and this is definitely one of the 10 best episodes from the series (Along with most of the Ben wife flashbacks, the episode "Hayburner", and a few others). In this classic comedy tale, character actor Arthur Hunnicutt (who basically, always played himself) has a lazy hound dog named Walter. The dog barely moves throughout the entire story yet Hunnicutt will spout off lines like "I haven't seen Walter this excited since he was a pup." The story is also one of the classic Bonanza themes of Hoss having that innocent trust of others that gets him sucked into something he shouldn't because of it (Little Joe, of course, certainly knew how to use this against him and it's one of the reasons everyone loved Dan Blocker as Hoss). At first, Hoss doesn't understand the so-called feedback that Hunnicutt gets from the always inanimate Walter, but by the end of the story, Hoss has become a Walter interpreter, too -- to the amazement of the rest of the Cartrights. This episode even inspired a sequel that was almost as good as this original.
Personal note: My live-in girlfriend in 1980 had a small female puppy for awhile. I don't remember the dog's actual name but I always called her Walter (in honor of this episode)." Written by paulw-18 on IMDb.com
"While just minding his own business Hoss Cartwright happens to ride into three outlaws James Luisi, Vic Werber and Steve Brodie who are keeping old prospector Arthur Hunnicutt and his old hound dog Walter pinned down in his cabin with a rather large poke from months of prospecting.
Hunnicutt ain't worried about a thing because his dog Walter is taking a rather complacent view of the situation. In fact he's most communicative to Hunnicutt and after a while Dan Blocker gets the dog's drift.
The three crooks are pretty lame excuses for same. As John Wayne said in The Shootist,"this line of work don't fit your pistol".
This is one pretty funny episode." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"Here is another show with Arthur Hunnicutt in it, El Dorado & even the Andy Griffith show he was a great actor. The dog Walter in this Bonanza Episode I think is the same dog used in Season5, Episode 6 of Andy Griffith & Barney called him Blue. Both shows the dog seems to be out of it & not much good to Barney or Obie so close to Opie. Both Episodes are worth the watch & make you laugh which is a good thing. Shame a lot the the good actors are gone but the old shows keep them alive in our hearts." Written by greggaver on IMDb.com
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