Bonanas for Bonanza

On tonight’s suspense-filled episode of The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Lewis Barometer plays a hotel manager whose life changes in unexpected ways. Featuring: Matt Gourley, Amanda Lund, Paul F. Tompkins & Mark McConville Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/shop Mail: PO Box 9407 Glendale, CA 91226 Andy’s website...

Guests: Ben Alterman and Dutch Swanson On September 30, 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over the dedication of the newly completed Hoover Dam. Nicorette Gumchunk speaks to the last living witnesses of this era-defining historical event. Featuring Lisa Gilroy and Matt Gourley Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPod...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  This is Andy Daly with a programming note for 2026. It contains good news and news I would describe as slightly less preferable. The less preferable news is that we'll be releasing one episode a month of Bonanas For Bonanza here next year rather than the two a month we've been releasing, because if we continue to re...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  It's the final Oswaltmananza! In this imperfectly recorded episode, Patton Oswalt joins Dalton, Mutt and Markie to discuss the last episode of Bonanza to be directed by Robert Altman. It's a highly comical affair with a flawless plot and a cavalcade of A+ guest stars, including a woman!    Featuring Patton...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  Real estate developer Janaloo Hicks returns to take deep dives on Jimmy Dean, Dean Jones and, of course, Bonanza Season 3, Episode 8, 'The Friendship', in which Little Joe finds a stray human and Pa lets him keep it!      Featuring Janet Varney & Matt Gourley Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/sh...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  Actor, writer, comedian and podcaster Paul Rust joins Dalton, Mutt and Markie for Bonanza Season 3, Episode 6, 'Broken Ballad', in which Robert Culp stirs affections and Adam shows off his folk album worthy singing voice.      Featuring Paul Rust, Lily Sullivan & Matt Gourley Merch: redbubble.com/...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  America's sweetheart Andy Richter joins Dalton and Mutt to discuss Bonanza Season 3, Episode 5, 'The Burma Rarity,' a classic switcheroo comedy caper that features a Playboy playmate, a poor man's Bud Abbot and a never-before-heard dialect of Britain. Plus, Ben Cartwright narrowly avoids female companionship!  &nbsp...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly   Dalton, Mutt and Markie are joined by a very special guest, 99 year old reformed bank robber and retired Bonanza crime consultant Garrett Serratella. Garrett played a key role in the making of Bonanza Season 3, Episode 4, 'The Lonely House,' which features a damn fine stable brawl and a truly beautiful love story. &nbsp...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  Episode 69! Kurt Russell's father and the guy that played Bones on Star Trek make their Bonanza debuts in Season 3, Episode 3, 'The Honor of Cochise,' an episode that features a hat made out of a snake and, according to Dalton's niece, Markie, an offensive amount of bronzer.       Featuring Matt Gourl...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  Dalton and Mutt are once again joined by Dalton's niece, Markie, to discuss Five Easy Pieces , The Dukes of Hazzard , John Carradine's corpse, and, of course, Season 3, Episode 2, 'Springtime,' in which the Cartwright boys fuck up three simple tasks.      Featuring Matt Gourley & Lily Sullivan Merch: r...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Merch:...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 hour...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Merch: redbubble.com/...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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.  ...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Cartw...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Gourl...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/shop Mail: PO Box 9407 Glendale, CA...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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 Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/shop Mail: PO Box 9407 Glendale, CA 91226 Email: bonanaspod@gmail.com Andy...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  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!  Featuring: Lisa Gilroy, Chris Tallman, Matt Gourley & Neptuna as Steven Merch: redbubble.com/people/ADPodProject/shop Mail: PO Box 9407 G...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  It’s another Patton OswAltmananza! The beloved comedian joins Dalton, Mutt, and Dalton’s niece Markie to discuss Bonanza Season 2, Episode 25, “The Duke”, which was directed by noted western-hater Robert Altman and features all the bare-knuckle brawlin’ you want and all the British accentin’ you can stand. Featuring Matt...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  American cowboy and business owner of Roy Howdy stops by to help Dalton and Mutt break down Bonanza Season 2, Episode 24, “The Dark Gate”, which is a dark damn episode! James Coburn and Harry Dean Stanton guest star in this tale of soul sickness, spiritual oblivion and clever logo design. Featuring Matt Gourley and Seth Morri...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  It’s always a good time when all three Cartwright boys are pinned down by rifle fire in a box canyon. Dalton and Mutt bestow the rank of Colonel on themselves, consider which part of a well digger’s body would be coldest and do some digging themselves - into the heavy themes of Bonanza Season 2, Episode 23, “The Rescue”....

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  The old gray mare may not be what she used to be, but Bonanza is in fine form in Season 2, Episode 22, “The Tax Collector”. Guests Mark McConville and Colin Bannersham, host of the podcast Cheeky Minders For Peaky Blinders, discuss this highly comical episode about race horses, childbirth and taxes! Featuring Mark McConv...

Subscribe to The Andy Daly Podcast Project at Patreon.com/AndyDaly  Dalton and Mutt are joined by a very special guest, Dalton’s niece Markie. They catch up, reckon with a severe generation gap and discuss their (not at all) shared love of Bonanza. Season 2, Episode 21, “Vengeance”, brings one Cartwright to the brink of death and another to the brink of murder! Featuring Matt Gourle...