"Season 1: Volume 1"" was released. This set collects the first ten episodes of the series. No plans have been announced yet to release the last ten episodes of the series on DVD. Ponderosa (TV series) Ponderosa is a television series developed by ""Bonanza"" creator David Dortort for PAX-TV (now known as ION) that ran for the 2001–2002 television season. Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series ""Bonanza"", covering the time when the Cartwrights first arrived at the Ponderosa, when Adam and Hoss were teenagers and Joe a little boy, it had less gunfire, brawling and other traditional"
"""Bonanza"" starts, the Cartwright family moves onto some scrub land. In this new land Ben Cartwright, a new widower, tries to raise his three young sons – at their late teens Adam and Hoss, and a pre-teen Joseph, commonly known as Little Joe. A number of minor (or perceived) inconsistencies exist between ""Ponderosa"" and ""Bonanza"", and a few glaring retcons are present. Shortly after the series first aired, four episodes were released on two DVDs. The first DVD featured both parts of the pilot episode, while the second featured ""Brother vs. Brother"" and ""Treasure"". On May 25, 2004, The ""Ponderosa:"
"families from trying to steal their rackets. So called as a play on the phonetic sound of the name, ""Bonanno"". The stable power relationship between the families collapsed with the death of Joe Profaci in 1962. Bonanno was now threatened by an alliance of Tommy Lucchese and new boss Carlo Gambino. At the same time, Bonanno was facing rising discontent within his own family. In the early 1960s many of the Bonanno family members were complaining that Bonanno spent too much time at his second home in Tucson, Arizona. In 1963, Bonanno and Joe Magliocco, Profaci's successor as boss of"
"were Joseph Profaci, the future founder of the Profaci crime family and Cesare Bonventre. Bonventre married Caterina Vitale, but it is unknown if they had any children. With the end of the Castellammarese War, a major conflict between the Sicilian clans in New York, Bonanno became boss of the reorganized Bonanno family and Bonventre became a caporegime, the captain of a crew of mobsters. That same year, Bonanno and Bonventre purchased a dairy farm near Middletown, New York in the Catskill Mountains. The farm's main product was mozzarella cheese; Bonanno and Bonventre used their mob influence to eventually dominate the"
"was Natale ""Joe Diamonds"" Evola as boss of the Bonanno family. Evola's leadership was short lived – his death (from natural causes) in 1973 brought Philip ""Rusty"" Rastelli to the throne. Due to the infighting of the Bonanno family, it was spurned by the other families and stripped of its Commission seat. Rastelli took charge of a seemingly hapless, doomed organization. Rastelli's former friend Carmine Galante became a powerful and dangerous renegade. Having previously acted as a focal point for the importation of heroin to the USA via Montreal, Galante set about refining the family's drug trafficking operations. The incredibly"
"interests stretching from Manhattan and New Jersey area down to Florida. He is the father of two sons, Arthur Sabella who was born in c. 1957 and Steven Sabella who was born c. 1966, who is estranged from his family. During the 1970s, Sabella became the owner of CaSa Bella, an upscale restaurant in Little Italy that served as his primary meeting place. FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone was undercover in the Bonanno family under the name ""Donnie Brasco""; a jewel thief expert and mafia associate. Pistone soon began working with several of the made men who worked for Sabella's"
"Bonanno crime family The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is one of the Five Families that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or ""Cosa Nostra""). Named after Joseph Bonanno, for over 30 years the family was one of the most powerful in the country. However, in the early 1960s, Bonanno attempted to seize the mantle of boss of bosses, but failed and was forced to retire. This touched off a period of turmoil within the family that lasted almost a quarter of a century. It was"
"his parents, Giuseppe and Antonio. Giovanna and Enrico get married and have one son who is named Bruno, named after a brother of Giovanni, who died in the war and was a close friend of Enrico, despite the enmity between the families. Occurs in 1996, and Bruno is now a successful farmer, known by the nickname ""King of the Cattle"" for possessing a large herd. A man of simple habits, to whom the wealth is just something else, Bruno lives an unhappy marriage to Leah and has two sons, Mark and Leah. Upon discovering the betrayal of Leah with the"
"universe, Vito Corleone is the largest olive oil importer in the United States. In the opening scene of The Godfather Part III, Michael Corleone, son of Vito, is named a Commander of the Order of St. Sebastian at a ceremony in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Joe Profaci Giuseppe ""Joe"" Profaci (October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was a New York City La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for"
"care of them. Mazzetti and her sister eventually moved in with their paternal aunt, Cesarina (Nina) Mazzetti, in a farm in Rignano sull’Arno, where she lived with her husband Robert Einstein (cousin of Albert) and their two daughters Anna Maria and Luce. Here Lorenza and Paola become part of the family and lived happy and untroubled. During the Second World War, the farm was occupied by a department of the Wehrmacht. With the advancement of Anglo-American forces, after the last motor truck had just left, three German officers stepped into the villa and asked for Robert. Nina answered that he"
"and his older brother Stefano as advisor. The strongest ally of the Bonanno clan was the boss of the Magaddino Mafia clan Stefano Magaddino. During the 1900s, the Bonanno and Magaddino Mafia clans feuded with Felice Buccellato, the boss of the Buccellato Mafia clan. After the deaths of Stefano Bonanno and Giuseppe Bonanno, their younger brother, Salvatore, took revenge, killing members of the Buccellato clan. In 1903, Salvatore Bonanno married Catherine Bonventre and on January 18, 1905 she gave birth to Giuseppe. Three years later Salvatore Bonanno moved his family to New York City. While away Stefano Magaddino took over"
"being anything but tall), and the wife of the latter called Maria (nicknamed Maruzza la Longa). Bastian has five children: Ntoni, Luca, Filomena (Mena), Alessio (called Alessi) and Rosalia (Lia). The main source of income is ""la Provvidenza"" (the Providence), which is a small fishing boat. In 1863, Ntoni, the eldest of the children, leaves for the military service. To try to make up for the loss of income which his absence will cause, Padron Ntoni attempts a business venture and buys a large amount of lupins. The load is entrusted to his son Bastianazzo, the plan being to sell"
"the opposing southern Confederacy, John's son ""Blue Boy"" and new beautiful dark-haired sophisticated Latino/Mexican wife Victoria, thirty years his junior, daughter from a neighboring Mexican cattle baron across the border that he has forged an alliance against his opposition. It was produced by David Dortort, who also created the earlier hit American TV series also on NBC. """"Bonanza"""" (1959-1973) about the Cartwright family - a father and three sons by successive wives on a huge ranch named ""The Ponderosa"" near Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border at the edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains chain by the rich silver strike"
"Ponderosa” by local children after the name of the ranch in the TV series ""Bonanza"" which was popular throughout the 1960s. In the 1960s the area was a bare open bowl but much appreciated and used by the local community for games and community events. Since then there has been much development. The upper part of the Ponderosa is clothed in woodland, scrub, meadow and rough grassland which gives a fine environment for wildlife. Foxes and kestrels are often seen, and there is a wealth of bird and butterfly species. The upper part also contains an adventure playground and a"
"the Bortolacci Malvezi families on her mother side and the Guiraldelli's on her paternal side, both coming from Venice, northern Italy. ""The funny thing is that I use the Cândido family name, signalling the only part of my heritage that is actually Brazilian,"" she stresses. Another coincidence between her own family story and the soap-opera, is that her family settled in the same area where the plot was set, the Oeste Paulista. The character is also the daughter of Italian Anacleto, who works at a coffee farm, the same activity of her great grandparents when they arrived in Brazil. To"
"Carmine Galante Carmine Galante (pronounced gah-LAN-tay), also known as ""Lilo"" and ""Cigar"" (February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979), was a mobster and boss of the Bonanno crime family. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar, leading to the nickname ""The Cigar"" and ""Lilo"" (an Italian slang word for cigar). Camillo Carmine Galante was born on February 21, 1910, in a tenement building in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. His parents, Vincenzo ""James"" Galante and Vincenza Russo, had emigrated to New York City in 1906 from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, where Vincenzo was a fisherman. Carmine Galante had two"
"sons Carlo, John, Joe Jr., Jimmy, Don, and their daughter, Joanne. The Buonavolanto Family took out a second mortgage on their home in order to open the business. Joe Sr. dug the actual foundation for the restaurant while Peggy Buonavolanto concocted The Original Italian Beef recipe with the help of their Uncle “Junior” (Carl Buonavolanto), proprietor of Chicago’s iconic Mr. Beef on Orleans Street. The company name is taken from the last name Buonavolanto and the word “Buona” in Italian translates to “Good.” Joe Sr. opened the original restaurant as a part-time venture to fulfill a dream of going into"
"Bill was portrayed by actor Joseph Bologna. Actor Tony Nardi depicted the adult Joseph Bonanno in ""Bonanno: A Godfather's Story""; Eric Roberts portrayed him in the 1993 made-for-TV movie, ""Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage"". Salvatore Bonanno Salvatore Vincent ""Bill"" Bonanno (November 5, 1932 – January 1, 2008) was the son of Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Bonanno. Although his father never intended for him to be the underboss of the Bonanno crime family, his appointment to high positions in the syndicate precipitated a ""mob war"" which led to the Bonanno family's exile to Arizona. Later in life, he"
"she died from a malady, was abruptly slain, or left with someone else. Greene appeared in all but fourteen ""Bonanza"" episodes. Greene was 44 years old at the beginning of the series while Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker, who portrayed two of his sons, were both 31, only thirteen years younger. In 2007, a ""TV Guide"" survey listed Ben Cartwright as television's #2 favorite dad. Pernell Roberts played eldest son Adam, an architectural engineer with a university education. Adam built the impressive ranch house. Roberts disdained the assembly-line mindset of serial television (a rigid 34 episode season), and fought with"
"Commission accepted Bonanno's offer, in view of his status as a Mafia elder statesman. However, they stipulated that if Bonanno broke his promise, he would be killed on the spot. Both factions came together under Sciacca's leadership, though the family would need almost a quarter-century to recover the prominence and wealth it had enjoyed under Bonanno. His replacement was Natale ""Joe Diamonds"" Evola as boss of the Bonanno family. Evola's leadership was short lived - his death (from natural causes) in 1973 brought Philip ""Rusty"" Rastelli to the throne. Bonanno and his son subsequently moved to Arizona, where he was"
"Bonanza: The Next Generation Bonanza: The Next Generation is a 1988 American made-for-television western film and a sequel to the 1959–1973 television series ""Bonanza"" starring John Ireland, Robert Fuller, Barbara Anderson, Michael Landon Jr., Brian A. Smith and John Amos. None of the characters from the original series appears since the entire cast, with the exception of Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon, had died. Lorne Greene had signed to reprise his role as patriarch Ben, but died shortly before production began. He was replaced by veteran actor John Ireland, who played Ben's brother Aaron. The movie features Michael Landon Jr."
"Ponderosa Ranch The Ponderosa Ranch was a theme park based on the popular 1960s television western ""Bonanza"", which housed the affluent land, timber and livestock-rich Cartwright family. The amusement park operated in Incline Village, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, from 1967 until 2004. Portions of the last five seasons of the TV series and three TV movies were also filmed at that location. The Ponderosa was the fictional setting for ""Bonanza"". According to the 9th episode (""Mr. Henry Comstock"") in the first season, it was a thousand-square mile (640,000 acre or 2,600 km) ranch on the shores of Lake Tahoe, nestled"
"children of Italian immigrants. Giuliani is of Tuscan origins from his father side, as his paternal grandparents (Rodolfo and Evangelina Giuliani) were born in Montecatini, Tuscany, Italy. He was raised a Roman Catholic. Harold Giuliani, a plumber and a bartender, had trouble holding a job, and was convicted of felony assault and robbery, serving time in Sing Sing. After his release he worked as an enforcer for his brother-in-law Leo D'Avanzo, who ran an organized crime operation involved in loan sharking and gambling at a restaurant in Brooklyn. The family lived in East Flatbush, Brooklyn until Harold died of prostate"
"Natale Evola Natale ""Joe Diamond"" Evola (pronounced ""ay-voh-LAH"") (February 22, 1907 – August 28, 1973) was a New York mobster who briefly became boss of the Bonanno crime family. Natale Evola was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn to parents Filippo and Francesca Evola, natives of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. Natale Evola had two brothers (Paul and Joseph Evola) and three sisters (Anna Evola, Josephine DiBarloto, and Mamie Grazzo). Natale Evola never married and lived with his mother in Bay Ridge. Evola's arrest record would eventually include coercion, possession of gun, and federal narcotic law violations. Evola was"
"that Erminia maintains provides many of the ingredients featured in the shows. Erminia, who answers to ""grandma,"" frequently serves as a sous-chef in various episodes of the television series. Joe Bastianich occasionally appears in his mother's series to offer wine expertise. He, his wife Deanna, and their three children live in New York City. Tanya Bastianich Manuali, with her husband Corrado Manuali and their two children, lives just a few blocks away from her mother. Tanya is integrally involved in the production of Lidia's public television series as an owner and Executive Producer of Tavola Productions and is active daily"
"nation. Years later, he claimed not to have known about the plot to eliminate Maranzano, but it is very unlikely that Luciano would have allowed him to live had he still backed Maranzano. Bonanno directed his family into illegal gambling, loansharking, and narcotics. The family also built significant criminal interests in California and Arizona. With the support of his cousin, Buffalo crime family boss Stefano Magaddino, Bonanno also expanded into Canada. Like Maranzano, Bonanno believed in the Old World Mafia traditions of ""honor"", ""tradition"", ""respect"" and ""dignity"" as principles for ruling his family. He was more steeped in these traditions"
"Queens faction of the Bonanno family. With his father's help, Vinny's son Jerome Asaro also became a captain in the Bonanno family. However, father and son had a falling out in later years and did not speak with each other. On January 16, 2014 Asaro was indicted on federal racketeering charges stemming from the 1978 Lufthansa heist. The charges also included the theft of $1.25 million of gold salts, involvement in the pornography industry, and for the ordering of the murder of a cousin who testified in court. Arrested along with Asaro were his son Jerome, acting boss Thomas DiFiore,"
"NPOI. In an episode of the television series ""Bonanza"" (""Look to the Stars"", broadcast March 18, 1962), Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) helps the 16-year-old Michelson (portrayed by 25-year-old Douglas Lambert (1936–1986)) obtain an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, despite the opposition of the bigoted town schoolteacher (played by William Schallert). ""Bonanza"" was set in and around Virginia City, Nevada, where Michelson lived with his parents prior to leaving for the Naval Academy. In a voice-over at the end of the episode, Greene mentions Michelson's 1907 Nobel Prize. The home in which Michelson lived as a child in Murphys Camp,"
"most profitable crews in the Bonanno family. With soldiers Nicholas Santora, John Cersani, John Zancocchio, Edward Barberra, Benjamin ""Lefty"" Ruggiero, Michael Sabella, Joseph Puma, Steven Maruca, Salvatore Farrugia, Antonio Tomasulo, Anthony ""Fat Tony"" Rabito, Frank DiStefano, Salvatore D'Ottavio, James Episcopa, and Mafia associate Joseph ""Donnie Brasco"" Pistone, who was an FBI agent working undercover. Napolitano, after three years of work in Brooklyn, moved operations to Florida in 1980, where he and Donnie Brasco set up loansharking, illegal gambling, extortion, and racketeering operations with the permission of longtime Florida Boss Santo Trafficante, Jr.. It was around this time that Santora would"
"Nicolo ""Cola"" Schirò, and supposedly got it. Schirò fled New York in fear, leaving Maranzano as the new leader. By 1931, a series of killings in New York involving Castellammarese clan members and associates caused Maranzano and his family to declare war against Masseria and his allies. D'Aquila's family, now headed by Alfred Mineo, sided with Masseria. In addition to Gambino, other prominent members of this family included Luciano associates Albert Anastasia and Frank Scalice. The Castellammarese clan included Joseph ""Joe Bananas"" Bonanno and Stefano Magaddino, the Profaci crime family, which included Joe Profaci and Joseph Magliocco – Bonanno's cousin"
"estate empire. In 1954, Bill was inducted as a ""made man"" into the Bonanno family. In later years, Joseph appointed him as family consigliere. However, many family members felt that Bill lacked experience and was too intellectual to lead effectively. These tensions only worsened when Bill advised his father against involving the family in the illegal narcotics trade. In 1963, Joseph conspired with Profaci family boss Joseph Magliocco to assassinate their three bitter rivals on the Mafia Commission: Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino, Lucchese crime family boss Gaetano Lucchese, and Buffalo crime family boss and cousin, Stefano Magaddino. However,"
"Joseph's consiglieri in the Profaci crime family from 1931-1954. Designed to cement an alliance between the two crime families, the sumptuous wedding had 3,000 guests. DeCavalcante crime family boss Sam DeCavalcante later remarked on Bill's poor treatment of Rosalie: ""It's a shame; the girl wanted to commit suicide because of the way he treated her"". Bill and Rosalie eventually had four children; Charles, Joseph, Salvatore, and Felippa (""Gigi""); Charles was adopted by Bonanno and his wife in 1958. Bill's first ambition (after a try at law school) was to manage the legitimate end of Joseph's farms, factories, and the real"
"than other mobsters of his generation. The Bonanno family was considered the closest knit of the Five Families because Bonanno tried to restrict membership to Castelammarese Sicilians. He strongly believed that blood relations and a strict Sicilian upbringing would be the only way to hold the traditional values of the Mafia together. Over the years, Bonanno became a powerful member of the Commission due to his close relationship with fellow boss Joe Profaci. In 1956, the relationship between the two bosses became stronger when Bonanno's son Salvatore ""Bill"" Bonanno married Profaci's niece Rosalie. The Bonanno-Profaci alliance deterred the other three"