Bonanza
1959
(Hoss reluctantly agrees to serve as a temporary deputy sheriff) Deputy Sheriff: I'll swear you in. Do you? Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: I do. Deputy Sheriff: You are.
(last lines in episode 8.34, "The Greedy Ones") Ben Cartwright: The gold rush was over, gone like a soap bubble in the sun. The Ponderosa was just as it has always been. And we went home.
(running gag) Ben Cartwright: Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman? Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright: Sure I do. Ben Cartwright: Then take your feet off the table! (Hoss rolls his eyes) Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: He'll never learn to do that.
(last lines for Episode 1.2: "Death on Sun Mountain") Ben Cartwright: One place or another, there'll always be a Mark Burdette, and for every one like him who makes it, a thousand will fail. But then, what are thousand to one odds for a man who looks up into the sky and sees... a bonanza!
Adam Cartwright: Let's go back to the Ponderosa, Pa. This isn't any of our affair. Ben Cartwright: We can't ignore the rest of the world. We're the only stabilizing influence in the country.
Ben Cartwright: You and your education. Adam Cartwright: Education is progress! Now what have you got against it? Ben Cartwright: I don't have anything against education - as long as it doesn't interfere with your thinking!
Burt: Ah, I always keep to my own affairs, but old Jeb, he's sorta been bit by the curiousity bug. He's wondering what brought you fellows to town. Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: Well, I reckon I can tell you two fellows. Burt: Yeah! Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: You see them two horses down there? They brought us.
(last lines of episode 3.8) Ben Cartwright: There go two wealthy young men. Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: What do you mean, Pa? Ben Cartwright: Well, they have something all the money in the world can't buy. It's called friendship.