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The kids at Allyn Ann McLerie's Quaker School may think they saw the Easter Bunny, but some of the grownups might think that it's Harvey's grandpa roaming around out on the plains.

A new Quaker School has opened up in Virginia City and Allyn Ann McLerie persuades Ben Cartwright to part with some milk cows. But being it's Easter she persuades Dan Blocker to dress in a large bunny suit and be spotted hiding Easter eggs on Sunday morning.

Watching this episode it reminded me of that famous Laugh-In program with John Wayne in the bunny suit. Dan Blocker is just as funny if not more.

Some crooked outlaw brothers are looking to rob a silver shipment. Imagine having an Easter Bunny foil your plans?

Jimmy Stewart would understand.

Remember seeing this episode 1st time in 1982 when I was 18. I thought it was a little silly then. I saw again in 1990 and laughed my ass off. I admit seeing Dan Blocker in an Easter Bunny outfit was funny. Later in the episode fighting off the bad guys with Easter eggs. Art Metrano stood out as the most dull witted brother of the gang. Telling his non believing siblings he just saw a "pole bear". Earlier in episode in his introduction (Metrano) goes to livery stable asking for info interrupting "Little Joe" bragging to blacksmith about his latest conquest and accidentally burns his hand (Metrano) picking up a hot (red) poker. It looked improvised because Landon and other actor playing Blacksmith looked like their laughter at the schmucks misery was real. A good enjoyable albeit sweet episode you could watch with the younguns and not feel insulted by.

One thing I liked about Bonanza as a kid was, not all the shows were dead-serious or preachy. Sometimes, the writers tossed a comedic episode into the mix. Somehow, this one Easter-themed episode escaped my viewing until just today on MeTV. Seeing a 300lb. man over six foot tall dressed in a bunny costume was hysterical. The HORSE seeing a 300lb. man over six foot tall dressed in a bunny costume and running for its life was fall-down funny. Watching said bunny foil an ill-conceived stagecoach robbery was a bit much, but it worked. Seeing four city slickers try to emulate bandits just added to the mix.

Funniest Bonanza show I remember since the days of Obie (Arthur Hunnicutt) and his wonder dog Walter.