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It is a mighty weak and silly story indeed that the viewer has to sit through in order to hear a young Wayne Newton sing in this Bonanza episode. Mr Newton portrays "Andy Walker",a carefree and happy young man that lives with his father on their farm. The mother died some years back,and Mr Walker senior has presumably been miserable ever since his wife died,because he sure is a miserable ass now. The young man Andy Walker likes to sing,maybe because he remembers enjoying hearing his mom singing when he was very young.

So,during the course of another long workday at the farm,our lad Andy starts singing along with his work. Singing ! How quaint is that ? Who could have a problem with that ?

His jackass father!

His father gets upset and tells him not to sing while working,because he's a man not a bird. This young man has been working his tail off on the farm for years,doing whatever is asked of him. Any normal kid would tell pops that it is possible to sing and work at the same time,and he can have both or nothing ! No sing,no work !

It gets even more ridiculous after Andy goes to the bar for awhile with Joe Cartwright and meets a lady singer singing at the bar. One thing leads to another,and Andy sings for the lady and her manager and they see that he has obvious talent. He is invited to sing on Saturday night. Somehow pops gets wind of this and comes to the bar. He makes an ass of himself,makes Andy look like a chump,and drags Andy home. Andy was doing nothing wrong. He should be allowed to have some fun once in awhile,after working on the farm all week. Any normal kid would have told the old man to go pound salt,but not our boy Andy. The father is clearly in the wrong here,and Andy is being treated like a chump.

This is a ridiculous story,all so the viewer can hear Andy sing a little bit.

In real life,no kid Andy's age would put up with this nonsense from their father.

If the rating had 11, I would click on that. To me, this show was about a boy growing up and wanting to follow his own ideas in life. This is so admirable. From the opposing side, there is Andy's father wanting to have things his way, up to the breaking point. This is so typical. Andy ends up in two new environments, one is a saloon with an "older woman" and his daytime job is a hard working farm, but with understanding people. In the end, they all work it out .... I like happy endings. (I suppose this could be a spoiler to some readers.)

The music was delightful, fitting perfectly, Wayne Newton was terrific. I wonder if the guitar music at the ranch (using Adam's old guitar) was Wayne's own. Unusual style, and another 11.