Season 1, Episode 5 (1959), titled "Enter Mark Twain." Sam Clemens was in 3 episodes of "Bonanza," as his Plan B, I'm sure, in case his littery career didn't pan out. On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Damnation! I dug into all of those newspapers and journals, did all that > research, and the answer was on Youtube the whole time? I've now got a bad > case of the fantods. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl J. Chimi > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 12:47 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Kevin MacDonnell got the origin of "Mark Twain" completely wrong > > Yup, dead wrong. > > =20 > > How do I know? > > =20 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4GYRGafQ7SI > > =20 > > Yup, a 1959 episode of Bonanza gives the full account of how the = > Cartwright clan helped (an oddly mid-40s guy who in no way resembles the = > actual young Sam Clemens) the young reporter to come up with his pen = > name. > > =20 > > It must be historically accurate because it is a TV western, and they = > knew a lot more about historical facts then than we do nowadays. > > =20 > > Sorry you went through all that effort, Kevin, but Hoss beat you to it! > > =20 > > Carl > > =F0=9F=98=80 >