I always figured he wore the gloves after his hands got so badly burned in "Forever". I guess I just made that up in my mind, but it worked for me

Hello Sibylle,

It's nice to meet another newbie here. That's a very pretty spelling for your name.

Mookermom/Rhona

Thank you everyone for all your warm, kind, welcoming words. I know I've only skimmed the surface in terms of the content here, but already I've laughed and giggled, cried, and sat here dumbfounded with my mouth hanging open after reading so many posts. One example pertains to Jay Livingston's ...

I'm new to this site and wanted to let you know a little bit about myself:

I'm a 50 year old female who remembers gathering around our new color TV from Sears to watch Bonanza for many years. We all had our favorites. Mom loved Hoss and Ben. She grew up on a farm in PA and still lives there today ...

My nickname is not related to Bonanza. I named my soon to be 22yr old son, Matthew, but I wound up calling him Matty Mookers thru this childhood. He quit acknowledging that nickname after age 12.

After reading so my clever names using the Bonanza theme here, almost wish I had been more clever when ...