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NO JOKE THIS IS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THING AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME

THE FACT THAT HE BLURTED IT OUT SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT HE WAS LED THERE BY A LINE OF AGGRESSIVE QUESTIONING ABOUT ORDERING THE CODE RED

"YOU'RE GD RIGHT I DID!"

"I LEFT BONANZA BECAUSE THOSE MOTHER EFFERS WERE SOFT!"

ANYWAY "BONANZA" WAS A SHOW THAT ENDED IN 1965

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T UNDERVALUING THE IMPACT OF "BONANZA" AND ITS CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN 2018 SO I DID SOME GOOGLING

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT PERNELL ROBERTS IS, UMM ... NOT ALIVE

HE DIED EIGHT YEARS AGO ...

TODAY, EXACTLY

WHICH IS MAYBE WHY THIS SHOWED UP ONLINE?

NEVERTHELESS, THAT FANS HAVE REMAINED STUNNED FOR EIGHT YEARS IS IN ITSELF STUNNING

ALSO TURNS OUT HE ACTUALLY *DID* LEAVE "BONANZA" BECAUSE THOSE MOTHER EFFERS WERE SOFT

THEY WOULDN'T HIRE MINORITY ACTORS AND ROBERTS WAS A COMMITTED SOCIAL ACTIVIST WHO MARCHED IN SELMA

SO YES-- THIS IS STRANGELY AND DEPRESSINGLY RELEVANT

AND GIVES ME THE CHANCE TO EQUATE A 1960s WESTERN THAT ROBERTS HIMSELF DESCRIBED AS "JUNK" WITH OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

BOTH ARE BONANZAS

OF RACISM

THANK YOU

AND YES I'M WELL AWARE THIS WAS *NOT* WHERE YOU SAW THIS POST GOING, SIX PEOPLE WHO READ THIS BLOG

SORRY/NOT SORRY (H/T DEMI LOVATO)

AND R.I.P. PERNELL ROBERTS