When I'm Wrong, I'm Wrong

It seems the episode of Bonanza where Little Joe enters Hoss into a flapjack eating contest, The Flapjack Contest was produced in season 6 of Bonanza and was directed not by Robert Altman but by William F. Claxton.

I have watched two of the Altman-directed episodes and neither are comedies, though some are coming up. In one of the episodes, The Secret, Little Joe is framed for the murder of a young woman. After the town doctor examines her, Ben wants to know if there is any evidence that she was killed (she was found at the bottom of a cliff). The doctor says, "No."

Ben says, "So it was an accident."

The Doctor replies, "Well an accident or maybe suicide." When Ben asks why suicide the doctor asks, "Was she married?"

Ben say, "Why of course not. You know that."

"Well, she should have been," replies the doctor. And so, they said she was pregnant without ever saying she was pregnant. Wow, the way TV worked in 1961 is amazing.