BANANAZ

BONANZA
1959-1973 NBC

BANANAZ
MAD #73, September 1962
w: Earle Doud & Lou Silverstone
a: Mort Drucker

Long-running Western about the Cartwright family, headed by Ben (Lorne Greene) raising his three sons Adam (Pernell Roberts), Little Joe (Michael Landon), and Hoss (Dan Blocker) on the Ponderosa ranch.

From the Cracked article When Other Shows Copy the Rowan and Martin Comedy Format in issue #76, May 1969

Jack Davis did this cover for Sick #18, February 1963

From TV Scenes Worth Waiting For in Sick #39, illustrated by Angelo Torres.

From If TV Shows Were Written by the Ad Agencies (artist unknown) in Sick #48, November 1966

(“Stronger Than Dirt” was an Ajax campaign)

Jack Davis also did a TV Guide cover.

From Playdead magazine in National Lampoon, January 1973

Bonanza was also a comics series in the 60s.