Der Schuh des Manitu American Western named Lone Ranger. He was also fighting in the name of justice and was normally accompanied by his Native American friend Tonto. Abahachi's homosexual twin called Winnetouch is a persiflage on Winnetou. His beauty farm called "Puder Rosa Ranch" (“Powder Rose Ranch”) is a play on the name of the ranch in the Western TV series "Bonanza" that was owned by the Cartwright family and was called Ponderosa Ranch. The seductive beauty called Uschi is named after Uschi Glas, the actress that played the Native American girl Apanatschi in Winnetou and the Crossbreed. The grandfather is called "Grauer
Bonanza "One suggestion was to return Pernell Roberts, who had played another Cartwright son when "Bonanza" first premiered on NBC fourteen years ago. We only considered that briefly, [producer Richard] Collins says... Some people felt it was a logical step—the oldest son returning at a time of family need—but most of us didn't think it would work.' Dan Blocker was 6-foot-4, 320-pounds when chosen to play the gentle middle son Eric, better known as "Hoss". The nickname was used as a nod to the character's ample girth, an endearing term for "big and friendly", used by his Swedish mother (and Uncle