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Michael Landon

Except for the cast of LHOTP you don't hear many people talk about him? He worked with hundreds of stars over the years and was respected for his work on LHOTP, Bonanza, and HTH, I presume. Is he all but forgotten?

In his personal life, was he the humble, moral man he depicted on LHOTP? It was important to him to have clean television programming and LHOTP had Christian themes throughout the series. Was ML a Christian? Was it all about the money, him realizing he could cash in on a guaranteed Christian audience?

LHOTP aspired to to inspire audiences to learn lessons and be better people. Did he aspire to be more Godly in his personal life off-camera?

by Anonymousreply 30June 6, 2019 3:45 AM

I've heard stories he was a controlling prick.

by Anonymousreply 1January 30, 2014 8:39 PM

Most of Flyover didn't know he was a Christ-killing Jew. If they had, they'd have switched off.

by Anonymousreply 2January 30, 2014 8:52 PM

Didn't he leave his wife and kids for one of the stand ins on LH? I thought that caused a major rift between him and half pint.

by Anonymousreply 3January 30, 2014 8:56 PM

The sexual tension between him and little half pint turned me off the show.

by Anonymousreply 4January 30, 2014 9:01 PM

R2: Loretta - is that YOU?

by Anonymousreply 5January 30, 2014 9:02 PM

His daughter is rather dyky too.

by Anonymousreply 6January 30, 2014 9:12 PM

[quote]Is he all but forgotten?

Hell, no. I still walk sideways.

by Anonymousreply 7January 30, 2014 9:14 PM

Melissa Gilbert said she saw Landon get really mad once and made up her mind she never wanted to get him angry because he was thoroughly scary.

by Anonymousreply 8January 30, 2014 9:27 PM

I've heard he was a boozer. Not sure about a user. Though obviously not a loser.

by Anonymousreply 9January 30, 2014 9:38 PM

His one major flaw was that he didn't pose for Playgirl like many of his contemporaries were doing.

by Anonymousreply 10January 30, 2014 9:42 PM

His gay son Christopher inherited his big cock.

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by Anonymousreply 11January 30, 2014 10:03 PM

Too bad he's a total, insatiable bottom.

by Anonymousreply 12January 30, 2014 10:05 PM

Nice bod, Chris.

by Anonymousreply 13January 30, 2014 10:18 PM

Nice to see that his son uses wet wipes.

by Anonymousreply 14January 30, 2014 10:24 PM

will.u.stop.

by Anonymousreply 15January 30, 2014 10:32 PM

Mary's bump

by Anonymousreply 16January 31, 2014 4:37 AM

Little Joe was a bed wetter of epic proportions. It's the truth. That's the first thing I think when someone mentions ML.

by Anonymousreply 17January 31, 2014 4:50 AM

He drank and smoked, which may be why he wound up with pancreatic cancer.

I don't know why it would matter unless you're anti-semitic, but he was Jewish.

He had the ugliest goddamn ears, even when young. Probably why he wore his hair so long towards the end of his life even though it was becoming unfashionable.

by Anonymousreply 18January 31, 2014 5:21 AM

Which Dykey daughter? I once saw ML's daughter Leslie at a pharmacy in the Valley. She fixed her gaze on me the whole time. I thought, hmmm Lez?!

by Anonymousreply 19January 31, 2014 7:52 AM

Apparently a complete asshole, not anywhere close to the saint he potrayed himself on tv. But damn he knew how to make a tv show. There's something about LHOTP that makes me want to watch it.

by Anonymousreply 20January 31, 2014 7:58 AM

How do we know Pa was hung? Post pics or gtfo!

by Anonymousreply 21January 31, 2014 8:01 AM

R19, he could have had his ears tucked.

by Anonymousreply 22January 31, 2014 3:48 PM

He was one of my first man crushes when I was little. I wanted him to be my "Daddy" in more ways than one. In Allison Anigrams books (Sp? ) said it was obvious that he didn't wear underwear. He was packing!!!

by Anonymousreply 23January 31, 2014 8:42 PM

My dad met him and thought he was very nice.

by Anonymousreply 24January 31, 2014 9:05 PM

R19, ummm, it matters because he was beloved by the fundies (and still is) who thought he was one of them.

by Anonymousreply 25January 31, 2014 9:12 PM

R12, was his father also gifted at photoshop? :)

by Anonymousreply 26January 31, 2014 9:14 PM

So, you've seen Chris's dick in person, r27? Spill!

by Anonymousreply 27January 31, 2014 9:24 PM

I've been binging on LHOTP these past couple weeks and get the sense that Landon saw himself, or portrayed himself (through the Charles Ingalls character) as walking angel on Earth.

Of course in the 80s he went even further with the Christlike persona by playing an actual walking angel in Highway to Heaven (a show I didn't much like as a kid).

Meanwhile he drank and smoked and cheated on his wives and spawned too many offspring, and died relatively young.

There was the angelic hero persona he wanted to portray vs. the actual man he was. Probably a narcissist.

by Anonymousreply 28June 6, 2019 2:06 AM

Well his son was very lucky to get that big beautiful dong

by Anonymousreply 29June 6, 2019 3:45 AM
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