Michael Landon, Jr. tells it like it was....
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Michael Landon, beloved star of "Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie,"
gets the "Daddy Dearest" treatment with the May 23 telepic "Michael Landon, The
Father I Knew." Directed by Landon's son, Michael Jr., the CBS movie depicts
one of Hollywood's most cherished stars as a philandering father who left his
son's mom for a young makeup artist he met on the "Little House" set in 1983.
Landon, who also battled with alcohol, died of pancreatic cancer in 1991.
Playing Landon was no stretch for John Schneider, best known as Bo Duke from
"The Dukes of Hazzard." Schneider cheated on his first wife, Los Angeles
newscaster Tawny Little, more than once. "I might have thought twice about
extramarital affairs, but after the first or second time, you think less and
less about it," he admits in the new TV Guide. "I was caught on the way to
Aspen with someone who was not my wife. And I couldn't understand why my wife
did not understand, since we were not getting along."
Even Michael Jr. admits there are some horrors he had to leave locked up in the
family Pandora's box. "There is not an ounce of bitterness in my bones toward
my father," he tells writer Mary Murphy. "It is a movie about divorce . . .
Outside of that, I try to leave the wire hangers and the skeletons in the
closet."
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ApplCinamn
gets the "Daddy Dearest" treatment with the May 23 telepic "Michael Landon, The
Father I Knew." Directed by Landon's son, Michael Jr., the CBS movie depicts
one of Hollywood's most cherished stars as a philandering father who left his
son's mom for a young makeup artist he met on the "Little House" set in 1983.
Landon, who also battled with alcohol, died of pancreatic cancer in 1991. >>
Has Junior ever accomplished anything that didn't have to do with his father?
Miz Edwina
<< RUSH AND MOLLOY...>>
<snip>
<< Even Michael Jr. admits there are some horrors he had to leave locked up in
the
family Pandora's box. "There is not an ounce of bitterness in my bones toward
my father," he tells writer Mary Murphy. "It is a movie about divorce . . .
Outside of that, I try to leave the wire hangers and the skeletons in the
closet." >>
Wasn't Michael Jr. (and the rest of Michael & Lyn Landon's children) left
relatively little in Michael Sr.'s will compared to Cyndy Landon's 2 kids? I
thought I read that somewhere. Something about Michael leaving more $$$ to the
last wife's kids because they were young & he felt would need more money than
his older children.
Edwina
DiaJane
father?>>
I flipped by some interview w/Jr. & he emphasized how GRATEFUL he is to his
father for teaching him about working in television & said that, for all his
faults as a father and husband, Sr. ran a great set & that he (Jr.) hopes at
least some of that rubbed off on him.
IMO, Sr.'s really cold behavior re: ditching his high-profile "happy family"
for a decades-younger makeup bimbo is a contradiction worth exploring. It'll be
interesting to see how a son will interpret the whole thing, given that his
intentions are honorable.
dia.jane
ApplCinamn
for a decades-younger makeup bimbo is a contradiction worth exploring. It'll be
interesting to see how a son will interpret the whole thing, given that his
intentions are honorable. >>
I respectfully disagree. To me it's about as honorable as Mary Bono revealing
that Sonny was on prescription drugs. Neither action has any purpose to it
except to either cast the dead in a negative light or to gain self-publicity by
using their supposed loved ones who are no longer around to defend themselves.
It simply wasn't necessary.
Like I said..has Junior ever accomplished anything that didn't feed off his
father's fame?
KBELL12345
Actually, this was the second time for him to ditch his family. The make-up
artist was his third wife. He divorced his first wife for Lynn.
MLewis2707
><<Has Junior ever accomplished anything that didn't have to do with his
>father?>>
>I flipped by some interview w/Jr. & he emphasized how GRATEFUL he is to his
>father for teaching him about working in television & said that, for all his
>faults as a father and husband, Sr. ran a great set & that he (Jr.) hopes at
>least some of that rubbed off on him.
>
>IMO, Sr.'s really cold behavior re: ditching his high-profile "happy family"
>for a decades-younger makeup bimbo is a >contradiction worth exploring. It'll
>be interesting to see how a son will interpret >the whole thing, given that
his intentions are honorable.
He could be showing loyalty to his mom. I don't see why it's wrong for him to
make this movie. Landon Sr. did one about his childhood and how his mom's
mistreatment (hanging his wet bedsheets out for the neighbors to see)
humiliated him and caused him problems in life. Why shouldn't he be similarly
exposed? Because he chose to play an Angel (and the angelic Pa Ingles among
other similar character types) in the series he produced, people talked about
him as if he were saintly. He was a Hollywood tv star, not a missionary. I
don't know if he dumped his first wife in the throes of an adultryous
relationship the way he did his second, but I certainly don't admire wife
number three (the widow who got most of his money along with her blood
children).
Of course if the second wife started up with him while he was still married,
getting dumped that way was only just to her. But Landon was a jerk either way.
And I would love to have a son get at least a tiny bit back at a husband that
did this the way Landon, Jr does here.
I'm glad he did it, although I won't bother to watch the film (as I don't care
for most network television fare).
Emma
Oingobaby
>other similar character types) in the series he produced, people talked about
>him as if he were saintly.
But it is this persona that gets at my crawl. I'm sorry, but I think the only
thing I liked about Little House was Nellie Olsen and Laura. I didn't like Pa
at all. On the other hand, I'm more of a Waltons fan. At lease Ralph Waite
didn't play Pa Walton like a saint like Landon did. IMHO!!!!
Suni (AKA Suni Spice, and PrincessKitty...keeper of Danny Elfman and knower of
stupid trivia) The band sounded like a bunch of child prodigies running wild on
acid in Danny Elfman's home studio.
DiaJane
(Still keeping it civil)
Well, what Michael Landon and Sonny Bono had in common is that they were big
freaking hypocrites. Bono was indeed the most offensive since he actually rode
his affable loser act into Congress as a Gingrich Republican. The fact that he
wasn't the dumbest congress critter on the hill, merely whacked out on
painkillers all the time is actually newsworthy. Creepier still, though, is
how the widow Bono is making celebrity hay
And Jr. is always going to have that "junior" think han
<<<<<IMO, Sr.'s really cold behavior re: ditching his high-profile "happy
family"
for a decades-younger makeup bimbo is a contradiction worth exploring. It'll be
interesting to see how a son will interpret the whole thing, given that his
intentions are honorable. >>
I respectfully disagree. To me it's about as honorable as Mary Bono revealing
DiaJane
anyway... Mary Bono is sort of scary to watch.
Michael Landon made a fortune off of his "solid family man persona," and he
sure wasn't shy about making that awful TV-movie about the trials of being an
adolescent bedwetter, so "junior's revenge" is actually a quite fitting
memorial.
diajane
ApplCinamn
My posts have had nothing whatsoever to do with Senior Landon's persona, public
or otherwise. In fact, it's irrelevant to what I was trying to express, which
was basically a low opinion of yet another relative of a dead celebrity seeking
profit or publicity by airing the dirty laundry...an opinion made even lower
when the survivor pretty much got where they're at primarily by riding the
coattails of the other. Junior Landon is neither the first nor the worst; he's
just another flea on the back of the dog, imho.
BTW, People's review of the film includes comments like "smacks of getting
even", "resentment", "heavy-handed", "vindictive", etc. Guess that answers my
question of what Junior Landon has accomplished on his own merit.
Jay H.
Oingobaby <oing...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990516183213...@ng-fd1.aol.com...
> >Because he chose to play an Angel (and the angelic Pa Ingles among
> >other similar character types) in the series he produced, people
talked about
> >him as if he were saintly.
>
> But it is this persona that gets at my crawl. I'm sorry, but I think
the only
> thing I liked about Little House was Nellie Olsen and Laura. I didn't
like Pa
> at all. On the other hand, I'm more of a Waltons fan. At lease Ralph
Waite
> didn't play Pa Walton like a saint like Landon did. IMHO!!!!
>
>
I love Nellie Olsen! Suni, have you seen Alison Arngrim's website? She
calls it "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch." It's at
http://www.hgd.com/alison/.
Jay H.
Jay H.
MLewis2707 <mlewi...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990515185631...@ng-ch1.aol.com...
> >From: dia...@aol.com (DiaJane)
>
> ><<Has Junior ever accomplished anything that didn't have to do with
his
> >father?>>
>
> >I flipped by some interview w/Jr. & he emphasized how GRATEFUL he is
to his
> >father for teaching him about working in television & said that, for
all his
> >faults as a father and husband, Sr. ran a great set & that he (Jr.)
hopes at
> >least some of that rubbed off on him.
> >
family"
> >for a decades-younger makeup bimbo is a >contradiction worth
exploring. It'll
> >be interesting to see how a son will interpret >the whole thing,
given that
> his intentions are honorable.
>
him to
> make this movie. Landon Sr. did one about his childhood and how his
mom's
> mistreatment (hanging his wet bedsheets out for the neighbors to see)
> humiliated him and caused him problems in life. Why shouldn't he be
similarly
among
> other similar character types) in the series he produced, people
talked about
missionary. I
> don't know if he dumped his first wife in the throes of an adultryous
> relationship the way he did his second, but I certainly don't admire
wife
> number three (the widow who got most of his money along with her blood
> children).
>
My dear friend Gay Bob once told me that when he was a teenager, he
watched every episode of Bonanza just to see the bulge in M.L., Sr.'s
tight trousers.
Just thought I'd share that.
Jay H.
mslinda
>
> >I love Nellie Olsen! Suni, have you seen Alison Arngrim's website? She
> >calls it "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch." It's at
> >http://www.hgd.com/alison/.
> >
> >Jay H.
>
> :^)))))
FWIW, one of my friends lived in the same Hollywood apartment building
as Alison and my mechanic fixes her car.
Linda C.
Oingobaby
>calls it "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch." It's at
>http://www.hgd.com/alison/.
>
>Jay H.
Thanks for the website Jay! :^) Alison is really funny gal in real life!
:^)))))
Jaded Bitch
svar...@ic.sunysb.edu
agcg...@aol.comBillie (AGC Gossip) wrote:
> RUSH AND MOLLOY...
>
> Michael Landon, beloved star of "Bonanza" and "Little House on the
Prairie,"
> gets the "Daddy Dearest" treatment with the May 23 telepic "Michael
Landon, The
> Father I Knew." Directed by Landon's son, Michael Jr., the CBS movie
depicts
> one of Hollywood's most cherished stars as a philandering father who
left his
> son's mom for a young makeup artist he met on the "Little House" set
in 1983.
> Landon, who also battled with alcohol, died of pancreatic cancer in
1991.
>
Duke from
> "The Dukes of Hazzard." Schneider cheated on his first wife, Los
Angeles
> newscaster Tawny Little, more than once. "I might have thought twice
about
> extramarital affairs, but after the first or second time, you think
less and
> less about it," he admits in the new TV Guide. "I was caught on the
way to
> Aspen with someone who was not my wife. And I couldn't understand why
my wife
> did not understand, since we were not getting along."
>
up in the
> family Pandora's box. "There is not an ounce of bitterness in my bones
toward
> my father," he tells writer Mary Murphy. "It is a movie about divorce
. . .
> Outside of that, I try to leave the wire hangers and the skeletons in
the
> closet."
>
Did anyone tape this Michael Landon movie by any chance? I REALLY want a
copy of it because I'm a HUGE fan of Sarah Lancaster, who played Michael
Landon's daughter in the movie. If anyone has the movie on tape, I'm
willing to pay for a copy. Thanks.
-Srini Varanasi
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