MICHAEL LANDON HE'S HERE

walk you along that b you along that b walk you along that B I know that Michael Landon was very much sort of a nurturing mentoring type of guy with all these children on the center was he was he kind of like a mentor was he a teacher it's funny to think of you know Michael as a teacher CU he was so crazy and funny and wild I mean people talk about him now it's St Michael I mean he's he's just become sainted and he was this crazy person I mean he was divorced twice he was married three times he had a whole pel of kids um he drank and smoked he told dirty jokes he swore I mean he did all these not paw Les things he was so not paw Les he was a lot more fun than that he was this regular guy and they would have these rap parties and at the end of the day' break out the beer for the crew and he would take us to the racetrack at the end of the year for the rap party you know yeah I mean he was a mentor taught me how to bet on horses I mean I mean yeah don't mix tequila and Jin honey I mean what practical joke he was he was very very funny I mean the things he like to do I I said he haded this totally wild sort of like almost Deery side but then he was so good with all these children you're kind like I mean you know no he didn't let us into the liquor and cigarettes there were rules on the set and actually [Music] 0 years old except on one day is just fantastic except he got fired cuz we just we can't afford two chicken dinners on One show and that's what we give these people but we are glad to have them here one is a glam amous sex symbol type so it's only fair that she'd be interviewed by her male counterpart that's right I'll be handling that one myself uh the other is a 14-year-old perfect Jerry good luck Eden and Miss Melissa Gilbert I loved it when they uh rub that little bottle and you used to pop out and show your Naval you the cutest little Naval jry huh you see I'm a minor uh-huh oh my gosh don't tell me don't tell me Bart's got another minor in trouble and I love Michael Lon and the whole crew I'm sorry but I really must go oh yeah well guess what I'm going to do with this gun like the man said you can sit on it for all I have to finish my homework thanks for everything guys bye thank you Melissa one that's right sorry I can't hear you I'm sorry and it should be these two had a very close Bond there's a lot of really good chemistry between people on this show and and between Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon was I think the most amazing people talk about Michael Landon as having been a great father figure to so many people in this case it was true Melissa Gilbert's dad Paul Gilbert died when she was still very young but 12 years old and she really did need a dad and I I've always thought that this was really a lucky a circumstance is really good that Melissa Gilbert had Michael Landon around at that time I like the kind of first my see me if my friends could see me could see me if my friends could see me if they could see me now that last day for me was one of the the saddest days in my life and scary [Music] this seems right yep it's TR back here welcome home half friend oh wow as a surprise from Melissa Dean brought a very special and personal piece of memorabilia back to the Big Sky Ranch oh my God oh my gosh wow this is just classic his initials in there yeah can you put it on I don't know he's here it's this really weird feeling yeah he's here strange I want to get my smell in there wow that's extraordinary yeah well I I I think we should go see the town that he that he built that he built and destroyed Landon's co-star K Grassley and Melissa Gilbert were referring to the emotions of that day but with the news of Landon's death their words have a haunting ring I guess you kind of you take advantage of what you have you take forant of the things that you have and like I say you don't realize what you have until it's gone you know I think it's just healthy this morning period though I mean we're going through a true loss and it's good to experience it and I myself stayed up very late crying last night actor Michael Landon is dead after a battle with inoperable liver and pancreatic cancer the 54-year-old star of TV's Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza died this afternoon at his home in Malibu California he had been diagnosed with a disease only last April he opted for experimental Medical Treatments landed was quoted a saying after learning of his illness it's not like I missed a hell of a lot I had a pretty good lick here Michael Landon was 54 and we'll be back books by Laura angles Wilder deprived child I was reading Edgar and Poe I was sort of a lot like Wednesday on The Adams Family growing up actually that was like my big favorite show and these of course are the scenes from last week's show Paul got hurt in this one something you may notice in little house every time Michael Landon gets injured it's always his arm or his ribs and this is so he can take his shirt off uh our largest viewership was actually women in their 40s more so than children so for the Michael Landon fan club we always made sure he took his shirt off at least once every three episodes and he prided himself on their many positive messages hey Michael is been working pretty hard and Figures it's time for a change of attire and certainly looks better than most think that change [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] sexy sexyx [Music] [Music] so home oh God [Music] you oh so [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] to wow [Music] come on youxing [Music] [Music] [Music] on [Music] to see [Music] [Music] hope sh oh my SK [Music] let [Music] sex sex [Music] [Music] [Music] oh my God don't stop now not gay not gay Gilbert [Applause] to you young people watching for a long time it's been clear to Michael that a crusade against the horrible Dragon of drug abuse is one of the highest priorities in our country he personally felt the pain of witnessing one of his own children in a terrible struggle against chemical dependency it was then that he threw himself wholeheartedly into a real life role this one as an allout activist against this pervasive evil that battle reaches all the way up to the White House and our first lady Nancy Reagan I have seen Michael work with teenagers constantly he warns them of the hazards of drugs God knows he tries and he feels that as long as his vision is alive in one teenager's heart he hasn't failed I love you understand that Michael Landon was also involved in like prankster activities he was known for that like wasn't he like the the M like kind of the guy that started the whole thing of you know like uh pranking your co-stars and all kinds of he was the leader no he was the leader he was the prankster barely could keep up I mean sure Alissa put a little bit of you know a Saran Wrap over a couple of toilet seats but um was the king of the pranks he was a maniac he loved creating out tangs for his collection um bunny when I'm lying there with the blood trickling out of my nose trying to be unconscious and suddenly I'm like there no one saying cut no one is saying cut and I'm just like my why then I feel this s and it's Michael sticking his finger up my nose so I felt different playing it very different I felt very close to God playing very close tremendous physical effects that happened to me um I mean I felt like I was just filled with electricity playing that part I really did I am not leaving you I think there are certain things inside people uh that they're never really aware of all the time and where they come from I don't know the crew was very interesting well we were doing it had a tremendous emotional impact on the crew because in its own way to be very honest with you I think it frighten them a little bit in in a nice way but they've seen me play this part for 8 years and I am am in fact that man to them when they watch me work and to see that man have so much open faith that I think everybody would like to be a part of that I think it made them wonder what does Charles Engles have I mean what kind of a connection does he have with God how can anyone be that sure do you ever take any of this home with you oh sure sure I do um I think probably the big turnar around in my life um 10 years ago my daughter had a terrible automobile accident I was when I was first notified I was at uh in Utah and the doctor on the phone told me that as far as he was concerned there was practically no chance at all for everyone in the car was killed but her and I got to Tucson as quickly as I could and uh you most people don't really pray very hard until they really need it honor and keep sickness and in okay a lot of people get very religious when they get very old all others people whether or not it's a just in case uh kind of thing I don't know but I never prayed so hard in my life as I did there and she lived and I made a lot of promises that I would like to keep when Hollywood's favorite son Michael Landon died several years ago he left behind a legacy of courage and Goodwill that endures to this day for millions of the world's television viewers he also left behind an extended family of nine children who knew the private strengths of their father we were lucky enough to be given a glimpse into that private world through one of Michael Landon's sons from Little Joe C write on the Ponderosa Ranch in the TV series Bonanza to Angel Jonathan Smith in the hit series Highway to Heaven 30 years later Michael Landon knew about fighting the odds his fight final challenge would take place as a real life drama before a national TV audience when he learned he was dying of cancer in 1991 I think every moment just gets a little more importantance after something like this though he would finally succumb to fate Landon did it in a style that was vividly familiar to this man Mark Landon the son Michael adopted when he was 12 years old life is about how you handle what's thrown at like and what he wanted you to do is to learn to handle what comes your way you take and you approach it you make the best of every situation you can I always had a wild wacky sense of humor uh when I was a kid I first met him we were like two cartoon characters we both laughed a lot a lot of that laughter in some way Michael Landon was more than human to the family he left behind he was a Superman with powers they couldn't explain even at a family gathering like Christmas he seemed to know things nobody else [Music] did he used to play this game like on his birthday and Christmas time and U it's like he put his hand over the presents that were wrapped I'd been a pres thousands of presents I mean he would get like 9 10 11 12 perfect he would guess what the presents were I said Dad how do you do that he goes I get like Vibes he put his hand over the presents like a few inches off no cheating and I mean this is for real like mik Junior saw him do this and he kind of went like it was really this makes you start thinking maybe there is some try and stuff because when it's that consistent I mean like 10 in a row wherever Michael is today Mark believes he is exploring I think he'd be flying on exploring other planes right now cuz he he loved more information love to read love to like absorb s like scientific information so I figure yeah he'd be flying between the galaxies looking at other planets and other civilizations so he loved it and Mark is not certain but he believes he may have had a visit from Michael since the star's death I was in my bedroom and my window was open and I sort of had this this this Vision with my eyes closed of him flying up to my window with like three or four kids I said Dad Dad how you doing not no I got work to do like like he was holding orphans and then he just flew away and i s open my eyes and went no but I mean how can I be sure I'm really seeing something like that it's just it's a vision that's that's based on his personality the way he was he'll never know if Michael did come back to visit but Mark does know that Michael believed his own father had reached him from the afterlife he was talking about like at the funeral it's like he felt a presence but he couldn't really be sure but yeah it felt like his father was there and it's like he felt like maybe a hand did Tap maybe he did he couldn't nail it down and he felt like like an Ambiance of it's all right I'm all right and everything's going to be all right Little House on the Prairie Star Allison arram made headlines with a stunning Revelation according to her fellow star Michael Landon was the opposite of his screen character and was dangerous to know Allison arram has blessed Hollywood with a lot of great movies many fans know her well as Nelly Olen her character on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie which aired from 1974 to 1981 the now 59-year-old actress originally auditioned as Laura Les when she didn't get the role she audition for Mary Les which also went to someone else she was later cast as Nelly a role she played so well she established the cultural reference for spoiled bad girl in the 1970s Nelly Nelly AR remains one of Hollywood's icons who started as a child star and maintained a successful career after so many years she sure became a fan favorite since the 70s and decades after the NBC series ended arram shared shocking details about her experience on the show a r n g r i Ms experiences as Nelly years after Little House on the Prairie aired for Seven Seasons reports showed that the cast still got emails from the hit family drama fans but fans were not the only ones who benefited from the film storyline arram is always grateful she got to play Nelly in her book confessions of a prairie how I survived Nelly Olen and learned to love being hated the actress revealed that she was sexually abused as a child and acting Nelly helped her heal a relative abused arram as a 6-year-old and the experience made her a shy and withdrawn child but all these changed when she became the scheming 11-year-old Nelly arram who suffered the trauma of being abused in silence suddenly intimidated people because of her onscreen character the actress and author are grateful Nelly didn't ruin her life however the good memories Little House on the Prairie carried weren't all the actress had to share speaking about the behindthescenes tales of the hit series arram had more shocking information about some cast members her experiences on the show weren't all Blissful and it turned out Michael Landon wasn't the lovely dad he portrayed on television according to arram Landon was strict with his rules and had a sense of humor that really shocked people he also had a disrespectful habit of showing up on set without his underwear Landon was an American actor and filmmaker he starred as Charles Engles in Little House on the Prairie was Landon the perfect family guy in a recent interview arram 59 opened up about Landon's attitude towards other cast members although the Prairie lead man may have appeared as the perfect family man on TV some cast members have also had different unflattering stories to tell about the late actor actress Karen grassel who starred as Caroline ma Les on the' 70s drama revealed how Michael Landon who portrayed her on screen husband always boasted about his masculinity on sex grass's Memoir unveiled neverbe known details about Little House on the Prairie and her time with Landon as one thing fans were always curious about Grassle alleged that her on-screen husband Landon constantly talked about his sex life and the benefits of B poen for the older male it was eventually discovered that the US actor was having an affair with Cindy clerico who worked as a standin for Landon's co-star Melissa Francis the then 18-year-old clerico was more than 20 years Landon's junor Grassle wasn't impressed with the actor's Behavior some of the hit NBC drama Stars confirmed that Landon and clerico Affair coupled with the fact that he and Grassle had a feud due to her low salary made the now 79-year-old actress more Furious Grassle and Landon's Feud Grassle and her husband on Little House on the Prairie were no loving couple off the set and the actress has made that clear in a series of accusations Grassle who also acted alongside Landon and bless all the dear children made it clear the actor body Shan made insensitive jokes and refused to pay a fair wage although Grassle said Landon carried the show's weight on his shoulders she didn't believe it was an excuse for his attitude the movie stars disagree rements began when Grassle requested a raise in her income for the second season Landon turned down her request and reportedly said she wasn't as famous as she believed the actress also opened up about how Landon started reducing her scenes and leaving her out of the storyline he mocked her body made jokes about her facial expressions to the crew and she couldn't even call him out however Grassle and Landon's Feud isnt all her book was about as it also talked about the actress struggles with alcohol addiction and the effects it had on her and her Prairie co-stars and her career speaking of her Memoir during an interview Grassle AKA mom said she decided to solve her drinking problems in 1977 after two incidents one of which involved drinking at work the actress had organized a luncheon for her hardw workking folks only smell bad to folks that have nothing to do but stick their noses in the air but whenever you stick your nose in the air with me Mellie it's going to get punched Michael Landon he's here yeah he's here yeah he's here he's here yeah he's here yeah he's here he's here he's here he's here he's here he's here he's here he's here yeah he's here Michael L he's here yeah he's here yeah he's he here yeah he's here he's here yeah he's here yeah he's here you ever come back you ever ever come back don't you ever come back here again and don't you ever come back here [Music] again s Sor right I didn't mean it it's not your fault fault fault fault it's all right it is still my fault I did want bu to like me more than she liked now it's not true it's not your fault