Talk:Michael Landon

message: Does anyone know what happened to the image that (apparently) used to be attached to this article? I commented-out the reference to it in the article, but I assume it once existed...? Was it a copyvio? —Frecklefoot 17:39, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It was uploaded on the 26th January. Images uploaded at that time are still missing. Secretlondon 17:41, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)
I hear that eventually they'll be available again? In that case, I'll comment it back in—when they become available again, it'll appear. —Frecklefoot 17:58, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: What does "considered himself Jewish" mean? Did he attend synagogue or have a mikveh, etc.? Was he a Reform Jew on the basis of his father? Can we add any details? Rmhermen 17:08, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
:The term "Jewish" may also be used to describe an ethnic background, not merely a religion. Michael 05:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know of none. All I read is that he considered his beliefs to be a mixture of Roman Catholicism and Judaism, while he also considered himself Jewish by ethnicity. 64.234.0.101 (talk) 04:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Jewish

message: His one son (I think) made a tv movie for CBS about how Michael was a horrible father and a womanizer. This definitely needs to be added to the article. Buzda 08:41, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, he was more of a families man than a family man.
Sad that Landon didn't live up the TV roles he played in real life. I think he was a very nice man. In my opinion.
Answer: Even saints had spotted lives (Augustine). Michael Landon Jr never portrayed his dad as a womanizer (though Landon himself admitted to a period of heavy drinking).  Young Landon was understandably hurt by his father's erratic, mid-life affair and percieved split affection. Still, elevating ideals via contemporary media is a lofty, honorable goal.  Perhaps Maury "Paternity Test" Povich and Jerry Springer could take note.  Airing shows about men who have sired 12 children by countless women before age 25 ("Maury"), men who had sex with their daughters ("Springer"), & transgender triagles ("Springer") is now considered entertainment.  And the two questions Povich never asks during his hundreds of paternity tests is, "who is paying for these kids livlihood, or the crime that is linked to these absentee dads' unsupervised youth"?  Springer became a host after a mayorial sex scandel, but no one can call him duplistic as he never trumpeted values. Why dump on people who elevate ideals when they fall short, while people who profit from losers are embraced?  -Wes Angus  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.40.172.8 (talk) 12:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Who?  Landon or his son?  Landon made a movie called The Loneliest Runner about his own childhood. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 18:57, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wasn't there a TV movie made about him? 

message: Cindy Clerico's article could be merged with this one? --Melaen 22:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cindy Clerico 

message: Why did someone add that David Canary received an Emmy in Michael's opening paragraph? Even if that is appropriate, which I don't think it is, it should at least be clarified that Mr. Canary has won only a DAYTIME emmy for his work on a soap opera which has nothing to do with Michael's career since Michael only worked in Primetime and never worked on daytime soap operas. And why isn't there a section on Awards that Michael has won? Michael Landon may not have won an Emmy but he was awarded the Founders Award in 1982 by the Television Academy of Arts and Science and was posthumously inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He won numerous other awards, lifetime achievement awards, and was also inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame and other entertainment related associations/Halls of Fame (I can get all the official/correct names). In addition, numerous awards have been named in honor of Michael Landon like the Michael Landon Award for Contribution to Youth through Television, The Michael Landon Award for Community Service to Youth (Young Artists Awards), and the Michael Landon Award that is given out by the [CA] Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, to name a few.~~JanisLyn (May 7, 2007)~~ 
ANSWER- The point is that Landon, one of the most prolific stars of all time, DIDN'T get an Emmy in ANY facet of television (acting, writng, directing).  Sad, but one suspects a bias against G rated fare. Or maybe awards are just too pretentous?  Why should Tatum O'Neil have one and not Shirley Booth, etc..?-FQ   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.40.172.8 (talk) 18:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup needed 

message: I appreciate that the current revision reads less like a fan page than previous versions, but there is a new problem.  The "Family Life" section is too long for an actor's Wikipedia article.  I can understand some discussion of his family life, since he is often portrayed as a wholesome figure despite his many affairs.  But as it is, the section is too long. I agree I happen to highly respect him and this should be focused on his act in  life mainly. Does anyone agree?
Worse, the overwhelming majority of the new information is completely unsourced. This has to be fixed.  It is a problem throughout the article, but especially in the family section.  What is the source for these personal items?  Phiwum 16:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much unsourced gossip 

message: I only came to read about Landon, and instead I was sort of appalled at the article quality. I have cleaned up a lot of really bad grammar here, though certainly not all of it, and have attempted to return the article to NPOV. Several things (such as the bedwetting) were removed as being both irrelevant as well as being completely incomprehensible as sentences. Because I was only here to read, I have not yet gone to verify facts, so they still need checking (I called for citations in a couple places, and will remove the statement that he acted because actors get more money if no one can provide a citation by end August). I did check the Nielsen ratings against Wikipedia's list of #1 shows, but have otherwise only tried to clarify sentences, not confirm them.--Thespian 13:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I cleaned up the lead which was confusing, irrelevant, and unsourced. ChiHistoryeditor (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major cleanup started 

message: I removed this just added section from the artilce:
:As a little boy, he used to run out of the house playing the roles of people, while hiding. He then blamed himself for telling the family to be reconnected, after Orowitz dreamt of having a new family. At the same time, he also wet his bed until he was a teenager as his upsetting mother tried to humiliate him by stopping him to hang his sheets outside the bedroom window. He never confided in his friends about his homelife. In 1949, when Orowitz was 12, he watched Samson and Delilah, where he was overwhelmed by the large image on the big screen, which was the long hair. In his own fantasy, he identified the heroes who have long hair, but Orowitz never had long hair until he was in his thirties. Despite of the movie he watched, he never told any of his classmates about his hair-brained theory.
It is unsourced, POV and unclear.  It also looks like it might be a joke.  Do with it what you will. — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Early life" section

message: Way too many...they take up about 6 lines.  Which ones should be deleted? Babygator23 14:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Categories

message: This article states that "Though Little House was tremendously popular with viewers, the show was never nominated for any Emmys or Golden Globes."  That is not accurate - it was nominated for several Emmys and Golden Globes, and even won a few Emmys. 206.180.110.8 18:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards for Little House - info needs corrected 

message: "The show was taken from a 1935 book that was published by Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose character in the show was played by a then-unknown actress, Melissa Gilbert."
LOL, "a then-unknown actress"?? Melissa Gilbert was TEN YEARS OLD when Little House began. Is it her fault that she wasn't "better known," at say, age eight? 
I think the "then-unknown" can be dropped without much ado. Simplemines 03:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it could be dropped without really losing much.  On the other hand, maybe Gilbert is well-known enough (or maybe not; I'd only know her from Adam by virtue of the fact that she's presumably female) that it's worth making the point that this is where she started being well-known?  Compare "Shirley Temple was cast in such-and-such a role" with "Shirley Temple, a then-unknown actress, was chosen for the part of whozis". 174.65.175.154 (talk) 22:46, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needed correction... 

message: Please say it ain't so! Oh well, not really surprised. I see that clean up was suggestted in the past. Landon's article seems like it deserves a little more attention. Any takers? Thanks!--Tom 16:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: One referrence?

message: I've read the quotes section, and I've come to the conclusion that this actor is not particularly quotable.  Neither is his mother.  Is this section really necessary?  Does it add to the encyclopedic content, or is it merely fancruft? Phiwum 23:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A quotes section? 

message: "Landon, a southpaw, often performed his own stunts."
What does being left handed have to do with perform your own stunts?
John Paul Parks (talk) 17:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Non sequitir?

message: This from Melissa Gilbert...
:Melissa didn't have any contact with Landon after "Little House" ended during the 1983/1984 season. Seven years later, on May 9, 1991, when she saw a gaunt-looking Landon on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson discussing his pancreatic cancer, she was compelled to finally telephone him. She had had no contact with Landon since his divorce scandal and he had never met her son, Dakota Brinkman, born May 1, 1989. Together they went to his Malibu home where he was, by then, bed-ridden. They spent the afternoon together. It was her opportunity to say "goodbye," something she did not get to do when Paul Gilbert suddenly passed away when she was 11. Exactly one week later, on July 1, 1991, Landon died. When Melissa gave birth to her second son (with second husband Bruce Boxleitner) on October 6, 1995, she named him Michael in honor of him.
...contradicts what is in this article:
:After the series ended, Gilbert stayed connected with Michael Sr. for the next 8 years, until his death. After Landon's passing, she named her son, Michael Garrett Boxleitner (1995), after him.
So, which is it? --Elliskev 18:12, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is ref'ed? — Frecklefσσt | Talk 18:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither. --Elliskev 18:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

text: That was very confusing. I condensed that section considerably and asked for a citation.ChiHistoryeditor (talk) 21:48, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship with Melissa Gilbert 

message: Hi!
I am from Germany. I remember that - about twenty years ago or so - there was a TV-series running that centered around a rural orphanage. Although I do not expressly remember Walnut Grove or any character from the Little House series appearing or even being mentioned there, the atmosphere, clothing and simply everything seemed to be set in the very same universe. And I am also pretty sure that I read Michael Landon's name - as a producer or co-producer - somewhere in the opening or closing credits.
Does anyone here happen to know what the name of this series was?
You're talking about little house on the prairie.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.18.137.61 (talk) 04:01, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Michael Landon was creator, producer and director of Father Murphy, a 1981 - 1983 Western series about a group of orphan children. Karenthewriter (talk) 03:06, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphanage series 

message: This article reads like it was written by an 8 year old, for 5 year olds.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.40.119.251 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's suffered from numerous editors heaping gushing praise without any references to back up their claims. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. One of the worst things I've ever read on Wikipedia. Not only is the tone nauseating, the grammar and spelling are terrible. 62.40.35.123 (talk) 23:05, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yuck 

message: Is it really necessary to have Death under the heading 'Other Projects'?
Iæfai (talk) 02:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  Like the note above, this article has suffered from one too many editors without an organized effort to clean it all up. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

text: I just looked at the article.  His death is mentioned there in passing in reference to one of his projects, but it's not discussed in detail.  The article has a whole section on his illness and death. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 14:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death under Other Projects? 

message: The article should mention that Landon's pancreatic cancer was caused by his heavy smoking and drinking. (92.0.37.66 (talk) 17:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Only if there's a reliable reference stating so.  --SkagitRiverQueen (talk) 18:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: And preferably not added by a sockpuppet of the banned User:HarveyCarter. Rodhullandemu 18:26, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

text: You are correct about the article (but it was actually June, not May, 1991).  I used to have a copy of it that I kept, but have since misplaced it (maybe I loaned it out to someone).  I will look around on the internet and see if I can find a reference to that article.  Thanks for bringing it up.  --SkagitRiverQueen (talk) 21:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smoking 

message: First paragraph: "Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide twenty-two times"
Perhaps there should be a link added to this comment ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Guide ): otherwise the implication is that all readers will know this publication. These kind of assumptions can lead to a feeling that there is a U.S. bias here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.47.192 (talk) 00:40, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "TV Guide" 

message: In the legacy section, there is mention of his humor. Indeed, it is quoted as "often cited", with absolutely no citation. Can someone familiar with this find some citations?Wzrd1 (talk) 01:07, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are hilarious  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.232.191.16 (talk) 17:48, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy section  

message: Does anybody have a citation to a story about Landon's Samson complex? I remember reading an article many years ago (I think in Parade in the 80s) where someone asked him why he wore his hair so long. He said that as far back as he could remember he wore it as long as he possibly could. It wasn't until the 70s and Bonanza was ended that he could wear it really long. He told about how even in the 50s while in college, he grew it as long as he could (the normal style then being the crewcut). His friends on the track team kept bugging him to get a crewcut, which he always refused. One day they tackled him and shaved his head with an electric razor. He said he felt so weak that he couldn't practice or participate in meets until his hair grew back. Does anybody remember this article or have it's citation? 209.179.35.169 (talk) 03:43, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Landon's Samson complex 

message: Hi there. I noticed that the article does not mention anything about the religious beliefs behind Michael Landon's projects. I wanted to share this excerpt of an interview held months before Michael Landon's death:
Just wondering.... Shouldn't something of this be mentioned in the article?--Goose friend (talk) 22:57, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michal Landon's promise 

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message: This article is in desperate need of citations throughout. ChiHistoryeditor (talk) 21:22, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

message: Eugene Maurice Orowitz, son of Hannah August Orowitz (3/1895-8/22/1942) and Eli Maurice Orowitz (6/3/1896-2/25/1959). After his mother Hannah August died in 1942, his father Eli married Hana Publicker Gray (12/6/1908-12/5/1990). GrammyBG (talk) 18:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone think we should add a list of films and television shows that he appeared in? Matt Campbell (talk) 18:14, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Filmography