Michael Landon on Johnny 1989

One of America's most beloved television stars Michael Landon drops by to discuss hairstyles back on the Ponderosa with Johnny in 1989 Now you haven't you don't have a series regularly now. You've had a series, you know on television with Bonanza and Little House and then Highway to Heaven right 30 years We're regular serious now. You don't have a regular series. How do you kill all the time? What do you it's it's the first time I've really taken a great deal of time off and I'm enjoying it Doing a little more vacationing usual with my kids and spending more time with the kids. You've got 20 22 kids something like that No, it's still Still nine you have a passion just started hassle the kids Nine yeah Yeah, a couple of grandkids another one on the way you don't look old on a pet grandkids. Oh, yes. No, you don't Did you have this horrible painting in my attic now is this your normal color for the hair John how many times have been on this show with white hair and you asked me if this yeah, I'm an angel I go You think I don't love you have my roots done to come here From the Bonanza days when you guys used to do that. Oh, oh gosh The guy is always two different attitudes about hairpieces Dan blocker wore a hairpiece and Lorne Green wore a hairpiece Dan would do gags with his hairpiece. He'd sit in a restaurant and sneeze and let it fall over So that it hung in front of his eyes But pretended he didn't know And you know how people want to look but they're afraid no, I mean you don't stare at a 340 pound guy You know what? I mean Lorne would never I mean when he'd go in the makeup department and have a hat on and The door of the makeup department looked like an apartment in New York City There were eight locks, right and then he'd come out and he would be there one day He had to jump off a ship in the B tank at Paramount Well when he jumped in we used to call it the gray rat it's stuck on the top of the water So the assistant director of media, all right, turn it off boys and walk away from him He wants to pretend no one noticed. Well, Dan and I can't wait to see dad without it So we're leaning over the thing waiting for Lorne to come up. He doesn't come Bubbles come up and now it looks like it the ad for deliverance. Remember the hand that comes up Searching this Archie and he finds it I mean he held his breath He came up and he had it on kind of like a beret