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os Angeles — Televi-
sion's Michael Landon
has Samsonlike
strength in a way the
medium's executives under-
stand best — ratings. From
his starring role in Bonanza
to performing and
producing/directing credits on
Little House on the Prairie
and now Highway to Heaven,
all aired on NBS, Landon has
managed to topple competi-
tion and muscle his way into
A.C. Nielsen heaven.
He is a juggernaut of jus-
tice -=-- believing, that good,
solid family fare can outper-
form high-performing auto
chases and bounce jiggle pro-
grammers right on their rear
ends.
Critics have called his pro-
grams treacly and then made
to feel like saps themselves
when the shows rolled onto
major successes. In an era of
tenuous television schedul-
ing, Michael Landon's stamp
on a project delivers for a
network.
It seems that Landon's
prime-time prosperity would
be prime fodder for a mini-
series or movie focusing on a
self made success story.
But the story Landon
chooses to tell is not one of
outwaiting wary network
honchos or outmaneuvering
in the board room. It is not a
saga of sordid Hollywood
backstabbing.
Instead, Landon has chosen
Sam's Son, a touching 1983
theatrical movie, to illustrate
the power of positive think-
ing and the triumph of good
over evil. It is a Michael
Landon Story about Michael
Landon's story. And like
many of his projects, it is
nice, well-executed and effec-
tive.
Sam's Son aired last May.
Landon wrote and directed
the film, which stars Timothy
Patrick Murphy as the
youngster. Landon portrays
himself in the beginning and
close of the film.
"Himself" is Eugene
Orowitz, the Jewish youngs-
ter from Collingswood, N.J.,
who grew up to become
Landon the millionaire.
Sam's Son focuses on the
close relationship between
Gene and his father, Sam,
portrayed by Eli Wallach.
It is a film about different
but related battlefields where
the wars are waged against
anti-Semitism and bilious
bullies.
Landon, 48, recalls the
anti-Semitic taunts well,
when "Jew bastard!" seemed
like a tag sewn into his clo-
thing, when being the only
Jew in his classroom meant
using a Star of David as a
vulnerable shield.
"My sense of Jewishness is
probably what helped me the
most as I was growing up,"
recalls Landon. "It meant

L

Michael Landon's ratings
are skyhigh.

taking additional responsibi-
lites," including serving as
the 10th man at the local
synagogue's minyan.
That was many years ago,
but the memories of going to
shul remain fond for Landon.
"When I was 13 and bar
mitzvah at Temple Beth
Sholom, (in Haddon Heights,
N.J.) I wanted to be a can-
tor."
He lent his voice to other
projects instead.
Landon also touches on a
very touching father/son rela-
tionship. It was Landon's
father — in reel and real life
— who inspired him to
achievement, whether it be
as a champion javelin
thrower in high school or, la-
ter, as a writer.
Sam Orowitz, recalls his
son, "had written a number
of scripts for radio although
none were ever produced.
However, he had his own
radio show, an hourlong
drama he produced iri
Philadelphia. It was an an-
thology series that goes back
way before I was born, going
back maybe 60 years."
Landon has had more than
his share of critics, some of
whom seem annoyed at his
unfailingly successful pattern
of providing good family fare.
"Sometimes I think if I we-
ren't as successful as I am,
they wouldn't complain so
much," he says. "But I am
amazed at all the criticism.
Of all the shows to attack, I
wonder why they chose this
one," he says of the popular
Highway to Heaven, in which
he depicts an angel, Jonathan
Smith, who has come to earth
to help people in need.
"I get around the country
and get a pretty good idea of
what the public wants to
see."
Landon thinks his viewers
are interested in solid family
relationships, an idea that
presaged the boom in ratings
for such series as The Cosby
Show and Family Ties.
Landon's own family ties
were somewhat ragged; in-
deed, the worst anti-Semitism
he encountered was that
which he heard during
arguments between his
mother, a Catholic, and his

