"US" - Great quality ! Pilot for Michael Landon's last series
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- This is the pilot for Michael Landon's last project, which aired on September 20, 1991, 3 months after he left this world - Another winner! RIP sweet man and thank you for everything you left us.
Michael Landon never stopped working. He always had yet another TV series up his sleeve. So sorry he did not live to take part in this one too. He left us too soon. RIP
That’s the truth. I believe NBC in my state premiere this and aired it and I watched it. This pilot that he did was fantastic. I was hoping there would be more to it after the pilot. But unfortunately that never happened. You’re right he left us way too soon. I do admire his courage and dedication and positive attitude. He never quit. 14:48
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That’s very true. I have to admire Michael Landon‘s attitude though. He didn’t let his cancer get him down. He fought until he quit. When his body said OK that’s enough. I admire his courage. You’re right he left us too soon. he’ll always remain in my heart forever through Highway to Heaven. He left us a legacy. And that’s something I will always treasure for the rest of my life. I’ve always loved it even with Victor French. They made Highway to Heaven what it is. Good wholesome. TV that you never see anymore.
Landon had left NBC due to their treatment of his series Highway to Heaven. In its last season NBC aired the first episode of Highway in September and did not air another episode until March.@@agentkkerryhoagland4801
Actually Landon had taken almost a two year break after Highway to Heaven to spend time with his new family. It proved to be time well-spent.
Been a fan forever! And still am! 🙏🏼🥀
What a incredible actor and person in general. He's truly missed 🙏 This would've been his next hit for the 90s!
@Tyson #1 Fan - You are most definitely right. It would have been another hit. Our great loss. ☹️
This show was fucking boring
I didn’t want this to end….. because I knew when it did, I’d miss him even more.
I know what you mean, exactly! 😑
I agree he was a great actor I loved his acting little house was my favorite yes the movie us was very touching I miss his acting rip Mr landon ❤❤
You will need start again from Bonanzar then onto LHOTP...etc
Im so glad to have discovered this. Michael Landon never disappointed in anything he did . Awesome talent and wonderful man.
Never seen this before, I never realised how talented Michael Landon was what a lovely man he really was. ❤
Everything Michael was involved with is very touching. He used his talent for good :)
Every Michael Landon has done, or even tried....he was always successful! Ty Michael for laughter and tears!
I miss him so much.
Little House was my favorite.. hwy to heaven was a tight second.. never watcher bonanza
@@privateprivate1865 If you ever have the opportunity to see it, from the 1st season - Bonanza , - the Cartwright family and especially the beautiful, impetuous, funny, vulnerable and heroic Little Joe - dive in! There's nothing like it today. Yellowstone? Naaah! The Cartwrights actually loved each other. And they were the 1st Western to have comedy episodes - hysterical. Michael Landon and Lirne Greene (pa) had chemistry that made the crew weep when filming some scenes. Hoss and Joe the best comedy duo ever! And you get to see the beginnings of the genius that ML became as writer and director in the later years 🙌.
If you ever have the chance - (My local station only shows S 10 and 11 - which is not a good place to start) Anyhow - 😊😉👌
@@privateprivate1865 If you ever want to check out Bonanza, a channel called "Grinjo" here on UA-cam has a ton of episodes. I started with episode 1, & am now up to episode 146. I don't know what season I'm in though, as I just type in "Bonanza episode 123" or whatever number is next in my lineup, & I always watch the one from the "Grinjo" channel, as there are no commercials, & the video quality is very good, considering Bonanza was made over 50 years ago. It's quite entertaining, even if you don't think you'd like a western type show. Some are funny, some are quite emotional & serious, & they all have a lot of heart in them. Michael Landon was only 22 when he signed on to play the character of Little Joe Cartwright. He really made that character his own. Give it a look sometime, you may be like me & find out you really enjoy it. I never thought I would, but here I am, telling you to check it out. Have a good one, & a Happy New Year to you!!
@@Howiesgirl hey thank you 🙏❤️.. i could really use positive wholesome shows. Take care. Happy New Year . ☮️🌠🕊️
Exquisite in all ways!!! Michael Landon was blessed and gifted to do exactly what he did in his life's career. His personal struggles in his youth and life, he turned into a masterpiece of art in what humanity's triumph can be when put in the right perspective!! The line, "She was my friend" was heart wrenchingly touching!
Yes . Agree completely!
I never knew about this piolet. It would of been another Great TV show from Michael Landon. R.I.P! Your talent is Greatly missed today. Nothing put trash on TV and movies today. Thank God for the old shows and reruns.
Agreed today's tv is trash. That's why I watch old series....just finishing the Six Million Dollar man. I don't watch anything on tv today.
@@jeremiahrose4681 same here. 50s ,60s and 70s and the ones than ran into the early 80s.
At first I was thinking they really aughta re-make the Highway to Heaven series but naaa, I doubt there's anybody now days who could fill Landons shoes
This is a tear jerker. What a wonderful actor, he is truly missed 😢
Michael Landon Lives Forever. Love is Eternal and He is Spirit of Love in Form. He is always with us. Thanks for the post.
Never were more true words written. canada
This was and would have been so good. Classic wholesome and uplifting stuff from Michael Landon, gone too soon. There is nothing like this on TV today, and it's sorely missing.
Agree completely!
Ditto from Canada, born 1954
so true! wholesome is not hokey but that's how it is now...
Awwww, didn't want it to end... I miss him and the type of shows he offered. wonder what we'd be watching today??? Thank you!!
I feel so cheated after watching this! It was a wonderful pilot- if Michael Landon had lived & this had been picked up by a network, it would have definitely been another Landon success. I loved every TV series he did. He was an amazing actor, writer, director, & producer. A man of many talents for sure. Eugene "Oogie" Orowitz sure did come a long way in his short 57 years on Earth. And he gave us so much! I've no doubt Mr. Landon found his "Highway to Heaven". Rest with the angels, Mike.
@Darlene Howard - I couldn't agree with you more. So very sad. And he actually passed after only 54 years. 😪
It was made for CBS. Landon said on The Tonight Show 5/9/91-- "I told CBS, if I don't get better, this'll be their biggest mistake since buying baseball." Landon would be dead on 7/1/91-- less than two months later.
Actually the pilot was taken By CBS and shown later in the fall 1991
Yeah, Landon had gone to CBS. He said it on his last public appearance on the Tonight Show. NBC had not shown any support for Highway to Heaven in its last year. After almost thirty years he had left NBC and took his last shot at NBC ON NBC. ( The Tonight Show was on NBC.) He said it in his last public interview. It was made by Michael Landon Productions. His deal was in place with CBS before he died. That is why he made the joke about CBS losing money on baseball.
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The pilot was picked up
Boy were we in for some good stuff. Michael we miss you, you had some great stuff up your sleeve no doubt. I enjoyed watching this sue thanks for sharing. Gosh I love me some Michael ❤❤❤❤
Cried through all of this. Haven't seen this in awhile. I loved him so much.
Such a touching Pilot. So many scenes I cried through. I'm still watching Bonanza, LHOTP & Highway to Heaven. Landon is surely missed. RIP Created one 🙏
Ditto from Canada, born 1954
i watch them all too just finished lhop and am watching highway to heaven now next bonanza and anything else i can see with him in it if you know of anything please let me know
@carolinewoodward1016❤😢❤😢
Wow! What an amazing series this would have been! Thank you for sharing this with us 🙏 ❤️! I almost wish someone would pick it up and make it, however, it just wouldn't be the same without 😢 Michael Landon. One of his sons should consider it, because there's nothing like this on TV anymore...
Agree - It wouldn't be the same without the man himself. He was very special - a gift to us for 30 years. Glad you enjoyed it!
I agree
This would’ve been a great series. I know I would’ve watched it every week!
Thanks for uploading this wonderful TV-Pilot Movie. I was looking forward to this becoming a series and then Mr. Landon got sick and passed away. It would have been a show with positive stories. So sad he never got to produce the TV show, but we have this heart-warming movie.
Such a talented and amazing actor. He is missed so. Great in everything he did. Thank you Michael. 🙏🏻
I watched this pilot. It was great and I knew it would be a winner
I didn't know this existed. I think one of my favorite things about his work is he really allows the other actors to shine. Thank you.
Micheal you were such a great director and actor, truly lost a talented and a beautiful soul when you left this planet.
@shonatyson5934- Amen ❤
This was great! Wish Michael would have more time to put the series out. I just kept waiting for Mr Edwards to pop up somewhere lol. R.i.p Michel and Victor.
I liked his TV programmes and he always came across as a nice and genuine man
Wow, I never knew this pilot even existed. Michael Landon just had the Midas touch when it came to writing directing acting in , and producing, one successful television show after another. He certainly understood the importance of family, and the complications of human relationships. I wonder how much of his own personal life he drew on.
Thank you for this video it was wonderful. I miss Michael even to this day .
Me 2!!
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Me 4❤❤😢
Sad that the world lost this wonderful person. Forever Michael Landon ❤️
I cried watching this mainly coz Micheal is gone too soon. God always take the good ones fast ... but thank God for the time HE has lended Micheal to us all.
Michael Landon rode that "Highway To Heaven" . This movie is a real tearjerker for sure . I cried almost all the through it. Great movie . R.I.P. Mr. Landon . I will miss you much . But , "what is this about ", Dad say's " Look what I got us. hard shells, you used to love when you was a kid . I'll just put em on some newspapers " ?
I thought they were lobsters.
If "Bonanza" was a hit in the 60's, "Little House of the Prairie" in the 70's and "Highway to Heaven" in the 80's...the 90's would be for "Us" if Michael Landon hadn't died in July 1991.
nah "i wet the bed the bed and proud of it" would have been the bigger smash better script i.e no plot at all sense or meaning just the angel guy taking a dump in the bed and having an affair in middle age with just a kid .......saying to hell with his wife and family
I don't know US was alot like highway to heaven kinda why he changed networks,
Hard to say. The production quality was still very much 80s style so that worked against it. 90s started to become a rapidly changing tv-land with cable tv becoming standard in homes. Gen x was becoming the audience to cater to and they wanted more hip upbeat shows without moral lessons embedded in them. I know this was just a pilot and the production quality could've been radically revamped but just pointing it out that it was a massively different landscape with the 90s.
@@oldtwinsna8347 he used to piss the bed
@@WESSERPARAQUATyou sound like you know a thing or two about him. Tell some more.
I’ve noticed throughout the years that family’s on the most part don’t really communicate. They say what’s necessary and try their best to avoid the important issues that they should be talking about. Then maybe they would understand each other a little better and begin to really know each other. But instead they live their whole lives hating each other for things that they misunderstood because they never asked them.
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This was wonderful, his understanding and representations of the complexity of human relationships is poignant. I miss him so much....RIP Sir it sure is well deserved.
May you rest in peace my brother till we meet in heaven
Oh Michael Landon what a big heart you had ❤. We miss you 😢
Amen! ❤
I just watched it and its great but i knew it would be!! I wish we could've had more to watch. Michael died way too soon.😢
I agree completely. Hexwas an amazing talent and he knew what people wanted to see. ❤
This would've been a great series! I really miss Michael Landon and all his work. RIP Eugene Orowitz. ❤
Oh my What a n beautifully last series. I cried throughout the whole thing.😢
This would have been another great Michael Landon creation. 💕 RIP.
God Bless you Mr. Landon. May you rest joyfully in Heaven. You are dearly missed.
It would have been another amazing s show.
This is absolutely wonderful, I can't praise it enough! So glad I found this.
Only Michael Landon !! Right? 😊❤❤❤
A beautiful man giving us this wonderful kind of entertainment. There should be more like him. Rest in peace, Mr. Landon, thank you. You are so missed & forever loved by me & so many others.
Ditto from Canada, born 1954
Never saw nor heard of this. I'm sure it would have been another good one for him. It's such a loss that he died so young.
Bonanza a hit, Little House a hit, Highway to Heaven a hit....you don't' think US would have been. Never see or heard about this, but just watched it and yes typical Landon, it's great. I wish he would have the chance to develop the series....but I do see how it would have gone.....Grandfather, son and grandson theme....love it. Rest in Peace Michael. Boy this was a good show.
Thank you for posting the movie US it was real good seeing it again since it first premiered. What an excellent showing. God bless.
A true actor one that held our hearts with Amazing talent
Watching and enjoying all his shows and movies. What a incredible talented person.! So sorry he passed so young. He will never be forgotten because of all his repeated movies. ❤️🙏🙏😂
:( if people could be brought back to life he would be one of them in my book
That was a beautiful program. So sad we missed out seeing it season after season. Michael Landon was the king of heart warming, meaningful stories. RIP Mr. Landon.
Yes he was! There's never been anyone like him. Not then and not since then. 💞💞💞
@SueAnne Belucci - thank you for taking the time to provide all of these videos for everyone! ❤
Micheal Landon....the king of making us cry! RIP king ❤️
IDK why but I was thinking of Michael Landon just out of the blue today. He was probably my favorite TV actor. Can't even count how many times this man made me cry with his performances and stories. This is the only thing I never saw of his, and I totally forgot he made this. Watching it, it saddens me that he couldn't make this a series. It seems like it could have been another version of Highway To Heaven. Him helping people, is what his characters did best. Thanks for having this online.
Was a great actor very much missed
I’m so glad I finally got to see this. No doubt it would have been on for five seasons, if not more. The actor who plays his son, Cary, looks a lot like Zac Efron. Great acting, writing, and directing.
Brilliant Michael! Love the way you tie up loose ends and makes everyones life perfect in the end❤
@joanholland3438- like Robert Kennedy, he wrote about life as it "could" be and wondered, Why not?
He definitely wasn't himself here. He's got genuine sadness in his eyes as if he already knew he was sick... RIP Michael, the Angel
@Sams9744- I don't see it myself, but you're probably right. I think he looks great here and his acting is amazing. Once again he has changed into someone else and we see nothing of Jonathan in this new character. He was such an underrated actor! ❤️
Michael Landon is surely a genius & workaholic . His legend is never die 👍👍👍👏👏👏😘😘😘
My thanks come from the bottom of my heart ❣️You gave us a great, wonderful pleasure, because with this film we can have an unforgettable memory of Michael Landon again.
Miss him so much wish I had this saw Us on TV
Oh my gosh, what a beautiful movie. Would have been an excellent series. RIP Mr. Landon.
He’s my favorite actor little house on the prairie is my favorite show ❤
Ì loved Michael London, he ŵas a very handsome man . He was a very smart and talented actor 👏 👌 👍 ❤️
It’s Been Over 30 Years Now Since Michael Passed And Also Since This Made For Movie Pilot Was Broadcast!
I So Wished It Could Have Been Made Into A Series- But It Was Again A Good Ending Scene For A Brilliant Man, Actor, Writer, Career And Friend To Us All And Who Did What He Loved Best- Touched Out Hearts And Lives!
@ keith behling- Agree with everything you said. Sad but true . Thank you! ❤️
The first song by Karen Carpenter is an ironic sad addition to this series because we lost her too soon as well. Everything Michael created and touched was gold. Even if we missed out on a potentially wonderful new series I am so happy to see this and know it's out there to enjoy. RIP
When Micheal Landon’s daughter was in a car accident he prayed to God to let her live and if she did, he would make wholesome tv shows. She lived and he kept his promise.
@Drew #4 - Yes! ❤️
I didn't know that until I watched the documentary about Michael Landon. He was told she wouldn't make it by the doctors and yet he kept coming to see her for weeks hoping and believing! And she wasn't even his actual daughter but step daughter. Who does that? It was nothing short of a miracle and he fulfilled his promise and then some... He was a saint and an angel of a human being! Before he was even gone, just like the one he played in highway to heaven... I still remember watching it as a child and being mesmerised! He actually gave me hope and faith without even knowing or realising it! RIP Angel Michael 💙
This still holds up. Beautifully done. Wonderful actors. Many of them were unknown. Michael Landon, always did that. He gave actors a break who seldom every got a break. Barney Martin, David Spielberg were probably the only known actors in that Pilot. It's too bad that it didn't go to series. This pilot was a very good piece of work. I am an actor. I would have been happy to have worked for Michael Landon at any time. May He Be Most Happiest In Paradise!
@trudigoodman4825 - Yes! I would have liked to do ANYthing with him. Meeting him would have been nice too 😁😉
WOW what an awesome pilot.. aw this was very good, I enjoyed this, another master piece!
Michael Landon forever ❤
Thank you for uploading this. I've been searching for this since it first aired.
This is all new to me. Glad I have the opportunity to see it.
hello. thank you for posting this here. i always wanted 2 see it. this would've been an amazing series had michael lived. it had a great premise. it was also a bit grittier and darker than Bonanza, Highway, and Little House. The Jeff Hayes character would've been a writer that travels around America 'helping' people. its a shame, the pilot ends without the main plot resolved. R.I.P. Michael Landon.
Loved and miss you Brother!
The best pa a girls could have. Miss you M.L. Thanks for all you gave us.
Thank you for uploading this
Great things come from great people, Michael Landon,great series!!!,😊God Bless him great job!, for a great man
Agree 100%! 😊
What a tease.! One person DOES make a difference in this world. Michael Landon surely left his mark.
I just came across this on my feed and never realized that this was a pilot to a potential show. Had this been a show, it looks like it would have had a ton of potential and it's a shame Michael Landon got sick because it probably would have been another hit show for him. What I love about watching these Michael Landon shows is how loyal he seems to be to other actors in that if you watch Little House there are some actors in an episode that appeared on Bonanza and if you watched Highway to Heaven there are actors that appeared in a few episodes of Bonanza and Little House and in this pilot there were actors that appeared in Little House and Highway to Heaven. I know it was posted two years ago but thanks for putting this on UA-cam.
You are right. He was loyal to his cast and crew. And much of his CREW followed him from Bonanza to LH to HTH because they were loyal to HIM in return. ❤
I 'm really lucky for the chance to view this pilot of Michael Landon. I sure wish I could see the story of it. But God had a reason, a plan. Who knows, probably he's with Him now and maybe he 's an angel. Nobody knows God plan but for sure Michael has give the world a great legacy. Rest in peace Mr Landon, I'm still like a old lot of people, I'm certain continue to view your wonderful works. 🎉🎉❤
That was great
Omg! I wish there was more than just a pilot. That was excellent, as was all of Michael Landon's previous works.
@beckysutherland2065- Agree completely! 💞
So glad to have found this. I think it would've been a great show. RIP Michael Landon.
@nancybrown8338- Undoubtedly! I totally agree 💞
Wow this was gonns be the best show ever, shame michael died.
That was great. Michael Landon always came through...
This woulda been another heartfelt hit knocked way outa the park
The awful truth is this gentle giant of actor had cancer when he made this brilliant pilot
Pancreatic cancer shows very little to no symptoms until it mastates to the liver.
That is when Michael started to feel unwell.
Even now, it's a death sentence back , and nothing could be done.
God bless this great man who left this mortal planet far too early.
Sad, but probably true. He has been sorely missed all these years. ❤
I am bawling my eyes out!
Would have been a great series for sure !
This would have been a fantastic TV series. Seeing this for the first time in 2023 makes me miss Michael Landon all over again.
@Philip Hatfield - I never stopped missing him. Legend and genius. Great entertainer and lovely human being 😊❤
Wow! Iv seen this a couple other times, it's actually hard to find. I almost cried 4 different times! I sure wish Michael L., could've finished this series, it would've been great, like everything he did! I miss him. 😢❤
This would have made a wonderful series.
The guy was special and shame he died so young.
Beggars belief what he would have made in these years since he died.
God Bless Michael. 🙏♥️
So very true. Amen 💞
He always knew a good story. How to pull at your heart strings. ❤
Michael Landon was at his full peak of best health at the time he wrote, filmed and assembled the pilot film in November and December of 1990. The story and characters are somewhat more realistic and edgier and Landon himself has elements of the last 3 characters he played (Bonanza-Joe, Little House-Charles, Highway to Heaven-Jonathan ) in the new character of Jeff Hayes. Landon himself, in his own self is very evident in the character of Jeff. His master technique of acting is certainly very well evoking in this pilot film. His new hairstyles, trimmed-down muscular build and his own clothing ( except the MGM wardrobe prison garb ) and the 90's suburb-settings are more then a sign he did not look back to the past for limitless creativity, but the future. He was working out several weeks at the gym and at MGM, before he filmed this and many assumed this was made when he was sick with cancer, which is a big misconception to many of his fans. Untrue. This Michael Landon Productions/Columbia Pictures Television TV movie was a pilot for a planned series. Filming of the first 12 episodes was set for early June 1991, but tragedy occured some months before that would make this new series impossible. It's a showcase of something that would have been, perhaps his most satisfying role, had he not fell sick some 4 months later in February 1991, with pancreatic cancer, then diagnosed with it in April after sensing he was not well, spanning 5 months through July 1, 1991, to his demise. The US pilot was aired on CBS a few months after he died, on September 20, 1991 and later reran in 1992. Since then on cable television and dish TV. Perhaps a most disturbing scene is in the first act of the film, he is walking down a Los Angeles street at night--and for the first time in his career--he is not accompanied by a sidekick, as with Victor French, Dan Blocker or Merlin Olson. Somewhat detached, seeing him alone in a scene, where most of the time, he's in the presence of another lead actor, as a co-hero. Ten months earlier in January 1990, while on Larry King, he recalled how a "Bonanza" remake would be impossible, since his closet co-stars had all died ( Pernell Roberts excluded, who is still living ), and some of the reality of these tragedies surface in US, in a subtle sense. Michael is there--but he should have his old-co-stars with him at some point of a scene--a modern and somber reminder time has marched on and they have been lost in death. He made an appearance on Entertainment Tonight-the Christmas 1990 edition and sadly the next one would be in April 1991, when he held the press conference at his Malibu home, announcing his grim illness to the world on television. He can never be replaced as the Master of Family Television and a good man, in every sense of the word.
He would have had another big hit series. I loved this episode and as usual he was amazing in it..
Absolutely agree completely!
Was this the pilot and where there other episodes
@@timchester3690 This was the pilot, but no other episodes were made. Michael Landon had died about 12 weeks before the pilot aired.
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I love this man from the bottom of my heart.
Wow, this was a really great film with a lot of heart and humanity put into it. It's a true tragedy that this ended up being the very last thing Michael Landon did before he passed way too soon. I'd like to have seen this go on for a few seasons. R.I.P. Michael aka Jonathan Smith. Thanks for the memories.
ichael was: actor, writer, executive producer and devoted father. Every project he was involved in was worth watching. Bonanza, little house, highway and us. Thanks. Rip.
Absolutely agree. 100%!
My Dad was an extra in the cemetery scene. I love watching Highway to Heaven and never found out he worked with Michael until after he died. RIP Pops.
I haven't seen this in over 30 years but great work by Michael Landon. If only.....
@11leidenrd- Yes! If only . . . 🙁
Been looking for this for years,awesome,it might have been his finest .Barney Martin played cab driver in Christmas episode of Hwy to Heaven,had great cast
We love you Michael Landon ❤ 💙 ♥
That includes me 2!!!
Michael Landon sure was special!
@Liberal Madness - Yes, he was. As his Italian fans say, he was"Indimenticabile"!