Well, I thought I knew all there was to know about LHotP, only to learn something new...in fact, almost shocking to me.
I never knew that Michael Landon recycled a number of Bonanza sripts and used them for LH episodes!
Here's a few I just discovered........did anyone else know this??? Bonanza was before my time and I never watched it, so it's all news to me.
Bonanza, Season 11:Episode 347, "It's a Small World", became "Little Lou" about bias against Little People
Episode 361, "A Matter of Circumstance" became "A Matter of Faith" about Caroline almost cutting off her leg
Check out the epie descriptions at:
http://bonanza1.com/guide/season11.htmlBonanza, Season 12:Episode 385, "The Stillness Within" has very close similarities to "I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away" (Little Joe goes blind and is taught by a blind teacher from an institute for the blind and he doesn't know she can't see either)
http://bonanza1.com/guide/season12.htmlBonanza, Season 13:Episode 311, "He was Only Seven" was very similar to "He Was Only 12",
Episode 412, "The Younger Brother's Younger Brother" became "The Older Brothers"
http://bonanza1.com/guide/season13.htmlBonanza, Season 14:
Episode 425, "The Sound of Sadness" became "The Silent Cry" where Houston tries to adopt to young boys from the orphanage
http://bonanza1.com/guide/season14.html
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