CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: Being one of the notorious Ew television or the Wild West. "Little House” is now going in ings of “Dallas" fame isn't all fun and games. With the to its eighth year, and its last as far as Landon is concern writers’ strike now history, it’s also two to three months of ed. “If NBC wants to do something with the kids, we’ll six-day weeks in the sort of heat only Texas can produce. figure something out," he says. "But I don't want to be in "You look up the word ‘hot’ in Webster’s dictionary and volved in i^. Eight years is long enough. I want to do other they’ve got a picture of Dallas.” Victoria Principal told things." The talented Lanaon has already created a new me. The cast of the biggest blockbuster in series televi series, which will premiere on NBC this fall. It’s called sion history ran afoul of the writers’ strike with only five "Father Murphy” and will star giant "Little House" regular segments—including the one involving that mysterious Merlin Olsen. The 6 ' 5 ” Olsen will play a gold miner who body in J.R.’s swimming pool—in the can. But Principal dons monk’s robes to save an orphanage. The idea was said all will be ready when CBS decides to launch. Mean inspired by Olsen’s size, says Landon. who will write, pro while. under the tutelage of boyfriend Andy Gibb and duce and direct the show. under the drive of her contract to peddle hair products on the tube, Victoria has. not been idle. She has iust released TV CLOSEUP: When doctors tune in to TV medical shows her first singie. “All I Have To Do is Dream, ana the pros they’re frequently amazed at the high standards of ac pect of any Emmy wouldn’t excite her more. All of which curacy in tf]e Hollywood-created hospitals. The actors goes to show that nothing breeds stardom so well as star who play TV docs owe their medical training to Dr. dom itself.. . Actress Jacqueline Bisset says she plans Walter Dishell, a Beverly Hills, California, surgeon who to make another film now that she’s completed “Rich and works as technical advisor to shows like "M 'A ’ S 'H .” Famous," but that she hasn't decided what it is to be. In "House Calls," and "Trapper John, M.D." "I got into show an interview published in the current (September) issue business in a very strange way." Dr. Disheil told me. “I of Oui magazine. Bisset says that her new film is "a fast- met the producer of the now-defunct show 'Medical paced comedy/drama, a woman's picture." She made Center’ about 10 years ago in a delicatessen in Los the film together with partner William Allyn and with Angeles. They were producing the pilot for the George Cukor as director. "I never expected being a pro melodramatic 'Medical Center' at the time, but they ducer to be easy, and so far. it isn't. On ‘Rich and weren’t happy with the doctors they had working with Famous,’ I had to watch everything all the tim e.! had an them. I was a resident in surgery at the time and they acute sense of responsibility. But it was worth it." gave me a try. I worked on that show for over seven years!" Because of his good work on that show, Dr. TV BACKSTAGE: Michael Landon may be set to bury Dishell soon found himself being invited to help the ‘‘Little House on the Prairie." but he's not through with writers of “M*A*S*H."
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