Highway To Heaven S 01 E 01 '' Highway To Heaven'' Channel

Highway to Heaven S01E01 Pilot Parts 1 and 2TAGLINE: Some powers are higher than others. / PLOT: A probationary angel, sent back to Earth, teams with an ex-cop to help people._IMDbSTORYLINE: Jonathan Smith is a probationary angel sent back to Earth to help people. During the series' first episode, he meets embittered ex-policeman Mark Gordon (as Jonathan is walking along a little-used road, on which Mark happens to be driving). Jonathan helps reform Mark, with the grateful Mark agreeing to become Jonathan's right-hand associate in carrying out the heavenly mission. The two begin traveling the country as itinerant workers, receiving assignments from "the Boss" (GOD), with their mission being to deliver love, understanding and humility to the people they encountered. Typical episodes stressed moral, Christian themes; though many episodes dealt with common human failings, such as egotism, bitterness and greed, some shows addressed such topics as racism and cancer. A few shows, however, were played mainly for laughs (such as Landon recreating his first famous starring role in a takeoff of his 1957 film I Was a Teenage Werewolf and his role in in little house on the prairie).--IMDb by—Brian RathjenTRIVIA: 01) It is claimed by some that NBC wanted a handsome young actor to play Mark Gordon, but Michael Landon had a long history of refusing to work with better-looking actors. He was even behind Guy Williams's dismissal from Bonanza (1959), feeling threatened by the newcomer's good looks and charisma. Landon insisted that he would only star in the series if his friend and Little House on the Prairie (1974) co-star Victor French was cast. French proved a surprise hit, with his appearance suiting the character's sometimes gruff personality.02) Michael Landon quit smoking in the summer of 1989 after Victor French died of lung cancer, although he continued to drink heavily.03) The three actors who appeared in the most episodes, Michael Landon, Victor French, and James Troesh, all died at age 54. Bibi Besch, the main guest actor on Highway to Heaven: Children's Children (1986), also died at 54.04) Viewers often assumed that Michael Landon was very religious, due to the Christian themes in his many series. According to Merlin Olsen, Landon never practiced any religion as an adult. His family background was very much the Cohens and the Kellys, with his mother being an Irish Catholic, and his father Jewish. In Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (1999), John Schneider portrayed Landon as the serial adulterer he was in real life, a man nothing like the pious characters he often played. The film was directed and written by Landon's son, Michael Landon Jr. Landon had a rocky relationship with his family, and some storylines in this series deal with celebrities who struggle in this direction. **Uploaded for educational purposes only; I own zero rights to this film and receive zero for the upload, other than the joy of sharing a great movie with all present & future generations.--def gp - ddh**

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Production: Michael Landon Prods, (NBC) Nat. Broadcasting Co. / Distrib.: Nat. Broadcasting Co. (NBC) (1984-1989 USA TV original airing), WEB: ''Highway to Heaven'' channe / Creator-Exec. Producer: Michael Landon / Director: See IMDb / Writers: See IMDb / Starring: MichaelLandon, VictorFrench, JamesTroesh