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<blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 366463" data-attributes="member: 4960">There are similarities. I suppose they looked somewhat alike, similar hair, and eyes, to an extent, but Bobby&#039;s personality was much more boyish in his earlier days in Dallas, compared to Landon by the time of Little House On The Prairie. Bobby did have a similar way of offering strength and sensitivity, and emoted these things in a similar way to Landon&#039;s Charles Ingalls. My thoughts go to the scene when he was talking to Lucy after Sue Ellen fell down the stairs. The talk about drugs, and how she couldn&#039;t go through life without feeling the pain. This also channeled Charles, IMHO. Had Duffy&nbsp; been a little older when Little House started, I suppose I could see him playing the role. Maybe Landon, around the time of Bonanza could have played Bobby, but in all honesty, I&#039;ve never seen enough of Bonanza to say for certain.Yes, I have heard some of the bad stuff about Landon. The woman who played his wife on Little House wrote a book where she revealed he could be sexist, and did some crappy things regarding her salary.&nbsp; Also, I guess, according to her, there was drinking on the set, and some crude things were said amongst Landon and some of the other males about women. Who knows. He&#039;s not here to defend himself, but I also consider the possibility that while he had ideals about life, it was much easier to portray that idealism than to walk the walk. It&#039;s disappointing, but after everything that&#039;s come out about some of our idols over recent years, it&#039;s not really that surprising. That&#039;s why it&#039;s best not to idolize other human beings, and to just appreciate the characters and the art.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bobby Southworth, post: 366463, member: 4960"] There are similarities. I suppose they looked somewhat alike, similar hair, and eyes, to an extent, but Bobby's personality was much more boyish in his earlier days in Dallas, compared to Landon by the time of Little House On The Prairie. Bobby did have a similar way of offering strength and sensitivity, and emoted these things in a similar way to Landon's Charles Ingalls. My thoughts go to the scene when he was talking to Lucy after Sue Ellen fell down the stairs. The talk about drugs, and how she couldn't go through life without feeling the pain. This also channeled Charles, IMHO. Had Duffy been a little older when Little House started, I suppose I could see him playing the role. Maybe Landon, around the time of Bonanza could have played Bobby, but in all honesty, I've never seen enough of Bonanza to say for certain. Yes, I have heard some of the bad stuff about Landon. The woman who played his wife on Little House wrote a book where she revealed he could be sexist, and did some crappy things regarding her salary. Also, I guess, according to her, there was drinking on the set, and some crude things were said amongst Landon and some of the other males about women. Who knows. He's not here to defend himself, but I also consider the possibility that while he had ideals about life, it was much easier to portray that idealism than to walk the walk. It's disappointing, but after everything that's come out about some of our idols over recent years, it's not really that surprising. That's why it's best not to idolize other human beings, and to just appreciate the characters and the art. [/QUOTE]

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