Michael Landon’s final appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - pt.1

Michael Landon sits down with Johnny and discusses his recent diagnosis, and how’s he’s been staying healthy in this classic appearance. 05/09/1991

I think most of the nation in the world probably know by now that on April 8th of this year Michael Lannon was diagnosed with having inoperable cancer of the pancreas and liver and that would that would stun him anybody but like Michael Lannon he met the problem head-on he'd invited the press to his house and told him the situation he did that mainly to avoid the rumors and the speculation and misinformation and to try to avoid sensationalism by the tabloids and for the past month he is continued to face this battle with humor and honesty and a personal sense of dignity that characterizes a man who would you welcome Michael Landon [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] well by the way yes arsenic paint is the paint that is used in the green rose exactly they got the name of that that's why they called the cheapest paint to me yeah in the old days was green paint yeah and it had a base of arsenic in that's why they call it the green rock and that's why we have the staff we have we don't know Leisha my thing is I stole that from the staff it's good to see you hey I was really rather touch that's when you called and said you wanted to be on the show because I know every show in the country has been calling you to come on and I'm a very flattered you'd be here well you're you're my buddy man I feel that you're comfortable enough I am comfortable right didn't do a hell of a lot of good to call the press conference though yeah all the stuff that came out after that that is true you said when you did that you know you wanted to get it out because if you're in the public eye and one person knows something or two people the whole town eventually is gonna know it and then it flows through here and there and you call them and laid it out and well if they what they I will clear up right away there was the tenth child business I miss well there's a big headline in one of these incredible magazines about the fact that I want to have a 10th child so my wife will have something to remember me by I mean I got nine kids nine dogs three grandkids one in the oven three parrots and my wife Cindy needs something to remember [Applause] Cindy I know you're out there somewhere hiding in a hotel come home it was their idea it's not mine come back to the house we've talked a couple of times off phone and and you're looking good you really are are you working out I remember the first time you said when you when you got this news you meet her get on the floor and did some push up yeah and said hey nothing wrong and you still work out him oh yeah I can still work out a little bit I'm trying to right now I'm pumping my my red cell count up my red cell count had had dumped but we're not doing Medical Center so yeah but I'm gonna feel pretty done good actually and I gotta I must tell everybody thank you tremendous male response and people with ribs only should something like forty fifty thousand dollars greater than that yeah and I really want to thank everybody it's a lot of great suggestions and I'm eating a little bit of everything I've got a regular stuff and I'm I kind of turned the color of a carrot from the juice and there were some that I didn't try the one guy wrote me he told me that the reason you got it you know you got the Big C was that I did not get enough sex so he thinks it was only the nine times when I so his suggestion so he won still he said as soon as I cuz he gave me the regimen yeah which would kill the average 25 so you know I got to really get the red cat up to accomplish what I need to accomplish to get well but then he wants to open up a clinic and I understand well it's a it's a clinic for four guys who he said if you don't have sex more than twice a week you're gonna get it mmm range man how many suggestions you you said you had tapes yet book I would are there's thousands there's thousand swim with a dolphin you only have to do it once a swimmer the dolphin sonar from the dolphin ping him it goes away like this what can I tell you yes here I'm pulling Ali's house because I only got a green light look if it's a choice between the dolphin and sex Hey go with the sex I wonder if the combination think about that now I know you're drinking the carrot juice and you're away from the Sun that convinced I tried laughing you got a laugh a lot humor is not bad humors bad but now somebody I don't want to bring us something that's insensitive but it was in the paper mm-hmm but coffee Oh coffee and it didn't oh I take coffee enemas anybody that there ever heard of a coffee enema yes I've heard of it huh you must be fun at breakfast way yes I read that and I read that wasn't invited John over well at the enemy he wanted cream and sugar and I'm not poor you know you you just better hope that somebody is not seeking to replace your coffee with Folgers crystals this all organic coffee yeah but the hair looks great my hair had my roots done yesterday's you're sure for this show two blood transfusions and I had my I meant you mentioned humor and they say that's important I know you're familiar with the Norman Cousins book oh yeah I think was called anatomy of an illness and when people are going through a travail the sense of humor a travail this is a travail traveller problem yeah laughs let's try to turn on funny Moo I was watching as a movie the other night I thought it was gonna be funny right as a matter of fact this movie was so unfunny then I brought a poster oh I knew yeah is there a camera that can get in look right here look at one of the guys in this movie down here in the corner this this teenager fella right here Johnny look at that that was my big picture Connie Connie Francis and looking for love mm-hmm you were good in it John yeah that was really good in it Danny Thomas wasn't funny this this film are so bad they trip they travel you know they transfer this from the flammable nitrate stock you're so bad speaking of sense of humor this man has an odd sense of humor I'm gonna show you when you come back stay where you are [Applause]