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Ireneparalegal · 05-14-2007, 09:16 PM

How many times did we see Charles get injured? How many times was he involved in a fight where he was hurt? TOO DAMN MANY!

As I stated on another thread, he took his family out for a picnic and when the kite gets caught in the tree, Charles goes to climb the tree (figures

) and he ends up falling and breaking his ribs.

Another episode, Laura accidently shoots Charles during a hunting trip.

Charles gets beat up by the Gallanders (sp?).

Charles gets hit by the mill grinder and suffers (again

) broken ribs, in the two-parter episode abt the Olsen's opening up Nellie's Restaurant and Almanzo is introduced in this two-parter.

Charles gets beat up (again!!!!) by those two tough guys in the city after they make a pass at Mary while she and Adam are walking to the restaurant/hotel for Mary's surprise party.

TJL · 05-14-2007, 10:04 PM

That's because his Dad Ben Cartwright never taught him how to kick butt!

Ireneparalegal · 05-14-2007, 10:08 PM

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That's because his Dad Ben Cartwright never taught him how to kick butt!

Madame X · 05-15-2007, 12:20 AM

Also, in the "Back to School" episode where Nellie lies to Laura about the questions on the teaching exam, Charles bursts into Almanzo's house and punches him out. He has he right arm in a sling again. I forgot how he got hurt that time.

He always gets injured and then gets pissed off when the "women" of the family want to work or help out to support the family. If he was that macho, he wouldn't have had that girlie head of hair and cried at the drop of a hat.

Ireneparalegal · 05-15-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Madame X

Also, in the "Back to School" episode where Nellie lies to Laura about the questions on the teaching exam, Charles bursts into Almanzo's house and punches him out. He has he right arm in a sling again. I forgot how he got hurt that time.

He always gets injured and then gets pissed off when the "women" of the family want to work or help out to support the family. If he was that macho, he wouldn't have had that girlie head of hair and cried at the drop of a hat.

You crack me up girlfriend.

When Charles is wearing that arm sling, it is from that mill grinding accident I mentioned above. The mill grinder slipped from the grips of Garvey and another man and it rolled and hit Charles in the arm and causing broken ribs.

Also, there was the episode where Charles and Garvey try to get a contract for hauling merchandise to the city. That is when Garvey and Charles go to that fancy restaurant and are given escargot (snails) to eat.

Michael Landon had an obvious broken ankle, but the character of Charles never mentioned the injury or how it came abt.

TJL · 05-15-2007, 01:46 PM

I think Charles hurt his ribs all the time so Michael Landon could take his shirt off every once in a while.

He was pretty cut for a guy from the Dakotas!

catlover79 · 05-15-2007, 02:06 PM

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I think Charles hurt his ribs all the time so Michael Landon could take his shirt off every once in a while.

He was pretty cut for a guy from the Dakotas!

Alison Arngrim said that very thing in the DVD audio commentary "Back To School Part 2". She confirmed that every time Pa was injured, it was always the ribs or an arm so he would be shirtless on camera.

TripperFan · 05-15-2007, 02:47 PM

Seems to me, Charles was the original "Cheerleader" from "Heroes"!!!

Madame X · 05-15-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Alison Arngrim said that very thing in the DVD audio commentary "Back To School Part 2". She confirmed that every time Pa was injured, it was always the ribs or an arm so he would be shirtless on camera.

Yeah, and all that body makeup! Notice he never had a head injury like Andy. They would have had to put a bandage around his Samson-like mane and it would have caused a bad hair day!

TJL · 05-15-2007, 02:57 PM

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Seems to me, Charles was the original "Cheerleader" from "Heroes"!!!

You're right.

Charles gets beaten, shot and mangled time and time again, and he's fine.

Caroline gets scratched by a nail, and one commercial break later, she's about to lose her leg.

Ireneparalegal · 05-15-2007, 03:23 PM

I recall reading and hearing that Michael Landon didn't cut his hair or kept it long because he believed in the Samson story abt the longer the hair, the stronger the man.

BensonFan · 05-15-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Madame X

Also, in the "Back to School" episode where Nellie lies to Laura about the questions on the teaching exam, Charles bursts into Almanzo's house and punches him out. He has he right arm in a sling again. I forgot how he got hurt that time.

Yeah but since he was a lefty, he was still able to knock Almanzo on his duff in a single punch.

catlover79 · 05-15-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

I think Charles hurt his ribs all the time so Michael Landon could take his shirt off every once in a while.

He was pretty cut for a guy from the Dakotas!

Keep in mind that back in those days, the men built their own houses, chopped wood, hunted, plowed the fields, etc. So it makes sense that those men would be built and muscular. They were not sitting at a computer all day to make a living, this was true manual labor. You also had Merlin Olsen, a former football player, in the cast at this time. So I can accept the fact that may of these men were cut and toned.

Madame X · 05-15-2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Keep in mind that back in those days, the men built their own houses, chopped wood, hunted, plowed the fields, etc. So it makes sense that those men would be built and muscular. They were not sitting at a computer all day to make a living, this was true manual labor. You also had Merlin Olsen, a former football player, in the cast at this time. So I can accept the fact that may of these men were cut and toned.

True! Merlin Olsen was a man! Look at Nels, a shopkeeper, or Doc Baker, a doctor. They didn't have the physical strength and bodies of the "farmers," but at least they had some b***s (guts) when it came to being a man. And none of them had the "Samson Complex."

catlover79 · 05-15-2007, 04:46 PM

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True! Merlin Olsen was a man! Look at Nels, a shopkeeper, or Doc Baker, a doctor. They didn't have the physical strength and bodies of the "farmers," but at least they had some b***s (guts) when it came to being a man. And none of them had the "Samson Complex."

Poor Nels barely had any hair at all! He probably pulled it out of his own head after putting up with Harriet all those years.

05-14-2007, 09:16 PM	#1
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05-15-2007, 12:20 AM	#4
Madame X Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,831	Also, in the "Back to School" episode where Nellie lies to Laura about the questions on the teaching exam, Charles bursts into Almanzo's house and punches him out. He has he right arm in a sling again. I forgot how he got hurt that time. He always gets injured and then gets pissed off when the "women" of the family want to work or help out to support the family. If he was that macho, he wouldn't have had that girlie head of hair and cried at the drop of a hat.

05-15-2007, 01:46 PM	#6
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	I think Charles hurt his ribs all the time so Michael Landon could take his shirt off every once in a while. He was pretty cut for a guy from the Dakotas!

05-15-2007, 03:23 PM	#11
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I recall reading and hearing that Michael Landon didn't cut his hair or kept it long because he believed in the Samson story abt the longer the hair, the stronger the man.