The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1975)
The sweet-natured Michael Landon comes under attack in this episode of the series, which features roasters including Joey Bishop, Ernest Borgnine, Sid Caesar, Phyllis Diller, Lorne Greene, Cliff Robertson and Don Rickles among many others. I think most people would agree that this series was at its very best during the earlier years and while this one here isn't a masterpiece, it's still quite good thanks to some very funny jokes throughout with most of them aimed at how "clean" Landon's then show was. Robertson gets some very funny gags off as does Bishop who using his street tough Philadelphia personality to discuss the clean Little House on the Prairie. Of course, the highlight comes from Rickles who makes Landon re-enact a scene from his first movie I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF. Landon's reaction to something Rickles does brings down the house and rightfully so!
Episode: A-