Michael Landon got sexy on ‘Little House’ to compete with Burt Reynolds
Little House on The Prairie” TV series, harbored a secret grudge against the hirsute “Smokey and The Bandit” star.“In the ’70s, Burt topped the list as the most desirable man in Hollywood,” actress Karen Grassle, who played Caroline “Ma” Ingalls, on “Little House,” told The Post. “Mike was resentful and wanted to take his place.”So, while Reynolds had famously posed (nearly) nude for Cosmopolitan magazine, Landon — who wrote, produced and directed episodes of the TV series, as well as starring in it — would flaunt his muscles at every opportunity on his G-rated show.Grassle writes in her memoir, “Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss and Love from Little House’s Ma” (She Writes Press), out Nov.