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Exclusive: Dr. Quinn Vet Checks into NCIS
by Bruce Fretts  December 16, 2009 10:10 AM EST

Robert Wagner won't be the only onetime TV heartthrob turning up in NCIS' 150th episode, "Flesh and Bone," airing on CBS January 12.

As previously revealed, the Hart to Hart star will guest as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., father of Tony (Michael Weatherly). He'll get involved with a case concerning an assassination plot against a prince (Amir Arison). The elder DiNozzo's link will cause Gibbs (Mark Harmon) to doubt whether Tony can remain impartial in the investigation.

Turns out the prince is enrolled in a U.S. military flight training program, and his teacher, Lt. Cmdr. Rob Clarke, will be played by Joe Lando, tvguidemagazine.com has learned exclusively. Best known for his 1993-1998 run as long-maned frontiersman Byron Sully on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Lando lost his flowing locks long ago. Good thing, since a mullet wouldn't cut it in the Marines.
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Garage-Sale Sign Provokes Scuffle
By Sue Pascoe, Staff Writer, Palisadian-Post
2009-10-22
When Joe Lando's family planned a garage sale for October 3, they certainly didn't imagine a scuffle ensuing over the removal of their sale signs that sent Lando to the emergency room with a broken nose.

Although the Lando family has given away lots of clothes and other goods to charities in the past, they thought it would be good for their four children to experience buying and selling and making change, while providing a way for neighbors to stop by and chat. With any money earned, they planned to save some for Christmas and donate the rest to tsunami victims.

After the children helped make garage sale signs, Lando headed out about 6 a.m. to put them up around town. But after some early arrivals came by, traffic slowed and by 10 a.m. there was no one. A neighbor told Lando that perhaps they were the victims of a Palisades resident who has become notorious for taking down missing pet notices and garage sale signs.

Lando went into the village to check on his signs and seven were gone. He returned home and had his children make replacements, then set out again. Soon he spotted the sign remover by the Shell station on Sunset.

'I saw him pull another sign down; it wasn't even mine,' Lando said. 'I was mad. I yelled at him and I asked him what he had done with all of the signs my kids had made.'

The man responded that he was a 30-year-resident, lived on DePauw and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. (Chamber Executive Director Arnie Wishnik said, 'I don't know who he is and we don't direct anyone to take down signs.')

When Lando explained that his kids were going to give some of the proceeds to the tsunami victims, the man told him, 'You don't even know what a tsunami is.' According to Lando, a scuffle ensued near the Shell gas station.

'I never hit him,' Lando said. 'He pushed me first, but I wasn't going to strike him because he was older than I am. He swung at me and I just grabbed him.' The two men fell to the ground and Lando broke his nose, necessitating a trip to the Malibu Medical Emergency Center. Employees from the gas station called police and the incident was recorded as mutual battery.

The 'sign-remover' told Lando that if he would put a 'will remove sign' at the bottom of his signs, he wouldn't take them down. On Sunday, Lando reluctantly added that terminology to each sign, and they stayed up. He hopes that if other community members follow the man's instructions, perhaps he will leave their signs alone. Lando also fears what might happen if somebody else confronts the man, given the violence he experienced.

'On Sunday, as soon as the sale was over, I removed the signs,' Lando said.

Joe Lando likes to know what's ahead so he can plan for what he needs to get done.

I've been a Fixer ever since I was a child. Whether it's something in the house that's broken or a problem in real life, I try to fix it. I fix things so I can figure out how they work. I find comfort in that. (So much so that some of my friends used to call me MacGyver!)

With four kids, auditions, appointments and everything else, life can get really hectic. In our house, we have a master schedule so we always know where to be. I also like to-do lists; I love to make them and then check all of the things off as they're finished. I create to-do lists with my family all the time. At the end of the day, we just check everything off that we did to make sure we didn't forget anything. It's the best.

Like a true Fixer, I also like to know what's ahead so I can plan for what I need to get done. I bought a house and hired contractors to fix it up. But when they ended up being too busy, I learned how to fix things myself: plumbing, plaster, paint, electrical wiring. ... Then I used everything I learned to fix up seven homes—and my kids have seen me do it. I want them to know that they can fix things up, too. I just moved into a house that I'm still fixing. You know, as an actor, idle time can get you in trouble. Fixing things keeps me busy!

Besides being a parent, actor Joe Lando is best known for his role as Byron Sully on the TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Article from Nick's Parent Connect

DVD review - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Series"
by The Republican Entertainment Desk
Monday November 17, 2008, 6:00 AM
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Series" is now available from A&E Home Video on a deluxe 42-disc box set.

By RAY KELLY
rkelly@repub.com

In the era of "Nip/Tuck" and "Californication," it's easy to snicker at the wholesome family programming that once dominated prime time television.

TV series like "Seventh Heaven" and "Touch by an Angel," offered upbeat, well-told stories that parents could enjoy with their children.

One of the most successful family dramas was the unlikely "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Glamorous Jane Seymour was cast Michaela Quinn, a strong-willed Boston doctor who sets up shop in frontier Colorado Springs in the 1860s. She raises three orphaned children and is romanced by brooding, handsome mountain man Byron Sully (Joe Lando).

Premiering opposite college football's Orange Bowl on New Year's Day in 1993, "Dr. Quinn" was a surprise ratings hit for CBS. During its six-season run, it racked up numerous Golden Globe and Emmy Award wins.

Despite that success, CBS decided to tinker with the show's formula, opting for a darker tone in an attempt to draw younger viewers. Although its ratings remained healthy, the network shut down the series in 1998 as it moved away from family dramas. (CBS would make the same mistake seven years later with "Joan of Arcadia").

In time for Christmas, A&E Home Video has released "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Complete Series" in a deluxe box set that appropriately resembles a family photo album.
Joe Lando and Jane Seymour of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."

Spread across 42 DVDS and priced at $229.95, the box set offers all 150 episodes, two TV sequel movies, "Jane Seymour: Hollywood's English Rose" from the A&E series "Biography," and several audio commentaries and reminiscences with the cast. It adds up to 120 hours of commercial-free "Dr. Quinn."

Cast members are frank in their recollections, taking justifiable pride in episodes that dealt with the mistreatment of American Indians, homosexuality, and racial intolerance. They are also quick to poke fun at some of the more ridiculous storylines (townspeople taking part in a circus or a frontier doctor making inroads into plastic surgery).

Seymour is a delight in two of the featurettes, "Beginnings" and "Favorites." She is brutally honest in how she desperately grabbed the role just two days before filming commenced because a divorce had left her near-broke.

Lando's performance as Sully leaves viewers wondering why no network was smart enough to sign him for a starring role in his own series when "Dr. Quinn" was cancelled. Supporting players Orson Bean and Chad Allen share humorous and candid insights into the making of the series.

The DVD box set is a treasure chest for "Dr. Quinn" fans and a fine holiday gift for newcomers looking for quality, family entertainment.