Michael Dunn guest stars in this Bonanza episode playing a former circus performer whose wife is in labor. She gives birth to a healthy baby girl, but dies and leaves Dunn and his mother Angela Clarke to care for the infant.
Lorne Greene offers Dunn a job at the Ponderosa but there's not much that a midget can do in the riding and roping department and Hop Sing wants nobody else in his kitchen. The good people of Virginia City like everyone else see midgets as freaks even though Dunn has experience keeping books which he also did at the circus.
A man does what he has to do to feed his family. But a situation arises where his small size proves invaluable.
Michael Landon directed this episode and I note he redid the story for an episode on Little House On The Prarie. It's a good story with a fine performance by Michael Dunn who had the tragic life that could make him empathize with this role.
Lorne Greene offers Dunn a job at the Ponderosa but there's not much that a midget can do in the riding and roping department and Hop Sing wants nobody else in his kitchen. The good people of Virginia City like everyone else see midgets as freaks even though Dunn has experience keeping books which he also did at the circus.
A man does what he has to do to feed his family. But a situation arises where his small size proves invaluable.
Michael Landon directed this episode and I note he redid the story for an episode on Little House On The Prarie. It's a good story with a fine performance by Michael Dunn who had the tragic life that could make him empathize with this role.
