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I recall that My Three Sons had a similar episode titled: “Robbie and the little stranger.” To where Robbie was the recipient of said lesson. I only mention it because the girl that played the young married college girl in this episode, was none other than the girl that played Caroline Cunningham (Karen Green) in the LITB episode titled: Eddie’s Girl. It’s kind of fun to tie the relationship between such shows together.

Considering the likely possibility of some inbreeding within this group, your choice of musical artist was also most appropriate 🪕 🤪

Ahh, okay. I was thinking of the books, so I must have missed that episode. Actually, I missed most of the later episodes, because I was in high school at that point. And when you’re in high school, you often have other things on the mind. I do have the complete series on DVD now, so I have no excuse for not watching them. Funny though, since I’ve had them, I haven’t even got through the first season. I can remember my teacher reading Little House In The Big Woods, to us kids (It was common for teachers in those days to read a chapter out a classic book, following lunch hour) and about a year or so later, the little house tv pilot premiered 😀

He also had to insert his bare chest into every, what could have been a great moment. We got it Chuck; you were proud of your physique. Didn’t they name a flower after him? Oh right 😆

Yeah, there was a third brother that they could have used. Perley Day, or something along those lines? But he was young enough during the time-line of the farmer boy book, that he wasn’t even mentioned in the book. Huge plot holes in a story such as that, are annoying, and little house was notorious for this sort of thing. As a side note, that family must have hated its sons. Royal, Almanzo, Perley Day? Those are the kind of names you a name a kid whose ass you wish to see get kicked on a regular basis 😆

I wonder why ML didn’t have the son, Dirk Blocker, star in some more episodes. The only other member of Bonanza that I can think of that guest starred in little house, was Mitch Vogel. And he was only in a few episodes. He must have been fond of Merlin Olson as well, since he created a show for him. Father Murphy wasn’t bad, and fans of little house would probably enjoy it as well. It wasn’t little house good, but decent enough that it’s still worth checking out, if you can find the episodes. My favorite character was that sinister little dude, that was always trying to screw over the orphanage 😁

It’s all good. Since we lost our dedicated subforum, and are now reduced to this solitary thread, that’s the only option that you have now. I looked, and I didn’t see an option to change the header title, as we were able to do before, but that was when you were able to create new threads, so that’s probably why. I suppose another option, would be to just add some kind of a title at the top, such as: Season 1, episode 1: Harvest Of Friends. Then perhaps bold it, or something like that, to distinguish it from the previous conversation.

You piqued my curiosity ALTSO, so I looked it up. She was in two episodes of Father Murphy in 1981 (The bear that bit me, parts one and two). I didn’t remember seeing her, or those episodes. She didn’t become part of the cast of little house until 1982, so this would have been pre-Jenny Wilder. I didn’t realize that she joined the cast of little house so late? Don’t forget, she was also in “Our House” following little house, but preceding 90210. That show also featured perpetually cranky old geezer, Wilford Brimley, who must have been born at 75 years old 😛 But apparently was fit enough at one time to be a bodyguard for Howard Hughes (The internet is a wonderful thing folks) On edit: Didn't see Snow Apple's reply until after I posted.

Right, it was morphine. Then he tapped into Ol’ Doc’s stash, that went to patients that truly needed it. It seemed that everywhere that 19th century Damien went, death, mayhem, or at the very least, a first class con job, was sure to follow 😜

Didn’t know that, so thanks for the added info. I actually did watch the Father Murphy series, but since I never really watched Bonanza, I wouldn’t likely have recognized the recycled plots. Yes, you are right. It was produced by ML, and starred Merlin Olsen, formerly Jonathan Garvey in little house. It also featured Moses Gunn, who also previously starred in little house. Here’s some trivia for you all. Catherine Cannon, who played Mae in Father Murphy, is married in real life to the guy that played Almanzo in little house. That same lady played the mother of one of the 90210 characters (I believe it was Donna?). That Father Murphy series isn’t half bad, and those that like little house, would probably like it as well. The bad guy in it, was this evil, Snidely Whiplash looking little dude, that basically excelled in these evil incarnate type of roles. Here he is. Most of you probably recognize him, if not by name, by image. Charles Tyner

Right. There were more than a few episodes that ML recycled from Bonanza. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series)

I seem to recall hearing mentioned that it was an attempt to appeal to more young male viewers, since the stories were told from a female centrist point of view. I’m male, but I liked the books growing up, mostly, because they’re one of the better documented pioneer stories out there. Of course, it wasn’t until later that I learned that much of the children’s books were fictionalized, and if you want the real scoop, you need to pick up the Pioneer Girl transcript. Interestingly, ML included the birth and death of baby Freddie, who was indeed a real life character (unlike Albert). But the real Laura left him out of the books altogether. I also find it kind of odd that in the books, Laura never once referred to Walnut Grove Minnesota by name, but rather “Plum Creek” Minnesota.

Probably because even he realizes what a huge bullet that poor girl narrowly dodged 😂

@smittykins. Yes, I believe it was the Pioneer Girl manuscript in which it was mentioned. I have it, but haven’t even read halfway through it yet, so I haven’t come to that part yet. @Snow Apple. It wasn’t until much later that I learned that the books; while based on the families real life, included a lot of made up events that Laura threw in, so that they would appeal more to children. Not so much fictional I suppose, as much as a lot of added filler, along with a lot of real life events being left out. A girl over at MovieChat posted that she read a book that mentioned that of the “3 Nellie’s”, one of them (I think it was the first one, Nellie Owens) was actually a nice girl that wanted to be on friendly terms with Laura. But Laura spurned her friendship.

I think it might have been in this same thread? But someone here a while back, mentioned that the whole brown hair/eyes vs blond hair, blue eyes, competition between Mary and Laura, was entirely made up by Laura, for the purposes of the books. I believe that the person that posted this, mentioned the publication in which Laura revealed this, but the title escapes me?