Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

[CountryGirl]

Only three episodes where he actually got beat up come to mind.

One where's he's beat up by the older two of the three Galander brothers for trying to take some of Ma's farm fresh eggs, touching her "soft, real soft" skin in the process.

The second was when Harlan and that pornstache guy who worked for Mr. Standish attacked him after he confronted them for hitting on Mary, who was en route to her 16th birthday party.

The third was actually the "I Remember, I Remember" episode where Ma recalls a young Charles being jumped by rival Harold Watson and his buddies to try to keep him from taking Caroline to the dance.

There is the time he fell out of a tree trying to rescue a kite in the "A Harvest of Friends" episode. Cue the bandages around his waist with his chest, nips and all, on full display. So I guess the tree kicked his butt.

Then he got cold-cocked by the giant millstone in the "Back to School" two-parter. 

Of course, we never saw him with a head injury ala Andy and his ridiculous swath of cloth around his head in "Barn Burner." But we couldn't have his Samson-esque locks covered up. 

[debraran]

2 hours ago, SamShmam said:

I'm watching 'The Last Summer' and when Ruthie mounts her horse and rides away Nels comes out and watches her wistfully and says "That's sure one woman that can sit a horse". 

That is the only later show I didn't hate that much. I liked Ruthie Leighland and hated Mrs Carter for being jealous of another woman who loved her son. So much jealousy on that show.  ; )  "Oh she's dying, we can keep it" lol

The Blanche episode I watched once, that was more than enough.

[SamShmam]

Just now, debraran said:

That is the only later show I didn't hate that much. I liked Ruthie Leighland and hated Mrs Carter for being jealous of another woman who loved her son. So much jealousy on that show.  ; )  "Oh she's dying, we can keep it" lol

The Blanche episode I watched once, that was more than enough.

Jesus, right?! Like what the hell. But, it was the 70s. Women were either shrews, whores or virgins. Pick your trope. 

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, CountryGirl said:

Only three episodes where he actually got beat up come to mind.

One where's he's beat up by the older two of the three Galander brothers for trying to take some of Ma's farm fresh eggs, touching her "soft, real soft" skin in the process.

The second was when Harlan and that pornstache guy who worked for Mr. Standish attacked him after he confronted them for hitting on Mary, who was en route to her 16th birthday party.

The third was actually the "I Remember, I Remember" episode where Ma recalls a young Charles being jumped by rival Harold Watson and his buddies to try to keep him from taking Caroline to the dance.

There is the time he fell out of a tree trying to rescue a kite in the "A Harvest of Friends" episode. Cue the bandages around his waist with his chest, nips and all, on full display. So I guess the tree kicked his butt.

Then he got cold-cocked by the giant millstone in the "Back to School" two-parter. 

Of course, we never saw him with a head injury ala Andy and his ridiculous swath of cloth around his head in "Barn Burner." But we couldn't have his Samson-esque locks covered up. 

One I watched yesterday: The one where Charles makes this table and moves to Mankato to sell it. A rich guy steals the design and undersells Charles. Charles confronts him and gets his ass kicked by the factory workers. 

[RedbirdNelly]

1 hour ago, Superclam said:

One I watched yesterday: The one where Charles makes this table and moves to Mankato to sell it. A rich guy steals the design and undersells Charles. Charles confronts him and gets his ass kicked by the factory workers. 

there is the one when they move to the city and he is walking Mary to her birthday party (might be a surprise) and some guys intercept them. Garvy goes and finds a crumbled Charles. He then beats the guys up and gets a job as a bouncer as a result.

[absolutelyido]

3 hours ago, Superclam said:

I just can't with the Jason Carter et. al. episodes. Luckily, since they show 10 episodes a day, "Country Girl" will be on tomorrow or Wednesday. 

The episode where the Ingalls go camping with the Olesons so the kids can collect leaves was on again today. I swear I just watched it a couple of weeks ago. 

[RedbirdNelly]

4 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

The episode where the Ingalls go camping with the Olesons so the kids can collect leaves was on again today. I swear I just watched it a couple of weeks ago. 

I tried to record that one a month or so ago (based on the description). It was a totally different show.

[Mr. Sparkle]

I know on my cable, UPtv shows episodes from 8AM to 3PM, and then Hallmark Drama shows episodes from 4 until 9 (and then repeats them late night.) So they go through a season in about a week, and the whole series in about 8 weeks. (I'm sure my math is off on this.) So there's a few episodes that I seem to catch over and over. 

[SamShmam]

13 hours ago, Superclam said:

One I watched yesterday: The one where Charles makes this table and moves to Mankato to sell it. A rich guy steals the design and undersells Charles. Charles confronts him and gets his ass kicked by the factory workers. 

Listen, I've been there, and the mean street of Mankato is no joke.

[Snow Apple]

Charles and Olga’s dad also beat each other up when he made her the shoe with a wooden lift.

[BigBingerBro]

Didn't Charles also nearly get defeated in when he rescued Mary & Laura when they were held hostage at the blind school? 

[CountryGirl]

3 hours ago, Snow Apple said:

Charles and Olga’s dad also beat each other up when he made her the shoe with a wooden lift.

Oh yes.

I found that strangely erotic. I think Charles and Papa Nordstrom did, too.

What's a little HoYay on the Prairie, folks?

[jason88cubs]

this got some laughs

[jason88cubs]

 

[debraran]

20 hours ago, SamShmam said:

Listen, I've been there, and the mean street of Mankato is no joke.

If you get history from LHOP, every city in the US was mean and no one went to church (unless the Ingall's arranged it) and the city children were nasty (unless it was Albert) and all the store owners crooked etc.

I understand Michael wanted to show the difference between sweet, quiet Walnut Grove and a bustling city, but just showing noise and more traffic would be enough. It's not like Walnut Grove didn't have bigots and mean people, they just didn't own any business's.  It was a bit of overkill at times. He also moved there very quickly when he decided to end the show and didn't worry about his other children's lives once Albert was okay. Caroline also had to work which I thought was odd, he said it in passing, they had jobs and the kids had friends (on why he couldn't move back) Geez, even in the city, she had to work and keep that larger home. ; ) I guess the chores outside were gone.

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by debraran

[CountryGirl]

I’ll never understand why they didn’t just have Pa, Ma, and the kids move further west vs moving to a city. 

Then again, I’ll don’t understand why ML didn’t follow the books more closely. He could have had 8 seasons (leaving out Farmer Boy) to go with each book and then shown married Laura’s life up until they move to Mansfield with a flash-forward to an older Laura writing her first book and then fading out on a published copy of LHOTP. 

[SamShmam]

3 hours ago, debraran said:

If you get history from LHOP, every city in the US was mean and no one went to church (unless the Ingall's arranged it) and the city children were nasty (unless it was Albert) and all the store owners crooked etc.

I understand Michael wanted to show the difference between sweet, quiet Walnut Grove and a bustling city, but just showing noise and more traffic would be enough. It's not like Walnut Grove didn't have bigots and mean people, they just didn't own any business's.  It was a bit of overkill at times. He also moved there very quickly when he decided to end the show and didn't worry about his other children's lives once Albert was okay. Caroline also had to work which I thought was odd, he said it in passing, they had jobs and the kids had friends (on why he couldn't move back) Geez, even in the city, she had to work and keep that larger home. ; ) I guess the chores outside were gone.

 

LOL right, totally agree.  My "mean STREET" of Mankato as opposed to the plural was supposed to do the heavy lifting in that comment😁. If farmland and obesity are threatenting, then Mankato is terrifying. 

Yeah, his writing was, well, it can be best summed up in this post: 

On 8/13/2020 at 10:04 AM, VCRTracking said:

Michael Landon is also like Garth Marenghi,  the main character of the hilarious 2004 British horror parody show "Garth Marenghi's Dark Place". A novelist with this quote:

 

 

[jird]

On 8/18/2020 at 8:11 AM, SamShmam said:

Listen, I've been there, and the mean street of Mankato is no joke.

Nothing is off-limits in Mankato. Even palm trees.

[debraran]

4 hours ago, jird said:

Nothing is off-limits in Mankato. Even palm trees.

I laughed when Amazon video pointed that out to me, I guess I never looked beyond the boat. I wonder if the Walton's had as many goofs.

I thought it was funny the city was nice enough when they left Walnut Grove but ugly any other time. Of course they always lived above a saloon or some place noisy. There were nice shops and stores and better doctors (sorry Doc Baker) and newspapers. You could see a play or museum. No offense but if the only event was Founders Day or an occasional circus, I might go nuts after a while in Walnut Grove. ; )  There is only so much fishing you can do.

 

[jason88cubs]

12 minutes ago, debraran said:

I laughed when Amazon video pointed that out to me, I guess I never looked beyond the boat. I wonder if the Walton's had as many goofs.

I thought it was funny the city was nice enough when they left Walnut Grove but ugly any other time. Of course they always lived above a saloon or some place noisy. There were nice shops and stores and better doctors (sorry Doc Baker) and newspapers. You could see a play or museum. No offense but if the only event was Founders Day or an occasional circus, I might go nuts after a while in Walnut Grove. ; )  There is only so much fishing you can do.

 

I liked how Caroline was mad about the saloon being open late hours, like just because the ingalls live above it, they should change their hours

[debraran]

8 minutes ago, jason88cubs said:

I liked how Caroline was mad about the saloon being open late hours, like just because the ingalls live above it, they should change their hours

LOL, true. Hey, Mr Standish, I don't know if you heard about me, Ingall's from Walnut Grove? We are settling here because I had too many failed crops and didn't save any money and I need you to turn down the volume a bit and cover up the fancy women and close early. Have a nice day.

 

[jason88cubs]

4 minutes ago, debraran said:

LOL, true. Hey, Mr Standish, I don't know if you heard about me, Ingall's from Walnut Grove? We are settling here because I had too many failed crops and didn't save any money and I need you to turn down the volume a bit and cover up the fancy women and close early. Have a nice day.

 

and he'll give that wink!

[SchlongOfHealing]

On 8/14/2020 at 5:35 PM, MollyMelrose said:

Watching these videos and reading these comments/remembering the glory days of the TWOP thread - (dear Lord, Schlong of Healing!!!) - well, it's been wonderful!!!! 

If someone has the link to the Wayback Machine's Little House thread, and it's OK to share it, I would be forever grateful!!

I spent forever trying to find the TWoP thread! I gave up a year ago & then I found this site so I started looking for it again.
 

After searching a while, I FINALLY came up with it! 😃It’s not divided into different thread headings—just one LONG—like, literally1803 pages long!—thread under the heading “Little House on the Prairie: Pa, Ma and the MimeThat Raped Sylvia” (surprised it’s not  spelled “Thylvia”...🤣) I’m just grateful it was saved! ❤️

Not sure if it’s okay to post links here, but—-whatever. 😛Here it is—enjoy! 
 

https://web.archive.org/web/20140330095600/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/1870765-little-house-on-the-prairie-pa-ma-and-that-mime-that-raped-sylvia/

 

If the link disappears, maybe I can email it to you. 😊

[Mr. Sparkle]

OMG, it really is over 1800 pages long! Thanks, Schlong, I'm going to get fired because of you! Also, you have the best username in the history of usernames. 

Edited August 20, 2020 by Superclam

[CountryGirl]

OMG!

I know I read and probably even posted on that forum back in the day, but I don't think I had the chance to read the entire thing before the site closed. And even those posts I had read, I'm more than happy to re-read as it was such great snark!

Thank you for sharing, @SchlongOfHealing.

[MollyMelrose]

Thank you, Schlong of Healing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Things you never thought you'd say, but mean sincerely for $2,000, Alex.)

[jason88cubs]

I do find it quite funny that Charles was the only one walking around without a shirt on.

Michael Landon" Hey put your shirt on! Only I can be shirtless!"

 

Director-"Michael why did you take your shirt off for this scene? All you are doing is walking from the house to the barn"

Michael" Well I figured people would think "oh he must be tanning"

Director-"Tanning while working in the barn?

Michael" Alright your fired, I'll direct this scene!"

[debraran]

10 hours ago, jason88cubs said:

I do find it quite funny that Charles was the only one walking around without a shirt on.

Michael Landon" Hey put your shirt on! Only I can be shirtless!"

 

Director-"Michael why did you take your shirt off for this scene? All you are doing is walking from the house to the barn"

Michael" Well I figured people would think "oh he must be tanning"

Director-"Tanning while working in the barn?

Michael" Alright your fired, I'll direct this scene!"

That's funny and probably very true! lol He did have a very healthy ego and did love writing in those scenes. He never really had anyone compete with him that was considered a "hunk" either. I still feel he didn't want any scenes with Chris the handyman which is why they never met. : )   That would have been way too distracting for me. lol

This is the only pic of them together and of course, Mike is showing off a little chest here.

 

[jason88cubs]

In the Big Inning, when Jebidah is pitching, we have Doc baker hitting and Mr Edwards catching.

 

Jebidah throws the ball and nails Edwards in the head cuz the ball was SO FAST

 

Doc Baker didnt even check on MR Edwards lol. He just started screaming "I didnt even see it! He threw it so fast! He might've killed him!!!"

and totally ignored Mr Edwards  laying there hurt

 

9:45

Edited August 22, 2020 by jason88cubs

[Mr. Sparkle]

On 8/17/2020 at 6:22 PM, CountryGirl said:

Only three episodes where he actually got beat up come to mind.

One where's he's beat up by the older two of the three Galander brothers for trying to take some of Ma's farm fresh eggs, touching her "soft, real soft" skin in the process.

The second was when Harlan and that pornstache guy who worked for Mr. Standish attacked him after he confronted them for hitting on Mary, who was en route to her 16th birthday party.

The third was actually the "I Remember, I Remember" episode where Ma recalls a young Charles being jumped by rival Harold Watson and his buddies to try to keep him from taking Caroline to the dance.

There is the time he fell out of a tree trying to rescue a kite in the "A Harvest of Friends" episode. Cue the bandages around his waist with his chest, nips and all, on full display. So I guess the tree kicked his butt.

Then he got cold-cocked by the giant millstone in the "Back to School" two-parter. 

Of course, we never saw him with a head injury ala Andy and his ridiculous swath of cloth around his head in "Barn Burner." But we couldn't have his Samson-esque locks covered up. 

Back to this theme: I watched "Quarantine" today. Charles gets his ass-kicked by the 3 guys guarding the town and is sent floating away on his rowboat. In true Charles tradition, he comes back and saves the day. 

I watched "Plague" yesterday, and it was a much better disease-related episode, IMO. The guy who played that kid's father was a terrible actor, but totally creepy when he was sitting with his dead body under the tree! 

[Lisa418722]

I saw the first part of "Little Girl Lost" yesterday and I was cheering on Jack for having his own "Lassie" moment. Rather than Timmy in the well it was Carrie in - what??  A mine shaft?  I didn't finish watching the episode.  One thing: when Laura got into the wagon they left Jack behind.  I guess he had to go on home on by himself. 
Jack always has held a special place in my heart because I had a dog that looked a little bit like him when I was a kid.  

Edited August 22, 2020 by Lisa418722

[debraran]

11 hours ago, Lisa418722 said:

I saw the first part of "Little Girl Lost" yesterday and I was cheering on Jack for having his own "Lassie" moment. Rather than Timmy in the well it was Carrie in - what??  A mine shaft?  I didn't finish watching the episode.  One thing: when Laura got into the wagon they left Jack behind.  I guess he had to go on home on by himself. 
Jack always has held a special place in my heart because I had a dog that looked a little bit like him when I was a kid.  

I know dogs weren't spoiled like today but just wearing them out until they died, made me sad. All that walking at a senior age was cruel. Minding the house is fine but hundreds of miles? He was small enough to get in the back, but then I'm in 2020 and grew up when dogs were "pets".

Regarding Plague, I thought it was the best of those type of shows and liked seeing the "home schooling" and other references we see today.  I did find the boys father had a certain look that fit that "sad" part he always played but showing how he broke after losing his wife and son in such a small amount of time didn't bother me. They had Mary singing and partly comatose but Mr Boulton knew his son was dead which is why he told Charles to stop when he started to say something. He just wasn't ready yet to take it all in. I can't even imagine such sadness being absorbed.

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by debraran

[CountryGirl]

Ah, it’s the Charles gets green hair episode. It was nice to see him get laughed at by Caroline and the congregation since he was usually the one guffawing at everyone else’s expense. 

ETA: Adding pics from the episode. Shocking that ML allowed himself to look anything other than sexy.

Of course, he did have his shirt off because OF COURSE HE DID so Caroline could rinse his luscious locks of hair.

[Snow Apple]

Jesse James offered Mary 25 cents a day to run errands and Charles talked him down to 10 cents a day. If I were Mary, I’d be pissed. She was saving for a dress but the extra money could have been saved. You just know they’ll need to dip into any savings one day. 

[debraran]

4 hours ago, Snow Apple said:

Jesse James offered Mary 25 cents a day to run errands and Charles talked him down to 10 cents a day. If I were Mary, I’d be pissed. She was saving for a dress but the extra money could have been saved. You just know they’ll need to dip into any savings one day. 

Mrs Whipple paid her pretty well from my memories of a couple of shows where she sewed and sewed to help out or for Christmas gifts. She got dollars then! I would have been miffed too.

They rarely had any savings and if they did, it went on something unexpected. They didn't have money for toys or store luxuries. I don't remember seeing many toys like a wagon (that would have been useful if Charles made it even with wooden wheels) or blocks etc.  When they had some savings, Mary got kicked by the horse and we know the rest. Even the bonus Charles made almost killing himself had to go to a second operation because she got an infection. Laura and Albert had a LOT of money from the honey, more than I ever saw Charles count, and ended up giving that to Mary to get an award for Adam. So what happens....the coach goes off the road and they almost die (and Charles knew the wheel wasn't good before she left) A wonderful, caring thought to do it, proud of them, but an award, a piece of paper when 50+ dollars could do so much good even if they still bought some toys for themselves. 

Charles worked at the mill and sold crops when they weren't destroyed and they still had a hard time. He hunted for food, they had eggs, vegetables, etc. They needed spices and fabric and tobacco and farming tools but still, how sad to live off the land and still be so poor. I've said before to just have one episode when they really have a nice day and there's no scraping for a tablet or shoes, would be nice. Everyone else seemed to do okay. I loved the perseverance but it got to be such a pattern even watching "The Inheritance" the first time, you had to know it goes downhill by 30 min in.

Edited August 24, 2020 by debraran

[jird]

42 minutes ago, debraran said:

 

They rarely had any savings and if they did, it went on something unexpected. They didn't have money for toys or store luxuries. I don't remember seeing many toys like a wagon (that would have been useful if Charles made it even with wooden wheels) or blocks etc.  When they had some savings, Mary got kicked by the horse and we know the rest. Even the bonus Charles made almost killing himself had to go to a second operation because she got an infection. Laura and Albert had a LOT of money from the honey, more than I ever saw Charles count, and ended up giving that to Mary to get an award for Adam. So what happens....the coach goes off the road and they almost die (and Charles knew the wheel wasn't good before she left) A wonderful, caring thought to do it, proud of them, but an award, a piece of paper when 50+ dollars could do so much good even if they still bought some toys for themselves. 

Charles worked at the mill and sold crops when they weren't destroyed and they still had a hard time. He hunted for food, they had eggs, vegetables, etc. They needed spices and fabric and tobacco and farming tools but still, how sad to live off the land and still be so poor. I've said before to just have one episode when they really have a nice day and there's no scraping for a tablet or shoes, would be nice. Everyone else seemed to do okay. I loved the perseverance but it got to be such a pattern even watching "The Inheritance" the first time, you had to know it goes downhill by 30 min in.

And *everyone* had a nicer and bigger house than they did, even the Garveys and Edwardses, who were both farmers like Charles who worked at the mill. Andy Garvey had his own bedroom, with a door, while the Ingalls just kept packing kids of all shapes and sizes into the loft.

[BigBingerBro]

The Ingallses also had the "guesthouse" soddy, which appeared almost cavernous in many episodes.  In reality, those things were supposed to be tiny.  

Where did Miss Beadle live?  Did she live above the post office?  Is that where Doc Baker also lived??

[jird]

30 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

The Ingallses also had the "guesthouse" soddy, which appeared almost cavernous in many episodes.  In reality, those things were supposed to be tiny.  

 

I'm surprised that Albert never attempted to move into the soddy, like Greg Brady moving into the attic.

[CountryGirl]

14 minutes ago, jird said:

I'm surprised that Albert never attempted to move into the soddy, like Greg Brady moving into the attic.

Well, he did live in the literal dog house he built for Bandit. For a night anyway.

I don't blame Bandit for wanting nothing to do with it. He was probably afraid Albert would smoke a pipe in there and burn his dog house down, with him inside, and no Alice to put him out of his misery. 

[debraran]

1 hour ago, BigBingerBro said:

The Ingallses also had the "guesthouse" soddy, which appeared almost cavernous in many episodes.  In reality, those things were supposed to be tiny.  

Where did Miss Beadle live?  Did she live above the post office?  Is that where Doc Baker also lived??

When they visited her, Ms Beadle seemed to be there, in that room above post office . I thought Doc Baker was in his same office building, it was around the back that he lived. It seemed to be just a nice bedroom when Charles visited Miss Beadle when he was telling her about board meeting on her teaching ability. I don't know how she ate without stove.

The soddy didn't have heat but yeah, during the summer and warmer months, I'd sleep there to get away from my snoring sister. Even the loft in the barn could be made comfy if heat wasn't needed. (but Mary already tried to burn down the barn)

I saw 1800 wagons for kids at an auction online, couldn't you picture Laura taking Carrie on it pick berries? ; )

What also made me laugh, besides everyone in Walnut Grove doing better than Ingall's did, even widows without much money, was that if they REALLY needed something, the reverend would say "they would all dig deep". The last time I heard that was when Charles again bought things without money in Inheritance show and the church organ was so needed. I don't know if we ever saw it, but Rev Alden said, "You could work off your debt to Oleson's and he's sure the town would dig deep to pay for organ. In 1833 I read, it cost 800 dollars approximately for an organ (17.000 today) How deep were those pockets, did they have treasure hidden in their root cellars?

I also heard in same show, Alice saying they'd borrow from the bank if needed. She acted like that was a common thing "to tide them over". I don't recall a bank there at the time but didn't sound like a safe thing to do if you couldn't pay them back. I never heard anyone say that again though.

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by debraran

[CountryGirl]

So it's "The Spring Dance" episode aka Laura pretends to like Willie to make another boy jealous and Grace does the same with poor ol' Doc L'Orange to snare Old Dan Tucker Edwards. That had to be a little weird for MG and JG, considering they were siblings (though not blood-related) in RL.

We also get the story of Caroline doing that back in the day to turn Charles' head. Which isn't how it played out in a later season. So much for "I Remember, I Remember."

[bunnyblue]

2 hours ago, debraran said:

They rarely had any savings and if they did, it went on something unexpected. They didn't have money for toys or store luxuries. I don't remember seeing many toys like a wagon (that would have been useful if Charles made it even with wooden wheels) or blocks etc.  When they had some savings, Mary got kicked by the horse and we know the rest. Even the bonus Charles made almost killing himself had to go to a second operation because she got an infection. Laura and Albert had a LOT of money from the honey, more than I ever saw Charles count, and ended up giving that to Mary to get an award for Adam. So what happens....the coach goes off the road and they almost die (and Charles knew the wheel wasn't good before she left) A wonderful, caring thought to do it, proud of them, but an award, a piece of paper when 50+ dollars could do so much good even if they still bought some toys for themselves. 

Charles worked at the mill and sold crops when they weren't destroyed and they still had a hard time. He hunted for food, they had eggs, vegetables, etc. They needed spices and fabric and tobacco and farming tools but still, how sad to live off the land and still be so poor.

 

1 hour ago, jird said:

And *everyone* had a nicer and bigger house than they did, even the Garveys and Edwardses, who were both farmers like Charles who worked at the mill. Andy Garvey had his own bedroom, with a door, while the Ingalls just kept packing kids of all shapes and sizes into the loft.

The Ingalls' poverty is one of my biggest complaints. Why did they have to be depicted as so damn poor in comparison to every other farming family in the area? There was the episode where Charles walked miles with the soles of his shoes literally falling apart and he tied them closed with string. How bad was he with money that he couldn't even afford to repair his shoes? And every damn time a calamity befell the family, they never had the money to cover the unexpected expense and then Mr. Cash-on-a-Barrel would go hat-in-hand asking someone for a loan. He was a terrible farmer and even worse with money. I don't know how or why Caroline put up with his crap decisions that made all their lives unnecessarily more stressful & difficult.

And that farmhouse, God, that crappy farmhouse. Although, it was a major improvement over the hovel Charles built in the pilot. Why didn't he ever add on to that sad little house? He was a carpenter ffs, the least he could have done was add some walls to his & Caroline's "bedroom" so Carrie and the girls in the loft wouldn't have to see & hear their parents' nocturnal activities. And when Albert moved in, he should have added a partition to the loft to give Laura some privacy as she got older; that sheet pulled across the loft was not it, Charles. Don't even get me started on that front room that functioned as the sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and even blind Mary's bedroom. Even the backwoods creepy family that Mary lived with in "Whisper Country" had a bigger farmhouse that also allowed for privacy. I should rewatch the series finale just so I can relive the joy of watching the Ingalls farmhouse get blown to pieces, because I really do hate it that much.

[CountryGirl]

Up next is the one with the attempted puppy drowning...my heart can't take this.

I mean, seriously, show...just disturbing and I know, sadly, this kind of thing goes on to this very day, but I don't need to see it on my TV.

And it would be the one episode where Mary wears braids.

[Snow Apple]

38 minutes ago, bunnyblue said:

 

The Ingalls' poverty is one of my biggest complaints. Why did they have to be depicted as so damn poor in comparison to every other farming family in the area? There was the episode where Charles walked miles with the soles of his shoes literally falling apart and he tied them closed with string. How bad was he with money that he couldn't even afford to repair his shoes? And every damn time a calamity befell the family, they never had the money to cover the unexpected expense and then Mr. Cash-on-a-Barrel would go hat-in-hand asking someone for a loan. He was a terrible farmer and even worse with money. I don't know how or why Caroline put up with his crap decisions that made all their lives unnecessarily more stressful & difficult.

And that farmhouse, God, that crappy farmhouse. Although, it was a major improvement over the hovel Charles built in the pilot. Why didn't he ever add on to that sad little house? He was a carpenter ffs, the least he could have done was add some walls to his & Caroline's "bedroom" so Carrie and the girls in the loft wouldn't have to see & hear their parents' nocturnal activities. And when Albert moved in, he should have added a partition to the loft to give Laura some privacy as she got older; that sheet pulled across the loft was not it, Charles. Don't even get me started on that front room that functioned as the sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and even blind Mary's bedroom. Even the backwoods creepy family that Mary lived with in "Whisper Country" had a bigger farmhouse that also allowed for privacy. I should rewatch the series finale just so I can relive the joy of watching the Ingalls farmhouse get blown to pieces, because I really do hate it that much.

I agree with your post. However, you'll be disappointed with the finale because the whole town got blown up....except for the church and that darn farmhouse.

[jason88cubs]

I just love that no matter how poor they got their was no way Charles was gonna sell that fiddle, even if he only played it once a month!

[CountryGirl]

1 hour ago, jason88cubs said:

I just love that no matter how poor they got their was no way Charles was gonna sell that fiddle, even if he only played it once a month!

Well he did sell it to buy Mary a bonnet for her 16th birthday. That was a nail-biting 60 seconds til Ma bought it back again.

[absolutelyido]

3 hours ago, bunnyblue said:

The Ingalls' poverty is one of my biggest complaints. Why did they have to be depicted as so damn poor in comparison to every other farming family in the area? There was the episode where Charles walked miles with the soles of his shoes literally falling apart and he tied them closed with string. How bad was he with money that he couldn't even afford to repair his shoes? And every damn time a calamity befell the family, they never had the money to cover the unexpected expense and then Mr. Cash-on-a-Barrel would go hat-in-hand asking someone for a loan. He was a terrible farmer and even worse with money. I don't know how or why Caroline put up with his crap decisions that made all their lives unnecessarily more stressful & difficult.

And that farmhouse, God, that crappy farmhouse. Although, it was a major improvement over the hovel Charles built in the pilot. Why didn't he ever add on to that sad little house? He was a carpenter ffs, the least he could have done was add some walls to his & Caroline's "bedroom" so Carrie and the girls in the loft wouldn't have to see & hear their parents' nocturnal activities. And when Albert moved in, he should have added a partition to the loft to give Laura some privacy as she got older; that sheet pulled across the loft was not it, Charles. Don't even get me started on that front room that functioned as the sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and even blind Mary's bedroom. Even the backwoods creepy family that Mary lived with in "Whisper Country" had a bigger farmhouse that also allowed for privacy. I should rewatch the series finale just so I can relive the joy of watching the Ingalls farmhouse get blown to pieces, because I really do hate it that much.

I always thought that if Pa spent less time butting his nose into everyone-else-in-town's business he could have been a more successful farmer.

[jason88cubs]

16 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

I always thought that if Pa spent less time butting his nose into everyone-else-in-town's business he could have been a more successful farmer.

it's like their was a Bat signal for Charles.

 

Anytime their was trouble, here comes CHARLES!

 

"I haven't been able to put food on the table for a week but there's 3 orphans that need a home? I'll take them!"

[jason88cubs]

5 hours ago, bunnyblue said:

 

The Ingalls' poverty is one of my biggest complaints. Why did they have to be depicted as so damn poor in comparison to every other farming family in the area? There was the episode where Charles walked miles with the soles of his shoes literally falling apart and he tied them closed with string. How bad was he with money that he couldn't even afford to repair his shoes? And every damn time a calamity befell the family, they never had the money to cover the unexpected expense and then Mr. Cash-on-a-Barrel would go hat-in-hand asking someone for a loan. He was a terrible farmer and even worse with money. I don't know how or why Caroline put up with his crap decisions that made all their lives unnecessarily more stressful & difficult.

And that farmhouse, God, that crappy farmhouse. Although, it was a major improvement over the hovel Charles built in the pilot. Why didn't he ever add on to that sad little house? He was a carpenter ffs, the least he could have done was add some walls to his & Caroline's "bedroom" so Carrie and the girls in the loft wouldn't have to see & hear their parents' nocturnal activities. And when Albert moved in, he should have added a partition to the loft to give Laura some privacy as she got older; that sheet pulled across the loft was not it, Charles. Don't even get me started on that front room that functioned as the sitting room, dining room, kitchen, and even blind Mary's bedroom. Even the backwoods creepy family that Mary lived with in "Whisper Country" had a bigger farmhouse that also allowed for privacy. I should rewatch the series finale just so I can relive the joy of watching the Ingalls farmhouse get blown to pieces, because I really do hate it that much.

Never thought of how it seemed like no one else really struggle dbut the Ingalls

[bunnyblue]

6 hours ago, Snow Apple said:

However, you'll be disappointed with the finale because the whole town got blown up....except for the church and that darn farmhouse.

Noooooo!! I could've sworn the Ingalls farmhouse was blow to smithereens. WTH made their home so special that it wasn't blown up along with the rest of the town? Boooo!!