Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

[Snow Apple]

What happened to the blind school after Mary and Adam left? What happened to the children?

[SamShmam]

I know this is Little House, not The Waltons, so I won't swerve too far off topic other than to say that the same people who do these hilarious vids also do them for The Waltons.....

[CountryGirl]

The state came in and took over, booting Hester Sue when she didn't want to go back to school after all the years of helping to teach and running a school (she didn't have official certification, which not a shock in those days). She called up Caroline to tell her she'd be stopping in Walnut Grove to say goodbye to Adam and Mary (who were going to NYC) and that's when Caroline asked her if she wanted to come and work with her at the restaurant and Hester Sue quickly accepted and I always love it when she responds to Caroline asking when she could come (this was when Nellie and Perciful were in NYC as well, visiting his family): "Is tomorrow too soon?"

 

[SamShmam]

1 minute ago, CountryGirl said:

The state came in and took over, booting Hester Sue when she didn't want to go back to school after all the years of helping to teach and running a school (she didn't have official certification, which not a shock in those days). She called up Caroline to tell her she'd be stopping in Walnut Grove to say goodbye to Adam and Mary (who were going to NYC) and that's when Caroline asked her if she wanted to come and work with her at the restaurant and Hester Sue quickly accepted and I always love it when she responds to Caroline asking when she could come (this was when Nellie and Perciful were in NYC as well, visiting his family): "Is tomorrow too soon?"

 

I think Caroline and Hester Sue would be a cute couple, under different circumstances, of course.

[CountryGirl]

37 minutes ago, RedbirdNelly said:

I've got to ask what the hell happened in that episode? makes it look like some kid rose from the dead

Pa healed James, who had been shot in a bank robbery, with the power of his magical schlong. 

No, not that one (although I can see where you got your thing-of-beauty screename @SchlongOfHealing.

This one.

You cannot make this stuff up.

[Mr. Sparkle]

49 minutes ago, CountryGirl said:

You cannot make this stuff up.

Well, you can, and if you do you get paid a lot of money! 

[RedbirdNelly]

I always loved Hester Sue.  I understand she failed to close the door, allowing fire to spread but that was just bad writing. Hester Sue rocks

[SamShmam]

2 minutes ago, RedbirdNelly said:

I always loved Hester Sue.  I understand she failed to close the door, allowing fire to spread but that was just bad writing. Hester Sue rocks

I agree, Hester Sue is by far my favorite character on this show. And HOLY COW the actress who played her, Ketty Lester, was SMOKIN hot in her day.

[CountryGirl]

34 minutes ago, SamShmam said:

I agree, Hester Sue is by far my favorite character on this show. And HOLY COW the actress who played her, Ketty Lester, was SMOKIN hot in her day.

40 minutes ago, RedbirdNelly said:

I always loved Hester Sue.  I understand she failed to close the door, allowing fire to spread but that was just bad writing. Hester Sue rocks

I know I give her shit for that, but that was so out of character for her. 

[CountryGirl]

Ah, just found the 30 second one for the Lord is My Shepherd two-parter aka the one where Laura hates on Poor Doomed Baby Charles, then runs away to live with a creepy old tertiary man until God grants her wish by killing her and then sending Poor Not-Longer-Doomed Baby Charles back to earth in her place.

 Which creepy old tertiary man, you say?

Ernest Borgnine who is immortalized with his admonition to Laura to "rub 'em, rub 'em GOOD!"

The Psycho theme is perfection to accompany Half-Pint's incandescent with jealousy moment.

Must.

Stop.

Watching.

Seriously...I need to get some work done.

[RedbirdNelly]

I could spend all days watching these. I hope people don't keep posting them. whatever you do, don't post more 🙂

 

[SamShmam]

This one is two minutes of hilarity. Some episodes can't be crammed into 30 seconds.

[CountryGirl]

Ok, the ending make me giggle a little and think, why didn't ML think of this?

 

[jird]

4 hours ago, Superclam said:

No, just rose from a coma despite all doctors saying he wouldn't because Charles built a stone altar and then some scraggly mysterious old man appeared out of nowhere. What? 

You'll notice Pa didn't bother to build altars and go all batshit to save Mary's sight or to save Albert's life when he got the fatal nosebleeds. He just kept grabbing Laura and making her say "My brother is going to die!"

[CountryGirl]

3 minutes ago, jird said:

You'll notice Pa didn't bother to build altars and go all batshit to save Mary's sight or to save Albert's life when he got the fatal nosebleeds. He just kept grabbing Laura and making her say "My brother is going to die!"

Or "I wanted to see for ME!!!" (When mline Mary thinks she's a-getting her sight back. I say a-getting in homage to Them Snails Garvey telling PrissPot's then-boytoy Seth that Mary was "a-losin' her sight.")

Anywho, there's a reason TWOP referred to Pa as PaMessiah.  The most self-righteous MF on the planet.

[CountryGirl]

Oh yay - Colonel Sanders is gonna make an appearance in Walnut Grove today.

About 10 years before he existed but what's a little thing like FACTS to get in the way of ML's storytelling.

I truly think he was smoking the bong all day at this point.

Also, I would done more than screamed if I had been Hester Sue and had to deal with that PITA customer who was always complaining. I would have gone full-on Nellie Olsen and thrown the plate of pie at him.

 

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

33 minutes ago, CountryGirl said:

Or "I wanted to see for ME!!!" (When mline Mary thinks she's a-getting her sight back. I say a-getting in homage to Them Snails Garvey telling PrissPot's then-boytoy Seth that Mary was "a-losin' her sight.")

HA!! You're a-killin' me with this!!   🤣🤣🤣

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, CountryGirl said:

Ah, just found the 30 second one for the Lord is My Shepherd two-parter aka the one where Laura hates on Poor Doomed Baby Charles, then runs away to live with a creepy old tertiary man until God grants her wish by killing her and then sending Poor Not-Longer-Doomed Baby Charles back to earth in her place.

 Which creepy old tertiary man, you say?

Ernest Borgnine who is immortalized with his admonition to Laura to "rub 'em, rub 'em GOOD!"

The Psycho theme is perfection to accompany Half-Pint's incandescent with jealousy moment.

Must.

Stop.

Watching.

Seriously...I need to get some work done.

I only watch the ones here. I know if I start looking on youtube for these, I'll get fired and divorced. It might be worth it, but the kids need to eat, so.... 

1 hour ago, SamShmam said:

This one is two minutes of hilarity. Some episodes can't be crammed into 30 seconds.

Alright, I completely lost it at the farting sound!! 

[SamShmam]

51 minutes ago, Superclam said:

I only watch the ones here. I know if I start looking on youtube for these, I'll get fired and divorced. It might be worth it, but the kids need to eat, so.... 

Alright, I completely lost it at the farting sound!! 

I KNOW!!! So juvenile, yet here I am rolling on the ground laughing at it.

[Snow Apple]

Nellie made me laugh in the Town Party, Country Party episode. She was all wet and complaining about the scary crab but she curtsied to Ma and Pa as she left.

[MollyMelrose]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 

This has been an awful week, and in 2020, that's saying quite a lot. My city was nearly blown off the map by a Category 2 hurricane - and I live in freakin' Iowa. (Derecho is the term for an inland hurricane. Like all the other words/phrases that are now part of our vocabulary, it is unwanted knowledge.)

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!!

[VCRTracking]

It's weird but I suddenly remembered Melissa Gilbert was one of Conan O'Brien's first guests when he started on NBC in 1993. She was on like the second week. I can't find a clip but here's a pic:

I watched and been a fan of his from th first episode and even though he was very nervous on camera for the first time back then he was still funny. Melissa talked about dating and how often guys she meets tell her they had crushes on her growing up. She ask Conan if he did too. Now as I recall she wasn't being flirtatious or anything she was just curious. Conan said he actually had a crush on her sister Mary. He said "When she went blind I thought 'I could help her!'" and that made Melissa laugh.

[SamShmam]

12 hours ago, VCRTracking said:

It's weird but I suddenly remembered Melissa Gilbert was one of Conan O'Brien's first guests when he started on NBC in 1993. She was on like the second week. I can't find a clip but here's a pic:

I watched and been a fan of his from th first episode and even though he was very nervous on camera for the first time back then he was still funny. Melissa talked about dating and how often guys she meets tell her they had crushes on her growing up. She ask Conan if he did too. Now as I recall she wasn't being flirtatious or anything she was just curious. Conan said he actually had a crush on her sister Mary. He said "When she went blind I thought 'I could help her!'" and that made Melissa laugh.

Too funny. I love stuff like this from the wayback machine. My mom said she had an inherent bias against Mary because she reminded her of her own sister and she thought Mary looked bitchy. I'm like, okay mom, I'm seven. Can I watch tv now pls?

[jason88cubs]

Those 30 second clips are way too funny wow i was laughing hard

[SamShmam]

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". 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Checks listing to see what episode is on Hallmark:

"For The Love of Blanche" - Season 9 / Episode 20 - On a return trip from Sleepy Eye, Isaiah Edwards is gifted with a pet orangutan after he meets an elderly man and becomes the recipient of his dying wish, and the primate becomes popular around town until she runs afoul of the Olesons.

Yeah, lemme see what else is on! 

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, SamShmam said:

I'm watching 'The Last Summer'

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. 

[jason88cubs]

Someone needs to make a list of how many time Charles Ingalls got his butt kicked

[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!