The Cast of Little House on The Prairie gather at Home and Family to share their favorite moments and episodes of the series. Catch Home and Family weekdays at 10/9c on Hallmark Channel!
Unfortunately, I grew up with an absentee father and abusive mother. I had no frame of reference for “good parents”; until I started watching this show. No matter how bad things got or how angry Ma was, she was always loving, patient, understanding, and forgiving to her children. That’s a good mother. The one episode where Albert gets into trouble for something and Pa stands there so proudly and says “I’ll assume responsibility for my son”, had me in tears. He adopted Albert, a boy he didn’t even know, and made him an equal child in his heart. That’s a good father, a good man. This is the parenting I try to emulate. My 2 kids are grown, college graduates, leading happy successful lives and my husband and I will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary this year. I wonder if the cast knows how much this show meant to kids.
And taught ppl how to love and help each other. The judge asked me what program do you like best, well guess what l said, she asked why, like l commented, ppl could learn hiw to love and help each ither. I will always love LITTLE HOUSE
I love the one where Caroline makes Laura and Mary new dresses for their school essay thing they had. Laura was young still and couldn't write as good as Mary but she delivered a knock-out reading. Miss Beadle is amazing at the end.
My favourite is the one where Laura puts the Cayenne pepper on the cinnamon chicken that she was cooking for Nellie and Mrs. Olsen kept calling Almanzo “Zaldamo”
The Blizzard is one of my favorites because Harriet actually showed that she cared throughout the entire episode and even had her kids helping by preparing linens
I found years later that it was an actual event from that time period that inspired that episode. There's a book called "The Children's Blizzard" that tells the story. It's a heartbreaking but fascinating bit of history.
As a kid I liked the blizzard show, esp since once I came home from school after walking home for 3 hours in a blizzard only to have that episode on that night. As an adult with kids I can't watch that episode cause of the implications of death scenes. Weird. But also can't watch titanic because of the death either. I guess the older I got, the more sensitive I got to that topic.
They were exceptional actors. Never to be forgotten. The casting was brilliant. Every single one of the 25 key characters were essential and missed when not there. This was beyond tv gold
My favorite epsiode was the the He loves me he loves me not 2 because that's when Nellie meets and falls in love with Percival. Loved how nice she became and laughed hysterically to Mrs. Oleson's reaction to Percival being Jewish.
This show was such an integral part of my childhood. I probably watched it every day for 10 years straight. My entire family loved the show. My sisters and I would reenact it, playing Mary, Laura and Carrie. Fantastic memories.
We were blessed as kids of the 70’s & 80’s to be able to grow up watching a family we all wanted to be part of! The Waltons too. Double blessed to be able to watch the reruns everyday on tv still which makes you feel like a kid again. Especially during the crazy covid times!
I'm with you too,the Waltons and Little House on the Prairie are the most loved shows that even today hopefully new comers will turn the channel to watch and love these shows as much as we do,they're the best shows to watch! I pray that they never cancel them off because the shows are very very good to watch,even better than what they've been given to watch today. One of my favorite scenes would be the "song" that was mistaken to be a love letter to Almonzo. But I know there are many favorites,it's just that these shows are just that good though. The Waltons, the scene at Christmas time.
One of my favorite episodes is where Laura's baby brother died and she climed that mountain to get closer to God & she meets Jonathan who was an angel that took care of her. That was so sweet
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It was amazing to me how long they waited to pay the Bunny thing off. It started on the first season's Christmas episode and finished in Season 3 with the Bunny, The Race, and when Bunny dies in Journey in the Spring episode.
Still one of my favourite series. I have so many favourites: love when Mary meets Adam at the blind school, when Laura is at Almanzo's house after fighting with Nellie and Charles' punches Almanzo thinking something unseemly was taking place, when Charles falls and then cannot finish the order he promised so the whole town moves the grain for him, when Miss Beadle meets her husband, the pig farmer, and Nellie almost marries his son, anything with the Olesons, Nellie hating her restaurant, then meeting Percival. I could go on and on and on. This was my dad's favourite show as well. He's been gone 2 years and I can still remember watching it in the 70s with him.🥰
So true.. even when Mary first is at blind school and meets Adam..I don’t think she knows he’s blind. He brings her food but then she says she doesn’t like ppl watching her.. she probably thought he could see ☹️
My favorite is “the richest man in Walnut Grove” when Pa lost his job and everyone worked together. Two best parts are when Half-pint punches Nellie in the nose and when Pa agrees with Mr Olsen that he’s the richest man in Walnut Grove “I know I am” almost crying. 💜 Mary taking the test and losing is my second favorite. When she gets home and everyone still celebrates her 😭🥰.
I have to agree with Matthew on the dark episodes though! My favorite is Sylvia 1 and 2. Most of the Albert-centered episodes and scenes were my favorites. I also adore Sweet Sixteen. I cant get enough of Laura and Almanzo finally falling in love and Laura growing into a woman.
I gosh! I remember that. I was about 10 watching reruns in like 1992 & I HAD to get home from school to catch the 2nd episode at 4:00. Praying my school bus wasn’t late!😂
Most beautiful episode is "Sylvia Part 1 and 2" because Albert stood up for Sylvia and cherished her all the way till the moment she died in his arms. Heart breaking but so well done.
Oh my, I despised that episode! It was so dark and traumatizing for a show like LHOP. They did go dark sometimes but that masked rapist scarred me for life.
I feel touched listening Laura read her first essay in front of all parents in her class . Actually on the paper stated only few words (coz she's still learning how to read) the rest really comes fr her heart , she loves n appreciate her ma & pa . 😁 I love their new kitchen 😘.
ROZITA ABAS I always thought it was sweet of Charles to add on and make a bigger kitchen; BUT with all those kids, they really needed another bedroom added on
I watch little house every day for 3 hours which means I have to try and exercise ( walk) and start dinner before I sit down. Lol. It’s my antidepressant....thanks for this.
For those who think they can't find time in their day to exercise, just do what I do, if you're able to & if it makes sense for you: make your tv time your exercise time. For those like me who don't watch much tv but have something like nightly national news that we tune into, there's a person's 20-30 minutes of daily exercise right there. Exercising while watching something you would've tuned into anyways makes the exercise go by in a flash.
My favorite was when Matt played young Charles. He was beat up by some bullies and missed Caroline at the dance. He showed up at her house dirty and bruised and apologized through the door. The way he said “please Caroline” always got to me. When she opened the door and they danced was the best part. I always had a thing for Caroline as an adult but since I was around the young Carolines age when the show was first on TV young Caroline (Katy Kurtzman) was my dream girl
He loves me. loves me not is my all time favorite; we get to see a nicer version of Nellie, and the mock cliffhanger at the end which involves youngest daughter Grace, is priceless.
Mary going blind is a gut-wrencher, but I love knowing she's going to the blind school to meet Adam. When they're sitting on the piano bench, and she finds out he's blind, too....well....🙏💜
We need to go back to family tv like Little House. I have the boxed set of all the DVDs and the whole set of books. I’m 49 and I still watch and read this series.
My very favorite episode was the one in which Mr. Edwards waded in the creek to get to Pa's house on Christmas!!! He brought the children candy canes that Laura quickly bit into!!! Mr. Edwards brought Ma some sweet potatos. "Now don't want nooooooo peekin, can't stand for nooooooo peekin!!!". Another one that is my second favorite is the one where they all share memories of Christmas past!!!
My favorite episode was the the Christmas one. When Laura gave her horse for stove for her mom and other favorite episode is the Halloween one where Laura thinks that mr Olson cut Mrs Olson head off
"Sweet Sixteen" that was my favorite episode as well. " He Loves Me He Loves Me Not parts 1&2. I liked as well. When (Nellie) had to learn how to cook. The scene where her and (Percival) was in the kitchen. He got fed up with (Nellie) and dumped the egg yolks all over her head. Lol 😂🤣
I just loved Michael Landon's heart. He venerated wholesomeness and preserved its legacy in his shows. I loved the man because of his work. And his friend Victor French who worked with him . That's two wonderful souls and I cherish that.
There were so many heart warming, tear jerkers...too many to name. So, my favorite comedic episode had to be in the first season when Ma and Pa go off on a trip together and Mr. Edwards agrees to babysit the girls :)
I am a 63 year old grandma. NYS born and little House and Waltons are my two favorite shows. I watch none other. As a young girl in a hard family life, I wanted to be in these tv families. Alas I was blessed with my own eventually and these shows inspired me of what a good family is. Not perfect but loving and loyal, God fearing and moral minded. I have LHP books ready to read with my granddaughter. Thank you all. You have much to be proud of and so does Michael Landon.
I am almost 54 and still watching the best Little House on the Prairie show!!....can not resist that show! It makes me feel like living in the 1800s time and welcomes me to Walnut Grove. One day I go there and visit places where they played. Because the place is about 25 minutes from my home in CA. I plan to write the stories for a movie to be made at the same position with all the same builds designed of the Little House on the Prairie. I would purchase this place and rebuild the same builds like church, Mrs. Olsen's store, etc including the little house of Charles and Caroline, etc....that would be fun to see them back on the same lands....:) I am working on that... Thank you for working so hard for us to watch!
I love the whole show. My favorite storyline was the fire that killed Alice Garvey and Mary's baby and the guilt that Albert felt after that that could have destroyed him. A story of redemption and forgiveness and love. Merlin Olsen was great in those episodes too. It was just an incredible series all the way through.
This is so awesome. This was my dad's favorite show and me, my bro and sis have so many good memories. Its definitely bittersweet, because my dad passed away extremely young just like Michael Landon. When I hear the music from little House and Highway to heaven I have to fight back tears, but I still watch the episode almost daily. The best times.
Grew up started watching as a 9 year old when it came out. At 58 I watch it every day. Showing my three kids all of the life lessons. This show covered it all!
I honestly don't have a favorite episode, because I just love all of them, but if I really had to choose, I'd go for "For the love of Nancy". This was such a strong story, and I really loved it. I'd also recommend "Look back to yesterday", because the acting was just incredible!!
I still watch every day on a local channel. The thing that has surprised me, was I saw a Little House episode and realized I had seen the exact same thing ( plot) on Bonanza!
Any episode with Mr. Edward’s was always a favorite of mine Victor French was so perfectly cast he reminded me of my favorite neighbor in my childhood home ❤❤
I think that was the same scene in which Percival said (after dumping the eggs on her head), "As pretty as you are, you don't need this restaurant to find a husband!" Nellie's whole demeanor changed forever, after that moment! 😂@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
My favorite episode was when Mary's fiancé dumps her at the cotillion. I liked it because it was very believable, well-acted and really broke my heart. I thought they were so good together. How could John dump Mary for that other city hussy?😭
One of my absolute favorite episodes is if I should wake before I die from the first season, because the whole plot to it rings so much truth because it happens in almost every family if not all
My favorite episode was Remember Me, a two parter starring Patricia Neal, a widow woman who was dying, she asked Charles to help her find homes for her three children. Laura and Charles(Pa) were my favorite characters. Melissa Gilbert was the best child actor I ever saw. I watch LHOTP every day. Whisper County, was my next favorite, it's the episode where Mary left home to teach school, and an old woman who couldn't even read had the whole town under her spell. This show was the best. Michael Landon did a great job with it. He was a handsome man. I loved Charles and Caroline 's live for each other. The secondary cast were awesome as well. I loved, Reverend Alden, Dr Baker, Mr Hanson, Mr. Edwards, Nells, Grace, and miss Beatle. Sorry I didn't like Willie, Nellie, nor Harriet they were too mean. But Harriet was a crack up. She made the show interesting.
❤️ it. Man, I used to imagine myself as Laura kissing Almanzo. Lol that was the most romantic scene. They made the cutest couple and Laura blossomed to be such a beautiful girl
For those wondering, they are: Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey); one of the Greenbush twins, either Lindsay or Sydney (Carrie Ingalls); obviously Melissa Gilbert (Laura); Charlotte Stewart (Eva Beadle); Dean Butler (Almonzo); Leslie Landon (Etta Plum .... also Michael Landon's daughter); someone wrote below that the blonde next to Leslie Landon is Michael Landon, Jr.; and last but not least Matthew Laborteaux (Albert).
My favourite episode was "The Cheaters" where at the end, Mrs. Oleson chases Nellie home whacking her with her jacket after she finds out she cheated on a test.
My favorite ones were when Laura dreamed that they were rich, when Nellie met Percival Dalton, and the one where Almanzo finally realized that he loved Laura.💕
"Here Come the Brides" is one of my favorites. Well written, great acting (this is nearly a Katherine MacGregor tour de force episode, too) , some very touching scenes & outright hilarity !! The justice of the peace in Sleepy Eye is an absolute hoot, too !! Great episode, even though most of the normal cast is largely not featured. This episode shows the overall depth of the production. Top notch.
@@lynnkanerva4519 I know, hilarious isn't it ? Or when Mr. & Mrs. Oleson discover their buck board wagon is gone, they ride a single horse & fall off it it ? Yeah, kinda slapstick but again, hilarious....😎🇺🇸
@@craigfazekas3923 I forgot about that. It's hilarious when they're still at the justice of the peace house and Miss Beadle and Mr Simms decide to get married. The j.p. is telling everybody where to stand. Mrs. Oleson asks where do you want me? J.p says I'd rather not say...! It's always hilarious when somebody gets the better of her.😁 There's so many funny things that I'd be writing forever.
I love when Matt was like "my two favorite episodes one, was when I was a morphine addict and I attacked her" (points to Leslie Landon) "and then the second.. was when I murdered her." (points to Hersha Parady) 😂
Its so nice to get to see the show all over again as an adult....thanks to the channels that show the reruns :-) I watched every show when I was a child and loved them all! Still do! I just wish Michael and Mr. Edwards were still here.
If I recall correctly, there was a latter season episode, or maybe a telemovie sequel, where Nellie and Laura encounter each other after having not seen the other for a few years. They put their dukes up and playfully say: "You wanns fight?" I loved that scene as a kid... even back then, I could appreciate that two rivals had grown past their childish pettiness with a simple laugh, and became friends.
The "look" he gave her as she prepared to get in his wagon helping her bec her "mature dress" hem would get caught under her heels. I even said "omg I think he finally "likes her" in that way.
The audience did not like it that Doc Baker and Kate did not get married. They loved each other and she was willing until he talked her out of it. In those days there were many older grooms with younger brides.
Funny how MOST people's favorites was The Lord Is My Shepherd, for ME, that was my LEAST favorite. My favorite "Albert" episode, is "Sylvia", because it showed how much he really cared for "Sylvia", and was willing to do ANYTHING for her.
loved the Lord is my Shepard...it gets to me every time I see it. ..it's not an easy episode to watch - there's so much sadness in it..but it's about what love is really all about ..and that God is always with us .
@@sandy-ke1kr Yes Sylvia was so sad.Emotionally abused by that horrid father and then assaulted and then more abuse by her father. Albert was the only one who loved her.
Yeeeess! I was thinking the Sylvia episode, too. That one really did something to me, though; Get chills just thinking about it. I still like the Lord is my Shepherd, though... and when Nelly falls for Percival and pretty much any “Laura and Manly” episode.
My daughter used to call it, "Little Prairie on the House". Can't you just see the prairie teetering on the roof? How I miss such wonderful family entertainment.
Im 58 now so i grew up with the show. Thank for a great show and giving us good things to watch. We don't have anything like it anymore. Its sad. Children today jave nothing to watch in the evening with their family. Nothing put FBI, CSI killing and investing shows. Or some so called Reality show. Thanks again 🙏
I love and still watch all the Little House shows but I have to admit that my favorites are the ones where Nellie meets Percival and how he changed her from a bully to a caring person..
And again, all the videos of the cast or Little House on the Prairie itself, I'm the only one watching, from the past years,I would have thought w quarantine more humans would be visiting this videos... I'm in my own Little world..🌷🌷🌷
Little House On The Prairie was one of the greatest tv shows ever, My all time favorite episodes Season 3 Episode 18 The Wisdom of Solomon, Season 5 Episode 24 The Odyssey, Season 7 Episode 6 The Silent Cry, I challenge anyone to watch these episodes without tearing up.
I grew up with Little House...Melissa Gilbert is like a year older than I am. I actually have met Melissa, Dean Butler and Alison Arngrim...bucket list!!
