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Trivia: Little House on the Prairie

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April 04, 2024, 09:56 AM
mark123
Trivia: Little House on the Prairie
Who remembers the ending of Little House on the Prairie? Don’t look it up. I want to know if you remember. <img src="http://sigforum.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Big Grin" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin::D-->What happened in the last episode?They bury Charles Ingalls after he died from tuberculosisThe town folks blow up the entire town of a Walnut GroveNellie Oleson buys Walnut Grove and gives the deeds back to all the familiesLaura sits down and begins writing about her memories of the first episode and it begins again.
April 04, 2024, 10:11 AM
Slippery Pete
Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.


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April 04, 2024, 10:14 AM
Gustofer
Could've sworn I remembered correctly. I didn't.


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April 04, 2024, 10:22 AM
old rugged cross
#3



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April 04, 2024, 10:24 AM
bendable
She blowed up good.

The decision to end it that way is kinda interesting as well





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April 04, 2024, 10:27 AM
oddball
I remember.

Rarely watched the show in its first run, but a few years ago, my wife and I caught all of the episodes on MeTV, some a couple times over.



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April 04, 2024, 10:28 AM
mark123
Wow. So far no votes for the Nellie redemption arc. Big Grin


Edit - ok. Someone felt bad for mean ol’ Nellie and threw her a vote. Hahaha. She was written to be hated. But Nancy was far worse.
April 04, 2024, 10:30 AM
sigmonkey
Sampson Option. Final answer.




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April 04, 2024, 10:42 AM
mark123
quote:
Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
It was meatloaf.
April 04, 2024, 10:45 AM
1967Goat
Strange bit of trivia I just found out about yesterday.

Q: Teeter from Yellowstone is the daughter of who?
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A: Michael Landon
April 04, 2024, 11:18 AM
dsiets
quote:
Originally posted by mark123:
Wow. So far no votes for the Nellie redemption arc. Big Grin


Edit - ok. Someone felt bad for mean ol’ Nellie and threw her a vote. Hahaha. She was written to be hated. But Nancy was far worse.

I can't imagine the show w/o Nellie and her mother.
Nancy? Meh.
April 04, 2024, 12:11 PM
selogic
Nancy never seemed to add much to the show although I'll admit I wasn't a faithful watcher .
April 04, 2024, 12:19 PM
trapper189
quote:
Originally posted by mark123:
quote:
Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
It was meatloaf.

That’s who is coming to dinner.

I got the last Little House on the Prairie episode wrong. I swear I remember the option I picked.
April 04, 2024, 12:36 PM
ridewv
I never watched it but wasn't Michael Landon in it?

I saw a short on "100 Hollywood Actors that Were Alcoholics" and was surprised Michale Landon was one. (Most were not surprises.)


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April 04, 2024, 01:05 PM
oddball
^^^^^^^^

I remember at the time he died, it was revealed that he was a heavy drinker, and also a chain smoker, he smoked four packs per day. But the man was a pure workaholic; if you look back on his career, he worked 30 straight years of TV shows, back to back. Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, then Highway to Heaven, without a break.



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April 04, 2024, 02:01 PM
sigcrazy7
quote:
Originally posted by bendable:
She blowed up good.

The decision to end it that way is kinda interesting as well


Yep. That's some deep dive trivial right there. When they leased the land, the lease stipulated that the land be returned to its original, natural, state when the show was complete. Landon wrote an episode where a land baron had acquired the land, but not the buildings (IIRC), so the townspeople blew up the buildings in spite. At least that's how I remember the last episode.

I have this show on my Plex server, and yes, she blowed up good.



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April 04, 2024, 05:55 PM
bendable
The actor that played Nellie has a you tube interview ,

In it she explains how M. Landon wanted to do two story lines with the show and could not get the time money and backing to end the show differently.

He stated to the higher ups how disappointed he was so
He decided on a giant " F.U. "
move.

Rather than see the studios use his sets, buildings and props in future TV shows,

He had the whole deal destroyed at a substantial cost expense. A bunch of people involved in the production departed on less than amicable circumstances.

I think the phrase " fit to be tied" was used.





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April 04, 2024, 07:52 PM
ElToro
Fun fact the Ingalls sister that went blind on the show was the same actress that kissed Bobby Brady and he saw fireworks.
April 05, 2024, 10:08 AM
mr kablammo
I thought that the kid bit the dust...


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April 05, 2024, 10:36 AM
OKCGene
It became an HOA and they all moved out to wayyyyy out in the prairie?
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