I think when the parents left started a new life, somewhere else were the beginning of the end of the little house it started to go downhill. also changing opening credits didn't help.. But I think by the ninth season when it focused on the Laura didn't really work either. She become to middle class and at times spoke like one. If the show focused on the new family as the main characters with simpler theme as little house were at the beginning. It may survived. But I think by the ninth season it were on the cards that it end if they made season ten. But the ending were brilliant blowing the town up so that greedy ground owner had no town and being warned by other towns they do the same were brilliant too. It ended at the right time also as most originally cast left it werw not the same.❤ l grown up it didn't really was the same as other seasons. But if they focused on the new family that bought the house and made them the main characters as a new beginning and the daughter took a back Sir still appeared in it it may still last longer. But I think the sgmhow were moving away from working class town people to more like middle class Laura was for sure werw more middle vlass as she originally started out to be. It Ash Mary were not in the last episode. I think it ended. Come at the right time & blowing up the town were best way to end the show
South Park is also iconic just like Little House On The Prairie but with South Park is more aimed at adults, and they parody nearly everyone and everything in the world, every topic ETC and if South Park does reach one last and final season of the show. That is how I'd want South Park to go just Trey Parker and Matt Stone parodying "Little House On The Prairie: The Last Fairwell." Would be a extremely very sad but great ending to a show everyone loves.
innocent became politically incorrect in questions like: "What is the border of freedom of press"; blowing up, what you cannot shape freely is a remarkable and also `incorrect` expression, pointing to Masada.
It ran it's course and wouldn't be the same without Charles and Caroline. Loved the show. It's a shame our culture is void of wholesome shows this day and age.
The ending, I believe, was the best way to conclude a show that could never be recreated, & it returned the land to its original state. It must have been sad for everyone involved, but it was prophetic too. Times were changing, not just at the show’s end, but in the world. Rest in peace, Michael Landon. You were taken too soon. Thank you for the gifts you left behind, you and the entire cast. 💞 “Little House on the Prairie” was, and always will be, my favourite show. Sadly, it would never last a season in today’s world. I was fortunate to grow up with it in my childhood. “The Waltons” was an equally worthwhile show. How the world has changed, for the worse. May the lessons of love, family and God, never be lost. 🏡🙏🏼💖😇🌠
@@danbasta3677 Hello & apologies as I only just saw your reply. Thanks so much for sharing that information. I’ve always loved Michael Landon. I had no idea of his given name or place of birth. Still miss him! Take care. 😊
I loved the show because my grandma would tell me stories about her childhood & her life & the show helped bring her stories to life because it was a lot like her life. I cried ,so much whenever i heard that Michael Landon had died because i watched Highway To Heaven ,Bonanza & The Little House On The Prairie ,with my grandma & it just felt like he was a part of our family.❤
This show taught kids values and morals. Such a great cast. I’m sure a lot of people today could honestly say they are better human being for having watched this show and learned about how to be a better human being.
I think that was what I really liked about the show. Now and days, kids lack the values and morals because of the TV shows that are on. I am sure that those who grew up watching this show could honestly say that they are better human beings as they learned how to be a better human being.
@@kathrynjordan8782 not only bc of the shows they watch but bc of the parents who don’t teach them good values bc they either don’t have the time, patience or the values themselves
@@shotzee36 I totally agree. These shows had great values. I just wish parents would find the time to teach kids good values. As they say "Patience is a vertue.
@@zt1053 they started bringing in too many different actors that stunk and did nothing good for the show. I have all seasons and always stop watching after 6.
Michael Landon was getting sick as if you look closer when you watch the 2 final seasons of lhotp you can see the pain in his face plus he was looking tired and notice how he wasn’t in many episodes also the cast especially the kids were getting tired of being in the same role they wanted to branch out
It showed families attending church together, reading the bible... teaching their kids morals and values..that is one reason it's so popular and liked..it will never leave broadcast airwaves..
It really does. It brings us back to a civilized society when people understood the most important things back then. Now? The most important things are how popular you are or how much money you make.
My mother loved the show as well. It had childhood memories for her as well. When I was growing up, Little House and the Waltons were the best family shows on television.
@@bobbylaguardia6680 Actress Milissa Gilbert and Allison Arngram. They were the very best of friends. It was said that Milissia Sue Anderson was sorta standoffish, however nobody truly knows the facts. She probably was just simply a quiet girl with very little to say, and was concentrating on her school studies at the time.
@@harperstacey9604 But alot of these fans are gulible and believe that Nellie aka Alison is like this in real life and I heard some attacked her in real life because of her character on the show. They cant tell real from script
Just let him be he did great & helped me through the 70's. I'm 65 now & this show and Bonanza was just a few favorites. And Michael has always been real & so dam cute to boot. I think he took the best way out considering the longevity of the show & lease restrictions.
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My dad REALLY LOVED this show. He felt it was very sweet, relatable, and usually funny. I think he also was impressed with Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Katherine MacGregor, and the rest of the cast, My own favorite episode of this series is "Laura Ingalls Wilder" from 1980. Beautiful story with an impressive performance by Lucy Lee Flippen.
I grew up watching this show definitely my favorite family oriented, clean and enriching values type of show. I will never forget this show. I love it so much I purchased all of the seasons I will forever love this show. This show helped raise me and showed me not everything on television is bad.❤❤❤❤❤
Love that show. Gave me a feeling what a home should’ve been. Never felt real safe living with my family. Father always wanted to work as feel labor or wanted me out of the house since I was 8. Leave it to beaver and this show really gave a picture of a good family
There were a lot of great episodes from this series but I'd have to say my favorite episode was Ma's Holiday! When Charles and Carolina go off on a little I guess you'd call it a second honeymoon, leaving the girls in the care of Mr Edwards.
Michael wanted the show to go out with a bang. It had nothing to do with him being upset, that the show was cancelled. Michael just wanted a traumatic ending to an awesome TV show. From bringing to end, it showed, that Michael gave his all, and made one of the best tv shows that was ever made. Way to go, Michael! 👋👏
Once Charles and Caroline moved away with the kids it hurt the ratings. I just got finished watching all the seasons. The best was when the kids were little . I grew up with Little House and will always treasure those memories. Michael Landon was an awesome actor. Loved him in Highway to Heaven. I don't think he had a grudge I think he was fulfilling his promise.
I have loved Michael Landon since I was 6yr old. My parents were getting a divorce around the time Little House in the prairie first came out and I always loved Michael Landon because he reminded me of my dad.
I got into this show about 15yrs after it went off the air I was 10 and thought this was a new show didn't know it was from the 70s🤦🏾♀️ but I grew to love it I would watch it at my great aunt's house ... So I didn't even know Michael Landon actually passed a few months after my grandmother and they were the same age I was one and I always felt a connection to this man... Love this show... One of the only shows I can tear up on , I wish shows were still ike this but unfortunately so many things have changed and now. It's not about family or morals but views clicks and likes and "reality"
When my granddaughter comes to visit us I put on this great show as well as Andy Griffith. She loves ❤️ them. Thank you Lord for your hand and providence in the making of these shows and actors.
I watch Little House on the Prairie Monday to Friday, this is my favorite program. I have watched it since it first aired....I also have the complete set of DVD Little House, and also the books.
@@feelinfroggy8089 yes. And by the way, do you really think he could’ve blown up the sets as revenge against nbc without them knowing? It couldn’t have happened that way anyway. I have seen sets on other shows repeatedly. What’s happening and Sanford and son have the exact same house. I’ve seen the growing pains house on another show and the door from threes company is on 2&1/2 men and st least one other show I forget right now. Michael Landon was right.
@@michellemckillop8935 hi Ms. Michelle! I wondered the same thing! One of the articles I read, made it sound like he wasn't happy that the show was ending,but I thought he decided it was over bc Laura was grown and he said a grown woman doesn't run to her pa to fix something?
@@feelinfroggy8089 oh maybe. I heard it was all about the sets. And he’d be right. The show had run its course anyway. I like look back to yesterday better. But, it was a great way to end even though it was sad. If he could’ve bought that property somehow, it could’ve been a tourist attraction. Easily like $50 to walk through that “ town”. It would’ve been worth it. One of my fave shows. But I could easily envision it ending up in later series such as dr Quinn.
I believe that Michael had this awesome idea of blowing up the town of Walnut Grove for 2 reasons. 1. Blowing it up saved having to tear down the buildings on set. All they had to do was bulldoze the debris up along with other clean up jobs. He promised he would leave the set the way it looked before filming Little House and he kept his promise. 2. He kept his promise as I said, but what better way to end the show then to go out with a bang, and I mean a real bang.
I always loved watching Little House on the Prairie, it was my second show to watch after The Walton's, Little House on the Prairie was a great show to watch also that last show The Last Farewell it really hit me because the people in the town blew up there buildings and died the town
Thank you for sharing your comment yes id heard about the Waltons an i look forward to yet another kind Wholesome show to enjoy ive not gotten to the Walton's yet 😊 ty again God bless.
@@lesleywarnock228 Im still watching Highway to heaven an Little house on the prairie if it's as wonderful as these it's certainly going to be another fantastic find. Thank you 😊 and thanks be to God almighty 🙏
the greatest family program of all time..I watched as a child Michael Landon was an icon as a man as an actor but most of all as a Christian These shows represented how a family should be perfectly.. and it showed every person who watched that no family is ever perfect and that as humans we are not perfect..we all have flaws and weaknesses that require us to go through some pain or anguish in order to overcome.. But most importantly this show taught every fan of it that God is the one true creator and that all things are dealt with by God in God's time not man's.. It's no wonder why the luciferians hated this show and constantly attack it... It put God and family and faith above all else God bless Michael Landon.. This world needs more men with his genuine values.. It's sad that Mr. Landon passed away so young.. But I'm sure he is with God now He did his part in getting millions to open their hearts and minds to the fact that we must build our faith and trust in God
i watch every one of little house on the prairie i enjoy all of these and my daughter staring watching them also this was a great for familys to learn more what familys are all about and also high way to heaven that was also great to watchas a family.
I’ve always liked the show I had the moral of the story type lessons in them. I especially like the shows were serious topics they were thought-provoking and very well done.
Finally you got to do this, I know why they canceled it because they thought the show would still go on til season 10 but that didn’t happen, they canceled in season 10 and still there was so much story telling and and things to be talked about in the show but that was gone, I’m so happy they made 2-3 movies later in the following years thats when they exploded all the buildings from the show because it was last chapter of lhotp and Michael didn’t want no one to use his sets for anything so that’s why in the movie those were live explosions which is sad 😞 but it had to come an End this will forever be my favorite tv show
The truth was Michael Landon did not want anyone else to film movies or tv shows using the Walnut Grove sets, thus being the reason they blew them up. For example, he couldn't imagine a horror movie being filmed inside Oleson's mercantile - can't say that I blame him. . . The actual little house that the Ingalls family, and later on in the series the Carter family, lived in was NOT blown up. It was actually given to one of the actors and this actor decided to store the house on his ranch. In my personal opinion, the little house belongs in the Smithsonian or somewhere fans can visit and enjoy it - not on someone's ranch acquiring dust and termites!
By far a brilliant and outstanding series. It really was a national treasure and excellent casting and script writing. In some forms historically educational and thought provoking.
I heard he had to shut it down because his 10yr contract with the owner of the ranch in northern Arizona ran out. I still watch Highway to Heaven and The Little House On the Prairie every week day starting at 1PM. 2 episodes of Highway to Heaven and 3 episodes of Little House on the Prairie on Cozi TV.
@@marieantoinettescake9513 No the town of Walnut Grove was on a ranch in northern Arizona and the rest was filmed in a large studio in Hollywood and these buildings in Walnut Grove were just big empty buildings. Did you ever notice that when they opened any door that you couldn't see inside or outside that door. Those other towns like Sleepy Eye and Mankato were towns in southern California. I saw a video clip in here where it showed all those buildings being blown up with dynamite so that no one else could use them. That was really something and nothing but building wood went flying.
@@alanbregar4983 Incorrect. Walnut grove was famous Big sky ranch in Simi valley. Mankato and other "big city" scenes with western style city blocks was the old Tucson set. A lot of the exterior shots they did while on road trips were in various locations.
When you have a TV show involving kids you know it's not going to last a long time, cause the kids grow up & become adult's. It's not like the Simpsons where the cartoon characters never seem to grow older.
Thanks! You for everything and I wish they would bring it back again using the grandkids my six and seven-year-old grandchildren love Little House on the Prairie that was the greatest show on TV when I was growing up I was born in 1958 and I loved every bit of it and I still see this day and watching it don't you see em in your heart bring it back
I loved the show the first time round, and are now watching on Amazon Prime. It is sad when a show ends, but it was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder growing up. And she had grown up and got married, so it was really a natural end. ❤
Everything this good has to eventually come to an end. That’s the problem with some movies that shouldn’t be remade or made into a part two. This also applies to tv shows as well. Nine seasons is a good run. It wasn’t cancelled in my opinion, just came to an end. A good ending.
I started my girls of 8and9 yr old and I believe it's the best teacher of God and family. Showing the importance of mothers and wives and husbands and fathers to play the role in their children's lives.
.. great family show that our family liked .. I recall at the same time The Waltons came to the tv screen ... so one night it was a toss up between Waltons and Little house.Both shows have family values and the way we lived back in the early years, care free and no concerns walking along bush roads to go to school..
@@FactsVerse 1st season called country girls Laura giving that Nellie Oleson a good push and Laura reciting what she would have written on the paper.. Just reminds me of the first time i started at school ..
I love the series but it strayed wildly from the true story line because Micheal Landon (whom I love) wanted to build his legacy. For the true story read "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder."
I agree with you, even though I adored Michael Landon too. but the show did stray pretty far from what Pa and Ma were really like, and life was not as easygoing and smooth to say the least. They Hollywoodized the stories so much, they're more fictional than the books. You cant really write the hard times the Ingalls and Wilders went through I suppose it wouldnt have drawn people to watch. but I just think Pa and Ma and their families would hardly of recognized themelves in Michael Landons re-creation of them.
@@annv8360 All true. However, one must still appreciate that the show shed a spotlight on Laura's actual books, brought them to an audience that otherwise might not be aware of them and ,above all, modelled family values for many who had/ have no idea what a family is like/ ought to be. I adore Laura's books, and appreciate deeply Landon's tv series.
It’s a good movie even though it was from the early eighties but it’s good to know the hard life they have manage to live but they are happy thanks for this old movies I’m sure some of us will like watching the movie
Upon binge watching The Sopranos, House and Cobra Kai, I'd figured I'd revisit the shows I had watched, growing up as a child while actually living in Minnesota on a small farm myself, I'm binge watching the LHOTP series. Because Half Pint is badass! 👍
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I remember watching the pilot film 1st and said to my dad they should turn that in tv series year later it were show as a tv series after showing the pilot film again.
They destroyed the homes and buildings because that was the contract with the farmer from whom they rented the land for the show. They had to put it back to natural forest and remove all parts of the set, the best they could. The last episode was the fulfillment of the contract and finality that it was over.
Landon knew the show had run past its course as the girls had grown up, both in the story and in real life. It was impossible to keep that same level of engagement that the show originally had. Fans simply had zero interest in watching a new family or set of core characters, in fact it was downright insulting to many. Times were also changing in the real world to what folks on tv wanted to see and so a remnant show from the Gerald Ford era was no longer relevant. People wanted something fresh and current to the new 80s society. Hence he was already working on pitching Highway to Heaven to start a new journey.
I think that every child ages 10 to 17 should watch season one through season 9 and the movies at least twice!!! It will teach them morals, compassion, hard decision making, respect and how hard life can be and what it takes to be a good person and how to treat other people !!! Life is not easy and you have to earn your way!!! There are so many kids and people out there that think that they are entitled, well they need to watch the show and see what life is really about!!! Hope everyone has a great day... stay safe!!!!
Little House had a good run! Better to go out on top or at least close to the top! Restoring the land as close to it's original state was part of the agreement! I watch Little House whenever it's on!
I think he blew up the town as a last hurrah and to return the land back to its original property, bare. Did Michael want anyone else to be able to use the buildings for any other production? Probably not, it was for Little House, and that’s the way it should’ve been in the end. I don’t blame him either way. But I don’t think that he was vindictive at all. It was a GREAT show! As a girl loving horses and having my own horse. I would often play out similar senes on my horse. I LOVED the show. And have the complete show on VHS. 😁❤️🙏🏻
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I think when the parents left started a new life, somewhere else were the beginning of the end of the little house it started to go downhill. also changing opening credits didn't help.. But I think by the ninth season when it focused on the Laura didn't really work either. She become to middle class and at times spoke like one. If the show focused on the new family as the main characters with simpler theme as little house were at the beginning. It may survived. But I think by the ninth season it were on the cards that it end if they made season ten. But the ending were brilliant blowing the town up so that greedy ground owner had no town and being warned by other towns they do the same were brilliant too. It ended at the right time also as most originally cast left it werw not the same.❤
l grown up it didn't really was the same as other seasons. But if they focused on the new family that bought the house and made them the main characters as a new beginning and the daughter took a back Sir still appeared in it it may still last longer. But I think the sgmhow were moving away from working class town people to more like middle class Laura was for sure werw more middle vlass as she originally started out to be. It Ash Mary were not in the last episode. I think it ended. Come at the right time & blowing up the town were best way to end the show
South Park is also iconic just like Little House On The Prairie but with South Park is more aimed at adults, and they parody nearly everyone and everything in the world, every topic ETC and if South Park does reach one last and final season of the show. That is how I'd want South Park to go just Trey Parker and Matt Stone parodying "Little House On The Prairie: The Last Fairwell." Would be a extremely very sad but great ending to a show everyone loves.
Wish we still had shows so innocent! Loved growing up in the late 60’s and 70’s as a child!
I agree. I grew up in the 70's and 80's. I loved this show as well as The Waltons. I also wish we still had shows so innocent and wholesome.
Bin 1970 geboren,Gott sei Dank💒💐
me too Joanne. I wished I could go back to that time and visit.
I truly loved and appreciated the innocence of the times the show portrayed ❤❤❤❤
innocent became politically incorrect in questions like: "What is the border of freedom of press"; blowing up, what you cannot shape freely is a remarkable and also `incorrect` expression, pointing to Masada.
It ran it's course and wouldn't be the same without Charles and Caroline. Loved the show. It's a shame our culture is void of wholesome shows this day and age.
Right
The ending, I believe, was the best way to conclude a show that could never be recreated, & it returned the land to its original state. It must have been sad for everyone involved, but it was prophetic too. Times were changing, not just at the show’s end, but in the world. Rest in peace, Michael Landon. You were taken too soon. Thank you for the gifts you left behind, you and the entire cast. 💞 “Little House on the Prairie” was, and always will be, my favourite show. Sadly, it would never last a season in today’s world. I was fortunate to grow up with it in my childhood. “The Waltons” was an equally worthwhile show. How the world has changed, for the worse. May the lessons of love, family and God, never be lost. 🏡🙏🏼💖😇🌠
The real name of Michael Landon is Eugene Murice Orowitz. As he was born and raised in Collingswood, New Jersey.
The re-runs are still immensely popular.
@@danbasta3677 Hello & apologies as I only just saw your reply. Thanks so much for sharing that information. I’ve always loved Michael Landon. I had no idea of his given name or place of birth. Still miss him! Take care. 😊
I'm going to take my ball and go home!
@@danbasta3677 THANKS, I NEVER NEW THAT.
This was and still is by far my favorite show. I have the entire seasons on DVD and watch reruns whenever they’re on tv
UpTV plays it every day and most weekend.
@@KevinBenecke That's right, they sure do!!
Non si capisce un tubo, ITALIANOOOOOOO
Do you have cable, if you do which one? I would love to be able to watch LHOTP.
@@arnezalexander8277 I have Xfinity/Comcast here.
I loved the show because my grandma would tell me stories about her childhood & her life & the show helped bring her stories to life because it was a lot like her life.
I cried ,so much whenever i heard that Michael Landon had died because i watched Highway To Heaven ,Bonanza & The Little House On The Prairie ,with my grandma & it just felt like he was a part of our family.❤
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That is very neat and sweet about your grandma.🥰
I saw all of them and i still watch it today
Me too I'm over 50 I watched the whole series more than 10 times. I wished I lived in that era🙏🏼🇺🇸
Same 🥰 My mom watched it when I was little & got me hooked 💯
Me too ☘️👍🙂
Me too...
Watching now still yet again! ❤️❤️❤️
This show taught kids values and morals. Such a great cast. I’m sure a lot of people today could honestly say they are better human being for having watched this show and learned about how to be a better human being.
Didn't help me i still messed my life up, but still love the show.
Lovely comment! 👍🌈🇨🇦☘️⚜️
I think that was what I really liked about the show. Now and days, kids lack the values and morals because of the TV shows that are on. I am sure that those who grew up watching this show could honestly say that they are better human beings as they learned how to be a better human being.
@@kathrynjordan8782 not only bc of the shows they watch but bc of the parents who don’t teach them good values bc they either don’t have the time, patience or the values themselves
@@shotzee36 I totally agree. These shows had great values. I just wish parents would find the time to teach kids good values. As they say "Patience is a vertue.
I still love and watch this show today and i am 51 and yes not afraid to say i tear up with sad episodes
I'm 55 and I still watch this show today. I grew up watching this show. The one episode I really tear up on is "The Lord Is My Shepherd".
I’m 60 ,and love the beautiful messages this show gives ….I still watch it now ,that’s how good it is …
63 and still watch! Thank God for reruns!
Io di anni ne ho 58 e quando riguardo le puntate piango continuamente!!!!!! Impossibile non farlo... 🤗❤️😂👍Adoro questa serie televisiva!!!!!!
RIP Michael Landon .....you are truly missed :)
Eugene Murice Orowitz.
@@danbasta3677 he legally changed it that’s also on his grave
When Charles and Caroline left, I think that's what did the show in. It was never the same without them.
The ratings were down even for the last season Michael Landon was on it as a regular cast member
@@zt1053 they started bringing in too many different actors that stunk and did nothing good for the show. I have all seasons and always stop watching after 6.
@@nightowls7324 ~ "How DARE You!!!" > A' la Greta Thunberg tone of voice. 😜
Exactly that’s when the ratings dropped and we as fans were not happy with the Carter’s buying the little house
Michael Landon was getting sick as if you look closer when you watch the 2 final seasons of lhotp you can see the pain in his face plus he was looking tired and notice how he wasn’t in many episodes also the cast especially the kids were getting tired of being in the same role they wanted to branch out
Still watch this show everyday, I am 71 years old, I love it❤️🙏
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It showed families attending church together, reading the bible... teaching their kids morals and values..that is one reason it's so popular and liked..it will never leave broadcast airwaves..
We need more of these shows...we can learn so much from this show to help us live a good and holy life!
You can teach morals and values without the bible also....
I agree
@@anneshahid1315 I agree
@@nancyvdspek tru but the Bible Teaches us The Way God Would want us to
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My dad loves this show and everyday he view it in French. He told me he reminds his childhood a lot.
It really does. It brings us back to a civilized society when people understood the most important things back then. Now? The most important things are how popular you are or how much money you make.
That’s so lovely thanks for sharing 💕
My mother loved the show as well. It had childhood memories for her as well. When I was growing up, Little House and the Waltons were the best family shows on television.
My favorite show of all time! They are the best tv family to be raised by. Awesome cast
I loved the fights between Laura & Nellie!!
In real life, they were best friends.
Who were great friends in real life
And also in reality the two Melissa’s didn’t get on at all
@@bobbylaguardia6680 Actress Milissa Gilbert and Allison Arngram. They were the very best of friends. It was said that Milissia Sue Anderson was sorta standoffish, however nobody truly knows the facts. She probably was just simply a quiet girl with very little to say, and was concentrating on her school studies at the time.
@@harperstacey9604 But alot of these fans are gulible and believe that Nellie aka Alison is like this in real life and I heard some attacked her in real life because of her character on the show. They cant tell real from script
Just let him be he did great & helped me through the 70's. I'm 65 now & this show and Bonanza was just a few favorites. And Michael has always been real & so dam cute to boot. I think he took the best way out considering the longevity of the show & lease restrictions.
Excellent finale - unforeseen and totally in character with the shows standard of justice, community, and fortitude.
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My dad REALLY LOVED this show. He felt it was very sweet, relatable, and usually funny. I think he also was impressed with Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Katherine MacGregor, and the rest of the cast, My own favorite episode of this series is "Laura Ingalls Wilder" from 1980. Beautiful story with an impressive performance by Lucy Lee Flippen.
Your dad has good taste, Daniel!
Love that episode. Little House could be a real tear jerker. That episode one of the best.
Amazing show it will live on forever in our hearts especially for those of us that grew up in a simple life
I grew up watching this show definitely my favorite family oriented, clean and enriching values type of show. I will never forget this show. I love it so much I purchased all of the seasons I will forever love this show. This show helped raise me and showed me not everything on television is bad.❤❤❤❤❤
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Love that show. Gave me a feeling what a home should’ve been. Never felt real safe living with my family. Father always wanted to work as feel labor or wanted me out of the house since I was 8. Leave it to beaver and this show really gave a picture of a good family
I never had a father, so I know what you are talking about
Growing up in Minnesota I often laughed at the scenery on this show. Minnesota has no mountains. But I loved the show. 🕊💕🕊
lol I’ve never been to Minnesota and have said the same thing. That’s not Minnesota! Hahaha
No rolling hills in MN either?
@@jgrysiak6566 in some places. But mostly flat.
They were mountains made specially for the set, the land was all flat 🙄
@@annthompson3246 absurd. They didn’t film in Minnesota they filmed out west. Remember when Laura went to Jonathan’s mountain. ? Apparently you don’t.
There were a lot of great episodes from this series but I'd have to say my favorite episode was Ma's Holiday! When Charles and Carolina go off on a little I guess you'd call it a second honeymoon, leaving the girls in the care of Mr Edwards.
I was hurt by them ending such a wonderful series
The show was on the air for nine years. It was time for it to end.
I still think Nancy deserved her own spin-off series w/ Nellie. Those two chuckle-heads 😜👍
I definitely didn't grow up in the 70s but I still remember watching it as a young kid
Michael wanted the show to go out with a bang. It had nothing to do with him being upset, that the show was cancelled. Michael just wanted a traumatic ending to an awesome TV show. From bringing to end, it showed, that Michael gave his all, and made one of the best tv shows that was ever made. Way to go, Michael! 👋👏
Once Charles and Caroline moved away with the kids it hurt the ratings. I just got finished watching all the seasons. The best was when the kids were little . I grew up with Little House and will always treasure those memories. Michael Landon was an awesome actor. Loved him in Highway to Heaven. I don't think he had a grudge I think he was fulfilling his promise.
I have loved Michael Landon since I was 6yr old. My parents were getting a divorce around the time Little House in the prairie first came out and I always loved Michael Landon because he reminded me of my dad.
I got into this show about 15yrs after it went off the air I was 10 and thought this was a new show didn't know it was from the 70s🤦🏾♀️ but I grew to love it I would watch it at my great aunt's house ... So I didn't even know Michael Landon actually passed a few months after my grandmother and they were the same age I was one and I always felt a connection to this man... Love this show... One of the only shows I can tear up on , I wish shows were still ike this but unfortunately so many things have changed and now. It's not about family or morals but views clicks and likes and "reality"
When my granddaughter comes to visit us I put on this great show as well as Andy Griffith. She loves ❤️ them. Thank you Lord for your hand and providence in the making of these shows and actors.
I still watch it everyday on Vision Television at 4:00 pm here in Toronto.
me too im in Peterborough, and i watch it at 4pm on vision each day mon-fri
Ive nver seen the final episode though
Preceded by "Highway to Heaven" and followed by "The Waltons" and "Quantum Leap" 😁
Me too, out here in BC:)
I really love watching the show. Kudos to all the actors and actresses.
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I still watch this show, One of my favorites
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The show really blessed me with their wholesome family portrayal.
Little house on the prairie will forever be remembered and beloved ❤.
I watch the reruns and still love it. An old-fashioned way of life. I think it was the best way to end it.
I saw all series 3 times and still watch, I love it.
Was Sad that it All Ended !
Was A Great Family Series !
For Everyone to Watch !
Loved It !!!! ❤️🥰👍
The final episode broke my heart till this day I cry when I watch it! The tears were real for those scenes for everybody involved I’m sure!
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I watch Little House on the Prairie Monday to Friday, this is my favorite program. I have watched it since it first aired....I also have the complete set of DVD Little House, and also the books.
COZI TV shows these on a daily basis.I watched the reruns on WPIX-TV 11 NYC religiously from 5-6pm before I would eat dinner with my family.
Blew up everything to leave the set the way he found it, like the owner wanted.
Hi Ms. Virginia! Wasn't there also something about him not wanting to see any of the Little House sets being used by others?
@@feelinfroggy8089 yes. And by the way, do you really think he could’ve blown up the sets as revenge against nbc without them knowing? It couldn’t have happened that way anyway. I have seen sets on other shows repeatedly. What’s happening and Sanford and son have the exact same house. I’ve seen the growing pains house on another show and the door from threes company is on 2&1/2 men and st least one other show I forget right now. Michael Landon was right.
@@michellemckillop8935 hi Ms. Michelle! I wondered the same thing! One of the articles I read, made it sound like he wasn't happy that the show was ending,but I thought he decided it was over bc Laura was grown and he said a grown woman doesn't run to her pa to fix something?
@@feelinfroggy8089 oh maybe. I heard it was all about the sets. And he’d be right. The show had run its course anyway. I like look back to yesterday better. But, it was a great way to end even though it was sad. If he could’ve bought that property somehow, it could’ve been a tourist attraction. Easily like $50 to walk through that “ town”. It would’ve been worth it. One of my fave shows. But I could easily envision it ending up in later series such as dr Quinn.
Level the lot was in the contract for use of the lot.
I believe that Michael had this awesome idea of blowing up the town of Walnut Grove for 2 reasons. 1. Blowing it up saved having to tear down the buildings on set. All they had to do was bulldoze the debris up along with other clean up jobs. He promised he would leave the set the way it looked before filming Little House and he kept his promise. 2. He kept his promise as I said, but what better way to end the show then to go out with a bang, and I mean a real bang.
The ending of the show was the best ever in tv history.
I always loved watching Little House on the Prairie, it was my second show to watch after The Walton's, Little House on the Prairie was a great show to watch also that last show The Last Farewell it really hit me because the people in the town blew up there buildings and died the town
I just finished watching it, and The Waltons are on right now
Thank you for sharing your comment yes id heard about the Waltons an i look forward to yet another kind Wholesome show to enjoy ive not gotten to the Walton's yet 😊 ty again God bless.
@@lesleywarnock228 Im still watching Highway to heaven an Little house on the prairie if it's as wonderful as these it's certainly going to be another fantastic find. Thank you 😊 and thanks be to God almighty 🙏
@@ninamartinez5171 The Waltons are on as well! 💜
@@lesleywarnock228 Thank you 😊 i look forward to watching that series yeah me God is awesome
the greatest family program of all time..I watched as a child
Michael Landon was an icon as a man as an actor but most of all as a Christian
These shows represented how a family should be perfectly.. and it showed every person who watched that no family is ever perfect and that as humans we are not perfect..we all have flaws and weaknesses that require us to go through some pain or anguish in order to overcome..
But most importantly this show taught every fan of it that God is the one true creator and that all things are dealt with by God in God's time not man's..
It's no wonder why the luciferians hated this show and constantly attack it...
It put God and family and faith above all else
God bless Michael Landon..
This world needs more men with his genuine values..
It's sad that Mr. Landon passed away so young..
But I'm sure he is with God now
He did his part in getting millions to open their hearts and minds to the fact that we must build our faith and trust in God
Michael Landin was actually Jewish.
Amen.
I remember that last episode. Saw the original airing on TV. Especially the dramatic explosive ending.
It was sad watching the whole town being blown to smithereens.
i watch every one of little house on the prairie i enjoy all of these and my daughter staring watching them also this was a great for familys to learn more what familys are all about and also high way to heaven that was also great to watchas a family.
I’ve always liked the show I had the moral of the story type lessons in them. I especially like the shows were serious topics they were thought-provoking and very well done.
I miss LHOTP...PA was always my PA growing up ! 💜❤️🙏😇💖💯
Mine too
I loved that show. I plan on buying the series on DVD.
I got my kids the box set on a whim last xmas....we’ve literally been on the edge of our seats since starting the binge watch a few weeks ago👀
It came to a natural ending....my favorite series to watch,...loved it...very good acting,good Chritian values...
Loved Little house and still look at it today. I thought Michael Landon was a great director.
Best way to end. He probably always knew the series would be ended this way if it wasn't cancelled too soon.
The show was on for ten years. Viewers move on to new shows.
Finally you got to do this, I know why they canceled it because they thought the show would still go on til season 10 but that didn’t happen, they canceled in season 10 and still there was so much story telling and and things to be talked about in the show but that was gone, I’m so happy they made 2-3 movies later in the following years thats when they exploded all the buildings from the show because it was last chapter of lhotp and Michael didn’t want no one to use his sets for anything so that’s why in the movie those were live explosions which is sad 😞 but it had to come an End this will forever be my favorite tv show
The truth was Michael Landon did not want anyone else to film movies or tv shows using the Walnut Grove sets, thus being the reason they blew them up. For example, he couldn't imagine a horror movie being filmed inside Oleson's mercantile - can't say that I blame him. . . The actual little house that the Ingalls family, and later on in the series the Carter family, lived in was NOT blown up. It was actually given to one of the actors and this actor decided to store the house on his ranch. In my personal opinion, the little house belongs in the Smithsonian or somewhere fans can visit and enjoy it - not on someone's ranch acquiring dust and termites!
I never understood the reason why NBC decided to cancel the show. I enjoyed it. Seeing "The Last Farewell" still brings tears to my eyes.
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I believe the ending was PERFECT AND BRILLIANT ❤️❤️❤️
By far a brilliant and outstanding series. It really was a national treasure and excellent casting and script writing. In some forms historically educational and thought provoking.
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I heard he had to shut it down because his 10yr contract with the owner of the ranch in northern Arizona ran out. I still watch Highway to Heaven and The Little House On the Prairie every week day starting at 1PM. 2 episodes of Highway to Heaven and 3 episodes of Little House on the Prairie on Cozi TV.
Me too!
Arizona?? You mean Simi Valley, California right??
@@marieantoinettescake9513 No the town of Walnut Grove was on a ranch in northern Arizona and the rest was filmed in a large studio in Hollywood and these buildings in Walnut Grove were just big empty buildings. Did you ever notice that when they opened any door that you couldn't see inside or outside that door. Those other towns like Sleepy Eye and Mankato were towns in southern California. I saw a video clip in here where it showed all those buildings being blown up with dynamite so that no one else could use them. That was really something and nothing but building wood went flying.
@@alanbregar4983 Incorrect. Walnut grove was famous Big sky ranch in Simi valley. Mankato and other "big city" scenes with western style city blocks was the old Tucson set. A lot of the exterior shots they did while on road trips were in various locations.
That was the BEST ending to a show EEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was very emotional. I think it was a great decision!!!!
When you have a TV show involving kids you know it's not going to last a long time, cause the kids grow up & become adult's. It's not like the Simpsons where the cartoon characters never seem to grow older.
The show ran for nine years
I watched the reruns but since I'm not far from the town she lived and wrote the books I can go visit there
Wonderful show. Great for the family.
Thanks! You for everything and I wish they would bring it back again using the grandkids my six and seven-year-old grandchildren love Little House on the Prairie that was the greatest show on TV when I was growing up I was born in 1958 and I loved every bit of it and I still see this day and watching it don't you see em in your heart bring it back
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I cried over the show.
It ended perfectly since it had to end at all. So glad there are reruns. Great Grandkids, ya know should watch good quality.
All good things must come to an end...Life goes on!!!
I loved the show the first time round, and are now watching on Amazon Prime. It is sad when a show ends, but it was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder growing up. And she had grown up and got married, so it was really a natural end. ❤
Slowly going through the show, and could never have imagined the series ending as it says here.
I watched the show on reruns back in the 80s. Love history, my picture of 19th century life of my ancestors. Don’t see much of this these days.
Everything this good has to eventually come to an end.
That’s the problem with some movies that shouldn’t be remade or made into a part two. This also applies to tv shows as well. Nine seasons is a good run. It wasn’t cancelled in my opinion, just came to an end.
A good ending.
We love the story and we still watch it. It is precious to our family!🥰🕊️🙏🏼😇❤️
Always a great show!rip to all thanks for the memories!😔💒❤🙏
The show was full of wonderful actors.
I started my girls of 8and9 yr old and I believe it's the best teacher of God and family. Showing the importance of mothers and wives and husbands and fathers to play the role in their children's lives.
.. great family show that our family liked .. I recall at the same time The Waltons came to the tv screen ... so one night it was a toss up between Waltons and Little house.Both shows have family values and the way we lived back in the early years, care free and no concerns walking along bush roads to go to school..
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@@FactsVerse 1st season called country girls Laura giving that Nellie Oleson a good push and Laura reciting what she would have written on the paper.. Just reminds me of the first time i started at school ..
Loved that show wish we still had it
I love the series but it strayed wildly from the true story line because Micheal Landon (whom I love) wanted to build his legacy. For the true story read "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder."
I agree with you, even though I adored Michael Landon too. but the show did stray pretty far from what Pa and Ma were really like, and life was not as easygoing and smooth to say the least. They Hollywoodized the stories so much, they're more fictional than the books. You cant really write the hard times the Ingalls and Wilders went through I suppose it wouldnt have drawn people to watch. but I just think Pa and Ma and their families would hardly of recognized themelves in Michael Landons re-creation of them.
@@annv8360 All true. However, one must still appreciate that the show shed a spotlight on Laura's actual books, brought them to an audience that otherwise might not be aware of them and ,above all, modelled family values for many who had/ have no idea what a family is like/ ought to be. I adore Laura's books, and appreciate deeply Landon's tv series.
It was a part of my growing up and I encouraged my grandchildren to watch it.
It’s a good movie even though it was from the early eighties but it’s good to know the hard life they have manage to live but they are happy thanks for this old movies I’m sure some of us will like watching the movie
Upon binge watching The Sopranos, House and Cobra Kai, I'd figured I'd revisit the shows I had watched, growing up as a child while actually living in Minnesota on a small farm myself, I'm binge watching the LHOTP series. Because Half Pint is badass! 👍
Currently watching LHOTP now
I think it was all the above. Still love this show.
The best beginning of the end of an era.
I watched Little House On The Prairie in the 1970s and I still watch it even now
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I never saw the NBC run in its heyday,but I loved it when WPIX(CW 11 NYC)showed it Monday-Friday at 5pm
I honestly think he did nt do it for spite, he was such a kind man
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I remember watching the pilot film 1st and said to my dad they should turn that in tv series year later it were show as a tv series after showing the pilot film again.
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They destroyed the homes and buildings because that was the contract with the farmer from whom they rented the land for the show. They had to put it back to natural forest and remove all parts of the set, the best they could. The last episode was the fulfillment of the contract and finality that it was over.
Landon knew the show had run past its course as the girls had grown up, both in the story and in real life. It was impossible to keep that same level of engagement that the show originally had. Fans simply had zero interest in watching a new family or set of core characters, in fact it was downright insulting to many. Times were also changing in the real world to what folks on tv wanted to see and so a remnant show from the Gerald Ford era was no longer relevant. People wanted something fresh and current to the new 80s society. Hence he was already working on pitching Highway to Heaven to start a new journey.
I think that every child ages 10 to 17 should watch season one through season 9 and the movies at least twice!!! It will teach them morals, compassion, hard decision making, respect and how hard life can be and what it takes to be a good person and how to treat other people !!! Life is not easy and you have to earn your way!!! There are so many kids and people out there that think that they are entitled, well they need to watch the show and see what life is really about!!! Hope everyone has a great day... stay safe!!!!
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The best part is the beginning of the show’s song and the girls are running down hill. And one falls and her shoe goes up in the air!😂
Little House had a good run! Better to go out on top or at least close to the top! Restoring the land as close to it's original state was part of the agreement! I watch Little House whenever it's on!
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I love that show I still watch it
I think he blew up the town as a last hurrah and to return the land back to its original property, bare. Did Michael want anyone else to be able to use the buildings for any other production? Probably not, it was for Little House, and that’s the way it should’ve been in the end. I don’t blame him either way. But I don’t think that he was vindictive at all. It was a GREAT show! As a girl loving horses and having my own horse. I would often play out similar senes on my horse. I LOVED the show. And have the complete show on VHS. 😁❤️🙏🏻
God, everything was better back in the seventies. 🥺
Man I had EVERY ONE of her books and sometimes I'll find it on Tv..and yes I'll watch them..