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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Ma, Pa and a show that never resembled the books

I just read this blog post over at NPR.com and I've been laughing for a full ten minutes. "Little House on the Prairie" was major summertime viewing in our house during the formative years. I remember it came on every morning on TBS. Usually two episodes in a row.

I'm surprised I'm not more scarred by it actually. There was some scary stuff on that show: incest, rape, people dying in fires, attacking wolves and gangrene. For such a happy show, they could sure pull the melodrama out.

And I've visited Laura Ingalls Wilder's house in Missouri and seen pictures of the family. I can tell you this, that her pa did not look like Michael Landon and her ma did not look like Karen Grassle. They looked more like my outlaw family members.

1 comment:

~Mad said...

don't be dissin' my LHOTP - while I am home these 8 weeks, it's my morning AND afternoon entertainment!
Peace,
~Mad