Ep.16 - Answering All Your Questions!

[@fbueller]

Would LOVE to see an interview with Shannen Doherty!

[@lightninseed]

I’m so glad I found these! I love them! I want them to go on forever!

[@DreemCatching]

I’ve been having some health issues and Alison’s book is the only thing taking my mind off things. So entertaining to hear her read it. Thank you Alison! I hope Dean will record his book as well.

[@fbueller]

I loved the book. I really need to get the audio version.

[@lee-lee2418]

You may want to try "baby" Grace's two books...comfort for the heart soul. ❤😊

[@jan_c]

I look forward to this every week!

[@tammiesorgman3385]

Ah so happy to hear stories about Victor French.. I always adored his character and with the anniversary here it’s bittersweet that he is no longer here with us.. and I was talking about him with my mom and my autistic son has this thing of watching Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and the character of Yukon Cornelius reminds me of Mr Edwards..😅. I will be attending the Connecticut event and can’t wait to meet you all in person! Allison I want the secret to your energy! This podcast has been wonderful thus far and hearing about the behind the scenes, your memories, all of it.. this show has endured for valid reasons.. I am an ambassador on Melissa’s app and we were talking about how the show touched on topics that are still ringing true to this day. We just launched a penpal program and the episode with Albert finding out his penpal is in a wheelchair and he also made Himself into something that wasn’t true either.. and here we are 50 years later and this is a hot subject that people Still fall for.. but LHOP is real, it’s about surviving without all the fluff. When you take away material things, politics, keeping Up with the joneses mentality and you have what this show brought to the table. Family, God and good old Fashioned values . Thank you for creating this podcast and I can’t wait to see future episodes !!

[@susannek4546]

This was great! I love the idea of specific episode discussions too!

[@BC_gal]

I like listening to these podcasts. I started re reading Little House books ... actually, I purchased the hardcover books 📚 since my daughter took over my original paper back. Treated myself!

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

These interviews need more exposure. Theyre great.

[@just_a_smalltowngirl585]

Episode recaps and answering questions part 2 👏 ❤❤

[@fbueller]

Where are we on getting a biweekly podcast? They ALWAYS run out of time with the featured guest/topic!

[@lizbrown4790]

You all are so enjoyable! I get so caught up in what you’re saying that I feel I’m in the conversation 😊 Would love to hear a Melissa G interview. And maybe an interview with a crew member. Someone with lots of memories and stories about working on the set. I love the stories of “behind the scenes”.

[@fbueller]

Definitely would like to see more crew involved with the podcast.

[@teresaphillips8488]

I'm loving this podcast! I'm definitely here for whatever you all want to do, but I would love to see more cast interviews, especially. It would also be cool to see interviews with any surviving crew members, on-set teachers, etc. I would love to hear their stories, too. I also love the idea of you all discussing specific episodes. Maybe the 3 of you (and a guest if you have one) could pick 1 or 2 favorites from each season to discuss; definitely go in seasonal order, as you were saying. Thank you for doing this; it's a really fun, inclusive way to celebrate the 50th!

[@fbueller]

Cast interviews are everywhere. I would also LOVE to see crew and production team members featured to get their perspective. They have been long neglected,

[@janef220]

@@fbueller they may not be here anymore. But if they are that would be interesting

[@natalierobert7454]

Always excited when KZbin notifies me that there is a new episode of the podcast😃🎉👍 Looking forward to diving deeper into a few episodes with you guys in the future! Keep it up!!

[@pamelav4628]

“The Monster of Walnut Grove” is another good one.

[@benchewan75]

thank you for your time and the interview. I would love to speak with Pamela Bob on how little house on the Prairie has affected me. I am an adoptee from Bangkok, Thailand. I arrived in America 1978. I was born in 1975. I was raised in all Irish Catholic family. This was my lifeline.

[@carriedillmann4455]

ALLISON IS HILARIOUS !!!!!!!🤣🎉❤

[@juliashehata2835]

55+ year Little House book reader and lover of the TV series . I wonder why a spin-off series on 'Farmer Boy' (Almanzo and his family) was not created, or even a TV Movie. I would have loved that.

[@saraschneider6781]

1:35 I was not expecting the Mrs. Whipple references.😂

[@jessicaulmer2323]

Thank you for answering my questions on the podcast!!! ❤❤❤ That made my week!!!

[@pmtspmts8441]

Great shows.. a little surprised why not more viewers.. I hope we all spreading the word! I even went on Walton’s mountain website to share

[@LivinOnaPrairie]

we're working on it!

[@fbueller]

@@LivinOnaPrairie Interacting more in the comments section would help. Glad to see this is starting to happen.

[@kamily8288]

I'm not able to attend any of the events but I absolutely loved the show and I'm really enjoying this podcast ❤

[@MarthaMagruder-fd2bh]

Me too!

[@janef220]

Yes I agree best episodes in context of the seasons is a good way! Glad you are deciding on a structure otherwise it can get jumbled and confusing and of course the amazing guests! Really enjoying your podcast 😊

[@pamelav4628]

The Pilot was excellent.

[@lee-lee2418]

Thanks for asking imput! It would be great Dean and Alison if you could go thru episodes as you were there to experience them (especially Alison in the first few seasons)! "Episodic ommentaries" (kind of like the Real Brady Bros. do) And ....then have guests if possible if the episode was mostly about that person. 😊 It is fun to hear cast stories and sidebar stuff!

[@dawngreen9275]

Don't remember how much I watched Little House it was a different time we didn't watch a lot TV then where I am from . It wasn't until a few years when I was switching through channels Vision network it said Little House was coming on then after that The Waltons . I love them both and am now a big fan of both.

[@FluteLoops59]

Yes, seasonally! Pick a few popular episodes from each year ..:)

[@fbueller]

Is there a set day new podcast episodes drop?

[@jenniferrotin21]

this was a good episode i look foward to the next one which i am going to watch next but i say i think you should do all the seasonso staring with season 1 of little house on the praire that is what i think also i think you should try to get the rest of the cast who hasnt been on this podcast yet on here and bring back the ones who has been on here before

[@saraschneider6781]

1:00:23 All of it!

[@saraschneider6781]

26:18 Excuse me while I go sob now.😭😭😭

[@christineirving4300]

Yes-do episode recaps.

[@pamelav4628]

It's the "Beauty Parlor".

[@Indigo309]

NYC goes through its phases, great, then not so great. It depends on where you live. NYS is a huge place, it's not one dimensional. Some areas are majestic, some truly are not. Great watching the LHOTP podcast

[@oldhollywoodfan8009]

Given their character’s history and that blonde wig Alison has, I would LOVE to see Alison Arngrim and Melissa Gilbert do a remake of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?😃

[@justjules1032]

Alison isa hero

[@jujup3662]

That is brilliant!

[@just_a_smalltowngirl585]

Episode recaps would be great!!

[@saraschneider6781]

32:28 Yes please zoom in Shannon!

[@jan_c]

Episode lookbacks. Behind the scenes stories. Maybe the featured guest interviews.

[@paigeprescott3156]

I'd love for you to go seasonally!

[@cyndimanka]

What are the questions I would ask is what do the characters feel about all the inconsistencies in times and props and things that were going on. For instance, they ate a lot of peanut butter, but it wasn’t really invented till decades later. And then the belt loops. There were no belt loops until the 1900s but yet most people in little house were belt loops. It goes on and on and on. Books that were read in the school house that weren’t even printed yet in the 1870s. Also the pompous grass they grew by the mill. It doesn’t even grow in Minnesota. There are so many more. I’m wondering what they think about all these inconsistencies now.

[@just_a_smalltowngirl585]

Most of us never picked up on the inconsistencies lol. We just love the show. ❤

[@saraschneider6781]

1:03:17 I thought of it before Dean said it.😂

[@MissDaisyDuke01]

Hey guys. By Character, most definitely. The main reason is I NEVER hear anything about my "own" crush in the series; Kevin Hagen. It's seems he's always ignored and never mentioned. Sad, given the fact he is one of the few character, that has stayed on through out the run of the show.

[@LivinOnaPrairie]

ooh! HOT DOC!!!

[@marykoch1666]

Lol gonna think I'm crazy, but pickles and syrup sounds good to me! Lol, everytime I see that episode I want to try it. No, I'm not pregnant I'm soon to be 66 years old. Was it as good as it looked Allison? 😅😂

[@bigbird62873]

Hersha parody was original Caroline

[@lolasmom9088]

Could you compare in more detail the experience of working with other directors, including William Claxton and Leo Penn?

[@kamily8288]

Take it episode by episode

[@dondowhan4632]

When I was 18 or19 years old in i980 or 1981. We went to a movie theater with a group of friends. and there was one girl in our group, said I look like Almonso. She wouldn't sit beside me in the theater. I guess she was a bit shy. She like me because I looked like Almonso from Little House on the Prairie. Back then I think I did, but not today. This is a true story.

[@carin4771]

Hmmm if the podcast is not limited I do love a deep dive on each episode and why not be over an hr if needed

[@tedh7521]

My crush was always Nellie I know on the show she was nasty and mean but I loved that she was very spunky ! Alison played it brilliantly

[@catherinedesimone3630]

love the pod cast watching lh now cozie fred the goat just butted ms olson she lands in mud was like iccckkk tahn ran 2 the school yelling at kid what u looking at

[@fbueller]

Another good topic for an episode would be the ‘LHOP’ musical which ran for several years touring the country. Melissa even played Ma for a while. She actually hurt her back during her run in the show. Would love the hear about how the musical came about and see interviews with the producers, song composers/lyricists and a cast member or two.

[@brianb.5473]

Dean, did Katherine accidentally mispronounce Almanzo once and they had her keep saying Zaldomo or was that written into the script? I loved that. Also Alison or Dean did either of you watch any of the episodes in the 70s at home like all us fans? Or was it years later before you watched them? Thank you both and thank you Pamela.

[@LivinOnaPrairie]

we talk about "Zaldamo" in one of the previous podcast episodes!

[@SarahManley]

Omg seeing a Dolly Parton drag show on Sunday-you just make me 🤯

[@saraschneider6781]

9:40 PrairieCon every year!

[@cyndimanka]

I don’t live in LA but I live in Washington the home of Starbucks and guess what we get our roots done too here

[@fbueller]

Do Pamela, Alison and Dean ever read comments posted on these KZbin videos? Many questions have been posted here and remain unanswered.

[@ThePamelaBob]

Yes! Can’t answer everything and many questions have been answered in the podcast already I try my hardest!

[@fbueller]

@@ThePamelaBob Thanks, Pamela! Appreciate you.

[@cyndimanka]

I’m watching little House on prime. I’m in season eight at the end. When season nine comes I’m gonna know it’s the end and I’m going to be sad. Nancy is good in certain episodes but Nellie is definitely missed.

[@janef220]

Would love if Melissa sue Anderson would come on although she seems to not want to participate? She was a big part of the show, c’common Melissa❤!

[@lee-lee2418]

Yah! It was neat to hear her interviewed recently on a retro channel. She could be too busy with other stuff, work, etc. Maybe she will consider it if things got quieter in her life😉.

[@janef220]

@@lee-lee2418 which one was it. I haven’t seen anything recently. I wish she would make amends with the gals from the show. Have a few laughs ✌️

[@lee-lee2418]

​@janef220 I found another short clip - altho I know promoting her book back then was part of it, but it was still nice to see her and Dean' and hear his kind words about her😊. Her book was great! and not egocentric like M. Gilbert's first one was. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3eafoGoZqaCoJYsi=6irADOtVDJ8CTLpF

[@sueannbellucci4304]

I love when the Little House cast talks about what "we" did - without mentioning the person who actually "did" it. Remember - the cast just read the words. They were not responsible for the material, the edginess, the family values or lessons that were learned. And yet in so many of these podcasts I hear about what "we" did. I think THEY need to brush up on their use of pronouns.

[@elizabethharrison7306]

The LIttle House the praire 50th Anniversary Love my favorite one fan BIG 💖 Laura lngalls Wilder Book 📚💖💖💖💖 The LIttle House the praire Love my favorite one fan BIG 💖

[@lolaleslie66]

Shannon should have been the new Nellie. Sad to hear about her health struggles.

[@pmtspmts8441]

Have not seen another episode did yiu all cancel the podcast?

[@WeepingWillow69]

I love the episode discussion idea! One of my later episode faves is the circus one. There’s comedy with Almanzo’s bitchy date, and I cry at the end no matter how many times I see it. Actually I still cry during most episodes. 🥹

[@Pugsly-ww7ht]

Please have Allison wear a microphone or earbuds so she won’t cut out. She does at each interview I’ve heard her do and this would rectify the issue. Thank You!

[@cyndimanka]

Another odd thing is why in season nine the very first episode Almanzo hasn’t seen his brother in 10 years but yet he and Laura babysat the two boys. He introduces his brother to Laura, but they already met because they watched the boys. Also, they did not have a girl. I don’t understand the writers and the inconsistencies. Whether people noticed it or not I don’t understand how they thought we were stupid out here.

[@pmtspmts8441]

I think Melissa and Shannon are not on good terms based on her book .. maybe things have changed

[@mprkg]

That Sylvia episode should never have aired

[@saraschneider6781]

46:09 As a hard core fan, season 9 was terrible. Michael and Karen should have stayed or they should have just axed the show.