Ep.18 - Sweet Melissa (Part 1)

[@annika_panicka]

What a treat it is to have Melissa Gilbert on the already great show. For two episodes, no less. Thank you!

[@joymcmanus8796]

“Bob get the wig” is now one of my random exclamations I’ve adopted into my vocabulary 😂😂

[@jujup3662]

I love how Dean blushes everytime Pamela calls him our imaginary boyfriend. He's still so darn cute and loveable!

[@anniem.4204]

IKR ? I had a colossal crush on Almanzo back in the day... Yep still a lovely hunk. 💓💓❤

[@lolaleslie66]

Speaking of New York, I met Dean circa 1995 when I was auditioning for "Jesus Christ Superstar" somewhere in mid-town and Dean was auditioning for something else in the same building. I recognized him and was like "You're Manly!!" and he laughed and said "Of all the things people recognize me for, that is the one I hear the most". He said he was trying to put together/direct an off-Broadway version of "Evita" from what I remember. He signed a dollar bill for me and joked someday if I were poor, I might need to use it for a subway ride. Sadly, I probably used it for two $39 cent tacos when I was a starving musician in Los Angeles some years later. LOL Hopefully, I'll meet him again sometime at one of these Little House reunions and have him sign a new dollar bill for me.

[@bdchiaccio]

So happy to finally get to see her and you guys did a great job

[@mt1885]

Oh I just loved this! You guys rock🥰

[@janef220]

One of my favourite episodes was the apples one Melissa! I was a late bloomer also so I could relate. You pulled it off amazing! Really enjoying the podcasts Dean, Allison and Pamela. It’s interesting to hear some of the behind the scenes from us ordinaries! 😊

[@julietpowell1496]

Just loved this episode! So glad there's a part 2 - I could listen to you all day ❤ I was a 7 year old when I first saw LH in the UK and was just so fond of Melissa/Laura because she was like me! My Dad wasn't around at that time so Michael Landon was a great substitute. The show has a big place in my heart x

[@saraschneider6781]

Dean secretly loves that title.❤

[@WeepingWillow69]

Im loving this podcast! Thank you so much! ❤️ to you all from Indiana.

[@SammiLill]

I love behind the scenes stuff of my favorite shows growing up, not enough of it online.

[@DeniseEverett-e8u]

Someone sent me a link to this and I am glad I got to see it. Loved the show growing up! :)

[@claudiakrumtum1963]

Loved this podcast. Melissa is so entertaining. Her adult grandchildren might still watch I didn’t watch Little House until my parents came to live with me in 2016 I was 66. They watched it everyday and I got hooked on it. Loved Dean and Alison as well.

[@mielimedina3146]

My mom said she named me after you, Melissa! She learned English by watching a lot of Little House on the Prairie, as well as other shows and various media, but your performance left quite an impression on her! So much so that, when she found out she was having a daughter, she hoped she would be like you! And what’s crazy is what we have in common- I tear up my nails so badly! I shred them to the point of my fingers and cuticles bleeding. I’ve done this all my life. Anyway, I really like my name so thanks to your parents for naming you that I guess 😂 and thank you to YOU Melissa, for your impactful work- this podcast has been delightful to watch, I can’t wait to show it to my mom!

[@malinda4664]

Really enjoyed this…thank you!

[@Marsha8of9]

I'm sad I came upon the little house 50 podcast after their reunion. I wish I had found this earlier; I may have made the trip to CA to see them. The stories in this podcast are so fun and reflect back to my childhood. Melissa is a few weeks older than me, so I Identify with the times when they were filming. PS Alison, I love your wit!

[@janef220]

There are fun events coming up throughout this year I think. Not to the same scale. They just had the cherry blossom festival. Not sure where it is. I think dean said that they are keeping up the facades at Simi Valley. Of course not with the cast though

[@OklahomaGirl]

Shannon Dougherty spoke about her Dad being sick most of her childhood. She was aware that she was supporting her family. Shannon said that when she got 90210, the first thing she did was pay off her Dad's medical bills.

[@mprkg]

ShannEn

[@stephaniekelly2489]

I’ve been binge watching my LHOTP DVDs with my 6 kids (ages 8, 6, 5, 3, 3 and 20 months). We are on Season 3 now and they all love it! Even the 20 month old will sit and watch for a while. My twin girls just turned 3 and they love to watch Carrie “fall down” at the beginning of every episode. They laugh hysterically every time and shout, “Mommy, Cawwie fall! Cawwie fall!” So fun to be able to watch these all again just like my sisters and I did with our parents on our own set of DVDs 20 years ago!

[@annika_panicka]

I'd love to see Alison's show live!

[@just_a_smalltowngirl585]

Sad you ran in to the “Karens” at the mall because we’d all love to run in to Half Pint in braids!! ❤️

[@Batya755]

Fun episode!

[@andreap3669]

The episode "The Gift" where Laura convinces Mary to buy the "medicines" to double their money is a favorite. When the girls don't want to go to church because they have "larren GEE tis" cracks me up every time! Pa schools them in pronunciation and makes them get up and off to church. I think we can all relate to that scene!

[@andreap3669]

omg, I always cracked up at that scene also! Just so great!

[@jessiem276]

I remember when Melissa told her "pa" she was a woman, and I was thinking "WHAT??". I can only imagine my daddy's face if I had told him that at that age 😂😂

[@Sommers1bionic]

Please ask Melissa for part 2 her memory on dancing and singing on the 1978 Dick Clark Special- “if they could see me now”

[@jenniferrotin21]

that was a good part 1 episode of melissa gillberts interview i really enjoying this pod cast now to part 2 so here i go...

[@saraschneider6781]

"Banana boobs" ...Dean is like GET ME OUT OF HERE.🤣🤣🤣

[@janef220]

They so go from apples to bananas with gravity 😂

[@MitchellWaldrep]

@@janef220 Yea, but they start from Apples then go to Banapples, then finally to Bananas, then they turn black and attract fruit flies........LMAO

[@julietannOsfan1972]

Brilliant.

[@julietpowell1496]

I'm a Juliet Ann too!

[@oldhollywoodfan8009]

ANNNNND speaking of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 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?😃 Whether it’s Broadway, a TV movie or a theatrical release, they would be PERFECT for it. AND Alison would now be pushing Melissa in a wheelchair.😂

[@krob2445]

The episode we’ve been waiting for!!

[@saraschneider6781]

Nah. We knew she'd be here. I'M waiting for Jonathan.

[@fbueller]

Where are we in getting some crew member interviews? They never get the spotlight.

[@laurmcleod9164]

So happy to see this episode 🥰

[@fbueller]

Would love to see a podcast episode with Melissa and Shannen together.

[@nickieh6034]

Yikes, I don't think that will ever happen. Shannen was awful to Melissa when she was an adult.

[@fbueller]

@@nickieh6034 That was a long time ago. Both women are now older and wiser.

[@xrey83]

I don’t think that’ll happen.

[@sherylpatry4313]

When does part 2 release come out? 😊

[@Smokeyvol86]

Are they doing tours to the ranch still and if so how much is it?

[@mprkg]

Melissa at 21:00 said she didn't have her ears pierced... but you can see hee pierced ears in Season 8 and 9, and the episode where she paid $5 for pierced earrings!

[@EOgma]

I know this doesn't relate to this interview, but I was just watching a random episode...The Halloween Dream...about the indians etc. When the army commander asked for his scope to see what was coming, I could see in the reflection of the glass part of the scope...the camera crew! So funny. But I noticed those things since I had some experience with continuity responsibilities in my younger days.

[@saraschneider6781]

11:19 Why cut her off without warning?

[@just_a_smalltowngirl585]

I think that’s just editing. I watched this video before it was taken down and re-uploaded and I don’t think it did that

[@mayaag44]

21:00

[@joymcmanus8796]

I totally missed the banana boobs episode!! 😂😂😂

[@PeggyfromPorcupine]

Hi A Canadian here. What was the last episode before the movies and what were the 3 movies after the series ended?

[@shareekowalski2455]

Where is part 2❤

[@mprkg]

Melissa always says that her adopted brother always ANNOYED her. Maybe that's why he packed up and left for 40 years.

[@beautyforashes123]

How little is too little??? When my daughter was 2 1/2 -3 yrs old, she started watching. The third show in, she told me, "Mom, Pa is cute!" I think she was smart enough to watch at that point. 😂

[@deanaredd368]

Baby Muppets 😂

[@kamily8288]

Dean when you were packed in ice was it real or fake? If it was real how hard was it to film those scenes?

[@mprkg]

The little house finale was the worst finale in tv history. Blow up the town

[@KayHightower-t4w]

Why isn't Melissa Sue Anderson a part of any of these 50th anniversary celebrations?

[@anniem.4204]

From my understanding from afar....MSA chooses to not participate; she never has over the decades. Melissa and I think Alison have gently and graciously mentioned in their respective books they never connected with MSA while filming LHOTP. MSA was always kept separated from the other children on the set by her Mother; that is my understanding, I could be wrong. But there was a definite wall that MG, AA and the other children tried hard to break through and include MSA. I kept hoping all of these years later it would be different; MSA is sorely missed from any reunions.

[@DanaDavies-w9f]

Oh how dean butler my was crush at 14 years old!

[@fz1224]

Dear Dean Butler, I am writing to you from Germany. Little house on the Praire has a lot of fans in Germany. Would it be possible that you and Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Matthew Laborteaux and many others from the series could come to Germany? It would really be a big dream to meet you. Many greetings from Germany....

[@anniem.4204]

Oh my! I hope they DO! Great idea!

[@loric7296]

Alison is the best ….

[@elizabethharrison7306]

The LIttle House the praire Love my favorite one fan BIG 💖 Melissa Gilbert Alison Arngrim Love my favorite one fan BIG Laura lngalls Wilder Book 📚💖💖💖💖💖🌻🎶

[@saraschneider6781]

What now?

[@winniet524]

Where’s Part 2?

[@gloriatalley5389]

Next week

[@mprkg]

That was her adopted dad. Then her mom married Harold Abeles whom she did not like at all. He's the biological father of Sara.

[@jessicaulmer2323]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@mprkg]

Laura was 18 and Almanzo 28 when they married. That is not really young. 28 was OLD back in 1885

[@nmc5858]

Why do they refer to the shows as movies?

[@thomash.schwed3662]

The last three episodes were actually television films.

[@mprkg]

Dean looks great for his age. Melissa looks 70,,not 60

[@dollykafloppers4515]

New recruits to the cult....ha ha ha

[@SammiLill]

don't forget Sylvia! Most scary assed episode of any show I ever saw, made me hate masks for many years.

[@suemaxwell-e8b]

#camp

[@natalieschannel7675]

Really Manly? You’re getting on Laura and Nellie about THEIR hair?! What about that shoulder length bob you had going when you joined the show?

[@chrisgrace81]

Yes, the worst haircut ever--looked like a little girl’s haircut 😅

[@mprkg]

Melissa was 15 when she was the clown and kissed him on the mouth

[@mprkg]

Does Melissa have massive dentures or like $150,000 mouth full of veneers