Frank Bussone Interviews Melissa Gilbert And Dean Butler About Little House On The Prairie

[@MrAzazel666]

Pretty interesting how Melissa Gilbert's voice, like, NEVER changed.

[@ernamarboen6995]

yes,

[@lomonacorosa458]

Bellissima Melissa e brava attrice

[@amrose4214]

Yeh she past 50 now and her voice has not changed alot maybe it dropped an octave but still sounds childlike. I am pushing 50 my voice maybe has changed since childhood but i forget what my childhood voice sounded like lol.

[@KittredgeRitter]

Gen x is so cringe. Too nice really.

[@lomonacorosa458]

@@KittredgeRitter bellissima Melissa e una bravissima atrice e io vedo la casa nella prateria che la fanno tutti i giorni canale 27

[@juliegarbs4018]

I always thought she had the sweetest little voice.

[@susanberg2774]

So what! Her character and integrity is much louder! Hmmmmm!

[@ChrisHauser1]

Laura

[@elvisobsessor]

This is absolutely wonderful to watch! So fun to see them interact at such a young age, and really enjoyed their comments about Michael Landon. Thank you for sharing! :)

[@thediaryofasimplegirl5388]

Her voice never change.

[@ntiadicted]

Give her a break, people. She's like 16 years old in this. She is clearly nervous to have to make these interviews about them being a married couple on screen with a grown man at this point. He is 24. Imagine how it was for her having kissing scenes with a man so much older that her. She was basically a child here and while they were filming. And I feel for him too, it must have been terrifying for him too to act out those scenes with a child, basically.

[@LuvTadnDixie]

I read in her book that she was horrified when she found out he would be playing her love interest, LOL! She was like, "that's not a boy, that's a MAN!!" She didn't think Almonzo would be so old or that "Manly" would be so manly, LOL! They should have cast Rob Lowe.

[@ntiadicted]

@@LuvTadnDixie Yeah, I think I remember reading an article about that too. And you can totally tell by just looking at this interview how uncomfortable and uneasy she is here. I think that's why she keeps interrupting and is playing with her fingers and looking down. And who can blame her? She's an innocent kid here, didn't she like also say that she had never even kissed a guy before :) Anyway, I'm sure things got easy when she got a bit older and they seem to be in good terms these days.

[@mprkg]

@@LuvTadnDixie In real life 25-year-old Almanzo started dating Laura Ingalls when she was 15. They married when Laura was 18 and Almanzo was 28. Pretty creepy age difference. De Smet, South Dakota (she did not live in Walnut Grove as a teen) was a tiny, remote town of only a couple of hundred. Almanzo was also only 5'3" and it was difficult to find a single woman under 5'3" in a tiny town! Laura was only 4'11" and Carrie ended up only 4'8" as an adult!!!!! I wonder how tall Pa and Ma were, but clearly the family and others were malnourished being that short.

[@mprkg]

@@ntiadicted She claimed in MANY interviews that the kiss with Almanzo at the end of the Sweet 16 episode was her first kiss EVER. False. She kissed some boy in Season 4 at age 13. She also kissed Alamanzo at the beginning of Season 6 at 14/15 when she dressed up at a clown. At 17 she became a sex addict in real life! She is lucky she never got AIDS because she slept with Billy Idol and some really bad guys - Scott Baio too. EWWWWW

[@ntiadicted]

@@mprkg Those were not kisses, though. They were little pecks that lasted half a second. And whatever she did when she grew up is totally irrelevant to her days of filming these scenes at the age of 15/16 with a much older Dean Butler.

[@adrianajimenez4342]

They are so adorable

[@puffchick4197]

He was so nice looking I had a crush on him as a kid 😃

[@ligiabran5602]

Wierd

[@Reneeceser-ct7gk]

She never let him talk! All about her even when interviewer tried to direct questions to Dean. The age difference is very obvious in this interview.

[@dollymadison2397]

Melissa Gilbert is amongst the finest of human beings. Then AND now!

[@embeth446]

And yet she was incredibly rude to Dean in this interview.

[@adiraodeda7962]

One other thing- he asked them jointly most of the questions. With Melissa being used to getting all the questions she automatically takes control.

[@judyb1539]

I noticed that,too.Like it was HER gig!

[@andyostertag]

Definitely my first impression too.. kudos to Dean's patience. With her countless interruptions, he just would quit and let her continue

[@tigertbalm]

And she is just such a kid. He is so mature by comparison.@@andyostertag

[@carmensanmartin4345]

UNA ADORABLE PAREJA DE ESA SERIE MARAVILLOSA, LAMENTABLEMENTE NO ESTA EN ESPAÑOL LATINO, SOY DE CHILE, PERO FUI FELIZ VIENDO ESA SERIE, TENGO RECUERDOS MARAVILLOSOS DE ESOS AÑOS.

[@fifinettefifi1418]

Yo soy de argel ...vi este serial en francés ..comprendo el español y el árabe

[@susanberg2774]

Hmmm! I agree with another comment! Melissa is used to being in the spotlight. Dean handled himself very well! Very impressed with him!

[@southernparadise2354]

Michael Landon was a Genius.

[@plt4007]

Exactly

[@susanberg2774]

All about Melissa! She is already a Diva! Dean is super classy! ❤️👍

[@adiraodeda7962]

Clearly she was used to being in the spotlight and he was mature and educated young man. Very much of an unbalanced couple but it worked on screen. She "acted" very well and the same with Dean. He must have felt like he was walking on egg shells all the time because of her age. He was rightfully serious about acting and carried himself in an educated professional way.

[@greenwich1754]

Clearly there was chemistry, and that's what counted!

[@boke75]

Reactive chemistry@@greenwich1754

[@brendamiller6334]

I always thought Dean Butler was so HANDSOME! I would have happily sat in for her for that kiss she had with him!🤣🤣

[@embeth446]

I think she would have happily let you! She had mo trouble admitting she didn’t find him attractive in the slightest.

[@a.k.7116]

😂

[@matriksist]

To this day, they speak greatly about ML.

[@britneyzzshadow1716]

Wow this was cool. Thank you.

[@simonejessen-thiesen8889]

Sooo sweet!

[@TammyFarrel]

These two are sweet together

[@embeth446]

Wow thank you for posting but the interview itself was kind of cringey. I had second hand embarrassment. I’ve heard Dean in more recent interviews talk about how Melissa was very rude to him in the press back in the day (saying he’s the “hayseed” type and that he was unattractive). Seeing this interview I feel like I’m seeing it first hand, yikes. All these people in the comments like she’s such a wonderful person and a sweetheart, and yet in this interview she rolls her eyes about the onscreen marriage, she has no interest in letting him talk and speaks to him in a very patronizing way. It’s kind of bizarre. You can tell she has something against him. That said, I acknowledge she’s a kid, literally a teenager. But she doesn’t come across emotionally mature for her age at all. She’s not even picking up on the fact that the interviewer is trying to get her to let Dean speak.

[@maefernie8210]

Dean is still my crush 😊

[@mercymendez9117]

Wha-

[@boke75]

With the weight he put on, I guess literally. 😆

[@bonnielarsen7022]

@@boke75 I think it’s nice just to focus on someone’s acting or contributions instead of a personal jab.

[@Nor_berg]

The same voice reminds me of her acting in LHOP 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ChrisHauser1]

i would know her voice any where just saying.

[@SkyRex-v3k]

Melissa Gilbert your the best actor and I like it when you and dean butler were together it is so cute.I love you too it is wonderful I wish that someone can come around like Almazo did with you in little house on the prarie!

[@marianaramos5379]

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[@brettrosen8628]

She was in Faerie Tale Theatre’s The Snow Queen starring The late academy Award Nominee Lee Remick

[@kfoster9000]

She talks about having to do chores and laundry, but according to Alison Ingram she had No Idea how to do those things because her family always had servants.

[@twilightblue8566]

This must have been shot before Michael Landon hooked up with Cindy Clerico. Melissa did not think much of him after that.

[@LISA61367]

Dean Butler is such a nice guy❤

[@rachel.isabelle]

wow, I've only ever seen Melissa's interviews of her older looking back on Little House...this is the first one I've found of her WHILE on still on little house...this is so interesting! It's so weird seeing Laura in normal clothes haha

[@jenniferlawrence9652]

Same here can't believe I never saw this I thought I saw everything that had to do with little house and Melissa Gilbert..this was so amazing to see...wish it was longer

[@boke75]

She was quite cute back in the day.

[@brittanyclark8112]

More Melissa Gilbert and dean butler videos please

[@paulklemesrud1137]

Always enjoyed Little House on Praire especially The New Beginnings with Laura grown up

[@cadeevans4623]

Thought it was funny how Melissa would talk over dean when he tried to talk than when dean would say something she would say something at the same time lol😂😂😂😂😂she loved talking so Dean was like take over

[@marymoriarity2555]

For a very young performer, Melissa Gilbert was very mature. I’m sure that she was a bit taken aback by having a 21-year-old man cast in the role of Almanzo. The age difference is quite a parent. She is still a teenager except and work experience as he said in another. Interview it had to be intimidating for Melissa Gilbert to be paired with a much older man. However, in real life, Almanzo Wilder was at least 10 years older than Laura Ingalls. Dean Butler does a lot of work in helping the different museums and other places. Connected to the wilder, family and Ingles family. This was a series that made a lot of impact in the years it was on television.

[@Ælfgifu-1]

"I have to take care of my sister." She's talking about Sara Gilbert!

[@johanvantrier]

Melissa Gilbert is awesome!

[@MirelleJanaWalter-yb7cz]

🎉❤ I like you and the series so much. Yours, Jana ❤🎉

[@donadel70]

I watched it in french version so I never knew her real voice lol .

[@judysanchez6329]

She's so darling ❤️ She sounds. Like my ,eight year old. Granddaughter ,Cash!!¡!!

[@mprkg]

She is really rude to Dean in this interview! Ouch. Supposedly she was really mean and rude to him for years, and apologized years later just saying she was 15/16 and a virgin and she did not want to kiss him or film bed scenes with him on Little House. And their characters had such great chemistry on the show!

[@jenniferlawrence9652]

I was also disappointed at the way she treated him ...I would have loved to be in her place and thought dean was such a sweet heart

[@janemason9451]

Agree.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Her first kiss? Nah. A boy, I think Scott Baio's brother, kissed her on the lips in a Love Boat episode in 1978.

[@nicolasadonairequispe3771]

Quisiera que se tradusca en castellano

[@Celisar1]

She sounds and acts like a cute child. I wonder how the writers could take such a child and make her a married woman, it seems ludicrous. And it cannot have been easy for Dean Butler playing love scenes with a child.

[@clve8872]

3:45 why looks at him like that??

[@danythebest3958]

I think she hated him

[@clve8872]

@Smurfette Did It There are ways, as you said she was being a brat. Even now feminism with violence dont represent me

[@pascaleminou8693]

Very funny! I think she was joking

[@snopesshop1903]

In her book, MG talks about how disappointed she was when Dean was cast. She was hoping for someone younger and cuter.

[@puffchick4197]

She has taste for crap because Dean Butler was way too good looking for her

[@rayoflight6505]

@@puffchick4197 as was Bruce Boxleitner

[@boke75]

Whaa ? Who did she expect ?

[@lakeside4485]

Melissa is so young and immature here. She talks over Dean, and doesn’t realize how young she sounds. Nothing against her exactly, but she is such a child, and funnily trying to be an adult. It’s both annoying and adorably naive. Dean was incredibly patient with her.

[@dietrichjoanne]

She acted very immature.

[@spacemonkey340]

She was about 16. She seems rather like a 16 year old here.

[@boke75]

I think a bit older more like 18. Here she mentioned 8 years and the show started in 74 so around 82 and born in 64. As a kid I had a huge crush on Laura maybe even more than Mary (who I found to be more ethereal in beauty back then).@@spacemonkey340

[@heikekershaw8990]

She sure kept her voice of a 10 years old.

[@elidacortes5402]

Se complementaban muy bien como pareja.

[@Oitdbem918]

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 41:10❤ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23❤ For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16❤ For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you. Isaiah 41:13❤

[@therealsubaekhyang]

Amen

[@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090]

Very young .........She must be more than 50 now

[@sandy7543]

She is a grandma!

[@luismiguelalarconpallahual6918]

Laura y almanzo,, verlos en otra epoca,, es asombroso🇺🇸👍👏👏

[@ArmyMoa-ev6mg]

Melissa was beautiful💜💜💜

[@maxthemainecoon9115]

So true

[@ArmyMoa-ev6mg]

@AlisaDashaBaysideHills Brigades yes I'm still love she💜💜

[@boke75]

Indeed. Especially the eyes, so pretty. I don't know why a few years later she had a nose job. I remember seeing her "new" face alongside the "old" face on the front page of the National Enquirer and thinking "Noooooooooooo" !

[@chikenxlegend1833]

I have a huge crush on Melissa Gilbert

[@serdelag100]

Probably interview shot in 1980..

[@jamestropicals8262]

When was this video recorded?

[@amrose4214]

When she hooked up and married Bruce Boxleitner i thought wow he is alot older then her of course she was already an adult by then. He seemed just as handsome as Dean lol hmmm. She always seemed to up the plastic surgeries stuff then while married to him. Probably to keep him attracted to her. But well the marriage dirvorced after so many years she seems happy with Busfield now who a red head like her and probably likes her for who she is he not exactly to hot in looks department, so maybe she has found her like on the farm in NY with him.

[@darlenewallace8469]

I like them iget them together again

[@boke75]

3:42 "And actresses" then proceeds to "Mike Tyson" stare down her co-star.

[@Heimrik01]

Hello John, Can you say in which year was this interview done please ?

[@clve8872]

1980? For what she says

[@mprkg]

It says Fall 1980! She was 16. I think she was 15 though when she got married because I think they filmed that in April 1980 before she was 16.

[@ivanaherrera5171]

Da pena que no este doblado al español o subtitulado al español ...

[@passadonut]

What year was this ?

[@fotimaikiyomiddin2273]

When was this made in real life what year? What day? What month?

[@Ccyawn123]

And what time?

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

@@Ccyawn123LOL 😂

[@Ccyawn123]

@@gaynorpatterson2915 inquiring minds want to know 🤣

[@ZoeCain-fb3oq]

And actresses🤨 you tell him girl!

[@beaulieuc8910]

Her father passed away and the presenter did not do any research on her background at all. She is a young person and her father died already and presenter sociopathically said nothing

[@jesus_islord_john1465]

I never seen this interview. Thanks for sharing this video. God Bless you. P.S. God loves the world that he gave his only begotten son,Jesus Christ. Anyone, who believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Therefore repent and seek Jesus Christ because he is coming back to judge America-the world. And, he desires for everyone to be saved. God Bless everyone 🙏❤️

[@cherrismythe3000]

Thank you

[@ernamarboen6995]

yes

[@allenabel3471]

It's not surprising that you never saw this interview before. Frank Bussone was the weekend sports anchor on WEEK-TV in Peoria, and this may not have aired anywhere outside Peoria. Edit: This is one of a series of interviews Frank did with stars of NBC programs for that season.

[@ale_ah]

De que año es la entrevista?

[@fernandoarias2294]

1980.

[@noelle_reads_alot]

2:18 Didn’t He actually drive into a tree irl? Like when cars were a brand new thing?

[@jonhi1]

Let him talk

[@truthteller4665]

Melissa was not being rude, their chemistry was so insync that the both tried to answer at the same time.

[@susanberg2774]

Not impressed with Melissa during this interview! She thought it was all about her! Dean handled it well! After all she was there first! I like Dean so much!

[@SoniaKapri-rp3to]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@elietrinidad6633]

I watched this series in Spanish Laura doesn't have that lovely Voice in Latin Spanish

[@anarosa5800]

En español por favor

[@rayoflight6505]

I can see why Melissa Sue didn't gel with her and Alison, both seemed really irritating.

[@mprkg]

Melissa Sue was serious and quiet. Melissa Gilbert was always very extroverted and loud, same as Alison.

[@isabellamarconi9292]

Non ci capisco niente! Perché non traducono in italiano?

[@lomonacorosa458]

Bellissima Melissa vero non capisco Buon anno 2021 che sia migliore

[@clve8872]

You can use the english caption?

[@confraternidadchacosantafe5811]

Traduscan al español.

[@lilybastet7713]

Para qué?

[@susancushman8378]

I feel like they liked each other

[@boke75]

Did we watch the same youtube video ?

[@martinrojas6594]

LAURA

[@murielfages9212]

Pourquoi vous traduisez pas ce qu'ils disent en français

[@MrRebib]

Muriel Fages. Nous sommes là en 1980. Et Melissa et Dean étaient présents sur ce plateau-télé pour promotionner la nouvelle saison de la série. Melissa dit que l'épisode du mariage avec Dean a déjà été tourné. Elle dit : "Nous sommes maintenant mari et femme!", elle a l'air un peu gênée! lol Elle ajoute que ça été "une journée très émouvante". En outre elle dit aussi qu'elle a toujours voulu être actrice et qu'elle a commencé par faire de la publicité dès l'âge de 3 ans. Et jusqu'à l'âge de 7 ans. Environ 30 publicités. Puis elle dit qu'elle a commencé le tournage de cette série à l'âge de 9 ans. Ensuite elle dit tout ça... "Mes parents sont fiers de ma réussite. J'ai eu une vie de famille tout à fait normale et j'ai de bonnes notes à l'école. Et je dois les avoir. Je reçois une allocation. Je dois m'occuper de ma sœur. Je dois nettoyer ma chambre. Je dois mettre la table. Je dois débarrasser la table. Je dois m'occuper de mon linge sale. Des choses comme ça." lol Elle était très enfantine à cette époque-là et coupe deux ou trois la parole à Dean qui parait alors embarrassé. Dean dit qu'il a commencé à tourner pour La Petite Maison dans la Prairie 2 jours après l'obtention de son diplôme universitaire. Puis il parle de Michael Landon en ces termes... "Je pense que c'est une excellente façon de commencer. Il comprend très bien ce qu'il fait, je veux dire qu'il a totalement compris la psychologie! Il sait écrire (les scénarios). Il sait comment faire des plans de coupe. Il sait comment filmer. Il sait comment tirer à moindre coût les performances de ses sujets qu'il souhaite obtenir. Et il les obtient vite, il ne perd pas de temps! Il sait comment travailler avec les acteurs qu'il faut, et les actrices". Et à ce moment-là ou l'instant d'avant, Melissa lui coupe la parole en disant "et les actrices!" lol C'est là qu'elle lui jette un regard de peste. hihihi Puis c'est au tour de Melissa de parler de Michael Landon... "Il est comme un père! Il a toujours été... Il a toujours été! Voyez? Même après le décès de mon père, Michael était avant et après ça, tout ça pendant tout ce temps où nous avons été si proches l'un de l'autre. C'est comme une vraie relation père-fille et c'est comme ça depuis sept ans! Près de huit ans en comptant le pilote! Et il est génial!" Et enfin l'animateur leur dit pour conclure... "Cela montre dans votre travail que vous êtes tous les deux formidables. Et nous vous souhaitons un grand succès!"

[@leninahuxley737]

Melissa should allow others to talk, too....quite annoying behavior.

[@benjaminfreyman4273]

She did and he was eloquent . Hate his hair do tho. Lol

[@mariesahota1478]

Difficult to watch AS Melissa JUST SEEMS irritated and annoyed at Dean

[@boke75]

The honeymoon was already over ?

[@mariels3505]

Avec la traduction française ce serai top 😐

[@bobfin]

Is she gonna let him TALK?

[@lolajtek3676]

Her body language here shows how uncomfortable she is.

[@sunlovinglady8562]

They are so awkward together. All of these years later, we know the truth about how she really felt filming their "love story". I can really pick up on that vibe. She looked pretty pissed when Dean said "actors" and forgot to mention "actresses". It was also obvious in her reaction to his question about the wedding shooting being completed.

[@jahspromise]

She was joking! Good grief.

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

Actor is often used as the plural form of actors and actresses.

[@clve8872]

@@jahspromise But the way she looks at him!

[@sophiacarpio7573]

@Smurfette Did It the look was evil for sure!!!! After watching the interview, it's like wth! If looks could kill laura would be a widow 😅. No judgements but observation. It's unavoidable

[@pietrodisante4415]

Che bello sentire l'intervista e non capire un caxxo

[@gustavosierra6796]

Melissa Gilbert Is very very beautiful

[@clve8872]

They cared about wasting tape with nonsense, and this days...oposite, well, not wasting tape.

[@clve8872]

@Smurfette Did It I dont understand you, but this days everything is digital, so people make any kind of videos just having a cell, easy.

[@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090]

She has a childish voice in this picture when she is interviewed....Melissa was born the same year I was....1964.

[@MrSalty-eg4zb]

Frank that hair?

[@gracejones2831]

Melissa was a little diva. She was forced to grow out of that. She wanted all the attention on her. I cant believe they were teamed up. she acts 11 years old and he an adult. "I have to clear the table and clean my room" LOL

[@richardhanson368]

I have often wondered the same thing about Donald Trump and his wife Melania-there is at least a 25-year age difference-also with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. How can a young younger woman kiss a guy that much older? Granted these women are older than Melissa was when she did this interview, but the principle is the same. Dean Butler is an old guy to a young lady 16. I could never figure it out, but it worked just the same.

[@abearinthewoods8423]

So she was literally a child with a full grown man playing her husband?

[@boke75]

Half Pint still looks great.

[@shawncirignano4876]

You didn't put an air date when the video was made. Not impressed.

[@clve8872]

1980 if the episode of their marriage just happened.

[@Cecethegreat425]

Omg 🙄 There is always that one ☝️ person. 🙄

[@jessicarowley6010]

She was kind of annoying.

[@mprkg]

and very rude to Dean.

[@judithvanwingerden5310]

Did you see how annoyed she got at Dean in the end when he was going on and on about Michael Landon. She wanted everyone to know that he was like a Father to her. Almost like, Dean you have no idea.

[@pbiasizzo]

Buffy's shiftless, absentee father!!!

[@estrelladeloriente4345]

Almanzo

[@EricRavo]

She’s a brat.

[@lisagenerette2443]

Awkward!

[@teddybear0473]

it's so awesome....they even act like they're married lol....

[@boke75]

Haha, yeah like 40 years in....