Little House on the Prairie - Casting Little House 2/3

[Darren50001]

Oh my gosh, when Mrs. Oleson flushed that toilet, I still laugh! ONly Mrs. Oleson can make things difficult!

[scorpietta]

R.I.P. Micheal Landon, Victor French and Dabs Greer.

[DickieAnginson]

@scorpietta And - my favorite character - Doc Baker, played by the marvelous Kevin Hagen, who passed in 2005.

[scorpietta]

@DickieAnginson I didn't know he had passed. Thanks! Great show!

[DickieAnginson]

@scorpietta It was a wonderful show, and Michael Landon was the brainchild behind it. The '70s shows LHOTP and The Waltons embraced the "forgotten American ideals" of the pioneer days and Great Depression. The two shows were not alike, other than being about families facing adversity, but were often compared to one another. I think The Waltons had better writing and acting overall, but Little House had Landon. You can't top that. :)

[scorpietta]

@DickieAnginson I loved the Waltons, as well.

[tarnsand]

I loved Mrs Oleson's laugh and crying. Katherine M is an amazing actress! In 2011 we need ANY new shows like this; not all this Reality TV crap:( LHOTP will always appeal to all audiences and life lessons. May God Bless Michael Landon,cast and crew. Thanks SO much for this 3 part vid:)

[natishot6]

i don't think of these characters as characters i think of them as real people not just fictional like these episodes really happened in real life

[CowGirlynn]

Thanks for these videos! It's great to see them. My favorite character is Katherine MacGregor, she is just awesome!

[avbath]

They didn't speak about Jonathan Gilbert and how he won the role of Willie Oleson.

[purpleandgold88]

I started watching LHOP in the early 90s and fell in love with it. I wasn't born yet when it first aired in 1974 (I was born in 1977). I'm on my 3rd season, episode 4 as of today -08/17/2010. OMG! I still hate Mrs. Oleson and Nellie :)

[BoomerAndButlerFan]

Linwood Boomer (Adam Kendall) is me favorite :D

He'makes one of me favorite TV programs!

Malcolme in the middle

GENIUS!

[freeasabird12907]

i didn't know he created malcolm

[GreatestSingerEver01]

My favorite character in the show is Melissa Gilbert, but I loved Melissa Sue Anderson! This show is one that I will always look back to as the world we all live in becomes more hectic and out of control. Don't think they had nuclear weapons back then getting in the hand of some evil and determined dictators, did they? Times were tough, but times are tougher today. People believed and live by the Bible in those days... it would do the world good to back to the Bible these days.

[lighthouse80s]

@GreatestSingerEver01 I agree with you. My favourite series was and still is Little House on the Prairie!!!

Also I think it would be great, if Laura and Merry were my sisters. I feel a specific sympathy to them, based on character similarity especially to the first one.

[LKKruse]

I like when she calls Dabbs Greer "great." That was un-understatement for a man like him. He was one of the greatest character actors in history.

[overthehoop]

nellie oleson is the best character

[GreatestSingerEver01]

overthehoop - Nellie Oleson cracked me up! Her and Laura kept me laughing! I loved it when Laura pushed that mean ole Nelly down the mountain in a wheel chair! Hilarious! Nellie was sooooo mean, but she was such a great part of the show. This is my most favorite TV show, ever!

[Jackalman99]

The oleson family were completely fictitious. Mr. 0leson was only mentioned once in "The Little House In The Big Woods". Mrs. Wilder said he ran an Indian trading post and credits him with killing a bear in mortal combat, although the editor put a footnote in the tome saying it's more likely the bear killed 0leson in reality inspite of Wilder's claim.

0h well, at least Mr. 0leson got a pretty wife in the series even if she was nasty as a bear.

[missxradio]

Hey casting director on here! My acting teacher told OTHER CLASSES that I was 'the one' also, the 'minute I opened my mouth', she told the other classes, that I had a great voice, like a "Richard Burton". Of course, she never told ME this. She told her other classes about me. A fellow student told me so.

[baaboo1]

"Please God send someone to marry her!" lol lol

[FurKitty99]

I love stuff like this ;) Her speaking style is really weird though. It's like she's reading everything she's saying off of prompt cards...

[marckas81]

didn't know he created malcolm in the middle

[anjajune]

My favourite caracter in the show is Nellie. No doubt :)

[iheartsjonas]

I love Reverand Alden.

[pault112]

I am glad the you had post this, it is great to learn all the cast and the rolls that they did.

[chocolateandbooks]

thanks so much for posting all of these. It's great to hear how our favorite characters were cast.

[Stian22]

little house on the prairie will go down in history as one of the best tv series EVER, along with Bonanza...

[Juliaflo]

@Stian22 Well, let's include the whole Michael Landon trifecta--Highway to Heaven, too.

[hmschocolate]

Dick Bull...sorry, that's just such an unfortunate name. :D

[lydiaq71]

Did Linwood Boomer say Adam Kendler?

[pixEstix14]

Cool!

[m1rl155s]

Thanks for posting this videos. I always wondered how they found just the perfect actors for those roles.