Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter & Love (Part 8)

[severyn1982]

the scene where tehy blew up the town was bittersweet.it made me smile and made me cry too.

[Ziggyquest123]

I will always remember our heroes for they gave us what we wanted friends,who are heroes

[dan1216]

I Was a Grown Up Werewolf

[MrDeCorey]

Fantastic film I enjoyed watching all these shows are classic.

We need more TV shows like this Today.

[amarieoflothlorien]

I think they should have kept the town, people from all over the world would have loved to comet to visit Walnut Grove!!!

[greenwich1754]

Sgt Carter from Hogan would have been proud at the demise of Walnut Grove.

[curvy71]

I always liked watching Highway to Heaven.i was really sad when Victor French died and then Michael Landon.

[funkiersnoog]

For those wondering, they blew up the town because when they started filming the show, they promised the land owners that they would return the land to it's previous condition. Michael Landon actually came up with the idea of blowing up all the buildings, cuz picking up the scraps would have been cheaper that tearing them down normally.

[opendtuning]

Michael [Eugene] wanted to blow Walnut Grove up because he didn't want anybody making a cheesy movie out of it later on...

[sandra4788]

I think they shouldnt have blown up walnut grove on little house. Just imagine able to see where they filmed.

[TheBomba28]

But they'll always be the memories within the  hearts of the fans of Bonanza, Little House and Highway to Heaven.

[wdeadman49]

Some day I will walk the grove in Walnut city..I have always loved and adored this great show and I will always miss it and its cast members! It's really sad to see what happened in the end but all must come to pass and new beginings have begun!!

[misswings83]

Victor French was awesome too! He always reminded me of my grandfather. :)

[redmr2na]

Were distroyed in a fire. It's to bad that Little House On the Prairie fans can't go and enjoy walking in Walnut Grove for themselves. I'd love to buy some land, and reconstruct Walnut Grove and the Ingalls house for Little House fans to enjoy in memory of the show and of Michael Landon.

[redmr2na]

This part of the series was awesome. I love how emotional Melissa Gilbert gets when she is talking about how Michael Landon comforted her in the aftermath of the Last Farewell. He was right though, it was not the end, just the begining. I must say, I wish he'd left the set, but he knew best. Its just a pity that none of the original set exists today. From what I've heard, the actual Ingalls house is owned by someone in California, and the rest of the building that survivied the Last Farewell

[redmr2na]

AAHHH! there I go again, I ment to say buildings, instead of building. I now look at my 2nd comment, and noticed that destroyed is spelled wrong

[udbthe1idchoos]

Hey Elvis Part 7 isn't working!!!!!

[brittanyismebb]

Aw the poor little birdies died.

[RainbowCloudsxo]

Did the blow up the little house on plumb creek too?

[AutymnRosa]

I always wondered if blowing up the town was really necessary. It doesn't look like they use the set for anything else, it's all covered with "mustard weed" now. I wonder what that was all about. (I remember the reason on the show, I mean in real life.)

[elvisobsessor]

yeah, it seems sad.

[AngeliHoney]

Would they have been able to have made it look like it was being blown up without actually doing it at the time? If not, that is probably why. Otherwise they would have probably just turned it into a turist site.

[AutymnRosa]

And a grand tourist sight it would be. I'd sure make an attempt to get there!

[mae911]

I remember seeing an interview with Michael Landon and he said that he didn't want someone to come along and making a "trashy" movie out of the Walnut Grove town.

[hochoc3]

I saw the same interview. He said he loved the town and didn't want someone to use it to make a "trashy" movie. You have to love him. He was never "trashy". I watch all of his shows with my kids. They always make me feel better. I wonder what he would think of TV today.

[mae911]

I know what you mean! Everyone of his shows were wonderful. We are deeply needed for some more Michael Landon shows today!

[WildAlaskanBlossom]

@AutymnRosa the reason, I have heard, was that Mike didn't want any 'dirty' shows to be aired on the set of little house; he wanted it preserved in people's heart's and memories as only little house.

It was also very poignant; it was a physical sign of one thing ending. (and a new beginning)

[inJOYjesus]

@AutymnRosa Mike didn't want dirty pictures done in his town of Walnut Grove!

[drumfreak87]

That was a great werewolf scene.

[proudkiwi1965]

It was done to celebrate the thirtyth anniverary of the release of I was a teenage werewolf which Michael starred in.

[Elizabeth01010101]

where are the bloopers?

[elvisobsessor]

they're in part 7 :)

[Elizabeth01010101]

Thank you!

[xLaura81x]

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