Little House on the Prairie
- Episode aired Mar 30, 1974
- TV-PG
- 1h 36m
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
- Carrie Ingalls
- (as Lindsay Sidney Green Bush)
- Carrie Ingalls
- (as Lindsay Sidney Green Bush)
- Indian Brave
- (uncredited)
- …
- Jack
- (uncredited)
- Aunt Ruby
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCharles Phillip Ingalls and Caroline Lake Ingalls (nee' Quiner) had five children; Mary Amelia, Laura Elizabeth, Caroline Celestia "Carrie", Charles Frederick (who lived for only nine months) and Grace Pearl.
- GoofsAt 8:20-8:35, when the Ingalls family stops at the river they have to cross, the camera angle pans upward from the ground to show Ma and Pa who are sitting in the front of the wagon. In doing so, an airplane contrail can be seen in the sky above them.
- Quotes
Laura Ingalls: [opening narration while the Ingalls family are leaving the big woods of Minnesota] If I had a remembrance book, I would mark down how it was when we left our little house in the big woods to go west to Indian Territory. We had to go, Pa said, because so many people had come to live in the big woods, there wasn't enough game anymore for him to hunt and he feared we might go hungry. Ma said we might never again see Grandma and Grandpa, or Aunt Docia and Aunt Ruby and Uncle George. Though it made me sad, I still thought it a fine thing to go where there had never been a road before. We'd go where the land was more bountiful, he said, and he sold our house and land and cow, and packed whatever would fit in the wagon. I was glad Pa took his fiddle, for it makes a joysome sound. Mary was afraid to go, but I knew nothing bad could happen as long as we had Pa and Jack. Jack is my best and truest friend and Pa says there has never been a better watchdog. I knew there would be rivers to cross and hills to climb, and I was glad, for this is a fair land and I rejoiced that I would see it.
- Alternate versionsIn Germany there are two different dubbed versions. The first one was only shown once on TV (on 30 May 1976). The second one was released on video in the 1980s and never shown on TV.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Little House on the Prairie: A Christmas They Never Forgot (1981)
Criticisms that the show is too sweet is a little unfair. The characters may be endearing and the children polite but this can not be seen as reason for dismissing the show. In fact not every episode had a happy ending.
The show also dealt with rascism, drugs and alcohol abuse from time to time. Mostly the show gained the impressive ratings with thought provoking story lines, good humour, a sense of love the characters displayed towards another and characters that people could identify with. The hardworking honest farmer (Charles Ingalls) and caring wife (Caroline) tomboy (Laura) studious sister (Mary) as well as the brow beaten store owner (Nells Oleson) his nagging wife (Harriet) and his terrible two-some children (Nellie and Willie) along with others.
The hardships the Ingalls faced were over come with the love they had for each other, friendships with those in the town and a solid belief in God and Christian values.
The show hit all the right places that a solid family drama series should and today it is very hard to find another show that can compare.
- StffnInglls
- Jul 15, 2001