First the books, then the t.v. show – when I was a kid, I loved me some Little House.
The books were some of the first I ever read, and I had them nearly memorized by the time I was ten. I watched the t.v. show religiously, loving the idealized family with the innocence of youth.
I suspect I would have viewed Little House bloopers with nothing but annoyance back then. The Ingalls family were real live people in my mind, thank you very much, and I would have been disinclined to tolerate anything that broke the spell. And what ten year old would appreciate that only the goodness-radiating Michael Landon could show up covered in a white sheet at the cabin door of his black friend and have it be funny?
But thirty years later, this gag reel is pretty wonderful to me. Watching it is like a reunion with old friends where we remember old times and laugh about our screw ups. Bliss.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de46acGp5qE[/youtube]
[tags]Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder[/tags]
Yep. Totally with you. Little House is probably my favorite show of all time growing up. Watching the episodes now is like going home.
(We were so innocent!)
Nope, I think I was a little bit of a book snob even then. I loved the books, but had no interest in watching the show. Kind of like now, when I hear a book I loved is being made into a movie. My first reaction is, how cool…..followed swiftly by, geez, they’re going to fuck it up, I just know it!
But the bloopers were cool!