Showing posts with label Little House on the Prairie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little House on the Prairie. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Deaths: Ralph Waite and Richard William Bell
RALPH WAITE, 85 (1928-Feb. 13, 2014) The father of "The Waltons," John Walton, from 1972-1981, one of my all-time favorite TV shows. Also was in "Cool Hand Luke" and "Five Easy Pieces" as well as several "Waltons" specials. //// RICHARD WILLIAM BULL (1924-Feb. 3, 2014). Played Mr. Oleson, proprietor of Oleson Mercantile, the long-suffering husband of Harriet and father of the even-worse Nellie on "The Little House on the Prairie" from 1974 to 1983. This TV show is also one of my favorites. He was also Doc" on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and reunited with Michael Landon on two episodes of "Highway to Heaven."
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Just a "Little House"
You can go to a house in Mansfield, Missouri and see the desk where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote books about her frontier childhood.
This past April, 2007 marked the 75th anniversary of the first publication of "Little House in the Big Woods", the story of her life as a child in a cabin in Wisconsin. This launched a nine book series and an award-winning TV series that ran on NBC from 1974-1983.
The series has sold more than 41 million books in the US and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
She and her husband Almanzo spent half of their adult lives there. The Wilders bought the 400 acre farm in 1894 for $400 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic House and Museum gets 40,000 visitors a year.
She was in her 60s when she first started writing and it was at first turned down
I have never read any of the books, but sure liked the TV series, something I watched along with "The Waltons" every week. Loved that Mr. Edwards and who could forget dear little Nellie. The best episode was when Laura thought Mr. Oleson had killed his wife.
May 6, 2007 Chicago Tribune "Tears flow over 'Little House' by Marcus Kabe, AP
This past April, 2007 marked the 75th anniversary of the first publication of "Little House in the Big Woods", the story of her life as a child in a cabin in Wisconsin. This launched a nine book series and an award-winning TV series that ran on NBC from 1974-1983.
The series has sold more than 41 million books in the US and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
She and her husband Almanzo spent half of their adult lives there. The Wilders bought the 400 acre farm in 1894 for $400 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic House and Museum gets 40,000 visitors a year.
She was in her 60s when she first started writing and it was at first turned down
I have never read any of the books, but sure liked the TV series, something I watched along with "The Waltons" every week. Loved that Mr. Edwards and who could forget dear little Nellie. The best episode was when Laura thought Mr. Oleson had killed his wife.
May 6, 2007 Chicago Tribune "Tears flow over 'Little House' by Marcus Kabe, AP
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