Week #6 – Radio & Television. What was your favorite radio or television show from your childhood? What was the program about and who was in it?
Easy question! We LOVED Little House on the Prairie when we were kids. It was so unfortunate that for a long time it aired around dinner time which meant that there was a lot of begging to be allowed to watch it while eating dinner (standard rule was that the TV was not on during dinner). Poor David (our brother)got outvoted by the girls a lot when it came to TV shows so he ended up watching a fair amount of Little House himself. I think he secretly liked it just a little but would never admit it. If he posts a rebuttal to this we can see if he actually reads our blog or not..
So, what was it about that show that sucked us in? I think that I can safely say that Laura, played by Melissa Gilbert, was everyone's favorite character. The "Sweet Sixteen" episode where Almanzo finally fell in love with Laura was a favorite. For some reason we were also really fascinated with Helen Keller and the concept of blindness so the story line about Mary's blindness also captured our attention.
And, to add to the dorkiness of our childhood already revealed, we had our mom make us our very own pioneer girl dresses just like Laura. And no, we will not be posting those pictures (Anna, no comments please).
Did anyone else enjoy Little House on the Prairie?
Just one little picture?
ReplyDeleteok,my kids, esp. Kiersen have just discovered this, and she loves it. I have it DVR'd cause Hallmark channel plays it, and every day I am waiting for the "sweet sixteen" episode!!!!! i cracked up when i read this, I know you loved the show too, but i didn't know anyone else would remember the same favorite episode. truly, i can see why we are friends! :) If we catch it on our dvr, you can come over and watch it...:)
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