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Nellie Oleson Burns Down "Little House On The Prairie"

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Shakesthecoffecan:
Here is a wiki link to an article on Nellie Oleson, who Laura Ingalls Wilder created out of three people she knew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Oleson

Brown Eyes:


LOL!  I used to watch Little House a lot too when I was a kid.  I remember loving Nellie... I got such a kick out of watching her "bad girl" antics.

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: shakesthecoffeecan on June 18, 2010, 10:14:37 am ---Here is a wiki link to an article on Nellie Oleson, who Laura Ingalls Wilder created out of three people she knew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Oleson

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That was fascinating! Thanks, Truman!

Tell you what. I read all the Wilder books, though "late in life." Except for Little House in the Big Woods, I didn't have them when I was a kid; I only read them--I admit--as a teenager after seeing the pilot movie for the TV series. What I'm getting at here, though, is that the description of Genevieve Masters in the Wikipedia article reminded me of the fictionalized version of Almanzo Wilder's sister, Eliza Jane, in the books. So maybe Genevieve Masters was the "inspiration" for two of Wilder's characters.

David In Indy:

--- Quote from: Mandy21 on June 18, 2010, 09:50:55 am ---I grew up with "Little House" in the late 70's / early 80's -- never missed it.  Last year, I checked out all 9 seasons, every episode, from the library, and watched them, in order, all over again.  Life was so much simpler and more straightforward and more black-and-white back then, it made me really feel at peace to watch them all over again as a grown woman in this complicated, unbelievably messed-up world we live in now.

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Wal-Mart has those Little House DVDs for sale! Cheap! I now own seasons 1-6. At Wal-Mart they are selling them two seasons in a pack for $19.88 or something like that. $10.00 a season sounded like a good price to me, so I bought the seasons 1 and 2 pack and also the seasons 5-6 pack. They didn't have the season 3 and 4 pack in stock, but when I went back a couple weeks later they had it, so I bought that one too!

I watch them all the time. If you're looking to buy those DVDs Mandy, I'd go up to Wal-Mart if I were you. :)

David In Indy:

--- Quote from: atz75 on June 18, 2010, 10:31:34 am ---
LOL!  I used to watch Little House a lot too when I was a kid.  I remember loving Nellie... I got such a kick out of watching her "bad girl" antics.



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I remember watching it as a kid too, Amanda. It came on Monday nights, didn't it? Anyway, like you, I loved Nellie. And Mrs. Oleson was very funny. :)

And I had a HUGE crush on Michael Landon! :laugh:

And I thought Almonzo and Adam were very cute too.

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