i remember i remember

Wasn't the actress who plays young Caroline the same who played anna?

This was such a good one,

sweetkrissy2011 wrote:

Wasn't the actress who plays young Caroline the same who played anna?

Yep.

Was right.

I've watched this one 20 times and it never gets old....In my opinion, possibly the sweetest episode that was ever filmed on Little House. It's uncanny how these two were so believable as Charles and Caroline.

I have this one on my DVR...they played it on insp a couple of days ago. I never get tired of watching this one!   

Nice Vid

I'm a stickler when it comes to continuity. They also should've kept this episode istorically accurate out of respect for Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Charles was 17 & Caroline was 13 when the Ingalls moved to Concord, Wisconsin. They could've written more of an Almanzo/Laura type romance at first, and spanned three or four years.. It might not've had the same cutesy Hollywood appeal, but it would've stayed consistent "The Love of Johnny Johnson".

I just don't think it would have been the same without this!!

Guess I should've known people wouldn't take this issue seriously. I'll bet producers figured  'anyting to increase ratings'.  Many viewers would be children. Being respectful to Laura Ingalls Wildher took a back seat. Not to mention this episode contradicts what was said in "The Love of Johnny Johnson'.

Seems as though Jack is fiction also, along with Albert and Adam, and of course Jonathon Garvey and his family were dreamed up also. I don't think respect has anything to do with it. What is there to take seriously? Everyone knows that the TV Show was loosely based on the books. They took what they could from the books and embellished on the rest.

To say that Michael Landon disrespected Laura Ingalls is a travesty. That series is one of the most beloved ever made for television. And if you don't think it hasn't kept Laura's name alive for all these years, I simply think you are mistaken. Disrepectful? I don't think so.....

This is from a review of the new book that was just published.......

“I couldn’t believe that Pa traded Jack off,” Pamela Smith Hill says by phone from Portland, Ore. “I had to read that a couple of times.”

So Jack is “essentially a fictional creation,” not part of his pioneering family’s trek West in the late 1800s.

Absolutely well said, Savannah!

I loved this episode! It was a lot of fun seeing Charles and Caroline when they were younger. I thought that Katy Kurtzman did a very good job acting in this one, even better than when she played Anna in the music box episode. Oh, and of course Matt did a great job playing Charles... only my mind kept saying "what is Albert doing in here?"

I loved how the episode kept going back and forth  from scenes with Ma and the girls, to flashback scenes of her and Charles as she told them stories of when they were younger. Very nice episode!

Thing is, Jack was a real part of the Ingalls' family.....just not a shaggy dog as they had in the TV show.  Jack was a (and I cringe as I say this because of the bad rep these beautiful dogs have gotten through the years, (and I'm sure many here don't like them either)) Bull Terrier (Pit Bull)....Pa had him to protect his family when he went out hunting, and he came in useful while on their travels.  Laura tells of the story of the Indians coming into their home while Pa was away.  Jack protected his family and the Indians were afraid of him...NOT because he was a Pit Bull, but because he was SO dedicated to his family and extremely protective of them.  When Pa left and told Jack to watch out for the family, Jack took his job seriously..... 




"Pit Bulls accompanied pioneer families on their explorations. Laura Ingalls Wilder of the popular Little House on the Prairie books owned a Pit Bulldog named Jack. Famous individuals like Theodore Roosevelt and Helen Keller owned the breed. It was during this time that the Pit Bull truly became America's sweetheart breed, admired, respected and loved"

Interesting Rhonda, I thought that Jack was a bulldog from reading the books. And pit bulls are one of the sweetest breeds... my dog is a pit bull mix.

The series, as a whole, was a token of respect to LIW, but some of the changes I found disrespectful. We may just have to agree to disagree on that. Of course some things would have to be modified from the books, but they could've made more of an attempt than they did to stay closer to the books.

For the most part, I thought "I Remember! I Remember!" was a sappy, predictable, poorly-acted ratings-grabber. A more historical account of Charles & Caroline would've been more fitting, & possible more interesting if they'd gotten actors who looked like Landon & Grassle.

This is one of my favorite episodes of Little House on the Prairie, it was neat to see how Charles and Caroline met. It was funny to see Charles acting out in class too, you wouldn't exactly have expected that from the man Charles was in most of the episodes of the show.

I keep forgetting that Jack the dog is different from the book.

I knew the young Caroline looked familiar. So, she played Anna in the music box. Did she played a different character?

Watched this one yesterday. I didn't remember it all that well, as I had not seen it for a long time. Not really one of my favorites. I didn't like having to hear/see young Charles getting beaten constantly by that horrid teacher. And then by the boys. It just seemed like so much of the episode was about beating on young Charles. I am glad his pa apparently was able to put a stop to the teacher beating Charles.

I also was not really clear why young Caroline actually liked Charles....he did seem kind of a strange boy! But I guess she saw something inside.

It also seemed like grown-up Ma was not all that concerned about Charles being so late. Remembering what happened to young Charles when he was late for the dance would only add to my concern, I think!

Matthew Labyorteux (I never know how to spell his name!) and the girl who played young Caroline both did their parts well, even if the episode is not one of my favorites.