Did you know.... (LHOTP Trivia)

I thought it would be cool to list some interesting facts about Little House on the Prairie. For example, trivia and other stuff... this way, we can learn more about the show. :tapdance:

Some of these, a lot of people know... but maybe not everyone...


Okay, I'll start. :flower:

Did you know that Melissa Gilbert (Laura) and Jonathan Gilbert (Willie) are brother and sister in real life? They were both adopted.

Did you know Sarah Gilbert who appeared as the daughter in Roseanne is a step-sister of Melissa Gilbert?

Did you know that Matt Labyorteaux who played Albert also went on to be a guest star in another Landon series - Highway to Heaven?

Did you know Matt Labyorteaux and Pat Labyorteaux are adopted brothers, and Matt does voice overs for animated movies and Pat went on to play a Marine in the TV series JAG? :twist:

Did you now that Allison Arngrim's (Nelly) mother did the voice for Gumby

Did you know that Rev. Alden played the older Tom Hanks in "The Green Mile".

Did you know Victor French co-starred with Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven.

Did you know the girl that played Rachel Brown; Willie's wife, was a model for the Little Mermaid when they needed to draw the body? :twist:

She was??? Interesting...
I love The Little Mermaid!

Did you know that Michael Landon's youngest daughter, Jennifer Landon, stars on the daytime soap opera, As The World Turns, as Gwen Norbeck Munson and won a daytime emmy for the role?

Did you know that several of the storylines for Little House were taken directly from Bonanza?

Cool thread, btw, and I did not know that about the actress who played Rachel! LOL...ironically, the daycare & I are watching our new Little Mermaid right now! :flower:

Did You Know On the Episode The Crafts Man Willie and Nellie Think Jew's have horns That that Happend too Michael Landon's when he was Young some of the kids wanted to feel see if he really had horns

I remember reading about that Jacob. It's interesting how Mike used that in the storyline. Kids can be so mean...

Yeah

Did you know that Dean Butler is married to Katherine Cannon who starred in another Michael Landon production, "Father Murphy" alongside LHOP alumni Merlin Olsen?

Did you know that Dabs Greer was the preacher who married Mike and Carol in the pilot episode of The Brady Bunch. Later on, Melissa Sue Anderson was cast on that show as a girlfriend of Bobby Brady. He kissed her and went down in history as the only Brady kid who was kissed on air.

Did you know that Edmund Stoiber (Reverend Hartwig) has a namesake in Germany, who is the currently minister-president of the state of Bavaria? (clickedyclick for an article on wikipedia)

Did you know that some of the storylines from LH came from Bonanza and some of LH music was used on Bonanza?

Do you know that in 1992, Dabbs Greer acted in the serie "Picket fences" (High Secret City)? You may say...Well, and then? There, Dabbs Greer played a REVEREND's character! Yes! Again! :shifty:

Vanesa.

Did you now that Karen Grassle was on the daytime serial called The Love of Life? She played Bonnie Draper in the early 1970's.

A member in a german LHOTP-forum, I'm also a member in, got mail from Katherine MacGregor, who told her that she would move to an old folks home in a couple of weeks.
I thought this could be interesting to know.