Discuss Little House on the Prairie
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What this show suffered from
posted by Benton12STAFFMOD on October 10, 2020 at 11:11 AM
And the TV sequel. Bad case of instant-kid-for-life-syndrome. Too many kids over 8 years of age suddenly get into these families they were unconnected to by biology or marriage. Does not happen that much in real life!
Reply by NorthernLad
on September 30, 2024 at 7:23 AM
I think Michael Landon was trying to recreate the original dynamic the show had at the beginning and it simply didn't work.
Reply by Benton12
on September 30, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Maybe. The worse case ( if you count the sort of sequel show) was Jenny Wilder. Would have been better if her dad, Total, had left her with Laura and Almonzo because he had gone off to Europe to do business and he would be back. Jenny seemed too contrived being merely another semi-grown instant your kid for your life example. And the real Royal Wilder lived to the 20th century and he had no daughter by the name of Jenny. Besides, the character had been seen recently before in the show, and he had no daughter Jenny, was played by a different actor, and he had a wife alive and he had very young male offspring!
(Jenny was related by blood to Almonzo but still.)
Reply by Benton12
on October 3, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I could not correct Total to Royal.