Revisiting LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE with Dean Butler

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10 ай бұрын

Actor, writer, and producer Dean Butler joins the podcast to discuss his years as Almanzo Wilder on the beloved classic TV series "Little House on the Prairie." We discuss the phenomenal popularity of the show and how he was cast and brought onto the show in the sixth season. Dean also discusses his relationship with star and executive producer Michael Landon and some of his memories on set. Then we discuss his co-star Melissa Gilbert, who was 8 years younger, and some of the awkwardness that gap in age caused with their storyline, including his memories of the memorable "first kiss" between a then 15-year-old Melissa and 23-year-old Dean. And we wrap up the discussion with a look forward to next year's 50th anniversary of the show and a sneak peek at a project Dean is working on.
Dean Butler played the character of Almanzo Wilder who was the love interest of Laura Ingles and eventually becomes her husband. Dean started on the show in season 6 and was in 65 episodes running through the ninth season, plus three TV movies. He was also a lead in the TV series THE NEW GIDGET starring Caryn Richman as Gidget, which ran for 44 episodes from 1986-88. He has been in dozens of TV series, and films including THE LOVE BOAT, FANTASY ISLAND, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.
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@fz1224 Ай бұрын

Almanzo Wilder, please come to Germany to visit !

@elizabethharrison7306 6 ай бұрын

The Little house the Prairie Love my favorite one fan Big Dolls Laura Ingles Wilder Love Book 📚 💖💖💖💖💖💖🌻

@kerryeastlake8812 6 ай бұрын

I have the complete box set I loved that show

@jaclynellentaylor732 3 ай бұрын

Dean and Melissa had great chemistry on screen despite the age gap. I love the LHOTP a lot. I love many tv shows,but This show is very special.It is so iconic, very American of the pioneering/homesteading era. It is unique in its own genre. the family values, the community bonding,the simplicity of family life despite the challenges,the innocence of young love, these are all the values of this show.

@theextrastv8283 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

@jansalcher6820 5 ай бұрын

You gotta remember there was 10 years between Laura and Almanzo.

@video198712 3 ай бұрын

I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie . Years later, one of my brothers, married a woman whom was from South Dakota and once she mentioned a city that I had heard of from the show (I think it was Mankato) after she said the name, " I said to her, "I didn't know that, that town still existed? And she said, it still did. I will say though, after they aired the episode, "Sylvia" the one where a girl gets raped (by the town's blacksmith) and became pregnant, I thought the show would have been cancelled after that. Obviously, those mothers who was appalled that they hired an older man to play Almanzo against Melissa Gilbert's "Laura Ingalls" didn't read the Little House Books, or did their "homework" they would have known that the real Almanzo, really was like 10 to 12 years older than the real Laura Ingalls