Little House on the Prairie

A Christmas They Never Forgot - S8-E11

Corrected entry: Caroline recalls a Christmas after her mother remarried after her father dies when she was about 12 years old. But in a previous episode Caroline's real father is visiting righting his memory book.

Correction: The man you're talking about, from s06e11, "Author! Author!", was Fredrick Holbrook who was in fact Caroline's step-father, whom she grew close to and regarded as if he were her natural father.

Bishop73

Correction: If you check the episode and wikipedia: gramophone, you will see that is not a Victrola (not yet invented at the time) but a gramophone (already existing).

Country Girls - S1-E2

Corrected entry: When Miss Beadle rings the bell for the class to come in on Mary and Laura's first day of school the bell doesn't make any sound.

Correction: Ms Beadle rings a cow bell and you can hear it.

Gold Country - S3-E21

Corrected entry: Mr Edwards is illiterate, so how did he read the article from the newspaper he gave to Charles - even down to knowing where, location-wise, the article is on the newspaper page? He even explained in detail what the article says to Charles. (00:07:00 - 00:08:00)

EyeCatcher

Correction: Back in S2, "His Father's Son," Isaiah couldn't read John's poignant letter to him. It's shown at the very end that Isaiah is learning to read on his own. When John finds Isaiah alone at the treehouse, the camera zooms in on the book lying on the windowsill - "McGuffey's Eclectic Primer" - a textbook to teach reading. In S2, E18, "The Long Road Home," Isaiah sees Charles writing a letter to Caroline and says he has "tried" to write but "kept busting all the pencils," which means he's already learned to read.

Super Grover

The Talking Machine - S2-E13

Corrected entry: Jason mentions to Laura that someday there will be a "steam powered airplane." The word "airplane" did not even exist at that time - "flying machine" or so would likely be used during that era.

Correction: The WORD "airplane" already exist on that time, from 2nd half of 19th century, in french "aeroplane", check on pls.

Harriet's Happenings - S5-E8

Corrected entry: At the end of this episode Charles Ingalls stands in the church pulpit and confronts Harriet for all the pain she has caused the town. In the course of his dialogue he references Exodus 20:16, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". The mistake is he referred to this as the 8th commandment. It is, in fact, the 9th.

sbaggett

Correction: Some Christian denominations number the Ten Commandments differently from others. Although it is unclear which denomination the church in Walnut Grove is affiliated with, Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches number "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor" as the 8th commandment.

ajd2006

Show generally

Corrected entry: It was against school board rules in those days for a married woman to be a teacher. Laura never taught school after she was married. Also Miss Beadle would have had to quit once she became Mrs. Sims.

Correction: I'm trying to figure out if this is based on historical facts or the shows storyline. Either way, it doesn't really matter. In the show, Caroline Ingalls and Mrs Olsen regularly substituted. Mr Applewood appeared for one episode. In real life, When Laura returned to Walnut Grove, she learned Nellie now had a rival: The school teacher's daughter. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Little-House-Prairie-1131/Walnut-Grove-Teacher.htm http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/life.html.

Rlvlk

Show generally

Corrected entry: The show is set in a small town on the southern Minnesota prairie, which is flat and nearly treeless. But the show was filmed in the foothills of southern California in terrain which bears absolutely no resemblance to Minnesota. Certain episodes, for example, show the characters camping, fishing and hunting in mountainous terrain - there are no mountains within hundreds of miles of Minnesota.

Correction: You are wrong, the state of Minnesota has mountains. The Sawtooth Mountains, Eagle Mountain (2,301 feet) just to name a couple. Plus there are mountains in South Dakota (the Black Hills are wooded mountains), one of the neighboring states of Minnesota. So to say that there are no mountains within hundreds of miles of Minnesota is totally wrong.

There are no mountains in southern Minnesota. The few episodes set in South Dakota were in Eastern South Dakota. The Black Hills are at the western end of the state. So, it is correct to say that the mountains are unrealistic, especially the very high rugged mountains shown in several episodes. I recall one episode, Mr. Edwards referred to "high country." There is no "high country" in Minnesota.

Show generally

Corrected entry: After Caroline starts working at the restaurant in town, who takes care of Grace? Charles is also working outside the home; Laura and Mary are teaching; Albert and Carrie, then later James and Cassandra, are at school. We don't see Caroline take Grace to anyone's home, nor does she take her to the restaurant.

Correction: Actually in the episode where Caroline is telling/asking Charles about working at the restaurant she tells him that Mrs. Garvey has agreed to watch Grace while she is working and the kids are in school.

Bunny - S3-E4

Corrected entry: At the end of the show when Nellie is destroying her room, she throws a ceramic horse at a tapestry of her mother on the wall. The tapestry says "porcelain 1980". (00:47:52)

Correction: I think it's a stretch to say it has "1980" on it. It looks more like "1880" or even "1820." But it should be pointed out that the episode aired Jan 1977, so it's not like "1980" represents the year it was made.

Bishop73

Correction: According to Alison's autobiography (Nellie Oleson) they did the stunt, not stunt doubles.

More mistakes in Little House on the Prairie

Albert Quinn Ingalls: Ma, please don't tell me I'm too young to know how I feel.
Caroline: I wasn't going to tell you that, and don't ever raise your voice to me while you live in this house.

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Trivia: Star Michael Landon was born 100 years after the real Charles Ingalls. Ingalls born 1836 and Landon born 1936. Lindsay/Sidney Greenbush (who played Carrie) was born 100 years after the real Carrie. Carrie in 1870 and the Greenbush twins in 1970.

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