- LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION FULL
- LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION CODE
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION FULL
Goldhil presents Little House on the Prarie The Complete Season 7 in its original full frame format (1:33:1). And yet, even after a steady dose of transgressive cinema and television, "Sylvia" still disturbs me-even if I highly doubt sex offenders wore nylon stocking caps on the prairie. But re-watching it, I was frequently laughing at the acting and earnest attempts at drama. I have foggy, weird, even dark memories of Little House primarily because I began watching it at this time of the show-some of this stuff I didn't really understand yet. The guest stars fare better, like James Cromwell (whom Almanzo's spinster sister falls in love with), Moses Gunn as boxer and friend to the blind Joe Kagan and Olivia Barash (Sylvia!) an actress who could have gone further. Landon always appeared natural (even when he did his famous Pa's-so-proud-of-you cry) and MacGregor, Bull and Arngrim offer comic relief, but the rest of the cast is so stilted. A good thing since it needed a little more shock value (my lord we've all seen Deadwood). There's a lot here (18 episodes) and going through all of them would take volumes so I'll just say the overall tone of the show became more, well, scandalous. We also deal with the adoption of Cassandra and James (played by little Jason Bateman), Hester Sue (Ketty Lester) calling off her wedding for a proud, sweet boxer (one of the show's corniest but best episodes) and of course, Adam and Mary's (Melissa Sue Anderson) frequent dilemmas. What's wrong with teaching the kid's French? Oh yes.they should all be farmers. Watching Harriet practice French to the annoyance of everyone is both humorous and quizzical.
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION CODE
Another has her taking over as Walnut Grove's school teacher during which she makes the kids commit to a flouncy dress code and learn French. It's a silly episode but filled with good intentions and some bonafide funny moments (some unintentional). Harriet gets some good episodes here-in one more famous one, she goes head to head with Percival's Jewish parents. Nellie's mother Harriet Olsen (Katherine MacGregor) however, is just as bitchy, putting on airs while her exasperated, henpecked husband Nels (Richard Bull) looks on. Mean Nellie Olsen (Alison Arngrim) is married also-to Percival (Steve Tracy) and she's not nasty anymore, she's as sweet as can be (we had to wait for Nellie surrogate Bad Seed inspired Nancy to come along later). Things have changed even more since Half Pint's nuptials.
She's a teacher and they live in a cute house much larger than that iconic shack her father Charles (Landon) and mother Caroline (Karen Grassle) reside in with Albert and Carrie (Lindsay Greenbush )-a child who never got any play on the show (was she a crappy actress?). The show kicks off with Laura (Melissa Gilbert) marrying the love of her life Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler). Yes it's Melrose Place on the Prairie, Michael Landon style, with the very early '80s Seventh Season of the popular family drama being amped up with enough extra juice to spread water cooler talk into the realms of rape, racism and the importance of agriculture-you think the show would forget its roots ever? One of the most controversial and racy episodes the show ever aired (well, maybe it's next to Albert becoming a morphine addict and vomiting on screen-but that's another season) "Sylvia" was the two-parter in which the growing-up-fast Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) falls in love with a girl who's raped, impregnated and…well, I won't reveal the ending for you. OK-if you at all remember Little House on the Prairie, the name "Sylvia" will surely ring a bell.
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