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A very fine show. Only reason I didn't give it five was the rich people who owned the store were too over the top. Good writing, wholesome family entertainment.

I loved this show! I find it great that my daughters' 2nd grade class are watching this show! It showed, as MissPackRat said, a wholesome family in a time of innocence, still dealing with hard times (and look, they never applied for welfare or killed people for money). Great, great values and morals show!

Although a lot of elements in this show were greatly different from the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, this heart-warming series, if anything, paints an excellent picture of a typical family pulling together through hard times in the late 19th century, complete with a lot of conflict and character development. Laura Ingalls Wilder, the heroine, grew from a small girl in pigtails to a wife and mother raising a daughter of her own during the run of this series. In the '70s and '80s, there were still plenty of shows that were wholesome enough for families to watch together. You just don't see very much of that anymore, I'm sorry to say.

Even though their weren't many blacks on this show, there was a strong sense of family togetherness, love, and faith. I didn't miss one episode.

I love Little House on the Prairie. I wish there were shows today as good as this one.

I LOVE LITTLE HOUSE AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO START FROM WHEN THE KIDS WERE LITTLE AND THE VERY FIRST SHOW THE ONE THAT STARTED THE SHOW I LOVE TO WATCH THEM GROW UP IT BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES SO BRING THEM BACK WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE PLEASE START FROM THE FIRST ONE
THANK YOU GLENDA RATING THIS NO 1 OF ALL TV SHOWS

Ah!, My favorite show. I still watch an ocassional rerun. Taught value and manners, and, all the other good stuff you can't find in most of the newer programing. Michael Landon was one of my favorite actors. And, of course, everyone loved Laura.

This series is fantastic.I have seen every eposode and I love watching Mellissa Gilbert!

Weak and boring.

This is one of those few select programs I enjoy watching. Always heartwarming and inspiring. I literally grew up watching this program.

I wanted to be Laura and Mary when I was little! :) Still a good family show - although watching it as an adult its not quite as good as I remember, but then again what is??

I loved Little House on the Prarie when I was a little girl, and I love it even more through reruns. When I watched an episode, I would get this good, warm feeling inside. I loved the Laura/Nellie rivalry the best in the whole show. But the one character I loved the most was Mary. She is beautiful, intelligent, elegant, mature-no wonder the boys was crazy about her! To me, she will be "the golden girl of Walnut Grove." I just wished that the writers were a little more truer to the books, though. There were some characters in the books that could have been included in the show-like Cap Garland, Mary Power, etc. All in all, a wonderful, heartwarming show. They sure don't make shows like that anymore.

I LOVED this show!I remember when i was a kid, no matter what i was doing in the house, i would always come running when i heard the opening theme-lol. The only thing i never got....what the heck was soo funny? Ever notice that sometimes everyone would just burst out laughing, for no apparent reason? maybe i am the dense one, i dunno. =) have a good day!

I wish the waltons and little house had the equivilant of a gang war like the blood and crips and annihilated each other.Both were equally as bland the only story worse of this genre was some grotesque show called apples way.

I thoroughly enjoyed the show as a girl. Today, I still watch it, through different eyes. I think this show should be reinroduced to every generation. I'm curious about the characters now. I'd like to see a reunion. Are you able to suggest it, possibly?

The show really started to slide once that older sister went blind.

it was a heartwarming family show. michael landon was a success in making the characters he played memorable. he was a wonderful actor that left the world too soon.

ya i liked this show alot so what it was good

There is nothing better than a show that allows the entire family to sit down and watch. Parents don't have to worry about their kids getting sucker punched with some sexual inuendo; kids get to see other kids getting into kiddish trouble. Sure, the acting was not the greatest at times, but, with those stories, who cares!

There is so much depth in this show. It is a favorite.

Deeply moral and yet very witty in its own subtle way. You either get it or you dont. Classic Americana at its very best.

I would have rather done homework than watch this pathetic show.

I still watch these repeats. I don't think they will ever get old.

Sentimental hogwash. Mike Landon's character looked like he never worked a day in his life.

Great classic that shows courage and hope. Great for the entire family. But sometimes it focused a little too much on little Half Pint. And come on...Mary's baby and Alice Garvey dying in a fire in the Blind House? That's ridiculous; Mary was troubled enough in her life as it is. But all in all, the show was great anyhow.

Smarmy is the word.Kind of like eating your entire halloween take in half an hour.... B A R F !!!!

awesome series.. too bad it had to end.. never been a show like it since unfortunately. thank god for reruns... wish they would do a reunion somehow

Some reviewers mention that this show was not realistic in portraying its characters and themes. This is one of the qualities that made the show so poignant. It represents an idealism of what the world should be like and how people should treat others with dignity and have forgiveness and compassion in their heart. Anyone who claims this type of programming would taint our children is speaking absurdly. I would much rather taint my children with good values and a compassionate view of life than the absolute garbage we expose them to today. Little House on the Prairie exemplifies to our children a wholesome way of living they can strive for in a modern day world filled with greed and immorality. There may never be a show again to duplicate its grandeur.

Little House on the Prairie is the most amazing show in the entire woorld! I loev Michael Landon and everyone on the show. This show gives me chills when I watch it. It it absolutley wonderful and I hope it always continues to bring people hope and happiness.

I still enjoy watching this show...it gives me a comforting feeling. I started watching in the rerun stages of the 80's and would highly reccommend parents to pick up the tapes and have their children watch!!! Excellent show wich exemplifies great moral values...The beggining seasons were always my favorite

Great at the beginning...got really bad about season six. How many kids did the Ingalls have to adopt? Albert was the worst...missed Mary and Nellie when they left the show. When it became the Melissa Gilbert Show in about the seventh season (when she meets and marries Almonzo) I knew it was time to stop watching.

Boring and sappy at times.

The idea of the show was a great one. I'd love to see a good program with this setting, some day. But there is so much not to like about this: Michael Landon was too preachy, always making his character the big hero, exposing the greed or hypocrisy of others. Melissa Gilbert's ego showed through too strongly. And it was strange that she had a little tiny kid's voice when she WAS a kid, but when she grew up and became a school teacher, she still had the same tiny kid voice. Big Sister was much more likeable, (more attractive too) and put in a masterful performance in the episode where she went blind. But in a miraculously short period of time, she became an overbearingly happy blind person, staring blankly from side to side and grinning every time she talked. Also, the characters talked like people of the late 20th century. And considering the rugged terrain and lifestyle of the times, it seems strange that they looked so freshly laundered and starched all the time.

This show sucked. Was boring as watching golf. I never could see what the hell people seen in this hsow other than something guaranteed to put you to sleep.

Little House is without a doubt one of the best shows in television history. The loveable Michael Landon is a genius in his role as Pa Ingalls. This is a wonderful family show with many great lessons learned in each episode. Excellent cast, writing, directing, and producing. Ma, Laura, Mary, Nellie, etc. all are characters written beautifully into the storyline and brilliantly portrayed by a talented group of cast members! This show will be cherished for many years to come as new generations of viewers emerge. A++++++

this show is a timeless masterpiece of the heart..michael landon is an incredible visionary gone way before his time...the innocence and truth this show portrayed is second to none,and its place in television greatness is complete...

Loved the series, Michael Landon was excellent in the role of Charles Ingalls.

awesome show keep on air PLEASE

I must agree, I always thought this was a wonderful family show. The acting was great, and so was just about everything else. There are only a few small complaints about the show I didn't like, but too small to mention. I recommend this show to everyone, including children.

I think that this show offered the best of America, when people could be trusted and a mans word meant something. A lot of folks dismiss it a drivel, but this was life back then! The world we live in now is a mess. This show transports me back to what I believe was a better time of life. Some of the ideas were a bit overdone, but the overall message is one of love and friendship, something lost through the generations. The times may have been glorified, but the thought of love and family and honest labor is what built this country, unfortunately greed has taken over and our children are taught through todays shows and movies that it's ok to be disrespectful and hateful, that if you aren't, you'll wind up with nothing. Morals mean nothing to todays society. AS I read through some of these ratings, I am incensed at what I'm seeing. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, butit is this kind of person that has brought this natiion to what it is. I agree that you must be strong to survive, but come on people, This was one of the last great shows, Landon was brilliant, the cast was nothing short of phenomenal and the overall story and setting makes you want to be a better person. To be proud of a hard days work, and not let the almighty dollar rule your world!!!

When LH was new i did'nt watch it, never knew it exsisted now i see it in reruns every day that i can wish it came on more, love all the actors and actresses what a Wonderful show

Wonderful family show!

I never cared much for this show. My Mother even forbid anyone to watch it as she stated it was a depressing show. I just thought it very boring myself.

I'm really hopping that this show will be put back on tv so girls will have something good to watch.

I really love watching this positive, uplifting show -- I never seem to tire of it. If you have any kind of bitterness or cynicism in your heart, you probably won't like it. If, on the other hand, you respect Christian values and are the type of person who always tries to find good in everyone and everything with gratitude in your heart, you will definitely connect with this show.

a wonderful show for anyone to watch

its stupid theres rilly no point in having that show because theres no funny parts in it and no one waches it any way

Insipid, pukey nonsense. Why is it that programs that attempt to be family-oriented entertainment invariably end up being preachy, saccharine crap that will result in filling up your children's heads with a load of delusional nonsense, fairy tales, misconceptions, dogma, propaganda and programic cliches? If your children watch this sort of crap they're likely to grow up with a warped concept of existence and be gravely disappointed and disillusioned when reality bears its ugly head. Why not be honest and forthright with our children rather than coddling and sheltering them needlessly? Being overprotective is actually rendering a disservice to one's children, but present-day Americans don't seem to get it. LHOTP is a classic case of sugarcoating that taints children's minds rather than giving them the perceptual tools they're going to sorely need as adults. What's more, this show wasn't even entertaining. So, what's the point? To provide that no-talent Michael Landon with yet another cash cow at which to suckle?

Hello!. I love the series "The little house on the prairie". Every time I am sad or just little down, I watch a episode of the series and after one second, I feel better. "The little house on the prairie" is my lucky pills. Laura is my favourite character. She is a strong and independent woman. I have all episodes of the series on tape and am watching an episode every day. My friends and family thinks that I am geek because I am a big fan of the series. I hate them. They don’t understand me, the eggheads!. Because I’m a big fan, I give the series five stars.

It would have been better if they set it in an outdoor toilet. Then, it would be Little Outhouse on the Prairie and it would actually have some semblence of humor and class.

In my opinion Little House On The Prairie is one of the greatest shows that has ever been on t.v. I remember watching it when I was little, and I used to play as the characters with my sisters.(Yes I am a guy and I like the show, and no I am not gay, not that there is anything wrong with that.I had to say that cause I have gotten that kind of remark before when I say I like the show)Well I am 21 years old now I and still watch the show in reruns and I still get involved in it even though I know what's going to happen. And I admit, there are things that are wrong with the show, as it can be too preachy and also a little sappy, but all in all its a good show. My favorite character has always been Laura. It is great to see how much she changes throughout the series but also keeps some of the key parts about her attitude and everything. I have read the books too and I think the show hit pretty well with how the stories went. Oh, and how could someone say in their comment that Mary was more likable and attractive than Laura? No way! Laura is hot, and still is!(Melissa Gilbert that is)Ok, sorry I am kind of off subject here. Ok well yeah I think Little House On The Prairie is a great show and I look forward to still watching it for years to come, and I hope they bring out all the episodes on DVD, in season boxsets, like they have been doing lately with alot of shows. Long live Little House!

What a classic! Little House on the Prairie is one of my favorites! How many television shows now days are based on actual events and have a moral in each episode? Few to none. Each character is so unique. Not to mention the range of characters (Reverend Alden to Nellie Oleson). This show has it all, for instance, great actors/actresses. I've been a fan since I was a kid, and during any episode involving Nellie Oleson, I would say to my Dad, "I hate Nellie! I wish they'd take her off the show!She's so mean!". My Dad would always reply, "If you hate her that much, that means she's a great actress". That quote always stuck in my head. Another instance of great acting: Michael Landon. He was a brilliant, sincere, warm hearted actor. I truly feel he wasn't acting. I feel what he did in front of that camera was how he felt. He put it all out there, and honestly, he can bring me to tears. The stories are wonderful, and the morals are even better. It's been almost twenty years since I watched that last episode air March 21, 1983.I still look forward to watching Little House on the Prairie today (in sindication). Any show that can make me feel that way, is an A+.

This one was just never on the top of my list. They always seemed so somber, and you always knew something bad was probably going to happen. A lot of people consider this a heartwarming show, and I can understand that. It just never was one of my favorites.

I have to give this show a high rating because it was a great show. My family and I watched this show every time it came on...so I probably love it for sentimental reasons. I do watch the reruns when they come on still. Once Laura and Mary got older and married... the show went down hill from there. It was really good when they were younger. I still love Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert to this day.

watching from the united kingdom, this year,2002. i love it, never miss it. would love to own it on video, but can not get it over here,

As a family we loved the show, my oldest daughter read the books and them. It is another tv classic, and I am glad it was on and I watch it on cable now. Maybe the trouble with people thinking a show [older one] is corney now is because we have let the tv networks push in to our homes so much trash, that whem we watch a show that doesn't have swearing, or a lot of violance we think its corney.

all though this show was a bit syrupy at times, It had some of some televisions most memorable characters, I watch just to laugh at Nasty Nellie and Mrs. Olson.

This is my all-time favourite tv show. i watch it every week day on tv and many weekends on my movies. i would possibly watch these shows 24 7 if i was aloud but i am not aloud to. I still ball my eyes out in the really sad episodes and laugh my heart out in the funny ones. I would have to say that the sadest episode is the last one where they blow up the town and everyone leaves. I still cry a whole lot through that one every time i see it. I think the actors are great expecailly Melissa Gilbert and Micheal Landon i am possitivly addicted to that tv show and their will never be a better tv show no matter what anybody says.

The books are much better...and they really began to depend less on historical accuracy as the series moved on...but it was a show for its time. The Ingalls family home became the place to go for any lost or abandoned child. The best character by far on the show was Nellie Olson played by Allison Arngrim...when Melissa Sue Anderson left, the show began a downward spiral. It was downright scary when they blew up Walnut Grove. But overall, there were many good episodes...my own kids watch the show today and enjoy it.

I think this was the greatest show ever. I grew up with Little House on the Prairie and still watch it every morning and then again at night. I have every single episode on tape. Some episodes I have several copies of just in case something happens to one or the show should not air anymore. This is an excellent show for those who want quality viewing for their families. The episodes are rich in the lessons of family, friendship, love, values and morals. I believe that the cast did a wonderful job and wish this show and more like them were on the air today, and not just as reruns. There are way too many programs out there that show the negativity and hate that is so prevalent today. I'd really like to see a reunion of the cast and crew. I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS GREAT FAMILY SHOW>

I have to agreee that Little House on the Prairie is not without its faults. Yes, it is a bit corny that Adam got his eyesight back, and that Mary was the worst crier ever. But I have to admit unashamedly..I LOVE the show. With all its faults, and I have seen every episode enough to know them all (How many times was the set for the blind school used as another chracter's house?). But I must praise Micheal Landon for giving us a show that is permiated with values, Christian love, and placing family first. I'll watch it every time it is on, and feel beter about the world after I do.

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! I'm in College, an Agriculture Business Major, and I watch this show twice a day!!!! It is addicting! I can't figure out if it's the farmboy charm of Almanzo, or the good looks of Dean Butler, well, ok it's getting to look at Dean Butler for an hour, but that's why I watch!!!

little house on the prairie was so entertaining. the show had love, tears and laughter. that must be why they still show it on re-runs.

I can't believe my mother still likes these reruns. This is the slowest, most drawn out, boring show ever.