Little Home on the Prairie debuted on NBC simply over 40 years in the past in September 1974 — and the beloved sequence typically feels as related as ever right this moment.
The present is predicated on the sequence of books of the identical identify penned by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Following the adventures of the Ingalls household in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, the sequence ran for 9 seasons.
Along with its fundamental forged, Little Home additionally launched the careers of Jason Bateman, who performed James Cooper Ingalls, and actuality star Kyle Richards, who starred as Alicia Sanderson Edwards.
Sadly, not the entire authentic forged continues to be with us. Michael Landon, who starred as Charles “Pa” Ingalls, died of pancreatic most cancers on July 1, 1991, on the age of 54. Richard Bull, who performed Nels Olsen for all 9 seasons of the present, died in 2014 on the age of 89, and Kevin Hagen, who performed Dr. Hiram “Doc” Baker, died of esophageal most cancers in 2004.
The surviving forged of the sequence nonetheless hosts occasions round the US in honor of the present and its cultural affect. Right here’s the place the forged of Little Home on the Prairie is now: