Websites to Visit
Melissa Gilbert's Website:
www.gilbertboxleitner.com
Alison Arngrim's Website: www.hgd.com/alison
Greenbush Twins Website:
www.greenbushtwins.com
Turnbaugh Twins Website: www.wendiandbrenda.com
Did You Know?
1) Lindsey and Sydney (baby Carrie) Greenbush's real names are Robin and Rachael Greenbush!
2) Nellie's corkscrew curls were actually part of a wig!
3) There were five main groups of siblings on set: Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson and Laura Ingalls), Patrick and Matthew Laborteau (Albert Ingalls and Andy Garvey), Lindsey and Sydney Greenbush (baby Carrie), Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh (baby Grace), and, much later, Jennifer and Michelle Steffin (baby Rose).
4) Katherine MacGregor (Mrs. Oleson) actually treated Alison (Nellie) like her daughter, telling her what to do and what not to do.
5) When Melissa (Laura) was a teenager, she got so sick of being called "half-pint" on and off the set that Alison (Nellie) started calling her "half-quart". She liked it better than "half-pint".
6) Katherine (Harriet Oleson) MacGregor's nickname is actually "Scottie".
7) Alison (Nellie) Arngrim mentioned that "Scottie" MacGregor is actually one of the nicest, most considerate people she knows, and is just wonderfully successful when trying to act like mean and greedy Harriet Oleson!
8) Melissa Gilbert (Laura) and Alison Arngrim (Nellie) were actually best friends.
9) Lindsey and Sydney (baby Carrie) looked up to Alison Arngrim (Nellie) as a role model!
10) Melissa Gilbert (Laura) is an adopted child!
11) During Matthew and Melissa's "Indian Adventure" episode was one of the only times Matthew Laborteau (Albert Ingalls) and Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls) got to ride horses!
12) When Dean Butler first started playing the role of Almanzo, he didn't know how to drive a wagon! The reins flew out of his hands more than once.
Assorted Fun Stuff
Old Dan Tucker Lyrics
Old Dan Tucker was a mighty man,
He washed his face in a fryin’ pan,
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
And died of a toothache in his heel
Git out the way for Old Dan Tucker,
He’s too late to eat his supper
Supper’ over and the dishes washed,
All that’s left is a piece of squash
Old Dan Tucker come to town
Swingin' the ladies round and round
First to the right, then to the left,
Then to the one that you love best
Old Dan Tucker clumb a tree
His Lord and master for to see
The limb it broke and he had a fall,
Never got to see his Lord at all
Old Dan Tucker come to town,
Riding a mule, leading a hound
The hound dog barked and the mule jumped
And it threw old Dan right over a stump
Old Dan tucker was a mighty man,
He washed his face in a fryin’ pan,
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
And died of a toothache in his heel
Git out the way for Old Dan Tucker,
He’s too late to eat his supper
Supper’s over and the dishes washed,
All that’s left is a piece of squash.
From On the Banks of Plum Creek and Little House on the Prairie
