but yeah, i mean, the way that charles ingalls was portrayed for example by michael landon, i have a picture in my slide show of michael landon with his shirt off, you know, and his chest shaved. >> that wasn't pa, huh? >> that probably was not happening a lot on the prairie, i'm thinking. i could give you a million examples. they didn't wear sho to walk around, or go to town or go to school, right. >> right. >> but michael landon didn't want them to have -- >> i think michael landon really did emphasize the success of the family. so his kids did wear shoes. >> shoes, right. >> and they had toys that the -- you know, the real ingalls girls i think coveted and would have loved to have had but didn't have. >> but didn't, right. well, so also in the -- i don't remember every detail of the tv series. but laura ingalls, how did it show the indians, and how did that compare to how the indians were portrayed in the books? i mean, laura -- there's some mixed sort of messages there, it seems. >> yeah. i mean, i'm aware of just a handful of instances, especially one episode of the tv show, tha

didn't want them to have -- >> michael landon did emphasize the success of the family. so his kids did wear shoes, right. >> and they had toys that the real ingalls girls coveted and would have loved to have had, but didn't have. >> right. >> i don't remember the detail of the tv series. how did it show the indians and how did that compare to how the indians were portrayed in the books? i mean, laura, there is a mixed sort of messages there, it seems. >> yeah. i'm aware of a handful of instances especially one episode of the tv show that showed what was meant to be an indian boy and laura's interaction with him, and i think that these were, again, ideas of michael landon who also did a lot of bonanza episodes. >> oh, did he? they were bonanza plots? >> i don't think they had anything to do with historical reality or even with wilder's own memories, you know, that come through so strongly in little house on the prary which she called her indian country novel and which does portray a number offen counters that she and her family had with indians in kansas which are, you k

[inaudible] michael landon did really emphasize the success of the family. his kids did wear shoes and they had toys that the real ingalls girls i think coveted and would have loved to have had, but did not have. >> right. i don't remember every detail of the tv series, but how did it show the indians and how did that compare to how the indians were portrayed in the books? i mean there are some mixed sort of messages there it seems. >> yeah, i mean i'm aware of just a handful of instances, especially one episode of the tv show that showed but was meant to be in indian boy and rose's interaction with him. i think these were, again, just ideas of michael landon, who apparently also repurposed a lot of bonanza episodes. [laughs] >> didi? >> yes. i don't think really it had anything to do with historical reality, or even with wilder's own memories that come through so strongly in a little house on the prairie. she called it her indian country novel. it does portray a number of encounters and her family had with indians in kansas. which are, today when we read th