“Little House on the Prairie” Actors Share the Michael Landon Dialogue That Came Full-Circle at His Funeral

The Little House connected nan Prairie cast is reflecting connected nan full-circle quality of nan precocious Michael Landon's astir oft-quoted statement of dialogue.

On nan May 29, 2025, section of the Little House 50 podcast, co-hosts Pamela Bob, Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler said astir an section successful nan show's 2nd play titled "Remember Me," which centered connected a widow diagnosed pinch incurable crab who must find what will hap to her 3 young children.

The section was written and directed by Landon, who besides played patriarch Charles Ingalls connected nan show, and it was an affectional re-watch for nan show's erstwhile stars.

"I deliberation this location are elements of this section that are truthful quintessentially Michael and his full return connected truthful galore different things," said Butler, 69. "One of his astir quoted lines of dialogue, which interestingly is mostly quoted to Laura Ingalls Wilder — was, 'Remember maine pinch smiles and laughter for that is really I will retrieve you.' "

While nan statement is often attributed to Wilder, it was Landon himself who wrote it — and successful a unusual twist, those aforesaid words would 1 time beryllium utilized to grant him, pursuing his decease from pancreatic crab successful 1991.

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Butler continued: "The beautiful character Patricia Neal said nan statement successful nan episode. And interestingly, Melissa Gilbert quoted nan statement astatine Michael's ceremonial work successful July of 1991, arsenic portion of her remarks, which were immoderate of nan astir beautiful remarks I'd ever heard. Melissa, who's incredibly articulate, was really, really spectacular successful in that situation."

The full-circle infinitesimal of nan statement of speech being utilized successful Landon's memorial, said Butler, meant that nan words "became a signature successful Michael's life."

Arngrim, 63, added that she still can't watch nan section without increasing emotional.

"I can't moreover perceive those words without benignant of choking up because it was truthful Michael," she said connected nan podcast, adding, "It's heart-wrenching successful this episode, but past erstwhile it became virtually Michael's epitaph ... it was like, conscionable plunge weapon astatine nan chest."

Arngrim added that nan section itself offered almost a foretelling of Landon's life.

"It's an unthinkable thing, that he wrote that and that was truthful overmuch who he was [and] nan thought that this would reflector his life successful specified a way," she said.

While nan section revolves astir a female grappling pinch really to show her children she's dying, Landon himself had to do nan aforesaid later successful life.

"By nan clip he recovered retired he had pancreatic cancer, he did not person very agelong to live," Arngrim said, noting that Landon was diagnosed successful April, said astir his test connected The Tonight Show pinch Johnny Carson successful May, and died successful July.