Comments on: Pa's Beard http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/10/26/pas-beard/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed America's most comprehensive site dedicated to the life, literature, and many homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Kate http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/10/26/pas-beard/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Kate Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:52:34 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=1806#comment-800 His beard was indeed horrible....how funny that Ma and Laura were so very worried that Pa might have shaved it off for the minstrel show.... If only he had!! His beard was indeed horrible….how funny that Ma and Laura were so very worried that Pa might have shaved it off for the minstrel show…. If only he had!!

]]> By: Laura http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/10/26/pas-beard/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Laura Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:41:15 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=1806#comment-802 I also had problems with Pa's lack of beard. When the series started straying more, I wrote to Ed Friendly about it. He answered the letter, but didn't seem to be too worried about my concerns. I have come to realize that the show itself was a good one. I just have to separate it from My Laura. I also had problems with Pa’s lack of beard. When the series started straying more, I wrote to Ed Friendly about it. He answered the letter, but didn’t seem to be too worried about my concerns.

I have come to realize that the show itself was a good one. I just have to separate it from My Laura.

]]> By: MarcyT http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2009/10/26/pas-beard/comment-page-1/#comment-801 MarcyT Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:42:23 +0000 http://www.beyondlittlehouse.com/?p=1806#comment-801 I remember...I was 10 years old. I sat on the floor in front of my tv, the music started and I saw the girls running down the hill. The wagon drew up and there sat Ma and...wait? who? that was not Pa sitting next to her! And I never felt he was Pa the entire series. I know some people felt I'm blaspheming, but as nice as he was, Michael Landon was never Pa. Pa had a beard, it was a big part of his identity and how Laura identified him. That lack of a beard ruined the show for me and as far as I was concerned, that show was never about MY Laura Ingalls and her family. I remember…I was 10 years old. I sat on the floor in front of my tv, the music started and I saw the girls running down the hill. The wagon drew up and there sat Ma and…wait? who? that was not Pa sitting next to her! And I never felt he was Pa the entire series. I know some people felt I’m blaspheming, but as nice as he was, Michael Landon was never Pa. Pa had a beard, it was a big part of his identity and how Laura identified him. That lack of a beard ruined the show for me and as far as I was concerned, that show was never about MY Laura Ingalls and her family.

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