| "The Talking Machine" | |
| Season 2, Episode 13 #37 overall in Series | |
 | |
| Series: | Little House on the Prairie |
| Network/Country: | NBC |
| Original air date | January 14, 1976 |
| Production code | 2012 |
| Episode Guide | |
 IMDb
|
The Talking Machine |
| Written by | Harold Swanton |
| Directed by | Victor French |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous episode: "His Father's Son" |
Next episode: "The Pride of Walnut Grove" |
Laura and Nellie vie for the affections of a new schoolboy named Jason, who is very adept with new contraptions. While Laura accompanies Jason in all his experiments, Nellie tries to use a brand new "Talking Machine" to gain his affection. When Nellie is unable to get Jason to choose her over Laura, she decides to get even with Laura in an especially embarrassing scheme.
Cast[]
Starring:[]
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush / Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
Supporting Cast[]
- Barney as Jack
- Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
- Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
- Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson
- Jonathan Gilbert as Willie Oleson
- Charlotte Stewart as Eva Beadle
Guest Stars[]
- Eric Shea as Jason
- George Furth as Hannibal Godfrey
Uncredited Supporting Cast[]
- Clay Greenbush as School Kid
- Cindy Moore as Tall Schoolgirl
Trivia[]
- When Nellie is in her room throwing a temper tantrum after dinner, her squeaky mattress can clearly be seen bouncing up and down as she pounds her fists on it. Though patented in Germany in the mid-1870's, innerspring mattresses were rarely available in the United States until Sealy Co. began mass producing them in 1906. Nellie would more likely have had a bed like everyone else in Walnut Grove, a thin "mattress" filled with horsehair, down and/or hay, atop a wood bed frame.?
External links[]
| Previous episode: | Next episode: |
| His Father's Son | The Pride of Walnut Grove |