{"id":2163137,"date":"2025-11-18T00:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163137"},"modified":"2025-11-18T00:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:09:31","slug":"little-house-on-the-prairie-star-recalls-how-michael-landon-once-threw-him-across-the-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/little-house-on-the-prairie-star-recalls-how-michael-landon-once-threw-him-across-the-set\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little House on the Prairie\u2019 Star Recalls How Michael Landon Once \u2018Threw\u2019 Him Across the Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/tag\/little-house-on-the-prairie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Little House on the Prairie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em><\/a> star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/little-house-prairie-dean-butler-213439551.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dean Butler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>Dean Butler<\/strong><\/a> opened up about a time on set when he failed to follow instructions and it led to a bit of frustration on his costar <strong>Michael Landon<\/strong>\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI wanted to test and see how strong Michael was. We\u2019re doing a scene together where I was supposed to go limp when I lunged at a guy and I didn\u2019t,\u201d Butler, 69, said during the November 12 episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wbIe50ut01I\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Patrick LabyorSheaux;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Patrick LabyorSheaux<\/em><\/a> after host <strong>Patrick Labyorteaux<\/strong> asked about a favorite moment with the late Landon. \u201cThe first time [Landon] said, \u2018Go limp.\u2019 I didn\u2019t. The second time he said, \u2018Go limp.\u2019 I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued, \u201cThe third time \u2014 this was the test of his strength \u2014 he picked me up and threw me across the interior of the barn as he yelled at me, \u2018Go limp.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Butler described it as a \u201csignature moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI just remember saying, \u2018What the hell?\u2019 as I was flying through the air and landing on the ground and rolling across the barn, and there were a lot of yucks from the crew,\u201d Butler recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The New Gidget<\/em> alum took responsibility for the incident and said it was \u201ctotally\u201d his \u201cfault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI got a flight lesson in one of the barns at Big Sky Ranch as Michael launched me across the barn,\u201d he said before adding that \u201cthe next take was just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Butler joined <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> in season 6 as Laurel Ingalls\u2019 boyfriend and eventual husband, Almanzo Wilder, and he stayed with the show all the way to its finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/little-house-on-the-prairie-star-recalls-how-michael-landon-once-threw-him-across-the-set\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Little House on the Prairie\u2019 Star Recalls How Michael Landon Once \u2018Threw\u2019 Him Across the Set;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018Little House on the Prairie\u2019 Star Recalls How Michael Landon Once \u2018Threw\u2019 Him Across the Set<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Examiner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>National Examiner<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>National Examiner<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nationalexaminer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little House on the Prairie star Dean Butler opened up about a time on set when he failed to follow instructions and it led to a bit of frustration on his costar Michael Landon\u2019s part. \u201cI wanted to test and see how strong Michael was. We\u2019re doing a scene together where I was supposed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2163138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[366582,330671,366583,395222,415097,376990],"class_list":["post-2163137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dean-butler","tag-little-house-on-the-prairie","tag-michael-landon","tag-national-examiner","tag-nbc-television","tag-patrick-labyorteaux"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u2018Little-House-on-the-Prairie-Star-Recalls-How-Michael-Landon.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163139,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163137\/revisions\/2163139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2163138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}