Trivia / Little House On The Prairie S 4 E 15 Whisper Country

• Technology Marches On: Mary tells the Fisher family about the technological marvel that can allow people to talk over great distances — the telephone, which here was in its infancy. Mr. Fisher thinks Mary is telling a fictional story and shouts her down.
• You Look Familiar: John McLiam, who played the darkly domineering patriarch of the Fisher family, also played Mr. Reed (Sarah Carter's father) in Season 9's "Sins of the Fathers."