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Buzz Feed
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Patrick Labyorteaux Reflects On 'Little House' & Andy Garvey
One of the best parts of Little House on the Prairie is the memorable supporting characters. Who can imagine Walnut Grove without the Olesons or the Garveys? Season Four introduced us to Jonathan, Alice, and Andy Garvey, who became close friends with the Ingalls. To continue celebrating 50 years of Little House, I chatted with Patrick Labyorteaux about his audition, working with his brother Matthew [who played Albert Ingalls], Michael Landon, favorite episodes, and more! Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. BuzzFeed: You started Little House at the beginning of season four. Can you tell me about your audition? Patrick Labyorteaux: It was a pretty awesome experience. I'd been a fan of Little House because I was the same age as Melissa [Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura], and I loved watching a kid my age go on all these adventures. On a Wednesday, I had just watched an episode — I think it was "Bunny" or "The Race" — and that Thursday, my mom told me I had an audition for Paramount. I auditioned for Susie Sukman, the casting director. She said, 'I want you to read for Michael Landon,' and it turned out it was for Little House. I thought, 'Great, I love Little House!' They were shooting in Simi Valley that day, about 90 minutes from Paramount in Hollywood, so they put us on a bus. It was myself, my mom, and five other kids with their moms. We drove up there, and they had a base camp set up where all the big trucks and generators were in one area. We're coming up over this hill, and there's Walnut Grove, as we all know it, and under the main tree in the middle of the square was Michael Landon dressed up like Pa. Michael had this amazing ability to make you feel like he's just another guy, even though he's Michael Landon. We auditioned, and then he gathered all of us around. I was right next to him; he had his arm around me, and he goes, "I want to thank everybody for coming to read. We'll let everybody know as soon as we make our decision." We all started to leave, and he held on to me and leaned down. He goes, "You stay here," and he said it in a way where I felt I was in trouble! So everybody leaves. And he says, "Okay, you got the part, kiddo!" I couldn't believe it! I went to wardrobe, I tried on some outfits, and then I started work the next day. So Wednesday, I watched the show, and Friday, I'm on the show! What was it like filming your first episode, "The Wolves?" The next day after my audition, I was filming in the hay loft with Melissa, Melissa Sue, and the baby Carrie twins. At the end of the episode, I went around to say goodbye and thank everybody. Melissa [Gilbert] goes, "What are you doing?" I'm like, "It was great working with you!" She goes, "You're in the next episode!" I was told that I was on the show, but I understood that to mean I was on the show this week. I didn't know Andy Garvey was a recurring character. It was around a month before I realized that I had signed a contract, and I'm in a lot of episodes. I thought it would only be a couple episodes, but then it ended up being a few years. You had the unique experience of getting to act with your brother Matt. What was that dynamic like? (Laughs) He's my brother. Sometimes we'd get along, sometimes I couldn't stand his face. If you have a sibling, you know! The funny thing is, it was unique if it were any other show other than Little House. Melissa and Jonathan were brother and sister, and we had multiple sets of twins on the show with baby Carrie and baby Grace. A lot of the kids who were extras, like in the class and in the church, were children of the crew members. So on Little House, it actually wasn't unique to be on the set with another family member. Having said that, I was really happy that my brother and I got to do the show together. Getting to be on the same show and doing all of our press and appearances together was really helpful, for emotional support and for being under the gun. I remember we did this press tour where they flew us down to New Orleans. We were put in a hotel, and we did interviews for a couple of days. Back in the day, there wasn't Zoom — you would show up at a hotel, and they would interview all the NBC TV stars for the year. So we got to do those press junkets together, and it was always fun. My brother and I were adopted at different times; I was adopted at nine months old and Matt at ten months. The big question from the press was, "What was it like living in an orphanage?" It's like, I don't know, man, I was nine months old! So my brother and I would laugh about that. As far as working on the set, it was really great. If we ever had scenes together, we could rehearse at home, and that would save us time. I want to highlight a few specific episodes, starting with "Men Will Be Boys," where Andy and Albert go on an adventure in the woods. What are some thoughts you have on that episode? That's my favorite episode, mainly because it was with my brother and me. We shot it up in Sonora, up in Northern California. I loved Little House because it's about Laura going on adventures, and this time, Albert and Andy were going on an adventure! There's nothing better than going camping with a full Hollywood movie crew. You're out in the woods and you're camping, but they've brought everything. They're doing all the heavy lifting, but we get to benefit from it. We got to swim, we got to do all this stuff. The other reason why I love the episode is that Michael and Merlin [Merlin Olsen played Jonathan Garvey] were so funny in it. It was just us dudes hanging out on the set and working together. I loved Merlin, and Michael was an amazing inspiration as an actor, writer, and director. I really wish that Michael had done a comedy at some point, because he's really funny. I also love the scene at the halfway house! All the actors in there were really, really fun to work with. It is definitely my favorite episode. The next one I wanted to highlight is "The Cheaters," where Andy and Nellie cheat on their school tests. Well, firstly, Alison [Alison Arngrim portrayed Nellie] is a force of nature. If you see her at any kind of event, she's at 100% and I've never not seen her at 100%. When I first met Alison on the set, it was outside in Walnut Grove. She walked up to me, and she goes, "Have you seen Pink Flamingos [1972 film]?" And I go, "I don't know what Pink Flamingos is." She starts explaining about John Waters to me, and she was into all these independent movies. I always describe meeting Alison like she started talking to me as if we were in the middle of a conversation, and that conversation has never really stopped. She's the same person I met 50 years ago. The difference between Alison and Nellie was the same difference between Katherine MacGregor and Mrs. Oleson. When we were on set waiting to shoot, they were one type of person, and then when we were in the scene, they were a completely different person. For the most part, I think I was pretty much like Andy. I mean, I'm just a guy playing around and hanging out. Alison wasn't anything like Nellie, you know, Nellie was mean, and Nellie could be really manipulative. When we did the episode "The Cheaters," I remember thinking it was an episode where I had a lot to do. In many episodes, I didn't have a lot to do, but I was still on set all the time. It was really fun to work with Alison — no matter how hard my mom tried to be mean when we ran dialogue, it wasn't the same as how Alison would do it. The last episode I wanted to dive deep into is "May We Make Them Proud," with the fire at the school. That's a super dramatic episode, especially when you're watching it with the David Rose music! For me, it was a difficult period because Andy's mom, Alice Garvey, dies in the blind school. Then in the next episode, Jonathan and Andy move to another town, so I'm leaving the show. It was kind of a backdoor pilot that they didn't pick up. The idea was that Merlin would be the sheriff of a town, and I was going to be his son. The network said, "We want Merlin, but we don't want him as part of Little House." So they did the show Father Murphy, and had to cast a kid who looked just like me for that show. It's kind of sad because I was leaving Little House. When you're 15 and getting fired, even though you didn't do anything wrong, you're losing a job, and it sucks. The good news was that my brother was still on the show, so I saw all my friends whenever I could. We talked about a bunch of your co-stars, but can you tell me more about working with Hersha Parady and Merlin Olson? I got along great with Merlin and Hersha. Hersha played my mom, and I remember her being very motherly. It was sort of like my mom was on the set. I'm not a method actor at all, but I was a kid. If there's a lady playing your mom, I didn't try to avoid her, but like, I didn't want to be scolded, or I didn't want to be taken care of by two moms. Don't get me wrong, Hersha was amazing. As an actor, I loved doing scenes with her — she's got a great history, and she was really talented. But I was basically acting like a young boy having his mom on set. Merlin was a bit of a different story. My dad was really sick, and he was in the hospital all the time. I kind of needed that father figure, and I was looking to connect with Merlin. Merlin was an amazing guy who really took me under his wing. At the time, I didn't understand that he knew what was going on with my dad. I thought that I was getting away with getting an extra father for free, but he knew what was going on and was really sweet about that. What are you up to now? I'm a fan of your podcast! I'm still acting and writing screenplays, and I also started an acting school, Working Actors School. It's fully online; you can do it from anywhere. You don't have to be in Hollywood, and that's kind of the way the industry is now. It's for adults, it's for kids, and we have different classes for different age groups. It's a great school if you're looking to start out. The podcast started around the Working Actors School. I thought, "Well, how am I going to get people to know that the school exists?" A friend of mine said, "Why don't you try TikTok? Talk about your school, or put up some lectures or something." I did a couple, and on one of them, I told a story about, I think, Carol Burnett. I got like 400,000 views, and I had only been on TikTok a few weeks. I thought, "I'll just tell stories about people I've worked with!" Then reality hit, and I was telling stories, and they weren't all getting 400,000 views, but I could see the idea was working. I would also mention the acting school, and that was my idea of promotion. I realized I'm going to run out of stories, so I started talking to people that I've worked with. That's where the podcast came from. It's The Patrick LabyorSheaux with Patrick Labyorteaux. It's on YouTube and anywhere you get your podcasts. We talk about a person's career, their acting, and their experiences. I've had so much fun with it! It's been over 50 years since the show aired, and it's still so popular. Are you surprised by the fanbase Little House continues to have? I approach it from a couple of different angles. One, I'm a big science fiction and comic book guy. I understand the concept of a fandom, especially with shows like Lost, and also Star Wars and Star Trek. I get the idea of people connecting with Little House, especially since it was about something that really happened. I also think this recurrence got turbo-charged by the pandemic, and everybody found the show again. On a technical level, we shot on film, and so it's gorgeous. You can up-res to 16:9 because there's a film negative, which they've done to a lot of these episodes. Michael and I had lunch one day. Mike would eat with everybody, because he wasn't like one of those TV stars. He was just a guy on the show, and it just happened to be his show. We were sitting there, and we ended up being the last two people at the table. At the time, Mork and Mindy was a huge hit, and Robin Williams was breaking out, and you couldn't get away from it. I asked Michael, "Hey, are you worried about Mork and Mindy? It's huge!" They were on ABC, and we were on NBC, and I think we were going up against them. He goes, "No, not really." And I go, "But they're so cool!" He goes, "Our show is about the past. We're already predated. You'll be able to watch Little House in 50 years, and it'll still be on TV." He literally said that to me. What I didn't understand was the idea of reruns and syndication and, at that time, that meant being on local stations. There was no cable, there was no internet, but local stations would buy the shows and rerun them. The reality is, he was absolutely right. This type of show will always be able to be viewed because it focuses on interactions between humans. That's never outdated.
Boston Globe
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Harvard rows through choppy, windy conditions to beat Yale in 158th chapter of ‘The Race'
Advertisement With the victory in 'The Race,' America's oldest collegiate athletic competition in an event that began in 1852, Harvard upped its mark in all-time series against the Bulldogs to 97-60. It was coach Charley Butt's second straight Sexton Cup win after Harvard lost six straight from 2015-2023. (There were no races in 2020-21 due to COVID-19, and no official result in 2016 after Harvard's boat sank due to rough conditions.) In the second varsity eight race (3 miles), the Crimson (15:03.2) enjoyed an even bigger margin of victory over Yale (15:22.9), over 19 seconds, to capture the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy. The Crimson captured the 1-mile third varsity eight race in a time of 9:17.78, an open-water victory over Yale (9:24.89) to grab the New London Cup. Advertisement As a result of winning all three Saturday races, plus Friday's 2-mile fourth varsity race, Harvard took home the Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell Jr. Trophy for winning the overall regatta.
Irish Daily Mirror
03-06-2025
- General
- Irish Daily Mirror
Alex Dunne on the harrowing abuse he faced following Monaco GP crash
Irish racing driver Alex Dunne revealed the extent of the harrowing abuse he faced after his crash caused multiple DNFs in Monaco in the last race weekend. Speaking to The Race, the Offaly teenager accepted the blame for the crash in Monte Carlo which left him with multiple grid penalties for the Barcelona sprint and feature races last weekend. He said: 'I don't think there's any point in me commenting on Monaco really, what happened, happened. 'But I think moving forward, it's clear in these scenarios, maybe sometimes you just need to rein it back a bit. 'Everyone knows Monaco Turn 1, if you come out in the lead, the chance of you finishing there is pretty high. 'Everyone around me is still pushing me on, McLaren and the team are still fully behind me and happy with how I'm doing. So yeah, couple of things to change but should be fine.' He was then asked whether his comeback drive from P19 to 2nd had silenced his critics. He didn't know, as the abuse he received after the events of the Monaco feature race forced him to delete social media from his phone. 'I got a lot of stuff after Monaco, normally I'm not someone who reads things and gets annoyed by them," he said. 'But, I think an hour after the race, I deleted social media off my phone because I've ever received such bad messages in my life. 'A lot of the stuff I got was really, really bad and quite upsetting to be honest. But you know, I think...' His answer trailed off after this as he became visibly emotional before the interview moved onto other topics. McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella - who takes charge of the McLaren Driver Development Programme, of which the 19-year-old is a member - told The Race 'Alex is doing very well, he's a very fast driver, very talented, and the situation he had in Monaco was one of those situations where you can learn a lot. 'If we think, multiple world champions they went through situations that were very important to finetune the way they go racing. 'The way he raced today, the way he managed to overtake cars in a very clean way in the first lap, stay calm and see how the situation would have evolved, and capitalise when the opportunity came, was an immediate response to the situation he had in Monaco, and the pressure that came from these social media comments, for me that's something that makes me very proud of him. 'I think it was genuine. I think we need to realise that we live in a difficult world in which people can attack people really with no foundation, sometimes no competence, so we're completely behind Alex, not only on track but also off-track from this point of view." While it would be great to get an Irish driver on the F1 grid, it may be a ways away yet, with a McLaren promotion unlikely until at least 2027 when Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris's contracts run out. If the opportunity arises, though, it may be difficult to look past the Offaly man, with his performances in the F2 championship, specifically his ability to bounce back from his Monaco blip, beginning to turn heads in the sport.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
When Is ‘The Amazing Race' Season 37 Finale? What Time Fans Can Tune In to See Who Wins
After weeks of intense challenges, cast drama and a few twists, fans are dying to know one thing: When is The Amazing Race season 37 finale? The current season has delivered plenty of surprises, and with the final leg just around the corner, viewers are counting down the days to see which team will cross the finish line first and claim the $1 million prize. The Amazing Race season 37 finale will air on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/CT on CBS. It will run 90 minutes and will end at 10:30 p.m. While the show typically airs on Wednesday nights, the finale is getting a special Thursday slot following the penultimate episode on Wednesday, May 14. Fans can also stream the episode the next day on Paramount+. The move to Thursday is likely a strategic scheduling choice by CBS to give the finale some extra breathing room in the lineup and maximize viewership. The final leg of the race takes place in Miami, Florida, and the remaining teams will tackle a high-stakes series of challenges. If previous seasons are any indication, there will likely be a final memory challenge, and this is often the moment where frontrunners have stumbled and underdogs have taken the lead. According to teasers from CBS, the finale will be 'one of the closest races to the mat in Amazing Race history.' There are four teams competing in the final challenges of season 37 of The Amazing Race – Jonathan and Ana, Carson and Jack, Alyssa and Josiah and Han and Holden. In the May 14, 2025, episode, the pairs will be traveling from France to Portugal, but one team will be eliminated. In the finale, the final three teams will travel from Portugal to Miami and race in Miami. Given how tight the competition has been this season, there's no clear favorite heading into the final leg. However, there's one contestant who has received plenty of backlash from fans and it's Jonathan. He found himself at the center of controversy when he received criticism from fans regarding how he treated his wife, Ana. 'He's just sooo rude to her! I would not tolerate him!' a TikTok user wrote in a clip that showed Jonathan walking away from Ana while she struggled with a challenge. Another person wrote in a message on X, 'I honestly don't think I can take watching anymore episodes with this Jonathan dude. He's horrible as hell and there's no way you're going to convince me he's not verbally abusive to his wife.' Jonathan later addressed some of his unfavorable moments, including when he told Ana to 'stop whining' after they lost a challenge, and also said that he had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 'Looking back at what I was seeing, and knowing what I know about myself now, it's so hard for me to be supportive and helpful to somebody when my brain is in this overheated state,' he said in a video he posted to his YouTube channel. 'When I'm on The Race, unlike when I'm at home, I cannot control the external factors. I have no control – my routines are completely non-existent. And people like me rely on routines in order to help us regulate our emotions and to control the amount of stimulus that we can get at any given time.'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Amazing Race' 37's Jonathan Admits He ‘Treated Ana Very Poorly,' But They've ‘Come a Long Way'
The Amazing Race season 37 star Jonathan Towns is owning up to his controversial behavior and making changes. The California native, 42, responded to a fan who apologized for previously leaving a negative comment on Jonathan and wife Ana Towns' YouTube page on Thursday, May 8. 'Jonathan. For my part, I sincerely apologize to you and Ana, especially to you. I stumbled upon your YouTube channel first time yesterday. I had been watching Amazing Race and you are one of my favorite couples for so many reasons. I didn't like the behavior from you towards Ana on several occasions,' the fan's comment read. 'But, I did not know that much had transpired after the show, until I read your comment and another comment today. I was not aware of the diagnosis. At any rate, sincere apologies to you. I have deleted my comment from yesterday.' Jonathan responded, 'No apology needed. I treated Ana very poorly while we were on the show and I understand how that can trigger a lot of strong emotions in people, but yes, we have come a long way since then. Thank you for your support.' The software developer has come under fire from fans since season 37's premiere on March 5 due to the way he has spoken to Ana, 35. Some of his most controversial moments have included telling his wife to 'stop whining' after they lost their lead, shutting down her attempts to offer him support and calling her a 'terrible partner' after she told him he was being mean to her. 'Not Jonathan blaming his wife again,' one fan wrote on X in response to Jonathan saying Ana mislabeled cheeses during the Wednesday, May 7, episode. 'The amount of times he has messed up a challenge and she's never blamed him!' 'Jonathan is such an ass and his negativity it not entertaining at all ... I really like Ana ... I don't know how she deal with him ... if anyone can get eliminated, i hope it's them ... Only because of Jonathan,' another user added. Amid the backlash, Jonathan said in an April 8 YouTube video that he watched his behavior unfold on the show alongside viewers and realized that he needed to seek help. He was then diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 'Looking back at what I was seeing, and knowing what I know about myself now, it's so hard for me to be supportive and helpful to somebody when my brain is in this overheated state,' he said, explaining that he had a 'hyperactive brain' that was triggered on the show. Jonathan continued, 'When I'm on The Race, unlike when I'm at home, I cannot control the external factors. I have no control – my routines are completely non-existent. And we rely on – people like me rely on routines in order to help us regulate our emotions and to control the amount of stimulus that we can get at any given time.' Jonathan referenced the moment where he told Ana to 'stop whining' and admitted that he reacted to his wife with a 'harsh tone.' However, he explained what he was feeling at the time. 'So, at this point, I described how, you know, there was this perfect storm of factors which contributed to this sort of spiraling and inside my head, it felt like there was a nuclear reactor that was melting down,' Jonathan said. 'That's how high my stress level was at this time, because I had all these thoughts going in my head. I'm on the way to these detours, fighting for my life on the Amazing Race, and yeah, so, I was already spiraling at that time.' He continued, 'Even though I know now she's going to express her frustration in her way, and I need to respect that, at that time, I was just overwhelmed with everything that was happening at that time that I felt like I didn't have time to deal with the crying.'
