Legendary Prank on 'Little House' Set Leaves Costars Laughing and Cringing

In a recent mini cast reunion, the stars of the beloved TV series 'Little House on the Prairie' reminisced about a legendary prank pulled by the late Michael Landon on the show's set. According to the recollections, Landon, who played the patriarch Charles Ingalls, orchestrated a terrifying practical joke that left his co-stars and their families shaken at the time.

The prank involved Landon holding a baby, walking behind a chimney, and then returning with a baby doll instead of the live infant. When Landon then "tripped and threw the baby," the mother of the child, who was portraying the Ingalls' daughter Grace, let out a horrified scream. While the cast members can now look back on the incident with some laughter, they admit it "wasn't funny in that moment."