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 Alison as Nellie Oleson
Welcome to our tribute to our buddy Alison Arngrim...better know to those "Little House on the Prairie" fans as the meanest little girl in the West: Nellie Oleson.
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FOLLOW THE ALISON MADNESS ON: www.twitter.com/arngrim www.facebook.com/alison.arngrim www.myspace.com/alisonarngrim Check out Alison's Store on Amazon And she's now on Tumblr too Here is the latest from Alison by way of hubby Bob (5/1/12): Alison is now back from France! (Hurray!) She was gone a long time, somewhere around 6 weeks this time. So, she's back in LA to recuperate and prepare for the next trip. (There's always a next trip, you know!) There was a bit of sadness recently in Prairie land. Charlotte Stewart's husband, David H. Banks, had been very ill for a long time. We saw them just before Christmas last year. Well, on February 29th he passed away. There was a memorial just last week in Los Angeles, and we spent some time with Charlotte and her friends, sharing memories of David and celebrating his life and long career in the theater. He had many very good friends and will be sorely missed. And we're taking a vacation! No, I mean a real vacation this time, not a working vacation like we usually do. We're going to spend four beautiful sun-soaked days in the South Pacific, living in a grass hut over the water and at long last taking time to stop and smell the roses, so to speak. Well, not really roses, they don't grow on these little islands. But we'll stop and smell something, I'm sure! And then it's back to work for Ms. Alison who heads back to France the second week of May, in preparation for the debut of her new French show- "La Malle Aux Tresors De Nellie Oleson -- Le Nouveau Spectacle D'Alison Arngrim Et Patrick Loubatiere!" (En Francais) Vendredi 18 Mai 2012 A 19H30 - Centre D'Animation Culturelle - Avenue St. Remy, A Forbach. (Renseignements / Reservations : www.alison-arngrim.com - 06 61 79 45 80 - edson@free.fr) Loosely translated, that's "Nellie Oleson's Trunk of Treasures" The New Show With Alison Arngrim and Patrick Loubatiere". And the first one is on Friday, May 18, 2012, at the location listed above. They are already taking reservations and selling tickets. (Not sold out yet, but you should hurry if you want tickets!) This is a brand new show never before seen anywhere! It's something like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, except that it's a trunk, and there is no rabbit. Anyway, must be seen to be believed. Then it's back to LA in time to prepare for . . . wait for it . . . Monte Carlo!!! She's going back to the Monte Carlo Television Festival, but this time she's going as a judge! And they're flying me in, too! Anyway, the Monte Carlo TV Festival runs from June 10 through June 14th. Then it's back to the US just in time for another performance of "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York. She'll be there Friday and Saturday, June 15th and 16th, at 7:30 PM each night. That's The Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe 407 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036. (212.695.6909) It's just west of Ninth Avenue - Subway Station: Times Square. Tickets are $20 online. Then it's back to LA where she might be shooting a pilot, but, well, we can't talk about that! Next comes July. Of course, we have to go to the Tujunga Fourth of July Parade! It's a very small town, almost rural America, but it's only 20 minutes from downtown LA! (My favorite part was when a man leads a cow down the street as part of the parade. Yes, one man, one cow, no banners or fireworks, just a cow! We haven't seen him the last couple of years, though.) Then it's off to Laura Palooza in Mankato, Minnesota, July 12-14th, 2012. Alison will be doing "Confessions" at 7:00 PM on Friday, July 13th. Dean Butler will also be there. Dean will be presenting the Pa's Fiddle project that was filmed recently in Tennessee, and will soon air on PBS. And then she'll be going to the original "scene of the crime": Walnut Grove, MN for The Wilder Pageant on July 20-22. This will be her third visit. She first visited Walnut Grove in 1992 and returned in 2010. There will be book signings, autograph sessions, panels, general skullduggery, etc. Then she's off to Heritage Hills in Green Bay, Wisconsin for Laura Ingalls Wilder Days on Friday and Saturday, July 27th & 28th. From their website: "Heritage Hill welcomes Alison Arngrim who played "Nellie" on the Little House on the Prairie television show. Learn about life on the show and what Alison has been doing since the show. Alison will be signing autographs and answering your questions throughout the event." Admission: $10 adults, $9 senior citizens and $8 for children 5-17, those 3 and under are free. Continuing her adventures in the mid-west, she then goes to The Dunes Resort in Saugatuck, Michigan for two performances of "Confessions" on Friday and Saturday, August 3rd & 4th at 8:30 PM. (The Dunes Resort , 333 Blue Star Hwy, Saugatuck, MI 49453 - Phone: 269-857-1401 & Fax: 269-857-4052) Tickets (eventually) available @ www.reactionshows.com There's a real focus on the mid-west this year, for some reason! She's next off to Pine Crest Historical Village in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on August 11th. Then to Chicago where she is speaking at the National Association of Counsel for Children's 5th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, August 14th - 16th at the Historic Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Illinois.
Announcement of the re-release of "Heeere's Amy!" UPROAR Entertainment is re-releasing the comedy album Alison did back in 1977. It's called "Heeere's Amy!" and is a series of rather bizarre comedy sketches involving the daughter of President Jimmy Carter and her encounters with various idiots around the White House. It stars Alison, her mother and several 1970's comedians who went onto become quite famous.... For an explanation as to how - or for heaven's sake WHY - such a thing came into being, check out the explanation on her Tumblr page: "Heeere's Amy!" the back story Many fans have tracked this down and bought the old vinyl version on E-Bay. But now, the past has gone digital and you can now download "Heeere's Amy!" to your I-Pod. Now available at UPROAR, Amazon, I-Tunes and all sites that sell downloadable comedy.
BITCH ON WHEELS!!! - literally - Check out the amazing photos of Alison, Tippi Hedren and Julie Newmar at the Los Angeles G.A.Y. Car Show - CLICK HERE.
More Alison In Print
"Make The Yuletide Gay" is now on Netflix! It's on Amazon! You name it!! And yes, Alison is in it!! In all her leopard print, gaudy "cougar" splendor!!
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A Major Victory in Congress: The PROTECT Our Children Act Passes
We did it! It took over two years of hard work and struggle, but the PROTECT Our Children Act was signed into law on October 13, 2008. It was PROTECT's toughest fight in over five years... and our most important victory yet.
A Signing... to Celebrate a Signing
Signed, Limited Edition Print by Andrew Vachss and Geofrey Darrow to Benefit PROTECT
Two of America's great warriors for child protection, author Andrew Vachss and artist Geofrey Darrow, have teamed up to create a very special benefit for PROTECT.
No American alive has done more than Andrew Vachss to advance the cause of child protection, through his work as an author, legal pioneer and founding father of PROTECT.
Geofrey Darrow, conceptual designer for the Matrix movies and renowned illustrator, played a historic role in building and supporting PROTECT in our first, struggling days and continues to do so today.
Hard Looks, a graphic novel published in 2002, brought a collection of Vachss' short stories about child abuse and "life at ground zero" to a new audience of Americans. If you're a fan of Vachss, Darrow or PROTECT, don't miss this rare opportunity. |
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THE OLESON MERCHANTILE IS OPEN!
- and we don't want to make Nellie angry now boys and girls do we?
Alison's book is now unleashed upon the world and if you can't make it to one of her pesonal appearances to get it autographed you can pre-order online:
Need a personally autographed copy of "Confessions of A Prairie Bitch", but you just CAN'T get near ANY of the book signings?? Fret no more Bonnet-heads! We have a SOLUTION!
A murder, a tryst, a mysterious child. A Victoria aristocrat who obsesses over her Churchill relatives. A repressive Welsh mother with a royalty fixation. A once-carefree Hesquiat girl from Nootka Sound. A dashing Icelandic philanderer. And quiet, steady Julia Godolphin, trying to rise above it all. The lost novel of Norma Macmillan, the Vancouver actress who lived much of her life in New York and Hollywood, is the work of a woman steeped in the American entertainment industry but deeply in love with the history of her native province, which eventually drew her home before her death in 2001.
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Dearly Departed Tours Presents: The Nellie Oleson Tour with Alison Arngrim
In Vegas and in need of some serious physical training?
He's doing all sorts of new stuff - OK well not new, the whole point is it's really, really ancient and traditional.
And there's no fooling around. Sensei Smith don't play. If you are looking for somewhere to train in a serious manner, this is the place for you. Clients include: Las Vegas Metro Police, National Canadian Softball Team, UNLV Rebels Softball Team, Primaris Pilot and Flight Attendant Self Defense Program.
"As stated in Sensei Funakoshi first principle, never forget that Karate begins and ends with respect. We are an old school in a modern time. If you would like to train with us, please bring a humble attitude and a willingness to learn."
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Alison's book made Library Journal's BEST BOOKS OF 2010!!
The French-language version of Alison's book, "LA PETITE GARCE DANS LA PRAIRIE", was released. (
ALISON'S MOVIE "MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY" AVAILABLE ON DVD
NELLIE SAYS "ORDER THE BOOK, NOW!!!"
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