An Annotated Tour of Little House on the Prairie
Recaps with commentary, conversation and pictures, focusing on the sublime and ridiculous Little House television series
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“Laura Ingalls Wilder” (Part One)
A Haaaarrrrrvest of Friends; or Harvey Equipment (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “Laura Ingalls Wilder” [sic] Airdate: September 22, 1980 Written and directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Zaldummo learns a lesson about cash on the barrel when he gets cheated on a land deal. But who cares about that, this one’s really…
EXTRA: The 1980 Walnut Groovy Awards
Readers may remember I possess an archive of flotsam from the Walnut Groovy Awards, the annual Little House celebration held every summer during the show’s original run. (If you’re thinking of looking the Groovies up, don’t even bother. Because in this age of AI-distorted, -supplanted, -suppressed and -forgotten knowledge, who knows what to trust anymore?)…
“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” (Part Two)
Alamanzy! Alamanzy!; or It’s a Christmas Miracle, Susan Goodspeed (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” [sic] Airdate: May 12, 1980 Written and directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Journeys end in lovers meeting, and so does Season Six as it draws to a joyous close. Editor’s…
“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” (Part One)
New York CITY?!; or It Took a Gay Guy To Teach Nels To Be a Man (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” [sic] Airdate: May 5, 1980 Written and directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Almanzo shows his true colors when Pa insists Laura can’t marry…
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