WALNUT GROOVY

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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Portrait of Love

Blunk; or Will Blinders Never Cease (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: Portrait of Love Airdate: October 27, 1980 Written by Michael Landon  Directed by William F. Claxton SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: The Blind Obsession Tour continues when a completely new blind person addresses some family matters. Featuring Madeleine Stowe. RECAP: A couple housekeeping items to…

EXTRA: Independence (Netflix Little House)

How Can We Compare This Without Seeing Pa Shirtless? (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: Independence Release date: July 9, 2026 Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine Directed by Sarah Adina Smith SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Surprisingly good! RECAP: All right, let’s do this. Some of you have asked for a Groovy-style recap of the new Netflix…

“The Silent Cry”

The Silence of the Lambs; or Yabber Dib Dubber Jabber! (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “The Silent Cry” [sic] Airdate: October 20, 1980 Written and directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Cantankerous caretaker Houston Lamb tries to adopt some adorable special-needs tots. (Sounds gaggy, I know, but let’s give it a shot.)…

“Fight Team Fight!”

I Can See Your Feedsack, Pa!; or Hey, You’re the One Who Slept With Noël Coward (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “Fight Team Fight!” [sic] Airdate: October 13, 1980 Written by Don Balluck Directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: The other football one. RECAP:  WILL: Do you think people assume Walnut Groovy…

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