Little Podcast on the Prairie With Sisters!
Two Minnesotan, Gen X sisters recap Little House on the Prairie episode by episode. Join them as they reminisce and re-discover this classic TV show.
Episodes
A wealthy man moves to Walnut Grove and his name is Ebenezer (or as the young folks spell it, Y'Bneezyr. And with a name like that you know what kind of person he is. ) All Laura wants is a best friend in the form of an angry 65 year old man who fishes and she gets it, kinda. Pa needs a bank loan despite the fact he's always preached cash on the barrel, but he supposes it's high time he join the rest of...
It's the beginning of the end for Mary as everyone but her realizes she can't see a damn thing on the chalkboard at school. She gets to pick out a stylish pair of glasses from Shopko Optical in Mankato, but will she wear them? It depends. Will she still be able to find a beau if she has Four Eyes? Also, the children of Walnut Grove gang up on Mary and come up with the weakest attempts at bullying and can lit...
The sisters are back with season 2! We made it through the first season and are moving on to season 2 with a classic episode that features the Ingalls family employing child labor in order to pay off Pa's debts. A construction company in Mankato goes belly up and Pa is unable to pay off his credit at the Mercantile, Harriet is a real b-word about it but eventually the whole family comes together to save the day.
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The Squid Games come to Walnut Grove for this last episode of the season! Sarah and Emily reminisce over town days and school fairs and Emily comes up with a great idea called "Mother Carnies," (if you'd like to be one please contact her.) Walnut Grove has their very first town celebration and Pa is up against an elderly gent who trash talks him the entire episode and challenges him to a chopping contes...
An old friend shows up and is about as exciting and welcome as a case of Montezuma's Revenge... good ol' Johnny Johnson! Johnny decided he's going to see the world, but first stop, Mankato! He falls in love with a lady of the evening and Mr. Edwards takes it upon himself to teach the lad a lesson. Not much from the Ingalls girls this episode, so they must have been on Spring Break. But, there's a l...
Join Sarah and Emily and special guest star Annie as they discuss this episode where the Ingalls get "woke!" Ma, Pa and the girls are stranded near Mount Kato during a Spring snowstorm. With nothing to eat but old cornmeal and horses, they are on the brink of starvation when a mysterious stranger comes to save them, despite the fact that he is being hunted himself!
CW: this episode uses outdated language and...
NOTE: Emily and Sarah did NOT do the episode we were supposed to this week and are choosing to skip it. That episode is called Child of Pain and deals with child abuse. If you want to watch it this week, go ahead, BUT DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT! There's only so much they can handle right now.
A new scammer and schemer comes into Walnut Grove... or is he? This episode Sarah and Emily go down a lot of rabbit ho...
So much grooming! More grooming happens on the Prairie as the worst circus ever comes into town. Pa is too trusting and falls for the tricks of a leprechaun who tells people not only is his sad wagon an actual circus, but he can heal people with a secret powder!
Emily remembers a pet store from her childhood that had a monkey in a diaper, but we have no evidence it existed outside her brain. We also discuss an alterna...
This week we revisit one of Emily's favorite episodes; The Plague! The town of Walnut Grove is besieged by rats and bad cornmeal and suddenly everyone gets sick! But how did this happen? It most certainly could not be from the super cheap sacks of cornmeal with an unknown provenance! The very sacks of cornmeal crawling with rats!
We discuss how gifts with purchases would be better if they included your choice of ...
In this episode a grifter comes to town in the form of a sexy lady that looks a lot like Harriet. Hiram Baker falls in love and has a whirlwind romance. Emily declares she has HAD IT with predators and also divulges the name she gave her kitten (spolier alert: it's stupid and doesn't make any sense.) Michael ("Mike") Landon was clearly off this week for filming and all eyes are on Doc Baker. Pa sti...
In this episiode we get a little peek into the homelife of Nels and Harriet as they contemplate divorce, an issue I am sure many children in the 1970s were having to grapple with. Nels suddenly becomes an expert fisherman and Harriet resorts to violence with eggs when pushed too far! Doc Baker doesn't mind his own beeswax and comes up with a cockamamie plan noone really follows through on.
Sarah and Emil...
Emily forces Sarah to watch another Christmas episode during teh holiday season. This one is a bit of a mixed bag with some remembrances from Ma, Manly and Hester Sue. Laps are sat upon, a kid plays dead and an unbelievable snowstorm strands everyone at the Ingalls' cabin which has now turned into a snowy grave!
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This is a very special holiday episode of Little House on the Prairie! Emily picks the wrong episode and we all end up watching the most depressing, feel-bad Christmas episode ever where children get drunk, suffer frost bite and Nels' inventory count of the mercantile suffers a devastating blow. Swaz from HR joins us and she spreads her good cheer and great attitude as she discusses the show she hates the most (t...
It's Christmas time in Walnut Grove so it's time for green grass, trees with leaves and glaring plot holes! We don't care though because it is a classic feel-good episode, (even though there's no Mr. Edwards.)
Ma wants a stove, Pa suddenly knows how to fix wagon wheels, half pint makes a difficult decision no adult should have let her make and we get a glimpse of the Mercantile in all of ...
TW: This episode continues to discuss infant death. Avoid it if this is a sensitive subject to you and we will see you next time!
In this episode Em and Sarah discuss cheese, who loves it, who doesn't, who's fascinated by it and who is going to get spoiled at Grandma's with a custom charcuterie board! We also reminisce about growing up in the 80s when people let their kids jsut walk home on Ki...
Trigger Warning: This episode talks about infant loss. If this is a trigger for you, we'll see you back here for episode 15!
In this episode Ma and Pa have their very first baby; a baby named Charles Ingalls Jr. They forget they already have 3 other kids at home and place all their attention on this new baby which Laura does NOT appreciate! Sarah and Emily talk about the miracle of childbirth and remini...
In this episode Sarah and Emily get a little off track because the entire episode revolves around a test and winning a dumb history book. We find out the biggest FU a kid can give Ma is studying really, really hard for a test that isn't even required, working an after school job no one asked you to do, AND keep up with your chores and regular schoolwork. We also learn Pa went on some mysterious trip to Mankato bu...
In this episode we finally learn what cow bells are for as we witness all the children in Walnut Grove become thieves of tin and metal. We learn that the only thing Walnut Grove has needed during this time is NOT running water or even electricity, but a fancy new bell!
We also talk about the Lebanese families that helped settle Mankato. If you would like to read more about how Mankato is what it is today bec...
Sarah and Emily revisit a potentially triggering episode for raccoon owners. Mary finds an orphaned raccoon and gives it to Laura who teaches it adorable tricks and how to eat eggs. The whole thing goes predictably downhill as one would imagine when you let a raccoon into your prairie home. There's very little of Carrie this episode but a LOT of talk about rabies. Emily calls Sarah out on the carpet for being a c...
Ma comes out of retirement and steps in for Miss Beadle who suffers a workplace injury and tries to add more to her mental load by teaching an entire school. Emily and Sarah discuss whether kids really ever did bring apples to their teachers at school and discuss how many favors Michael Landon owed his former Bonanza co-stars.
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