Walnut GroveCast

Episode 86 Become a Patron! Leah joins Mark to discuss the very emotional episode, The High Cost of Being Right. The High Cost of Being Right was originally released on November 14, 1977 “After the Garveys’ grain-filled barn burns down and leaves them with no crop to sell, proud Jonathan refuses to accept help from anyone, even his wife Alice, and their marriage is put to the test when...

Episode 85 Become a Patron! Kim joins Mark to discuss the very emotional episode, A Promise to Keep . A Promise to Keep was originally released on March 1, 1982 “Mr. Edwards arrives back to Walnut Grove harboring some disturbing secrets, namely that his marriage was ruined because of his alcoholism. His inability to stay off the bottle nearly destroys his cherished friendship with Charles wh...

Episode 84 Become a Patron! Today returning to the show to review “Dark Sage” is Rii who is from Japan and was kind enough to work with me to find the perfect time to review this deep and racially charged episode! Dark Sage was originally released on October 26, 1981 “Dr. Baker is enthusiastic about his new assistant, a young university-trained physician named Caleb LeDoux … until he r...

Episode 83 Become a Patron! This will correct an error I made, I mistakenly mislabeled yesterdays episode! Hello all – for this installment of Walnut GroveCast, Megan Parker was kind enough to join me to discuss the beloved episode, Town Party, Country Party Town Party, Country Party was originally released on October 30, 1974 *note – I really did lose this recording after about 20 min...

Episode 82 Become a Patron! Susan King and Dotty Cashen join Mark to discuss the beloved episode, The Wolves. This is a wonderful cautionary tale told in a style that only Little House on the Prairie can pull off!  The Wolves originally aired on October 7, 1977 Listening to it while editing was a blast! I hope you enjoy it!  “While their parents are out of town, Mary keeps house an...

Episode 81 Become a Patron! Time Travel on LHOTP!  Let’s jump feet first into an episode that was recorded this past Summer!  Susan and I tackle the episode The Legacy which aired on January 25, 1982!  We’re in the eighties for this one people! This is of course the one with the Ford pickup in it and it’s always a memorable one!    ” A present-day c...

Episode 80 Become a Patron! Hello all – Kim Layer joins me to review the episode, “The Legend of Black Jake”! The Legend of Black Jake was originally released on November 16, 1981 “A pair of bumbling crooks kidnaps Nels and holds him for ransom. However, Mrs. Olesen refuses to pay the $100 fee required to free her husband, so Nels decides to work with the crooks to get his...

Episode 79 Become a Patron! Hi all, Kim Layer here! Join us as Leah Mitchell, Mark Jeacoma and I celebrate Founder’s Day just one day after Walnut Grove, Minnesota’s actual Founder’s Day!  Founders Day originally aired on May 7, 1975 We declare that this week should be FOUNDERS WEEK for Walnut Grove! Although Walnut Grove was founded in 1840, it wasn’t incorporated until March 18, 1879. The n...

Episode 78 Become a Patron! Chris Hasler is back and he is ready to tear apart the entire LHOTP world! This is a legendary episode and has a bunch of inaccurate nonsense but I just love it! I hope you find it a fun listen! Wave of the Future is episode 10 for Season 8 and originally aired on December 7, 1981! If you would like to hear more from Mark head over the http://www.vhsrewind.com or subscr...

Episode 77 Become a Patron! Hello all – this time around we have the episode “Be My Friend” to review and it was recorded with Kim Layer several months ago. Be My Friend was originally released on January 30, 1978 Listening to it while editing was a blast! I hope you enjoy it!  “After finding a number of bottles containing messages, including a photograph, from a myste...

Episode 76 Become a Patron! Anne joins me to discuss the very memorable episode, The Last Summer . This episode originally aired on February 21, 1983. We discuss it all and in classic WGC fashion we go off the rails constantly – I hope you enjoy this episode! Have ideas for artwork, episodes, giveaways, etc?  please send ideas, links, files, etc to  mark@ontheodd.com If you would l...

Episode 75 Become a Patron! Suzy Barbieri is an actress who many who listen to this show will recognize as “Leslie Barton”, Albert’s love interest in the episode, “Dearest Albert I’ll Miss You”. After Little House on the Prairie Suzy also worked on classic tv series such as Cagney and Lacey and starred in the films, Skyward and Skyward Christmas. In 2002 she produced the film, Blue Crush which had...

Episode 74 Become a Patron! Anne Quinn joins me to review this (in my opinion) Michael Landon inspired rendition of Rocky! The Fighter originally aired on November 21, 1977  “A road-weary, aging boxer who has sacrificed his family and his health for the only career he has ever known, comes to a long-dreaded crossroads when he unexpectedly meets his match in a ring in Walnut Grove.&#8221...

Episode 73 Become a Patron! Sylvia had 2 parts which originally aired on February 9 and February 16 (just coming off of Valentine’s Day, Yikes!) in 1981. Since the podcast started this has been one of the most requested episodes to review. Please note that we will be reviewing Sylvia again, I feel it is a sad and crazy series of episodes and deserves different input from different people. I...

Episode 72 Become a Patron! In this episode I am joined by the multi-talented Kim Layer to review the tear jerker, lump in the throat episode, Stone Soup.  Stone Soup first aired on January 18, 1982 and although they were going through a heatwave in this episode, that same week in NY and much of the nation we were having record breaking freezing weather as can be read at this link from the NY...

Episode 71 Become a Patron! Merry Christmas (or XMAS) everyone! 2019 is coming to an end in about a week and I wanted to release one last episode for you guys and gals.  I feel I have written these same words several times since Thanksgiving so I will make it brief.    2020 is going to be a really fun year for Walnut GroveCast and there will be interviews with the cast members that...

Episode 70 Become a Patron! In this episode I interviewed the amazing Barbara M. Walker who wrote the ubiquitous Little House Cookbook!  I love Barbara because her first response to me via email was simply, “I don’t like the television show so there is likely very little that you would find interesting coming from me.”.  After 3 or 4 emails back and forth and a 45 minut...

Episode 69 Become a Patron! Leah Mitchell joins Mark to review this beloved episode!  The Love of Johnny Johnson first aired on October 9, 1974.    “Friction results between the Ingalls sisters when young Laura falls hard for handsome Johnny Johnson who, in spite of all her efforts to get him to see her as more than just a little girl, seems to only have eyes for older Ma...

Episode 68 Become a Patron! Dotty Cashen who many of you know from the Facebook group joined me for this take on the Season 7 Episode 14 of LHOTP. She did great and I look forward to having her return in the future! This lighthearted and mischievous episode was a memorable one.  The Nephew first aired on January 19, 1981 ” Royal Wilder thinks of a perfect solution when he needs a break...

Episode 67 Become a Patron! This episode originally aired on November 15, 1976 which was 43 years ago tonight! This roundtable discussion was crazy – it reminded me of those big Sunday dinners my family would have when I was little. Laughter, inside jokes, noisy and all in all a great time.  Thank you so much to everyone who participated and although 6 people might be too many to talk a...

Episode 66 Become a Patron! Happy Halloween Everyone! Today I decided to release this brand new episode on its 40th anniversary, yes, the episode, The Halloween Dream aired 40 years ago today on October 29, 1979! According to IMDB this episode is “ Often cited by fans and critics as being the worst and/or least popular episode in the series” . Although it might have been a little bit o...

Become a Patron! Reed Seifer has artwork which sometimes mixes in some of the imagery of Little House on the Prairie.  Finding anyone who is implementing LHOTP into their professional work is something I personally find very interesting.  I hope you enjoy this discussion You can check out Reed’s work here   http://www.reedseifer.com If you would like to hear more from Mark hea...

Become a Patron! Alison Arngrim has returned to discuss all types of things about her Podcast, her career and even answers some listener questions.  I hope you enjoy this episode which was recorded on October 8, 2019! You can learn all about Alison Arngrim at her website, http://bonnetheads.com Alison’s Podcast, The Alison Arngrim Show can be found almost anywhere online but here are a...

Episode 63 Become a Patron! In this episode, I am joined by Leah Mitchell to discuss the episode, Goodbye Mrs. Wilder ! This episode first aired on February, 2, 1981! “When Mrs. Oleson demands Art and French be added to the school curriculum, Laura quits, leaving Mrs. Oleson to cover the subjects herself.” If you would like to hear more from Mark head over the http://www.vhsrewind.com...

Episode 62 Become a Patron! Mark has the honor of speaking with actor, Keith Coogan! Keith Coogan has been on many of the most popular tv shows such as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Waltons, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Chips and also in films such as Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead and of course you may remember him as Timothy from the...