Gen X, This is Why.

In one of the wildest episodes in a while, Michael Landon recreates the Sanderson storyline with Jason Bateman and Cassandra Cooper. The Cooper children are orphaned after witnessing a horrific wagon accident in which their parents die right in front of their eyes. Charles, once again straddled with orphans, must find a home for these adorable kids. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, b...

I Do, Again: Seconds after Laura announces her first pregnancy and Manly falls through a roof, Caroline steals their moment by announcing she too is pregnant. Doc Baker must break the news to her that no, in fact, her life is ending, or she's in menopause-both reactions seem similar. The episode ends in a bizarre double wedding. We recast LHOTP with Meryl Streep, we need to start pre-recording our...

In this episode, Adam takes his first case after a two week stint in law school and is pretty much humiliated- we are HERE for it. Jennie is accused of slapping someone, Mark Twain and Colonel Sanders are the same person, HIPPA Laws will never stop Doc Baker, and we get a brief history of the SEC. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Subscriber! For as little as 5$...

In the second part of the most scarring episode in Little House history, Sylvia and Albert fall in love and make plans to start a life together, against her weirdo father's wishes. We do get a hot Pa scene as he wrestles someone in the rain, and Doc Baker once again helps no one. This one gets pretty political, so be warned. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Subscribe...

In this very special and scarring episode, a young, unsuspecting teenager gets assaulted by a blacksmith wearing a clown mask and is shamed and blamed for the attack. Wow, even writing that out is traumatic. We discuss a lot of serious stuff here, but also have a lively conversation about Jennie's trophies. Also, Jennie threatens to destroy the Me-Me B's. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE...

Goodbye, Mrs. Wilder: Laura is DONE with her class full of ignorant kids who don't yet know what they haven't been taught. Harriet swoops in and decides these farmers' kids just need to learn art appreciation and French. The kids do everything they can to resist this change and lure Laura back with a plan to act like maniacs in bananatown. Amye gets a case of the giggles right up front, Jennie put...

Joe Kagan is Mother Debbie Done with plowing and heads to the exciting town of Sleepy Eye for a new life. He gets a job at Garvey's newest Amazon operation and is forced to "say hi to Mary." We meet Timmy, an angry boy who acts a lot like Little Jennie, and we have a showdown of choirs. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Subscriber! For as little as 5$ a month, you ge...

Preview: Enjoy this free preview of our Patreon content. In this Blockbusters episode, we cover Stand By Me, the beloved coming-of-age story based on Stephen King’s The Body. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Subscriber! For as little as 5$ a month, you get TWO bonus episodes per month and access to our back catalog! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP----->> https://open.ac...

Manly is trolled the entire episode and we are here for it. When his older brother, Royal, decides to go on a river cruise with his wife, they need a sucker to watch their terrible, rambunctious boys. They need a sucker. Hey everyone, it's Manly! Jennie is back from her trip, we struggle hard with geography, and Amye has to explain how an outhouse is constructed. For MORE content, become a Pr...

Harriet's bigotry and awfulness is dialed up to a ten when Percival's parents visit to meet their grandchild. Harriet and Benjamin clash over which religion the baby will practice. Nellie gives birth to twins: Jennifer (gag) and Benjamin. PS-Jennie is recording from a closet in a Palm Springs hotel, and Amye is on a new, but older? MacBook, so there are a few sound hiccups. Sorry in advance! For M...

A "lady speaker" comes to Walnut Grove, upsetting all of the men, especially Nels whose wife is still not falling into line. Charles, acting as the town's moral compass, does the absolute wrong thing and drives Caroline away. Willie's balls cause a lot of problems, and Percival believes women should have rights, just not the right to eat. We discuss the Oscar's slap and wonder aloud why anyone wou...

We pick up with Adam studying for the LSATs and being just a real d*ck to everyone, including Mary. When he travels to Minneapolis to take the exam, he meets an all-too-convenient rich benefactor who saves him time and time again from himself. He goes into fever mode and narrowly escapes another ice bath. Meanwhile, Mary 1.0 shows up in Walnut Grove and Nels is a garbage human. For MORE content an...

Jessica Chastain plays the iconic preacher's wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, in this 2021 biopic. We, like most people in the country, remembered Tammy Faye as much more complicit in her husband's crimes than she actually was, when in reality she was kind of cool. We demand a network find a way to give us Tammy's Teens, Yoko Ono makes an appearance, and we rage against religion...a lot. For MORE content...

Adam and Hester Sue can’t mind their own business and end up almost getting killed after they rummage through Garvey’s stuff. This accident results in Adam regaining his sight and absolutely losing his mind. He runs around a meadow in slow motion, takes up croquet, and quits teaching to avoid grading a stack of papers. Mary is beside herself and reverts to Mary 2.0. Meanwhile, Jennie takes a trip...

Manly and Charles have a race to the bottom as they disagree on the fastest route to Sleepy Eye. Both men attempt to cheat, and we spend way too much time talking about Manly’s load. Mary finally gets invited to dinner, and Jennie got robbed. We also discuss Love Is Blind and Don Balluck. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Patreon Subscriber! For as little as 5$ a mon...

Amye sits down with Pamela Bob, writer, actor, and director of the award-winning short comedy series, Livin' on a Prairie.  "We are introduced to Pamela, a woman in her late 30s, socially awkward, misunderstood and stuck in a world that is going on without her. Her only escape to solace, safety, nurturing and love is also the same crutch that prevents her from connecting to the rest of the wo...

Manly morphs into a giant man-baby when Laura has to spend time trying to build a career. After several fights, Laura finds evidence he's cheating and goes bananas-attacking people in the street. Little Joe, I mean Charles, tries desperately to install a window pane. We visit Amye's laundry corner, which is as exciting as it sounds, and we fondly remember the Fonz in his leather jacket water skiin...

Garvey and his son head to a new town to start over and try to forget that Mary killed their beloved Alice. Things take a left turn when some brokedown mall cop shows up and tries to offer some extra security. Some hooligans are terrorizing the town, and everyone has gun fever. What could go wrong? Amye shows up with an index card, Jennie is flipping her pages, and we contemplate living at work. F...

Laura and Manly hit a rough patch as his impulse purchase of a dirt field comes back to haunt him. Harve is an absolute monster who spends weeks telling Eliza Jane how great she is-only to marry someone else and disappear. For some reason, Mary and Adam’s anniversary brings the whole town together and in the grossest miscarriage of justice ever, Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the classic lovers...

Manly buys the farm. In other news, Eliza Jane is a 12-year-old forty-something whose diary rivals that of Lady Chatterly's, Laura gets a bomb teaching job that she immediately has to reject or she's not allowed to be married, and Nellie has some big news! Could Axl Rose have replaced Dean Butler as Manly? Jennie comes for weathermen, and there are four things worse than sharing a room with Carrie...

Laura heads to Sleepy Eye to help set up the blind school and runs into public enemy #1: Manly. Manly is living there and decides to take a secret second job when he discovers Laura needs extra money to meet the rent. After Manly ends up nearly contracting syphilis, falling down the stairs, and getting packed in ice, Laura decides to forgive him. We meet Popeye’s sidekick, Wimpy, who is cheeseburg...

We are so excited to be sitting down and reviewing The Golden Girls. In the pilot episode, “The Engagement,” Blanche entertains a marriage proposal that threatens to break up the girls’ living arrangement. We meet Coco, a housekeeper who is never seen again, Sophia shows up after shady Pines burns down, and we get some of the best physical comedy Bea Arthur has to give. Join us over on patreon as...

In this rage-inducer, Almanzo decides he will ask Laura to marry him. When Pa says they must wait two years until Laura is 18, everyone turns on the beloved patriarch and suddenly no one can remember why they worshipped the ground Pa walked on for the last 16 years. Percival Dalton is hired to do a Kitchen Nightmares-type revamp of Nellie's. His big plan: make it someone else's restaurant. Jennie...

1990 was a wild year for the pop group Milli Vanilli. Rob and Fab, both singers and dancers, started the year by winning the Grammy for Best New Artist for their very popular album, Girl You Know It’s True. By the end of the year, they were the laughing stock of the music world, mocked on late night TV, sued by disgruntled fans (or fan, as at least one guy from Texas was really mad), and left penn...

After acing an impromptu quiz on Thomas Jefferson, Laura takes a teaching job out of town and for no reason at all, Manly drives her to and from every week. During these rides, which happen over the span of four weeks, Laura’s sixteenth birthday approaches and Manly suddenly sees her as a woman and they fall in love. Amye creates a new ongoing series highlighting why Laura is better than Mary in a...