Gen X, This is Why.

Nels is stunned when Harriet buys Kazia’s lake house out from under her-does he forget who he married? Laura and her posse, who frequent the lake house to hear sea shanties and tales of The Lochness Monster, are determined to scare the Olesons from their beloved Kezia’s home. Rev once again demonstrates great judgement when he brings a bunch of kids along for a dramatic eviction, and Jonathon Garv...

Mary discovers she’s pregnant and decides to write to Adam's estranged father and invite him to town, despite Adam’s objections. No one is shocked when he turns out to be a douchebag. Doc Baker comes around, so of course there’s a tragic fatality.  Laura has turned into Mary, Albert falls in love with his teacher, and a questioning kid saves the day. Jennie loves the movie Anaconda, and Amye...

Amye slacked off and didn't write a description so here it goes: Carrie is in an acid fever dream where she meets her twin and she takes her to heaven to visit Johnathan aka Mr. Simms. Pa is on some crappy job again because he still has no agent. Carrie tries to mack on Laura's friend Andrew but is met with a big scoop of NOPE as soon as he lays eyes on her.  Someone uses fake fruit as a...

The mediocre writing continues as we are dragged into episode two of this story arc. Having completed half of the journey from Winoka to the new blind school in Walnut Grove, the “blind school brigade” must face a deadly challenge in the form of a calm, shallow river. Adam hulks out in a moment of PTSD, Joe Kagan creeps on Hester Sue, and Harriet turns out to not be a bigot after all. Oh, and Carr...

It's moving time for the blind school, yet we spend the first twenty minutes of the episode exploring horrific racism. Seems the good christians of Walnut Grove don't want to let Joe Kagan pray in their church. Then, we learn another good christian man, Standish, is buying the blind school out from under Mary and Adam. In both scenarios, Pa saves the day- to no one's surprise. We ge...

Adam and Mary are getting married and nothing can stop them except: Mary's insecurities, a deadly dust storm, and Adam's stint in the rage corner. In the end, we must sit through a 25 minute wedding ceremony delivered by a dusty Rev Alden. We discover the source of gossip in Walnut Grove, and we do a quick round of FMK: F*ck, Marry, Kill, and it isn't pretty. Show Notes: To sign up...

In another installment of Harriet is awful, Sterling Murdoch comes to town to open a newspaper called The Pen and the Plow. The only news getting spread however, is malicious gossip from the new star reporter-Harriet Oleson. We reminisce about a time when news was news, and have yet another television recommendation. Amye fails miserably to divide 25 in half, and it’s Jennie’s birthday! Show Notes...

Finally! Amye convinces Jennie to sit down and watch the beloved 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and it's worth it just to hear her reaction to the dreadful Grandpa Joe. Other discussions include Jeff Bezos and his interesting journey, more Bon Jovi news-whether you want it or not, and get ready Gen X: everything is a test or a trick. Show Notes: To sign up for our Patreon feed , d...

In this riveting episode, Pa buys Albert a bull/calf/cow (some kind of livestock) and Laura is quite literally shoved aside as Charles and his new son grow closer. As usual, an Ingalls kid runs away, Pa cries, and Caroline has to fix everything. Meanwhile, we can’t name the villain in Harry Potter, we have a discussion about “boat life,” and we fight over Jennie’s HBO password.  Show Notes: To sig...

The Ingalls, Garveys, and Olesons return to a broken down Walnut Grove and get to work rebuilding the town. Nels is still feeling the aftereffects of his city life and rages on Harriet, Charles may be getting hotter, and Doc Baker loses yet another patient in his care. Jennie gives us the world’s worst index card, Amye saw a whale (finally), and we demand justice for Hanson who totally deserved be...

The Ingalls, Garveys, and Olesons return to a broken down Walnut Grove and get to work rebuilding the town. Nels is still feeling the aftereffects of his city life and rages on Harriet, Charles may be getting hotter, and Doc Baker loses yet another patient in his care. Jennie gives us the world’s worst index card, Amye saw a whale (finally), and we demand justice for Hanson who totally deserved be...

Charles is forced to attend a birthday party after the beating of his life, "Albert becomes Albert the Bastard," and Caroline and Mary play puppetmaster. Amye can't control her crying, Jennie's air conditioner makes another appearance, and we're ashamed to admit-we make some jokes at Mary's expense because we are horrible people. Show Notes: To sign up for our Patreon...

This episode is a disaster, as Jennie's background noise is ratcheted up to ten and Amye is sick and sniffling through the whole thing. Also a disaster is the Ingalls' new living quarters. Charles and Caroline get a job because of Caroline's amazing biscuits, Charles angrily waits tables, and Laura is in hell. Jennie threatens to punch Amye, and Amye-clearly under the influence of c...

In the second part of “Mary Goes Blind,” we meet Adam, a sassy, straight-talking teacher who shows Mary some tough love and then inappropriate love as they begin a student/teacher romance. As Mary navigates the world of the blind, Walnut Grove continues to fall apart without its star pupil. In the end, the Ingalls family decides to pack up the team and follow Mary and Adam to Winoka. Jennie is fre...

It's our one-year anniversary episode and we are answering your questions! Of course we fight over who came up with the idea for the podcast, Jennie admits her default stance in life is: annoyed, Amye cries about Young Guns 2 again and we ponder which shows we would like to cover next. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted questions! Show Notes: To sign up for our Patreon feed, download...

It’s the Mary goes blind episode! After visiting a Doc Baker-ish eye doctor who lies to her and tells her she’ll be fine, the Ingalls are shocked to discover Mary is destined for blindness after a childhood bout with scarlet fever. Charles does all of the emotional heavy lifting in this episode, Laura finds another rando, and Caroline dishes out some real tough love. Amye is super emotional re-wat...

Caroline has the world’s fastest pregnancy with baby Grace and deals with some residual trauma over the death of Charles Jr, Laura and Andy Garvey build a much safer clubhouse than we did in 1988, and Mary shines as the class nerd-taking over for Ms. Beadle on maternity leave. Amye was definitely a sociopath as a teen, we discuss the idea of gender and identity, and Jennie admits she missed Amye (...

The Ingalls fall victim to a fast talking lawyer who definitely rips them off in the end. Carrie earns her own sound effect, Harriet continues to be awful, and we HATE Garvey. Also- we both agree the Ingalls are the exact type of people who should have money, which is why they never will. We relive our own clubhouse experience, and announce a very special episode for our one year episode! Show Not...

A young woman, Anna, struggles to find a home for her baby so she invents Friendster and starts sending messages in bottles to Walnut Groves’ number one investigator, Laura. Willie may or may not have fathered a child, Laura has baby fever, and Doc Baker is all in on a one child policy. Amye gives fake news about JFK, we finally found the right actor to play Pa in a reboot, and Jennie does everyth...

Amye is very excited to see the beginning of Charles and Caroline’s epic love story, only...the casting of a young Charles has her quite upset. In this flashback episode, we learn how the two fell in love despite Boss Hogg’s best efforts. We learn Charles has the greatest big brother ever and Caroline’s mother can also bake the sh*t out of a pie. Amye rants about old timey teaching methods, and Je...

In this episode we relive the trauma of everyone's favorite witch, Ms. Peel, who derails Mary's plans for a successful teaching career in a super weird town. Rev Alden reclaims his spot as public enemy number one, Charles saves the day, and there's an epic fight over the ten commandments. We fight about Jennie always being late and Amye's weird fear of grass. The green monster...

Amye PLAYED herself and is forced to recap 1983's War Games with Jennie, who loves this movie and has 85 index cards to accompany the episode. Matthew Broderick guides us through the dangers of AI, complete with the bald dude from Top Gun, Dabney "Daphne" Coleman, and a father who butters his corn like a bad *ss. We discuss being scarred for life by The Ring,  Amye's complete l...

It's wedding season in Walnut Grove, mostly because a new father/son duo has arrived in town. Ms. Beadle falls hard for Mr. Simms, while Nellie uncharacteristically falls for his soft-hearted shoeless son. When Nellie and the Johnny Johnson wanna-be run away to elope, Nels and Harriet grab the shotgun and race to stop the wedding. We hear way too much about Amye's favorite meal, relive t...

Join us as we rewind to the glory days of video rental in our coverage of Netflix's 2020 Documentary: The Last Blockbuster. The story centers around the "Blockbuster Mom," Sandi, and her dedication to the lone surviving Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon. We meet a supporting cast of D-list celebrities, all of whom Jennie dislikes, and are mostly men. They reminisce about the sounds and sm...

Once again we are in the Upside Down where Mary is hot and all the boys love her. This time it's a broke-down, smooth-talking balloonist who wears a cape and is much too old to even be filming these scenes. Also in a bizarre turn of events, Amye is low energy.  Finally, we have a big fight over who's responsible for this mess...per usual. Show Notes: To sign up for our Patreon feed, down...