Little House On The Prairie - General Discussion

CountryGirl · March 29, 2021

14 hours ago, Blergh said:

I totally agree!

If they couldn't imagine how to incorporate a mute character as a regular on the show, they simply should have had his long-lost father show up at the end and reclaim him right then and there (especially since it only took about ten minutes in the 'exit arc' episode for Matthew to go from totally rejecting his heartwrenching side of the story to wanting to live with him) .

But then, they didn't know what to do with challenged characters on a regular basis. They had Mary and Adam attend the circus with the Blind School, yet, oddly enough, they never once had them or their charges (much less the perfectly sighted Hester Sue) attend a church service which every other family in Walnut Grove seemed to do- nor did any of them conduct business at Oleson's Mercantile- all this despite the blind school being in a large house in easy walking distance from the town center.

Or why not magically heal Matthew from being mute. Pa could have built another Schlong of Healing like he did for James, although he sure didn't for Albert.

You know, I had totally forgotten that Mary/Albert/Hester Sue never attended church when they lived in Walnut Grove. Nor did I ever see them in church in Winoka or Sleepy Eye, except that time when Hester Sue ditched her would-be husband (not the ex she almost remarried but the other guy) and all because Jackie Coogan's grandson wouldn't stop singing "Go Tell It On the Mountain."

14 hours ago, Zella said:

I just watched the movie where the woman kidnaps Rose and was absolutely appalled that at the end they thought it was a good idea for her and her husband to adopt Sam. And Laura goes batshit crazy on Almanzo for him not watching Rose but when she meets the woman who actually kidnapped her daughter, she's just fine with her?! She was madder at Doc Baker for "killing" her son!

Before the end, I was thinking, "Now if you hoodlums give Edwards this kid after you already took away Matthew, I am going to go postal," but I think that ending would have actually made me less mad.

I was so mad it took me three times to spell Almanzo's name correctly in this post. LOL

So batshitcrazy lady kidnaps your kid and they think the best course of action is to pawn off poor Sam on her and her husband?

ctlady · March 29, 2021

Just finished watching Wave Of The Future for the first time. The very last scene was gold. Imagine the ridiculousness of building a restaurant empire only serving friend chicken ;) I just wish Harriet had asked him his name before he drove away.

jason88cubs · March 29, 2021

To me, Michael was dressed as a ghost

Zella · March 29, 2021

1 minute ago, icemiser69 said:

I just watched that episode myself (Cozi). Was that the original Colonial Sanders?

This series is on a whole bunch of different channels at different points in the series.

I didn't watch it when it first aired back in the 70s and into the early 80's. I started watching the series over the past month on Cozi. The one thing I don't understand is how Harriett ever made it this long into the series without her husband burying her down by the creek. The woman is a horrible witch, she just never changed.

I am constantly amazed when the Ingalls are shocked when Harriet does something awful. Like, how dumb do they have to be to know her for years and constantly witness her being awful--and be on the receiving end of her awfulness--before they get that she's awful.

Having said that, I think Harriet is one of my favorite characters. She at least livens things up and is a refreshing change of pace from Martyr Pa. LOL

ctlady · March 29, 2021

3 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

31 minutes ago, ctlady said:

Just finished watching Wave Of The Future for the first time. The very last scene was gold. Imagine the ridiculousness of building a restaurant empire only serving friend chicken 😉 I just wish Harriet had asked him his name before he drove away.

I just watched that episode myself (Cozi). Was that the original Colonial Sanders?

I just had to go back and look it up (which is what I should've done first). It couldn't have been because Harland Sanders was born in 1890 and the Little House era was in the 1870's so he wasn't even born yet. Harland's father died in 1895 so I thought it may have been started by him, but there was no mention of it

Zella · March 29, 2021

I think the joke was it was Colonel Sanders, but with the show's typical sloppiness on historical dates and facts.

Mr. Sparkle · March 29, 2021

1 hour ago, jason88cubs said:

To me, Michael was dressed as a ghost

Me too. I didn't catch what he was saying. Did he specifically say the Klan?

debraran · March 30, 2021

29 minutes ago, Superclam said:

Me too. I didn't catch what he was saying. Did he specifically say the Klan?

"It went that bad Joe" it was implied, sheet over head, was he Klan. I've seen many posts over the years, some thought it was horrible but many laughed, thought it was hilarious. I agree, when a group murders and tortures people in cold blood, innocent people, it's not a joke, I'm sure a Hitler reference would not be funny either. He had a hard sense of humor, not all were enamored with it. I met Moses Gunn, never wanted to talk much about LHOP, but Father Murphy. I did note sometimes it is what is not said that is important. Seemed like a nice man and I found out he lived in Guilford CT at the time, about 20 min from me.

Edited March 30, 2021 by debraran

Katy M · March 30, 2021

5 minutes ago, Superclam said:

Me too. I didn't catch what he was saying. Did he specifically say the Klan?

It sound like "you weren't that bad, Joe." Or "you want that banjo." First one probably makes more sense

But, yeah KKK have pointy tops, not eyes cut out like a ghost. But, maybe he didn't want to go far with the joke? Or maybe he's a ghost?

debraran · March 30, 2021

18 hours ago, Blergh said:

Yes, (even factoring ML's notoriety for playing practical jokes) for ML to have done that to the late Moses Gunn was incredibly tacky and insensitive. I'll give more points of view on this as well as how they treated Joe Kagan and Hester Sue in the 'Race and Ethnicity' Subforum if you'd like to view it.

I agree! Why did they give Adam his sight back- especially since he proved to be a totally insensitive and ungrateful jerk to Mary after the fact (and NONE of her family or friends attempted to call him on that). And, with him thinking that he had become somehow too good and talented to waste his 'gifts' teaching blind children, that they just scattered all of them to the wind without a backwards glance ( and they had treated these students as though they were their de facto children). And why couldn't Mary herself still taught them even if Mr. Legal Eagle Wannabee couldn't be bothered? Would it have killed him for her to still be helping guide blind children?

Yeah, it seemed that apart from a few 'Very Special Episodes' in which some disaster was threatening the blind kids' safety or it was used for a plot point to link a newbie with the others, Walnut Grove more or less treated the school like a leper colony once they finished renovating the building!

Sub forum? Where is that?

10 hours ago, Katy M said:

It sound like "you weren't that bad, Joe." Or "you want that banjo." First one probably makes more sense

But, yeah KKK have pointy tops, not eyes cut out like a ghost. But, maybe he didn't want to go far with the joke? Or maybe he's a ghost?

No it was talked about, it was just handy, some non official Klan members in other areas didn't have official hats, but this was a joke, he thought was funny. They had a meeting about him, a black man, lol . (sarcasm of course)

Edited March 30, 2021 by debraran

Pirpana · March 30, 2021

To be fair to Hester-Sue, she did attend church services twice (!), or three times as in one episode she attended twice. Episode being the one where Toby Noe visits Walnut Grove and falls for that spinster lady (and of course we never hear from them again!). First she sings Rock of Ages and next time they sing Amazing Grace. This episode was also the only time we see Mary in church after she goes blind. Funny how the only time the blind ones of town attend Sunday services is when they sing "was blind but now I see". Maybe they thought that was a bad joke and got upset.

The third time Hester-Sue, Mary and Adam attended was when service was held by the smouldering ruins of blind school. Hester-Sue sang once again Rock of Ages in that strange stre-e-tching style of hers.

Edited March 30, 2021 by Pirpana

Zella · March 30, 2021

I took the lack of the pointy hood to be more of a logistics issue than him pretending to be a ghost.

The line I heard was "It went that bad," meaning the meeting about whether or not to allow Joe to be in the church went bad enough that the Klan was visiting now.

Maybe he intended it as a ghost and this is a regional thing in how it is perceived, but I'm from the South and would never have guessed ghost.

Edited March 30, 2021 by Zella

Blergh · March 30, 2021

1 hour ago, debraran said:

Sub forum? Where is that?

No it was talked about, it was just handy, some non official Klan members in other areas didn't have official hats, but this was a joke, he thought was funny. They had a meeting about him, a black man, lol .

It's in the Beyond TV SHows/ / Everything Else TV Forums! It has quite the discussion about race and ethnicity as depicted on TV (and includes behind the scene stuff). It's near the bottom of the Homepage display!

Yes, it doesn't surprise me that the late Mr. Gunn wouldn't have wanted to talk about LHTOP considering that they elevated his character from a punch-drunk ex-boxer to a landowner but THEN had him virtually never be seen in town again apart from a Very Special Episode in which his barn got burned down and then decamped for Sleepy Eye to ostensibly help out at the relocated Blind School .Then, just when it seemed that he and Hester Sue were about to become a permanent item (after she ditched the bogus undertaker for not liking the future Mr. Coogan's singing), he disappeared altogether- leaving Hester Sue to consider remarrying her ex. ..before becoming Mrs. Oleson's cook.

Edited March 30, 2021 by Blergh

Zella · March 30, 2021

FWIW, if you use the right search terms on Google Books, there is material that you can see snipped views of that relate the story as Michael Landon intending the joke as a KKK hood. One is a bio of him from 1991 and one is a TV Guide article from 1991.

Here's what is visible for me from the TV Guide article: "He loved elaborate practical jokes . 'One of the more outrageous ones . she recalls , was the time black actor Moses Gunn was guest - starring in a Little House episode . Landon surprised him , while the cameras were rolling , wearing a KKK"

From the book, this is what I could see: "And that ' s because Michael was a very special guy . ... Other Landon intimates recalled the funny side of Michael Landon . ... while the cameras were rolling , by appearing out of nowhere , wearing a white KKK hood and carrying a rope."

I personally couldn't see a rope in the video, and I can't see enough of the source material to see who the story is attributed to, but it seems like it was well known on set that Landon meant it as a Klansman and not a ghost.

Zella · March 30, 2021

I can't see all of it, but the KKK anecdote is sandwiched between quotes from Alison Arngrim in the TV Guide article, so I think she's actually the one telling the story. I don't see any reason to doubt her interpretation of the scene.

Blergh · March 30, 2021

FWIW, I thought that Mr. Montague was a pompous, self-important bore but the ONLY time I liked having him around was when he praised his own 'Chicken Montague' to the hilt- only to have Mr. Edwards totally to bury it in condiments and spices just to make it edible! Somehow, I don't think Laura's Cayenne Chicken could have made Mr, Montague's Chicken taste any zestier than cream of wheat!

Zella · March 30, 2021

My watch has ended. They just dynamited the town. UGH.

In theory, I should have really enjoyed that ending. It was a really petty thing to do, and as a really petty person myself, I often have an abiding respect for when other people are capable of extreme pettiness. 😄

But it was also just so over-the-top. I recently watched another show where the final episode was a fuck you to both the network and the bad guy in the episode, and it was really well done. It managed to be pretty energizing while also very sad. This just felt manipulative, which is true of the last half of the show in general.

Also has Albert already died?!?! I love how the show managed to preempt Albert's ending of being a doctor and returning to Walnut Grove in the morphine episode by first giving him terminal leukemia and then by destroying the town.

It's a shame because I actually did think the first 3 or so years of LHOTP was really good. It could be cheesy, but I overlooked it because I genuinely enjoyed the characters and the stories and even the next couple of seasons after that were still good.

As frustrating as I find Michael Landon as a person and a showrunner, I will admit that the episodes he's in are more watchable than the season 9 stuff where he's absent. That shit was as turgid as constipation. Of course, the tradeoff with Landon being present is the show gets really off-the-wall and so self-righteous.

Edited March 30, 2021 by Zella

debraran · March 30, 2021

7 hours ago, Zella said:

I can't see all of it, but the KKK anecdote is sandwiched between quotes from Alison Arngrim in the TV Guide article, so I think she's actually the one telling the story. I don't see any reason to doubt her interpretation of the scene.

Yes, and when I googled it in the past after seeing it, I was shocked (but shouldn't have been) how many people thought it was hysterical. We really don't need to "lighten up" that was a very ugly part of our nation that never should be made into a joke. Alison and others on the set talked more after show ended at some things that weren't funny he did but he was the boss. I remember the rope reference too which added to the hilarity. : (

The only time I remember Mary in church after being blind was when she came back to say goodbye and read a bible chapter in braille I agree with another post about a better script being leaving Mary in the blind school, having Hester Sue stay and marry Joe. They could have had more meatier roles. Even if Adam got sight back and wanted to be super lawyer, they could have had their children and better scripts and no killing babies for more tear filled shows. I loved he happy tear shows much more, you got a great family, etc shows.

Egg McMuffin · March 30, 2021

I remember watching the show in its original run ‘til the bitter end (ah the days of the three-network universe). And even then, I knew that the Olesons were the only reason to watch the last season or two. And having Harriet missing from the movies just made them all the worse, and they were pretty bad to begin with. In the first one, they say she’s off on a buying trip. And in the other two, they says she’s in the hospital with some unknown malady. I’m glad the show didn’t go on another season, with more Mr Montague and less (or possibly no) Mrs. Oleson.

The Christmas movie is an abomination, with Laura and Zaldamo pawning that orphan off onto the crazy lady and her husband. And the kid immediately starts calling him Dad? Ugh. They weren’t even trying at that point - they filmed those movies in the summer of 1983, and they explain away the warm December weather with a montage of snow melting and talking about how spring came early to Minnesota that year!

Edited March 30, 2021 by Kyle

Blergh · March 30, 2021

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

I remember watching the show in its original run ‘til the bitter end (ah the days of the three-network universe). And even then, I knew that the Olesons were the only reason to watch the last season or two. And having Harriet missing from the movies just made them all the worse, and they were pretty bad to begin with. In the first one, they say she’s off on a buying trip. And in the other two, they says she’s in the hospital with some unknown malady. I’m glad the show didn’t go on another season, with more Mr Montague and less (or possibly no) Mrs. Oleson.

The Christmas movie is an abomination, with Laura and Zaldamo pawning that orphan off onto the crazy lady and her husband. And the kid immediately starts calling him Dad? Ugh. They weren’t even trying at that point - they filmed those movies in the summer of 1983, and they explain away the warm December weather with a montage of snow melting and talking about how spring came early to Minnesota that year!

Yes, it was bad for Harriet to be missing especially since not only was Mr. Oleson somewhat rudderless (instead of relieved) but also the insufferable Nancy STAYED insufferable even though she technically was without the ONE person in the world who liked her for who she was and for that reason alone one felt a little sympathy for her (which sure went against the writers' intent). It's interesting to note that the late Katharine MacGregor would later claim (and no one would dispute it) that the reason she wasn't in the movies was that she was on a lengthy pre-planned pilgrimage to India. Yes, Miss MacGregor was a practicing Hindu! Can anyone imagine how shocked Mrs. Oleson would have that a Western woman would have opted to become one? Well, the Willie Wedding would prove Miss MacGregor's television swansong as she would never be in another production for the remaining 35 years of her life, though she did teach stage acting workshops for many years until age caught up with her (and it should be noted that for her entire time she was on LHOTP she actually had her very own home phone number listed in the LA phone directory and happily chatted with fans who'd call the number).

Yes, I agree that the movies are best forgotten for many reasons and the whole 'we'll blow up our own town to keep the railroad from having it' was incredibly bogus. In addition to the fact that it made virtually everyone in Walnut Grove homeless with few if any resources to fall back on, ALL that would have done was save the railroad the trouble of having to tear down any unwanted structures when building any freight yards (why else would they have needed the town's entire acreage ?).

Egg McMuffin · March 30, 2021

The last episode/movie was a huge downer. Why would you want to leave the show in people’s memories that way? Plus, aside from Charles and Caroline, we didn’t see any other former cast members return. No Mary, Adam, Nellie, Garveys, Hester Sue, etc.

Landon was certainly a talented man, but he tended toward melodrama and dramatic laziness. How many times did an episode center around some random friend who we were supposed to pretend existed in Walnut Grove all along? He liked to amp up the tragedies as the show progressed, like the two parter where hail destroyed the crops, Zaldamo had a stroke, and a tornado destroyed the house.

Landon’s contract for the land where the show was filmed stated that he had to remove the structures at the end of the lease. But it certainly didn’t need to be on camera. They could have kept the same basic story in place, but the townspeople gain the deeds to their land at the end and there is a celebration. And Charles and Caroline decide to move back to the Little House after the Carters are killed in a terrible wagon crash/fire/whatever, and raise the orphans themselves. Which is their favorite thing to do.

Now, isn’t that a much better ending?

alexa · March 30, 2021

Tough crowd here, lol! I liked the last episode with the blowing up the buildings--I still enjoy watching it on repeats, and haven't really changed my mind. I also don't mind Season 9 much at all. I found there were a few episodes I loved, a few I didn't, and some in between. I think part of it is that I like most of the seasons after Almanzo comes into the picture. I like the earlier ones too, but I like Laura/Almanzo. I think the only person I don't like is Nancy, but the rest of the cast I can deal with for the most part.

Egg McMuffin · March 30, 2021

Nancy is the Allison Sugarbaker of Little House on the Prairie. Talk about no redeeming qualities whatsoever. There was one episode toward the end where Willie got married and Nancy acted like a fun-loving, mischievous little girl as opposed to a total psychopath. The young actress was capable of pulling that off - if only they had written her like that all the time.

Snow Apple · March 30, 2021

Blowing up the town was one of the few scenes I liked in that movie. At least there was some excitement. The business deals and the rabbit scenes were boring.

In the beginning of the movie, school was letting out and Jenny and Nancy waved goodbye to each other like they were besties. Huh? Did I miss something? And then I thought how interesting it would have been if they *were* friends and influencing each other.

Zella · March 30, 2021

11 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:

In the beginning of the movie, school was letting out and Jenny and Nancy waved goodbye to each other like they were besties. Huh? Did I miss something? And then I thought how interesting it would have been if they *were* friends and influencing each other.

This is a recurring thing with all the kids I never got. They continue to play with each other, no matter how awful the other child is. I can't imagine why any of the kids would ever have played with Nancy after some of the shit she pulled, but the same thing also happened with Nellie and, to be fair, Laura too.

Egg McMuffin · March 30, 2021

1 hour ago, Snow Apple said:

Blowing up the town was one of the few scenes I liked in that movie. At least there was some excitement. The business deals and the rabbit scenes were boring.

That last scene with the rabbits was Landon’s attempt at setting up a spinoff, Little Hutch on the Prairie, where the bunnies attempt to set up a new, more progressive society in the ruins of Walnut Grove. NBC passed.

Katy M · March 31, 2021

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

That last scene with the rabbits was Landon’s attempt at setting up a spinoff, Little Hutch on the Prairie, where the bunnies attempt to set up a new, more progressive society in the ruins of Walnut Grove. NBC passed.

Based on Watership Down?

debraran · March 31, 2021

11 hours ago, Zella said:

This is a recurring thing with all the kids I never got. They continue to play with each other, no matter how awful the other child is. I can't imagine why any of the kids would ever have played with Nancy after some of the shit she pulled, but the same thing also happened with Nellie and, to be fair, Laura too.

Well, they never showed many of the "good kids" like Elmer and Olga , Abel, and others again. Anyone bullied, seemed to disappear except the stars, the Ingall's. I do think the rich kids on the block had some appeal. That yearly birthday party or other event had you look through a real catalog so to speak, of store bought furniture and glass dolls and toys and loads of candy. I felt for Ma once when the girls went on about her house and Pa brought up Ma's fritters or something like that. : ) Well, she could have had nice dishes but we wont regurgitate that again. lol

Overall, the Ingall's had less all the time compared to their friends or neighbors (except Edwards alone) but if they got too much, it would have changed the basis that they didn't need much. I did feel for Caroline though, she got her stove and kitchen (with Chris's help) but with a handy husband and some very well paid extra jobs, they never did move ahead at all. Even Laura started with more!

jird · March 31, 2021

4 hours ago, debraran said:

Overall, the Ingall's had less all the time compared to their friends or neighbors (except Edwards alone) but if they got too much, it would have changed the basis that they didn't need much. I did feel for Caroline though, she got her stove and kitchen (with Chris's help) but with a handy husband and some very well paid extra jobs, they never did move ahead at all. Even Laura started with more!

It was just ridiculous that they never added on to the house.I mean, he built the entire house in three weeks, seems like he could have slapped on addition pretty easily. They were planning to do that when Granddad came to live with them, and he asked Charles to hold off. Seems like at some point Caroline would have said "no more orphans until we get another room or three!" During the last few seasons, after Mr. Hanson died, didn't Charles and Jonathan run the lumber mill together?

Blergh · March 31, 2021

21 minutes ago, jird said:

It was just ridiculous that they never added on to the house.I mean, he built the entire house in three weeks, seems like he could have slapped on addition pretty easily. They were planning to do that when Granddad came to live with them, and he asked Charles to hold off. Seems like at some point Caroline would have said "no more orphans until we get another room or three!" During the last few seasons, after Mr. Hanson died, didn't Charles and Jonathan run the lumber mill together?

Yep! But they were also supposedly full-time farmers but the Ingallses seemed to be able to make it to the black for more than one Very Special Episode. Of course, the show never spelled out exactly who OWNED the sawmill after Mr. Hansen's death so it's possible that whoever owned it may have paid them no more and perhaps even less than Mr. Hansen had paid them(though it's hard to imagine that had it been the Olesons that Mrs. Oleson wouldn't have attempted to queen it over Charles and Jonathan).

jird · March 31, 2021

I was watching Mary Is a Big Fat Loser at the State Math Competition. Did we all know that Vera from Alice is the lady who checks Mary in to the contest???

Egg McMuffin · March 31, 2021

2 hours ago, jird said:

It was just ridiculous that they never added on to the house.I mean, he built the entire house in three weeks, seems like he could have slapped on addition pretty easily. They were planning to do that when Granddad came to live with them, and he asked Charles to hold off. Seems like at some point Caroline would have said "no more orphans until we get another room or three!" During the last few seasons, after Mr. Hanson died, didn't Charles and Jonathan run the lumber mill together?

They mentioned doing in the episode where James and Froggy came to live with them. But they decided not to and Laura’s narration stated that the Little House was full...OF LOVE!

Blergh · March 31, 2021

27 minutes ago, Kyle said:

They mentioned doing in the episode where James and Froggy came to live with them. But they decided not to and Laura’s narration stated that the Little House was full...OF LOVE!

Wouldn't that house have been full of claustrophobia ?

Zella · March 31, 2021

2 hours ago, Blergh said:

they were also supposedly full-time farmers

They are also the laziest farmers I've ever seen! 🤣 I will never not find it funny every time they woke up, and it was daylight outside.

Almanzo's schedule also always confused me. He seemed to freight full-time while also farming while Laura taught full-time. It was clearly an early 1980s schedule rather than an 1880s one.

Snow Apple · March 31, 2021

Mr. Edwards had plenty of time before marriage. He could have helped Charles build an addition to the house. He helped them in the pilot movie.

That was before all the orphans but there can never be too much privacy.

Edited March 31, 2021 by Snow Apple

Egg McMuffin · March 31, 2021

30 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:

Mr. Edwards had plenty of time before marriage. He could have helped Charles build an addition to the house. He helped them in the pilot movie.

That was before all the orphans but there can never be too much privacy.

Unfortunately, that conflicts with the LHOTP mantra of “there can never be too many orphans.”

CountryGirl · March 31, 2021

2 hours ago, Snow Apple said:

Mr. Edwards had plenty of time before marriage. He could have helped Charles build an addition to the house. He helped them in the pilot movie.

That was before all the orphans but there can never be too much privacy.

Especially for all that popcorn popping and eating.

BigBingerBro · March 31, 2021

52 minutes ago, CountryGirl said:

Especially for all that popcorn popping and eating.

Everytime I see Charles and Caroline eating popcorn in bed, I wonder if the real pioneers did that? I would think that having popcorn woudl be more of a family treat that the whole family shared. (Laura and Almanzo had at least one bed-popcorn scene as well)

Egg McMuffin · April 1, 2021

I think the real pioneers were too damned exhausted at the end of the day to sit up in bed, eating popcorn and exchanging witticisms. They were also too busy/poor to go on vacation trips for class reunions.

Katy M · April 1, 2021

10 minutes ago, Kyle said:

I think the real pioneers were too damned exhausted at the end of the day to sit up in bed, eating popcorn and exchanging witticisms. They were also too busy/poor to go on vacation trips for class reunions.

Not to mention, I don't think you would get enough light from one of those oil lamps to try to read like Charles was doing. It's like there's some kind of magic overhead light in that room.

debraran · April 1, 2021

7 hours ago, Katy M said:

Not to mention, I don't think you would get enough light from one of those oil lamps to try to read like Charles was doing. It's like there's some kind of magic overhead light in that room.

Yes, the camera lights help. When they do show how realistic it is, as with Mary once, it is much more dim.

I googled history of popcorn, the Indians first had it and pioneers picked it up. They would hold ear over fire and i would pop and spray outward but some kernels would get lost. Then it was slowly perfected. Now some of us microwave. ; ) (and we still lose kernels)

I also read:

Corn was domesticated about 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for thousands of years. In Mexico, for example, remnants of popcorn have been found that date circa 3600 BC

CountryGirl · April 1, 2021

You do know when I'm talking about popcorn, I really mean bow-chicka-bow-bow times, right?

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