Whammy
Mother's Day Special
Saturday 11 May 2002 on GSN

Karen Grassle from Little House on the Prairie, Estelle Harris from Seinfeld, and Mimi Kennedy (not sure what show she's from) fight the Whammy for some big bucks for charity. Mimi wins $13,390 for her charity, although I'm not sure what that charity is.

Trying to boost her career in the late 1960s, Karen Grassle briefly used the alias "Kay Dillinger" in an attempt to imply that she was a daughter of the infamous gunman John Dillinger. (edit) Karen Grassle's very first television credit was playing a little girl (Bonnie Draper) on the soap opera Love of Life at the age of 7. (edit) Karen took over the role of Daisy in the traveling production of Driving Miss Daisy when another famed TV "mother", Michael Learned (Olivia Walton of The Waltons), became ill. (edit) Karen Grassle has stayed in contact with Little House on the Prairie co-stars including Alison Arngrim and the Greenbush twins. She has said that she was not as close with Michael Landon, but she did speak to him shortly before his death in 1991. Actress Lucy Lee Flippin, who played Eliza Jane Wilder on the series, once said that Karen Grassle and Michael Landon did not always get along well off-camera, remarking that they had "different personalities entirely." (edit) Gene Grassle, Karen's father, managed a service station (later he became a realtor) and his wife worked in a restaurant. Karen's mother suffered four miscarriages before Karen's birth. (edit)

Karen Grassle: (about "Little House on the Prairie" co-star Michael Landon) Michael was not an uncomplicated person. He had rough edges. This is not just a Mr. Nice Guy. People do an injustice if their hero worship takes them to a point where they say, "well, it was easy for him." It was very hard, and I'm sure it cost him. (edit) Karen Grassle: (on acting before live audiences in the theater) The theater is the actor's medium. There's nothing between us and them. We can feel them. (edit) Karen Grassle: (speaking about her inexperience with television when she auditioned for "Little House on the Prairie") When they told me that Michael Landon was directing and that he was the guy from Bonanza, I said - which one? (edit) Karen Grassle: (in an interview with Barnaby Marriott and speaking on acting in the "Little House on the Prairie" episode "A Matter of Faith") "A Matter of Faith" was written for me so that I could show off a greater range. I think Mike (Michael Landon) was hoping I could be nominated for and win an Emmy. I learned a great deal about acting for the camera from that show. (edit)

Star
Little House on the Prairie Caroline Quiner Holbrook Ingalls (1974 - 1982)

Guest Star
$20,000 Pyramid Soupy Sales & 5 Female Stars Herself	Battle of the Network Stars Special #8 NBC Team
Battle of the Network Stars Special #1 NBC Team	Battle of the Network Stars Special #2 NBC Team
Dinah August 31, 1977 Herself	E! True Hollywood Story Michael Landon Herself