two of my favorite moments from the Waltons; the first one being the episode when grandma came home from the hospital and was feeling useless and sorry for herself. and then towards the end grandpa figured out a way to make her snap out of it and feel needed, "old woman, you're not gonna sit around here feeling sorry for yourself when there's chores to be done." then she whacked him with the broom and said, "you old fool," with tears in her eyes. grandpa embraced her and said, "you're back Esther, you're back." the other when Ben and his new bride are arguing in their "house" and grandma steps in. she hands Ben's wife the broom and points to the picture of grandpa on the wall, "old fool," then points at Ben and says, "young fool." then Ben's wife goes off on him and puts him in his place.
I'm the youngest of 8 children. And will be 59 in June. This show was always watched in our home. And I agree that we need more shows like this. Nothing is even close to this nowadays.
@@aydenplayzgames7881 well my mom has passed away so I can't ask her about it and it wasn't something she made a big deal about. But she did have sleep-overs there with the oldest sister and said they were a really nice family. (Compared to my ancestors who were wild moonshine drinking hillbillies. The reason my mom HATED alcohol!)
A truly unique and awesome experience that Your Mom had growing up with the Real Waltons. We're You able to meet any of the ancestors of who Your Mom got to hang around with & hear Their Family Stories???
"Goodnight John Boy" was often heard throughout our house of seven kids. I'm the youngest, and at 57 years of age, I must admit I shed a few tears of recognition.
Miss Mamie and Miss Emily, the Baldwin sisters, Don't ya know, as they would say.. they were actresses Helen Klebb and Mary Jackson. Helen Klebb was in a Bonanza episode in 1973 called Forever, when Eugene Murice Orowitz entered a womans dress shop and bought a hat for his yet to be wife. He got a lot of stares from the women in that shop, Helen Klebb for one, as you saw her up front, thumbing through dresses.
The Walton’s was a fantastic programme, it was a series that didn’t have violence, bad language, sex, political or religious rhetoric, but did address the issues of the period, growing pains, and personal relationships, so much better than the drivel made today. A great insight into what really goes on behind the scenes, thanks for sharing. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
That's because we are heathens. Haha Organized religion throughout the whole earth and organized political throughout the whole earth. Nothing new under the sun.
Yes.... i guess you could say, it was the same with ‘Little house on the prairie’ too; but 2 very different time periods. Tuesday am at 06:38H 26th January 2021 U.K. 🇬🇧 Southampton.
actually there was an episode that had domestic violence in it. It was the episode where the husband is back from the war and is drinking a lot and he beats his wife. They even showed her talking with the sheriff at the Walton's house and her bruises were very visible
@@angel196989 There was also an episode where a traveling minstrel came by and Mary Ellen offered herself to him with no strings attached at age 15. While her poor familly picked apples she tried to run away with him but he talked her out of it. It was pretty trashy of her.
Can't have strong male characters on TV anymore unless they are non white. Remember, the white, straight male patriarchy must be destroyed. Shows now show men as bumbling fools, especially white men.
@@NoMastersNoMistress i kinda disagree, my family is similar to this, and it takes alot of work to keep my kids this way. I dont shield them from the world or problems but actual family values (faith, church, hard work, truth, honesty) stay firm with families where i live
@@rogerlynch5279 I would have, had I known about it and agreed that he was perfectly cast for it. I’ve never watched Bones. None of the commercials/trailers ever did a thing for me.
@@KelticTim Yep, like INGE MEYSEL in Germany between the late Sixties and the later Seventies also up to her death. Hence the Press in Germany had called her " THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE NATION " because this GRANDMOTER thing was her nish as a successfull actres
Ellen Corby didn't suffer a stroke on set, she suffered a stroke at home. She was late one day and because she was always on time Will Geer knew something must be wrong. He and others from the show went to check on her and found her unconscious, they called an ambulance probably saving her life. I know this because I subscribe to Judy Norton's channel which you show at 6:15 and she talked about it.
This might be true as I was just corrected But the Heartstroke story also went through the German Press back then. The Waltons were a hot item on German TV in the Seventies.. Have learned this also in my medic courses. People getting a stroke are often not aware about what just has happened to them.
The Waltons was a wholesome show that deplicted a family we all wanted to be apart of. Love and unity was the foundation of the program's theme. I arbitrarily believe that was why this program was an intrigued success, also other programs with the equivalent foundation. Example: Little House on the Prarie.❤
See, when conservatives remark on "better times" the left goes to racism, when women didn't have rights, blah blah blah. But women have been holding down jobs etc since the 1900's. Stephen Crowder's dad told a story about his mother being a travelling salesman in the early 1900's and then moving up the corporate ladder. THe waltons and the values they enshrine, THAT is what conservatives mean. Not Mary Ellen coming home pregnant for the 4th time and hooked on meth.
@@denismguitar1552 - I read the book, Crow Killer. Not quite what the movie depicted. Johnson didn't adopted the boy from the crazy woman. His Flathead wife was killed by Crows when she was pregnant with his child.
One correction according to Judy Norton on one of her videos on Ellen, Ellen had the stroke at home and didn't show up which worried Will Geer who took a few of the crew and they went over to her home and found her. That is how Judy tells that story!
I grew up watching "The Waltons". The cast was perfect. Every one of the Actors/Actresses portrayed these characters well. To add, each of them were able to capture the ideal, wholesome family during the Great Depression. Certainly, few TV series have this same unique ability to bring forth life to ea character & connect w/ ea other today. In this yr 2022, one can still view an episode & be taken back to the splendor & love within "Walton Mountain ".
It was a beautiful show and it gave us beautiful entertainment. They were what many of us strive to be on a daily basis. A loving, mortal, flawed family who’s love overcame all things, both hard times, and difficult temptations. Such things are rare to non-existent in today’s media.
There was a pilot movie in 1971 that included all the Walton children. The parents were played by Patricia Neal and Andrew Dugan. It was called The Homecoming. Ellen Corby was also in the movie. It was a Christmas movie.
Patricia Neal was in the pilot and then Richard Thomas has a leading role in the television show and Richard Thomas has the leading role in the film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and in that film Patricia Neal portrays his mother.
It is mine still too. I'm 72 and it brings back memories when my 2 children and I watched as a family, the best time of my life. God bless you loyal fans.
@@dianachoubin2645 I only remember, years ago, Richard Thomas was one time - on the cover of People magazine, he became the father of triplet daughters!!!
You really want to be angry, go read about the abuse of Judy Garland or how Shirley Temple was abused, her mother was forced to commit sex acts with producers to get Shirley work.
Kami Kotler has a facebook page where she talks about behind the scenes stuff in great detail, she's also really good when it comes to answering questions when you post them. Lots of really interesting information, I highly recommend checking it out.
We watched The Waltons every week during its initial run. However, it is The Homecoming: A Christmas Story that still holds up today. It is my favorite Christmas movie. No fantasy, special effects or original songs; just heart.
Unfortunately, a show like the Waltons could never be made today. It seems as though anything that praises simple family values is supposed to be shunned.
I disagree. We still see family values in TV today. Just not in ways we easily recognize. We are also seeing other types of families represented and shown as valid as the "Norman Rockwell" version. Whether they are single parent households, blended families, and yes even gay couples, all are still families. People love to screech "family values" without even realizing what that means. And what's sadder some of those advocates are the last ones to practice what they preach.
@@truefanforum3273 I could not agree with you more! And we can blame that on the commies of the democratic party! They wouldn't know family values if it reared up and bit them in their sorry asses!
For myself, The Homecoming, their first foray into TV, a Christmas movie that was simple and simply beautiful was my longest lasting memory of The Waltons. I watch it several times a year, it just makes me feel good. I’m sorry the original Mom and Pop weren’t mentioned, it was as an authentic a performance of that time period as I’ve ever seen.
I remember The Waltons show when I was a young teenager. At first, I thought it was "corny" or rather "uncool" to watch it as a teen. Now in my 60's, I enjoy watching it almost every night. It brings back fond memories for me while growing up. It's nice to watch quality shows like this without violence, foul language, etc. You rarely see any shows like this anymore.
Instead of this “National Enquirer” type of info on The Waltons, watch The Waltons-Ask Judy by Judy Norton (Mary Ellen). Your picture by the title was a really cheap shot.
That episode was called "the conflict " and it starred actress Beula Bondi as Martha Corrin. Was grandpa's brother Henry's wife. Just watched the episode Thursday night. !
I loved this show even though I never saw it until I was around 7 years old since when it debuted I was just a baby. I always wished my family was more like the Walton's. One of my favorite episodes was The Chicken Thief. That was the one where Yancy Butler stole the chickens and gave them to people who barely had food and then he was arrested and everyone was visiting him in jail. Bringing him food and stuff. It was just a funny episode. The one that made me cry was the season 7 opener when they buried grandpa Walton and when grandma Walton said "Old man you live in all of us" I sobbed my head off
Henry Fonda played the father in the movie Spencer's Mountain. The original Walton's but they weren't Walton's they were Spencer's. Clay and Clay boy. It wasn't Ralph Wheat it was Waite pronounced Weight.
It would've been far more correct to say that The Waltons was based on the 1971 Christmas movie "The Homecoming, A Christmas Story" which featured Andrew Duggan as John Walton, and Patricia Neal as Olivia. Edgar Bergan played Grandpa. As I've heard it, the family name of Walton's was used due to copy-write issues with the movie title. If I remember correctly somebody in Earl Hamner's family had been named Walton. This video is the first I ever heard of Henry Fonda being approached about the role. I remember at the time The Walton's went on the air reading in TV guide that Andrew Duggan had been approached but was either uninterested or unavailable. Hard to imagine anyone other than Ralph Waite in that role now.
Yeah it was kind of hard to take too much of this serious when he kept calling him "Ralph Wheat." If you can't something that basic correct, then is any of the other information correct?
Ya.are family also didn't mis the show an I got to a point where I say to my family now that I'm grown 55 now I say do y'all have any recipe I feel like making me a nice drink let me try 1832 sister.p.s.my sister has a little room with many bottles they have left over from party's.🥵
I love watching The Waltons show. It reminds me of when I grew up out in the country and living beside my grandparents. We helped our grandparents out as kids. We did chores like hanging clothes, feeding chickens, cut firewood, getting the eggs, cook, clean, etc. I didn’t know grandma in Waltons was gay. I did read online how Grandpa was gay. I was shocked they were.
The Baldwin sisters carrying on their dear father (the judge's) famous tradition of making "the recipe" medicinally of course. It was moonshine/whiskey.
Judy Norton once said that she was being paid $3,000 / week. In the 70's that wasn't chicken scratch, and was decent money. You could buy a new car for $3,000. Most people don't make that kind of money every week in the year 2021. They must have been big spenders.
She also appeared on some episode of Bonanza and The Invaders and Grandpa was on episode of Bonanza and played George Washington on episode of Bewitched, Richard Thomas also appeared on an episode of Bonanza.
Agree. Watching Walton’s thanksgiving marathon on Hallmark channel. Those early episodes are classics. The later episodes (WWII years) are nearly unwatchable.
I rediscovered it bored one day waiting for the kids school day to end. Such a great show, but they really should’ve ended it when Olivia decided to quit the show, and they never should’ve recast Jon Boy. Like MASH, it overstayed its welcome, and went a few seasons too long.
@@KelticTim ..... YES!!! Completely agreed!!! The show was never the same when mama and John Boy left. Mostly John Boy!! He was the reason for the show. The 'new' John Boy couldn't fill the big shoes of John Boy. Also to many new characters, that kinda sorta never really fit in! 2 thumbs up for you!! :-)
@@reneeheknowsmyname6771 my main feeling on it is the entire show was based on his POV of life on the mountain during the depression. Once he goes, it’s kinda hard to examine his POV. They had to retool the whole point of the show. As for the momma, it was her character that more often than not was the glue of the family. When either character left it was a huge gift to the writers to end the show naturally and while they still owned the ratings. The producers greed kept them on the air and really tarnished the shows legacy. Ricky Gervais has the perfect formula, 3 seasons and a Christmas special, leaving the end the end. It’s always better to leave them wanting more than to have them get sick of you. MASH, The Office, Seinfeld, Dr Who, the list goes on and on.
I grew up a “Little House on the Prairie” fan. I never bothered with “The Waltons” until about ten years ago, at the age of thirty-nine. I fell in love with the show and can’t believe what a “Little House” snob I was! 😂 In a way, I’m glad. After nine years of watching it, it’s still “new” to me, and I really appreciate the storyline and the characters. What a show. ❤️
I have to admit to losing a lot of interest in the Waltons after Richard Thomas left the series. It just never seemed to be the same to me. The acting & stories became formulaic & lost much of their heart, in my opinion. But what a run before that. I consider it one of the greatest TV series ever.
I grew up in a family of seven people. We watched the Waltons all the time and actually used the "good night" sign off at home. This past Christmas eve we had a Zoom party because we would have been together except for COVID. Traditions live on.
A "morning drive radio" duo in Birmingham, AL did a spoof of the show in the mid 1970s. John Ed Willoughby played "John Ed Boy", and his male partner Tommy Charles put on a falsetto to portray the character "Mama & Them." (For those of my dear UA-cam audience who are not from or in the Deep South, a common greeting there is, 'How's your mama and them doing?" ). The duo also roasted Ms. Angie Proctor, a high visibility city councilman, with a spoof of the sitcom, "Mary Hartman". It opened with the familiar theme music, and an actual woman this time squeaking out, "Angie Proctor! Angie Proctor!"
wow. i really could've gone the rest of my life without knowing will geer took it in the poop shoot. i never would've thought it. i'll never see jeremiah johnson the same way again. thanks alot. damn who would've thought it?
Me TV has some real gems, it’s not the only channel that has the rights to The Waltons tho, I believe a channel called Inspiration has them as well, that’s where I first rediscovered it.
I grew up watching the Waltons. I guess I was about 10 y/o and watched the first few seasons religiously. I don’t know if it contributed in some small way to my character, but shows like this, Dave’s & Goliath, the Brady Bunch, little house on the prairie, Emergency, etc., were all shows that had wholesome messages. I’m not sure young kids grow up with that kind of messaging today. It’s no wonder there’s a lot of hate and anger in the streets. They are pummeled with hyperbolic news and trash on the airwaves.
I absolutely love the waltons. I still watch it now on channel 61 on direct t.v. I had such a crush on John boy Walton who in real life is 2 years older than me. I remember watching it with my parents, who also liked it, especially my mom..
Amazing and mind blowing how one grows up with adorations for a show and it's cast members, as I did with the Walton's; yet to hear of the down to Earth personal issues many of the cast members faced! I still love them all!!
It's a shame, too. I thought Robert Wightman was an excellent bit of casting. To me, he fit into the family better than Thomas, as he looked a lot like Jason, and his voice sounded a lot like Jim Bob. But, Thomas did such a masterful job with the role that Wightman just could not keep up.
Narrator? You must know that nobody becomes a teacher for the money. Check into average teacher's salaries. Be sure to include the name of at least one millionaire teacher. I won't hold my breath waiting.
I watched The Waltons when it aired in the UK. I loved it and even though I was only a child I recognised it's wonderful writing and talented cast as being an instant classic. They aired Little House on the Prairie too but it was nowhere near as good. The Waltons was warm-hearted but LHOTP was pure cheese.
I love the show but can no longer watch it cause it was the last show my wife and I watched before she passed away in 2020 to cancer I truely loved that show watched when it was on first run the reruns afterwards I can’t to this day watch a episode without crying
now tv tells us that dads are as dumb as homer and that children have a right to do whatever they feel like and children and teens are natural born geniuses being interrupted by adults.
This is still such a good show. And why is it always the females that just have to pose nude or whatever? To show they’re “grown up”? The guys never do it. 🤷♀️
When everyone else wanted to live like/where The Partridge Family or Brady Bunch......I wanted (and still do) to live on Walton's Mountain in that very house.....loved it 💗
I like the episode when the episodes come on TV I don't care which episode it was they're all good. It makes me so sad to watch The waltons I'm happy that you filmed showed this . Cuz I remember the days when my family got together and watch Andy Griffith and dukes of Hazzard stuff like that. But The waltons I got into when I'm much older we also watched Little House on the prairie. And I cried watching The Lost in the prairie all the tough hardship they had to go through and we didn't have to go through this much hardship and we complain too much. About the simple things. And we didn't have it that hard as children just all the screaming and a little bit of violence but it really wasn't so bad. It's actually worse these days. Cuz at least we had computers and TV and Nintendo no internet. Daddy's was a crazy time for us I know I was trying to say the '80s was a crazy time for us. Feels kind of strange watching the walls but I like it. Cuz we're living in a future age world today.
It was really real sometimes. I'm thinking about the episode about Ben taking John-Boys car to take his girlfriend to see her mom. And Ben promised to never tell no one what happened. Unfortunately John Boy's car was taken for a joy ride and was damaged. When Ben admitted he had taken the car, Daddy was furious! He grabbed Ben and was close to beating him. It was very intense. Very Very Intense.
I love watching The Waltons, first off ,let me say Liv and Erin were totally Hot .....I didn't know grandma and grandpa walton were gay ,that was a shock , and I didn't know Mary Ellen posed in playboy , but it is still a great show !!!
What do you remember most about the Waltons? 🤔
@ti portangeles it’s WAITE not WAIT
WAITE!!! So annoying to hear a name mispronounced over and over.
I remember the waiting every week for the show yet I remember nothing about it .but I was 7 or 8 years old
How they help each outher
two of my favorite moments from the Waltons; the first one being the episode when grandma came home from the hospital and was feeling useless and sorry for herself. and then towards the end grandpa figured out a way to make her snap out of it and feel needed, "old woman, you're not gonna sit around here feeling sorry for yourself when there's chores to be done." then she whacked him with the broom and said, "you old fool," with tears in her eyes. grandpa embraced her and said, "you're back Esther, you're back." the other when Ben and his new bride are arguing in their "house" and grandma steps in. she hands Ben's wife the broom and points to the picture of grandpa on the wall, "old fool," then points at Ben and says, "young fool." then Ben's wife goes off on him and puts him in his place.
I'm the youngest of 8 children. And will be 59 in June. This show was always watched in our home. And I agree that we need more shows like this. Nothing is even close to this nowadays.
I'm 60 and the youngest of 8. We seem to have something in common.
Baby of only 5 here… loved Waltons! We also have a daughter Erin and son Jason💁🏻♀️
Nobody cares
@@Grond605 LOL obviously you do or your ignorant ass wouldn't have commented
My mom grew up with the real Waltons in Virginia. She was friends with the oldest sister of the author.
How awesome is that would be too cool
That is so cool. Were they as close as tv portrayed?
@@aydenplayzgames7881 well my mom has passed away so I can't ask her about it and it wasn't something she made a big deal about. But she did have sleep-overs there with the oldest sister and said they were a really nice family. (Compared to my ancestors who were wild moonshine drinking hillbillies. The reason my mom HATED alcohol!)
Kewl!
A truly unique and awesome experience that Your Mom had growing up with the Real Waltons.
We're You able to meet any of the ancestors of who Your Mom got to hang around with & hear Their Family Stories???
"Goodnight John Boy" was often heard throughout our house of seven kids. I'm the youngest, and at 57 years of age, I must admit I shed a few tears of recognition.
I remember Family Guy had a parody of that scene. He was wanting privacy in the bathroom. 😊
I remember us saying it on school camp in year 10.
Same I'm one of seven we done the same.😂
I loved the two old sisters that lived in the mansion cooking up moonshine.
Miss Mamie and Miss Emily, the Baldwin sisters, Don't ya know, as they would say.. they were actresses Helen Klebb and Mary Jackson. Helen Klebb was in a Bonanza episode in 1973 called Forever, when Eugene Murice Orowitz entered a womans dress shop and bought a hat for his yet to be wife. He got a lot of stares from the women in that shop, Helen Klebb for one, as you saw her up front, thumbing through dresses.
It was Papa's recipe
Is that what they were doing??? I was so young, I missed that.🤣
@@Sunflowermeadows777 The still was literally set up in the living room of their mansion.
The sister's didn't see it as "moonshine" just their fathers recipe!they would have nip now and then!
It's sad that the kids didn't get more recognition, they are the ones that made the show.
The Walton’s was a fantastic programme, it was a series that didn’t have violence, bad language, sex, political or religious rhetoric, but did address the issues of the period, growing pains, and personal relationships, so much better than the drivel made today. A great insight into what really goes on behind the scenes, thanks for sharing. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Couldn’t agree more , it was proper tv .
That's because we are heathens. Haha
Organized religion throughout the whole earth and organized political throughout the whole earth. Nothing new under the sun.
Yes.... i guess you could say, it was the same with ‘Little house on the prairie’ too; but 2 very different time periods.
Tuesday am at 06:38H 26th January 2021 U.K. 🇬🇧 Southampton.
actually there was an episode that had domestic violence in it. It was the episode where the husband is back from the war and is drinking a lot and he beats his wife. They even showed her talking with the sheriff at the Walton's house and her bruises were very visible
@@angel196989 There was also an episode where a traveling minstrel came by and Mary Ellen offered herself to him with no strings attached at age 15. While her poor familly picked apples she tried to run away with him but he talked her out of it. It was pretty trashy of her.
I remember grandma Ellen Corby as a car thief on The Andy Griffith Show she sold a stolen car to Don Knots
I need to find the episode
I had forgotten about that until you said it. What a great episode that was!
With sawdust in the motor
she played a lot of parts in old westerns too i remember,
Ellen Corby stard on Track Down with a young Robert Clup. She was also on Gomer Pilale USMC
I cried so hard when grampa died
That would be Ralph “Waite” not Wheat as you keep saying.
My 0hone had a clip about Ralph's last name was pronounced "Wheat" It was a clip on U-tube
We need tv shows like this today.
Guess I'm dreaming but I would love it.
Can't have strong male characters on TV anymore unless they are non white. Remember, the white, straight male patriarchy must be destroyed. Shows now show men as bumbling fools, especially white men.
@@TheRoadhammer379 Yeah, these SOB's are Destroying everything good about America as fast as they can.
No we don't. We need more honesty. The Waltons is one of the most dishonest things to ever air.
@@NoMastersNoMistress I've lived 65 years in the rural South and it reminds me a lot of the way things were around here.
That's honest enough for me.
@@NoMastersNoMistress i kinda disagree, my family is similar to this, and it takes alot of work to keep my kids this way. I dont shield them from the world or problems but actual family values (faith, church, hard work, truth, honesty) stay firm with families where i live
It’s not Ralph “weet”, its pronounced “ wait”
I kept thinking the same thing throughout the video. It’s all good though.
To get really nit picky, it's not only pronounced "Wait", but is spelled "Waite". 😋😂
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Waite not weet.
Piss poor research.
The thing that comes to my mind is the wholesome family values that was shown here isn’t seen anywhere or anymore
We went from Leave it to Beaver, to Family guy. There's nothing family about family guy
@Steveknowles Knowles and public schools as well as MTV
@@antneyfatts665 ward i think you were a little to hard on the beaver last night!
What about Full House? lol
Democrats, Hollywood, sports, music. Get rid of them if you want morals back
I learned something valuable from every episode. Values, courage, honor and sacrifice... It was highly influential in my life.
Congrats on being brainwashed.
There was a lot of good to take away from that show. More so than most television programs.
Ralph Waite was cast perfectly as Gibbs father on NCIS. That role was legit made for him.
You could have added Ralph Waite´s other rolle als Booth grandfather in BONES as well
@@rogerlynch5279 I would have, had I known about it and agreed that he was perfectly cast for it. I’ve never watched Bones. None of the commercials/trailers ever did a thing for me.
@@KelticTim Yep, like INGE MEYSEL in Germany between the late Sixties and the later Seventies also up to her death.
Hence the Press in Germany had called her " THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE NATION " because this GRANDMOTER thing was her nish as a successfull actres
He played well in the Bodyguard too
He also played a priest on Days a few years before he died.
I grew up and still live in Nelson County where The Waltons museum is. and had the pleasure of Kami Cotler being one of my teachers in high school.
How Sweet that was I'm sure. I would've loved it.
Did she share stories of being on The Waltons?
Wow... Awesome
Ellen Corby didn't suffer a stroke on set, she suffered a stroke at home. She was late one day and because she was always on time Will Geer knew something must be wrong. He and others from the show went to check on her and found her unconscious, they called an ambulance probably saving her life. I know this because I subscribe to Judy Norton's channel which you show at 6:15 and she talked about it.
She was almost dead. And it was about two years before she was able to return back to work.
Judy Norton’s channel is highly recommended for those whom enjoyed The Waltons ...
This might be true as I was just corrected But the Heartstroke story also went through the German Press back then. The Waltons were a hot item on German TV in the Seventies..
Have learned this also in my medic courses. People getting a stroke are often not aware about what just has happened to them.
Ken your right so they wrote it in the show
I agree. not on set. !!!
I still watch the waltons its a family show and now a days you dont see any of those real family shows you can watch with your children 💯
I Absolutly Love The Waltons . I Still Watch Them Till Today.
The Waltons was a wholesome show that deplicted a family we all wanted to be apart of. Love and unity was the foundation of the program's theme. I arbitrarily believe that was why this program was an intrigued success, also other programs with the equivalent foundation. Example: Little House on the Prarie.❤
I totally agree!
I can't disagree with a single moral of any episode, and boy, I love their house.
Sadly, it's a thing of the past... shows like this don't exist anymore 😴
@@amyabarca4440 yet like any siblings they could fight like cats and dogs 😁
See, when conservatives remark on "better times" the left goes to racism, when women didn't have rights, blah blah blah. But women have been holding down jobs etc since the 1900's. Stephen Crowder's dad told a story about his mother being a travelling salesman in the early 1900's and then moving up the corporate ladder.
THe waltons and the values they enshrine, THAT is what conservatives mean. Not Mary Ellen coming home pregnant for the 4th time and hooked on meth.
Will Geer was hilarious in Jeremiah Johnson. "Skin that pilgrim, and I'll get ya another".
Agreed but not too many people would watch it because they actually had morals
@@oneeyeddog3045 - It made almost $45 million at the box office in 1972.
Epic part in an epic film about John Johnston, a real amazing mountain man. Buried now at Old Trail Town in Cody, WY. Great place to visit!
The Homecoming. Was excellent. Old fashioned Christmas movie.
@@denismguitar1552 - I read the book, Crow Killer. Not quite what the movie depicted. Johnson didn't adopted the boy from the crazy woman. His Flathead wife was killed by Crows when she was pregnant with his child.
I was named after ‘Erin Walton’! Same initials!
One correction according to Judy Norton on one of her videos on Ellen, Ellen had the stroke at home and didn't show up which worried Will Geer who took a few of the crew and they went over to her home and found her. That is how Judy tells that story!
I grew up watching "The Waltons". The cast was perfect. Every one of the Actors/Actresses portrayed these characters well. To add, each of them were able to capture the ideal, wholesome family during the Great Depression. Certainly, few TV series have this same unique ability to bring forth life to ea character & connect w/ ea other today. In this yr 2022, one can still view an episode & be taken back to the splendor & love within "Walton Mountain ".
It was a beautiful show and it gave us beautiful entertainment. They were what many of us strive to be on a daily basis. A loving, mortal, flawed family who’s love overcame all things, both hard times, and difficult temptations. Such things are rare to non-existent in today’s media.
Yeah, the Great Depression was a hoot.
We need more tv shows like this. Especially in today's times.
I agree I agree with you but I don't think there's no writers like that anymore
Could you imagine? At least half the country would be convinced the show was from a different planet.
I watch the Walton's every chance I get & little house on the prairie
There was a pilot movie in 1971 that included all the Walton children. The parents were played by Patricia Neal and Andrew Dugan. It was called The Homecoming. Ellen Corby was also in the movie. It was a Christmas movie.
Good night sally, good night James.
@@sallyfreeman9971 I agree!!! You can see that on this UA-cam. I have it saved several times in my UA-cam history. Have a nice friendly day!!🤗🤓
I own it, watch it every xmas.
Patricia Neal was in the pilot and then Richard Thomas has a leading role in the television show and Richard Thomas has the leading role in the film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and in that film Patricia Neal portrays his mother.
Is that the episode where they’re waiting for their father to return to have Christmas but there was a blizzard and they were all worried about him?
Bring shows like this back please.
Nowadays the SJW's would call it racist. Those idiots ruined tv.
How can you bring it back, with most of the people are dead? it would never be the same.
The country is too much of a sewer now.
Still my favorite show no matter what happened in their personal lives! It's nobody's business what they did or how they chose to live.
It is mine still too. I'm 72 and it brings back memories when my 2 children and I watched as a family, the best time of my life. God bless you loyal fans.
M8ñe 5ol
Miñe too
@@dianachoubin2645 I only remember, years ago, Richard Thomas was one time - on the cover of People magazine, he became the father of triplet daughters!!!
Yeah. Its what is on TV that counts
It offends to hear the treatment towards the children of the Waltons. All characters made a difference in the episodes.
You really want to be angry, go read about the abuse of Judy Garland or how Shirley Temple was abused, her mother was forced to commit sex acts with producers to get Shirley work.
Kami Kotler has a facebook page where she talks about behind the scenes stuff in great detail, she's also really good when it comes to answering questions when you post them. Lots of really interesting information, I highly recommend checking it out.
I can’t imagine anyone other than Ralph Waite as John Walton.
I was in love with John Walton,the smile
I think I'll make some coffee now and watch the Walton's.
We watched The Waltons every week during its initial run. However, it is The Homecoming: A Christmas Story that still holds up today. It is my favorite Christmas movie. No fantasy, special effects or original songs; just heart.
The awakening is my favourite episode ,Mary Ellen first kiss, and best scene of Mary Ellen by the pond with the sunshine on her by the pond..
Unfortunately, a show like the Waltons could never be made today. It seems as though anything that praises simple family values is supposed to be shunned.
I disagree. We still see family values in TV today. Just not in ways we easily recognize. We are also seeing other types of families represented and shown as valid as the "Norman Rockwell" version. Whether they are single parent households, blended families, and yes even gay couples, all are still families. People love to screech "family values" without even realizing what that means. And what's sadder some of those advocates are the last ones to practice what they preach.
Shut it fool!
I beg to differ. We see it in Blue Bloods dinner scenes, which remind me of The Waltons.
Where's the diversity!? Blah Blah
@@truefanforum3273 I could not agree with you more! And we can blame that on the commies of the democratic party! They wouldn't know family values if it reared up and bit them in their sorry asses!
For myself, The Homecoming, their first foray into TV, a Christmas movie that was simple and simply beautiful was my longest lasting memory of The Waltons. I watch it several times a year, it just makes me feel good. I’m sorry the original Mom and Pop weren’t mentioned, it was as an authentic a performance of that time period as I’ve ever seen.
I still love watching "The Walton's". It's a great show and it reminds me of my youth, watching with my mom and grandma and brothers and sister.
I remember The Waltons show when I was a young teenager. At first, I thought it was "corny" or rather "uncool" to watch it as a teen. Now in my 60's, I enjoy watching it almost every night. It brings back fond memories for me while growing up. It's nice to watch quality shows like this without violence, foul language, etc. You rarely see any shows like this anymore.
Richard Thomas is likely one of Hollywood's greatest actors..he is versatile in all genres of characters and films.
Not really. Just known for John Boy. Saw him on Law and Order, just average.
I love The Waltons I can watch this show every night I think kids today should watch it maybe they would show respect.
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⬆️ she's right tho!
Dam right!!
I grew up with it, and trust me, your kids will despise you if you make them watch it.
@@NoMastersNoMistress totally agree,a world that never existed and cardboard cut out characters
I like the two old ladies that made moonshine I can't remember their names LOL
The Baldwin Sisters, Emily and Mamie. Loved when they were going to mail the "recipe" to the President for Thanksgiving.
Emily & Mamie Baldwin
Too much moonshine?
Instead of this “National Enquirer” type of info on The Waltons, watch The Waltons-Ask Judy by Judy Norton (Mary Ellen). Your picture by the title was a really cheap shot.
Hello Diana how are you doing today?💐🌹😊
Who remembers the episode where the government wanted to take one of the old ladys house and land??
And later on John boy visit the graves and the road still wasn’t built government just wanted the land
That episode was called "the conflict " and it starred actress Beula Bondi as Martha Corrin. Was grandpa's brother Henry's wife. Just watched the episode Thursday night. !
The best episode of them all. Beulah Bondi played the old lady. She made the episode great. An excellent actress!
she played in the pony cart episode. best episode
John Boy got shot in that episode.
I loved this show even though I never saw it until I was around 7 years old since when it debuted I was just a baby. I always wished my family was more like the Walton's. One of my favorite episodes was The Chicken Thief. That was the one where Yancy Butler stole the chickens and gave them to people who barely had food and then he was arrested and everyone was visiting him in jail. Bringing him food and stuff. It was just a funny episode. The one that made me cry was the season 7 opener when they buried grandpa Walton and when grandma Walton said "Old man you live in all of us" I sobbed my head off
You forgot one member of the family you didn't show reckless
How bout Chance the Cow and Blue the Mule
Rover...Jim Bob's pet peacock!!
I remember her.
Henry Fonda played the father in the movie Spencer's Mountain. The original Walton's but they weren't Walton's they were Spencer's. Clay and Clay boy. It wasn't Ralph Wheat it was Waite pronounced Weight.
It would've been far more correct to say that The Waltons was based on the 1971 Christmas movie "The Homecoming, A Christmas Story" which featured Andrew Duggan as John Walton, and Patricia Neal as Olivia. Edgar Bergan played Grandpa. As I've heard it, the family name of Walton's was used due to copy-write issues with the movie title. If I remember correctly somebody in Earl Hamner's family had been named Walton. This video is the first I ever heard of Henry Fonda being approached about the role. I remember at the time The Walton's went on the air reading in TV guide that Andrew Duggan had been approached but was either uninterested or unavailable. Hard to imagine anyone other than Ralph Waite in that role now.
@@calvinhandley2373 Spencer's Mountain came out years before The Homecoming.
Cotton Hill yep nearly a decade, it was also set in 1960's Wyoming rather than 1930's Virginia.
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So, “ loosely “ based.
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Yeah it was kind of hard to take too much of this serious when he kept calling him "Ralph Wheat." If you can't something that basic correct, then is any of the other information correct?
We used to watch the Walton’s from Ireland. It was something to look forward to every week. We learned how to live in harmony in rural Ireland.
Ya.are family also didn't mis the show an I got to a point where I say to my family now that I'm grown 55 now I say do y'all have any recipe I feel like making me a nice drink let me try 1832 sister.p.s.my sister has a little room with many bottles they have left over from party's.🥵
It is pronounced “Wait” not “wheat”
I love watching The Waltons show. It reminds me of when I grew up out in the country and living beside my grandparents. We helped our grandparents out as kids. We did chores like hanging clothes, feeding chickens, cut firewood, getting the eggs, cook, clean, etc. I didn’t know grandma in Waltons was gay. I did read online how Grandpa was gay. I was shocked they were.
I hated it with every fiber of my being when I was 6 in 1977.
If it was "so great" why dont you still live there?
The Baldwin sisters carrying on their dear father (the judge's) famous tradition of making "the recipe" medicinally of course. It was moonshine/whiskey.
I like the ending of The waltons when they all said good night to each other
Hello Debra how are you doing today?🌹💐
Richard Thomas is an AMAZING actor with a lot of depth and range. I'm not surprised he's been working non-stop
He did one movie where he is a deranged stalker and comes to an office building and goes postal. Can't remember the name of it.
Further to my comment above. Movie was called Stalking Laura with Brooke Shields.
@@markcastelletti483 Oh yes!! I actually saw that movie. I enjoyed it and he was very convincing
Will Geer was so awesome! In "The Homecoming" the actor who played Grandpa was so totally different. I think the show lost so much without him.
I read that he (Grandpa) was allowed to ad-lib (and only him) He was SO good.
Judy Norton once said that she was being paid $3,000 / week. In the 70's that wasn't chicken scratch, and was decent money. You could buy a new car for $3,000. Most people don't make that kind of money every week in the year 2021. They must have been big spenders.
Ellen Corby had some great movie roles as well: "It's a Wonderful Life" and "I remember Mama", are my 2 favorites.
She also appeared on some episode of Bonanza and The Invaders and Grandpa was on episode of Bonanza and played George Washington on episode of Bewitched, Richard Thomas also appeared on an episode of Bonanza.
@@hydrolito She was also a car thief ring leader on The Andy Griffith show.
@@tt600pch Myrtle "Hub Caps" Lesh.
She sold a lemon to Barney Fife.
@@hydrolito Richard Thomas was in a 1969 episode of Gunsmoke by the name of Billy. Will Geere also was in Gunsmoke to.
@@tt600pch Yep I remember that.
Ellen Corby was a scream on an episode of the Andy Griffith Show! Mrs. Lesch who sells a car to Deputy Fife! A versatile and talented actress!
Ellen and Stella got it on in the back of that car
Henry Fonda was in the movie version in '63 called Spencer's Mountain.
We need them now more than ever
I've been using the Waltons theme tune as the ringtone for all my family members for years.
The first five years of the show were perfection.
The show got worse as the John Boy and the parents and grandparents left. Turns out the rest of the Walton kids couldn't act worth beans.
I agree. I almost include the 6th because of Grandpa and John Boy did make some guest appearances. After that, no.
Agree. Watching Walton’s thanksgiving marathon on Hallmark channel. Those early episodes are classics. The later episodes (WWII years) are nearly unwatchable.
The Best show I GREW UP IN THE 70,s
As a Child in the MICHIGAN SYSTEM I wished for a FAMILY of this Love and Caring.
The Waltons, are my forever favorite show!!!
YES INDEED!!!
I rediscovered it bored one day waiting for the kids school day to end. Such a great show, but they really should’ve ended it when Olivia decided to quit the show, and they never should’ve recast Jon Boy. Like MASH, it overstayed its welcome, and went a few seasons too long.
@@KelticTim ..... YES!!! Completely agreed!!! The show was never the same when mama and John Boy left. Mostly John Boy!! He was the reason for the show. The 'new' John Boy couldn't fill the big shoes of John Boy.
Also to many new characters, that kinda sorta never really fit in! 2 thumbs up for you!! :-)
@@reneeheknowsmyname6771 my main feeling on it is the entire show was based on his POV of life on the mountain during the depression. Once he goes, it’s kinda hard to examine his POV. They had to retool the whole point of the show. As for the momma, it was her character that more often than not was the glue of the family. When either character left it was a huge gift to the writers to end the show naturally and while they still owned the ratings. The producers greed kept them on the air and really tarnished the shows legacy. Ricky Gervais has the perfect formula, 3 seasons and a Christmas special, leaving the end the end. It’s always better to leave them wanting more than to have them get sick of you. MASH, The Office, Seinfeld, Dr Who, the list goes on and on.
I grew up a “Little House on the Prairie” fan. I never bothered with “The Waltons” until about ten years ago, at the age of thirty-nine. I fell in love with the show and can’t believe what a “Little House” snob I was! 😂 In a way, I’m glad. After nine years of watching it, it’s still “new” to me, and I really appreciate the storyline and the characters. What a show. ❤️
A SHOW WITH TRUE FAMILY VALUES! NOT TOO MANY OF THEM NOW!!
The Walton's were our Family.
I can't believe grandpa was gay man that wrecked me I'll never be the same
Grandma Walton was a lesbian.
@@jeffhughes1218 I could see she was kind of Butch but Grandpa Walton being gay threw me for a loop
I have to admit to losing a lot of interest in the Waltons after Richard Thomas left the series. It just never seemed to be the same to me. The acting & stories became formulaic & lost much of their heart, in my opinion.
But what a run before that. I consider it one of the greatest TV series ever.
I love the Waltons! Watch it every night before I go to bed! A touching, heartfelt Show💝
I loved the show but never believed the actors were like the characters.
I grew up in a family of seven people. We watched the Waltons all the time and actually used the "good night" sign off at home. This past Christmas eve we had a Zoom party because we would have been together except for COVID. Traditions live on.
I loved the Carol Burnett Show where she portrays "The Walnuts."
She played John girl on the walnuts.
A "morning drive radio" duo in Birmingham, AL did a spoof of the show in the mid 1970s. John Ed Willoughby played "John Ed Boy", and his male partner Tommy Charles put on a falsetto to portray the character "Mama & Them." (For those of my dear UA-cam audience who are not from or in the Deep South, a common greeting there is, 'How's your mama and them doing?" ). The duo also roasted Ms. Angie Proctor, a high visibility city councilman, with a spoof of the sitcom, "Mary Hartman". It opened with the familiar theme music, and an actual woman this time squeaking out, "Angie Proctor! Angie Proctor!"
wow. i really could've gone the rest of my life without knowing will geer took it in the poop shoot. i never would've thought it. i'll never see jeremiah johnson the same way again. thanks alot. damn who would've thought it?
My oldest daughter and I watch the Walton's every day on MeTv, we like the first years better!
Yes, we do too, everyday, me and my daughter, on MeTV.
Me TV has some real gems, it’s not the only channel that has the rights to The Waltons tho, I believe a channel called Inspiration has them as well, that’s where I first rediscovered it.
I do too.
I watch it on FREEVEE
I grew up with the Waltons. It brings back sweet memories. I loved every episode. Watching a rerun always puts me in a good moud.
Ralph Waite was, for a time, the minister in The Community Church in Garden City, NY...the town where I grew up.
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Judy Norton, and
Cami Cotler
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about The WALTONS.
Check them out.
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Ralph Waite’s surname is pronounced “Wait”, not “Wheat”!!
I grew up watching the Waltons. I guess I was about 10 y/o and watched the first few seasons religiously. I don’t know if it contributed in some small way to my character, but shows like this, Dave’s & Goliath, the Brady Bunch, little house on the prairie, Emergency, etc., were all shows that had wholesome messages. I’m not sure young kids grow up with that kind of messaging today. It’s no wonder there’s a lot of hate and anger in the streets. They are pummeled with hyperbolic news and trash on the airwaves.
I absolutely love the waltons. I still watch it now on channel 61 on direct t.v. I had such a crush on John boy Walton who in real life is 2 years older than me. I remember watching it with my parents, who also liked it, especially my mom..
Yes, me too! Loved John Boy
Amazing and mind blowing how one grows up with adorations for a show and it's cast members, as I did with the Walton's; yet to hear of the down to Earth personal issues many of the cast members faced! I still love them all!!
Great show. I stopped watching when they replaced Richard Thomas. It wasn't the same after that.
They did not replace him-he did not to want to be type cast so he left.
Agree. The first season or two after Thomas left were still pretty good I thought, just minus John Boy. But later seasons were nowhere near as good.
@@johnblood3731 I think Barry Ford means when the character of John Boy was recast with Robert Wightman.
@Randall Johnson that is correct. Bur rt left cause he wanted to.
It's a shame, too. I thought Robert Wightman was an excellent bit of casting. To me, he fit into the family better than Thomas, as he looked a lot like Jason, and his voice sounded a lot like Jim Bob. But, Thomas did such a masterful job with the role that Wightman just could not keep up.
When grandpa Walton passed in 1978... The show wasnt ever the same ... He and grandma made this show
That was so heartbreaking when he died
Love The Waltons !! I still catch reruns .
One of My favourites
Narrator? You must know that nobody becomes a teacher for the money. Check into average teacher's salaries. Be sure to include the name of at least one millionaire teacher. I won't hold my breath waiting.
I watched The Waltons when it aired in the UK. I loved it and even though I was only a child I recognised it's wonderful writing and talented cast as being an instant classic. They aired Little House on the Prairie too but it was nowhere near as good. The Waltons was warm-hearted but LHOTP was pure cheese.
All high ranking entertainment officials need to be arrested for child abuse and crimes against humanity at this stage.
I love the show but can no longer watch it cause it was the last show my wife and I watched before she passed away in 2020 to cancer I truely loved that show watched when it was on first run the reruns afterwards I can’t to this day watch a episode without crying
I remember my family watching the Waltons in a time before the crap we see today.
I loved the waltons
I enjoy my season 1 through 7 dvds. Starting in season 8 featured "phony John Boy" and they got sloppy with continuity.
now tv tells us that dads are as dumb as homer and that children have a right to do whatever they feel like and children and teens are natural born geniuses being interrupted by adults.
"Goodnight John Boy" my most memorable quote from the show
Boy,did our Kid hate The Waltons.Before it aired,he was Jon.After it aired,guess what everybody called him!LOL.
This is still such a good show.
And why is it always the females that just have to pose nude or whatever? To show they’re “grown up”? The guys never do it. 🤷♀️
When everyone else wanted to live like/where The Partridge Family or Brady Bunch......I wanted (and still do) to live on Walton's Mountain in that very house.....loved it 💗
I'm 68 years old and I watched the Walton's when it was a new show in the 70'' s and now I watch it all night on Hallmark Drama.
There’s no way they could have recast grandpa and they knew it 😢
Sometimes some things are better left unsaid . I personally didn’t need to hear the bad stuff it ruined the characters .
I like the episode when the episodes come on TV I don't care which episode it was they're all good. It makes me so sad to watch The waltons I'm happy that you filmed showed this . Cuz I remember the days when my family got together and watch Andy Griffith and dukes of Hazzard stuff like that. But The waltons I got into when I'm much older we also watched Little House on the prairie. And I cried watching The Lost in the prairie all the tough hardship they had to go through and we didn't have to go through this much hardship and we complain too much. About the simple things. And we didn't have it that hard as children just all the screaming and a little bit of violence but it really wasn't so bad. It's actually worse these days. Cuz at least we had computers and TV and Nintendo no internet. Daddy's was a crazy time for us I know I was trying to say the '80s was a crazy time for us. Feels kind of strange watching the walls but I like it. Cuz we're living in a future age world today.
It's Ralph wait not weed
It was really real sometimes. I'm thinking about the episode about Ben taking John-Boys car to take his girlfriend to see her mom. And Ben promised to never tell no one what happened. Unfortunately John Boy's car was taken for a joy ride and was damaged. When Ben admitted he had taken the car, Daddy was furious! He grabbed Ben and was close to beating him. It was very intense. Very Very Intense.
I love watching The Waltons, first off ,let me say Liv and Erin were totally Hot .....I didn't know grandma and grandpa walton were gay ,that was a shock , and I didn't know Mary Ellen posed in playboy , but it is still a great show !!!
Grandma & Grandpa Walton were both gay?
@@MountainsRCallingMe yep , in real life apparently