The Waltons : The Making of a TV Legacy

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The Waltons is an American drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book Spencer's Mountain and the 1963 film of the same name.
The television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Based on its success, the CBS television network ordered one season of episodes based on the same characters and that became the television series The Waltons. Beginning in September 1972, the series subsequently aired on CBS for nine seasons. After the series was canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television film sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication.
EDIT: Richard Thomas, Ellen Corby, & the other child cast members
were carried over to the cast of the series,
the other characters were recast. This was one of, if not the first videos I made and there were a few errors including mispronouncing a few names.
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@Brenda0312F 6 жыл бұрын

The opening music even now brings peace to my soul when I hear it.

@Johnwillbegone 4 жыл бұрын

Brings us back to a happier time.

@janetnorton7988 4 жыл бұрын

@NLTDB3S nltdb3s

@lindas.martin2806 4 жыл бұрын

Brenda Ferguson hahahaha!

@lindas.martin2806 4 жыл бұрын

Oops, I thought you meant the channel’s terrible music, sorry.,

@angiescyoc8745 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does

@ainsleykorsholm4373 4 жыл бұрын

What breaks my heart is that kids now a days will never have such a golden show like this. 😭

@MrReddok 2 жыл бұрын

Not true.......Bought the series, my kids watch it on their own now!!

@kristinconway3101 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up with this show when all the other kids were watching iCarly and the Simpsons lol 😂

@mistergrandpasbakery9941 2 жыл бұрын

And you're correct about that!

@gailmckerrow1450 Жыл бұрын

And they will be so glad!

@Etigress 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching The Walton's and The Little House on the Prairie. Both are great family shows that hold a place in my heart.

@e143princessll5 Жыл бұрын

Same with me! I like Johnboy and Laura!

@danijohnson4023 Жыл бұрын

@@e143princessll5 I love mary Ellen in the Walton's and and in little house on prairie I mary Inglls ❤

@dawnnicolas7617 5 жыл бұрын

This was one of the greatest shows I ever watched as a child. I feel blessed and privileged to have the Waltons as part of my childhood memories.

@karenglasgow7241 3 жыл бұрын

Me too watched it up until a few months ago but it's been taken off air now.

@maryellenbrady7487 3 жыл бұрын

@@karenglasgow7241 It is still playing on Hallmark channel, if you have it.

@filomenaacosta-navarro7369 2 жыл бұрын

@@maryellenbrady7487 I still watch it on INSP channel, 12 noon to 2:00, (2 hrs) , Mon to Thur I think.

@donnademitroff3582 4 жыл бұрын

love this show, wish the world would treat people like this show

@SB-in2ko 5 жыл бұрын

In the times where the movie was clean, interesting, education and lovely to watch...all family!! Absolutely beautiful!

@traveling25 4 жыл бұрын

Always loved this show, and still watch it.

@leebailey3990 5 жыл бұрын

I watch this show as a child and I continue watching it today they don’t make shows like this anymore and never will

@johngalush8790 5 жыл бұрын

why dont you make shows lime this? ..loser

@rwhitmore5106 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, comfort food for the soul, and perfect cast

@sweetmarie72ply 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up with The Walton’s and still watch it today! ❤️

@stephaniemitchellmitchell746 5 жыл бұрын

I once had lunch on the Waltons front steps. While working on the Columbia pictures lot I cane across the set and ate my lunch on the steps!

@johnharris7751 5 жыл бұрын

It was also before the Walton's, Sam Joneses farm house on Mayberry RFD.

@charlesnelson7781 4 жыл бұрын

Wow am jealous but in a good way.👍😊

@kennethbredow3098 6 жыл бұрын

This show was the best part of my childhood, I only have good thoughts of this time that has gone by and the Waltons stays alive in my heart forever.

@sharonann3344 5 жыл бұрын

How can you say that what have children got now days games consoles there is not a lot of children that want to go out now days but stay in doors because they have to complete something on thier games console

@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 4 жыл бұрын

I always feel pangs of nostalgia when I think of The Waltons

@reannewhite2844 4 жыл бұрын

Number One said that Richard Thomas was the only one not recast for the television series. However, none of the kids were recast, and only Richard Thomas was replaced during the series.

@jackieeasterwood3001 3 жыл бұрын

Correct. I don't know why they said Richard Thomas was the lone survivor. All 7 of the kids stayed the same and grandma was the same. I think they should have done some fact checking before making this video.

@ethelhoose1196 3 жыл бұрын

I really didn't like his replacement

@biblehistoryscience3530 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he recognized the others.

@eileenmurphy2019 2 жыл бұрын

The only recast was Patricia Neal replaced by Michael Learned, Andrew Duggan by Ralph Waite. Will Geer was the original choice for Grandpa, but was unavailable for the Homecoming.

@sandradarrough5677 6 күн бұрын

😢@@eileenmurphy2019

@azzuro79 6 жыл бұрын

I love the show. It is and always will be one of the best shows ever made. I watch it everyday.. Although it does Make me feel a bit envious... As I always wished / wanted a big loving family..Such as the Waltons....

@karenchristinemorse9029 4 жыл бұрын

Life was difficult and challenging for this family and many across the nation. Difference between then and now... families taught humility, respect, loyalty, hard work, honesty, value of life and understanding. This is a generation that while it had it's issues it worked together to overcome ... God bless those who held and hold those strengths and the faith that wove it together into a beautiful quilt of life ...

@danbytp 5 жыл бұрын

Now this is what Family is all about!

@coletteasnasielski1244 4 жыл бұрын

One of the Best TV Shows I Ever Saw

@marciaharrison6787 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Walton family, watch reruns over and over 😍

@themaskedslasher9509 5 жыл бұрын

This show was far before my time but it is my favorite show of all time

@carolmeckes2272 4 жыл бұрын

The Waltons was one of the best shows on tv. Today we take everything for granted.

@Robert08010 2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine the opening of the Waltons if John brought home an iPhone 13 instead of a vacuum tube radio?

@samboothroyd 5 жыл бұрын

I would hardly say they replaced "nearly everyone" since John, olivia and grandpa were the only ones replaced from the homecoming to the waltons.

@samboothroyd 5 жыл бұрын

I knew about Ralph Waite, Mary McDonough, the Walton house being used for Gilmore girls and it not being the original house.

@charlesnelson7781 4 жыл бұрын

Well I think she means outside the Walton's the Baldwin sisters and ike were different am not sure if that's how you spell ike doesn't really matter you know who am talking about plus the sheriff was different in the homecoming.

@truthseeker5833 6 жыл бұрын

Loved The Waltons! I was in my twenties, didn't miss an episode! ❤

@kathyguynn2103 4 жыл бұрын

I was late teens and it was before cable. Will geer was the greatest.

@sylvias4899 5 жыл бұрын

Will Geer also won an Emmy for playing Grandpa Walton.

@deplorablemn7979 4 жыл бұрын

Sylvia S - Sometimes I still miss Grandpa Walton. What a great character; his acting was rich. It was never the same but remained a quality show. Thanks.

@maidahaltrecht6577 4 жыл бұрын

It was my all time favourite show. I watched it every week.

@chrissymcgirt4667 4 жыл бұрын

loved loved loved that show and when I had kids we watched together. I still watch the reruns! They will never make another show like this. Its too wholesome and they only want junk on TV now.

@druegillis1744 3 жыл бұрын

The Waltons was a wholesome show that portrayed honesty and family values. While the episodes took place 80-90 years ago, the message is timeless. Sure, anyone can find some factual errors, but what program does not have a few? Many people today could sure learn a lot from The Walton Family.

@ruadhrose 2 жыл бұрын

The show was on TV from 1972-1981. The setting of the show was in the mid 1930’s through the end of WWII in 1945.

@mozuka5129 5 жыл бұрын

I love the show...When I was given the opportunity by my employer to attend a course overseas(I am from Malaysia) in 1992,I chose Darden Business School ,University of Virginia,Charlottesville ...Charlottesville...the town that was sometimes mentioned in The Waltons...When the plane I was in was about to touch down at Charlottesvllile Airport,I could see the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains...the memories of The Waltons came back....

@lighthouse8890 4 жыл бұрын

I watched this with My Mama. Good memories good stories

@Dorthy-wx9fq 7 күн бұрын

Every Thursday night at 8:00 pm, my mom, dad and I would watch. And I would ask questions and my parents would answer. My parents were of the Greatest generation and lived though that time. I was learning about the Great Depression and the show The Waltons was set in the Great Depression so I enjoyed watching the show and asking my parents questions about that time. It was a good time. I still watch the show when I get the chance and remember back, nice memories.

@rogertemple7193 3 жыл бұрын

"It was a tv movie broadcast the Homecoming Richard Thomas,Ellen Corby,& the other child cast members were carried over to the cast of the series, the other characters were recast, the Waltons were also an Adaptation of the book "Spencer's Mountain" & later a film."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..

@georgie2315 4 жыл бұрын

I WAS @ THE I-HOP HAVING LUNCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM BURBANK STUDIOS, I SAW A FAMILY WALK PAST ME ( I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THE WALTON'S FROM TV) THEY WERE WERE IN THEIR "CLOTHES FROM THE SHOW, THE LITTLE KID W/ RED HAIR WALKED PAST ME, I THOUGHT OMG!! THEY ARE POOR & HAVE NO MONEY, I PD. MY CHECK & THERE'S ALSO & I SAID & TOLD THE CASHIER TO SAY IT WAS ON THE HOUSE, I PASSED A TABLE WITH AN OLDER MAN SITTING @ A ROUND TABLE SITTING WITH ALL YOUNG MEN! I HAD NEVER SEEN THE SHOW!!! I WAS @ A FRIENDS HOUSE & HE PUT ON "THE WALTON'S" I WAS BLOWN AWAY!!! GRANDPA WAS @ THE ROUND TABLE, JOHN BOY WASN'T THERE, THE MOTHER & THE KIDS SAT IN THE BACK. I WAS SHOCKED TO SAY THE LEAST BUT I STILL HAD A GOOD FEELING 👍😊 ABOUT PAYING FOR LUNCH!!!! EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER'S & DO NICE THINGS & THEY COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN POOR***

@kathyguynn2103 4 жыл бұрын

love it

@sanddabz5635 5 жыл бұрын

We would watch this show together as a family every week. I was always in love with Mary Ellen! Seeing this now really makes me miss my mom.

@justinamarina3774 4 жыл бұрын

We watched the show and loved it.

@sharonwelch426 4 жыл бұрын

Mine too.it brings my childhood to mind and heart.

@susanmorris5294 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you miss Michael learned Olivia walton.

@DiveMaiden1 5 жыл бұрын

Ah this brings back memories. Nostalgia had me searching Amazon. I was delighted to find all seasons available on Prime for streaming. I am a few years younger than the youngest star, Kami Cotler, who played Elizabeth Walton. Naturally, she was my favorite character. So much so that if I ever had a daughter, I would have named her after Elizabeth Walton.

@kathyguynn2103 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. I have prime but watch reruns

@Paula-pv7ep 4 жыл бұрын

Waltons mountain is in beloved Va ..Va is the prettiest state in the US .But being mountains folk ,we all look out for one another. The winters are cold. The summers hot Fall is beautiful spring is priceless To bad they shot in Ca .If they would if shot in Va amazing views and amazing people .Good night John boy

@sterlingprice5963 5 жыл бұрын

Great show. I grew up watching this show, as my life and upbringing was so similar. I grew up in rural Missouri in a big old farm house on Dogwood Hill (Not Waltons Mountain), with lots of brothers and cousins. It just seemed like my life on TV.

@sandygrimes7196 2 жыл бұрын

I was Elizabeth’s age when the waltons aired, she was my favorite character..

@leeannedunn9072 3 жыл бұрын

I have always enjoyed watching The Waltons growing up and I have grown to really love watching reruns in the mid 80's when I was in High School. My parents were divorced and my Daddy moved to Waynesboro Virginia when he got transfered to the Dupont Plant there. What made me excited is that alot of places mentioned, I have been. Charlottesville, Stanton (that's where the Statler Brothers are from and would put on a big carnival and free concert every 4th of July) Richmond. I never went by the Hamner home back then, I never asked about going but Daddy said Mrs Hamner would come out alot of times if people were in front looking at their house and at times bring out cookies and something to drink

@andrewdupuis1151 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Waltons i have all seasons the best tv all time

@Dorthy-wx9fq 7 күн бұрын

I remember fondly watching the show The Waltons. Every

@lucillelaurenzi3117 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the Walton's show.I love watching the show in the here in now.This show is a healing for me from a child to adult senior.

@cynthiabodnar3314 2 жыл бұрын

To this day l just love the Waltons and still watch them every day l own every episode they made and never get tired of watching them. Amen.love cynthia.

@old-school-cool 2 жыл бұрын

Great show!

@diannemc4840 5 жыл бұрын

Love the Waltons

@teresabishop2136 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up with John boy. Watched the Waltons and watch it in reruns today in 2021.

@DiannaAtherton 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day before life happened in our family the Waltons came on in the evenings. When it came on in our home we had the pop corn and Kool-aid ready. It was family time. Loved those days. Miss those days

@annamarieassenato2561 4 жыл бұрын

i watch that show every day

@cyndiaraujo1687 4 жыл бұрын

the characters are a family of people you want to belong to in a time of innocence and the beauty of where it takes you all over a beautiful mountain.

@funtravelagent 5 жыл бұрын

The House for the Walton specials was at Warner Brothers Ranch in Burbank. It was finally dismantled either in 2017 or 2016 and put in storage. The location was needed for use in another production.

@lindaalcorn5530 4 жыл бұрын

I always watched the Waltons growing up but I appreciate it now as an adult. It's not a sugar coated way of life. Bad things happened, and I was a little surprised when Daddy was upset with Ben.. And I was impressed with Jason's musically.

@carolinegray3150 5 жыл бұрын

And still watch it now on tv

@danbasta3677 3 жыл бұрын

The Walnuts! Seriously, I love this show, great tv show, watch it every day at noon on ME TV.

@old-school-cool 3 жыл бұрын

Any other show you’d like to see a video on?

@danbasta3677 Жыл бұрын

@@old-school-cool The Original Star Trek series.

@Bekind1969 3 жыл бұрын

We will never see shows like this again...very sad.

@old-school-cool 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@georgeh.7238 5 жыл бұрын

When I was 10 years old back in 1976, I flew to LA from Denver to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Altadena. Well, I flew out there on a Continental Airlines DC-10 in first class, and wouldn't you know grandpa Walton was sitting right across from me. The whole flight I kept looking over and wanting to say hello but didn't. The last time I saw him was in the terminal carrying a guitar case heading to an escalator.

@patriciadault8983 4 жыл бұрын

Music from this show and little house on the prairie and music from Newhart..always brings me peace and memories of better times when the world was good.

@mapleleaf0 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact. He mentions Beula Bondi in number 10. She played the aunt who lost her home on the mountain because of a highway coming through. She also played Ma Baily (George's mother) in It's a Wonderful Life.

@maggiemay3108 4 жыл бұрын

Maple Leaf I loved Beulah Bondi! She was Martha Corrine Walton, widow of Grandpa’s brother Henry. I only recently read about her being Ma Bailey...looking forward to watching it this year so I can see her ❤️

@janeiwasduncan8463 3 жыл бұрын

Beulah Bondi played Jimmy Stewart's mother in other movies...she was also in, "Summer Place".

@nusratjamia7953 5 жыл бұрын

I love watching this show 💗💗🌸💗💖💗💠💠💗😍😘😍💞💕💕💞😘

@nusratjamia7953 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 😊....

@jessesands9426 5 жыл бұрын

Walton's was a major department Store here in Melbourne Australia in the 1970s!

@PH-lp2dg 4 жыл бұрын

That is cool

@forrestcreek1598 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up with the Walton’s being on a television every week. I went to camp when I was twelve and one night in our bunk house in the dark someone said “Good night, Daddy”, which of course started a long series of good nights, not to the Walton kids, but to all of us in the cabin. Finally, our camp councilor told us that we had said enough good nights and told us to go to sleep. The Walton’s was a big part of my growing up as a young boy along with Little House on the Prairie, and so many other great tv shows. I miss those lovely days of television long ago when it was still fresh and new and the ideas where original. I have cable now but I rarely ever turn on the television anymore. It’s just not worth it.

@Robert08010 2 жыл бұрын

I find something very centering about watching one of those episodes now. I was the same age as Jim Bob when the show originally aired. No naturally it takes me back to a carefree time in my life.

@pal3800 2 жыл бұрын

The best thing to watch on thanksgiving or chirstmas weve ever watched each yr was all day the waltons like music for our family happy back ground movies to watch the hoildays movies

@alisonobrien9710 Жыл бұрын

I Love the Waltons and I still watch it today xx

@stevestanley4181 4 жыл бұрын

I love these shows i remember 1972 since they end

@susanmorris5294 4 жыл бұрын

I have watched the walton,s since it was on TV I have been watching it since. I have all the records still today in the original jackets and in pristine condition. I love it.

@susanmorris5294 2 жыл бұрын

I watch it everyday on hallmark drama channel I love it.

@californiascreaming1131 2 жыл бұрын

I still watch every night

@old-school-cool 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure a lot of people do.

@maryvaive7309 4 жыл бұрын

Loved These I still watch them over and over in 2019

@SC-jh9qp 3 жыл бұрын

The Waltons were really popular over here in the UK too. I was a huge fan.

@old-school-cool 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that!

@freachieplays4548 5 жыл бұрын

I did we I was little and I still watch it

@sheilamurdock477 3 жыл бұрын

I live the show I've watched it for years I'm 52 so I've been watching for a long time.

@judyjames7201 4 жыл бұрын

All time favorite show

@edp2260 3 жыл бұрын

The Waltons, as depicted in the series, were not all that poor, even though we were supposed to think they were. They apparently owned their farm. It was of considerable size, and had significant development: barns, shops, a good house. They had ELECTRICITY, unusual for rural America in the 1930s. The electricity allowed them to have running water and indoor plumbing (the electricity was needed to pump the water). All in all, they were doing well for the depression era 1930s. I notice these details because my own father was raised in rural America in the 1930s. His dad, my grandfather, did not own a farm. Their rented house had neither running water or electricity. Oh, by the way, no running water means that the toilet is out back in a little shack. Do you know what a 'outhouse' is? I know...The Waltons is a fictional broadcast television show. It is meant to portray family values. It is a charming, well made show.

@myazstar 3 жыл бұрын

Ellen Corby (Gramma) and Richard Thomas (John Boy) were the only adults that made it from The Home Coming to the TV show The Walton's, and also all of the child actors made the same crossing.

@old-school-cool 3 жыл бұрын

This is noted in the description.

@smitbar11 4 жыл бұрын

MASSIVELY popular in the UK in the 1970's, all actors in it were were very good and capable, never mind whether some were gay or alchoholics

@yaelrar.4460 4 жыл бұрын

Had no idea it was shown in the UK.

@mikehammerle928 4 жыл бұрын

Number 1 is very wrong. All 7 kids were the same actors.

@stanbrown32 4 жыл бұрын

And Ellen Corby continued as the grandmother. The recast roles were both parents, the grandfather, the Baldwin sisters, Ike Godsey, and the sheriff.

@laurabledsoe5878 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was about to say that about the first thing stated.

@angel196989 3 жыл бұрын

thank you I was going to say that I seriously hate it when these supposed "things you didn't know" get things wrong

@kelliwilliams-michelucci5724 4 жыл бұрын

The announcer did a great job, but Earl's last name is Hamner, not Hammer.

@galemakutty3595 3 жыл бұрын

That's Right !!!

@rexiiforsure9558 Жыл бұрын

My favorite Walton’s character is and has always been Grandma. (A side note, as a big fan of the show and old enough to originally watch it on prime time, (I was 36 years old in 1972) I thought the originator was Earl Hammer until recently when I realized it was Hamner!)

@tomnancylifesamazingdontmi5383 4 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite show

@michellepost3098 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this show, every ep, when new. I was age 11 when it premiered, and was 19 or 20 when it was canceled, depending on the month. I never heard of those toys of the show. I watched Spencers Mountain movie when new, and read the book as a teen.

@hopeking3588 3 жыл бұрын

I love that show!

@janejohnstone5795 2 жыл бұрын

They were soo...wholesome and well behaved...and religious...fantastic.

@edgeof1956 5 жыл бұрын

I remember the Thursday nights at 8:00pm on CBS when this TV series aired in the 1970's. To me The Waltons had its golden years from 1972-1976. I think a coupla of the cast members started to leave and left permanently. Then Will Geer died. To me that's when things changed. 🕯⚘ Oh, well.

@carolinegray3150 5 жыл бұрын

Good video we watched the waltons as a family

@athenacrane9613 4 жыл бұрын

They just put the waltons on MeTv so exicted

@rickkinki4624 5 жыл бұрын

All of the Walton children from The Homecoming remained for the TV series. Three of the four adult Waltons were played by different actors, but the kids were all the same.

@jeanmank619 4 жыл бұрын

Plus Ellen Corby!

@ralphstevens2776 4 жыл бұрын

The mother,father, and grandfather were all different

@basilmarasco1975 4 жыл бұрын

Different Baldwin Sisters too. Different Ike Godsey too.

@charlesnelson7781 4 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely right

@charlesnelson7781 4 жыл бұрын

@@ralphstevens2776 correct

@michellepost2986 2 жыл бұрын

Watched every ep new, loved it. I was 11 when it began, and was 21 or 22 when it ended. I read the book Spencer's Mountain, and watched the movie when new. I also watched the reunion movies of the show after the show ended.Mary Ellen and Ralph Waite were my faves. Waite was cute, and I watched his show when he was a lawyer on a paddlewheel boat, in modern times.It was good, and should have been on 5 seasons at least.

@angelicaridgeway4318 2 жыл бұрын

None of the kids were recast when the show was picked up for a series. The only two characters who were recast from the pilot series the homecoming, were Patricia Neal and the actor who portrayed the Grandfather. Everyone else was cast in the series. All of the kids who played on the pilot show, were all the original cast members. Who went on to star in the series.

@juliewarrington4247 4 жыл бұрын

My of my favorite TV shoes

@terrimyers3337 2 жыл бұрын

Popcorn and The Waltons was a Ritual as I was growing up. It was the only our whole family agreed on!

@billhawes2600 5 жыл бұрын

Love that show! Wish they had something as good. Never happen! All we have now is " reality crap"!

@waltbullet1287 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Now it's modern family! Pure puke !!

@connieleal2966 4 жыл бұрын

actually, also, ike godsey, sheriff ep, and the Baldwin sisters were different in that first movie

@CJ-im2uu 4 жыл бұрын

If the Waltons had existed in the same era and area (the Great Depression, rural VA), the family would be well to do: electricity, plumbing (a toilet especially), a phone, a car, and a truck. All the kids finished school, and inferred they all went to college for at least 2 years.

@flilguy 4 жыл бұрын

My dad also pointed that out. In Illinois, most people didn't get electricity in rural areas until after FDR was president. My grandparents got electricity in 1940. The REA "Rural Electrification Administration" was put on hold because the resources were needed to fight WW2. My sister and I were born in the 1960s and were the first generation to go to Kindergarten and not attend a one-room schoolhouse. We didn't have private phone lines until the 1970s. My mom was a telephone operator until she got married. My aunt her older sister had to work her way through high school. My aunt lived 9 miles from the high school. There were no school busses that went into the country. She got a job as a waitress and found a room in town. During her senior year of high school, she worked as a telephone operator. That is how she worked her way through high school. Until the 1950s a high school education was not always an entitlement.

@debst64 Жыл бұрын

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@robinfallentine 2 ай бұрын

This is great.

@sylviaschrijn4054 Жыл бұрын

Love the show !!!

@old-school-cool Жыл бұрын

We all did. Thank you for watching and overlooking my mistakes on one of my first videos.

@MATEMATICAPARAVENCER 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this series. I watched it since I was 11. I read recently that Grandma Walton (Elen Corby) was 60 years in 1971. The age i have now. That´s creepy. Well, i would se all seasons again if avaible.

@yasminenazarine1629 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best family show for me 1980 I love it specially little red girl & grand pah grand mah we call grand nana those life was different like my grand patent lived on the mountains call almond moutain similar life but more country than this mountain's Hollywood can't make that kind movies anymore

@kevinstephenson4674 4 жыл бұрын

The rather bouncy theme music set the tone for an enjoyable family series that couldn't fail.

@laminage 3 жыл бұрын

The Actress who played Verdie would later be part of the First Fully Integrated Soap Opera Generations that also starred Kristoff St. John (RIP). She also played Cousin Georgia in Roots The Next Generations whose Father may have either been Virgil or Louis who along with Grandma Cindy and Aunt Liz (Alex's Relatives) would sit out on The Front Porch and talk out the Old Stories including how the Old African Went into the Woods and got Caught and was sold in Annapolis, MD. Many folks who guest starred would go on to be successful in his own right. Melody Thomas Scott who played one of John Boy's Many Girlfriends now has a 42 Year Tenure as Nikki Reed Newman On The Young & The Restless. John Ritter (RIP) played a Minister before playing Jack Tripper on Three's Company based on the UK Sitcom Man About The House, Todd Bridges was on the Show as well as Little House On The Prairie who would later play Willis on Diff'Rent Strokes and had problems with Drugs & Alcohol who would do time in Prison who admitted he was sexually abused. He along with Ralph Waite and Richard Thomas was in Roots based Shows. He played "Bud" Chicken George's Grandson. Michael Learned insisted her name have a Miss because she didn't want people to think she was a Man and was a recovering Alcoholic. Ellen Corby who played Esther, was a Lesbian in Real Life who also was in a Prison Movie. Eric Scott who played Ben, guest starred on Bewitched as did Will Geer. Judy Norton Taylor tried a comeback by posing for Playboy but it didn't work out and Mary McDonough who played Erin admitted that she and alot of TV Actresses in teh 1970's and 1980's battled Anorexia.