the waltons

     

The Waltons is an American television series create by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name, starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. The series pilot was a TV movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, broadcast in 1971. The show originally aired in the United States on CBS from 1972 to 1981. After the series left the air, three TV movie sequels were broadcast in 1982, with three more following in the 1990s.

Trivia about the waltons

  • Mary Bono won election to Congress over Ralph Waite, John-Boy's dad on this show
  • "Good night, John-Boy"
  • This series grew out of 1971's "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"
  • In 1973 Richard Thomas, M. Learned & Ellen Corby won Emmys for their performances in this CBS drama
  • The folks in Schuyler, Virginia, Earl Hamner's hometown, plan to open a museum devoted to this series
  • The Virginia museum devoted to this TV series is across the street from Earl Hamner's boyhood home
  • A Depression-era family live on their own mountain in Jefferson county, Virginia on this show
  • Jim-Bob,Mary Ellen,Grandpa

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