So Ralph Waite and Michael Learned, while both single, almost got together but decided not to. How is that a terrible memory? I think it's sort of charming.

@barbaraflowers759

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all.

Judy Norton has a really good website on the Walton's

@kallen868

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. ..and Kami who played Elizabeth.

John Boy didn't try to join the army when he was too young. That was Jim Bob.

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they screwed up a lot! We all know Maryellen was the oldest I find it funny they want us to leave comments but they never reply or they would see they screwed up! 👀

@tld8630

Жыл бұрын

Dumdedum......

You also missed a very important part to one of the children, Erin which either during the show or after it went off the air, decided to get breast implants, but leaked into her body and she wound up and got diagnosed with lupus. And she went all over the world to talk to women and discouraged them from making the same mistake.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

It was after the show and to get "sexier" roles she got the implants. She states that it was a mistake. Judy, to distance herself from The Waltons, posed for Playboy. I wonder if she asked either Ralph or Michael about that decision??.⭐⭐

@dustydog6868

10 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness...our own Mary Ellen and Erin are human...like I've never made a mistake... I'm sure you never have....so judgemental!

I grew up with the Walton's. We watched every Thursday night at 8:00 and I have all nine seasons. I don't care about their personal lives, all I know is that they were and still are my t.v. family! I love the Waltons

@galerogers2915

4 жыл бұрын

The Walton's have always been my favorite TV show. I loved the characters so much that I named my oldest daughter Erin. I still watch them every day at 11:00am.

@roxyhaze6955

4 жыл бұрын

agree n i feel the same too

@katharinejones5458

4 жыл бұрын

@@galerogers2915 D'yah know why we all loved/still love them? It's because somehow we know that, that is how life was meant to be lived. Character flaws and all...there is nothing better than having your support team around you close at hand, because we all need someone to haul our sails in and set the boom when the breeze blows strong and the fog turns black. When finding our way when your compass won't run true and the sky is as lost as you are! In those moments when your steerage is so overcome by the rip tide you can't run a true coarse and the waves threaten to pitch pole your 40 footer into a rubber toy! That's when we KNOW real love and affection...when truth flows like a faucet and tears flow like rain. Home! That's the place I like the best! Home on a wee farm...on solid ground with family who care and know who they are!

@jeanmarcks6269

4 жыл бұрын

Lucy bell 7 pm central time we watched The Walton’s

@brendaharrington2201

2 жыл бұрын

Their private lives made me sick. Why spoil memories of respect and integrity, down to dirty sickening tell-alls. Whoever told that junk,even if true should never be able to run their mouth again. Live and let live. I had rather not k own about the filth.

Mary Ellen was the OLDEST daughter, not the youngest!

@chimommorris158

4 жыл бұрын

So if they got that wrong what else did they get wrong?

@Maryros12241

4 жыл бұрын

@@chimommorris158 Exactly!

@kevanos4636

4 жыл бұрын

Also: It wasn't John-Boy who ran away and tried to join the military. It was Jim-Bob.

@babybookworm003

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly Elizabeth was the youngest

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevanos4636 oh wow that's right I remember that now wow they really screwed up! 👀😄

Who cares what was or wasn't. The Walton's was a great family show that many of us have grown up with. None of us are perfect so thank you for the memories. xo

@marybarbarabonsiero461

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. They are working, it's their job and they are getting paid for it. It's just like our jobs. We work, we get paid. Nobody cares about our personal life. They are paid to entertain us and they do. Case closed

Their private life was none of anyone's business.

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

Yes true but things they said we're not true facts anyway Mary Ellen was not the youngest daughter she was the oldest! And it wasn't John Boy

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

You're funny their private lives was none anybody's business will what are you doing on here? Lol 😂 anyway they got most of stuff wrong! Mary Ellen wasn't the youngest she was the oldest John Boy did not run away to the Army was Jim Bob! 😇

@apriltaylor2296

4 жыл бұрын

I hate this! Who cares! Trying to ruin Walton's for everyone ! I watch everyday and love it!

@Omnicient.

4 жыл бұрын

@@galemiller7422 nicely spotted Gale!

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim Elliott well thank you! yeah it is a bit miss leading since it says cast of Walton's share terrible memories but you kept watching their business was my point!! Lol. 😂

I think each actor was perfect for their roles! Still watch the home coming every Christmas!

Thanks for the program, however it's another reason why it's best that the public dosnt need to know about their favorite actors private life.🖋

They didn't live in a farmhouse. They lived on a mountain and had a timber mill.

@Jay-vr9ir

3 жыл бұрын

A poor family during the depression , that owned a mountain and a saw mill . A guy that I worked with years ago, actually grew up during the 30' , he use to laugh at The Waltons .

I still watch the show today. With what we have in the White House right now, it's a great escape ! What they did in their own lives? I DON'T CARE ! They gave the most heartwarming portrayals of a family living in the 30's and 40's. The show will always be around. We will always want to recapture the reality of life the way it was like during those turbulent times.

@joemcclellan1428

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree 100%.

@tld8630

Жыл бұрын

Down deep they were all beautiful human beings which eminated on the show ..Holly WEIRD probably caused all the other Stuff 🧐

I love the Walters with all my heart I still watch it till today

@rdavid6981

3 жыл бұрын

It's Waltons not Walters

@kcindc5539

3 жыл бұрын

The who?

@valeriechesne1961

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@naomifox9337

3 жыл бұрын

Its waltons

@scotsman6712

3 жыл бұрын

i love the Wilsons!

I loved the waltons.

Love the Waltons. One of my favorite shows. Watched every week.

Another oddity is, in real life Michael Learned is only 12 years older than Richard Thomas. She was barely in her 30s when the show started.Way too young to have that many children.

@denisepfahl3147

3 жыл бұрын

Douglas haner...back then many country folk married at 16 and had several babies by the time they were 20, so not too far from the truth actually, I always thought she looked and acted mature for her age, about 40, and that is what good actors do, portray their role.

@tld8630

Жыл бұрын

Hahahehe

@mikesmith585

3 ай бұрын

My mom was 32 when she had me and there were seven of us.

This is so disgustingly salacious that I'm sorry I gave it the few minutes that I did.

@marcddailey

3 жыл бұрын

AGREED!!!! Great show, great actors, great writers, great scripts. Do we really want to know all the dirt? That was not the dirt on Walton's mountain. I liken this to the National Enquirer mind: Dirty minds wanna know! Anyway, to hear some really great background stories about the actors, scripts, etc., please go to JUDY NORTON on You Tube! Peace, for God's sake!

That Thanksgiving Reunion show, that was set during the Kennedy, Elizabeth was in her early 20's, just finished college and trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. They did many shows around WWII time, which ended in 1945. Elizabeth a teenager during the WWII shows, so no way she was a 20-something in 1963.

@LANESxNOWONLYx

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, 1963 didn't seem to fit the timeline at all with respect to where they were at. It seems they all would have been much older than what they actually were. Remember thinking this when I watched the Kennedy episode when it originally aired.

@susantetrick938

4 жыл бұрын

I said that too

@ellenknell9645

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the producers and screenwriters got the time frames wrong a lot.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

@@ellenknell9645 That"s not all thay got messed up. In this story Erin is divorced, yet in her wedding episode Earl Hamner in the closing comment says how much in love the couple still is after several years of wedded bliss♥️♥️

@lorimcclure9143

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth should have been in her early 30's when Kennedy was killed.

What we see on Tv shows is not Real. They are actors playing a role. We need to always remember that .

I enjoyed watching The waltons especially watching with my grandma

You just keep cranking out the tv shows from my childhood years. I really enjoy being able to go back to those days even if it’s only for a short period of time. Thank you for all the wonderful memories you have allowed me to revisit. Your channel is amazing 👍

You got some of your facts wrong too buddy.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

You could have without the very private lives of the cast, especially Will Geer..

I'm in shock with what i,m hearing about this

@ellenknell9645

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Do you think all the actors/actresses/ and child actors were actually perfect, or should I say innocent like their characters where on the show? Were talking Hollywood here.

Still a great family show

Great show, loved it growing up!

I still watch every day on two different channels

We all have secrets, and people always try to tear down people who are looked up to

Watched with my mom and dad when I was a kid now I'm 40 and married with 4 kids 1 boy 3 girls and we love the Waltons

Actual birth order of Walton children. John Boy: Richard Thomas June 13, 1951 so he was already an adult when show went on the air. Mary Ellen: Judy Norton Jan. 29, 1958, Jason: Jon Walmsley Feb. 8, 1958, Ben: Eric Scott Oct. 8, 1958, Erin: Mary Elizabeth McDonough May 4, 1961, Jim Bob: David William Harper Oct. 4, 1961, Elizabeth: Kami Cottler June 17, 1965.

@juliep1542

11 ай бұрын

Jon Walmsley was born on FEB 6, 1956 and Eric Scott was born on OCT 20, 1958

The ultimate timelime gaffe was in the last reunion film. Set in 1970, its there was, "Happy 40th, John and Olivia." That suggests they were married in 1930, while during the first season, The Waltons was set in 1933. Oops!

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

MASH TV show mentions Godzilla movie which wasn't made until after Korean war was over also Radar had Avengers comic books which was more than 10 years after war was over.

I grew up watching "The Waltons" in the 1980s in England

All actors are just THAT, "actors!!"

5:44 error: the narration says Mary Ellen was the youngest daughter - Elizabeth was the youngest. 8:24: the mountain we see from the porch is not on a backlot, though the house was, it is real and is in Los Angeles near Warner Bros studios (the other side of it features the famous Hollywood sign) the house was built and positioned facing it so the mountain or hill could be glimpsed thru the trees to give the impression it was the Blue Ridge Mountains. Where the house was is now a car park but most of the rest of the lanes are still there including Ike's store and small lake. The interiors of all the sets used in each episode were filmed on Stage 26 (160 feet long by 135 feet wide and is next door to Stage 25 where The Big Bang Theory was recorded). I thought Little House had superior stories but have affection for this series as well! How powerfully affecting television was in our youth!

I don't care what kind of life they led in their own private life. We all lived a life that maybe wasn't a good thing to us but none of us aren't perfect but yet, some of us can be as nice as we can be that can cause others to like us.

Your so called facts are not entirely correct. You apparently didn't watch the show very closely. Sounds like a lot of hearsay to me

It was set in the thirties into the forties yet they all sported 70's haircuts.

@denisepfahl3147

3 жыл бұрын

bob wallace...so true that was always my complaint... the hairdressers did not do their research very well on hairstyles of that era.

*JOHN BOY* being replaced was confusing

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

When Richard Thomas was replaced I just imagined him instead of seeing a stranger. When they made the movies Richard resumed the role, thankfully! ☺️☺️

Whenever I'm at my grandparents house my nanna always watches the waltons whenever it's on and I've watched almost every episode XD

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

Little House on the Prairie was good too!😇

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@allebhttps wow really? it's really good based on true events from the book by Laura Ingles. Growing up in 1867 Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder (her married name) wrote about her family. And the people in the town! Like Nellie Oleson and her mother LOL! You have to watch it i used to watch it with this older woman that was dying of cancer and she loved that show and I became addicted to it. It's very good I think you'll enjoy it!😇

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@allebhttps yeah start with the first episode! Much better than the Waltons!💗

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@allebhttps you're welcome😇

It was easy to tell the filming was not in Virginia, as their winter scenes never showed any traces of snow.

Love this show ... Watch this show still today!!!♥️

I used to watch the waltons

No way an alcoholic sobers up in a week at a beach house.

@LANESxNOWONLYx

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought also. Recovery is a lifetime process.

@AD-hq2uz

4 жыл бұрын

They more mean that she detoxed or went through withdrawal. Not that she was cured of alcoholism.

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

If she had a spiritual healing from God that would be the only way! 🙏🙏🙏

@horacesubayar794

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree because I've been fighting alcoholism for years now and it is still an uphill battle.

@horacesubayar794

4 жыл бұрын

@@LANESxNOWONLYx ABSOLUTELY!!!

The truth is what my mother always said, you never know anyone until you live with them. We all. have skeletons in the closet.

Since the walton,s shows began you producers should be ashamed of yourselves. For what you did to the walton,s children

@GreasyBaconMan

2 жыл бұрын

What happened to the children?

The kids were under paid too

@joemcclellan1428

3 жыл бұрын

That was very common back then

There were a lot of people that flirted with communism in the 1930's when the rich were still rich despite the Depression and most people were just getting by. It was truly a horrible time and a lo of people gave up hope in capitalism and democracy since they felt left out by both, Luckily we had a president like FDR who understood the plight of most of the country and had the willingness to take measures to restore the hope of the people and enable them to create work and dignity.

Love this show

People are people,they made up a wonderful cast and did a great job of entertaining us and taught a lot of family values.

Richard mentioned the show was a doubled edged sword, he mentioned how he was typecasted as the good, decent guy, which made it hard to get edgier roles. But is still honored to be known as John Boy.

The real John Boy explained about the mountain being in California, I believe his real name was Hammer. But any way I love the Walton's and always will. Great vedio!

@jerryy5548

3 жыл бұрын

Hamner not hammer

Liked it all....Thanks MORE

Always loved this show!

This all is very old for us who watch the Waltons. Will Geer took up botany that I heard while waiting to get work on TV. That is why you see him name plants and trees and keep a small tree limb with leaves in his hands a lot. I didn't hear any of them complain about bad memories either. Toni who played Jason's wife on the show was his real wife and now they are divorced and he remarried. I watch Judy on her KZread channel. She talks about what she remembers of her experience. Not all of them were bad. We all knew about Ellen Corby. And the relationship between Michael and Ralph. They were bad at timelines. I don't know why the 7 kids had families so young when they showed their TV movie when JFK was shot. They ignored some former casts on those movies eliminating Mary Ellen's son John-Curtis in the TV movies and Ben and Cindy's son Charlie.

Loved how they portrayed the show, and all shows have their flaws. My crush was Maryellen, so I'd still watch the show and heard it was a midseason replacement which didn't matter later on.

@FactsVerse

3 ай бұрын

Us too! Which episode of The Waltons appealed to you the most?

Wow !!! Thought I knew all there was to know....I was mistaken.

I think we all knew this wasn't real, but we have very many of us have been to the real home in Virginnia, not the same house but who cares it was a wonderful show

A common goof that many shows have is that the hair styles are of the era that the show was made not of the era that is supposed to be set in.

@JohnPepp

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree they were pretty accurate as I have old photos of my mother's hairstyle and if they were showing modern styles then Olivia probably would had a beehive hairstyle as that was pretty popular with women in the 70s.

There are some mistakes here! At 9:00 he says that "... beloved John-boy was too young to join to join the armed forces." I think he means Jim-Bob. lol

Indeed Judy Norton did play the oldest, very well indeed. Probably most folks have unrevealed stuff. However, the Waltons still best show ever on the air. Strong values portrayed and beloved characters. Each actor and actress knows and understands any discrepancies between real and unreality.

that was so informative thank you for educating me on one of my favorite shows I still watch it to this day and I had no idea that all of that was going on behind the scenes

@jerryy5548

3 жыл бұрын

this is hear say not fact much of what he said is NOT true richard thomas was an established actor he was well paid for that time period his words about will geer are slanderous

Judy Norton played the Oldest Walton Daughter Mary Ellen. She wasn't the youngest.

I was so surprised with " grandma" wow !

There are classier ways to talk about real life issues than this scandalous expose

@jerryy5548

3 жыл бұрын

Scandalous and slanderous

Several incorrect "facts" in this

SPOILER ALERT ,WE ALL KNOW ALL THESE THINGS ,,,,WE LOVE OUR WALTONS SO GET LOST

I never heared like this

When you think about it, the waltons had a perfect time slot. A bad time slot would have it competing with little house on the prairie

It was a good family show and was told beautifully by Earl Hamner jr and was casted wonderfully too. Exspecially John Walton Jr aka Richard Thomas as John boy

@FactsVerse

11 ай бұрын

We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

@nancystevens4334

11 ай бұрын

It was a family base show

No terrible memories here.

I was shocked to hear Mary Ellen posed for playboy. By the way she was the oldest girl not the youngest. I figured Erin would pose for playboy considering she had a breast implants.

Grandma and grandpa Walton.

I will never understand why some people love to ruin great things with focusing on all of the negativity. Some of these things we all ready knew. Others we did not and we do not know if they are true are made up for this controversial video? I personally very strongly feel that the actors privet lives are absolutely none of our business as long as it does not interfere with the work they are hired to do!!!!

Thanks for destroying my childhood...

I know all the weird including the sloppy writing timeline and costumes but I still enjoy watching the show. It's just cozy fluff

Misspelled Mountain lol

Mary Ellen was not the youngest she was the oldest daughter

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

Yep we know that I was like what is he talking about? When I heard him say that he confused my brain I thought there was a string of missing older Walton sisters that we never saw! 👀 and who are those two younger girls? 👁👁 lol

@thman-cj4sk

4 жыл бұрын

@@galemiller7422 😂😂

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@thman-cj4sk if they got that wrong maybe Grandpa' Walton wasn't a pedophile for young boys!" 😜

@thman-cj4sk

4 жыл бұрын

@@galemiller7422I Hope so.

@galemiller7422

4 жыл бұрын

@@thman-cj4sk you mean you hope not right?😏

My sainted parents thoroughly enjoyed the waltons, as the show closely resembled their lives during the great depression, had they known the truth about Will Greer and Ellen Corby, they would have turned off the show and never watcged again, this reveal just demonstrates how wicked and hypocritical hollywood actualy is and how, many youg people in this country have been led astray by that hypocracy, it also shows us the true side of the news media and the democrate, and most of the republican parties, it is truly amazing this country has lasted as long as it has.

Yeah this is so wrong. I love the waltons and i could care less what the actors did in their lives. It is none of our business!

Heard it all before, except mistreatment of child actors. I find it hard to believe their parents and agents would have allowed I'll treatment . I also have never heard any of the children speak ill of their experiences. As for sensationalizing personal lives shame on you.

@ilahildasissac1943

3 жыл бұрын

The actress who played Erin mentioned the mistreatment in her memoir, the other actors mentioned the low pay in various interviews.

Is not got his facts right and who cares digging up someone's bad is not a good thing I think this is just a shame

During the pandemic I have been watching a lot of the Waltons to keep me happy. Now that I have seen this ,my view of grandpa has taken new light- ewwww & wish I could get it out of my head. Love the show and the stories.

@tld8630

Жыл бұрын

Same 😒

Just for clarification, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton) was not the youngest daughter as you said..she was the oldest 🙂

None of your information is new. I feel that people’s private lives should stay private. If they talk about it in real life, then fine. There’s no reason to drag people about their personal business.

Even if half of what you say is true, that just shows how GREAT actors they All were and still are and glad you will never do a story on my life! As Gomer Pyle would say; “Shame Shame Shame on you!

Love it

@FactsVerse

Жыл бұрын

We're glad to know that you love the show. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If we may ask, which episode did you like the best?

Like that show so ture to life

I already knew all this. You forgot to add that Ralph was also an alcoholic and at one time a Presbyterian preacher. He ran for a political office numerous times and lost. And Mary who played Erin,also posed for Playboy

@Zapattack321

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve read Mary McDonough’s book “Lessons Learned From The Mountain” and nowhere in it does she mention such a thing.

@janeiwasduncan8463

3 жыл бұрын

Judy did that, not Maru.🎈🎈

@midgie4410

3 жыл бұрын

@@janeiwasduncan8463 Google it

Do all the flaws really matter? The show was a great success, earned the programme organisers good reviews and proved to be highly loved by all ..!!!

Ive never heard of this

You really trashed will geer. That's low.

@harperstacey9604

3 жыл бұрын

Will geer was a kind man and a good actor. Nobody cares about his sexual preferences. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Mary Ellen was the oldest daughter, not the youngest.

It's a wonder Michael Learned didn't lose her job while drinking alcohol, everyone I knew who drank lost their jobs within the first month

@LANESxNOWONLYx

4 жыл бұрын

Many television stars from that era had either drug or alcohol problems; & yet, usually didn't lose their roles until the problem got so far out of hand that they bottomed out & became dysfunctional. Rehabs were waiting for this!

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Sheen was a doper how long did he keep working on 2 and 1/2 men? How do you have half a man it was two ground men and one young man. What exactly are 7 gram rocks? Is that some kind of cocaine?

@jeffw1267

4 жыл бұрын

People at the post office drink for 30 years and they keep their jobs. I've known a few.

@horacesubayar794

4 жыл бұрын

MONEY! As long as you continue to make the studios money, you are golden.

I loved the Walton's

The age for joining the military back in WWII was 21...

whats your past?

The waltons was a good tv programme

Where are you getting all this from? It’s easy to make shit up when everyone in the season is dying off. Not right.

Ew...I’ll never look at grandpa Walton the same. I wonder if he tried anything inappropriate with those boys on the set!

@harperstacey9604

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't think he was that stupid. Robert Reed, the father on the Brady bunch was also gay. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Liv and John waltons...relationship on TV...too bad they didn't get together in real life...I don't know how they could hold out...

Well, if they had stuck with Patricia Neal in the role of Olivia from the pilot movie special it may not have been as successful!! Neal came across as so harsh in this role and the guest role she did on Little House on the Prairie!! Great actress, but just not warm and fuzzy!!

@judithryle2113

4 жыл бұрын

Michael played olivia bitchy in the beginning. Too firm with her children. Glad they mellowed her character into a sweeter loving mother

@Omnicient.

4 жыл бұрын

@@judithryle2113 Totally agree but then I always thought it was odd how ineffectual the adults were to the children.