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Post by carol on Sept 28, 2023 23:42:48 GMT -5
There was the one episode where Jim Bob was very mean and disrepectful toward Corabeth. I don't remember the exact discipline but John was very mad at Jim Bob for the way he treated Corabeth, and at the very least, he made Jim Bob go and apologize. I think that is the episode where Jim Bob and Corabeth have the beautiful tire-changing scene. One of my favorite scenes in the entire series. I think it was in this episode that Elizabeth got grounded because she knew Jim Bob was skipping school and kept quiet about it. Sort of aiding and abetting. I guess.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Sept 29, 2023 4:28:02 GMT -5
great question cause i was just gonna bring up when jason bailed cousin boone out of jail.
he gets jason drunk at the baldwins then jason drives home at night. im surprised boone didnt get the boot right then. especially after his part of getting JB shot.
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Post by tommyc on Sept 29, 2023 7:39:02 GMT -5
There was the one episode where Jim Bob was very mean and disrepectful toward Corabeth. I don't remember the exact discipline but John was very mad at Jim Bob for the way he treated Corabeth, and at the very least, he made Jim Bob go and apologize. I think that is the episode where Jim Bob and Corabeth have the beautiful tire-changing scene. One of my favorite scenes in the entire series. I think it was in this episode that Elizabeth got grounded because she knew Jim Bob was skipping school and kept quiet about it. Sort of aiding and abetting. I guess. I think you are right. Good memory! It was a double punishment episode, lol.
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Post by Easton on Sept 29, 2023 7:43:10 GMT -5
^ Or they could have found extra chores for them to do like my parents did to me when I was a kid. Ploughing a meadow with Blue would have been serious punishment.
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Post by patriciaanne on Oct 2, 2023 17:43:18 GMT -5
Perhaps. But I think Bible memory as a punishment is counterproductive and can give children a negative view of the Bible and Christianity in general. As a family we memorize verses together as a positive activity because we believe it is God’s Word. I was always troubled by that too. Olivia was a good Baptist, devout, in fact. And she sought comfort from the Bible. I thought it an odd juxtaposition that she also used it as punishment. It wouldn't be my choice of discipline. As for discipline in the Waltons household...this is what I observed: 1. When the children return in "The Calf," they are concerned about being spanked. The inference you're expected to draw is that spanking is something that occurs in that household. 2. I recently saw an episode where Elizabeth was older -- young teens I guessed. Someone (maybe the army guy that Maryellen was trying to fix up with Erin) asked her why she wasn't out doing something (I guess everyone else was at an event). Elizabeth responded, "I'm being punished." So I guess the kids got grounded as they got older. I highly doubt any kid in the 1930s ever received a "timeout." 😁
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Post by patriciaanne on Oct 2, 2023 17:51:34 GMT -5
Writers often choose a prominent characteristic in a person and embellish it, and in my opinion, that’s what Earl Hamner did with Olivia’s character. From the very beginning, it was stressed that Olivia was a Baptist. It started in The Homecoming when Olivia told the children the story about the elopement. She said her family were “big Baptists” who didn’t approve of their daddy because he wasn’t a churchgoer. It was Olivia who first welcomed Rev. Fordwick to the community. She never missed an opportunity to remind John that he needed to get baptized. I think Earl Hamner added the “learning Bible verses” punishment to Olivia’s character as sort of a joke. Something like “My mama was such a good Baptist that she even used the Bible to punish her children.” I doubt that Earl’s mother punished her children by making them learn Bible verses. She may have used the Bible to counsel them when they did something wrong or were in some kind of trouble. Maybe she found a passage in the Bible to teach them why it was wrong. Maybe she had them pray and ask for forgiveness. But I doubt any good Christian mother would angrily order her child to memorize random verses from the Bible. Just my opinion. I recall seeing an Earl Hamner interview where he talked about his mother's family being concerned about his father being less than devout and he said his mother spent the rest of their marriage trying to get him baptized -- to no avail. The funny story, though, was that Earl Hamner Sr. would walk past the church on a Sunday, hearing the spirited congregation singing about "going to the river." It tickled his father to no end because he really WAS going to the (Rockfish) river...to fish! 😄
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Post by Eileen Grace on Jan 24, 2024 17:33:22 GMT -5
In the entire series, I think the worst discipline was when Ben took John Boys car and was hiding the truth from him and his parents of how the car got wrecked. The time John Walton Sr. yelled and grabbed Ben. That was the worst I have seen on the show.
There were also the Bible verses which if that were me getting into trouble, I would have actually liked that punishment because I enjoy reading my Bible.
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Post by Easton on Jan 24, 2024 18:02:33 GMT -5
The time John Walton Sr. yelled and grabbed Ben. That was the worst I have seen on the show. Ralph's acting was so realistic that it almost scared the pants off Eric Scott. His sweaty armpits were real.
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Post by Eileen Grace on Jan 24, 2024 18:09:58 GMT -5
The time John Walton Sr. yelled and grabbed Ben. That was the worst I have seen on the show. Ralph's acting was so realistic that it almost scared the pants off Eric Scott. His sweaty armpits were real. I have to look for the sweaty armpits. LOL I know in many instances where many of the actors of the show did a great job with acting. Even the young ones. I remember in the very first episode aired and I don't know how old Kami was, but some of her reactions when the young deaf girl Holly was getting all the attention. Elizabeth was not very happy.
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Post by carol on Mar 13, 2024 23:16:09 GMT -5
Ralph's acting was so realistic that it almost scared the pants off Eric Scott. His sweaty armpits were real. I have to look for the sweaty armpits. LOL I know in many instances where many of the actors of the show did a great job with acting. Even the young ones. I remember in the very first episode aired and I don't know how old Kami was, but some of her reactions when the young deaf girl Holly was getting all the attention. Elizabeth was not very happy. Kami was 6 when the Foundling was filmed.
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