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Post by Marilyn on Nov 17, 2010 20:19:50 GMT -5
I actually liked Curt's demeanor....especially when he told Flossie Bremer she was FAT! ;D
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Post by bullgator on Nov 17, 2010 21:57:47 GMT -5
I've tried to figure the time line for various episodes of the Waltons, but found it to be an exercise in futility. Walton time, TV time, and real time are not one and the same. And periphery characters come and go and they are not necessarily played by the same actors. What is constant are the lead characters and actors, the story line, the historical setting, and the values of the characters - and these are what counts.
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 18, 2010 22:51:34 GMT -5
As far as what year did Curt and Mary Ellen get married, in the episode seasom 9 the tempest, when Mary Ellen is in Florida talking to Curt she said they had been married 3 years before he went over seas, and he went over seas in 1941, so that would mean they were married in 1938, but the again there time line threw the series is not that easy to follow and threw out the seasons dates seem to change.
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Post by sambda on Nov 22, 2010 19:13:46 GMT -5
I've tried to figure the time line for various episodes of the Waltons, but found it to be an exercise in futility. Walton time, TV time, and real time are not one and the same. And periphery characters come and go and they are not necessarily played by the same actors. What is constant are the lead characters and actors, the story line, the historical setting, and the values of the characters - and these are what counts. That's *so* right! I tried doing a contiuity thing and gave up after Season 1. As you say, it simply Does't Work. The dating is all over the place. I mean, Mary Ellen is pregnant in "The Seashore" (late spring 1940, according to Hamner), but then post-pregnancy in "The Firsy Casualty" (fall of 1939)! The changing of the actors doesn't bother me so much (mind you having 3 actors each playing the Foster off-spring is a bit OTT, not to mention that Brimmer girl who keeps changing back and forth) but it does annoy me when, say, Jason and Toni announce their marriage TWICE in the last season then Toni just vanishes and is never mentioned again. And the post-stroke Grandma seems to rush around the country like she's on skates! And Olivia leaves to just be close to John-Boy, but then doesn't come back to the Mountain when he does. And so on....
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Nov 22, 2010 19:26:41 GMT -5
Did The First Casulty take place in the fall of 1939 or was it sometime in 1940?
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Post by sambda on Nov 22, 2010 19:28:33 GMT -5
Did The First Casulty take place in the fall of 1939 or was it sometime in 1940? "Fall of 1939" to quote Hamner.
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Post by AR15 on Nov 24, 2010 14:57:56 GMT -5
It might be easier to make a timeline if you disregard the opening narrations, if you view it as John-Boy recollecting in the future, it's possible that he doesn't correctly remember the date for every story.
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Post by goodnight on Nov 29, 2011 20:37:40 GMT -5
Probably the actor who played Curt got other work. David remained a good friend to Mary Ellen even though for all intents and purposes she left him at the alter.
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Post by River on Nov 29, 2011 21:14:56 GMT -5
Maybe they were planning a spinoff with Curt and Mary Ellen and the feedback was not positive, so they just left them to be until Pearl Harbor. I personally think Day of Infamy was one of the best written episodes of the series, even though I was sad to see Curt gone. I liked the chemistry between Mary Ellen and Curt.
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 29, 2011 21:31:06 GMT -5
Maybe they were planning a spinoff with Curt and Mary Ellen and the feedback was not positive, so they just left them to be until Pearl Harbor. I personally think Day of Infamy was one of the best written episodes of the series, even though I was sad to see Curt gone. I liked the chemistry between Mary Ellen and Curt. I also thought Curt and Mary Ellen were a good team.... they played off each other beautifully.... and she definitely needed a strong man.....
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Post by River on Nov 29, 2011 21:51:12 GMT -5
I also thought Curt and Mary Ellen were a good team.... they played off each other beautifully.... and she definitely needed a strong man... I completely agree JeriJet! Would have loved to have had more episodes of the two of them.
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 29, 2011 21:57:00 GMT -5
Probably the actor who played Curt got other work. David remained a good friend to Mary Ellen even though for all intents and purposes she left him at the alter. I just checked imdb for Tom Bower's work after The Waltons..... his last Waltons was in 1978, and he did a TV mini-series "The Dain Curse" in 1978, as well as a made-for-tv movie "Winds of Kitty Hawk"..... He has had quite a busy career, with many "titles" almost every year..... It wouldn't surprise me if he was bored/annoyed with his limited exposure on The Waltons once he went into the army..... I think they were foolish to lose him, if that's what happened..... Maybe someone could ask Judy Norton about him at the 12/2 reunion.....
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Post by childfree23 on Nov 30, 2011 11:34:43 GMT -5
JeriJet, I know I read somewhere that Tom Bower - Curt - wanted a better storyline on The Waltons, but The Powers That Be just didn't give him one, so he left the show. Given how much he's been working since then, I can see why he felt that way.
Debby
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Post by dandies on Nov 30, 2011 17:08:21 GMT -5
I liked Mary Ellen and Curt together. Their relationship had more depth than hers with David. They could balance one another. It's too bad the producers did not give them more story lines and keep Tom Bower as part of the cast longer; he did a fine job portraying Curt.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2011 17:52:08 GMT -5
Given how much he's been working since then, I can see why he felt that way. So they just up and kill him off? How soap operaish. Hmph!
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