John-Boy's cane in Season 5

[emeraldcity31]

Can someone 'remind' me why John-Boy is using a cane in Season 5? I am guessing there must have been a 'real life' injury?

[mercantile]

I've been racking my brains.. nothing happening there. lol
Any kind help would be appreciated.

mercantile

[AR15]

I believe it was because, in real life, Richard Thomas was in a motorbike accident while filming scenes for a movie, so they just wrote that John-Boy had also been in a random motorbike accident.

[River]

AR15...I believe I read that somewhere too, but can't remember where.

[carol]

Richard fractured his ankle while filming the movie 9-30-55 about the death of James Dean. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19760406&id=aINSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hwUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2480,1145294

[emeraldcity31]

Thanks, Carol

[tracilynn]

Oh wow! Thank you Carol. I had no idea.

[carol]

You're welcome. It took some digging to find that snippet. Makes me wonder if they should have used a stuntman seeing as, according to the article, Richard had never ridden a motorbike until two days before the accident.

[Heather]

I saw the two eppys last night where he was on the cane and was wondering too.

I really enjoyed the movie - quite a diversion from John-Boy.