The Waltons Specials

[wmfan/waltonsportwriter]

The Waltons Specials

Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
Erin plans to marry Paul Northridge the lumberjack, but Ashley Longworth Jr returns and causes trouble. Erin eventually marries Paul B.

Mothers Day on Waltons Mountain (1982)

Mary Ellen marries the veterinarian Jonesy and then gets in an auto accident on a camping trip during their honeymoon. She learns she cant have babies because of the accident. Michael Learned (Olivia) makes a guest appearance from the sanitorium in Arizona and calls the family at the end of the show A.

A Day of Thanks on Waltons Mountain. (1982)
The first Thanksgiving special set in 1947. Elizabeth feels sad that the family cant be together, but eventually they all appear except for Olivia. Yancey doesn’t wanted his turkey cooked for Thanksgiving, but eventually another one is used. John Curtis has an imaginary friend he sees in the woods and identifies it in in a picture. It turns out to be his beloved and deceased Grandpa Zeb. A.

A Waltons Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
The second Waltons Thanksgiving Reunion show is centered around November 1963and John F Kennedy’s assassination. Thanksgiving goes on and John Boty reports the memorial on national news and then comes home at the end just as the family is watching him on tv. He sneaks in the door behind them and finishes the speech by saying Happy Thanksgiving. A.

A Walton Wedding (1995)
John Boy and his fiancé Janet who appeared in the Waltons Thanksgiving Reunion return home to Waltons Mountain from New York and get married on the mountain. During the wedding in a back room of the church Jason’s wife Toni has a baby. B.

A Walton Easter (1997)
It is 1969 and John Boy returns as a tv reporterand Janet is pregnant. They end up having twins who are born at the Walton house. This is the last Walton special to date, and Ellen Corby appeared as Grandma for the last time before Mrs. Corby died in 1999. A.

Well I thought it would be appropriate to conclude my reviews of the Waltons shows and specials the week after the 40th Reunion. I’m glad to hear all of you who went had a lot of fun and shared stories, pictures and memories.
I have often considered these specials to be the 10th and 11th seasons of the Waltons since the first three were in the 1980s and the last three in the 1990s.

If they were to make one more reunion show which I hope they do before other cast members get older and die, especially Olivia and John played by Michael Learned and Ralph Waite who are in their 70s and 80s. The Children and the Actors who played them range from Richard Thomas/John Boy who about 60 now to Kami Cotler/Elizabeth who is about 47.
In a final reunion show I would like to see a fall wedding for Elizabeth and Drew, John and the family would build the house on the mountain and then they would have one last Christmas at the old Walton house. And to all a good night . Merry Christmas. I’m sure the new and the old Walton houses would be filled with Walton relatives for years to come. So lets hope it happens. But I enjoy talking with all of you about the Waltons as well and we’ve created our own unique writing family here I think. I'll try to think of some more unique things about our favorite family show sometime soon and would appreciate any ideas. Take care and talk soon. Wm Fan or Waltonsportwriter

[vintagekym]

I would love to see a Christmas special where Elizabeth and Drew are married and Jim Bob is married to Patsy.
Momma and Daddy get that house built but spend Christmas weekend at the old home place where they all sit in the living room and talk about "the good old days'....LOL

I think it would be amazing if there was continuation of our beloved family, a new second generation of the Waltons, with guest appearances from their parents.
With such a ginormous fan base the show would surely be a hit. Okay, a girl can dream can't she...LOL

[wmfan/waltonsportwriter]

Thanks vintagekym. I know the Patsy character recently passed away in real life so I dont know what they would do about that. Did Jim Bob have another serious girlfriend after that. There was the one who said she got pregnant and lied played by Jennifer Jason Leigh still alive. Or someone suggested he should have married the widow he liked in the skirt from the Silver Wings. The only other girl I remember Jim Bob with was the nnun who went to a convent. Good thoughts vintagekym. wm fan

[Tonyray]

Oct 4, 2012 17:40:51 GMT -5 wmfan/waltonsportwriter said:

Thanks vintagekym. I know the Patsy character recently passed away in real life so I dont know what they would do about that. Did Jim Bob have another serious girlfriend after that. There was the one who said she got pregnant and lied played by Jennifer Jason Leigh still alive. Or someone suggested he should have married the widow he liked in the skirt from the Silver Wings. The only other girl I remember Jim Bob with was the nnun who went to a convent. Good thoughts vintagekym. wm fan

Their were two girls that played Patsy brimmer Eileen McDonough who passed away March 13, 2012 and Debbie Gunn

Eileen McDonough played Patsy in The Great Motorcycle Race and
the Hero

Debbie Gunn played Pasty in The Best Christmas, The Wedding and Spring Fever.

[flyaway]

But keeping with the real life Jim- Bob, Jim Hamner, who never married, that if there was another special, Jim Bob shouldn't be/get married.

[wmfan/waltonsportwriter]

Thats a good point flyaway and being real life, Jim Bob didn't seem like the marrying type anyway. I guess he was a lifetime bachelor. Not sure how much he dated, waltonsportwriter

[carol]

In keeping with real life John shouldn't be in anymore movies as his counter[art Earl Sr died in 1969. I think it was around Easter time when he died so really John shouldn't have even been the one dealing with the moon landing.

[wmfan/waltonsportwriter]

Good point Carol and historically in that family you're right, but it's television and a little different. We knew the Walton's who were a creation of the Hamners so if the story is a little different that's ok I think. Wm fan sportwriter