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Post by PLP927 on Jun 10, 2011 18:50:36 GMT -5
I have been questionable as to who is older, Erin or Ben? I believe Erin is older then Ben, but am I wrong?
I have seen where Ben has been listed before Erin (when listing Walton Childrens' names) and I have seen Erin listed before Ben.
Go figure!
So, which is older?
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Post by Marilyn on Jun 10, 2011 20:53:15 GMT -5
I always understood Erin to be older than Ben.
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Post by Tracey on Jun 10, 2011 21:57:52 GMT -5
I have been questionable as to who is older, Erin or Ben? I believe Erin is older then Ben, but am I wrong? I have seen where Ben has been listed before Erin (when listing Walton Childrens' names) and I have seen Erin listed before Ben. Go figure! So, which is older? You are not wrong. Erin is older than Ben but if you noticed on Season 1 which the problem appeared to be with Ben and Erin…who was the older one. There seemed to be a time too, when one of them was billed above the other, causing more confusion. Finally Earl himself was asked to clarify it, so now we know that this is the correct order: John Boy Jason Mary Ellen Erin Ben Jim Bob Elizabeth
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Post by PLP927 on Jun 11, 2011 20:46:33 GMT -5
I had not known Earl confirmed this . Wow. Thanks for letting me know! When did he confirm it?
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Post by voltage888 on Sept 13, 2011 19:58:10 GMT -5
I can't believe that the character of Ben is older than Erin. Eric Scott is older than Mary Beth, so why would the characters ages be the opposite? Especially in Season 1, it is obvious that Ben is around 12 (13 in real life) and Erin around 10 or 11 (11 in real life).
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Post by Marilyn on Sept 13, 2011 20:48:32 GMT -5
Voltage, Ben isn't older than Erin and who is Mary Beth?
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Post by PLP927 on Sept 14, 2011 7:36:38 GMT -5
Mary Beth McDonough, she portrayed Erin Walton. Voltage888, was saying in reality, Eric Scott, (who portrayed Ben Walton) is older than Mary Beth McDonough (Erin Walton). Actually I think there is a 3 years difference between Mary Beth and Eric.
And voltage888, Erin is older than Ben, why they didn't do the same order as in real life, I'm not sure...
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Post by PLP927 on Sept 14, 2011 7:38:08 GMT -5
Actually, Mary Beth started looking older than Eric Scott later in the series.
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Post by voltage888 on Sept 14, 2011 21:35:10 GMT -5
I think the reason why Erin looked older than Ben towards the end was because she was so much taller and acted more mature than Ben.
I can't remember, but I thought Ben was out of school before Erin was. I guess that may not matter because he could have left before he graduated.
I still think it is strange that they casted someone to play the fifth child who three years older than the fourth child. Maybe the casting department was confused too on the order.
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Post by voltage888 on Sept 14, 2011 22:01:53 GMT -5
Now, looking at the family tree, I can understand why Earl said Erin was older than Ben because Audrey is actually older than Bill and Paul.
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Post by PLP927 on Sept 15, 2011 6:43:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, voltage888!! That explains everything!!
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Post by JeriJet on Sept 15, 2011 7:29:11 GMT -5
Adding to the "situation" is that Ben (Eric) is so short and has a face so completely different from Erin (Marybeth).... I never felt particularly that Ben looked older in the earlier episodes.... really need to look back more closely at school years....
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Post by voltage888 on Sept 15, 2011 14:01:13 GMT -5
If you watch the first season, Ben is much more taller than Erin. Boys, before they hit their growth spurt, are generally the same size if not shorter than girls. If Ben was younger than Erin, then he should have been shorter, not taller than Erin at this point. For instance, David Harper (Jim-Bob) is the same age as Mary McDonough, yet he is definitely shorter than she is in the early seasons.
My theory is that the production staff goofed and put Ben before Erin, that is why an older actor was cast and Ben's name is listed before Erin's in the credits.
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Post by JeriJet on Sept 15, 2011 16:37:50 GMT -5
Say what you will, I never felt that Ben was older than Erin. I HAVE looked back at early pictures, and still don't see it.... basically, I didn't see anything obvious in their ages, not to the point of being certain of anything.
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Post by kazk on Sept 15, 2011 17:47:23 GMT -5
I had not known Earl confirmed this . Wow. Thanks for letting me know! When did he confirm it? I know that Earl confirmed it a long time ago when this question was raised through my Waltons Digest. Ralph Giffin, who co-wrote the book Goodnight John Boy, asked Earl for me. It was then published in one of the earlier Digests. The archives sit at this website if you want to have a trawl through them. the-waltons-home-page.com/WaltonsDigest/waltonsdigest.htmHope this helps, Karen
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