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Post by jrijr on Jan 6, 2013 21:03:06 GMT -5
I have been watching the INSP marathon today, and just watched the entire episode where Grandma comes home from her stroke. What episode addressed the stroke for the first time? I remember part of an episode where Grandpa takes a potted flower to the hospital, and Mary Ellen's husband stops him before he goes in the elevator. I could research it a bit, but I thought a little dialogue would be better.  |
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Post by goodnight on Jan 6, 2013 23:40:56 GMT -5
I'm not completely sure, but I think it might have been 1 or 2 episodes after "The Ferris Wheel". I remember reading on this site that Ellen Corby (who played Grandma) suffered a severe stroke at home during the time "The Ferris Wheel" was being filmed. If you ever watch that episode you will notice she is only briefly in one scene at the beginning.
After that, like I said maybe in the next episode or the one after that, they say Grandma is in the hospital. I don't remember when they started saying it was a stroke, but it might have been the one you mentioned where Grandpa was not allowed in her hospital room.
Ellen Corby was absent from the show from partial season 5 to the end of season 6.
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Post by Zedxclon on Jan 7, 2013 9:19:38 GMT -5
The first episode in which Esther is gone, is The Elopement, but it's not mentioned at all, she's just gone. You could assume that, in this episode, she's supposed to still be there and we just don't happen to see her, The first time it's mentioned, I think, is in The Hero. But I'm not 100% sure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 15:11:06 GMT -5
How long after Ellen Corby had her stroke did the doctors know that she would recover enough to be able to come back to the show and act?
I have always thought that, that was one reason why the writers took so long to writer her diagnoses (stroke) into the show. Maybe they simply did not know until later that Ellen was going to return.
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Post by carol on Jan 7, 2013 17:30:05 GMT -5
How long after Ellen Corby had her stroke did the doctors know that she would recover enough to be able to come back to the show and act? I have always thought that, that was one reason why the writers took so long to writer her diagnoses (stroke) into the show. Maybe they simply did not know until later that Ellen was going to return. I agree. I don't think there was any way to know for at least several months if or when Ellen would be able to return. I wonder if Ellen hadn't been able to return would they have had Grandma die? |
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Post by Brennan on Jan 7, 2013 22:11:28 GMT -5
What if Grandma hadn't had a stroke. She may have been the only one of the parents/grandparents who would have lasted through the entire series. It was so sad to see her disabled, without Zeb after he died. They were so full of life..the series just wasn't the same after they and John Boy were gone. Which makes me think of something else...should the writers have created more story arcs for the Walton Kids as adults instead of trying to keep them all in the house together as young adults? Maybe it would have been more interesting for them each to have branched out and have their individual subplots as they would have in real life. By Season 7 it really is ridiculous that they're all still living in that house as they did as children...and Ben in the shed.
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Post by mtdawg on Jan 8, 2013 1:17:13 GMT -5
I only remember when Grandma returned. Ellen stole every scene she was in..who can question?
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Post by jrijr on Jan 8, 2013 17:51:22 GMT -5
I always wondered if Grandma Hamner had any health issues. Obviously Ellen's stroke was completely unplanned, it's amazing the writers brought her back to the series...
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Jan 11, 2013 16:52:32 GMT -5
When they produced Grandma Comes Home nobody knew that it would be Zeb's final appearance. But it would have been very bad if they had produced an episode in which Grandma died and then she totally recoveded from her stroke. There would have been no way to bring her back into the series. After all
bringing back Curt was a totally disliked episode. You would almost HAVE to recall what was going on
at the time of the episode to even like it----CF when I brought up what was going on when the episode was taking place---the day the Dew Drop Inn finally reopened the Chicago Cubs who had been in numerous World
Series only to lose began the first post-World War II series by surprising even their most devoted fans by scoring an easy win over the Detroit Tigers and Hank Greenberg. Nevertheless true to form, the Cubs failed to win the fourth game after winning three out of the first five and lost the Series and havent been there since.....
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Post by star2012 on Jan 16, 2013 17:10:23 GMT -5
Hi all - back on forum after away for so long ---long story.. so sad when Grandam had her stroke and Zeb's death. The end of one Walton era
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 17, 2013 0:57:07 GMT -5
Hi all - back on forum after away for so long ---long story.. Glad you are back star2012! ;D |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jan 17, 2013 10:52:32 GMT -5
According to this article (if you can believe The National Enquirer), Will Geer is the one who found Ellen Corby when she had her stroke. She was late for work, which was unusal for her, and he, sensing something was wrong, went to her house, found her on the floor, and called for medical help. HOW GRANDPA WALTON SAVED GRANDMA'S LIFEI've said this before, but I will repeat it. I think Ellen Corby's return to The Waltons after she suffered her debilitating stroke, is one of the most valiant events ever on a TV series. I think it's one of the things that makes the Waltons seem like real people to us. Perhaps it's why we can relate to them so well. |
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Post by carol on Jan 17, 2013 18:24:19 GMT -5
Mary McDonough said in her book that it was crew members who were sent to Ellen's house after she didn't show up on the set and repeated phone calls were unanswered.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 17, 2013 18:56:47 GMT -5
I've said this before, but I will repeat it. I think Ellen Corby's return to The Waltons after she suffered her debilitating stroke, is one of the most valiant events ever on a TV series. I think it's one of the things that makes the Waltons seem like real people to us. Perhaps it's why we can relate to them so well. I totally agree with you. It was awe inspiring to see Ellen Corby "Grandma" return. I have often wondered in today's world if: #1 The person would even try/want to come back and #2 Would the tv show let them if they wanted to?  |
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Post by Forum Administrator on Jan 17, 2013 19:56:08 GMT -5
Mary McDonough said in her book that it was crew members who were sent to Ellen's house after she didn't show up on the set and repeated phone calls were unanswered. That's why I added that little disclaimer (if you can believe the National Enquirer). |
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