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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Mar 9, 2014 21:03:33 GMT -5
A few times on the White Shadow about the LA INNER City High School Carver basketball team. I heard I wonder what Mary Ellen would do, Goodnight John boy and A young teenage girl said she liked and watched the Waltons family values. Of course the White Shadow WaS ON CBS for three years 1978-81 which also were the Waltons last three years so the shows were on the same network at the same time AS for Eight is Enough we have talked about that showhere before and it would be fun to see it return to television on a regular basis somewhere. WmFan.  |
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Post by coriscapnskip on Sept 8, 2018 0:42:35 GMT -5
At the end of one "Three's company" episode, Jack (John Ritter) says "Goodnight John Boy". I know it was in one of the earlier seasons. I do not recall the exact episode. Funny, considering John Ritter played Reverend Matthew Fordwick! Offhand, don't remember any shows other than those mentioned, but it is mentioned in a book, The Shining, by Stephen King. In that, they were watching The Waltons but it doesn't appear in either movie version.  |
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Post by alicep on Sept 8, 2018 10:22:10 GMT -5
I loved Eight is Enough. I would like to go back and watch that one, but I don't know if it's streaming or on DVD...haven't checked. What is funny about Eight is Enough is that someone told my dad that it wasn't appropriate for children and he would not let us watch it. But, he let us watch three's company. My guess is that both number shows came out the same year and he was confused. Or he knew John Ritter had been on the Waton's so it was more appropriate. Not sure which. I would sometimes sneak it...now, I wasn't a little kid..I was a teen when both these shows were on, so I'm not sure what his beef was.
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Post by AuntieEm on Sept 12, 2018 20:27:57 GMT -5
Just saw that All in the Family episode that referenced The Waltons.
Edith saying " Oh my, Mike, if the Waltons thought like you (he didn't want kids), they wouldn't even have a TV show!"
LOL.
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Post by Gordon on Sept 15, 2018 13:16:34 GMT -5
Just saw that All in the Family episode that referenced The Waltons. Edith saying " Oh my, Mike, if the Waltons thought like you (he didn't want kids), they wouldn't even have a TV show!" LOL.  I can hear Edith saying that. |
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Post by Honeybee on Oct 11, 2018 3:43:53 GMT -5
7th Heaven mention The Waltons. It was in Season 1. Mary and Lucy was saying good night to each other.
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Post by kelliekay on Oct 12, 2018 13:01:57 GMT -5
There is a movie with Dolly Parton as a Christmas angel. She mentions The Waltons. The name of it is Unlikely Angel.
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Post by Johnny on Jan 14, 2020 7:25:09 GMT -5
I was watching an episode of The Paper Chase Season 3, The Choice. For those who have never watched this show, most of the characters are students at a prestigious Law School presumably Harvard. (The author of the novel on which The Paper Chase is based is a Harvard alum). On this particular episode, two of the characters Franklin and Thomas Ford were referencing their shared home life, having been raised in a wealthy family of old money. Their parents (father) paid for nannies when they were children, prep schools, college & university. They were too busy achieving more wealth & status to have a meaningful loving relationship with their children. I pick it up where they are discussing Mom's birthday.
This episode aired 4 - 5 years after The Waltons last season.
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Post by Easton on Apr 9, 2020 14:45:12 GMT -5
I'm watching the $100,000 Pyramid with host Dick Clark and they just had a category named 'Goodnight John-Boy'.
It had nothing to do with The Waltons, though. It was 'Things in the country'.
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Post by zebulonfan on Apr 13, 2020 15:23:32 GMT -5
On the British sitcom "As Time Goes By," Jean (Judi Dench) and Lionel (Geoffrey Palmer) are discussing something or other in bed, and Jean mentions the Waltons. Lionel doesn't understand until Jean says the television show where everyone says "Goodnight" at the end, and Lionel says, "Oh, those Waltons." By the way, "As Time Goes By" is a lovely show, gentle and a bit quirky in the best British tradition.
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Post by Easton on Apr 13, 2020 17:53:12 GMT -5
^ A bit of As Time Goes By trivia. In the opening credits, there is a double frame sitting on Jean's writing desk supposedly showing Jean and Lionel during the 'first time around'. If the people in the photos look familiar, they should. The young Jean is actually Judi's daughter and the young Lionel is Geoffrey's actual son:
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Post by whisper on Apr 13, 2020 17:59:19 GMT -5
^ Oh I didn't know that!, I loved that programme |
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Apr 13, 2020 18:39:18 GMT -5
Slightly of topic. I once watched a British tv comedy about a grouchy old woman and an easy going old guy at a retirement home.
I don't remember the nam
Does it sound familiar to anyone
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Post by whisper on Apr 13, 2020 19:28:29 GMT -5
Slightly of topic. I once watched a British tv comedy about a grouchy old woman and an easy going old guy at a retirement home. I don't remember the nam Does it sound familiar to anyone Yes, that sounds like Waiting for God. Was very funny  |
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Post by coriscapnskip on Apr 13, 2020 19:57:54 GMT -5
Couple more: years ago there was a series about a little girl in a large mixed family, with parents and step-parents all wanting her to have a traditional family Thanksgiving dinner with them. In an ad for this, the little girl said, "So we're not the Waltons."
Recently when I turned on the TV, Barney Miller was on and a character was answering a phone call from an old lady about how "it was strange a whole family disappearing like that, but there's really nothing we can do." When he hung up, he explained to the others, "The Waltons."
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I can hear Edith saying that. 
