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Post by wendyw33 on Sept 16, 2023 0:25:01 GMT -5
I'm sitting here watching "Grandma Comes Home" on INSP tonight. I've always felt that Ellen Corby's return to The Waltons was one of the most courageous moments in television history. After the stroke, Ellen could have just given up, but she worked hard and was able to return to the series - a stroke victim portraying a stroke victim. It made the storyline so believable because it was real. I am so glad she chose to come back after her stroke. That just shows how strong of a person Ellen Corby truly was. She was so young at the time too, I believe 66 or 67. I love the part when Grandpa is all upset because his Esther wasn't behaving like she normally did. Towards the end of the show, she whacked him with the broom she was using to sweep the porch. He's so happy and yells out Whooopieee!
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Post by wendyw33 on Sept 16, 2023 0:35:22 GMT -5
I think Grandma was happy in her own way. I remember many serious older women when I was young. They were very no-nonsense but they loved their families. Maybe all they went through, the Depression, sons lost in wars, lost babies, etc. made them and Grandma that way. Just watched "The Thanksgiving Story" and when Grandpa squeaks the turkey caller he tells Ben that it sounds just like Grandma!
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Post by wendyw33 on Sept 16, 2023 0:35:55 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I think it's often a part of aging. Moody, lack of patience, constantly negative, self absorbed, that sort of thing. I just don't want to be like that when I get in my 70's, 80's. I don't want to be the person no one wants to be around. I think Grandma had her moments though. While she was moody and negative, she did care about others, but she liked to play the martyr too. She was very sweet to Maude when she found out that she was going to be alone at Christmas. She and Grandpa went to visit her.
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Post by Easton on Sept 16, 2023 8:49:44 GMT -5
^ Three quotes and no comments. However, after reading what as quoted, your message was loud and clear.
Still, a comment would have been nice.
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Sept 23, 2023 20:14:02 GMT -5
I know I'll get hate but in the original Homecoming, not the awful sanitized one;Olivia seemed hateful and grouchy.
Maybe it's just how the actress felt Grandma would be. Living during the depression with your son his wife and all those kids couldn't be easy.
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Post by Easton on Sept 24, 2023 7:36:05 GMT -5
^ I think Olivia (Patricia Neal) held it together pretty well considering the circumstances. There she was, a potential single mother responsible for John's parents and 7 children, no means of income, with her husband missing and possibly dead from a bus crash. That's a lot of responsibility for one person. Olivia was a strong person, but that kind of pressure could easily have brought her to her knees.
Also, the Olivia portrayed by Patricia was quite unlike the Olivia portrayed by Michael.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 27, 2023 7:05:56 GMT -5
I know I'll get hate but in the original Homecoming, not the awful sanitized one;Olivia seemed hateful and grouchy. Maybe it's just how the actress felt Grandma would be. Living during the depression with your son his wife and all those kids couldn't be easy. I recall her being very tender with Elizabeth. The character, as Easton pointed out, was very different from the Olivia we all came to know and love through Michael Learned.
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