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Post by twinkle on Apr 28, 2014 6:03:32 GMT -5
Have just watched The Remembrance and thought struck me that, even though there was only one Grandpa Zeb Walton, the writers could have possibly spun it so that cousin Zadok stayed on with the family to provide the wit and wisdom that Grandpa used to do...? instead of bringing Rose and the two kids into the mix to fill gaps in the cast, I think I would have preferred Zadok staying on being so like Zeb and all....and the Walton children all felt as though it was like having Grandpa back again. I am sure some good story lines could have been written around Zadok. I just think that vital element of the older generation was sorely missed from the show after Grandpa and Grandma departed from the show. What do you think?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2014 9:00:37 GMT -5
I figured they were testing the waters with a replacement grandpa with the moonshine guy (Zeb's brother) and decided that there could only be on grandpa and moved on.
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Post by goodnight on Apr 28, 2014 9:12:31 GMT -5
I figured they were testing the waters with a replacement grandpa with the moonshine guy (Zeb's brother) and decided that there could only be on grandpa and moved on. Boone (the moonshine guy) was Zeb's nephew. His father Henry was Zeb's older brother. Probably Henry was a good bit older that Zeb. Because Boone did not look that much younger.
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Post by JeriJet on Apr 28, 2014 9:22:30 GMT -5
Have just watched The Remembrance and thought struck me that, even though there was only one Grandpa Zeb Walton, the writers could have possibly spun it so that cousin Zadok stayed on with the family to provide the wit and wisdom that Grandpa used to do...? instead of bringing Rose and the two kids into the mix to fill gaps in the cast, I think I would have preferred Zadok staying on being so like Zeb and all....and the Walton children all felt as though it was like having Grandpa back again. I am sure some good story lines could have been written around Zadok. I just think that vital element of the older generation was sorely missed from the show after Grandpa and Grandma departed from the show. What do you think?
Hadn't thought of that before.... and I agree !! -- it would have added that "grandpa" family touch in an interesting way
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 28, 2014 17:58:39 GMT -5
I always liked the Boone character. Would have liked to have seen more of him and the other mountains Waltons.
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Apr 28, 2014 21:41:49 GMT -5
I think Boone the Moonshiner would have made an interesting choice. Or the elderly man who came to court Grandma after Zeb's death and kept her up half the night lol
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Post by carol on Apr 28, 2014 22:44:08 GMT -5
I think they didn't keep Boone on the show because they already had enough moonshiners with the Baldwins.
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Post by twinkle on Apr 29, 2014 4:49:00 GMT -5
Boone was not really a people-person though was he...? not the grandpa-type to jiggle the great-grandies on his knee and tell them stories, he was a real loner. I though Zadok was a grandpa-type and really brought something to the family during that episode. I did like, however, Boone's final words to Daisy just before he left - he obviously was very sweet on her . Shame John-Boy chose career and Europe over Daisy
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Apr 29, 2014 8:20:24 GMT -5
Boone the actor he was on Dallas as well wasn't he? He played one of the Ewings friends.
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Post by sdw on Apr 29, 2014 10:42:00 GMT -5
He was on Dallas as one of Jocks friends,he played Punk Anderson.His wife on Dallas was in the episode Battle of Drusillas Pond,she also was Annie mother on Seventh Heaven.
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Post by nedandres on May 3, 2014 15:47:46 GMT -5
I enjoyed both characters very much: Boone and Zadok. I would have loved seeing them continue as regulars. I, too, found Boone's interaction with Daisy poignant, but then her character disappeared from the show after it was reported that she was to be a regular. That seems odd. Did anyone talk to Dierdre Lenihan at the reunion to see why her character was cut from the series so abruptly without mention?
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Post by gunnersmom on Jun 1, 2014 19:04:02 GMT -5
Of all the later shows, The Remembrance is my absolute favorite. Zadok would have made a wonderful addition to the show, and I think they missed a real opportunity by not adding him. That being said, I doubt at that point they were looking to add an old geezer who grew apples and made home remedies that worked. May have gotten the masses thinking about the food they were eating and the prescriptions they were taking. No one was thinking organic and natural back then.
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Post by JeriJet on Jun 1, 2014 20:21:25 GMT -5
Of all the later shows, The Remembrance is my absolute favorite. Zadok would have made a wonderful addition to the show, and I think they missed a real opportunity by not adding him. That being said, I doubt at that point they were looking to add an old geezer who grew apples and made home remedies that worked. May have gotten the masses thinking about the food they were eating and the prescriptions they were taking. No one was thinking organic and natural back then. Gotta disagree -- there was a huge "back to nature" trend during the 1970's.... small home gardens sprouting up all over the place.... interest in wearing only natural-fiber clothing.... earth shoes !! .... lots of folks were back to making their own bread, butter, jelly, etc... Didn't last the decade, I don't think -- along came the yuppies who were more interested in getting ahead in their jobs and catching all the latest movies
I think this "back to nature" trend was one of the reasons Hollywood knew a show like The Waltons would be popular.
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Post by Brenda on Jun 1, 2014 20:46:50 GMT -5
Morgan Woodward (Boone Walton) was at the California reunion in 2007, and he sat at the table with my husband and me. He is very funny, and we enjoyed talking to him so much. He has been on a lot of TV shows, and we felt so honored to be sitting with him. He kept looking around the room at different people and asking who they were. He didn't recognize a lot of the cast members, and was amazed that we knew who they were. We were also sitting with Jon Walmsley and his then girlfriend, now wife, Marion. Anyway, Morgan Woodward told a story that night about his appearances on The Waltons. He said back in the '70s, The Waltons was one of his favorite shows, and he really wanted a part on it. He told his agent, and before long, he landed the part of Boone Walton in The Conflict. He was thrilled to not only get to be on the show, but to also be a Walton. He thought that would get him on many episodes. Unfortunately, that didn't work out until a few seasons later when they called him up and asked him to appear as Boone Walton again. He thought this time it would be permanent, until he read through the script and saw the final narration which said that "Boone Walton was killed by a truck while crossing the highway one dark night." He knew then that this would be his last appearance on The Waltons.
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Post by married2oldfool on Jun 1, 2014 22:01:44 GMT -5
no way, but I did like Boone a whole lot
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