I'm always ready for some good old Waltons viewing. My favorite episodes include Marsha Woolery, CoraBeth, Stanley Perkins and Miss Rose. John Ritter was pretty good in this effort too. Some things amuse me...like how they are supposed to be hard scrabble mountain folk struggling though the depression, yet they seem to have very elegant furnishings for the period. Beautiful lamps, mirrors, beautiful dressers, the beds are always neatly made with fantastic quilts. Huge throw rugs everywhere, nice drapes, nice curtains, china, silverware, lovely wall hangings. It's like the set designers were showing off! ~ ~ Next issue is grandpa. Now I had two grandpas and I've known lots of them way back...and I can't recall a single one who was as swish as that old fool. He walks like an old woman and can't seem to stop wiggling his fingers. Awful. ~ ~ Last issue, stick with me. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm not, but in WW2 there was a thing called Selective Service, aka THE DRAFT. In reality, them Walton boys would have been inducted before you could say Jack Robinson. No shuffling about pondering about it, or taking months to decide. No...BOOM!...you're drafted. And Lastly, why was Yancy unceremoniously written out of the show? He was the most authentic cast member and one of the most entertaining.
Review of The Waltons
