The Waltons s4-ep16 - The Secret (2024)

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What was the secret about Jim-Bob on The Waltons? ›

They find Jim-Bob's birth record but they also discover that Jim-Bob had a twin, Joseph Zebulon Walton who died at birth. Esther learns from Ike and Flossie Brimmer that Jim-Bob is asking questions concerning he birth. She talks to John and tells him it is time for him to tell him about the circ*mstances.

Her character's abrupt disappearance was explained by Olivia developing tuberculosis and entering a sanatorium in Arizona. She made occasional guest appearances until the show's cancelation and later appeared in four of the six Waltons reunion movies made during the 1980s and 1990s.

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The Carousel is Cindy Walton's personal quest to find who her real parents are after she finds out that she was adopted.

An eighth child, Jim-Bob's twin brother Joseph Zebulon Walton, died at birth.

Harper playing exactly himself as Jim-Bob, there was a "real Jim-Bob Walton." The man who inspired the character was Jim Hamner, Earl Hamner Jr.'s youngest brother. For the tens of thousands of fans who flocked to Hamner's hometown of Schuyler, Virginia, Jim might've been the most familiar face of all the Hamner kids.

Olivia is leaving Walton's Mountain, hustled off with tuberculosis to an Arizona sanatorium while her family somehow forges a path between unbearable grief and unbearable stoicism.

And chances are that he'll be recognized as John-Boy Walton while he's in Utah. There's no sense of resignation about that, because he said he has no regrets about the role that made him a star. “I have very happy memories and I'm very proud of what that show was, what it did for me and all that,” he said.

The cast may be new, but the story remains the same. In fact, one very familiar face was invited back to Waltons Mountain to narrate it. Hamner Jr. passed in 2016, after leaving an indelible impression in pop culture, so producers had to find a replacement.

Waite passed away in 2014 at age 85. Learned previously admitted that their on-screen chemistry was the real deal. In 2019, it was reported that Learned and Waite “were in love” off-screen.

What was an orange squeeze on The Waltons? ›

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Typically an Orange Squeeze is made with rum, ice, and fresh squeezed oranges in a blender. First acknowledgement of Grandma's "illness," which was introduced into the storyline after Ellen Corby suffered a major stroke in November 1976. She would not return to the show until March 1978.

Mary Ellen marries Dr. Curtis Willard and they have 1 child, John Curtis, before he is lost and presumed dead after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Eventually she remarries Arlington Westcott Jones "Jonesy" and together they have 2 children, Clay and Katie.

Personal life. Walton married Helen Robson on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1943. They had four children: Samuel Robson (Rob) born in 1944, John Thomas (1946–2005), James Carr (Jim) born in 1948, and Alice Louise born in 1949.

John and Olivia Walton are the proud parents of three girls and five boys: John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, twins Jim-Bob & Joseph, and Elizabeth; Joseph died at birth. Grandma and Grandpa Walton (Esther and Zeb) are John's parents are also an integral part of the family.

The first of these reboot films, titled The Waltons: Homecoming, was released in 2021. Initially, the executive producer of this film, Sam Haskell, and the rest of the team behind the movie decided that they would cut Ben from the film to make room for other characters and to avoid confusing the audience.

In addition to the Walton characters, other roles, such as the “recipe-making” Baldwin sisters and General Store owner, Ike Godsey were also inspired by real people.

People have been asking for more than four decades if "the family is real" and "is there a 'real' Walton's Mountain?" The answer is yes. Though the names might be different Earl Hamner based the show on his memories of growing up in rural Virginia with his family during the depression.

During the end voice over , John boy states that Erin's marriage is as strong today as it was when they got married , but in A Walton Thanksgiving reunion , she is divorced and states that it was because she found out Paul was cheating on her .

You can purchase tickets for tours of the home at the Walton's Mountain Museum in Schuyler. Three longtime fans of the popular TV show "The Waltons" have purchased the Virginia childhood home of the show's creator in an effort to keep it open to the public.

The three most prominent living members (Jim, Rob, and Alice Walton) have consistently been in the top twenty of the Forbes 400 list since 2001, as were John ( d. 2005) and Helen (d. 2007) prior to their deaths. Christy Walton took her husband John's place in the ranking after his death.

Did any of The Waltons date each other? ›

The love stories carried over behind the scenes. Ma and Pa Walton — Ralph Waite and Michael Learned — quietly fell on love on set. And remember Jason and Toni, who we just mentioned in the prior paragraph? Well, actors Jon Walmsley and Lisa Harrison tied the knot in real life in 1979!

He meets Janet Gilchrist who is an editor for Harper's magazine. The two are married on Walton's Mountain.

The actors playing Ben and Cindy Walton both happily married but still became inseparable. One of the earliest appearances of Cindy Brunson Walton comes in one of the most emotional episodes of The Waltons, an episode called "Founders' Day."

"I hope that you'll remember this house as I do," Earl Hamner narrates in the closing moments of the final episode of The Waltons.

The Beginning

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1978 Michael Learned decided to quit her contract and leave the successful series "The Waltons". Her departure from the show was declared to the TV audience by tuberculosis disease of "Ma Walton" and her long stay in a sanatorium.

When Robert Wightman was introduced as the new John-Boy on The Waltons, his face was covered in bandages, and he didn't speak in his first appearance. For viewers, the unbandaging of John-Boy's face was supposed to be a moment that transitioned them from exclusively thinking of Richard Thomas as John-Boy.

Mrs. Thomas tells John-Boy that Ruth had a case of scarlet fever 4 years prior that left her blind. She was quite active and lively and a freshman at Boatwright herself prior to losing her sight and since her father who was her biggest supporter had passed away, Ruth has withdrawn further and further.

After five seasons, Richard Thomas left the Waltons to pursue other interests. He has devoted much of his time to motion pictures for television.

The location of the Walton's house, barn and mill was filmed on the backlot at The Burbank studios. Visible from certain angles Walton's Mountain could be see through the trees. Drucilla's pond was part of the Jungle set.

Did Mary Ellen stay married to Jonesy on The Waltons? ›

Then Curt was killed at Pearl Harbor in the 1978 season, and Mary Ellen found new love with Arlington Wescott "Jonesy" Jones (Richard Gililand) while taking premed courses. The romance was threatened when Curt was discovered not to have died after all, but the two decided their marriage had ended and divorced.

Later during the service the Reverend announces to the congregation's surprise that Jim-Bob has chosen to become a preacher.

She told Fox News at one point the actors who played Ma and Pa Walton actually developed strong romantic feelings for one another. "We had a deep love for each other that we would have ruined if we had taken that extra step, and we didn't," Learned said. "We never did.

“We've also had to make some modern conveniences — the Waltons only had one bathroom,” Johnson said, noting each room in the bed-and-breakfast will have a bathroom. In the Depression-era, wood was the exterior of the Hamner house and the home depicted on “The Waltons.”

The Waltons ran on CBS from 1972 to 1981. The cast was four years into filming when Corby suffered a stroke that impaired her movement and speech. She took off from the show for over a season for medical reasons and returned in the 1977-1978 season, bringing her stroke into the storyline.

Maureen asked about Blue, the Walton mule, who she commented seemed so well trained. He was pretty chill, though I think at least two different mules played the role of "Blue". There are livestock specialists around LA who train and rent large animals to TV shows.

The family takes him in, calls the authorities on Abner, and decides to adopt him.

Ike hires an escort from Charlottesville to try and make Corabeth jealous. She catches his antics on a night out at the Dew Drop Inn. As predicted by Jason the scheme backfires in more ways than one. Ike is served with his divorce papers citing adultery as the reason.

Cindy Walton (formerly Cindy Brunson) is the wife of Benjamin Walton, they were married in the Tv series and had a daughter Virginia also goes by Ginny she died from accidental drowning at a young age, they also had a son Charles he was born on Mothers Day on Waltons Mountain but was never seen or mentioned again after ...

74 years (1918–1992)

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87 years (1911–1999)

Ellen Corby / Age at death

If you were watching The Waltons when it originally aired back in the '70s, you probably remember hearing the news that Will Geer — the man who played Grandpa Zebulon Walton — had died. Will passed away from respiratory failure on April 22, 1978, shortly after filming Season 6 of The Waltons.

In real life, John-Boy was indeed Hamner, creator and narrator of the show as well as author of Spencer's Mountain. Now he is gone. He was 92, a veteran of World War II, one of America's best-loved writers and, as the narrator of The Waltons, a much-loved voice.

He sports a big mustache for the small role.

Earl Hamner Jr. made a cameo on The Waltons! Earl Hamner Jr. made a cameo on The Waltons!

Wightman replaced Richard Thomas in the role of John-Boy Walton in the TV series The Waltons. He played the role beginning with the show's eighth season in 1979 until the end of the series in 1981. He also appeared in the role in the TV movie A Day of Thanks on Walton's Mountain in 1982.

He elopes to marry Cindy and together they have two children, Virginia and Charlie, to whom he is devoted.

Jim-Bob decides to become a preacher after a near death experience.

James Hamner, 67, the youngest son in a family immortalized by "The Waltons" on television and the model for the character Jim-Bob Walton, died April 1 at his home in Charlottesville. He had emphysema and heart ailments.

What did Jim-Bob do? ›

James Robert Duggar (born July 18, 1965) is an American real estate agent, politician, and television personality, known for the reality series 19 Kids and Counting, which aired from 2008 to 2015. From 1999 to 2003, he was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.

The character Jim Bob had one ambition: to learn to fly an airplane. While he was medically unfit for the Air Corps, in the final movies he had indeed become a pilot, flying crop dusting and charter flights. The only sibling on the series who had his own room in the house was John-Boy.

April 14, 1999

Ellen Corby / Date of death

In addition to the Walton characters, other roles, such as the “recipe-making” Baldwin sisters and General Store owner, Ike Godsey were also inspired by real people.

Harper, who first found fame as Jim Bob Walton, now works as an art dealer in Los Angeles. He was cast as a child actor but have up acting after his success in the Waltons, and subsequent jobs have included driving for co-star Eric Scott's transport company.

Alleging that Jim Bob was "verbally abusive" at times, Jill was quoted in describing their relationship as "not good." "We occasionally text on a family group thread, but I don't feel comfortable being around him and just hanging out," the documents read. "He was verbally abusive.

A federal judge on Wednesday detailed how the allegations that Josh Duggar sexually abused his younger sisters first came to light. The judge said the allegations were kept secret for years, until a family friend inadvertently revealed them to their church community.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar

Josh's parents have remained supportive of their son after he pleaded not guilty to receiving and possessing child p*rnography in April 2021. The Duggar patriarch and matriarch, however, have also vowed to trust the legal system.