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  • mitchedwards
    Mego Preservation Society
    • May 2, 2003
    • 11781

    36 years ago today

    The Waltons debuted on Television in 1972


    Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?
  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47258

    #2
    I like the Waltons and still watch it.

    I just don't like or watch after John Boy left.

    When the star leaves a show, then it's all downhill from there.

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    • garagesale
      Dept. of Mego Studies
      • Aug 8, 2006
      • 1142

      #3
      Originally posted by type1kirk

      I just don't like or watch after John Boy left.
      Was that the episode where John Boy goes waterskiing with the shark?

      JamesD

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      • Sideshow Spock
        valar morghulis
        • Mar 8, 2005
        • 2859

        #4
        I was always a Little House on the Prairie kid, and used to get in bloody brawls with this other kid who was always spoutin' off about how great the Waltons were. Ain't nobody talkin' trash about Mary Ingalls around me and gettin' away with it..

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        • toys2cool
          Ultimate Mego Warrior
          • Nov 27, 2006
          • 28605

          #5
          Never seen it
          "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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          • jessica
            fortune favors the bold
            • Nov 5, 2007
            • 4590

            #6
            I refused to watch the Waltons because I hated John Boy...
            Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
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            • HardyGirl
              Mego Museum's Poster Girl
              • Apr 3, 2007
              • 13950

              #7
              I never really watched it as a kid, (though I may have seen parts of an ep), but I did see the previews and of course got the catchphrase "G'night John Boy". But I've watched it in syndication, and now on the Hallmark channel sometimes. I like the eps best when the kids were little.
              "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
              'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
              Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
              If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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              • hobub
                Ghost of a Dead Indian
                • Jun 18, 2001
                • 4778

                #8
                You need to see the episode called "the Deed" where John boy ventures to the big city of Wheeling (well, I guess in 1932 it was still on the map beyond Columbus).

                Also, "the Conflict" where their hillbillie cousins are forced from the mountain they cleared and owned since 1865 so the highway department can put 4 lanes of cement through their garden and their logged cabin.

                Nice to poke fun at such a show where an artistically talented family lives in a rural area where the big news of the day is about a chicken theif or a turkey shoot but very historically accurate and won grammies and based on real life events that occurred in the life of a former twilight zone among others tv writer in NY, who now lives in CA

                Doesn't hold a candle to nice family oriented shows like SVU, Desperate Housewives, or Will and Grace.

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                • megoscott
                  Founding Partner
                  • Nov 17, 2006
                  • 8710

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jessica
                  I refused to watch the Waltons because I hated John Boy...
                  You HATED John Boy? I had no idea he could provoke such passion.
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                  • 4NDR01D
                    Alpha Centauri....OR DIE!
                    • Jan 22, 2008
                    • 3266

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Histrionic Spock
                    I was always a Little House on the Prairie kid, and used to get in bloody brawls with this other kid who was always spoutin' off about how great the Waltons were. Ain't nobody talkin' trash about Mary Ingalls around me and gettin' away with it..
                    Same here, My family hated the Waltons, but Loved LHOTP!!

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                    • vulcan2074
                      Live Long and Prosper
                      • Mar 23, 2008
                      • 7817

                      #11
                      I used to watch that show alot. I don't know why, but I liked it.
                      Sammy

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                      • theantiquetiger
                        Fra-gee-lay Thats Italian
                        • Nov 12, 2005
                        • 3435

                        #12
                        Sorry Mitch, not to split hairs, but "The Waltons" premiered on Sept. 14.

                        Other shows that premiered on this day (Sept 18th):

                        WKRP - 1978

                        Get Smart - 1965

                        The New Dick Van Dyke Show - 1971

                        The Addams Family - 1964

                        I Dream of Jeanie - 1965

                        Wagon Train - 1957

                        Here is a list of alot of shows and their premier date:

                        TV Premiers
                        Last edited by theantiquetiger; Sep 18, '08, 4:57 PM.
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                        • Hector
                          el Hombre de Acero
                          • May 19, 2003
                          • 31852

                          #13
                          I only watched a couple of the Waltons' episodes...it was not my type of show.

                          Sanford and Son on the other hand...
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                          • fallensaviour
                            Talkative Member
                            • Aug 28, 2006
                            • 5620

                            #14
                            I used to watch the Waltons as a kid but I was always disappointed that they never carried guns like the guys on bonanza did...LOL
                            The show had so much potential.
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