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seventies_sitcoms · 06-20-2005, 05:06 PM

Since the most important main characters were gone, did anybody think The Waltons ran way too long? Did anybody really care about Aunt Rose and her insane boyfriend? The show was bad with the fake John-Boy, and the show was really lacking when Grandma, Grandpa, Mama, and Daddy Walton were gone.

LindaY · 06-26-2005, 08:25 PM

I think the show did lose its way the last few seasons. Robert Wightman never did have the personality for John-Boy, and it was simply silly the way they had everyone stick around the house when in real life the family (Earl Hamner's) didn't.

The worst episode had to be when they brought Curt back from the dead saying he didn't want to be married anymore because he was emasculated! I wanted to throw up.

Linda

APPLEI · 08-27-2005, 06:40 PM

i lost interest in the waltons when will geer/grandpa walton died!
the series went downhill quickly(jumped the shark) after that.
the show may have centered around john boy
but grandpa walton was the heart & soul of the show.

Ireneparalegal · 08-27-2005, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LindaY

I think the show did lose its way the last few seasons. Robert Wightman never did have the personality for John-Boy, and it was simply silly the way they had everyone stick around the house when in real life the family (Earl Hamner's) didn't.

The worst episode had to be when they brought Curt back from the dead saying he didn't want to be married anymore because he was emasculated! I wanted to throw up.

Linda

Oh hell yeah!!!!

That was sooooo stupid. I expect someone coming back from the dead on a soap opera, not a close-knit family drama. When the major players were gone....SO WAS I.

06-20-2005, 05:06 PM	#1
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	Did The Waltons carry-on for too long? Since the most important main characters were gone, did anybody think The Waltons ran way too long? Did anybody really care about Aunt Rose and her insane boyfriend? The show was bad with the fake John-Boy, and the show was really lacking when Grandma, Grandpa, Mama, and Daddy Walton were gone.

06-26-2005, 08:25 PM	#2
LindaY Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2005 Location: Georgia Posts: 22	I think the show did lose its way the last few seasons. Robert Wightman never did have the personality for John-Boy, and it was simply silly the way they had everyone stick around the house when in real life the family (Earl Hamner's) didn't. The worst episode had to be when they brought Curt back from the dead saying he didn't want to be married anymore because he was emasculated! I wanted to throw up. Linda

08-27-2005, 06:40 PM	#3
APPLEI Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 16, 2000 Location: JACKSON MI. 49203 Posts: 810	i lost interest in the waltons when will geer/grandpa walton died! the series went downhill quickly(jumped the shark) after that. the show may have centered around john boy but grandpa walton was the heart & soul of the show.