The Waltons - Season 1 Intro

[moonboots69]

watching this as a kid long ago, i always envisioned an alternate variation of this 1st series intro where that wooden see saw would SNAP ! as they played on it...

[jasonsaggs]

grandma was an ape...

[mightydyckerson]

I wonder if they ever fucked each other in that house.

[kirko1954]

Miss Michael Learned is SO beautiful at 0:57.

[TheMashwatcher585]

back then, people stuck together no matter how hard things were in the depression. Today, FORGET IT!!!!! nobody helps you. even family doesnt stick with you. Even in this recession, noone will help you.

[aalexz3]

@Mikeyboy609 Atheism doesn't mean supspension of morals or decency, just a non-belief in a God. Civility and humanitarianism are not exclusive to the followers of christianity.

[Democrat64]

What's not love about that? :^)

[mrangry1960]

My wife was a fan of this programme, I could slightly take or leave it. I liked Grandad and John Boy's dad (Ralph Waite) but thought it was a bit of an idealised view of life in the 1930s. Suspect Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was nearer to the truth about the USA at that time. By all accounts poverty was worse there than it was in Britain and my dad, who grew up in Lancashire in the 1930s said it was a bit grim.

[moproducer]

@mrangry1960 We've glamorized the Great Depression into something we remember with nostalgia. It was a time of horror for my family in the Missouri Ozarks. The ones who are still with us paint pictures in vivid terms; they want us to know because they never want to see it happen again.

As bad as things are right now, I could never survive the nightmare my father endured.

[jenntblossom21]

because of the way the world is today no respect, instead of thinking about it ,I sit and watch the waltons , I have all the episodes. its not a scary world, no bad language,no tattoos. and everyone is covered.

[hammersbrain]

Good times thanx for posting..x

[sky2007a]

sweet memories....Thanks so lot for sharing it

[Katharer45]

Good old times! Thanks for this! God save America!!!

[Katharer45]

Good old times! Thanks for this!

[alexandre608]

is simple: so beautiful...

[Bieber73991]

Yeah thts to bad because they didnt had cell phone's until they made it about 70's or so yeah i watched tht show about getting there phone's and it was interesting in a long time and some ppl r not rich about it so yeah

[NowMeeeart]

But why does the actress who plays Mrs Walton have a guys name?

I'm from UK and it's weird for a lady to be called 'Michael' like Michael Knight?

[geepalo]

Thanks to Husker Texan I got to see all of the Waltons episodes in order...every show. i have watched this on tv for years and never got that chance. I enjoyed watching an episode every morning.... Hallmark does not play it conveniently for me at all. And the dvr is just a hassle..... Youtube served my purpose and I appreciated it. They have all been removed now because of Warner Brothers... whatever....... Great show..imo....

[SeamusOLepreachaun]

@geepalo I know what you mean...I was on season 6 episode 4 and then youtube pulled them off, gods sake I was pissed off on saturday over that...my evenings wont be the same anymore :( I hope Husker Texan puts em back up If possible.

[TheContentedOne]

oh how i loved this programme and john boy haha :)

[MrSuperheli]

Verdammich..... wo sind die Zeiten hin?????

[TheHobbitsRule]

I loved this show. Seeing it now reminds me of growing up in the 70s watching TV with my family. We had one TV, very few stations, and had to get up to turn the channel. Of course, you watched what your parents watched for the most part. I miss shows like this; ones the whole family would watch together. It helps me remember my parents and the care-free life of a kid.

[ncatina]

@TheHobbitsRule I was born in '73, but distincly remember the theme from this show. I now see that it is played on the Hallmark channel.

I agree, the 70s era was vastly different from what it is now based on everything else you have mentioned.

[moproducer]

I was a mass comm/broadcast major in college when this first aired, and as we were required to write a term paper on a current TV program, I chose "The Waltons". We were polled by the instructor as to our subject choices, and when I spoke the show's title, everyone in class groaned, including the teacher. She marked my paper down a grade point for "having made such an awful subject choice".

I know the show wasn't as hip as "Get Christy Love" or "The Mod Squad", but I never missed an episode.

[RoyFive]

Love the bit where Kami switches the radio on!

[RoyFive]

This intro was the best because of (1) the live action (2) the autoharp in the beginning and (3) the complete bridge, which was chopped up in the later seasons.

[AstralPixie]

How could this not bring a smile to your face.. absolutely one of the best TV shows ever ;)

[TVonthePorch]

That's no pickup John Walton is driving, it's a prototype flux capacitor. That's how he got himself a 1938 model radio in 1933.

[moproducer]

@TVonthePorch You know the riddle:

Q: Who mows the grass on Walton's Mountain?

A: Lawn-Boy.

[MrFoxfan67]

Great TV... Each show had a "Life Lesson" & to (catchersmitt0) - The shows dealt with the issues you talked about... You must not have watched it.. or maybe you wasnt born yet. But it dealt with it under the guise of morality as the right thing to do.

[BobbyFlanders]

This is a good time show. wish the had show's like this on today. instead they got all this stupid ass drug shit an sex crap. this show is the best

[debbievowell]

Love The Walton's. It's like going home again.

[CanadaguyRudey]

People had to listen to big band music.... oh the horrorcatchersmitt0

Listen to the crap thats out there today

Take me back to the waltons era

[gibby100]

can you imagine the networks allowing a 2 minute intro to a show these days? You hardly see any credits at all now

[crazyrainbowlover]

I always wanted to be a Walton

[iw32]

The Waltons were genuinely nice people.

[ravenshireful]

allways reminds me of a time of innocence :)

[sssonia100]

Que série fantástica que passava na tv aos sábados à tarde na minha infância. Exemplos de família únida e feliz.

[tigertb65]

like these vids brings back alot of memories.thanks but it also gives away my age.

[SarahConnorRocks]

I loved this show!

[Panndy1]

The Waltons is my all time favorite show.

[catchersmitt0]

It wasn't a golden time... there was no TV. No antibiotics. Polio was a great summer terror. People had to listen to big band music. There was still Jim Crow laws with racism and lynchings. On the other hand, the US government hadn't yet sold us out to lobbyists, corporations, pollution, the military, drugs. People ad guns because they actually needed them, not as surrogates for patience, maturity, success.

[egl2r]

@catchersmitt0 "People had to listen to big band music." You're kidding, right? How about, "people had to listen to rap music"? Now THAT's horrific! Give me the 30s any day

[Mikeyboy609]

what's wrong with big band music? I am under forty years old and love that old stuff, secondly, we would all be much healthier without tv and don't even get me started with computers and cell phones, damn, I personally think we would be better without those as well. OK, so there were no antibiotics, understandable, but what are we seeing today because of antibiotics, super bugs that are immune to the stuff. I fear we are going to be dealing with something much worse than polio in the near future

[friendsfamilyaccount]

@catchersmitt0 I would agree with most of what you say, but take exception to the music comment. Big Band was mostly a 1940's thing -the 1930's had some of the greatest jazz legends ever who were polishing their craft that they'd begun in the 1920's. This music has stood the test of time - really amazing stuff. I wasn't raised during either era, but I'd rather listen to 30's jazz than today's music. No hardship there -It was after all, the backbone of modern rock :)

[jillianwiller]

@catchersmitt0

Of course it wasn't a golden time. It was the Depression. My parents were born shortly before it and they certainly didn't live idyllic lives. But this is a TV show. No need to get all worked up about it. And I have to add, my grandparents and parents made it through the Depression just fine, by pulling together and never losing hope. Just like on the TV show.

[Deflepgirl]

A reminder of slower days, family VALUES and a bond that can not be broken....... If your a parent... I encourage you to shut cartoon network off for a few hours and pop in a Waltons series -or- Little House on the Prarie..... I call it "De-Junking" my children (IE) Removing the CRAP they see now a days and reminding them of what's really important..... Unity and Love ~ Peace ~

[ThePizzapal]

The Waltons Intro

The miracle of life, love and family melts me away every time I watch.

Symbolising a struggle the way it should be or we might as well be all dead.

Some land, a wood shed, a forge and some guts to pull together.

The winner's, end of subject..

America we love you.

[migaraphael]

buena serie

[migaraphael]

qué recuerdos!

[TheMashwatcher585]

This was my parents favorite show

[rkinwatauga]

a great show..great video, and thanks for posting

[UFOSPACE1999]

By the way, it was written by Jerry Goldsmith.

[Millstein07]

Goodnight Meir.

[Mikeyboy609]

My history teacher, who happened to be an atheist, in high school stated that if we ever had a depression as great as the one in the 1930's we would suffer a'lot more because back then people had morals and families stuck together through hard times unlike today. remember, this was coming from an atheist.

[Justinian21c]

@Mikeyboy609

Yeah, the Waltons hardly ever seemed to lock their outside house doors or their vehicles(s). Yet they were not constantly being burglarized nor their vehicles stolen. It seems like a lot of people back then knew not to steal or rob, even in impoverished circumstances.

[trumpetlegs]

@Justinian21c Yeah, fictional families back then were much better off than we are now. If things that aren't real teach us anything, it's that we should hark back to times like these, when things that aren't real didn't happen.

[Justinian21c]

@trumpetlegs

The Waltons show was based on the real life experiences of Earl Hamner, Jr., whose counterpart on the show was "John Boy." So while some parts were adapted or fictionalized for tv, there were considerable elements drawn from real life. The real life and tv John Boy did come from an impoverished, large rural family but didn't embark on a life of crime but set his sights on becoming a writer.

[trumpetlegs]

@Justinian21c Right. And it's not at all simplistic and reflective of the nostalgic desire prevalent in tv at the time (Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie etc) to reflect the past as a golden age. That's why the Waltons describes so much of what happened in the Depression- the rise of Fascism, the increased popularity of the clan, the illegality of homosexuality... all wonderful things the thirties gave us.

[Justinian21c]

I really respect Earl Hamner for being willing to show things that weren't so rosy from back then. In his opening comments for the episode "The Stray" he alludes to the open racism of the time by saying "Customs and predudices that were acceptable in those days have gentled into a greater justice today. But they were part of that time, and to remember them any other way would be false." But there were good things from that era, including families that stuck together and lower crime levels.

[trumpetlegs]

@Mikeyboy609 hat does his atheism have to do with anything?

[progressiverebel]

Did your history teacher mention that unemployment was as high as 40%. It was very hard to tell exact statistics. The other fact was that the United States was still rural with 40%-50% living or have contact with farms. WWII the population was only 120 million. Plus the wages were geared more to living wages for men. The depression was a wake up call for America and we now think that it was the spending of WWII and the pulling into the military service 16 millon Americans that turned the tide.

[vidayverdad2]

Um, being an atheist doesn't make a person immoral.

[dadsgirl0423]

@vidayverdad2 no it makes them a piece of shit

[sierradane]

@Mikeyboy609

That is very true. Also, a lot today don't know how to grow a garden like they did back then, among other crafts that would help keep a family going.

[Blessed2BeeAlive]

@Mikeyboy609

You can always learn something from someone, even if you do not agree with the way they think. I do not agree with atheism, however I do agree with what UR teacher said about hard times & close family.

[moproducer]

@Mikeyboy609 Are you saying that atheists, as a subset, do not have morals? Some of the most moral and upright people I know happen to be avowed atheists. The Depression? Go read some more history. There was a resurgence of atheism, based on a belief that if there were a God, this would not have happened.

I'm not an atheist, but I do know that a belief in a higher being is not needed for one to practice the Golden Rule and have live a moral life.

[lovechild6969]

I was probably 6-7 years old watching The Waltons in Singapore where I am from... I absolutely LOVE the theme song. It's one of the best ever! It brings back such wonderful memories! Thanks so much for sharing this vid with the world!

[winterpeger]

I watched every episide back then. A good show with good values. I still try to live by those values, even today. Fond memories.

[MsTG52]

Thank you so much.. IT brings back the good memories in life. The slower days, love and kindness that is lost today. There is not one shoe out there today like this. THANK THANK THANK THANK YOU!!!!

[SouthernRebeler]

I like this show very much-reminds me of my youth when times were hard, but we got through fine.

[dynasue77]

This show came out just prior to when I was born. I only vaguely recall it on tv when I was very small. Nice theme song and a good story about this very big family during the great depression.

[pokemontrainerxxx]

The Waltons are awesome!  I've watched all the series through 2 times. Now I'm starting my third.

[susan462]

Very nice video this show brings back happy memories for me from my childhood..