The Waltons - Ask Judy #81 - Behind the Scenes with Judy Norton
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The Waltons - Ask Judy Visual examples breaking down the sequence of filming a scene. From wide shot "master" to two shots, over the shoulder shots, close ups, moving shots and the editing involved.
Advice I would give my "younger self". These and more in this Ask Judy.
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Watching season 1 episode 4 right now, Judy. You were quite the wheeler dealer with the junk man. Lots of great acting from everybody in this episode.
Thanks! I loved those scenes with the junk man.
@@judynorton2598 I remember a few episodes with you and the junk man. This one and the one with John Boy's typewriter. Do you have pretty vivid memories of the days you spent filming 50 years ago? I would love to hear about your impressions about everybody you worked with. You were around for so long and met so many interesting people
@@judynorton2598that's what soap is for Miss Prissy Pants!
This show always has so much peace and relaxation and takes you back never gets old great segment judy
So glad. Thank you.
Awesome your welcome
Hi Judy I love you sharing about Will Gear.He was my favorite character on the Waltons.
Great choice :)
Sage advice Ms. Judy for the younger generation.
Perhaps it will be of help to someone :)
Wow, I am just marveling at how hard your job was as an actor on The Waltons and yet you made it look effortless ❤
Thank you! 😊. Once you know what you’re doing, it’s just a part of the job and you don’t think twice about it. Some aspects are more challenging than others, but that to me is the fun of it.
Wow! All the color changes! That would have confused me for sure!! You had to keep up with a lot! Erin's dress and hair for graduation are my favorite! So pretty. Interesting questions, enlightening answers! Thanks so much, Judy, for creating this continued admiration for and with The Walton's and you and all the cast and crew! Bless you and Walton's everywhere! 💙
💗💚🧡💛 No matter the color of the page, the writing on it was just perfect! ❤
Thanks, Holly. Like any part of a job, you get used to it :)
Hi from Canada, Judy!
Just before you mentioned any names of guest stars you wish you'd reached out to, the first name that popped in my head was ... Beulah Bondi. What a riveting performance she had in "The Pony Cart," for which she won an Emmy.
Question for a future Ask Judy:
It might need more than a single episode. Choose a favorite episode for each Walton, one for each regular on the show, and a Top 5 or 10 for guest appearances.
Thanks!
Good question. I’ll see what I can do on that.
Hello Judy I love your videos and memories of the Walton’s Shows.
I'm so glad!
Thanks again for another informative segment on how it's done. You have covered so many bases, we know much more about the magic of Hollywood since you started us on this wonderful journey of ask Judy, behind the scenes, along with your special guest stars. Just keeps me coming back for what's next, never disappointed. ❤
So nice to hear that. Thank you.
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I can't believe how much we learn from these amazing vlogs. Judy Ty for the great Memories,remembering sitting around the TV with all our families! We sure appreciate you taking the time telling us how this absolutely believable ( well written story 😊)story plot & show was done or a explanation of things we may of missed when watching. Luv&Peace ⚘💛✌🏼
So glad you feel that way and are enjoying these. Thank you.
It was great listening to you Judy as always have a good weekend
Thank you! You too!
I love that you wish you had appreciated and learned more from guest stars on the show. Think of it this way, you were kids playing kids. That's what made it real and that's why we all loved the show. And in real life we didn't see any snarky smart alec know it all Hollywood kids. That's why we all love you all 50 years later.
Thank you. I appreciate that. We really were just kids, playing kids. :)
Of course your character was popular! You were, and still are gorgeous!
Thank you. A lot was from young teenage girls who related to her.
Thank you Judy for clearing that up… very interesting. I love watching daily reruns of the Waltons
Happy to help!
How interesting. You make this technical aspect very fun to listen to!
So happy to hear that.
I learn so much about what it takes to produce a TV show. Thank you
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Hello Judy! Thank you so much! I learn a lot from you with each video! And I can tell that even though you didn't ask for more advice from all the veteran and guess actors I believe you picked up more than you realize it shows in your acting and your character. Thank you for all your time and care you give to your fans! Have a wonderful weekend!!🥰
I appreciate that. Thank you.
That's it! The theme tune is now running through my mind. And I love it. Thank you for the inside story.
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent segment Judy and very interesting learning from the best there is😊. I counted 9 colours for script revisions, my goodness, how you remembered that on top of everything else to do with making the show is quite staggering. Thank you Judy for this segment and best wishes to you from your waltonian superfan in a milder and drier England😉
Thanks :). I did have to look it up and reference my notes when reeling them off. I could have done the first 4, as those we saw most scripts.
So much charm... always love you.
Thank you very much.
Hey, I saw her first!!!
@@elterrifico9522 That's the beauty of Judy.
Yes, you make an excellent point about asking questions from more experienced people. I did that as a child and it helped me, but it also gave me wonderful stories and insight to share with other people now.
Wonderful!
Dinner scenes are more important than we may realize .
I read the producers of Titanic (1997) for their own curiosity did a survey of fans who had just seen the movie - what scene was their most favorite .
Examples were like - the ship breaking apart or , "Jack - I'm flying" scene , Or the dreamy reunion ending .
After spending 100s of millions on special effects to their complete surprise the #1 scene was actually the dinner scene .
That’s amazing. Thank you for sharing that.
Judy thank you for answering my question about the scripts and the different colors. I was exciting to hear my name
My pleasure. Thank you for your question.
TODAY AT MY JOB, ME AND MY MOM MET THE SENIORS TODAY FOR LUNCH AT BOB EVENS. I GOT A HAMSTEAK Dinner with green beans, macaroni and cheese, and rolls with a glass of lemonade. MY MOM GOT A PANCAKE MEAL WITH DRINKS OF WATER.
I already said this, but never watched the waltons as a child, luv it now, you look wonderful
Thanks so much, Judy. I love all of your technical and detailed content. It's always so interesting.
Very happy to hear that. Thank you.
Great advice Judy...for all of us!!! I think taking the focus off ourselves helps us to be more understanding towards others. We also need to give ourselves grace. Blessings to you Judy!
Thank you for those wise words.
I’m learning so much from this channel about production of television shows. I enjoy each video.
I’m so glad. Thank you.
I enjoyed your comments about what you would you have changed. I know I was self centered and felt I "knew it all". Typical teenager. You are certainly not alone. I appreciate your openness and candor.
I appreciate that. I think we all hope to get wiser and more generous and understanding of others as we live our lives.
Everyone don't forget to hit the thumbs up to support Judy❤️👍❤️
Thank you so much.
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Filming a scene takes a lot of your time throughout most of the day
It can depending on how long the scenes is.
Hi Judy. Celebrating my 61st birthday today. Just wanted you to know that I enjoy all of your segments. Whether it's interviews, ask Judy or whatever it is. Keep up the great work.
happy birthday
@@jaclynalley809 thank you
Happy birthday! 🎉🎂🎈
@@bobbiehill6079 thank you. Btw where are you from?
Thank you so much. Hope you had a great birthday!
Thanks, Judy, for another great video. I imagine that you actually learn a lot about the more technical aspects of filming The Waltons, from researching answers to questions asked. Thanks Again.
I’m often fascinated by the questions asked.
I got Jon 's music advertisement very happy about that , thank you Jon
I can't believe i never saw your channel before! Thank you so much for sharing so much information about America's Favorite Family
My pleasure. So glad you have found my channel. I hope you check out more of my videos. Welcome!!!
I too, can think of the same sort of advice to my younger self as you would have given to your younger self. To really enjoy the moment would be another thing to tell myself. Great questions along with equally great answers. Mary
Absolutely! Enjoy the moment :)
Another very informative segment Judy. Thank you.
Looking forward to your next interview post.
Happy to hear that.
Very beautiful video
Thank you :)
Hi Judy, wow! that's a lot of changes. Thanks for sharing. I always learn a lot from you.
So glad, thank you.
Thanks again for anther one Judy🌹Soooooo interesting 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for showing an example of a master shot. It was very fascinating 😊
Happy to hear that. :)
Thanks for your incite again. I can't imagine what re writes were like doing before word processors.
Lots of having to retype the entire script - with colored pages, you only had to type the pages with the changes.
Great episode of Ask Judy - I loved your ❤advice to younger actors. I actually could use the tip on the coloured paper in my own work!! Thanks Judy!
Good point - then you could keep track of which version of the design the team was working off of :)
@@judynorton2598 exactly!
The Ghost Story.....Earl Hammers ending lines, those words, I used at my Uncle's funeral while reading the eulogy. I let everyone know where I got those words. They mean a lot.
Wow - that is quite something. Although knowing how deep and profound Earl’s writing was, how truthful and insightful - it seems a fitting tribute.
Hi Judy. I'm not surprised that you were the second most popular actor next to Richard Thomas. You had the most screen time. In my blog, I've argued that Mary Ellen was the actual main character of the show. That's because she was the most transformed character from the first episode "sassy tomboy" to the sophisticated woman in the reunion show "Mother's Day."
Thank you so much for your kind comments. ❤️
When you have many people in the scene are they are talking we don't here what they are saying or do they make it look like their having a conversation.?😊
When you see a lot of people in the background who appear to be talking but we don’t hear them - then it’s likely they were pretending to talk.
Thanks Judy!! Very insightful and so interesting 😊
Happy to hear that.
Do you think Will Geer knew he had heart issues before he died. He always seemed so robust and hale, even if he didn’t have an athlete’s built. His death and then on the show really hit me as a kid. Then as I got older and learned more about what a bad ass her was and how generous he was to others who were McCarthy-ed I am in awe of all he was.
Interesting question. I don’t know. He did live life to the fullest, so whatever he knew or didn’t, I do feel he lived his life to the fullest all the time.
Hi Judy, you know, in referencing what you would say to your younger self, I thought a lot about that question for my younger self. I really like what Billy Joel once said on an interview when he stated that (not quoting) 'it's not the mistakes you make that matters. It's how you learn from them and grow as a person'. So, for me, I like that answer because it's so easy to fall into the trap of regret.
I do have one quick question.
1) With all those revisions, how much pressure does it add to you memorizing lines when changes are made.
2) I can imagine a situation where you memorize a bunch of lines and then they get cut in a revision. Did that ever happen to you and did it frustrate you?
Thanks again! I always appreciate your attention to us in responding to questions and it means a great deal to me.
P.S. In talking music and theory you mentioned you're just starting to learn piano, Judy, if it helps, it took me a year to get comfortable with the music theory in guitar as in learning chord progressions, different chord types (major, minor, diminished, the various 7th chords, various scales and modes and so on). So, trust me. As you progress in learning an instrument, it will make a lot of sense - with a lot of effort and time put into it. No other way around it!
Cheers.
Thanks for the music pep talk :)
Definitely times when things you learned were cut or changed before you filmed it. I generally didn’t have a lot of trouble learning lines, so not much of an issue for me - but some did need to work harder and longer at it, so I imagine for them it was tougher.
@@judynorton2598 Thank you Judy for taking the time out of your life to support this channel and its viewers. It means so much to me.
I'm always happy to encourage in music since I am SO bad at it. I've been doing guitar for about 3 years and feel like a total hack. But, I'm reminded that people who are that good - do 8 hours a day on the instrument, so I take that comfort. Of course people like Jon Wahmsley is just born talented - as are you all on that show!
*Judy great explanation on how the filming was done. Gosh there are some awesome questions asked 🙂nz*
Happy to hear that!
👋 Hi Judy! Love that you do these behind the scenes chats! I found them last year think I've watched them all ! Thankyou for inviting our questions.
I enjoy these reruns while im having lunch and just saw "The Minstrel". I'm wondering if you know how they did the scene with 'Grandpa' driving 'JohnBoy' to the hospital?
They have a conversation while driving and it looks so real! We know from you that Will didn't drive, how did they make the scene look so real? There even seems to be a camera shadow from right outside that driver's side window that bounces long with them!
It really shows that you love what you do and the "attitude of gratitude" that you have for your past experiences shines through in these video posts! Thank you!
It would have been a “process” shot. Done on a sound stage with film being projected on a screen to show the road passing by. I’ll try to show how that is done on a segment.
great insight again Judy, I did not know that was how they re-wrote scripts. I guess they had to do some things "on the fly", so to speak, as shooting time drew near. I count myself lucky to have been able to watch the show as it aired then, and now as an older adult. The show still brings great thought and emotions 50 years later.
Glad you enjoyed this info :)
I am sure with all of us there are things we wish we could go back and tell our younger selves. Youth and adulthood both are for growing and learning ❤❤
So true.
Great segment again!
Thank you!
Judy I really enjoy your show.
Thank you so much.
I agree that you needed to have a dedicated press agent early on. One thing I've observed is the fact that you were noticeably absent from shows like The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. As a matter of fact, I don't remember seeing very many of The Walton children on any talk shows. It's possible that Richard Thomas was on Carson, but I really can't remember. And the same goes for other child stars like "The Brady Bunch" kids, who also seemed to be absent from the talk show circuit. Maybe each television program should have a dedicated press agent to handle the careers & appearances of child cast members.
The show and network’s priority is to get publicity for the show so more viewers watch. It isn’t a priority to help specific individual cast members get on talk shows. Talk shows will often have their “wish list” about who from a show they want to have on.
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Great advice,Judy. Love these factoid videos.
Happy to hear that. Thank you.
Not surprising that your character was popular from the get go. She was so relatable & you played teenage angst very well in The Minstrel. Was there ever a promotional event like battle of the network stars where you got dunked by Scott baio in the water tank or a gameshow or something else that you really didn't want to do but had to go through the motions anyway?? Thanks for sharing!
I did get dunked on Battle - might have been Scott who dunked me :)
Hi Judy, since you've talked about how when filming a scene where the actors were eating you leaned to take little bites because you never knew how many times you'd have to re take the shot.
I can't help but notice all actors do this. I'd find myself watching to see to see if they take little bites or play with their food. It feels like I know what they're dying now. 😊
Good eye :). Most actors do this unless the character is supposed to be shoveling it in - like in The Boy From the CCC, or The Spirit - then the characters were supposed to be really hungry.
Did you have a favorite guest actor that was on the show? I notice so many of the non speaking actors showed up on many other shows. It seemed Little House on the Prairie had many of the same people that showed up on The Waltons. I recently saw the character named Zadoc on Gunsmoke. He didn’t have a speaking part that I saw on that. Thanks for so much information about the production.
We had so many wonderful guest actors. Always loved when John Ritter was on set :)
Can we do a shout out to the person who edits your videos and inserts the clips etc. They do a brilliant job in enhancing your videos.
Absolutely! Thank you so much. I will pass that along.
Just a quick question. How much direction was involved with getting the characters "proper" accent. I was raised close to the Appalachian mountains, a "flat lander", if you will. We have two types of accents. The softer "moonlight and magnolia" accents, then the twangy, and more nasal southern accents. The Walton family had the softer accent, but the "back woodsers", the more twangy one.
We were given minimal input and suggestions from Earl Hamner as I recall.
@judynorton2598 that makes a lot of sense. He must have been keenly aware of the two tier manners of speaking. Much like it is in England, but not as diverse in variations.
In Master Shots of Parties where the characters are supposed to be milling about and mingling, does the actor, director, cinematographer, or writer determine how any particular actor is supposed to move through a scene? Like in Erin's Graduation party like you just showed, how was it determined that you would first be talking to Curt then move to chat with Erin? Or Michael moving from Mrs. Brimmer to another group? How did the choreography work in those scenes to make them feel just like a natural mingling at a party?
It will be staged by the director and might be verbally cued by someone if it isn’t dialogue driven. eg: if Olivia moved after she said a particular line, then the camera knows to move with her after that line. If you aren’t hearing dialogue, then it would likely be cued when the director was ready for the camera to make the move, so the cue would be for Olivia and the camera to move.
Great info👍 Tks❤️
Glad you enjoyed it.
The Walton’s new 3025
By 3025 none of us will be around to see the new version :)
Ya I agree with you should have had a publicist from
The beginning!! You could have done movies during your hiatus and carried your popularity!!!
Hind sight :)
Great topics. I bet lots and lots of papers has been used each Walton's seasons
Sad but true.
Thank u. This was really interesting
Glad you enjoyed it!
I sent Richard T. a birthday message and he responded with a thank you. I find that he resides in Santa Fe NM. He appeared in a movie shot here
Wonderful.
Just found your channel. Have seen you recently on a couple of reunion shows and you were quite quiet. Your channel is interesting. I really like the acting and production insight 🇨🇦
Welcome! So happy you have found my channel. Enjoy!
Hi Judy, you were recently asking for questions to ask a Hammner family member. I recently watched the Founders Day episode & during "Jasons" piano piece & Earl Hammner's narrative over it, they panned some old black & white photos. Wondering if they were actual Hammner family ancestors or stock photos?
Great question. Thanks.
I think when you are young you don’t think about topics you could talk about with older people. It is only when you get older that you wished you had asked those questions. There is so much I wished that I had asked my grandmother or my parents and now they have all passed on. I also didn’t have the technology back then that I have now.
Sounds like a common “wish” to have asked more questions.
Judy I wanted to know if the hot spring was really hot or cold anyway a great segment again
I don’t think it was hot. I think they put something like dry ice to create the steam coming off it.
Very informative Judy, thank you. Do you know if Mr. Richard Thomas had a press agent at that time? Just curious.
Great question! I actually don’t know. But as the star of the show, he was more commonly a focus for any press.
Hi Judy, I really enjoy your videos. I'm curious about the commentary that Earl shared at the end of each show sort of summarizing what happened to a character in that episode. How real life were those and why were they shared? Especially when the characters or situations were obviously fictional? Like telling us that Boone Walton died crossing the highway. That's Judy! Love you!!!
It was a part of the show that was established from the beginning as the show was told from John Boy’s perspective looking back on his life. Since all the stories weren’t completely true, what was said in an earlier episode might be forgotten several seasons later and so earlier end narration might be contradicted. Keep in mind most shows couldn’t be binge watched in reruns when this show was originally being filmed :)
Hi Judy I was wondering if that chair your sitting in is a director's chair or maybe your chair with your name on the back and from the time when you were on the Waltons ?? I loved this episode Judy thank you .....
It is a director’s chair, but not one I ever used on a set, nor is my name on the back of it. The chair back I have with my name on is red from one of our reunion movies.
Hi Judy...Thanks for this informative ASK JUDY segment. I was wondering if you have ever had a situation where a cast member forgot to update his/her script with the newest revisions? When filming began that cast member may be saying lines that have since been rewritten. Also, how easy or difficult would it be to learn those new revisions? I guess it probably depended on how many lines were changed?
The script supervisor would catch that immediately when the rehearsal started - so the actor could read from the revisions as the rehearsal was done, then commit to memory before the camera rolled. Learning lines fast was part of the job.
Did all of the kids feel like they had extra sets of parents and grandparents, you all seemed close to all of them ❤
Definitly like having a second family.
I was wondering if you could discuss your recollections on working with the actors who played Jake and Vernon the junkmen, including George Tobias. I just watched “the deed“ where you had a couple of scenes with George to sell the antique pewter teapot.
I always had such fun with those scenes. We had fun working off of each other. Some of my favorite scenes.
alot of color in the scripts, pink yellow Blue and so on. I guess you could say the scripts were colorful. Lolol. this stuff is very interesting to me. I Always Give your videos a like cause it helps your channel to grow. I want to do everything I can to help your channel to keep Growing. Looking forward to your next video. God Bless and take care Judy. ♥
Thank you so much.
@@judynorton2598 your so welcome Judy.
Hi Judy, I do enjoy the Ask Judy segments. In this segment you talked about crowd scenes and the various camera shots, etc…. This made me think about a question regarding the “Extras” in the background. When you see them talking, what are they talking about? I’m sure it’s not scripted, but are they actually conversing, or is it more just mouthing words? Thanks again for your channel.
Sometimes they are chatting quietly about whatever they choose. Or if the mics are too close they will be pretending to talk.
keep the clips coming
Will do :)
Another great episode. I apologize if you answered these questions before. What did you love about Mary Ellen? What did you not like about Mary Ellen? And if you had a magic wand which cast member (family or not) would've been your second choice to play? I know that some actors carry a good luck charm or believe in superstitions while filming. Any of the cast carry a rabbits foot or consulted with an astrology chart, etc.? Thanks ❤ your segments. It's like sitting in on a college class.
Fun questions. I’ll try to answer in an Ask Judy soon.
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I noticed while watching today the kitchen table didn’t have the usual tablecloth on it. (This was the episode where the family picked apples and decided the split the money equally, and everyone gave Mary Ellen extra so she could take a trip to see things in the city.) Wondered why they would show the bare table, as it looked kinda like they just put some boards down. It was a long table to fit everyone. Was it an old table or just some boards?
It was an old wooden table with a trestle base.
Wow thank you for the technical insight into what goes on behind the scenes.
Did you ever lose track of the storyline by it being cut up and reshot?
Not that I remember. When learning my lines, I would make note of where the scene took place in the episode so I knew what had already happened and what had not.
Do you remember your grandpa put the recepie in the kids lemonade stand i think lol.
Too funny. Don’t remember which episode that was.
@@judynorton2598 maybe Elizabeth remember
Speaking of master shots (?), on our little farm, we have hens named Mary Ellen, Elizabeth, Erin, Olivia, Esther, Corabeth, Amy, Cindy, Miss Emily, and Miss Mamie. We have roosters named John (Big Daddy), Jim Bob, and Zebulon. Erin and Mary Ellen are boss hens. John is a gentle giant. I hope this is interesting or amusing to you. We named them out of respect to the cast and to our favorite show!
That’s so cute :). Glad Mary Ellen and Erin are boss hens :)
Hi Judy, I was wondering, is the revision color sequence, is that the "universal" sequence for all acting or does it depend on each individual show, movie, play, etc.
It’s the universal sequence for film and TV. Not sure how it works with new plays during rehearsal. On shows I’ve worked on, usually we just write the changes in our own script. but, if a serious rewrite new pages might be given out.
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My head is spinning with all the different shots it took to make a scene!! None of it looks contrived at all! Very interesting thinking that the scripts went through rewrites before YOU even got them and then there were still more during the filming week...so if you had everything memorized, you might have to memorize something different on any given day?! Actors work harder for their jobs than people might think. Some of your advice is applicable to anybody at any age...not to get too caught up in things...I'm STILL working on that.🥰 But I suspect you are too hard on your younger self! And just think, if you had done anything differently, you wouldn't be where you are today and touching the lives of so many people.🥰 (The Butterfly Effect - do one thing differently and it changes things from that moment on!)
Thank you for your kind words. As for rewrites - because tv filming is “short term” memory work as opposed to doing a play where you need to learn and retain it for the run of the play - it changes how far in advance I learn lines. With the series, I typically learned my lines the night before the day the scene would be filmed. That way, most likely any rewrites had already been issued - but not always :). If I didn’t have many lines the next day, I might learn them before each scene was to be shot. Pretty easy to learn one or two lines at a time :)
@@judynorton2598 🥰Ahhhh - I see! I didn't think of that - once the scene was shot, you wouldn't have to remember those lines again! And yes, no sense "cluttering" your mind if it was just several lines to learn. It reminds me of how I studied for exams in school - I could memorize whole pages of my notebooks for a couple of nights before a test and recall them perfectly, but, of course, didn't keep it all in my head once the test was over!😍 Thanks for the info!
Thank you for those. You’re great at it.
Was the first time that you saw an episode when it was shown on the telly or did you get to see them beforehand?
Also, did it feel strange at first watching yourself in different episodes & did you get used to this?
I seem to recall the company had a screening party for the first episode maybe even the second - but after that I saw it Thursday night at 8pm with everyone else. If I wasn’t home, I didn’t see it at all - unless I caught the rerun in the summer :)
Some episodes were easier for me to watch myself than others. Still typically don’t like to watch myself with other people there.
I just watched The Genius, which is always an enjoyable episode. Do u happen to know why Ralph Wait was not in this episode? The storyline had John out of town for work. Thanks !
I’m not sure why Ralph wasn’t in The Genius.
Hi Judy- I am really enjoying all of your commentaries:). I am curious - were you a fan of the other phenomenal family show of the 70s/80s, _Little House on the Prairie_? I would be very interested in your analysis of the similarities and differences between the two series.
I did watch Little House at times, but not every week.
I’ve heard you mention many times the shooting budget or the budget for the show. Do you have any idea what the budget was / what the cost was to shooting an episode of the Walton’s in the 70’s? And as the show grew in popularity did that increase the budget?
Some of this budget info is coming next week in a segment chat with John Dayton :). Good timing.
What are the odds of you, Judy, having Bob Woods on who played David Spencer? Have you reached out to him? Have you both stayed in touch over the years? Interesting that his character’s last name is Spencer. Given the fact that the movie “Spencer’s Mountain” was the premise for “The Waltons”. 😊😊
Sorry to have lost track of Bob Woods over the years. I’d love to reconnect and see if he’d come be a guest. Not sure how to reach him…
A GOOD ADVICE FOR YOU WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.: KNOW WHAT YOUR ABOUT TO BE KNOWN FOR FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Interesting point.
Oh yea, that comment brought up another question. Did Grandpa really know alot about the mountain & the name of birds etc? Or was that from someone else. I thought that was really cool & knowledgeable. That had to take alot of time and that is really becoming 1 with nature.
Will had a degree in botany and loved nature. So some was scripted, and some was probably him, or his suggestions in the script table read.
I bet you could get some good money for any of the actual scripts from the show (not that you would want to). Robert Blake was pushing some of his right here on his youtube channel before he passed away. I guess he was hurting for money after all what he went through.
Some years ago, after moving that trunk full of scripts yet again and having no place to store it, and thinking “what am I ever going to do with these?” - I recycled them all. I always felt they weren’t mine to sell as they were owned by the company. We have signed and auctioned off scripts for charity. Wish I still had more of them as they would be useful for some of these segments. :).