The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.
Michael Learned
- Olivia Walton
- (as Miss Michael Learned)
Mary Beth McDonough
- Erin Walton
- (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
David W. Harper
- Jim-Bob Walton
- (as David Harper)
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Did you know
- TriviaWill Geer as Grandpa is seen slapping the radio, saying he's trying to get "Charlie and Eddie," a reference to the ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy radio program. Edgar Bergen played the role of Grandpa in THE HOMECOMING, the 1971 TV Movie that introduced the Walton family and that spawned The Waltons series. Will Geer then took over Edgar Bergen's role as Grandpa for the series, after this special introduction, as the show debuted.
- GoofsAs Holly's mother watches the children playing outside whilst hidden in the trees, when shown from behind she is wearing a beige cardigan. When the shot changes to a front view, the cardigan has gone.
- Quotes
Elizabeth Walton: Daddy, where DID you find me?
John Walton, Sr.: Well, hiding behind one of your mama's smiles, honey.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)
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A remarkable beginning.
For starters, I am age-wise four months younger than Elizabeth. Since I was very young when the show began, I only remember a few of the episodes from their original air-date. While the original Homecoming is considered the pilot, I consider this to be.
Four wonderful life lessons are wrapped up into the dialog that I believe is so well written and so well portrayed by all the actors. Elizabeth gets the first lesson when she asks her dad where he found her. While the hand alphabet by itself is easy to learn, the deaf girl would have to first have a language understanding to be able to use it. That is nit-picking I know. There probably should have been a little more of Ben and Jason, I felt they were left out.
The writers were just beginning to build the characters, the actors were beginning to create them. The idea of abandoning a child during the time portrayed would more likely to have happened at a much younger age, and I believed the writers understood that so they went with someone who in real life is nearly exactly Elizabeth's age. I would like to know who it could have been in the barber chair getting prepared for a shave from Ike. Could it have been Yancy Tucker? The importance of communication, especially listening to children when they know something adults don't. John-Boy learned that sometimes, actions speak louder than words.
I live in eastern Virginia, and spend quite a bit of time in the mountains that border West Virginia. Having visited Schuyler, VA, I'm amazed at how well they make most of the local scenery look as close to Virginia as they could. Perhaps someone could have sent a film crew to do some scenery footage for the opening and transitioning. I have to remind myself often that those on the screen are actors, and they have lives away from the set, and those producing have to produce with the resources at hand. Otherwise, I love this episode.
Four wonderful life lessons are wrapped up into the dialog that I believe is so well written and so well portrayed by all the actors. Elizabeth gets the first lesson when she asks her dad where he found her. While the hand alphabet by itself is easy to learn, the deaf girl would have to first have a language understanding to be able to use it. That is nit-picking I know. There probably should have been a little more of Ben and Jason, I felt they were left out.
The writers were just beginning to build the characters, the actors were beginning to create them. The idea of abandoning a child during the time portrayed would more likely to have happened at a much younger age, and I believed the writers understood that so they went with someone who in real life is nearly exactly Elizabeth's age. I would like to know who it could have been in the barber chair getting prepared for a shave from Ike. Could it have been Yancy Tucker? The importance of communication, especially listening to children when they know something adults don't. John-Boy learned that sometimes, actions speak louder than words.
I live in eastern Virginia, and spend quite a bit of time in the mountains that border West Virginia. Having visited Schuyler, VA, I'm amazed at how well they make most of the local scenery look as close to Virginia as they could. Perhaps someone could have sent a film crew to do some scenery footage for the opening and transitioning. I have to remind myself often that those on the screen are actors, and they have lives away from the set, and those producing have to produce with the resources at hand. Otherwise, I love this episode.
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- rfgoebel
- Jul 6, 2013
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