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01:17As much as every member of my family loved our day-to-day life,
01:21we all had moments when we were prone to consider
01:24what life would be like if we had a million dollars.
01:27Most of the time, those moments of avarice were short-lived
01:31and quickly replaced by the real values that made up our lives.
01:35But one day, a letter came which pushed every member of the family
01:39toward a new appraisal of what was really important in life.
01:45I get it first, I'm the oldest one.
01:48I hope that's enough for all of you.
01:50I hope so.
01:51Oh, that's hard. Cold.
01:54What the road's covered in? When did you do that?
01:57What are you referring to, Mary Ellen?
01:59Well, I think she's referring to your hair.
02:01Oh, it's the new Jean Harlow look.
02:04Do you like it?
02:05It's an eyeful.
02:07Does your mother know you've turned blonde?
02:09No. Well, it was her idea.
02:11We made a special trip to a beauty parlor down in Richmond
02:14and then to a photographer to have some pictures made,
02:17and they're already on their way to a talent scout in Hollywood
02:20who's looking for new faces.
02:22Well, if that talent scout shows up around here,
02:24you be sure to tell him you know of a guitar player
02:26who'd like to get in the movies.
02:28Wouldn't that be something?
02:30The two of us going to Hollywood.
02:32It sure would.
02:34Martha Rhodes?
02:36Yes, Elizabeth?
02:38Can I touch your hair?
02:39Oh, I'm sorry, Elizabeth, but it costs too much to mess up.
02:43How much?
02:45Well, Mama won't let me say, but it was a lot.
02:49Grandma says it's sinful for someone to dye their hair.
02:52Well, if that's true, boy, there's a lot of sinners in this burg.
02:56How do you know that, Mr. Godsey?
02:58Well, you can tell.
02:59If a lady comes in and she buys certain items all at the same time,
03:02it's a dead giveaway.
03:04Like what, for instance?
03:05You know, like ammonia and soap flakes and peroxide.
03:10Those are the things you use to make your hair blonde.
03:12Isn't that right, Martha Rhodes?
03:13What'd they use on you, Martha Rhodes? Pneumonia?
03:17Certainly not.
03:23Don't go. I got a letter for you.
03:24A letter?
03:26It's not for you. It's for your grandma.
03:28Well, she hasn't had a letter in five years.
03:31And I know she never got one from Simon, Brenner, and Colby of St. Louis, Missouri before.
03:36Names like that? Sounds like lawyers.
03:38Lawyers? No, they wouldn't be writing to Grandma.
03:41I'll give it to her. She'll be tickled.
03:43Thanks.
03:46Okay, where's my ice cream now? I want it.
03:48Well, it was melting, so we finished it for you.
03:51Oh, well, thanks for the favor.
03:53Anytime, brother.
03:56Bye-bye, Martha.
03:57Bye-bye, Martha Rhodes. Have fun at Hollywood.
03:59She's crazy.
04:00Yeah.
04:01Hey, where are you going?
04:02Mom.
04:04Who do you think would write to Grandma?
04:06I'll bet it was an old sweetheart, probably Oglethor Panson.
04:09No, I don't think it was him because he only dances there.
04:12I know. It was someone who was madly in love with her and she jilted him.
04:16And he never got over it.
04:17And so he's writing to her after 50 years to say that he's still in love with her.
04:20Isn't that the saddest, most beautiful thing? I could cry.
04:23You did, last week in the picture show.
04:31More coffee, Randy?
04:32No, thank you, Miss Walton.
04:33How about another piece of Grandma's pie?
04:35Well, that's a temptation, but I believe in moderation in all things.
04:39I don't. I'd like to have another piece, Libby.
04:41A little moderation wouldn't hurt that waistline of yours, old man.
04:45We've got a good woman there, Mr. Walton, and she has no equal in turning out a blueberry pie.
04:50You think so, do you?
04:51Yes, indeed.
04:52Well, I was just thinking of trading her in for another model, like an old tin Lizzie.
04:56You're the one likely to be traded in, old man. What with that foolish tongue.
05:00Oh, stop it.
05:01Reverend, I wish there was some way we could help you, but...
05:03Well, there's little any of us can do.
05:06The plain fact is the congregation just cannot meet the costs of the church roof repairs.
05:13I received an estimate today that's altogether beyond our means.
05:17It's over $50.
05:20Well, uh, does that mean that we can't use the church?
05:25Well, the roof is unsafe, and I fear the vibration from the organ and the hymn singing will bring it right down on our heads.
05:32Well, it's handsome weather. Why not have church services outdoors?
05:36Well, that would be most enjoyable, except, of course, for inclement weather.
05:41But eventually, the repairs have to be made.
05:44Well, then the sooner the congregation knows, the sooner each one can take the matter up with the Lord.
05:51You're right.
05:53Perhaps concentrated prayer will bring a satisfactory answer to our problem.
06:00Well, I have to be going. Thank you so much.
06:03Thank you for stopping by, Reverend.
06:05Bless you, Reverend.
06:06And you, Miss Walton.
06:07I'll see you to the great outdoors.
06:11Fifty dollars.
06:13Church will never be able to raise that kind of money.
06:17We could take out a loan.
06:19They'd never take a chance on a little church way out here in the country.
06:24The cash around this house is the money we need for John Boy's things when he goes to college.
06:29Now, Libby, you put that thought right out of your mind.
06:32We've needed that money time and time again, and we've never touched it.
06:36I'd hate to, but, well, John Boy's not going to need the money until college begins,
06:41and by that time, maybe the congregation can pay it back.
06:44Oh, Lord.
06:47Oh, Lord, here come the children.
06:49I've got to mend Elizabeth's rompers.
06:51Grandma!
06:52Grandma!
06:53Grandma, you've got a letter.
06:54It's from St. Louis.
06:55Missouri!
06:57Grandma, are you going to go to jail?
06:59Child, what are you talking about?
07:01The letter, it's from lawyers.
07:02Simon, Brentner, and Colby. Do you know them?
07:05I don't know anybody by that name.
07:07Well, look, it's addressed to you, Mrs. Esther Walton, Walton's Mountain, Virginia. Right there.
07:11Well, then there must be another one by that name.
07:13Does anyone around here know another Esther Walton?
07:15No.
07:16No.
07:17Of course not, because she's standing right here, playing his day.
07:19Grandma, this is your letter.
07:23John Boy, is your daddy outside?
07:25I didn't see him. I think he's still delivering railroad ties at Rockfish.
07:28Well, then you get your grandpa in here. I want him here.
07:35Well, Grandma, aren't you going to open it?
07:38Well, Grandma, aren't you going to open it?
07:41Grandpa.
07:42Grandma wants you to come in the house, she says.
07:44Whatever for? I'm busy.
07:46She says she wants you to come in the house.
07:48Oh, sure.
07:50Let her beck and call.
07:56I don't know who those people are.
07:58I never knew anybody in Missouri in my life.
08:01Just going to let that letter sit there forever, Grandma?
08:04What would it be wanting with me?
08:06Maybe you're like the best grandmother of the year, and they want you to go to St. Louis.
08:09And we can all go and see you crowned. Yeah.
08:11Crown her? I crowned you Grandma the day we got married.
08:13Now, why don't you drag me in for work, poor old woman? I'm busy.
08:17Open that fool thing.
08:20Yeah.
08:34Well, that's from lawyers, all right.
08:36Uh-uh.
08:38Dear Mrs. Walton, this is to advise you that Mrs. Cleveland Potter died two weeks ago in St. Louis.
08:44Fern. Fern's dead.
08:47Fern.
08:49Oh, yes, she was a long-legged girl from off of Walton's Mountain.
08:54She was your grandma's best friend.
08:56She got married and went west.
08:57Sorry, Grandma.
08:59Seems only yesterday that Fern and I were running down the road, chasing off to school.
09:07I knew that letter held no good.
09:09Well, it isn't as if you were so close anymore.
09:12Why, I don't think you've heard from Fern for 25 years.
09:1528.
09:17But early ties don't lessen with time, even if the parties do fail to keep up.
09:22Oh, but now I wish I'd written.
09:25There's more in this letter. You want me to finish it?
09:28Go ahead and finish it. The worst has already been told.
09:33Dear Mrs. Walton, this is to advise you so-and-so.
09:36At her husband's demise, Mrs. Potter filed a copy of her own will with us for safekeeping.
09:42It is our duty to inform you that you have been bequeathed the sum of $250.
09:47Well...
09:49The money will be forthcoming as soon as the estate has been completely settled.
09:53You may expect to hear from us again shortly. Very truly yours.
09:58Fern left me money?
09:59$250.
10:01You're rich, Grandma.
10:04Well, if we weren't married already, I'd propose to you again, just for the money.
10:10How can you take Fern's death so lightly?
10:12Oh, yes, I know. Fern was your best girlfriend.
10:18Why would she name me in her will?
10:21I guess she just wanted you to know she remembered.
10:23Thank you for your friendship.
10:27Fern.
10:29The color green was her favorite, and she loved flowers.
10:32She used to press them between the pages of the family Bible, violets mostly.
10:38And she had such a pretty voice.
10:41And she loved jokes and riddles.
10:43What kind of riddles?
10:47Well, I remember a favorite.
10:50What do you sleep on, sit on, and brush your teeth with?
10:57I give up.
11:00A bed, a chair, and a toothbrush.
11:08What are you going to do with all this money?
11:10I don't know.
11:13But I'll tell you all something.
11:15As much as we can use it, I'm not used to having money.
11:19And I don't much like the idea of it.
11:37Grandpa? Are you all right?
11:39Grandpa!
11:43I bet he'd have to be a polar bear to bathe in that ice water.
11:46I'm sorry, Pa. I forgot to tell you the heater's on the blade.
11:49I froze both my feet.
11:51Liv!
11:52Yeah?
11:53You hush up with that foolishness and come to bed?
11:57I'm sorry, Pa.
11:58I forgot to tell you the heater's on the blade.
12:00I froze both my feet.
12:01Liv!
12:02Yeah?
12:03You hush up with that foolishness and come to bed?
12:07Good night, Grandpa.
12:08Good night.
12:10Good night, Grandpa.
12:14I wonder what Grandma's going to do with all of her money.
12:17I wish she'd give it to me so I could go to Richmond and get my hair done like Martha Rose Coverdale's.
12:22Mary Ellen, how would I look in a boyish bob?
12:25Like a boy, probably. Why?
12:27Well, someday I'm going to get me a boyfriend and he's going to want me to look pretty.
12:31You are pretty, Elizabeth.
12:34It's me that's the problem.
12:36I really wonder what I'd look like as a blonde.
12:39You'll never know.
12:42I wouldn't bet on that.
12:47Did you sleep all right?
12:48Yeah.
12:49It took a while for my mind to quiet down.
12:51I shouldn't wonder.
12:52But once I read some scriptures, the quietness began to take hold.
12:59Morning, family.
13:00Morning, son.
13:02You sit down, John boy. Pancakes are done.
13:05Daddy get off all right?
13:06Left the crapper gone.
13:08How about you, Grandma? Did you sleep sound after yesterday?
13:11I did.
13:12Good.
13:13Hi, Grandma. How'd you sleep after buying that in Richmond?
13:15Fine. Now you girls sit down. The pancakes are hot.
13:18Morning, Grandma.
13:19Morning, everybody.
13:20Morning, Mama.
13:21Morning, Grandma.
13:22Were you able to sleep after getting that letter yesterday?
13:24I slept fine, Jason. Now go sit down.
13:30Morning.
13:31Hey.
13:32Yes, dear.
13:33How's my million dollar baby in the five and ten cent store?
13:36Seems like nobody's got their mind on food this morning.
13:39Maybe nobody else does, but I'm starving.
13:41Now see here, Jason, your grandma shouldn't be waiting on us at all.
13:44Anyone that's coming to $250 should be sitting down in the lap of luxury.
13:49The lap of luxury is nothing but a mess of quicksand.
13:52Now you build your life on dollar bills and there'll just be plain nothing to hold you up.
13:56That's typical talk of the rich.
13:58Once they come into money, they do their best to tell poor folks they don't need any.
14:02You hush up. You'll be putting false notions into young heads.
14:06Pass the cakes and the syrup, Jimbo.
14:10Listen, are they quizzing us on chapter seven this morning?
14:14Now you keep eating, but you be quiet because I have something to say to you about the bequest.
14:20I want to give $50 for the new church roof.
14:24Grandma, that's wonderful.
14:25Put your money, Grandma.
14:27You let me finish?
14:29And I want to give each of you children $3.
14:32And you can do anything with it you have a mind to.
14:35$3? What do you have in mind?
14:37Now go to ask for that magic set.
14:39Ben, don't waste your money like that.
14:40It's not wasting.
14:43$3? I've never had $3. How much is it?
14:46It's three times more than $1.
14:48She never had a dollar either.
14:50Come on, everybody, eat up now.
14:53I've also decided to get the works of Zeb's old watch replaced.
14:57I don't know what that'll cost, but the jeweler can tell me.
15:00Well, Esther, you complained about it ticking all these years.
15:03Well, I complained more when it stopped.
15:05I miss that full noise.
15:07Stop interrupting. I got more to say.
15:11That leaves well over $100.
15:13And I want that to go to John Boy's education.
15:18Oh, no. No, no, absolutely not.
15:20John Boy, that's what I want to do.
15:25Grandma, we already have $27 saved for John Boy's fund.
15:28Now that's just the point. We've got it.
15:31But I want to do this on my own.
15:33I want to be the one to start John Boy off with new clothes and books.
15:38Outside of some old stories.
15:40Why, I've never had anything to give him.
15:44Grandma, you've been giving to me since the day I was born.
15:46Yeah, but I wanted to give you something real.
15:49And now I can.
15:55We'll talk about this later.
15:56Come on, children, it's time for you to go to school. Hurry up.
15:58Come on.
16:00Bye-bye.
16:01Bye.
16:03Bye-bye.
16:04Listen, tell Miss Hunter that I'll be there.
16:06I'll be a little late, but I'll be getting there.
16:08Okay.
16:11Bye-bye.
16:12Thanks, Grandma.
16:13Wait.
16:16Oh.
16:18Listen, Grandma.
16:21I appreciate what you want to do, but we really do have enough money in the fund.
16:25And I want you to save that money for a rainy day.
16:28I don't want a rainy day.
16:30Esther is right. I agree with her.
16:32Let her do what she wants to with it.
16:35Thank you, Sid.
16:37I don't know what to say.
16:40Except I love you.
16:42Now that's something money can't buy.
16:47Now, one more thing.
16:49I thought we could take the money that we've been saving right now, today,
16:53and order a new hot water heater.
16:55Well, that is a great idea.
16:57That old hot water heater has been complaining for some time now that it ought to be retired.
17:01Good. Then that's what we'll do.
17:03Well, I could go down to Ike's and order it right now.
17:06John Boy, you better get off to school or we won't need that college money at all.
17:10Okay.
17:11Hey, Grandpa, you finish those cakes for me, will you?
17:13Yeah.
17:14John Boy, I want you to stop by the Reverend Fortwick and tell him what I told you.
17:19I want to ease his mind somewhat.
17:21Oh, that would be nice.
17:22Grandma, thank you.
17:25That's nice.
17:27Thank you, Libby.
17:29Now, Esther, you are a treasure. I'm going to give you an upside-down kiss.
17:35Thank you, Libby.
17:37Grandma, you really are quite a lady.
17:40Well, looks like we're going to have pancakes for lunch.
17:43Sure looks like it.
17:44Well, sitting here isn't going to get this mess done.
18:06Mary Ellen, do you have to be so strange?
18:09What do you mean, strange?
18:11Well, all you do is stare at me.
18:16Must be your hair, Martha Rose. I've decided I like it.
18:20Why, thank you very much.
18:22You know, Martha Rose, we've never really been very good friends, but maybe we could be.
18:28Why?
18:29Well, I want to grow up.
18:31Would you like to have a conversation, Martha Rose?
18:33Well, all right.
18:36Have you heard from the Hollywood Talent Scout yet?
18:39Not yet.
18:40Could I ask you something else?
18:43I suppose so.
18:44Well, when they put that goop on your hair to turn it blonde, what did the goop look like?
18:49Well, it was sort of like a paste.
18:52And how long did they leave it on?
18:55About a half hour, and then they washed it and combed it, and then voila.
19:00What's voila?
19:01It's French. Adolphe Menjoy said it in this movie I saw in Richmond.
19:06And after they washed it, did they put the goop on a second time?
19:09No, just once.
19:11Well, it was a nice conversation, Martha Rose. We'll have to do it again sometime.
19:17All right, Mary Ellen.
19:21I've been working on the railroad all my little long days.
19:29I've been working on the railroad...
19:32Hey, hi.
19:34Hey, John Walton, Jr. Congratulations on your windfall.
19:38Well, thank you. Who told you?
19:39Well, your daddy and your grandpa told me.
19:41Oh, and wait till you see the automatic insulated new gas water heater that you're going to have in your kitchen.
19:46Yeah, it's a self-regulating, thermostatically controlled, and it's got a 20-gallon capacity, and it's all paid for, cash in a barrelhead.
19:54Well, Grandma's going to be pleased.
19:56Do you mind if I look at these clothes over here?
19:58Yeah, sure, go ahead.
19:59And your daddy told me about your grandma being so generous about your college money, too.
20:03Yeah, well, there's a lot of people around here I've got to be grateful for.
20:10What are you doing, John boy? Looking for clothes for college already?
20:13Yeah, I thought I'd just check around and see what the world's best college man will be wearing this fall.
20:18Well, it doesn't fit.
20:19Mr. Godsey?
20:20Yeah?
20:21Do you still have that magic set for just 87 cents?
20:23Mm-hmm, right over there.
20:25Mind if I take a look at your guitar strings?
20:27Uh-huh, sure, okay.
20:28Thanks.
20:30I think I like this.
20:32Hey, everybody, look at me. I think I'll get this for Halloween. It only costs a nickel.
20:35Now, wait a second, you kids. Anything you buy, it's got to have a deposit on it, otherwise I can't hold it.
20:40Well, nickel and dime deposits only, Ike, until Grandma's money comes through.
20:43Okay.
20:44Penny deposits?
20:45Well, Elizabeth, that depends on what you buy.
20:48We'll decide what we want, and then we'll be back later with our deposits, all right?
20:51Come on, everybody, let's go.
20:52Come on.
20:53Come on, Elizabeth.
20:54Look at this.
20:55Right over here.
20:56I see it.
20:57We'll see you, Ike.
20:58See you later.
20:59Bye-bye, Godsey.
21:00Bye, Jimbox.
21:01Now.
21:02Watch out.
21:11You need some company?
21:15Come sit.
21:17Come sit.
21:23Just been thinking of Vern Potter.
21:26The joy she's made possible for this family.
21:32Grandma, you're the one who's making everything possible for us.
21:38I just wish there was something I could do for you.
21:41John boy, just being able to help you with your schooling is more than I ever expected to get out of this life.
21:54I got it.
21:55I got an idea.
21:56I've got a surprise for you.
21:58I'm gonna take you someplace.
21:59You're gonna love it.
22:00No, you're gonna love it.
22:01It's a surprise.
22:02Well, let's see now.
22:03We can't do it.
22:04We can't do it on Sunday, because we got church on Sunday.
22:06I've got a half-day school Monday.
22:07We're gonna do it on Monday.
22:08If we can get the truck, I'm gonna take you there on Monday.
22:10You're gonna love it.
22:11Now, you've got my curiosity up.
22:13Oh, it's a great idea.
22:15What is it?
22:16Oh, no, I'm not gonna tell you.
22:17It's a surprise.
22:18It's a surprise.
22:19You're gonna love it.
22:20We're gonna go someplace.
22:22I'm very excited about it.
22:26I wish it was Monday already.
22:29All those children can talk about is the money they'll be getting.
22:33To them, three dollars is a fortune.
22:35I know.
22:36Let them enjoy it, Liv.
22:39They're so greedy about it.
22:41I want this, I want that.
22:43I thought we taught them better than that.
22:46What we didn't teach them was what to do if they got rich.
22:51Why should I give you a dollar?
22:52Because I need to buy a lot of supplies for my guitar.
22:56If you loan me the money, I'll teach you how to play it.
22:58I don't want to know how to play the guitar.
23:00Besides, I have my eye on a magic set now.
23:03Let Jim Bob give you the money.
23:04Yes, you...
23:05I'm not gonna give him the money.
23:06No, you're gonna spend it all on baby stuff like a crummy toy magic set.
23:10Look at the baby, Jim Bob.
23:12I'll show you who's a baby.
23:13I'm gonna get you.
23:14Come on, Jason.
23:15Knock him out.
23:16Knock him back off.
23:17Jim Bob, grab his arm.
23:18You tell me all about it.
23:19Get out of there.
23:20You, Ben.
23:21Ben, stop.
23:22All right, now.
23:23Stop that.
23:24Get off me.
23:25You were picking on me.
23:26Come on.
23:27Stop.
23:28I...
23:29I...
23:30I...
23:31I...
23:32I...
23:33My arm.
23:34No, no, no.
23:35What's happening in here?
23:36It's all Ben's fault.
23:37He started it.
23:38I'm here.
23:39Now, stop it.
23:40Jason wanted me to give him his money.
23:41It's part of it, Daddy.
23:42Just a loan.
23:43Ben told Jason to take mine.
23:44You're gonna get it.
23:45Hey, now, Ben, stop it.
23:47That's enough.
23:49Go back to your bed.
23:51Go to bed and stop it.
23:53Go ahead.
23:54We won't, Ben.
23:59I don't want any more fighting tonight.
24:03Come on.
24:24The seed also of his servant shall inherit it,
24:27and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
24:31Let us silently pray together.
24:40This concludes our service, but before we leave,
24:44I have news of the utmost importance.
24:47As we all know,
24:49$51 has been standing between us and our safety under the church roof.
24:54Now, as many of you possibly know,
24:57one among us has been favored this week
25:00by the fortuitous hand of fortune.
25:03In her gratitude and out of her devotion,
25:08Mrs. Esther Walton has turned to her church
25:12and pledged the entire sum we need to provide us with a new roof.
25:17Mrs. Walton, we humbly thank you.
25:28Here it is.
25:30Congratulations, you found it.
25:32Hey, Grandpa, will you drive?
25:34Oh, yes, I got my license.
25:38Thank you, Ben.
25:50Come on, let me play with your ear.
25:52Look.
25:53That's pretty, honey.
25:56Oh, Danny, what can we do?
25:59We'll think of something later.
26:03I still wish I could find out something to use my $3 on.
26:07All right, let's look in the wish book and see what we can find, okay?
26:11Where's that Sears Roebuck catalog?
26:13In the drawer on the desk.
26:14Come on, you.
26:18$3 you got, huh?
26:21$3 you got, huh?
26:22All right.
26:24$3.
26:25Let's see, here it is.
26:27Now, calm down, everyone.
26:29Let's look here.
26:30You got $3, you say, huh?
26:32Yeah.
26:33Let's see.
26:34Look at this.
26:35Oh, Danny, look at that Victrola.
26:36That's beautiful.
26:37$1.
26:38That's nice.
26:39If we got one of those, then we could buy Gene Autry and Nick Lucas records
26:42and hear them play their guitars and sing.
26:43There's Gene Autry.
26:44Yeah, there he is.
26:45Who's that there?
26:46Let's see some more of the records, Danny.
26:48There they are.
26:49Oh, yeah.
26:50Oh, here's some.
26:51Oh, look at that.
26:52The Boswell sisters singing Shine on Harvest Moon.
26:55Hey, Grandma?
26:56Grandma, there's Lead Kindly Light by the Collegiate Choir here.
26:59$21 for a Victrola.
27:01That's nonsense.
27:02Look at that horn there.
27:04See if they've got any magic sets in here.
27:06I can't.
27:10Whoa, now.
27:11Wait a minute.
27:12Take on Jason.
27:20I'll be out in a minute.
27:22Marianne, are you all right?
27:24Sure.
27:25I'm fine.
27:26I'll be right out.
27:27You ought to be asleep by now.
27:35Are you sure you're all right?
27:36Sure.
27:38Do I smell ammonia?
27:40I smell it, too.
27:43Grandma must have used some in the wash water when she was cleaning.
27:46Mom, how do you think I'd look as a blonde?
27:49Not like you.
27:50Now go to bed.
27:51Well, it's really easy to dye your own hair.
27:53It may be easy, but it's not always safe.
27:55Juanita Simmons tried it once and it turned her hair as green as grass.
27:58Now go to bed.
27:59Goodnight, Mama.
28:16Get this over here.
28:20Easy now, easy.
28:21She's our baby.
28:23Oh, she's a beauty, I'll tell you.
28:26Okay?
28:27All right, John.
28:29Oh, the ladies are going to love this, I'll tell you right now.
28:32Their day is made.
28:35Got it?
28:38Here we are.
28:41Oh, this is gorgeous.
28:42I love it, I love it.
28:43Isn't that beautiful?
28:44Look out, John.
28:45Don't get squished.
28:46I gotta get out.
28:47Out, be careful.
28:50Imagine, 20 gallons of hot water at a time.
28:53Well, maybe we'll see a few clean necks and wrists around here.
28:56You were referring to me yesterday and I'll thank you to stop casting aspersions.
29:01Name and no names, but if the shoe fits.
29:03Well, I think I could be persuaded to take a bath when we got home tonight.
29:07Are you ready?
29:08I've been ready.
29:09Oh, I'm sorry.
29:10I'm gonna go change now.
29:11Mama, we're gonna take the truck.
29:12We'll be back by dinner, okay?
29:15I'll be right back.
29:18John boy's taking me someplace, but I don't know where.
29:46Look, I'll go in and get that for you if you want.
30:13No, I can take care of it.
30:14I wanna make sure it's done right.
30:16Okay.
30:18I'll only be a minute.
30:21I'll be out here.
30:44John boy, nice man took the watch, looked at it, said he could put in all new parts and it would run as good as new.
30:58Grandpa's gonna love that.
31:00Well, he better. It's gonna cost close to $10.
31:03$10?
31:08Now, what's it all about?
31:10Well, you'll find out in about five minutes.
31:14Okay.
31:44They sure do look collegey.
31:56Hey, it's me.
32:01I'll tell you, I don't see too many of them wearing knickers, though.
32:05You look collegey.
32:09It's gonna open up a whole new world for you, John boy.
32:12I know it is.
32:14It's so strange to think of myself in the future, being here in another year.
32:19I'll tell you, Grandma, when I'm not here, when I'm at home, I have doubts and I wonder if this could ever come up to my expectations.
32:25But when I come here, when I'm standing here on this campus, I just know everything's gonna come out the way I picture it.
32:31I know it too, John boy.
32:35Come on, let's go inside.
32:45You're gonna have to come back, okay?
32:53My grandson and I would like to see your college.
32:58Is a student here?
33:00He will be.
33:02My name is John Walton. This is my grandmother, Mrs. Walton.
33:05I believe I met you last Easter when I came up here.
33:08Oh, you came in to pick up the kids?
33:10I met you last Easter when I came up here.
33:13Oh, you came in to pick up a catalog.
33:16That's right.
33:17Well, how are you?
33:18I'm fine, thank you.
33:19You be joining us?
33:21No, I got a scholarship.
33:23Well, congratulations.
33:25Thanks.
33:27There are some classes being held, and if you don't go into the rooms where class is in session, it should be perfectly all right.
33:34Good. Thank you very much.
33:37Bye-bye.
33:38Bye-bye.
33:40Bye-bye.
33:48This is a science laboratory. You gotta take science here.
34:00John Boyer.
34:05Now there's a good class.
34:07The Bible is literature. I never thought of that before.
34:11I could help you with your homework on that one.
34:13Well, I'll count on it.
34:15That's a good idea for a course. I'll take that one.
34:31Is it all right for us to look around?
34:33Yes, of course.
34:34My grandson will be coming here shortly, and he wants to show me everything.
34:39Of course, you may look around, but please try and be as quiet as possible.
34:43We will. Thank you.
34:58They must have all the books in the world.
35:01I'm gonna read every one of them.
35:04Okay.
35:10I'll tell you, I feel smarter just being here.
35:16Now don't you be timid. You speak up.
35:19I will.
35:20You have confidence.
35:21I will.
35:24Hey, Ike. Ike. Ike.
35:27Mama told me she wants two pounds...
35:30What are you grinning like a Cheshire cat for?
35:35Simon Brettner and Colby!
35:37Yeah!
35:38Woo! Thanks, Ike.
35:45I don't want to look at that.
35:46No, I want to see the handbook.
35:47We want to see the Donald's book.
35:48No.
35:49Everybody, it's here. We got the letter.
35:50The letter!
35:54It's here.
35:55What's here?
35:56The letter.
35:57What's here?
35:58The letter.
35:59Here it is, right here. Yes, sir.
36:00Open it, Mama.
36:01You think they put all the money in the envelope?
36:03No, they probably put a check in there.
36:05Open it, Mama. Open it.
36:07Now calm down, everybody.
36:08This letter's addressed to Grandma and she will open it when she gets back.
36:11Couldn't we peek?
36:13Everybody, go back to what you were doing.
36:15Maybe we can steam it open or something.
36:17You'll get to hear the letter and see the check soon enough.
36:19Now scoot.
36:21Go on.
36:23Jason.
36:24Yes, Mama.
36:25Where's the flower?
36:28I'm sorry. I forgot all about it.
36:29I'll go back and get it.
36:30Just take a minute.
36:32That old woman's sure going to be surprised the money got here so quick.
36:36Grandpa.
36:38Oh, same color.
36:48There we are.
36:50Hi, honey.
36:51It's here. Grandma's here.
36:52My grandma?
36:53Check.
36:54Grandma, the money's here.
36:55Check.
36:56Grandma, come on. The money's here.
36:58You've got to open it right now.
36:59I think I'm sending my order to Sears tonight.
37:01You better do it.
37:02Come on, Grandma. Come on.
37:07Hurry up. Hurry up.
37:09Here it is right here.
37:11Open it.
37:12Come on.
37:14Come on, Grandma. Hurry up.
37:16Come on.
37:18Dear Mrs. Walton,
37:20Fern Potter spent the last three years of her life in a hospital.
37:26When are they going to send the money?
37:28In settling her accumulated medical bills,
37:33we discovered that the estate's debts exceed assets.
37:39We therefore regret to inform you
37:42that Mrs. Potter's bequests cannot be honored.
37:47Very truly yours.
37:50Does that mean we don't get the money?
38:12No.
38:37You did it. You can do it, John.
38:39Libby, this man of yours has all the natural born ability of an engineer.
38:43He could have built Brooklyn Bridge.
38:46So that's where you've been.
38:47I'm sorry we're late.
38:49Yes, sirree.
38:50That boy of mine has a natural ability to construct the new church roof.
38:55Well, it just takes a little figuring out the structure, Pa.
38:58We went down to see the Reverend Forvig.
39:00He's offered to bring a couple of deacons.
39:02Went down to see Ike Godsey.
39:03He's going to bring some tar paper for us.
39:05And we're going to have the sheriff, one of his deputies.
39:07And with your know-how,
39:09we're going to have the finest church roof in this here part of Virginia.
39:12How about that?
39:13Are you going to church, Daddy?
39:15Well, how are they going to do without their number one craftsman?
39:18Grandma will be relieved. She feels so bad about all of this.
39:21There's one more thing I haven't the heart to tell her.
39:23What's that?
39:24Ike Godsey got a call from the jeweler.
39:26The watch is ready.
39:27Well, don't tell Esther.
39:29They'll sell it if it isn't picked up, Grandpa.
39:32No. Don't you say a word to that old woman.
39:34From now on in, just let me handle this.
39:38I'm worried about her. She's been in her room all day.
39:40I'm going to go talk to her.
39:42She especially doesn't want to see you, John boy.
39:44Her way of looking at it, she ruined everything.
39:48Excuse me.
40:01Grandma?
40:02Grandma?
40:10Shame to even look at you.
40:13Well, that's silly.
40:24Grandma, I came in here to tell you that you're not to feel bad.
40:28Well, I understand that because of all the promises you made and everything, but...
40:34I mean, it just didn't work out.
40:36What's the difference?
40:39You're just trying to make me feel better.
40:42Of course I am.
40:47Someday I'll tell you about a foolish old woman who let the promise of money go to her head.
40:52Acting like a rich person, giving away dollars right and left.
40:55Insisting that they use your fund money to buy that heater.
41:01And now you've got nothing.
41:09I guess you just have to look at it as one of those little jokes that gets played on people.
41:14You have to look at it that way.
41:17I can't.
41:19I can't.
41:24Well, I wish you'd practice what you preach.
41:30I mean, I've always felt that this family was rich, and we've never had any money.
41:38Nothing's really changed, has it?
41:42You know what I want to remember most about this whole thing?
41:46Can't imagine.
41:49Well, you and I spent a very special day together.
41:55And I had a wonderful time.
42:00And I think maybe now I understand a little bit more about how much my growing up means to you.
42:18Come on, let me hear you smile.
42:23Come on.
42:48Hi.
42:49Hi, Mary Ellen.
42:55How would you like to take part in a scientific experiment?
42:58You mean with test tubes and things that bubble?
43:01Well, something like that.
43:03When do I start?
43:04Right now.
43:06How much does it pay?
43:08Well, you remember that bullfrog I sold you about a month ago for a quarter and you never paid up?
43:15Okay.
43:19Okay, come in here.
43:23Sit down.
43:28Here, hold this.
43:30Put your foot in.
43:37Okay, now I'm just going to put a little bit of the scoop on your hair.
43:41Why don't you put it on your own hair?
43:43I told you it was a scientific experiment.
43:45What's it going to turn out like?
43:47That's what we're going to find out.
43:50Hold still.
43:51You know what you're doing?
43:54Where's Jim Bob and Mary Ellen?
43:56They're upstairs, I guess.
43:58Jim Bob, Mary Ellen.
44:00I'm not very hungry right now.
44:02Come on down to the table, please.
44:04We'll get a sandwich later, Daddy.
44:06I want you to come to the table now.
44:08I want you to come to the table now.
44:22Jim Bob, what happened to you?
44:24It was sort of a scientific experiment. Mary Ellen said so.
44:28Mary Ellen, are you at the bottom of this?
44:30Yes, ma'am.
44:32John, what am I going to do with that child?
44:34Well, maybe you ought to give Jim Bob a chance to do the same thing to Mary Ellen.
44:38He was supposed to turn blonde.
44:40It's more like a pumpkin.
44:42Should I go out in public like this?
44:44I don't think so, son, but I think you ought to come to the table now.
44:47It's all your fault.
45:00Eat your dinner, Miss Harlow.
45:01Eat your dinner, Miss Harlow.
45:05You're almost as pretty as Martha.
45:07All right, Pa.
45:09Settle down.
45:11The Lord thanked us for this food.
45:31Father, we know that all we desire is already ours if we but experience thee within ourselves.
46:01Forgive us our doubts and our moments of weakness in our earthly lives when we do forget thee.
46:09We give thanks to thee for our new roof and to one other.
46:15It was in her name that the men of our church donated their labors.
46:20We give thanks to Mrs. Esther Walton, Father, who was thy instrument.
46:25Amen.
46:27Please turn to page 120 for our final hymn.
46:44John.
46:46Come on in.
46:49Let's have a little old family conference.
46:51I mean, you got any drink for a wore-out old man?
46:54You've been gone all day.
46:56Charlottesville, to the jeweler.
46:58You know, that old watch of mine you used to tire of hearing ticking?
47:01They got fixed?
47:03Well, I made an arrangement with the jeweler.
47:07He has got that watch, and I've got $11 to be contributed in your name to the start of John Boy's new college fund.
47:16There'll be no contribution.
47:17In one person's name, especially mine.
47:20This is from all the Waltons, young and old.
47:32You're really quite a pair, you know that?
47:48To their surprise and to our grief, time crept up on those two vigorous old people.
47:56I remember that my grandmother at 94 was still beautiful and wore violets in her hair.
48:04And as long as he lived, my grandfather insisted that he be kissed by every pretty girl who happened to come by our house.
48:12How innocent were those days.
48:14How rich we are to have known them.
48:19Grandpa?
48:20Yes, Ben?
48:22Why did you marry Grandma?
48:24I think it was her idea, Ben.
48:26Was it really Grandma?
48:28Well, it helped her along a bit, as I recall.
48:30He was shy in those days.
48:32I was not.
48:34Was Daddy shy, Mama?
48:36Never.
48:38Oh, woman, where do you get off telling such tales? I've not got a shy bone in my body.
48:40You did in those days.
48:42I did not.
48:43You too?
48:44Is he shy now, Grandma?
48:46Oh, sometimes I wish he was.
48:48Good night now.
48:50Good night, Grandma.
48:52Good night, Ben.
49:13Good night.
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