The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

296 mistakes

(13 votes)

The Return - S6-E20

Visible crew/equipment: With the family sitting around the table Olivia says grace, and just as she gets to the end of her prayer, the T-mark on the wood floor behind Erin is visible. This shot then dissolves into John-Boy sitting alone at the table, and as the camera turns toward the right more white tape marks are on the floor. (01:24:15)

Super Grover

The Children's Carol - S6-E11

Continuity mistake: When Pup and Tess are on the runway and John runs to save them, they huddle as the plane passes. After the plane passes, they stand up but you cannot see the airplane that supposedly just passed them. (01:29:35)

The Empty Nest - S7-E1

Continuity mistake: After John meets with all the other mills he and Ben head home, and right before the closeup of Ben sleeping there's an exterior shot of the truck, with the front license plate number T-84905, but in other shots it's T6-807. (00:22:35)

Super Grover

The Empty Nest - S7-E1

Revealing mistake: During the drive up the mountain for Zeb's birthday, while John and Olivia talk about the co-op offer, the edge of the rear-projection screen is visible over the vehicle's roof, at the left side of the screen. (01:26:15)

Super Grover

The Obsession - S7-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Elizabeth tells Yancy and Sissy about desertion being a loophole, the camera turns to the right just as Sissy walks over to the bed where Tiger is lying, and the arm of a crew member is visible in the mirror's reflection at the right side of the screen. (00:42:15)

Super Grover

The Obsession - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: When Olivia goes to check on Mary Ellen to see if she needs help with John Curtis, Olivia enters the bedroom, shuts the door, then picks up the baby and walks to the bed with the door still shut behind her, but in the next shot that door is now open behind Olivia. (00:27:40)

Super Grover

The Portrait - S7-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After John and Mary Ellen show up at the Pembroke house, when Derek tells John he has a friend who is a doctor John helps him up then it cuts to a wideshot, and as they all approach the door the reflection of crew movement is visible on the glass at the right (with the lace). (00:45:40)

Super Grover

The Portrait - S7-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When Erin walks out of Godsey's store Derek follows her and they stand alone on the road talking, then Jason drives up and the reflection of at least two crew members are visible on the vehicle window. (00:25:45)

Super Grover

The Illusion - S7-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Erin and Esther Grant drive up to the deserted Pickett plant, as the vehicle stops the reflection of a crew member standing nearby is on the rear window. Then in the interior shot, just as Erin and Esther enter, the pole of set equipment is visible at the left side of the screen. Additionally, tape and chalk marks are visible on the scuffed up floor, and note that J.D. even looks down to make certain his feet are positioned at his two small white marks. (00:41:05)

Super Grover

The Illusion - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: When Verdie and Olivia are at Godsey's with their grandchildren, in Verdie's closeup as she asks Ike to move Jody's name to its proper place on the honor roll board, the grocery bag top is folded toward her, but in the wideshots the bag top is folded away from her. Additionally, while Verdie and Olivia are in the store, Harriet has a blue lollipop and John Curtis is licking a red lollipop, but when Verdie and Olivia leave the store in the exterior shot, Harriet is holding a red lollipop and John Curtis is holding a blue one. (00:45:15)

Super Grover

Day of Infamy - S7-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Olivia get back from the mountain they see everyone gathered in the front yard, and John wonders if there's a party. In the next wideshot as he drives closer, the rolling base of set equipment is visible at the right side of the screen, and the reflection of the reflector screen appears on the windshield. (00:16:25)

Super Grover

The Boosters - S7-E12

Visible crew/equipment: While Ben tries to convince John about the autocourt he tells him it's a sure thing, and when John tells Ben to run along because he has paperwork, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible on the wall behind Ben. (00:07:10)

Super Grover

The Conscience - S7-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Jim-Bob leaves the recruiting office, when he walks past the barber shop the reflections of the crew's equipment and a director's chair are on the store's glass windows. Then when Jim-Bob approaches the busy tattoo artist, the chalk T-mark is visible on the wood floor where he stops to watch. (00:06:40)

Super Grover

The Obstacle - S7-E14

Visible crew/equipment: After J.D. refuses to hire Mike even though he's right for the available job, in the following shots when Mike and John are on the porch, the chalk T-mark is visible on the floor beside the wheelchair. (00:34:25)

Super Grover

The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

Super Grover

More quotes from The Waltons

The Unthinkable - S8-E15

Trivia: While John is reading the newspaper funnies to John Curtis, we hear Erin and Mary Ellen come home, so John puts the folded newspaper down on the couch. And as the newspaper lies on the couch, we can see the large white adhesive label with typewritten sentences adhered to the center of the funnies page. Presumably, these are the actor's lines as he was reading quite animatedly to the toddler (sweet moment). (00:06:25)

Super Grover

More trivia for The Waltons

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.