The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

37 mistakes in season 6

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The Stray - S6-E2

Visible crew/equipment: After Jim-Bob gets home he and John talk for a bit, then just as Jim-Bob walks behind his father and says, "I hope you find your fishing pole," the arm of a crew member is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:08:10)

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The Recluse - S6-E3

Visible crew/equipment: After the scene with Ben and his friends at the Hawaiian themed restaurant, when it cuts to the family sitting around the table, the tripod and rolling base of the set's lighting equipment are visible at the right side of the screen. (00:30:45)

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The Grandchild - S6-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Jim-Bob is in his car trying to get it going, in the last shot as he successfully drives away from The House, the reflector screen is visible at the left side of the screen, and the shadow of a crew member with filming equipment is also seen at the bottom, left side of the screen. (01:10:25)

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The Grandchild - S6-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Mary Ellen and Curt come back to the Walton house after the false labor, Olivia tells everyone to head back to their beds, and as they all disperse the white T-mark is visible on the floor, near the front door. (00:50:55)

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The Children's Carol - S6-E11

Factual error: After Jason tells Olivia that he's giving up playing his music because he doesn't think he has a choice, when it cuts to the exterior shot of the rooming house, the vehicle parked in front is modern. The same type of thing happens later, when John rescues Pip from the airfield there are modern vehicles, etc, on the street in the background. (00:34:30 - 01:29:30)

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The Ordeal - S6-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Erin is put in charge, Olivia tells everyone to pitch in without complaining, then just as John says, "All right, let's go," the shadow of the boom mic is visible as it moves across the cabinet near the top, right side of the screen. (00:29:00)

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The Ordeal - S6-E19

Visible crew/equipment: After Zeb tells the story about the egg, Ben and Jim-Bob start fooling around with the pulley, and when it cuts to Elizabeth and Aimee talking about the jamboree sale, lighting equipment is visible by the trees at the top, right side of the screen. (00:03:45)

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Grandma Comes Home - S6-E22

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Olivia join Zeb in the kitchen after he's been up all night reading Esther's journal, just as Zeb sits down at the table and explains why he read it, the shadow of the boom mic is moving at the right side of the screen. (00:41:40)

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The Return - S6-E20

Factual error: Right before the scene with John-Boy and Daisy at the restaurant, there's a shot of Times Square, and two of the marquees advertise the 1946 movie "The Jolson Story," and the 1946 movie "The Best Years of Our Lives," and also reads "Picture of the Year" which it won at the 1947 Academy Awards, but this episode takes place in 1940. (00:05:30)

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The Return - S6-E20

Factual error: The year is 1940, and in the opening shot (as the name Richard Thomas appears on the screen) we have a view of Lower Manhattan as seen from the East River below the Brooklyn Bridge, but the problem is some of the buildings we see did not exist in 1940, such as One Chase Manhattan Plaza, which did not begin construction until 1957. (00:01:40)

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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)

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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 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.

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The Journey - S2-E1

Trivia: While Maggie MacKenzie and John-Boy are at the Mermaid Restaurant, when they both dance together Maggie envisions her long deceased husband, Michael MacKenzie, dancing with her instead of John-Boy. It is Earl Hamner Jr. who portrays Michael MacKenzie in this uncredited onscreen cameo during the scene (note teeth and facial features are identical).

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