Episode

The Waltons: The Literary Man

Name: The Waltons: The Literary Man
Released: 1972-11-30
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David W. Harper, Earl Hamner, Jr.

The WaltonsSeason 11972-11-30

Overview

John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.

Details

Series: The Waltons
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 11
Air date: 1972-11-30
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Literary Man is Episode 11 in Season 1 of The Waltons. It aired on 1972-11-30. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 10: The Legend 1972-11-16 | 50 min John's old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of reckless the family dog.

Episode 12: The Dust Bowl Cousins 1972-12-07 | 50 min The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's life by their shiftless dishonest ways.

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Episode 13: The Reunion 1972-12-14 | 50 min The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.

Episode 8: The Boy From the C.C.C. 1972-11-02 | 50 min Gino, a boy from the slums of New York City runs away from a CCC Camp and learns about trust and love from the Waltons

Episode 14: The Minstrel 1972-12-21 | 50 min Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.

Episode 7: The Sinner 1972-10-26 | 50 min The Reverend Matthew Fordwick comes to Walton's Mountain and upsets the family with his strict and forceful preaching. He innocently samples "the recipe," and John helps him to be accepted within the community

Episode 15: The Actress 1973-01-04 | 50 min When her car breaks down, the famous extravagant actress, Alvira Drummond finds herself stranded on Waltons Mountain. The Children, especially Mary Ellen, are fascinated by her "Hollywood" ways.

Episode 6: The Star 1972-10-19 | 50 min When a meteorite falls on the Baldwin's house, Zeb believes his time has come. The Baldwin sisters are hoaxed by their cousin until Zeb and John come to the rescue.

Episode 16: The Fire 1973-01-11 | 50 min A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.

Episode 5: The Typewriter 1972-10-12 | 50 min John Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it back for her brother.

Episode 17: The Love Story 1973-01-18 | 50 min John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton who returns to Walton's Mountain. Jenny's father and new step-mother follow her to the mountain. Her father is killed in an auto accident and Jenny returns home with her step mother. John-Boy suffers his first lost love.