Episode

The Waltons: The Minstrel

Name: The Waltons: The Minstrel
Released: 1972-12-21
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David W. Harper, Earl Hamner, Jr.

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Overview

Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.

Details

Series: The Waltons
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 14
Air date: 1972-12-21
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Minstrel is Episode 14 in Season 1 of The Waltons. It aired on 1972-12-21. The runtime is 50 min.

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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 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.

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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.

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 11: The Literary Man 1972-11-30 | 50 min 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.

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.

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 18: The Courtship 1973-01-25 | 50 min Olivia's uncle Cody Nelson comes to visit with the Waltons and finds love with a woman who has been divorced four times.

Episode 9: The Ceremony 1972-11-09 | 50 min A Jewish family, escaping refugees from Nazi Germany, come to Waltons Mountain for safety. Their 13 year old son loses respect for his father in the sons attempt to maintain his religious beliefs and practices.

Episode 19: The Gypsies 1973-02-01 | 50 min A gypsy family is stranded, but the leader refuses to accept help from the Waltons. His pride almost costs the life of his baby son.

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 20: The Deed 1973-02-08 | 50 min It seems that the Waltons never officially registered the deed to Waltons Mountain. In order to help pay the legal fees, John-Boy leaves home for a job in the city. He meets new friends, gets mugged and earns a reward to help the family keep their home.