The Typewriter (12 Oct. 1972)

John-Boy secretly borrows a typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, and Mary Ellen inadvertently gives it to a junk dealer.

Director:

Philip Leacock

Writers:

Theodore Apstein, Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)

Stars:

Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Richard Thomas	...	John-Boy Walton
Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Michael Learned	...	Olivia Walton (as Miss Michael Learned)
Ellen Corby	...	Esther Walton
Will Geer	...	The Grandfather
Judy Norton	...	Mary Ellen Walton
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	Jim-Bob Walton (as David Harper)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mariclare Costello	...	Miss Rosemary Hunter
John Crawford	...	Sheriff Ep Bridges

Storyline

John-Boy secretly borrows a typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, and Mary Ellen inadvertently gives it to a junk dealer.

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Plot Keywords:

typewriter | spinster | moonshine | magazine | letter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 1972 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 20, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lorimar Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: From the very beginning, when I thought of writing, it was about my family, our home and Waltons Mountain. This was my world, the only kind of life I knew well enough to tell people about. I remember a day in the 1930's when I finally felt ready to show one of my stories to someone for the very first time.

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Connections

Edited into The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)

User Reviews

John Boys First Story

This episode aired on October 12 1972, with this opening. From the very beginning, when I thought of writing, it was about my family, our home and Waltons Mountain. This was my world, the only kind of life I knew well enough to tell people about. I remember a day in the 1930's when I finally felt ready to show one of my stories to someone for the very first time. John Boy is sitting in the schoolhouse with Miss. Hunter, while she reads his story that he wrote. After talking to John Boy, Miss Hunter suggests that John Boy send the story into a magazine for printing. So with the help of Grandma John Boy puts the story in and envelope and puts in the mail. So now, the wait is on and it's driving John boy and the family crazy. Meanwhile, Mary Ellen decides to put a dollar down on a beauty kit that she thinks can make her a movie star. Days later John Boy gets a letter in the mail that tells him that they don't accept hand written manuscripts. Therefore, Grandpa tells John Boy that there's a typewriter in Jefferson County and it belongs to the Baldwin Sisters. Therefore, John Boy goes to the Baldwin Sisters and asks them if he can see and then use the typewriter to rewrite his manuscript on the typewriter and send it back to the magazine company. Therefore, the Baldwin Sisters give John Boy the typewriter to use and John Boy hides it in the shed outback so Olivia doesn't find it. After John Boy finishes his story, he puts the typewriter in an old box and Leaves in the shed. He takes the type written story, shows it to Miss Hunter, and then resubmits the story to the magazine. Meanwhile Mary Ellen is looking for money to help buy her beauty kit. Therefore, Olivia tells Mary Ellen that she can start cleaning out the tool shed. In addition, sells things to the junk man for $1.00. When John Boy goes to get the typewriter to write some more he finds the typewriter is gone. Now they have to go find it or tell the Baldwin Sisters that they loss it. I wasn't impress with this episode so I give this episode 6 weasel stars