Mr Walton RIP

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Poor Mr Walton has died. While I liked him, He would have been too strict for me. Who would you like as your onscreen Dad ?
http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/21/the-dad-on-the-waltons-memba-him/

kneemos

Every sperm a winner.

foxinsox

Aw.. that's sad..

Goodnight Johndad.

R.I.P.

stefan idiot jones

Hayley from the Street.

stoneill

Malcoms dad Hal.

denismc

Just saw him in Cliffhanger last night

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denismc wrote: »

Just saw him in Cliffhanger last night

The Burren Co Clare ?

tallus

Good actor R.I.P.
Think his name was Ralph Waite.

force eleven

NCIS - Gibb's dad.

Citroen2cv

He also played an inmate in "Cool hand Luke". Great Movie.

Pumpkinseeds

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

Badly Drunk Boy

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

I always thought the feud between the Ingalls family and the Waltons was a great story twist...

Teyla Emmagan

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

Loved that. They were all so feckin religious those shows tho.

Good looking man, Mr Walton.

Collie D

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

Ah, memories of Sunday dinner and the Waltons or Little House on the Praire on the telly. The guy who played Mr. Olsen (the nice shopowner with the bint wife and brat daughter) in Little House died the other day as well

kneemos

He ploughed a fertile furrow.Rip.

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kneemos wrote: »

He ploughed a fertile furrow.Rip.

Imagine falling in the door locked at 4am and falling over the lumber on the way to bed ? Harsh Talk around the table next day ! Lick arses they were, especially John Boy !

Sam Kade

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

Talking about long johns and little house on the prairie in one sentence did you know that pa Ingalls wore no long johns not even an underpants while filming :eek:
Nellie OIeson wrote about it in her book Confessions of a Prairie Bitch. Information overload I know but I couldn't resist

Pumpkinseeds

It's funny how much times have changed. When I was a kid in the 70's all those programmes like The Waltons and Little house on the prairie had a moral at the heart of each episode, now it's Grand Theft Auto or some such, simpler times they were.

Addle

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Good looking man, Mr Walton.

Seriously sexy. Himself and the wife were really into each other on the show. Loved that.

Sam Kade

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's funny how much times have changed. When I was a kid in the 70's all those programmes like The Waltons and Little house on the prairie had a moral at the heart of each episode, now it's Grand Theft Auto or some such, simpler times they were.

That's true. You must be around the same age as me.

Pumpkinseeds

Sam Kade wrote: »

That's true. You must be around the same age as me.

41:(

Duckworth_Luas

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Now you've gone and made me all nostalgic OP. Anyone remember granddad Walton? That man seemed to live in his longjohns:D, then there was the Little House on the Prairie too.

Will Geer. A contemporary of Woody Guthrie and the recently deceased Pete Seeger, he was blacklisted in the 1950s for being un-American, ie a communist. In the 1990s President George H Bush asked why Americans couldn't be more like the Waltons!

Missymoohaa

My on screen dad would have to be Jed Bartlett from The West Wing, coz he's one of the good guys and he lives in the White House......

or Bill Cosby.

Sam Kade

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

41:(

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yayabalexreya

A sweet and earnest man who'll forever be remembered with fondness.
R.I.P. Mr. Walton.

Rough Sleeper

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's funny how much times have changed. When I was a kid in the 70's all those programmes like The Waltons and Little house on the prairie had a moral at the heart of each episode, now it's Grand Theft Auto or some such, simpler times they were.

GTA is an over-18's video game and not a programme streamed on daytime TV. Kids still watch kid stuff; the likes of Spongebob and Powerpuff girls have been going strong for years now. These are quality shows for kids, clever and witty, and I'd honestly think they're better off watching the likes of these than The Waltons, which was harmless but dumb as a bag of rocks.

Jesus Wept

John Goodman or John Candy in whatever.

Stojkovic

yayabalexreya wrote: »

A sweet and earnest man who'll forever be remembered with fondness.
R.I.P. Mr. Walton.

Did you not see him in Roots !!!

Addle

The Bodyguard.

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Goodnight Paw

Pumpkinseeds

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

GTA is an over-18's video game and not a programme streamed on daytime TV. Kids still watch kid stuff; the likes of Spongebob and Powerpuff girls have been going strong for years now. These are quality shows for kids, clever and witty, and I'd honestly think they're better off watching the likes of these than The Waltons, which was harmless but dumb as a bag of rocks.

Each to their own, I don't have kids so I don't know what kids watch on tv, but frankly Spongebob is for simpletons and stoners.

yayabalexreya

Stojkovic wrote: »

Did you not see him in Roots !!!

Yes I did. He never had the black heart of a cracker though. You could tell his heart wasn't in that part.

Great suggestion. I'm going to download Roots again.

Sam Kade

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

GTA is an over-18's video game and not a programme streamed on daytime TV. Kids still watch kid stuff; the likes of Spongebob and Powerpuff girls have been going strong for years now. These are quality shows for kids, clever and witty, and I'd honestly think they're better off watching the likes of these than The Waltons, which was harmless but dumb as a bag of rocks.

Back then there was no daytime tv us youngsters went out doors even did some work if you were lucky enough to live on a farm

goose2005

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's funny how much times have changed. When I was a kid in the 70's all those programmes like The Waltons and Little house on the prairie had a moral at the heart of each episode, now it's Grand Theft Auto or some such, simpler times they were.

Good, decent fare like the Black and White Minstrel Show

Pumpkinseeds

goose2005 wrote: »

Good, decent fare like the Black and White Minstrel Show

:eek:

taytobreath

Old Grandpa Walton was gay. He was a gay rights activist. A very modern man for his time

Sir Osis of Liver.

If it was still on Mary-Ellen would be a crack hoe, Jimbob would be gay and Ike Godseys would be Kmart.

Fcuk, I hated Sunday tv as a kid.

RiverOfLove

I love the Waltons.

Me and my sister, we're so close, we would put the Waltons to shame.

I love little house on the prairie too. So much so I was looking at a boxset to buy at one stage but never did.

If anyone is interested, TG4 shows little house on the prairie on weekdays at 1pm. I try and catch it when I'm free.

RiverOfLove

Addle wrote: »

The Bodyguard.

Oh that's right. He was Frank's dad in the bodyguard.

Galwayguy35

Stojkovic wrote: »

Did you not see him in Roots !!!

Was just about to say that.

"Would ya like a bellywarmer Captain"