History Trivia / TheWaltons

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: After Will Geer died following the sixth season, the show opened season 7 with an episode depicting the aftermath of Grandpa's (offscreen) death. The same episode also deals with the death of Flossie Brimmer, whose actress (Nora Marlowe) had likewise died during the show's hiatus.

* MemeticMutation: The ending of the show ("Good night, John-Boy," et al) became so iconic that as late as 2010, it was ''still'' bring parodied in commercials.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://thewaltons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Waltons Yep.]]

* AdoredByTheNetwork: The series constitutes 90% of the lineup of Hallmark Drama, a sister station of Creator/HallmarkChannel

** John-Boy, after being virtually absent for two seasons following the departure of Richard Thomas from the cast, reappeared in Season 8 with Robert Wightman in the role. Thomas would return to the role in some of the reunion films.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, John Walton was voiced by the late TV actor Ken Utsui, which some {{Manga}} fans can remember him for playing Ryuichiro Kuroda in both the live-action and movie adaptation of ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}''.

* CreatorBacklash: Music/JerryGoldsmith's much-loved theme music wasn't much liked by the man himself. He preferred the theme he did for the PilotMovie as it was more authentic for the period setting; but the series producers wanted a new theme, thinking the theme for ''The Homecoming'' was too gentle.

* FakeAmerican: Jason Walton was played by British actor Creator/JonWalmsley.

* RealLifeRelative: Will Geer's daughter Ellen Geer played Eva Mann in "The Ceremony" and Ronie Cotter in "The Pledge".

** Jon Walmsley (Jason) would end up marrying Lisa Harrison (who played Jason's final season girlfriend and eventual wife Toni Hazelton) in 1979, with [[https://metv.com/stories/jason-walton-and-his-onscreen-wife-were-married-in-real-life?fbclid=IwAR3-KPmSzQbkzNAD9ElXjhVEUa-ysHkwaNqiFI_74_ADqnv2llCEiJheI7M Ralph Waite]] officiating, though the marriage ultimately ended in divorce.

** In the UK it had a traditional one. Initially shown on [[TheBBC BBC Two]], in 1976 it was "promoted" to the flagship channel [[TheBBC BBC One]].

* ChannelHop: More of a Company Hop, since the original TV movie was made in-house by Creator/{{CBS}} while the series itself came from Creator/{{Lorimar}}.

* WrittenInInfirmity: When Ellen Corby had a massive stroke that impaired her speech and mobility, she left the show for a while but then came back, with her character depicted as also having had a stroke.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: When Ellen Corby had a massive stroke that impaired her speech and mobility, she left the show for a while but then came back, with her character depicted as also having had a stroke.

* WrittenByCastMember: Ellen Corby (Grandma) wrote two episodes, "The Separation" and "The Search."

* DirectedByCastMember: Richard Thomas and Ralph Waite both directed episodes.
* FakeAmerican: Jason Walton was played by British actor Jon Walmsley.

* FakeBrit: Inverted; Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton) is a British actor playing an American.

* {{Defictionalization}}: A variant. The real-life Walton's Mountain (actually Schuyler, Virginia) is home to both Earl Hamner Jr.'s original childhood home and the Walton's Mountain Museum, which contains sets and artifacts from ''The Waltons''. In October 2019, a life-size model of the house from the show will open as a five-bedroom bed-and-breakfast on property adjacent to the museum. Many of the surviving cast members are confirmed to be coming for the grand opening.