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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

Kami Cotler

Elizabeth Walton

Joe Conley

Ike Godsey

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Corabeth Godsey

Earl Hamner Jr.

The Narrator
(voice)
(as Earl Hamner)

Robert Donner

Yancy Tucker

David Doremus

George William 'G.W.' Haines

Merie Earle

Maude Gormley

Art Gilmore

Radio Host
(voice)

Director
- Lawrence Dobkin
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Trivia
Grandpa mentions Yancey's stump liquor; stump liquor, or stump hole whiskey, was illegally made whiskey that was hidden in holes of tree stumps in order to hide the stills.

Goofs
The episode is set in 1936, yet Jim-Bob mentions going to see The Dawn Patrol (1938), which wasn't released until 1938.

Quotes
Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] On Waltons Mountain, as our parents had before us, we grew up taking for granted the traditions that shaped our lives. When my sister, Mary Ellen, took a stand against a solemn mountain custom, it was a rebellion that rattled the complacency of generations. She was seventeen, but the custom was older than even my grandmother could remember.

Connections
References Tailspin Tommy (1934)

Soundtracks
Seeing Nellie Home
Written by Louis Lambert (as Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)

I give this episode 10 stars for its heartwarming and heartfelt ending!

I appreciate the concept that Mary Ellen is the younger generation and rejects the old quilting tradition because she doesn't want to get married off.

In my younger days I would have stood beside her, but watching this episode with over-40 eyes made me want to slap some sense into her (and made me glad to realize I don't see things the same way I did when I was younger!).

I was relieved when John-Boy provided a stern lecture and talked some sense into Mary Ellen, even though I think it should have come from the parents.

In the end it all works out and makes for a nice growing-up story with a happy, heartfelt ending!