- Elizabeth Walton: John Boy? Were you nervous on television?
- John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr.: Not once I got started.
- Elizabeth Walton: Maybe you'll have your own television show one day.
- John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr.: Hmm... I'd like that, Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth Walton: What would you call it?
- John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr.: I don't know... since I write best about this family, I guess I'd call it "The Waltons". Good night, Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth Walton: Good night, John Boy.
- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] The post-war world is an era of innovation. We stood upon the threshold of a new age which was ruled by sudden change. Technical advancements in medicine, science, and electronics had a profound effect on the way we lived and thought. None of us dreamed how deeply we would be affected by those advancements even though we were close by when it all began.
- John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr.: I've read alot about television. I never thought I'd see it right here in Jefferson County.