Generations of Aussie families fell in love with homesteaders John and Olivia Walton, and their seven kids, as they forged a simple but happy life on Walton’s Mountain in rural Virginia during the depression era in America.
The Waltons was an unlikely hit when it launched in 1972, in a world exploding with change.
The Vietnam War was still dividing families here and in the US, the Watergate scandal was unfolding, women marched to the beat of feminism and the hippie culture was born.
“The chemistry we had as a group created television magic,” recalls Richard Thomas, who became a huge heart-throb playing the lead role of eldest son, John-Boy, after an initial reluctance to quit movies for a TV series.
Now a dad to seven kids of his own, Richard, 69, believes it was the fun and energy that played out between the actors when they weren’t filming that gave the characters an edge and a global fan base of one billion viewers.
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CLOWNING AROUND!
THE GAGLIARDIES PUT THE FUN IN FAMILY
FIGHTS FOR HER JOB!
HER NEW ROLE RUFFLED SOME FEATHERS
'WE'RE ONE AND DONE'
THE WILDLIFE WARRIOR SHARES SOME FAMILY NEWS
CURSE OF DREAMWORLD strikes AGAIN
THE GOLD COAST PARK IS FACING ANOTHER SCANDAL
Seeing RED
SIX RELATIONSHIP RED FLAGS TO BE WARY OF, ACCORDING TO LAWYER CAROLYN DEVRIES
'MUM SAVED THE DAY!'
THEY PAIR ARE SET TO HAVE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!
WE THOUGHT WE'D LOSE HIM'
A SIMPLE VIRUS SAW LITTLE RYAN LOSE BOTH HIS LEGS
Getting so ber made me a better man'
Settling in for a candid chat on the porch of his family’s sprawling 100-year-old farmhouse, James Blundell breaks into a warm smile.
Prince Christian's ON ROYAL DUTY!
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3 great ways with DOUGHNUTS
CREATIVE TAKES ON THIS ICONIC SWEET TREAT