The Waltons 1972 - 1981 Opening and Closing Theme (With Goodnight Snippet)

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The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
The series pilot aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story and was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series originally aired on CBS for a total of nine seasons. After the series was canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television movie sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS.
The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The main story takes place in Walton's Mountain, a fictional town at the foot of a mountain in fictitious Jefferson County, Virginia. The actual place upon which the stories are based is in Nelson County, Virginia and is the community of Schuyler.
The time period is from 1933 to 1946, during the Great Depression and World War II, during the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman. The year 1933 is suggested by a reference to the opening of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago, a brief shot of an automobile registration, and it is divulged in episode 18 that the date is in the spring of 1933. The last episode of season one, "An Easter Story", is set in February?April 1934. The year 1934 takes two seasons to cover, while some successive years are covered over the course of a few months.

[@sophiewalters634]

I remember watching this show back in the '70's with my mom and dad. My dad grew up during the Great Depression and this show brought back quite a few memories for him. He and my mom are both gone now, and I would give just about anything to have just one night sitting with them watching "The Waltons" and listening to my dad's stories. I miss them both so much.

[@joselourencodossantosjr7321]

You said it maan. Same here. I used to watch along my dad the saturdays afternoon. I could give one year of my live, for one of those afternoons.

[@knowledgegod8437]

I appreciate you. I feel the same way.

[@nickcormier8571]

Yeah...

[@thomastaylor6699]

The same here. Back in 1972, I was 13 years old when the Waltons came out. My mom and dad and my brother would watch this show every week without fail. The Waltons was a wholesome show with good family values . I guess that's why the show was such a big hit.

[@larryoconnor7094]

My mother, born 1931, is as fit as a teenager.

[@charlottesolomon9511]

We too grew up watching this family show. How we waited to see this show!. Now we are all grown up and my heart longs for those days again .How I miss my family members who are no no more with us. Good nite John Boy. Love from Chaah , Johore. Malaysia

[@Scripture-Man]

I remember when George Bush said he wished American families were more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons. At the time I was a teenager and thought the President was kind of old-fashioned and out of touch, but now I've matured, I agree with him completely. I yearn for the good old days of decency and respectful society.

[@sherryhannah9262]

@@TommyLellan really????…the Simpsons were respectful?????

[@sherryhannah9262]

@@TommyLellan I love the Simpsons they hilarious

[@CannabrannaLammer]

​@@sherryhannah9262Clearly you can't read

[@chriskropotkin9643]

Except that never happened, neither did the brady bunch, leave it to beaver... all shows TELLING us morals to have, and old people just seeing their youth through rose tinted glasses. Pretty sure heroin and cocaine were legal during the Waltons. Women and people of color had no rights. It MIGHT have only been good for white men, but already the class divide was so bad that most of us worked forever for nothing. Read a history book, dont watch crappy TV propaganda.

[@davidrountree9326]

I couldn't agree more I love that show

[@bobbyr.mosley8233]

I love this TV show it reminds me of a simpler time when life was so good and people were happy. 🙂 And this show reminds me of family members that are no longer with me anymore.

[@stephaniehillman2455]

We need shows like the Waltons now, especially with the pandemic all over the world. We need something wholesome and entertaining to watch on television.

[@Lala0RK]

Stephanie Hillman I agree!!

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

Most people don't want to watch good and wholesome television or movies today. Honestly, i seriously doubt if writers in Hollywood know how to write stuff like "The Waltons" today. Everyone has been overexposed to the dark side of human nature today. With the oversaturation of petty reality tv and grimey crime dramas, i doubt that people will know how to receive it.

[@lostintime8651]

what's a pandemic??

[@october65-h6e]

And we need also some mentaly healthy stuff for our kids!

[@dianlozano1]

I love this show, takes me back to a beautiful time of family and nature

[@covertocoverbookreviews6721]

I grew up watching The Walton's it is a shame TV is no longer like this

[@BluefireSorcererOfficial]

it still is on tv on cbs i think

[@charlenebercillio8065]

Cotton Hill I agree with u 💯

[@Lala0RK]

Cotton Hill Me too! I used to watch this when I was little - back in the 80s!

[@minervamartinez5527]

@@BluefireSorcererOfficial ON MeTV

[@joselourencodossantosjr7321]

Sadly it is no the TV fault, It is the audiency

[@H.C.Q.]

Oh how I wish we could bring back these days.

[@koko2bware]

My family was so hooked on to this show during my childhood! I always loved that last exchange ..."Good Night Grandpa! ...Good Night Elizabeth" ... as the lights went out! Recalling it moves me to tears!!

[@imtlc4life]

I loved the Waltons during my childhood. This clip brings me memories as well. When I was in Army Basic Training I would do the goodnight thing as we drifted off to sleep. Sweet memories.

[@DaveB2868]

This is how life is meant to be ♥

[@zachcarmichael699]

Dirt poor and struggling to climb up the ladder of success in America? Sounds about like 2019...

[@colin6768]

What a charming, heartwarming show. It's a shame they don't wholesome shows with substance like that anymore : - (

[@dhucke4assembly]

They wouldn't sell unfortunately.

[@jasonjmarchi]

colin6768 it’s mostly realism trash today for the dumbed down masses.

[@Rocdog]

So true. We grew up with The Walton’s Little House On The Prairie, and great shows like that.

[@soulmate3210]

Amen we are living in a sinful era

[@gfgd123]

I'm 28 and I was raised on reruns of shows from the 70s and 80s, including curling up at my grandma and grandpas house watching the Waltons on a daily basis. I hear people my age talk about how much they like shows now and I've never figured out what's to love about them.

[@maidahaltrecht6577]

It was my all time favourite show. Watched it every week.

[@godblessamerican8965]

Hello Maida how are you doing today?

[@maheralsh1881]

I used to watch this in the 70's.... in Kuwait God i miss those days, time's were so pleasant

[@Lurker1979]

I still love how when the actress who played the grandma had her stroke. They kept her on and she kept playing the part.

[@randymartinez4008]

I LOVE THE WALTONS SO SO SO MUCH

[@georgepenaloza1770]

Me to still love to watch the reruns

[@csmytube21c67]

Meme Too!

[@lostintime8651]

so did my ex so she made me tired of it for a while. now I back!!

[@amarpatel1052]

I was born in 1999 and my parents grew us up on The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie. And today I thank them so much for it :)

[@johnnydenham1586]

I remember the premier in 1972! I was 9! It was a pleasure within itself!

[@wgb8210]

I never saw a single episode of this show while I was growing up, my loss. If to some considerable extent these television shows are a reflection of the times when they made, we're not the same country we once were, OUR loss.

[@tijindersingh4928]

I used to watch this program in 92 every Sunday with my parents. We never missed this show. Brings back so many good memories.

[@reneehowze7214]

I will always love this show the Walton since I was a child growing up it's will always brings back sweet memories of old. I miss those days. God bless America.

[@luvbasses5487]

Isn’t it really something how simple melodies stay in our memory for as long as we live? From nursery rhymes to Christmas songs- music is very powerful on the human mind. For those who remember this TV show airing in the 70’s, you all know exactly what I’m talking about. This theme reminds me of my parents, who are no longer among the living, and siblings gathered ‘round the tele watching this very show. The trumpet melody haunts my subconscious to this very day. I absolutely adore it and I miss those days so very badly...

[@fumingriley]

Well said. I watched the Waltons when it first aired in the '70s and just saw a couple episodes tonight on the Hallmark channel. The first 5yrs were the best after that the kids kind of grew up and out of their roles which is unavoidable . But I always loved the theme song, simple yet touching, a perfect fit for the show.

[@imtlc4life]

Sweet memories and nostalgia

[@michaelseebach9090]

When the music begins, I am flooded with memories and emotions. First class childhood memories.

[@michaelbruns449]

This was and still is perhaps the best show ever made for television, so normal and so down to earth real. Like wow what a cast of characters. Along with Ellen (Vertigo) Corby and Will (Jeremiah Johnson) Geer. Love this haunting theme music. Like so far beyond sad how most television shows these days have devolved into evil drugs, mindless sex and greed driven violence. Reflecting our current state of affairs imploding from within. Mentally and spiritually spiraling evermore down. Every generation forced to find out the hard way. Over and over eternal reincarnation. I mean like seriously wow, The Waltons, from our faster future perspectives, slower easier everything way of living, probably seemed like life lived too radical and too fast paced from their grandparents past perspectives.

[@willembritz4666]

So true

[@quart3rbackpunk]

2:05 that sound brought backs so many memories. Laying in front of the tv waiting to watch the Waltons all the time.

[@milliedickey8710]

This show was my entire childhood. My Mamaw had every episode and I used to stay at her place during the summers and I have a vivid memory of sitting in her living room eating homemade bread and watching it. I still call squash “squish” to this day because of this show

[@nuttybar9]

Homemade bread is the best ,Especially still hot with real butter on it.

[@willysnow9689]

Oh the good old days.

[@tckosu]

Ever since I was a young lad, I wanted to be John Boy

[@philoza1000]

And I wanted to be his wife 😊

[@tyrondavis6727]

Happy Almost 50th Birthday to "The Waltons" .. This theme song is giving me the biggest "chills". 1972-present day / 2021 But charmful and heartwarming at the same time.

[@JamesBWest]

I grew up watching this show. I love it.

[@erincrosby9087]

I'm too young to have seen new but I love today

[@VCYT]

make America the waltons again.

[@timebandit71]

Trump's already done that!

[@johnashley327]

This was set in the 30's. They would never support someone like Trump. Obviously you have never watched the show.

[@Elle_55]

@@johnashley327 grandmother was a Democrat on the show..Democrats weren't so scumy back then ...no abortion, they loved America, unlike now.

[@karmicobsession1636]

Lauren55 people had abortions then as well.

[@Elle_55]

@@karmicobsession1636 not legally.

[@niazpetkar53]

This is "Family " Brings tears to my eyes 😪

[@Rocdog]

Floods back memories of my grandparents so much and a great childhood. I miss it

[@ravenhill_theAnglo-celt-1968]

this makes me think of my elderly mama and papa, who i love dearly and adore.

[@aprilluva2994]

I remember watching the Waltons with my family and Grandpa and now my grandpa is dead and i miss him so much, this gives me so many memories he even made his own dance to the theme song

[@thomass.4674]

Childhood memories! I loved the Waltons!

[@carlosbrady8572]

I love Grandma and Grandpa Walton they remind me of my grandma and granddaddy who has passed away I love The waltons grandparents so nice

[@tripsadelica]

Made at a time when the music for tv shows still mattered...not like the mindless "tonal compositions" in tv these days. Written with love and care by the great Jerry Goldsmith.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Oh MY GOODNESS, I never knew Jerry Goldsmith wrote this theme but it makes sense! The man was BRILLIANT. Now that I know this, I can actually hear some of this in his score for the original "Soarin' Over California" attraction at DCA.

[@adrianodiniz1163]

Here in Brazil it was a very popular series, it marked my childhood, a simple way of a time that valued moral and ethical values. At that time, television did not use perversion, plots of hate, racism and violence to hold viewers' attention, it was healthy and always had a positive message ... The world has changed, but I and many of my generation still value the good values ​​and customs. We cannot contaminate ourselves with the current society, but we managed to survive, after all we are a strong, fearless and tough generation.

[@jadsr69]

Great days. When I had not a worry in the world.

[@darrenbowker9166]

Love it grew up watching it and still watch it now all these years later

[@josephhona1626]

Watching this show after school. At age 11. I had a crush on Mary Ellen. I'm relieved to find that Judy Norton is still around producing & directing . Wonderful! 💙

[@seanodwyer4322]

same here-. the show was suppose too be apple- pie and zero sex/ lust/ porno- butt ahh guess the ironics kicked in with her.

[@markedwards1515]

I can remember watching The Waltons back in 1975/76. That,s when it was broadcasted here in the UK then. Me around age 8. I loved it then and my mum did as well.

[@danielmorse6597]

And no charges of abuse on set, good scripts and excellent actors. Quality all the way. Thank you.

[@brucepowell9252]

I always loved this music and the show.

[@clightning9703]

I used to watch this in the 70's. God i miss those days, time's were so pleasant & calm. I absolutely hate this sick, perverted & Demonic era we live in now. Hopefully Coronavirus will humble people & make them realize these are very wicked times.

[@wgb8210]

Boo Ya ... "sick devil era," I am going to start using that term, if you don't mind.

[@WebbSC12]

God. No kiddin'!

[@Rocdog]

I agree. So many good memories flooded back listening to and watching this. Growing up with my grandparents and watching the show as a kid it was so wonderful

[@beckywarren997]

Boo Ya I totally agree!!! Walton's way of life was more easier and everyone back then got along.These days it's evil,greed hateful and the people are into themselves then helping others.I was just a kid watching the Walton's and still is.

[@Anth230]

You were a kid. That's why it seemed like that....today is no different to kids watching their favorite shows on TV.

[@Julie-iy6le]

Die schönste Serie aller Zeiten. Hab Tränen in den Augen.

[@Flon17]

I was just about to turn 15 when this show debuted my parents both grew up during the Depression so it was a family show that we watched all together and loved it and I had such a crush on Mary Ellen

[@charlenebercillio8065]

I watch this every day still on tv 📺

[@Illustrator2]

My grandma LOVES this show! And one day I decided to watch it with her. Ive now almost finished the first season. I can really connect to John Boy because im a writer myself.

[@patriciahill2320]

Loved this show, there were seven children in my family, too.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Patricia, how are you doing?

[@patriciahill2320]

@@callumnye2562 Well. I hope you are, too.

[@callumnye2562]

@@patriciahill2320 I’m well thanks, where are you from?

[@kellyshelley9309]

I am 57 now. I still watch at least one episode every day. It keeps me grounded.

[@kennethgambone6127]

What great memories,the good old days of my youth,thank you

[@MartinRamirez-oi8rq]

I miss this show so much. We need this show sooooo much right about now .

[@youngjkim8244]

I used to watch this drama in 1970s. So touching and peaceful life of people. I miss it. From South Korea.

[@MAYDAYES]

I give anything to go back. It was just laughter and love.

[@colinjava8447]

No internet though, would be boring as hell

[@johnkern7075]

My mom loves this show. She was from that time period.

[@michaelswartzkopf6032]

One of the best shows I remember as a kid

[@dermotspollen]

Walton's iconic show when we had loads great shows not reality TV. Great theme too

[@joshw6993]

I imagine all who have completed their journey here on 🌎 who watched this before and slightly after I came here......I sure wanna give them all hugs and loves again

[@peterc3978]

I visited Schuyler to see the Hamner home,i grew up with the Waltons as a kid, now i have 4 beautiful daughters which i took to see the Waltons home Even after all the years had past since my childhood, as a grown man i could not stop the tears as i approached the Waltons home in Schuyler. Thank you Earl Hamner for the memories that made me a better person and raised 4 girls in true spirit of the Walton family. the Waltons home in Schuyler. Thank you Earl Hamner for the memories that made me a better person and raised 4 girls in true spirit as the Walton family. Thank you.

[@SupergreenMedia]

say more about your childhood

[@lukaduka1001]

I am from New Zealand and was born in 1967. We had this on on TV too here in NZ. Just the theme music brings back memories from my childhood. Everyone would be saying good night Jim Bob at school. For a comedy you couldn't beat the UK show The Goodies...also a 70s favourite

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

I'm a Kiwi too, born 5th Jan 1970 in Auckland. Was fortunate enough to live in Lexington Kentucky for 2 years back in 98. The Appalachian region of USA hold a special place in my heart.

[@luciahelenaferreiradesousa7119]

Beautiful...😍

[@saxongreen78]

Pretty surreal sitting here watching a 50 year old show set 40 years prior to its time, aged in my 40s and feeling young, yet acknowledging that the world of The Waltons seems like ancient history. Mindbending.

[@barbarasutherland8000]

How can you forget these shows😘

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Barbara, how are you doing?

[@kennethhuang371]

NOW THAT I HAVE WATCHED OVER 100 EPISODES OF “THE WALTONS”, I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT IT’S THE BEST DRAMA EVER. ME TV BOSTON HAS STARTED AIRING “ WALTONS” AGAIN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. It would take 42 WEEKS ( 5 SHOWS A WEEK ) TO GET THRU THE ENTIRE SERIES. This series rates a 10! Kenneth Huang. 5/07/24.

[@KennethHuang-ig8hy]

ME TV IN BOSTON REALLY PICKED AN EXCELLENT SHOW FOR 12 NOON: THE WALTONS, A PEABODY, PEOPLE’S CHOICE, & 13 TIME EMMY AWARD WINNER. This heartwarming family drama gets a 10! Kenneth Huang. 7/24/24.

[@jad8123]

I like the Season 1 opening the best. They really had to run fast to get from their spots to the front porch in one group. It was perfectly choreographed & no one was harmed during the making of the opening. LOL!!! Good times.

[@celianagomessoares5583]

This theme makes me cry.

[@reginaknight2139]

I thought I was the only one who couldn't watch and listen to this without crying. I think it's because it just brings back memories of a simpler time and my youth. Also seeing this world now would make anyone cry!

[@BrianKliewer]

@@reginaknight2139 My mother used to mention how much she loved the way the theme carried her back to those times in the 1930s and 40s. Music has incredible power that way. This takes me back to my own childhood. I always loved The Waltons!

[@georgepenaloza1770]

Me to I here that music and I start to tear up

[@Js-jv3xu]

Need this more than Love island.

[@jessesands4099]

Wholesome Family Entertainment!😊🇺🇸

[@bigroy38]

When the country had values.

[@tylerbranch2918]

LOLOL

[@zachcarmichael699]

Poopy ones.

[@danielstadden1149]

It was set in the 30's

[@davidjstreader]

@@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 George W Bush was President for 8 years before the GFC happened under his watch and crashed the economy. Obama wasn't a socialist as he never tried to Nationalise the means of production

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

@@davidjstreader - the President has NO Power over the Banking Sector, that Power LIES within the Congress and it's called the House Financial Services Committee, and the Federal Reserve. So who ever told you that Bush Crashed the Economy is taking advantage of your ignorance.

[@leon_messer.4282]

I love this show. Now I am just 19 but I remember that I was watching this all day with my parents. It's so sad to see that a lot of the Waltons artists died 😑

[@Six4Foot]

In the midst of covid isolation i just found myself whistling the theme song. FYI this was staple TV early eighties in my South Africa. It was our formative years and this was a pleasure to watch, early evening Saturdays. It was broadcast in Afrikaans, somehow we still managed to enjoy and understand without really understanding the language

[@carlosbrady8572]

I love The waltons these are nice good home country folk this was my favorite TV show I always love to watch them when I was a little boy John boy Mary Ellen Aaron Jason Jim Bob and Elizabeth to mr. And mrs. Walton Grandma Walton and Grandpa Walton this was the nicest family that I ever saw on TV they had good Christian values I always love this family they didn't have much money they your poor but they made ends meet you and now found a family like The waltons

[@kennethhuang371]

I believe the best way to go through the WALTONS EPISODES: TAKE IT 1 EPISODE AT A TIME AND REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH STORY AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW. When the holidays come around, you must see how the family celebrates them. Kenneth Huang 10/24/23.

[@eldon6869]

I admire and lolve the Walton family thank u and mr .hammer 4 his achievements awsome

[@kennethhuang371]

AFTER EACH PROGRAM OPENING OF “THE WALTONS”, EARL HAMNER PLAYS JOHN-BOY AS A MAN DURING THE OPENING AND CLOSING SCENES, WHEN THE FAMILY GOES TO SLEEP. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WATCH RICHARD THOMAS AS JOHN-BOY EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT ON CBS… AND NOW ME TV IN BOSTON AIRS “THE WALTONS” WEEKDAYS AT NOON. Welcome Back! Kenneth Huang 4/01/23.

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

I think my mum watched this very heartwarming show. It's easy to forget that this was made primarily for American audiences. Had it not been for American imports, telly in Britain would have been shit back in the 1970s

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Barbara, how are you doing?

[@pennylockhart4230]

Lyrics: Lyrics: The Walt… Glen Craig glen_craig Let me take you back now To the hills of Virginia When the world was much simpler Than we find it today Through a field we will run And I'll show you a valley Where the lazy old river Winds slowly away And from a high top branch Of a big maple tree You just wouldn't believe All the beauty you'll see And from a high top branch Of a big maple tree You just wouldn't believe All the beauty you'll see We had problems for sure There were hard times upon us But in dear old Virginia How hard could they be?

[@janekelpinheiro3701]

Meu coração ficou tão apertado. Me deu vontade de chorar. Belos tempos. Tudo tão puro. Hoje tenho 51 anos. E vi o mundo mudar para pior

[@dawnmeeler3402]

My favorite show of all time

[@williaml.mutschlerjr.9456]

I loved watching the waltons( even the reruns) especially since it was during the more simple times. Every time I watched the waltons, I felt like I was a part of the waltons family

[@ginoskokkinos9923]

Tears in my eyes those were the days

[@sunnycriti9809]

Waltons. Yeah. Praise the Lord. Good old times

[@andreaswidmer3463]

Gott im Himmel waren das noch Zeiten. Wunderschön und danke Fam. Waltons

[@JOEYSUDYKAMUSIC]

PLEASE BRING BACK TOSE WHOLESOME TV SHOWS OF THE PAST......

[@ValHemi265]

How I miss those days 😔 It's now 2022. Absolute shit. All I see and hear is Me me me me

[@carlosbrady8572]

Mr. And mrs. Walton Grandma and Grandpa Walton I love that family Grandpa Walton Grandma Walton remind me of my grandparents this was the best TV show on TV they was a poor family

[@kennethhuang371]

THE WALTONS, THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8 PM ON WBZ TV4 BOSTON. YES, WBZ WAS AN NBC AFFILIATE IN BOSTON DURING THE ENTIRE RUN OF “ THE WALTONS “ , BUT I BELIEVE IT’S ABOUT TIME FOR WBZ TO AIR THIS SHOW FROM THE BEGINNING. Kenneth Huang 10/20/23.

[@sunshineh.a.7269]

I absolutely love this show and I’ve been watching since I was 11 and I’m 16 now

[@melissajohnson1424]

The waltons was the best show I have every watched in my life I love the waltons best wonderful actors I have every seen I love the waltons thank you real life show thats why I love it

[@juliefournier2704]

Oh pls bring me back to those days honesty God abiding folks wholesome living ppl

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Julie, how are you doing?

[@user-mq1pq3nr8y]

There is a 23 year old who watches The Waltons snd she loves it her mom got her into it the young woman said when she has kids someday she encourage them to watch it to

[@elainealvesdecastro7283]

Amo essa série. Reproduzo o boa noite qdo estou em família. 😍😍😍

[@JohnSmith-fm1ht]

Such a wonderful show, made back when television was a big beautiful medium, instead of the disgusting cesspool it later turned into and is now.

[@getvnews1918]

As a child we loved this stealthy tv show. Martin Landau And Barbara Bain where in this one an in Sc.fi tv show "Space 1999"

[@lostintime8651]

when the goodnights and the song played I knew it was bedtime for me...

[@banzeyegaming2234]

Watched this on DVD a couple of years ago. Damn, was it good. Right up there with Little House on the Prairie!

[@sexymama1966]

I was humming the theme song on the way to the bus stop.. Memories!

[@kennethhuang371]

I JUST HAPPENED TO CHECK THE INTERNET ARCHIVE… AND…. PRESTO! All episodes of THE WALTONS and reunion films are all here. I just have to start with the series first, because I haven’t been to Waltons’ Mountain in a very long time. Kenneth Huang 10/20/23.

[@bertoaben8224]

I remember watching all them grow up. The family I anyways wished I had.