The Waltons - Mary Ellen Gets Married

[@pam0626]

I am 54 years old and never watched a single episode of The Waltons growing up. My husband and I just started watching on streaming and it’s so comforting. 2023 and this show still holds up.

[@sherbear4955]

What streaming app are you watching it on?

[@pam0626]

@@sherbear4955 Tubi

[@sbella6719]

I watched it growing up and bought the dvd set back in the early 2000s. Comforting is an excellent word choice, was what I needed during that time

[@sherbear4955]

@@sbella6719 I need a DVD set lol

[@m.e.d.7997]

This show never ever gets old.

[@Juliaflo]

It gets better with age.

[@robynhendrickson2801]

One of my favorite episodes. So beautiful and all the family still there together.

[@candyrenee2152]

I have always loved this episode. I love the passage in Ruth that Mary Ellen uses as her vows too.

[@johnshannon6481]

Waltons are my all time favorite TV program and this 2 hour episode is my all time favorite .

[@sunshineh.a.7269]

I’m 17 now and have been watching the Waltons since I was 11 I love it so much!!!

[@spaturnan4010]

I’m 14! it’s so nice to see other teenagers loving this show!

[@gmoney7905]

@@spaturnan4010 im 18 been watching since birth

[@westvalley411]

It only gets better with Tincture of time...wait 40 years, it'll mean more.

[@karenleemallonee684]

Made my whole week seeing Grandma & Grandpa sneak a little peck it there! 💐

[@georgiasmith4308]

When mama walton said "goodnight, maryellen" I got a bit misty eyed 😢

[@rhymeandreasoning]

A little over four minutes and I am in tears. Great show.

[@smokey77able]

Powerful words. Great job John Ritter

[@barbarawagner5938]

Mary Ellen, reminds me, so much of my sister, Brenda. My sister, has the same fire, compassion, and was the ultimate tomboy. We are, both married with children and my love for her has only gotten stronger. We have, hurt each other like sisters do, but in my own dumb way I only wanted the best for her. Her health, has not been good over the past couple years and I worry about her daily. Please God, let her know, that I love her and will ALWAYS love her. Please watch, over her always and keep her safe.

[@bubba1473]

One of the greatest shows ever

[@In_time]

I think THIS is how you get married.😊 _Simply._ Surrounded by loved ones. And FAST, lol. Nowadays, ppl spend a fortune, invite ppl they haven’t seen in decades and take up an entire day-sometimes more!!- just to say “I do” (err... until I don’t anymore”) Give me a small, simple ceremony any day😌

[@janetdoulas7925]

Or until the love of my life died 9 years ago...

[@jdstep97]

in time - I know. Rather than spend all that money on the wedding, I'd rather the money go on the honeymoon our home. - And Mary Ellen looks so beautiful, just like a princess. The dress is just beautiful.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Mary Ellen wore a beautiful gown!!🌷🌷

[@micheleatlilacsrust5785]

@in time So true. Hearing about people canceling their weddings because of covid all i thought was get married in a small simple ceremony in front of a priest or judge now and have your celebration party later. I know it was a unique unprecedented time but for so many to put their lives on hold for another year made me wonder what they wanted more, a spouse or a party, not to mention debt.

[@tamething1]

in time : I agree. And so many people get married now in front of a large crowd, but don't invite the one who can sanctify it - God.

[@togue777]

00:45. One of the best awkward moments in television history. I love this scene.

[@MsJoyce31202]

😂😆

[@SheilaRiley-ug9pb]

I loved the actor who played Curt. He was the only one who could tame Mary Ellen

[@sbella6719]

Precisely! My thoughts exactly 💯

[@maralinecampbell2061]

one of my best show on television i looks at all the reruns over and over and enjoyed every minute

[@DVPerry220]

You and I are kindred spirits!

[@michellemaria7154]

I love the look on John Boys face when Erin blabs about the kissing

[@danijohnson4023]

Me too

[@tigertbalm]

Yes ,he did seem like a older brother.

[@barbarawagner5938]

Mary Ellen, reminds me so much of my sister, Brenda both were so feisty. I can't, imagine my life without her. Thank you, God, for giving me the best sister in the entire world I love her more than anything in this world.

[@danacaro-herman3530]

@Barbara Wagner. I had a beautiful sister Barbara who I buried this past June. She was 53 years old. We had been through hell as children and growing up. I never cried as much the night she died, I lost a big piece of myself that night. Eternal Rest Grant unto Dear Carlisa Oh Lord and Let Thy Perpetual Light Shine Upon her. Amen.

[@barbarawagner5938]

@@danacaro-herman3530 Dana, I am so sorry to hear of your sister's passing. I just lost, my beloved, husband, this past June. My only sister, Brenda, did not even pick up a phone to call me and we haven't spoken in over a year. She, always meant the world to me. I can only wish I meant something to her. I will always love her with all of my heart and wish her only good. However, this time she is out of my life for good. She, has caused me enough pain in my life and it's time for me to move on. You, were very lucky to have a sister that loved you and obviously you loved her. I only wish, I had that with her. Again, I am very sorry for your loss. May God, bring you peace.

[@danacaro-herman3530]

@@barbarawagner5938 Dear Barbara I'm so sorry over the loss of your beloved husband. Life sure hasn't been easy. I hope you had many loving years together. God bless you hun. With love and prayers. Dana ❤️🙏

[@barbarawagner5938]

@@danacaro-herman3530 thank you, Dana. Know, that you will be in my prayers. Cherish, each memory with her and she will always be with you in your heart. May God bless you always.

[@jenniwhitney5619]

I always loved Tom Bower as Curt and thought they should've stayed married. When he wanted a raise on the show, they should've at least discussed it instead of sending him to Pearl Harbor and killing him off!!!

[@lorraineb.4698]

@Eye. stupid Benny Spy Agree. He looked too old for Mary Ellen as the show went forward. I did not know he wanted more money. I thought they realized he was a bad fit and let him go.

[@judithryle2113]

He was a bad choice for her

[@sharidavenport5283]

The money issue isn't very surprising actually. Several years ago, I read a book where the actors who played the older children on The Waltons were telling about making the show. I believe it was one of the boys who admitted (or it might have been from the actress who played Erin, in her book) that once they made the acquaintance of Willie Ames, who did a guest spot on The Waltons, then returned to the show that he was doing for another company ("Eight Is Enough"?) and they later became good friends, in conversations with each other, "The Waltons" kids discovered from the kids on the other show that their salaries from Lorimar were puny and peanut sized in comparison with what the company Willie Ames' employer was paying THEM for (I think) doing the show, "Eight Is Enough." Plus, their hours were a lot better too. Lorimar wasn't generally known far and wide for their generous contracts.

[@martinnoyes8507]

@@judithryle2113 He was killed at Pearl Harbour.

[@andrealudwig6754]

Actually Kurt lived but was wounded and couldn't be a true husband so did not tell Mary Ellen he was alive. She married Jonesey and had two more kids.

[@lynells3060]

Love "The Waltons" in the 1970s and in the reruns now.

[@gracefairfax7824]

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[@maryhlad5277]

It was most appropriate that Mary Ellen & Kurt’s wedding took place at the site of the first Walton homestead. In that way the generations of the 1st Waltons could take part in spirit.

[@marionlangley9516]

Love the waltons memory's .

[@twilightblue8566]

This was one of my favorite episodes. Mary Ellen and Dr. Willard were meant for each other. I did not like how the writers had him come back as a different actor after Pearl Harbor though.

[@sbella6719]

I totally agree! Shucks, I could feel that chemistry between them. The show really blew it when they killed Curt off and then revived him as a different character and actor.

[@Juliaflo]

Those of you who still get teary-eyed at the sight of John Ritter, raise your hand.

[@precillaharrison6821]

Juliaflo it's 2 years later and I still do. May he continue to r.i.p 💔

[@peterfriend8084]

Did Ritter return to The Waltons for this episode, as a cameo appearance...??

[@miss_midge_]

*Hand raised* I always thought he was good looking.

[@davidhunt8456]

@@precillaharrison6821 it's been 17 years not 4

[@donnamaki705]

Can u see my hand😳Idiot...Nottttt

[@kellylaflash1016]

I was just a little kid when this originally aired, but it's one episode that I remember distinctly.

[@sbella6719]

I was thinking about this scene from the Waltons today. One of my favorites. Thanks for posting. Thanks youTube ❤

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Grandma and Grandpa were so cute at the wedding, cuddling and kissing!

[@judithryle2113]

Grandma was such a grouchy old woman

[@pbrn1729]

One of my favorite scenes in this show!!

[@brownwoman64]

Loved this show.

[@bobby70077]

Goodnight Reckless!

[@missxshow2390]

I would have that at my wedding ' wherever thou goest, I shall go, and your people shall be my people'.. book of Ruth, I think . If anyone ever asks me to marry them. Mary Ellen and I could be twins, we are so much alike.

[@nbenefiel]

These words were said by Ruth to her mother in law.

[@LBF522]

I hated how the writers had him fake his death and let her mourn him. They should have left him as dying on Pearl Harbor. I did like them together though.

[@stephenpoole5331]

I understand your sentiment, but I do wish Tom Bower (the original Curt) would have played the injured Curt Mary Ellen eventually met in a later episode.

[@kristabrewer9363]

These episodes are true stories, so obviously this was how it actually happened to Mary Ellen

[@m.e.d.7997]

So did Kurt never really die? How did he fake his death?

[@gretatrudell7911]

So agree... this was the worse idea .. let him die and be done with it.. didn't make sense took up a couple shows and I didn't like any of it.....

[@stuartperry1047]

@Stephen Poole- I share your sentiment regarding Tom Bower's Curt. The other actor playing that role, one time, didn't do justice to the original character- and the impact on Mary Ellen wasn't nearly what it would have been. This guy was literally and figuratively a complete stranger to her. I feel the same way about the actor who played John- Boy after Richard Thomas left. They never should have replaced him.

[@stacystoltz8722]

Thank you making The Walton

[@Juliaflo]

Yikes! Tomorrow (September 11) is the 10th anniversary of the passing of the wonderful John Ritter. Reading about his sudden passing still makes my eyes mist.

[@sicidamara7061]

Insane that it's been 20 years now.

[@bigwillietheb]

So i guess Curtis Willard was the last man on earth cause Mary Ellen sure married him lol

[@sbella6719]

Watched this episode a couple days ago on tv and just had to come back to this clip. My favorite Walton episode ❤

[@michellepost1016]

I hated that he died at Pearl Harbor, then ended up alive later on in Florida and became an asshole.The show would not have suffered if Curt had stayed home and never been drafted.He and Mary Ellen could have had a lot of adventures as doctor and nurse.

[@andresuston7692]

IKR They took Curt away, put Mary Ellen back in the family house and she wasn't doing much of anything. Every once in awhile she popped up at the hospital or came down the stairs at the house with John Curtis on her hip, and that was about it. 😃

[@MK-bq1hh]

Totally agree! I loved them as a couple! Jonsey was a decent guy but I have always liked Curt the best!! Sure wish they had kept him around!

[@DVPerry220]

Tom Bower (Curt) asked for a raise ~ and they booted him. I also read the child actors/actresses from the show found out that children with “Eight Is Enough” cast were being paid more than The Waltons cast.

[@sbella6719]

I totally agree!!! They could have done so much with Curt and Mary Ellen as a team- the new generation. Especially after others left the show.

[@bigaaliyahlittleaaliyah1561]

Love that final episode...it was beautiful...id love my family to bring like that...where going home and sleeping in my own room at times...feeling like a child again...my own personal sacuary....

[@carolcooley921]

I loved them as a couple! In the Tempest it just was so out of character for Curt! Not believable. But of all the Walton kids, Mary Ellen would be the best to handle it, as she did!

[@juliefournier2704]

Mary Ellen was a tough cookie back then but curt smile says it all

[@kristikristi1183]

I laughed at everyone's facial expressions when Erin said she saw Mary Ellen kissing Curt. She looked so guilty then in the next scene she is marrying Curt. Cute.

[@icequeen8531]

I always think Jack tripper is going to make a joke during the ceremony.

[@Juliaflo]

Uh-uh, that would come later.

[@effdonahue6595]

Chrissy and Janet were hiding behind the trees 🌳 did you see them 🤡

[@icequeen8531]

@@effdonahue6595 Yeah I just notice that! Mr. Furley was hiding too but he looked so nervous as usual!

[@effdonahue6595]

😆 love it!

[@icequeen8531]

@@effdonahue6595 Me too! I enjoy watching The Three's Company. I Love Lucy is my favorite show as well! Recently I have been watching a lot of Western TV shows. The heroes in High Chaparral and the Virginian and Bonanza have become my family now!

[@heathercolors]

Thank u for answering me. Please post more & perhaps longer(?!) clips. G-d Bless u, too!

[@Welsch.GF01]

I loved this! Love her veil and dress too!

[@tammypermar8558]

One of my favorite episode's

[@wendyrodgers8474]

One of the best all time shows ever!

[@ethelhoose9755]

Loved this episode

[@robinjohnson6225]

One of my favorite television shows the Waltons such a homey show

[@ayerger1734]

My favorite couple!♥️🥂💐

[@bosshoggg8259]

Kurt was on an earlier episode of the Waltons as a wing walker Stunt pilot....

[@barbaragutierrez6091]

I love this shows

[@cidspimms]

Women use the passage from Ruth as vows to their husband; when it was Ruth speaking to her Mother in Law Naomi.

[@nancyzagrodny221]

llamr

[@heathercolors]

I loved this episode! I loved the whole tv series. could u load whole eps? I deal w/ cancer, and this tv show heps w/ the pain. Eric Scott went to the same house of worship, although I was older,& was a true red haired nice little boy. His life has had much pain, but now he has joy. ;D!

[@jad8123]

One of my favorite scenes of the “later” episodes. I liked Mary Ellen & Kurt. I also like how Erin burnt the letter from Kurt and then fessed up to it. I really remember this scene so well for some reason.

[@DVPerry220]

What struck me was how Erin was so lovelorn, yet SHE was the one who burned the letter.

[@bdrohn2022]

My favorite Waltons episode! ❤

[@nici414]

Wie bekomme ich die WOALTENS in deutsch ❓

[@montefeliz5518]

los Waltons fue la mejor serie de tv

[@venus1112]

Wow 10 years! I was very saddened by his sudden early passing as well. He sure showed his acting range going from the serious country Reverend Matthew Fordwick to Emmy and Golden Globe winning for silly Jack Tripper.

[@DVPerry220]

I can scarcely believe that it’s John Ritter! RIP.

[@jdstep97]

Crazy how they can hear everybody talking inside, while they're outside on the swings. Bionic ears.

[@DVPerry220]

🤣😂🤣

[@stacystoltz8722]

The wedding For Mary Walton Great 👍 on 📺 📺📺📺🌞😍💖❤️💯😍😍😍💲🥰🖐👏👏👏👏👏

[@ethelhoose1196]

I love this episode

[@cherylseeley3926]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, on KZbin, I hope everyone has a good one. I know that is coming up .

[@pennybenton5607]

I liked David but you could see Mary Ellen loved Kurt

[@kathrynsacchi4511]

Yes he played minster on the Walton's. And 3 company I miss him to

[@drooshmaroosh8261]

Is that the guy from Three's Company?

[@kristikristi1183]

Yes, and I liked him as a preacher. It was such a different character than Three's Company.

[@debbiegreenough8135]

Was richard Simmons ever on the Walton's Judy😊😅.

[@donnanewman4822]

Oh, if more families could be like the Waltons. 😂

[@bleuskye8124]

One of my favorite shows of all time.

[@tigertbalm]

I realize it was probably budget, but if the wedding wasn't just family it looks odd to just have a couple of people from the community there. Mary Ellen never seemed particularly close to the Baldwin sisters. She would naturally have friends she grew up with at her wedding

[@DVPerry220]

Well, since the focus of the show was FAMILY, NONE of the children had any real ‘friends’. Ben had Yancy for a friend. And Elizabeth had Aimee. That’s all I recall.

[@barbarawagner5938]

Brenda, I am sorry we didn't have what Mary Ellen and Erin had but make no mistake I loved, you just as much.

[@andresuston7692]

By season 9 it wassss starting to look siily with all those grown "kids" still living in the house. I mean some were married, had kids, and their own businesses, but were still in the house. I understand not leaving the Mountain, but can they at least move out the damn house? 😃

[@mdonahue4683]

Back in the day that was not uncommon.

[@lornasmith7981]

It's just a show.

[@andresuston7692]

@@lornasmith7981 It WAS???? Thanks for letting us know.

[@lisamurray8674]

The mothers day movie when Ben and Cindy still lived in the shed? Too funny.

[@beckypeters5449]

It was the depression and money was hard to come by and they did that then

[@LilCraftyNook]

So very beautiful!!!

[@cathymedley1340]

My favorite episode!

[@MissKoalasWorld]

I'm still wondering how he got her to marry him.

[@DVPerry220]

I wonder too. Would love to be a fly on the wall for THAT argument!! 😆🤣😆

[@nancyyonce2906]

WONDERFUL !!

[@CynthiaParris-n7j]

I love the Walton's ❤❤

[@maryhalterman4553]

If Jim Bob is not married please send him to Hurricane Utah to meet my daughter.

[@danbit5]

any1 ever see the eposide with little girl called muffin?wonder whatever became of her?

[@cidspimms]

Her name is Vicki Schreck; she was born on November 14, 1961 in Los Angeles, California. IMDb lists "Big Bend Country" 1981 as her last acting credit, and that she is now a Gymnastics Instructor in Glendale, California. Raising 2 teen-aged boys. (Circa 2002)

[@kayunderwood225]

I love the Walton's been watching them since the 70's plus the reruns but I still say she would of been better off with. David Spencer because Kurt had them all to believe he was killed in Pearl harbor. When he actually was alive living in Florida and she visited him and he explained himself but they just went their separate ways and the only thing he gave Mary Ellen was a. damn fishing pole to give to their son John Curtis

[@sbella6719]

I think they 'resurrected' Curt 2 because they knew they had made a mistake in letting the first actor go. I can't even imagine the original Curt 1 acting that way when he returned

[@juliefournier2704]

And they all got drunk on the recipe from the Baldwin sisters lol just kidding a love story love the Walton family

[@dianemelick2393]

I always thought Tom Bower should have stayed on the show Heand Judy Taylor were great together They should have gave him the money

[@kristikristi1183]

Maybe if he had been paid more money, the show would not have killed him off at Pearl Harbor. Curt was resurrected later as another actor for a little while.

[@sbella6719]

I totally agree!!! I love his character and you're right Curt was the perfect match for Mary Ellen. I really hated that they got rid of him, to me he was one of the most interesting characters on the show.

[@sbella6719]

​@@kristikristi1183so that's why he left the show? Agree, that was a missed opportunity to let him go. I hate to say it but to bring him back with another actor and the way they did it was just dumb

[@vicscolour]

Ahhh love this x

[@venus1112]

I am going to venture a guess that its because Mary Ellen's vows are from the old testament The Book of Ruth, which is included in the Jewish canon of books.

[@robinbrl]

I really loved this show. I hope they can do a reboot of the Waltons.

[@lorraineb.4698]

Impossible. Not happenin.

[@lisamurray8674]

A re boot would be to sad, grandparents, john, and the Godseys are gone. The original curt is in his 80's.

[@morgan9775]

No no reboots reboots sucks

[@sharidavenport5283]

They tried that. Didn't work, for obvious reasons. You simply can't repeat that same "flavor" of the original, with a totally different cast, in a totally different time. It's like the old saying, "You can't go home again" after being away from it for a long time. It's totally different from what you remember, and will never be that place you left behind. I know. I grew up for the first 20 years of my life on the Chesapeake Bay on the southeast coast of Virginia. After that 20 years, including one year of marriage, my new husband got his discharge from the Air Force down there. He's from eastern Illinois/western Indiana, so that's where we went then. Forty two years later, we are still in Indiana, and as much as I still don't like it, I have been away from my Virginia far too long to feel like it's the home I came from. I've been back numerous times for visits, and each time it gets more different.

[@danijohnson4023]

I love love mary Ellen walton

[@bettesizemore9558]

four minutes..?????????????????????????

[@lorraineb.4698]

I liked David better. Curt got old fast.

[@nemochicky4697]

Zeb looked handsome in his suit

[@theriddlerUSA]

Is the preacher John Ritter?

[@blueeyes57X]

I don't understand the "NOTE" above and what they are saying is blasphemy.

[@KDaynes43]

RIP Tom Bower 😢

[@annecorey607]

She always very bossy to any one thank you for sharing your beautiful video love your video thanks

[@IndianGamer-xl4pi]

I know right

[@stacystoltz8722]

👍🥰💛💐🌹🌸😍

[@phyllismontoroula6454]

How was she engaged to David and married Kurk

[@lorraineb.4698]

@Becky Vickers In general I always thought they married Mary Ellen off too early. So many possibilities with the character as a single woman IMHO.

[@sharidavenport5283]

She broke her engagement to David Spencer when she realized her feelings for him weren't as strong for him as they were for Curt. Remember when she told him the night of their wedding rehearsal, and she tried to hand him back his ring, and he didn't take it from her, so she dropped it on the ground and ran away?

[@DakotaLetandre-Fudge]

Hi❤

[@jackiem1903]

Love the veil

[@Juliaflo]

He's actually from Denver, Colorado.

[@robertmunoz7543]

Curt always seemed creepy & was shitty they way he disappeared on mary ellen!😳 Jman

[@extra_ice_girl]

Married by Jack Tripper 😂

[@jamesstrum1849]

I never understood while the real Kurt didn't return in the last season when Maryellen goes to Florida as I know he was acting I'd seen him on West Wing.

[@sharidavenport5283]

He was too busy with other commitments, and they likely would not have wanted to meet his price - again! Plus, he really didn't age all that well, and possibly didn't want to further exaggerate the age difference between the two of them.