THE WALTONS Opening Theme

Season 1 Ep.1 The Foundling

[@koko2bware]

I was eleven years old then, and my family got hooked to The Waltons after watching the first episode!! There are no words to describe the shere happiness and joy this show gave us all those years!! ..... I have tears in my eyes now!!

[@jimih8539]

Yep.. it has that effect ❤

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Same. Was a kid when our family watched this every week and loved it. I just saw Richard Thomas in the touring production of To Kill a Mockingbird. He still has that boyish look all these years later, and gives a great performance as Atticus!

[@Jay-777-p4p]

🥲 one of my moms favorite shows she introduced to me.

[@giacomo118]

Listening to this theme is like meeting an old friend again..... reminiscing of simpler times

[@tartgreenapple]

I can't think of a more depressing theme song.

[@jcedwards8363]

@@tartgreenapple try ANYTHING by Pink Floyd

[@spec24]

I'm always intrigued by people's claims of "simpler times." What does that mean? Simpler in what way? Most things today are easier to replace than repair... that's simpler. Most people have cellphones that take the place of paper maps, telephones, typewriters, televisions, and a myriad other things... that's simpler. You have a larger selection of food to choose from not only in your grocery store but when I go out to eat... while maybe not "simpler," it certainly is better. Your car is more robust, lasts longer and typically gets better gas mileage... that's simpler. The sum of all human knowledge is at your fingertips from the aforementioned phone and/or a home PC.. that's certainly simpler. The world was a much more violent place. It may not seem like it, but it's a fact. We're simply more aware of violence today. Less violence certainly lends itself to a simpler world. What is occurring today that is making life less simple? Technology has literally made most of the the things people used to do either non-existent, or so easy we tend to forget that our ancestors toiled away for hours/days/weeks to achieve the same thing.

[@aceystar1478]

@@spec24 simpler meaning you didn't need to know as much (thing like how ro navigate tax forms, how to shop online, and things made "easier" by. Technology.) To get by in life. It is simpler aince it required less knowledge. Not easier meaning you can put to use technology at your fingertips to do things. Sorry if i didn't make any sense just explaining what he meant

[@disoriented1]

@@spec24 There is much that is better now than then...and much that is worse now than then! Many people my age (growing up in the 70s)..say 'simpler' times..it means nostalgia. Amazing..some 90s kids will soon have 'nostalgia' and long for 'simpler times'. No..things were not perfect in the 70s..but they aren't perfect now either. My parents watched this show and longed for the 30s..(and my dad went hungry in the 30s!) Many memories are 'rose colored' when they are of youth!..just saying!

[@worldsaver136]

My mother and I spent most my Junior year of high school watching this show, and I wish I could explain to everyone in my generation how amazing this show is and what it means to me

[@jimlotus4428]

THAT SOUNDS RELAXING AND ENTERTAINING TOO ;)

[@jimshipp7776]

I could be wrong, but this seems like it may be the theme song to the pilot episode, as it is quite lengthy. At any rate, this was a very well written show. The topics that were presented were well thought out and they make you ponder things.

[@pan_cakes1]

I know it's just beautiful show 😭💜 me, my mom and sister would watch it every day on TV and it was my favorite part of the day.😊💜💜💜

[@EyesofLauraMars]

@@jimshipp7776 It's the theme song for the entire first season

[@PerthTowne]

People like this are still around. They're not shouting at each other on TV and attracting a lot of attention. They're quietly going about their lives. But they still exist. Rest assured.

[@adalineproulx9773]

Theyre hutterites.

[@good1day726]

Yes, well said.

[@Seek1878]

Who would be assured by that?

[@giovannisticco7503]

Yes it’s called Salt Lake City Utah

[@demonized340]

I think Leatherface would agree with you 110%!

[@Lalovision3D]

They had a house. One car. Some tools. And a radio. And they were all happy! Goals in 2020.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

And no shoes.

[@adamsandbag]

They had each other too 😊

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

If only you know what's coming

[@user-ox8ln2np4v]

​@@Chowda41only family...

[@JHedrick72]

Yep! That’s all we needed back in the 70’s No cell phones nary thing but good genuine family love and a switch lol if we got out of place lol

[@Spiritpup5]

That trumpet still gives me chills

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

The harmonica in the middle, by the legendary Tommy Morgan, says the same to me!

[@nstix2009xitsn]

A Jerry Goldsmith signature.

[@chad3358]

It makes me tear up for some reason.

[@susannaregister9317]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X I thought it was accordion

[@johnscott7195]

@@chad3358 So true

[@TFfangeek]

I grew up and still live in my grandparents house, and even though they are both gone, I will always have the memories of them being just one bedroom away from me every night, which is why I relate to The Waltons so much. I will always view families that have three or more generations living under the same roof as being a normal family.

[@richarri]

Closing my eyes now... That theme is taking me back to my childhood in the 70s...

[@beammeup8654]

...me too.

[@disoriented1]

me too!

[@manickreations]

that was home.....

[@aceystar1478]

I'm young but when i was 8 to 11 my grandparents and I would watch the waltons late at night.

[@rome79735]

richarri, same here, this is timeless.

[@BrianKliewer]

My parents grew up in the depression era. My mom used to love this show, and was particularly struck by the theme song. She said, "I don't understand how they can create music that takes me back to that time, but they did!" We would watch The Waltons every week. Miss those times. It was such a great, great show!

[@ceilconstante640]

Both my parents came from large Depression era families. They and my aunt's and uncles loved this show and said that was really how life was. I loved staying at my Grandparents old farm house full of people in the 60's-80's. When I'd go to bed at night upstairs it was comforting drifting off to sleep. The house would grow quieter but sometimes people would still be in the dining room or on the wraparound porch wooden swing talking softly. I'd hear the sounds of the mountains at night and the smell the sweet air of summer in West Virginia before I fell asleep. The farm is long gone. No one is left of my parents, aunts and uncles. Just lost an older sister. But the connection to my cousins is more important than ever and keeping those memories alive of when we were all together.

[@halbedejong7963]

I live in the Netherlands and grew up with the Waltons, Skippy, Lassie, Daktari, Bonanza, Little house on the Prairie. I loved those series. Everything was so much easier and not so fast. Wish I could turn back time, when life was not so complicated.

[@shenysys]

What's that Skip, they got your show in the Netherlands ? 😀

[@halbedejong7963]

@@shenysys when I was a kid, it was very popular here in the late sixties. We still have the Skippybal "space hopper" named after the serie. 🙂

[@roslyngaudined.d.6249]

Brought me back to a time when things were simpler, happier. Makes me want to weep.

[@thorfox3562]

No one arguing about pronouns, imagine ?

[@cardroid8615]

​@praywithoutceasing4939today it is pure degeneracy

[@takfam07]

"The glamor of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast down in the flood of remembrance...I weep like a child for the past." - DH Lawrence

[@maidenrulz73]

“I have three kids and no money. Why can’t I have no kids and three money?” Homer Simpson

[@andiemacdowell2574]

AMEN!!!!

[@johncgw4011]

I am humbled by the piercing relevance of this quote. I was feeling precisely those emotions, and further, after studying DH Lawrence at Grammar School in Liverpool 1970's, it manifested in me a pining for the wooden desks, the salty attitude of the teachers, and the grainy bluntness of the way we were educated back then. But by God it was better!

[@Tixylixx]

@@johncgw4011 Youth is always seen with such aching nostalgia is it not?

[@sunnycriti9809]

Praise God

[@jtpinnyc]

This is actually a brilliantly written piece of music. I love the orchestration in TV themes like this from that era. Great use of chords and harmony. You never hear anything as good as this now.

[@sharonfreshour1436]

I watch this everyday

[@GrasshopperRDG]

YES, THIS THEME... VERY *MEANINGFUL* ❣ "In Spite of Any Woe..." 🌄HOPE/FAITH AND COURAGE🌅 🎶🎧..."❇"....😊💚*🙏🏼

[@user-ox8ln2np4v]

Long gone days...

[@user-yw8qf8cc3t]

Now we are living in a nightmare

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

@@user-yw8qf8cc3t You could always move.

[@JayMGee-uy3pu]

Wonder what America would be like today if Hollywood had only stayed the course and allowed honest values and wholesome programming to be a guide for our children? I’m a grown man...a former college football player and I still tear up when I hear the first few notes of The Walton’s...where did Hollywood go so wrong?

[@threeicys]

The notes strike my heart strings as well; tears sting my eyes as I long for influences that nourish and fortify.

[@EnG-Dog]

Jay M. Gee that would be sin/Satan

[@gideon4942]

Because drugs and sex TOTALLY weren't rampant in the 70's.

[@duanescot]

I hear you Jay, Ive just reached the point in life where I am really missing the relative stability we had in this country in the late 20th century..

[@ceilconstante7813]

Hollyweird is ruled by baby sacrificing Luciferians and child rapist and sex trafficking. Anyone who denies this has their head in the sand.

[@Biggerbyte]

All the older folk are passed or passing now. They are all truly missed. RIP

[@papillionbella]

Biggerbyte Michael Learned, aka Olivia Walton is still alive, 80 y/o

[@rampageclover9788]

The grandad would be 122

[@disoriented1]

I hear this music and I'm 8 years old again and it's Thursday night!

[@musicnerd72]

Same here!!! actually got me a little misty eyed...

[@pureluck8767]

disoriented1 George H. W. Bush said, "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons."

[@gfgd123]

Pure Luck This show originally aired almost 18 years before I was born, but growing up watching the reruns. The Waltons is still one of my faviorte shows and I couldn't agree more with that quote. I wish things could go back to how it was then.

[@gfgd123]

I have always loved hearing the stories from when my grandparents were young and the way the world is now to think that alot of it is from people in my age range. I feel like it's a true shame that it seems like this show has gotten lost in time.

[@winstonsmith9533]

Thursday, right and Kung Fu right after

[@alimohammedabd]

Growing up in the 70's in Ireland, me and my grandmother would watch this and little house on the prairie every Sunday on RTE.

[@SilverTheFox_-w-_]

I watched almost an entire series of this show while deployed for 15 months in Afghanistan. It allowed me to forget my troubles. Just met Michael Learned (Olivia) and got a photo with her in West Hollywood. It was a blessing and had a teary eye. :-)

[@Robinsnest219]

This was our favorite show when we were kids...I grew up in a huge family, 13 of us barefoot kids all gathered around the tv watching The Walton's...what memories!

[@akiratokyodesu6266]

just can't make shows like this anymore. really, really, you can't.

[@thearchbishopofcanterbury7951]

Because people are too cynical these days, and too despairing.

[@heatherferreira4225]

Challenge Accepted

[@christophernelson23]

Well, you can, but it’s really not likely.

[@rockk9753]

Because they are boring as hell

[@rome79735]

@@rockk9753 Or too many reality shows, that offer no morals.

[@thomaslucia3059]

Many hours of joy watching The Waltons: memories of warmth and comfort during my earlier years. Escaping to another era - a simpler, less complicated time - and a family rich with love and special camaraderie.

[@lizzieball3795]

This music makes me well up in tears.

[@chrissnuggs]

A truly beautiful and timeless series showing the sublime goodness that humans are capable of.

[@reduwanwan7217]

I was a 10 yr old kid in malaysia n i never miss watching the waltons in the early 70s. At that time it was just a tv series but as i aged it became very special to me. It reminds me of my childhood days . All ten of my brothers n sisters would gathered infront of the tv watching the waltons. Some who don't have a chair would seat on the floor. We would asked each other if any of us don't understand what john boy was saying. Those days were special .

[@silverinkpot7]

RIP great actor Ralph Waite - how many people wished YOU were their real father over the years! You reminded me of my own Dad who grew up in the Great Depression. John Boy and Jethro Gibbs will forever miss you - and the rest of us!

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

I'm extremely happy with the Daddy I had. None better. None better at all.

[@jennifermellem-teegarden4850]

Hearing this brings on some powerful nostalgia. I used to watch The Waltons after school as a latch key kid. Pure comfort:)

[@beammeup8654]

My Grandma's favorite show...just hearing this takes me back. She died when I was 12. I miss her still, 38+ years later.

[@CycleCruza]

This was a hood classic on Sunday mornings on free rabbit ear tv.

[@paulroseen4394]

Sure

[@plumbawl5977]

@CycleCruza Coat hanger, rabbit ear TV! Yes!!!

[@user-tm8ld6hu6x]

As a child of divorce, I would watch this show every week and wish I was part of that family. That was love to me.

[@stewartmcrae8007]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jameshiggins.openworld]

my childhood was like the waltons how luck was i

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@jameshiggins.openworld you lived through the depression with a bunch of siblings

[@jameshiggins.openworld]

@stewartmcrae8007 no my family life was like the waltons growing up in the 1970s and 80. In the uk that’s what I meant

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@jameshiggins.openworld I would have liked to have experienced a similar type of life to the Waltons but it wasn't in the cards for me

[@LeaderOne24]

I was just a small kid in the 70s and never connected with this show in its heyday. Discovered it recently on IMDb which reminded me of another cult classic from the time in Little House. I’ve been streaming marathon episodes and enjoying some of the best acting I’ve seen on a small screen. This opening even prompted me to order a ‘modern’ vintage radio for my home decor. Absolutely love the show, its opening theme and these timeless characters!

[@edisone1]

I usually watched The Waltons in B&W and alone, because the other kids wanted to see something else - so I went to my mom&dad's bedroom, where they had Grampa's big old 1952 GE tv. I still have that TV - it has huge speakers, sounds great, and works fine. .

[@lizzieball3795]

That's amazing.

[@bluecollarlit]

That's so cool! Love the Cat face.

[@KJ-qc3qd]

Good old days

[@swimbait1]

A hard time for many but also a time before televisions, cell phones, and the constant hurry we all live in today.

[@moonshine2973]

I’m only 14 but this is still my childhood thanks to my dad xx

[@heatherferreira4225]

This very well may be the greatest series American network television ever made.

[@bms77]

Nope. Breaking bad and game of thrones. Lol.

[@kamenridernephilim]

They are absolute trash.

[@Hondab18c5]

bdizz77 how old are you if don't mind me asking?

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

The Andy Griffith Show is the best, followed by the original Star Trek series. But The Waltons were great.

[@jackieeasterwood3001]

Absolutely!!

[@elisamasslich3632]

I still watch every episode on METV, and l hope it never goes off the air. I laugh, l cry and wish l could just "jump" into the TV and hug every Walton. What a heartwarming show, what a loving family.

[@Photograph1974]

The Waltons is the best show in TV history. I watched The Waltons as a young child at my grandma's house and I still watch it on the INSP channel.

[@jad8123]

Kami has a video out with an interesting take on this opening credit. She said she isn’t really sure if she remembers filming it. She can’t recall if it’s a true memory or from seeing it air so many times. I think she was only 6 years old or so. She also said she thinks she had to run more then once. She thinks she was told to slow the run down so they could film it. I can understand that. It’s like my old home movies (I’m the same age as her) and, I think I remember it happening but a lot of it is having watched the family home movies so many times.

[@twistngo180]

not sure why but this is making me cry

[@loraleewellington9064]

Well, it always makes me cry because of a longing for the way things used to be - nostalgia, I guess...

[@jimowens3416]

Never forget that show watching with my grandparents. I was 5 years old and remember it as yesterday. Today im 50

[@mandiwinkler6964]

The theme song always brings tears to my eyes. I grew up watching the Waltons with my Mom and Grandma. We called them The Walnuts! I'm sure my Grandma started that! My Mom also recorded them on her VCR. I moved from Tennessee to Germany 6 years ago and my (German) husband has been helping me collect the series I enjoyed as a child. A few days ago, he got me all 9 seasons of The Waltons. I can't wait to watch!

[@nellennatea]

The best family ever. The Waltons.

[@jackson5116]

best TV family- another real life Walton family SUCKS ASS (they own the world's largest retailer)!!!

[@arbytv5139]

telsah1 The Simpsons: “are we a joke to you?“

[@MegaJustGeorge]

@@jackson5116 I know how you feel, Jack - these Waltons on television are pure of heart in my heart and in my soul.

[@rockk9753]

@@arbytv5139 well in fact yes they are haha, but they are still much better than these boring hillbillies

[@brentneal5955]

married with children

[@ScottJ794]

This is great, but I can imagine TV execs cringing today at the thought of an opening theme that's over a minute and a half long. That's enough time for three or four ad spots.

[@jackieeasterwood3001]

Yes, that's too sad that the ads take up so much of the time.

[@danielmorse6597]

I remember watching the waltons. Sitting in our ancient farm house that had once been a log cabin. The wind and snow howling outside. So damn cold. Never enough to eat. Like the Waltons we survived. The Waltons house looked rich to me then. I had 4 brothers and we were very poor rural people. There were some parallels to the Waltons in our house. Ignorance was never tolerated or was hate. That winter and many years later they aged as we did. As an adult I would be on the warner lot, where the show was filmed, see the house. I swear I could hear and feel that cold winter wind as the fire blazed to keep up.

[@lizzieball3795]

That's an amazing story

[@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 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 as the Walton family. Thank you.

[@tianyinjia]

Nice. Good man yourself.

[@serena1174]

I’m still a teen and from the U.K. and my dad showed me this years ago and still love it to this day, so glad he showed me this I used to watch it with him every day

[@jacojonker7735]

the waltons was translated in afrikaans in south africa. i never mised one episode.

[@bluecollarlit]

Wow, that is interesting. Thanks for the perspective.

[@frisco21]

Interesting that South Africa imported an American TV show about the segregated rural South.

[@micklomax5905]

One of the best tv shows ever....

[@senorkaboom]

I love the family hoopla over getting a radio. Akin to getting your first color TV. Amazing how the more things change, the more they stay just the same.

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

Good night, John-Boy!

[@DowneasterProductions]

Woody Hutton cant a masterbat in this house

[@bluecollarlit]

'Night, mama.

[@PsiClotron141]

night mary ellen

[@tarbalvis]

I waited on Richard Thomas tonight, what classy gentleman!!

[@lizzieball3795]

Cool!

[@kylecain6685]

Where?

[@seanhandsaker4910]

What an Iconic series, we loved the Waltons..

[@jimlotus7889]

I just heard this song in my head and had to hear it for some reason, it really is a good song and has a lot of memories from my childhood sitting in front of the fireplace watching The Waltons, for some reason I miss those times ...

[@RyanSellman1]

Bout of nostalgia? :)

[@heatherferreira4225]

Hush, Millennial: this is NOT your generation and you're out of your element :)

[@RyanSellman1]

+Heather Ferreira Lol Waltons fans span many generations, and I've been in my element since birth. :)

[@pureluck8767]

Jim Lotus George H. W. Bush said, "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons."

[@jimlotus7889]

WELL GEORGE LIED THEN BECAUSE IT'S THE OPPOSITE .. THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE FAMILY AND THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT... WITH THE I PHONES AND TELEVISION AND TWITTER AND FACE BOOK .. YES THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF MAKING PEOPLE INTO ROBOTS... WE ARE SO FAR FROM THE WALTON'S IT'S CRAZY AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO SIMPLER TIMES OR WE ARE GOING TO FACE GRAVE DANGER.. AND GOOD WE NEED THE CHANGE.. PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE .... LIKE ONE BIG WALTON'S FAMILY... IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE ...

[@davidolden971]

RIP Jerry Goldsmith 1929 to 2004.

[@truthseeker000000]

I was about 5 or 6 years old in the early 70s in Singapore when I first saw The Waltons TV series. I LOVE LOVE this theme song. It has a beautiful melancholic tune. I feel happy and a little sad when ever I hear it.

[@athleticscoach2012]

Just watched a re-run on tv.They don't make 'em like that anymore

[@mkl62]

The Waltons premiered today in 1972 on CBS. This past February, my beloved uncle passed away. This was his favorite show.

[@lisaboggs1527]

The Waltons began on tv when I was 14 years old. I loved it from the beginning. Watched it every week. I remember one Thursday night, my grandmother called. She asked my Mama what we were doing. My mama told her, we are watching The Waltons. Lisa just LOVES that show.

[@maxineholmes85]

This was the best time to be a child 👌🏼 happy memories ☺️💕

[@jeep146]

I used to turn the Waltons on just for the opening credits. I thought then and still think it's one of the best ever made.

[@charlesnelson7781]

Would loved to have been in a family like that,all loved each other so close.👍

[@nmp290765]

I was a bit too young to appreciate The Waltons back in the 70s but this theme music is just unforgettable

[@pamela9066]

Absolutely the best family story love then and now can watch over and over again. ❤

[@rabraham6725]

How blissful and amazing those times was, so innocent and stress free, miss my childhood with my family.

[@Newyoutubechannel1121]

My dad watched this when he was younger. My whole family watched this because of my dad. I fell in love with the Waltons. I wish it was like that now a days. Humble. ❤ Children being children and showing respect to the elderly. The family dynamics. Oh I just love the Waltons!!!

[@RoyFive]

This is my favorite intro--love how it starts off with the autoharp. The family (Zeb and Esther especially) getting stoked over the radio, And Kami Cotler switching it on!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Kind of disappointing they would abandon this long version when season one ended.

[@tijindersingh4928]

Listening to this theme with tears in my eyes.

[@sansalamancasergio]

now i realize i loved this people...

[@AdmrlLocke]

My mom and I used to watch this show and get all teary-eyed at the end, and my dad would come downstairs and make fun of us. Ah, those were the days! :-D

[@johncopeland3826]

The accordion is to me the instrument that holds it all together ! The quality musicianship is quite magical......Jerry Goldsmith has to be right up there with the finest TV and movie composers.....EVER ....

[@doogboh]

*The* best!

[@speedysteve5229]

It was on on a Sunday night in Australia and we never missed an episode. Neither did many other people. It was so much like the stories my parents told us about that time.

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 - March 24, 2016)

[@kaybateman2356]

i love this show. i started watching it like 3 years ago or so. there were episodes that made me laugh and some that made me cry. it's beautiful stuff. original.

[@dragoninthewest1]

I watched this on reruns with my mom in the 90s. Good memories.

[@brucemcgee2281]

Nice to see the original theme unchanged as it is now.

[@Scripture-Man]

Ah, great memories. Funny thing is I never really ever watched the show, but I remember the tune always playing on TV when I was a kid - I miss it! Incidentally, this theme is WAY slower than I remember! This is approximately 170bpm, but in my memory, the tune was about 185bpm! :D

[@dstenske]

Gosh do I miss this show, even though I grew up watching reruns on television.

[@MrDcar12]

I was 6 when this show came out I remember watching it every Thursday night.. I miss the good old days. They don’t make shows like this anymore.

[@Adrian-qr9mu]

This tune always makes me cry. Reminds me of when i had my Mam, Dad and brother. Memories to cherish❤❤❤

[@mdbruffy]

I think this was one of the first shows that actually allowed the passage of time. They had to as the kids all grew up. Started in the mid-to-late 1920's with the last years of the Great Depession and came all the way into the early 50's. I think they reached the Kennedy assassination before they stoppped making the reunion movies. That covers a big chunk of time.

[@pauliebrown2794]

This song takes me back to the good ole days as a child.. We used to watch this show weekly. A wonderful display of great family values, love and happiness.

[@TheTomhibbeln]

agree! brings back great memories

[@tyrondavis6727]

Happy 50th Wonderful Milestone Birthday to the Original TV Series Sitcom "The Waltons"...... 50 years of Family Classic TV Series.... and now, it's a "Golden Celebration" of an all time American Family Treasure Sitcom....🏅💛💙💛💎🇺🇸😥😎☕🎂💐🎊🎈 It's saddened my eyes for some historical perspective reason, but this theme song is not only sending me the chills... but it's warming me up in the end of this theme song...... Thank You Very Much 💎🎆🇺🇸🌙

[@BRENDAJASON1]

Remember all of this, from Kentucky. When people helped people and they repaid them with inviting them over for supper

[@DinaBeeNYC]

It is hard to believe, or remember, that their theme song would be allowed to be so leisurely at 1:39 seconds long. I watch the show now on Hallmark and it is cut to about 10 seconds. I love how the original theme song tells the whole story of the show including the love (and flirting) between John and Olivia. This original season one is one of the best TV theme songs that is probably overlooked.

[@PS987654321PS]

Rest in peace, Earl! Thank you!

[@jamesthecartoonman4826]

And Lee Rich, too.

[@alicefoley1934]

August 2023 Ireland. I can't put into words what this programme meant to me and my family when I was growing up. It represents true human nature. This is who and what we should aspire to be.

[@michaellomax2]

Love the music. Love the Waltons. Best TV family...

[@itgetseasierlessitry]

Good night Pa: what a cool Dad you were. The coolest. As a kid of the 70s, if I had to choose one series for my Desert Island DVD from that era it would be The Waltons. Wasnt cool back in the day to admit you liked this slice of American applie pie, but I loved every episode, and cared for every character. My stomach fills with a fireside glow when I think of the joy each episode brought me . There were two role models for me in the 70s: Tony from Saturday Night Fever, and John Boy from The Waltons. Could never decide which one I wanted to be; and my love of Lou Reed and Kung Fu confused me even more. Perfect Days, Grasshopper!

[@pureluck8767]

itgetseasierlessitry George H. W. Bush said, "We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons."

[@JamesBWest]

I use to watch this show when I was growing up. they just don't make TV like shows this any more. great TV series

[@Islander05]

Happy 50 anniversary to a wonderful show!!

[@Andrew-ht9jd]

That trumpet pierces my soul, my lungs, and my heart. Hopefully one day in the very distant future, it'll make me think of my father with a smile.

[@rajindersingh8730]

Classic. The age of kindness and innocence.

[@Londonfogey]

I haven't heard this music since the early 1980s, but I'm pleased to say I remembered every note!

[@jlrobins87]

I watched this show as reruns with my grandpa and grandma in the 90's. It definitely brings back memories!

[@lizzieball3795]

I grew up on the Walton's.Montreal Canada! What families are supposed to be like unfortunately,like many others childhood, it wasn't my family. My family was very dysfunctional as it is still to this date.

[@jimlotus4428]

I LOVE THIS SONG AND THIS SHOW SO MUCH .. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME AND SO RELAXING TO WATCH AS A KID AFTER A BATH AT NIGHTS WITH A BLANKET AND A HEATER :)

[@haydeepepe9305]

Loved watching this show with my mom❤️ so beautiful and pure

[@voiceover-impressionist]

My son was born there in ole Virginia... Love the Mountains something my state of Indiana don't have..

[@andiemacdowell2574]

Rest In Peace Mom, Papaw and Uncle Ellis - I MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS COULD EVER SAY!!!