The Waltons

Bill Groner · Post by **Bill Groner** » 1 Jul 2022 6:16 am

Last night the wife and I were watching the Waltons as we usually do most every night. We are on season 6 and were watching episode #3. Ben was in a Hawaiian Club with his date and there was a guy playing a Ric Panda. I don't know if this was posted before on the forum?? I just thought is was pretty cool. I think that season was from 1977. We loved that show in the 70's and it still is a great series to watch even today. It shows just how much the values of this country have deteriorated in a short 40+ years! Sure wish things were as they were in the 70's.

I really like the amount of gas you could get at Ike Goddsey's general store for a dollar back in 1934........

David M Brown · Post by **David M Brown** » 1 Jul 2022 8:24 am

Bill Groner wrote:Last night the wife and I were watching the Waltons as we usually do most every night. We are on season 6 and were watching episode #3. Ben was in a Hawaiian Club with his date and there was a guy playing a Ric Panda. I don't know if this was posted before on the forum?? I just thought is was pretty cool. I think that season was from 1977. We loved that show in the 70's and it still is a great series to watch even today. It shows just how much the values of this country have deteriorated in a short 40+ years! Sure wish things were as they were in the 70's.

I really like the amount of gas you could get at Ike Goddsey's general store for a dollar back in 1934........

thanks for your post. My wife and I recently saw that same episode.

and we feel the same way about values

Michael Butler · Post by **Michael Butler** » 1 Jul 2022 8:54 am

now and then i catch hawaiian eye and the hawaiian bands they have on there.

must be me/tv

play music!

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 1 Jul 2022 9:51 am

I recall seeing a modern Martin being played on The Waltons. The guitar definitely wasn't period correct.

Bill Groner · Post by **Bill Groner** » 1 Jul 2022 10:10 am

Merle Haggard also appeared on an Episode. I believe Jason plays a Martin.

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 1 Jul 2022 12:23 pm

I remember John Boy telling Mary Ellen "don't worry, they'll get bigger "

Bill Groner · Post by **Bill Groner** » 1 Jul 2022 12:34 pm

See that........such a good brother encouraging his younger sister! Personally I thought her feet were big enough.

Steven Pearce · Post by **Steven Pearce** » 1 Jul 2022 2:03 pm

…thank you Bill.

Steven Pearce · Post by **Steven Pearce** » 1 Jul 2022 2:03 pm

…thank you, Bill.

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 1 Jul 2022 2:31 pm

This has been discussed before. I don’t think a conclusion was reached, as to who the player was. I thought it might have been Duke Ching

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 1 Jul 2022 5:05 pm

Earl Hamner had a Rickenbacker D16 in his den. I remember seeing it at his Brentwood (Los Angeles) home at a couple of his annual Christmas parties. In college in the Seventies I was friends with his daughter Caroline.
He served the moonshine at the parties. In the tv show, I think the characters were sisters, but in real life, Mr Hamner said they were mother/daughter. Or vice versa. I cannot recall. But I remember the Rick D16 and Caroline.

Don Crowl · Post by **Don Crowl** » 1 Jul 2022 5:14 pm

I saw the program on the Waltons that you mentioned. There were some very good Hawaiian sounds on the Rick. I tried unsuccessfully to see credits for who the players or the group was.

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