Is The Waltons A Sitcom Or Not?
In those days, sitcoms were always titled with the last name of the family. This is one way to figure out if a piece of media was going to be a sitcom or not. However, The Waltons was not a sitcom. You can understand how confused the early viewers must have reacted! Despite the confusion, it still became a hit show that millions of people tuned in to watch.
Playing The Father And The Son Again
Before they worked on the show, Ralph Waite and Richard Thomas already collaborated on Last Summer. Three years after that, they would work together to portray another father-son duo. As the old adage goes, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it! Their onscreen chemistry had been amazing from the very beginning, which worked well to the show’s advantage.