Where is the waltons set
TDW 1783 - Visiting The Real Walton's Mountain
off of the horizon deep buried in those
hills is the stomping grounds of Earl
Hamner jr. the creator of one of the
most popular TV shows of all time in the
1970s there wasn't very many people who
do not tune in to watch The Waltons did
it dun dun dun dun da dun dun dun dun
dun dun I'm gonna pointed the right
spike somewhere somewhere over there I
got I got a little bit of a waist with
somewhere somewhere in that other
welcome everyone Adam is whoo here the
episodes were not filmed here in the
hills of Virginia however it was out in
Hollywood a little movie magic if you
will on the back lot in the soundstages
in Burbank at Warner Brothers Studio but
the inspiration the nooks and crannies
he peppering in of kid bits from this
region can all be found up there on that
Clift
on if it's a cliff it's up there up the
road just a bit I'm gonna die then see
what I can see what I can find
it's my second channel daily vlog
channel it's any more than any more
smarts in my life it said daily setting
the timeframe of the 30s and 40s the
story followed John Boy he was the
oldest of seven kids
his parents grandparents or the other
cast of characters in town
fun fact Richard Thomas did not narrate
the show but is actually the writer and
originator that did the actual voice of
boy as much as I enjoy the show and
while it is one of the most iconic
classic TV shows ever
what makes this visit extra specialty
cool is that it is one of my mom's
favorites as well growing up I remember
watching a lot of the episodes with her
and then later in life the reruns so
this makes it a little bit more
heartfelt going here up to Waltons
I'm actually going to Walton's mountain
now I can't be for certain Bigfoot
because I have lost cell phone signal
but my senses are telling me that this
might possibly be the right area very
similar type of houses I'm thinking
we're in the right direction well it's
official my RV has not what was the
stick to stick their sticks large wall
as a holding hand we're trying to say
okay RV is now parked on sacred pop
culture television history soil alright
have a hound in my cheek to these
things I shouldn't I should have
probably taken it out before it started
talking my apologies there's the post
office tiny tiny little community it's
incredible that the birds are chirping
almost as if they planned at that I
almost like a producer her director said
okay he's here birds start chirping
behind me is the location of the general
store that was used as the inspiration
from the show the old one burned down
they have rebuilt one in its place right
next door in real life just like in the
episodes right in front of the actual
home Chaka Khan Coco Coco Co that's it
it's quite the feeling to be standing
here this is where he grew up
it looks eerily similar to its recreated
counterpart in California those windows
up there good night john-boy
good night Mary Ellen ring a bell if
you've seen the show you know exactly
what I'm talking about
he passed away a couple years ago but
that's him standing in front of his home
and there he is with his pen in hand
doing some riding from up in the window
it's true very true I have stepped into
nostalgia overload at the moment holding
in my hands now is the key I was given
the key to the front door oh I'm going
ahead
oh my goodness no freakin way did it die
down done Tanner did it down down da da
da da da da da da da da da da da da da
da I am in the kitchen
the actual kitchen this what is
happening right now if it seems like I'm
geeking out a little bit if it appears
that way to you guys it's because in all
reality I totally am geeking out big
dive this is where he and his family
lives all those brothers and sisters mom
dad the whole crew
I can't believe I'm walking around in
here completely alone the life and times
of that family the trials and
tribulations were all written pinned and
thought and originated and created in
his mind looking out this window in this
spot so let that sink in for a second if
you have ever watched it read the books
seen the movies if it is a part of your
life this is where it started right here
right in this room the good old days the
good old days
the ideas they're flowing I I can
picture and I can see it totally now
don't quote me on this but I think this
was his real family the real-life
Waltons well the inspiration for the
Waltons and realize so few old books in
here oh there we go
there's another one that he offered and
I never even seen this series that's
cool
whoa little paper cutouts Karin bin
Elizabeth Mary Ellen Jason john-boy
JimBob you can put clothes on him this
is quite the experience it's letting it
settle in I really like this I really do
I never thought the day would come that
I would get to walk around wander around
inside that house that was amazing in
the show John boy's writings were done
in a shed with the inspiration that this
store will the former store that burned
down served so in the show he walked
down to the shed but in reality it's the
store no photographs allowed inside but
I'll buy a few things I'll show you one
of them being this postcard of the
family's church that's what it looked
like then this is what it looks like now
and the house on the Warner Brothers
back lot there were two of them one of
them burned down my shirt is he the
first or the second one they both look
very similar what the real one look like
this is what the recreated one looks
like as well as an episode guide from 72
to
eighty-one first season starting in 72
going all the way through the ninth
season and 81 and there was a few movies
and TV specials leading all the way up
to 1997 and the show was based on I
think it was a pilot or maybe a movie
Christmas with the Waltons I can't
remember the name of it exactly but it
basically the Waltons around Christmas
time it was so popular that it created
the show after it of course the
floorplan of the real house differed
considerably from the interior floor
plan on the soundstage as well as the
exteriors and facades on the back lot
and just up the hill a bit is this the
mountain museum and they're open heck
yes about a month ago was the 45th
anniversary I was watching some videos
online and at that event they planted
this tree in the entire text or at least
the ones who decided to come out to it
we're here in dedication of this newly
planted tree you can still see how it's
freshly planted in the ground this
building used to be the Schuyler
elementary school I thought it was
pronounced Schuler but in fact it is
Schuyler just felt a little differently
it appears grandpa was a Pepsi man and
he enjoyed himself a.rb I really liked
the character of the play the guy who
played grandpa hall is great and they
have recreated sets and areas each of
the classrooms is now dedicated to each
character from the show itself they have
expressed the fact that his room really
did not have air-conditioning but as
stated on that sign it gets really hot
in here
and they want to stay cool so I can't
blame them because Virginia does get
very humid at times some past TV guides
some vinyl records a board game look at
this down here I never even knew that
existed oh that's me too the reserved
sign back when they were filming it and
some two awesome Barbie doll
type items all kind of stuff in here
before it burned down that's what the
store looked like Snead's
stored the basis for Ike godsey's
general merchandise store in fact
they've recreated that inside this room
as well as I recall his wife never was
really in a very good mood this was
available for sale I think I would
probably buy it but I think it's just I
think it's just for dislike but this is
only let's step inside the living room
now oh yeah it feels like it feels like
I'm in the show itself I keep expecting
one of them to walk through that door
and into another room stands the kitchen
lots and lots of scenes utilized this
type of area in fact they have one of
the crab dollies that was used to film
182 episodes that's cool
little history from California dragged
all the way out here in the hills of
Virginia look closely you can see a
teeter-totter down there
in the left corner in front of the home
here's another paper house they've
recreated it in lots of different
fashions including this one which is
really detailed with the tree and the
tire dangling there and the barn the
shed next to the house this is pretty
incredible these are some photos taken
back in the day if that's the barn
revealed that's what the interiors
really look like to the house before the
fire I'm not sure what year this is but
there it is right there
I'm Warner Brothers back lock and that's
behind the house the side you never see
the vibe of this place is really cool
the fact that they just take the heads
of the characters and taste them on the
wall like this you can stand next to
each one of the actors faces see how you
measure up height wise this is how tall
in real life they really were the
tallest being grandpa I'm 63 he's
probably six for her so he he towered
over everyone else judging by those
frame photos over there on the end table
I think this is the residence of the
Baldwin sisters they're up to no good
they're back at their moonshining recipe
ways a few years ago when I was going to
Disneyland pretty often I mentioned and
it was under a little bit of scrutiny if
it was true or false
but John Walton Tilly who played Jason
Walton the second oldest son always
played the guitar on the show I said I
thought it was rumored that he was part
of the pirate band at Disneyland I could
never really find hardcore confirmation
I talked to him about he never broke
character you never broke the pirate
character I think I had confirmed check
this out look at this John Walmsley with
the bootstrappers 2012 right there I was
right I was right the gentleman at the
general store told me to drive down this
road away I said there's a dam up here
oh yeah right over here to the right
check this out
little waterfall area
he was telling me that Earl is ashes or
at least some of his ashes when he
passed away last year
or maybe two years ago we're scattered
right there in the waterway some of them
there and some of them in the private
family cemetery which is off-limits for
the public there are two church
buildings in town the most aesthetically
incredible-looking one is this one
overgrown with ivy but the one down here
on the bottom of the hill if we look at
its television counterpart you will be
interested to know that John Ritter
prior to Three's Company was the
minister on the television program based
on this church I love John Ritter so I
had to mention that at this point I'm
kind of just driving around randomly I
don't have cell phone service trying to
find another spot
I don't know if I'm going the right way
crossing my fingers and just just
heading straight down this road since I
was slightly lost I pulled over and
asked two guys who are working on their
truck in their yard if they knew where
this structure where this building stood
their answer and I am paraphrasing
extremely paraphrasing plus what are you
doing here
nevertheless I have found the tracks at
rockfish to John Boyce narration talked
about on many many occasions this is the
post office opened in 1914 closed in 74
the last piece of Walton history is he
going to book right up there on the
ledge I found it this is a Tuffy I found
it I don't know how but I found it the
door's locked but you can peek in the
window and see the desk and the old iron
kettle pot there on the stove the photo
on this postcard I think was taken in
1985 pretty much still looks the same
today I'm glad to still standing I was
kind of worried that it had been removed
and on the door itself is a mail slot I
wonder if he came up here and tossed any
letters in there he probably did pretty
neat to think about I really enjoyed
this not only did it bring back a heck
of a lot of memories but I learned a lot
of new things that I saw things I had
never seen before I think the best way
to end this vlog is with some majestic
drone shots of the real-life Walton's
mountain
da-da-da-da-da-da get it
I did it dun dun Dada da da da da dadad
to the data to the data and and and did
it at a time walk over
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