The Waltons
The Typewriter
Season 1, Episode 5 · Aired 1972-10-12
Synopsis
When John Boy learns that his stories need to be typed in order to be submitted to the various magazines to be published, he turns to the Baldwin sisters to see if he could borrow their father's antique typewriter. He then hides it out in the shed, where Mary Ellen soon finds it and accidentally sells it to the local junk man. After finding out what happened, they try to track it down before telling the sisters what happened.
In the series
This episode is part of The Waltons (1972–1981) on CBS.
Goodnight, John-Boy — Depression-era mountain family as soft-focus America.
Key cast
- Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton
- Ralph Waite as John Walton Sr.
- Michael Learned as Olivia Walton
- Will Geer as Zebulon Walton
- Ellen Corby as Esther Walton