The Waltons

The Silver Wings - S8-E11

Visible crew/equipment: After Ike and Corabeth tell Jim-Bob about the telegram they delivered to Betsy, when Jim-Bob drives over to Betsy's cabin in the woods he walks toward the front door, and crew members are visible at the left side of the screen. (00:42:00)

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The Inspiration - S8-E19

Visible crew/equipment: At the store, when Ike gives Steve and Drew the reel line, the shadow of the boom mic is moving on the wall above the telephone, then again when Ike follows the boys to the door for their payment, the boom mic's shadow is visible over the canned food. (00:08:10)

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The Inspiration - S8-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Elizabeth agrees to go to the dance with Drew, as he gets on his bike and rides away the camera pans toward Elizabeth, and the mic's black wire is visible on Elizabeth's back going from the middle of the camisole, up under the strap, to over her shoulder. (00:34:55)

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The Last Straw - S8-E20

Visible crew/equipment: After John has the mishap with his lumber delivery on the road it cuts to him sitting at the table with the family, and while they discuss Jim-Bob's tattoo, as the camera is dollying out a crew member and lighting equipment become visible at the left side of the screen, and then again in a following shot. (00:04:15)

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The Last Straw - S8-E20

Visible crew/equipment: After John rehires Easy at the mill J.D. Pickett shows up to give John another order, and when John asks Pickett if he has some man power and equipment, the lavalier microphone is visible under Pickett's blazer as he turns around. (00:41:50)

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The Rumor - S6-E14

Visible crew/equipment: At the mill, when John tells Buck that Willie Brimmer might be at the Montgomery cabin with Jim-Bob, in the next closeup of John we see a billowy trail of cigarette smoke at the bottom right corner of the screen, but the only people standing there are Elizabeth, John, and Buck, and none are smoking. Presumably, it was someone offscreen smoking too close to the camera (similar to a mistake in 1978's "Halloween"). (00:26:05)

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The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

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The Outrage: Part 1 - S9-E1

Trivia: While everyone is at the table eating supper and talking, little John Curtis taps on John's shoulder, then John turns and asks "What?" John Curtis points to his pants and excitedly says, "I got new pants," and John says, "I see that. Who got you those? Your mommy?" Then John Curtis looks offscreen, away from the other actors on set, and replies, "No, from Pat," (no characters named Pat are on the show) and without missing a beat, John responds, "From Pat? Where does she live? On the next farm?" And John Curtis answers, "Yeah," amidst all the giggles we can hear, so John answers with a smirk, "Okay, good!" This is such a hilariously precious unscripted moment, and great they decided to leave it in the episode. (00:26:15)

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