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Second Season Introduction
The Waltons
Second Season
Introduction
(1973-74)
Description
The introduction used during the second season of The
Waltons was almost identical to the first
season introduction, with the following differences:
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The second season's introduction was exactly 30 seconds
shorter, running only 57 seconds compared to 1 minute, 27 seconds.
Gee, maybe that's so they could fit in another 30-second
advertisement... ya think?
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The first scene, of a mountain (supposedly "Walton's
Mountain"?), was eliminated.
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They cut out the part with all the kids helping their
father carry the radio up to the house.
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Instead of the group scene on the porch fading to a
painting (which I thought was pretty cool), they just froze the porch
scene and overlaid the Earl Hamner and Robert Jacks credits.
Yeah, it wasn't quite as good as the first season's
introduction, but it was still enjoyable.
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Here's The Waltons theme song during
the second season
(57 seconds).
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Above
left: Scene #1:
Fades in to "The Waltons" title, music begins.
(0:01 seconds)
Above
center: Scene #1: Zooms in to John-Boy's window
(left), dissolves to John-Boy writing.
(0:07)
Above
right: Scene #2: John-Boy writes, pauses (Richard Thomas
credit), writes, then hears truck's horn.
(0:09)
Above
left: Scene #3:
Truck approaches and honks horn, Ben and Erin are on teeter-totter.
(0:15)
Above
center: Scene #4: John-Boy smiles, gets up, and runs
to door. (0:17)
Above
right: Scene #5: John drives up with radio, stops truck.
Erin, Ben and Reckless run behind truck.
(0:20)
Above
left: Scene #6:
Olivia emerges from house. (0:25)
Above
center: Scene #7: John gets out of truck, nods to
Olivia (Ralph Waite credit).
(0:27)
Above
right: Scene #8: Olivia crosses her arms and smiles (Michael
Learned credit). (0:31)
Above
left: Scene #9:
Grandma get up and takes off glasses. (0:35)
Above
center: Scene #9: Grandma smiles (Ellen Corby
credit). (0:39)
Above
right: Scene #10: Grandpa walks to tire and smiles (Will
Geer credit). (0:40)
Above
left: Scene #11:
Elizabeth runs to porch, John-Boy lifts her up.
(0:43)
Above
center: Scene #11: Elizabeth turns knob on radio.
(0:48)
Above
right: Scene #11: Family laughs (freeze frame).
(0:50)
Above
left: Scene #11:
Earl Hamner credit. (0:52)
Above
right: Scene #11: Robert Jacks credit and fade out.
(0:54)
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