The Waltons' Screen Doors

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One of the hallmark sounds of The Waltons was of their creaky screen door opening and closing. Actually, they had two screen doors, one for the kitchen and one for the main entrance. Even today, when I hear the screeching sound of a screen door, I harken back to Walton's Mountain. Interestingly, the door didn't usually screech when people were talking. But at least the two doors sounded a little different.

Here are two scenes from the third season. See if you can tell the difference between the kitchen door screech and the front door screech.

The Waltons Kitchen Screen Door

In this scene from The Beguiled, Olivia is gardening and Jim-Bob runs out the door, asks his Mama where John-Boy is, then runs off after him.

Here's the Walton's kitchen screen door opening.

From Episode 68, The Beguiled (14 seconds).

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Above: Jim Bob and Olivia Walton in the front yard.

The Waltons Front Porch Screen Door

One of my favorite episodes from the third season was The Genius. Dennis Kort stars as Lyle Thomason, a gifted but socially immature college student.

Lyle visits Waltons Mountain one weekend to tutor John-Boy in physics, but his highly-logical attitude irritates many of the Waltons, including Mary Ellen, who sprays him with a garden hose. Embarrassed, Lyle charges up to the house to change his clothes, stops abruptly when he meets Grandma at the door, then dashes towards the kitchen door, where he spots the Walton children practicing a play. Rest assured, Lyle eventually overcomes his social ineptitude, stars in Erin's play, and wins the hearts of the Waltons.

Trivia questions for this episode (answers below):

1). How does Lyle manage to irritate Ike Godsey?

2). In Erin's play, performed for a church bazaar, she portrays which famous female heroine?

3). Lyle reluctantly fills in for a Walton who drops out of the play at the last minute. Who?