The Waltons Say 'Goodnight, John-Boy!' Again, After 40 Years
Dec. 3 2011, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Millions of Americans grew up going to bed by mimicking the famous chorus, "Goodnight John-Boy, goodnight Jim-Bob," and now the Waltons family has been reunited to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the classic TV hit, The Waltons, and Breaking Celebrity News has video of their nostalgic interview.
The huge cast joined together on the Today Show on Friday and giggled like school friends at a high school reunion. "It's always trouble, it's trouble when we get together," revealed Richard Thomas, who played narrator John-Boy.
The drama originally aired on CBS from 1972 to 1981 and tells the trials and tribulations of the huge family and their life on fictional Walton Mountain, Virginia, during the Depression era and World War II.
In a time when television is flooded with reality shows featuring teen moms, drunk guidos, and rich socialites getting plastic surgery, The Waltons reminds many viewers of a bygone era.
What host Matt Lauer marveled at the most is that after all these years and all the time they spent on set together, not one person went out and wrote a tell-all book.
"No arrests and no convictions," laughed Thomas, while his castmates, which included Kami Cotler (Elizabeth), Jon Walmsley (Jason), David Harper (Jim Bob), Eric Scott (Ben), Michael Learned (Olivia, a.k.a. Ma), Judy Norton (Mary Ellen), and Mary Elizabeth McDonough (Erin), agreed that is was a hilariously happy work environment. "It was just great fun, lots of j