1 00:00:01,069 --> 00:00:04,205 [guitar music] 2 00:00:13,081 --> 00:00:16,217 [theme music] 3 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:35,703 [car honking] 4 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:45,713 [music continues] 5 00:01:07,335 --> 00:01:10,271 [music continues] 6 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:31,792 [music continues] 7 00:01:58,252 --> 00:02:01,455 Usually, each family has its own special folklore. 8 00:02:01,522 --> 00:02:05,493 Stories and anecdotes polished smooth with the telling. 9 00:02:05,559 --> 00:02:08,962 The setting for most of our legends was Walton's Mountain. 10 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:11,565 But one favored part of our folklore took place 11 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:13,334 far from the Mountain... 12 00:02:13,401 --> 00:02:14,835 when my father had served overseas 13 00:02:14,902 --> 00:02:18,372 in what was then called the Great War. 14 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:20,341 To us children, my father's stories 15 00:02:20,408 --> 00:02:21,975 of the places he'd seen... 16 00:02:22,042 --> 00:02:25,546 and the men he'd known were endlessly fascinating. 17 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:29,950 And then one day, a legend came to visit us. 18 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:32,320 Daddy! 19 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:35,423 [dog barking] 20 00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:56,944 Look, right there. 21 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,012 It's that fox again. 22 00:02:59,079 --> 00:03:01,415 They've been right under here. 23 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:03,517 Did the fox eat the chicken right here? 24 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:05,953 No, he took it home to his wife and children. 25 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:08,689 They're sitting down to chicken and dumplings right now. 26 00:03:08,756 --> 00:03:10,691 Hush, Reckless. 27 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:15,062 He's barking 'cause he smells the fox. 28 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:17,731 We could use a little less barking the morning after... 29 00:03:17,798 --> 00:03:20,200 and more while the fox is on the premises. 30 00:03:20,268 --> 00:03:22,236 I'm gonna have to go after that critter. 31 00:03:22,303 --> 00:03:24,238 Are you going to track him down? 32 00:03:24,305 --> 00:03:26,274 Not today. Too many logs need sawing. 33 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:27,908 John-Boy, tomorrow you and me go hunting. 34 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:30,344 -How about me going along? -I don't know, son. 35 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:33,046 Can't there be a place for next-to-oldest sometimes? 36 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:34,615 Hunting needs growing into, son. 37 00:03:34,682 --> 00:03:36,317 Maybe I'm not up to it. But maybe I'm. 38 00:03:36,384 --> 00:03:37,785 We'll see. 39 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:39,553 How will I ever know if I don't get a chance to try? 40 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:42,490 Mary Ellen, finish gathering up the eggs. 41 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:46,727 Jason, as far as I'm concerned, you can take my place tomorrow. 42 00:03:46,794 --> 00:03:48,796 I don't want to take your place, John-Boy. 43 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:51,532 I just want a place of my own. 44 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:57,971 Now let's see who's missing. 45 00:03:58,038 --> 00:04:00,608 John-Boy. It's not like him to be late for lunch. 46 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:02,343 He's at Ike's getting the mail. 47 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:06,647 I just have to start without him. 48 00:04:06,714 --> 00:04:08,616 Grandpa? 49 00:04:10,351 --> 00:04:11,885 Dear Father of us all... 50 00:04:11,952 --> 00:04:14,755 we thank thee for the many blessings you've seen fit 51 00:04:14,822 --> 00:04:15,789 to bestow upon us. 52 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:17,090 Daddy-- 53 00:04:17,157 --> 00:04:19,192 We thank thee for our riches. 54 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:21,562 We thank thee for our children. 55 00:04:21,629 --> 00:04:23,397 We thank thee for the good earth. 56 00:04:23,464 --> 00:04:24,798 We thank thee, O Lord... 57 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:27,067 for the many blessings which you have chosen 58 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:28,669 to bestow upon us. 59 00:04:28,736 --> 00:04:31,238 We thank thee for the weariest of nights 60 00:04:31,305 --> 00:04:33,206 and for the restful.... 61 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:36,577 Please don't interrupt when I'm addressing the man upstairs. 62 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:38,078 We thank thee also, Lord... 63 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:41,281 for this dear woman who wants us to cut it short. 64 00:04:41,349 --> 00:04:43,016 Amen. 65 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:44,552 Daddy, would you look at this? 66 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:47,388 -What am I supposed to look at? -On the top. 67 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:51,224 Who'd be sending me a telegram? 68 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,794 You want me to open it? 69 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:55,663 I'll open it. 70 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:00,568 What is it? 71 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:03,136 -Do you know who sent me this? -No. 72 00:05:03,203 --> 00:05:05,238 -But we'd like to know. -Come on, son. 73 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:08,542 Theodore Roosevelt Harrison! 74 00:05:08,609 --> 00:05:11,812 Just like him to send me the first telegram I ever got. 75 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:13,280 What does it say? 76 00:05:13,347 --> 00:05:14,715 -Read it. -All right. 77 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:17,284 "Attention, Corporal Cootie-Bait." 78 00:05:17,351 --> 00:05:19,052 Just like Tip. 79 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:22,356 "The caissons will be rolling through your sector tomorrow." 80 00:05:22,423 --> 00:05:25,493 He's coming here. 81 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:27,961 "Like to share your bivouac for an hour or two. 82 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:31,098 "We'll win the war all over again. Always, your buddy, Tip." 83 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,933 We'll really see him! 84 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,336 Been years since Tip and I were let out of the Army. 85 00:05:36,404 --> 00:05:38,105 Sounds just the same to me. 86 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:40,941 Daddy, tell them about the time he stole the train. 87 00:05:42,776 --> 00:05:44,812 First tell why he's called Tip. 88 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:47,548 That's the idea. I'll tell you why he's called Tip. 89 00:05:47,615 --> 00:05:49,349 Sit down now. 90 00:05:49,417 --> 00:05:51,251 Now, let's see. 91 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:54,555 We all went to Fort Dix, right? Everybody is doing fine... 92 00:05:54,622 --> 00:05:57,224 except this one fellow. He's kind of-- 93 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:58,892 Different. 94 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:02,029 Everybody is writing home to their girlfriend. 95 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:03,431 Not Tip. 96 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:05,599 He goes and gets eight Ziegfeld Folly girls 97 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:07,267 has them over to the barracks... 98 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:08,536 and has a big party. 99 00:06:08,602 --> 00:06:11,338 Everybody is singing K-K-K-Katy. 100 00:06:11,405 --> 00:06:13,774 But Harrison's singing It's a Long Way to Tipperary. 101 00:06:13,841 --> 00:06:15,743 Right. So we called him Tipperary. 102 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:17,578 But that was too long a name. 103 00:06:17,645 --> 00:06:19,413 And you decided to settle on Tip. 104 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,248 My favorite story is about the time 105 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:22,450 he borrowed the railroad train. 106 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,685 I like the time when he stole the town. 107 00:06:24,752 --> 00:06:25,919 That's not near as good. 108 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:27,955 You all know these stories better than me. 109 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:29,657 But we like to hear you tell them. 110 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,992 You can hear them from the man himself tomorrow. 111 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:33,761 You won't have to wait till tomorrow. 112 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:34,928 Why? 113 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:37,731 This telegram took a while getting here. 114 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:40,100 Looks like your friend Tip will be rolling through here 115 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:41,234 sometime today. 116 00:06:41,301 --> 00:06:43,437 Today! 117 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:51,512 I forgot you still had that. 118 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:55,549 I don't even know why I saved this. 119 00:06:55,616 --> 00:06:58,819 You wore it well. 120 00:06:58,886 --> 00:07:01,789 I never was very comfortable in this uniform. 121 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:04,792 You take Tip, he looked like he was born in one. 122 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:07,260 But then everything about soldiering came natural to him. 123 00:07:07,327 --> 00:07:09,296 So I've heard. 124 00:07:09,362 --> 00:07:12,332 I do go on about him, don't I? 125 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:14,367 It's just that in my whole life, Livie 126 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:16,369 I never met anyone quite like him. 127 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,739 He wasn't afraid of anything or anybody. 128 00:07:18,806 --> 00:07:22,109 You don't strike me as a man who scares easily. 129 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:23,744 Tip's special. 130 00:07:25,145 --> 00:07:27,648 You're not bothered about him coming, are you? 131 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:30,818 Of course not. I'm looking forward to meeting him. 132 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,253 Those months you were away during the war... 133 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,856 that's a time of your life I know very little about. 134 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:38,926 Except for those funny stories you tell the children. 135 00:07:38,992 --> 00:07:41,729 It's as if you had a separate life 136 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,063 and I hadn't any part of it. 137 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:44,464 Hey, now. 138 00:07:44,532 --> 00:07:47,935 Everything worth knowing about me you know better than anyone. 139 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:51,872 Besides, best part of the war was coming home to you. 140 00:07:54,074 --> 00:07:56,544 I hope Mr. Harrison likes plain home cooking. 141 00:07:56,610 --> 00:07:58,812 He will. Don't you mind. 142 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:01,782 Come on, Jim-Bob, off. 143 00:08:01,849 --> 00:08:04,117 Why are you children all moping around the porch? 144 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:05,619 Now run on and play. 145 00:08:05,686 --> 00:08:07,788 We're waiting for Tip Harrison. 146 00:08:07,855 --> 00:08:09,990 I want to see him the minute he gets here. 147 00:08:10,057 --> 00:08:11,925 I don't see what all this fuss is about. 148 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:14,662 You'd think President Roosevelt was coming by. 149 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:17,264 More likely Mrs. Roosevelt. 150 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:18,766 What if he can't find our house? 151 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:21,501 -Tip Harrison can find anything. -Right. 152 00:08:21,569 --> 00:08:23,370 Remember the time he got lost in France? 153 00:08:23,436 --> 00:08:25,873 Yeah, but it turned out that he knew where he was 154 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,074 and everyone else was lost. 155 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:28,341 Yeah. 156 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:31,144 If Mr. Harrison does come, just remember.... 157 00:08:31,211 --> 00:08:33,146 Remember he's coming here to see Daddy. 158 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:35,849 So don't you children be pestering him all the time. 159 00:08:41,722 --> 00:08:43,857 [car honking] 160 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:59,673 "Lafayette, we are here!" 161 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,675 Tip Harrison, how are you? 162 00:09:01,742 --> 00:09:05,713 John Walton, you ornery backwoods son of a gun. 163 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:08,148 -How are you? -Never better. Look at this! 164 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:10,150 And look at this buggy. 165 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:12,285 It handles a lot easier than that Army mule 166 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:14,487 you and I shoved halfway across France. 167 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:16,624 Tip, I want you to meet my wife, Olivia. 168 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,191 Mr. Harrison. 169 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:21,494 John always did have more than his share of the luck. 170 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,396 -Tip, my parents. -How are you, sir? 171 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:25,699 Theodore Roosevelt Harrison. 172 00:09:25,766 --> 00:09:27,801 -You call me Tip. -Okay, Tip. 173 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:30,738 -How are you, ma'am? -That telegram you sent.... 174 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:33,106 It didn't get here until this morning. 175 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:36,509 I knew I should have sent it by carrier pigeon. 176 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,446 These are my children. 177 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:42,549 No need to ask what you've been up to. 178 00:09:42,616 --> 00:09:44,084 Oh, doggone. 179 00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:46,453 John, I didn't know how many kids you had... 180 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:49,589 or how old they were, or whether they were boys or girls... 181 00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:51,158 so I figured... 182 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:54,728 a little candy would be the safest kind of present. 183 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:57,264 Now you children be sensible. 184 00:10:01,001 --> 00:10:04,037 Hey, listen, for the rest of us: 185 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:07,074 champagne. 186 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:10,143 -It is a special occasion. -A very special occasion. 187 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:28,729 Remember the first time I had that French champagne? 188 00:10:28,796 --> 00:10:32,032 Crouched in a bombed-out wine cellar near Chacteau-Thierry. 189 00:10:32,099 --> 00:10:33,466 You drank it out of a German helmet. 190 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:34,902 And it tasted like vinegar. 191 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:36,737 So then Mr. Harrison said, 192 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:39,072 "Maybe it was a very bad year for wine." 193 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,041 Somebody's been telling stories. 194 00:10:41,108 --> 00:10:42,743 Come on in. We got your room all ready. 195 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:45,378 I don't know if I'll be able to stay, John. 196 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:46,914 You have to stay! 197 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:49,783 -Change your mind? -All right, I'll stay. 198 00:10:49,850 --> 00:10:51,351 -Good. -Besides... 199 00:10:51,418 --> 00:10:54,387 I never could stand to disappoint a lovely lady. 200 00:10:56,924 --> 00:10:58,792 John-Boy will get your luggage. Come on in. 201 00:10:58,859 --> 00:11:00,227 Yes, sir. 202 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:03,130 John Walton, you old cootie-bait. 203 00:11:44,972 --> 00:11:48,508 The only sound was this... 204 00:11:48,575 --> 00:11:49,943 heavy breathing. 205 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:53,413 So I whispered.... 206 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,415 "Miss, please do not be afraid." 207 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:57,250 Come here. 208 00:11:57,317 --> 00:11:59,252 -Heavy breathing. -You listen to that. 209 00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:00,387 I moved closer. 210 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:01,755 He hasn't changed a whit. 211 00:12:01,822 --> 00:12:04,691 After all these years it doesn't seem natural. 212 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:07,260 Heavy breathing. 213 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:10,230 I leaned nearer. 214 00:12:10,297 --> 00:12:12,665 And then suddenly there was a flash of light. 215 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:13,967 A Very shell. 216 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:16,236 And I was gazing tenderly... 217 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:20,040 into the warm brown eyes of my mademoiselle. 218 00:12:20,107 --> 00:12:25,745 A very solemn and completely indifferent French cow. 219 00:12:25,813 --> 00:12:28,348 "Moo-moiselle." 220 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:33,020 Your move, Mr. Harrison. 221 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:35,522 I better pay attention to my game here. 222 00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:45,032 Looks like I'd better call out the Marines. 223 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:48,701 -You give up? -Never. 224 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,770 I mean, we may have lost the battle 225 00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:52,772 but we haven't lost the war. 226 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,143 Yeah, you just watch my strategy here any minute. 227 00:13:01,314 --> 00:13:03,783 What kind of business are you in, Mr. Harrison? 228 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:06,486 Business? Investments. 229 00:13:06,553 --> 00:13:09,456 And John-Boy, you call me Tip, you hear? 230 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,995 You mean stocks and bonds and suchlike? 231 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:17,831 Investments of all kinds. 232 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:19,833 When are we gonna see your strategy? 233 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,168 Easy, honey. 234 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:25,072 That's all right. I know right where they were. 235 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:27,540 That's all right, there's no point setting them up again. 236 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:29,142 John-Boy was winning. 237 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:32,212 Are you kidding? I'd have swept the board in two more moves. 238 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:35,015 -Didn't look that way to me. -Take my word for it. 239 00:13:35,082 --> 00:13:36,649 Chow line's forming. 240 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:39,419 That's one place you'll always find Tip Harrison up front. 241 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,521 Come on, now. 242 00:13:46,693 --> 00:13:48,295 [everybody singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary] 243 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:58,238 * It's a long way to go * 244 00:13:58,305 --> 00:14:01,774 * It's a long way to Tipperary * 245 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:06,246 * To the sweetest girl I know * 246 00:14:06,313 --> 00:14:10,183 * Goodbye, Piccadilly * 247 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:13,286 * Farewell, Leicester Square! * 248 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:16,656 * It's a long long way to Tipperary * 249 00:14:16,723 --> 00:14:22,795 * But my heart's right there * 250 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,698 [all laughing] 251 00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:27,834 Come on, let's hear it. Come on. 252 00:14:27,901 --> 00:14:29,369 Play another one. 253 00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:32,439 * Mademoiselle from Armenteers, parlez-veus * 254 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:36,309 * Mademoiselle from Armenteers, parlez-veus * 255 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,278 * Mademoiselle from Armenteers * 256 00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:40,413 * She hasn't been kissed in fifty years * 257 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,716 * Hinky, dinky, parley-voo * 258 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:47,587 * Mademoiselle from Armenteers parlez-veus * 259 00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:50,790 * Mademoiselle from Armenteers parlez-veus * 260 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:52,592 [everybody singing] 261 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:59,032 John, maybe I think we've heard enough 262 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,667 about that particular young lady. 263 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:02,069 I guess maybe you're right. 264 00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,436 What was her trade? 265 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:06,639 That will be enough out of you. 266 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:10,110 We never had time for much singing in my war. 267 00:15:10,177 --> 00:15:13,546 -What war was that, Mr. Walton? -Spanish-American. 268 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,448 Teddy Roosevelt. 269 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:18,218 I'll never forget that landing in Santiago Bay. 270 00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:20,387 Why, they had to push the horses off 271 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:22,089 and swim through the water to the beach. 272 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:23,690 The only way we could get them going... 273 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:28,228 was to have the buglers stand on the shore and blow, "Charge!" 274 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:32,832 It's a lucky thing women are too smart to get into wars... 275 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:35,002 otherwise we'd be here all night 276 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:37,004 telling stories and singing songs. 277 00:15:37,070 --> 00:15:38,271 Come on, give me that glass. 278 00:15:38,338 --> 00:15:39,973 You wouldn't be so full of vinegar 279 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,875 if you just had a little champagne. 280 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:45,812 It sounds like the soldiers have been outshouting everybody else. 281 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:48,748 How about giving the children a chance to brag a little bit? 282 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,283 All right now. 283 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,652 What have you two got to say for yourselves? 284 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,154 -Me? -Yeah, come on. 285 00:15:54,221 --> 00:15:56,689 We haven't done anything as exciting as you, Tip. 286 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,391 Nothing. 287 00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:01,428 You just let me decide what's exciting. 288 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:03,663 You think of something. I may be back. 289 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,333 All right now. 290 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:08,935 You? 291 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,870 I'll bet you've had some adventures. 292 00:16:10,937 --> 00:16:12,339 I swallowed a tooth. 293 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,642 A tooth! That is pretty exciting. 294 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,644 I tell you, that is awful exciting. 295 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,712 Come on, let's hear it for the little lady. 296 00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:23,216 Come on, a round of applause. 297 00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:27,854 All right now. Let me see who I'm going to get next. 298 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,356 What about you? 299 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,458 Mary Ellen pitched a no-hit game. 300 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:33,960 That's pretty good. I'll drink to that. 301 00:16:34,027 --> 00:16:36,029 John-Boy killed a bear. 302 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:39,666 -A bear? -He surely did. 303 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:44,237 He went out hunting for turkeys and came home with a bear. 304 00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:47,074 Lucky he got it, too, or I wouldn't be here today. 305 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,909 -Congratulations, John-Boy. -Thank you. 306 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:53,146 I didn't know there were still bears here. 307 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:55,482 Plenty of bears still up here on old Mountain. 308 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,550 There will be one big bear at the breakfast table 309 00:16:57,617 --> 00:16:58,685 in the morning... 310 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,753 if you don't get some sleep, old man. 311 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:03,323 Just keep in mind the old bear is easily tamed 312 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:05,958 with a little honey. 313 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:08,295 Did I do that right? 314 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:13,300 Let's do K-K-K-Katy again. 315 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:16,002 Any more singing you'll be doing will be in your dreams. 316 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:17,804 Come on, everybody. 317 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:21,674 Get to bed. 318 00:17:23,110 --> 00:17:25,245 [speaking indistinctly] 319 00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:26,746 -Good playing there. -Thanks. 320 00:17:26,813 --> 00:17:29,082 Can't we stay just a little while longer? 321 00:17:29,149 --> 00:17:31,618 No, you can't stay up just a little while longer. 322 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:34,053 Yeah, you get to bed. 323 00:17:34,121 --> 00:17:37,390 Good night, John-Boy. 324 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:40,460 Good night, Tip. I'm glad we finally had a chance to meet. 325 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:43,096 It was my pleasure. Wouldn't have missed it for the world. 326 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,432 I'll be right up, honey. 327 00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:49,302 Come on up. Give me that, John-Boy. Upstairs! 328 00:17:49,369 --> 00:17:50,837 Hurry up. Up you go. 329 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,339 Good night. 330 00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:54,341 It's way past your bedtime. Hurry up. 331 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,815 Walton, you are a lucky son of a gun. 332 00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:05,518 Do you know that's a wonderful family you've got there? 333 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:06,819 I'm telling you. 334 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:09,356 They are something else. You know the youngest-- 335 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:12,459 John, it's really good to see you, you old rascal. 336 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,661 Tip, it's good to see you, too. 337 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:18,631 I mean, this is just like old times, isn't it? 338 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:22,302 You know, I missed you at the Legion conventions every year. 339 00:18:22,369 --> 00:18:23,670 What with one thing and another 340 00:18:23,736 --> 00:18:25,305 I just can't seem able to get away. 341 00:18:25,372 --> 00:18:28,141 The last one, I organized my own platoon. 342 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:30,810 Took over the whole hotel. 343 00:18:30,877 --> 00:18:33,946 It was almost as much fun as the time I set myself up... 344 00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:35,748 as mayor of that French village. 345 00:18:35,815 --> 00:18:38,918 Yes. Started collecting a kiss tax from all the mademoiselles. 346 00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:42,689 I could always count on you, John Walton, to back me up. 347 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:47,727 We really had some times, didn't we? 348 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:51,531 -We surely did. -We can again, too. 349 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,401 You're going to come to that Legion convention next year. 350 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,604 Now, that's an order. That's all there is to it. 351 00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,105 -Sounds good. -Sleep well. 352 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:02,074 Good night, John. 353 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,876 I'm just getting my things together. 354 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:06,346 I sure feel bad about putting you out of your room. 355 00:19:06,413 --> 00:19:08,281 Don't worry. I hope you'll be comfortable. 356 00:19:08,348 --> 00:19:09,716 I'll be fine. 357 00:19:09,782 --> 00:19:11,618 -I put your luggage over there. -Thanks. 358 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:16,489 -That's nice leather. -That's cowhide. 359 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:19,125 I thought I'd see that bearskin of yours up on the wall. 360 00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,060 Oh, no. Not that. 361 00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:24,897 -How big did you say he was? -He was a fair-sized bear. 362 00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:27,567 I got a few trophies myself. Hey, you know, listen... 363 00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:29,469 maybe one of these days you and me and your dad 364 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:31,404 can go hunting up in Canada. 365 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:33,206 They've got some real bears up there. 366 00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:36,075 This old silvertip rushed my guide once 367 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:37,777 caught him off balance. 368 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,079 Would have finished him off right there if I hadn't slipped 369 00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:42,081 a knife between his ribs. 370 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:44,551 I'm telling you, that bear measured over 7 feet... 371 00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:47,420 weighed more than 600 pounds. 372 00:19:47,487 --> 00:19:50,089 The one I shot wasn't nearly that big. 373 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:52,359 Don't worry, you'll get one that big before long. 374 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:54,627 Certainly hope so. Good night now. 375 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,430 Listen, I really do hate to put you out of your room. 376 00:19:57,497 --> 00:19:59,566 -It's nothing, Mr. Harrison. -Are you sure, now? 377 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:02,569 What did you say? You called me Mr. Harrison. 378 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:05,872 -I told you to call me Tip. -I forgot. 379 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:09,208 I'll put you on KP if you don't get my name right. 380 00:20:09,276 --> 00:20:11,244 -All right then. -Good night, Tip. 381 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:12,645 See you bright and early. 382 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,881 Don't you forget, you call me Tip. 383 00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:56,756 John. 384 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,593 Thought you were asleep. 385 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,332 You all right? 386 00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:09,135 Livie, I didn't have that much champagne. 387 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:11,404 No, I don't mean that. 388 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,607 I'm fine. 389 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:18,645 Must be hard for you. 390 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:21,548 Having Tip here, just as carefree... 391 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:24,851 and happy as in your Army days... 392 00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:27,253 while here you are, slaving away to feed 393 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,689 and clothe a wife and kids. 394 00:21:29,756 --> 00:21:32,459 Do you hear me complaining? 395 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:35,895 No, that's not your way. 396 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:38,598 -But all the same-- -Livie, hush. 397 00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:41,267 John. 398 00:21:41,334 --> 00:21:43,169 Livie... 399 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,771 Hush. 400 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:11,297 John-Boy. 401 00:22:11,364 --> 00:22:13,366 Need to deliver some lumber. Need your help. 402 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:15,502 I promised Mama I'd watch this trash fire. 403 00:22:15,568 --> 00:22:17,169 I'll take over. 404 00:22:17,236 --> 00:22:18,805 I don't know, Jason. 405 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:21,774 Daddy, John-Boy isn't the only Walton who can do anything. 406 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,044 -I never said he was. -I sure never said he was. 407 00:22:25,111 --> 00:22:28,615 But it's the way you treat me, like I'm still a kid. 408 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,750 I'm 15 years old. 409 00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:33,185 All right, Jason. You take over. 410 00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:34,286 Thanks, Daddy. 411 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:35,655 Keep a good eye on that fire. 412 00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,724 -Don't let the sparks fly off. -I won't. 413 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,726 Make sure that you got dirt covering the ashes. 414 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,160 They scratch like tinder. 415 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:43,229 I will, just like I've seen you and John-Boy 416 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,330 do hundreds of times. 417 00:22:44,397 --> 00:22:47,099 All right, son. Let's go. 418 00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:51,438 [dog barking] 419 00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:53,906 You want to help me stand guard, Reckless? 420 00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:12,425 -Good morning, Tip. -Morning. 421 00:23:12,492 --> 00:23:15,027 Somebody's been sleeping past reveille. 422 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:18,765 Winning the war all over again really tired me out. 423 00:23:19,866 --> 00:23:22,569 Here you are hard at work. 424 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,637 I got to deliver this stuff before noon. 425 00:23:24,704 --> 00:23:26,706 Why don't you come along, take a ride? 426 00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:29,842 I was thinking I should be on my way, John. 427 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,045 Not so soon. 428 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:34,881 I don't want to wear out my welcome. 429 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:36,649 Maybe you should stick around. 430 00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:38,985 Olivia's been cooking up a marvelous lunch. 431 00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:41,087 I mean really good. 432 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,622 Carrots. 433 00:23:43,523 --> 00:23:44,991 Carrots? 434 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,528 John Walton, you know we took a solemn oath... 435 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:51,864 if we left the war alive, we'd never look at another carrot. 436 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,867 One whole week all we had to eat... 437 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,969 morning, noon, and night was carrots. 438 00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,739 Carrot soup, carrot salad, carrot stew. 439 00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:02,842 And we finally got some real good meat. Tip's favorite. 440 00:24:02,909 --> 00:24:04,711 Rabbit. 441 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,715 Come on, Tip, don't leave so soon. 442 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,483 John, I don't know. 443 00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:13,620 Stick around a little while longer. Come on. 444 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:18,725 When you dangle a carrot in front of my nose, what can I do? 445 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:22,762 -I'll stick around awhile. -Come on, have a ride with us. 446 00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:25,131 Maybe I'd better take it easy. 447 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:27,466 Reconnoiter a little. 448 00:24:27,534 --> 00:24:29,536 All right. See you real soon. 449 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:31,538 See you, Tip. 450 00:24:51,758 --> 00:24:54,060 [harmonica playing] 451 00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:00,867 Good morning. 452 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:03,736 The kids are looking for you. 453 00:25:03,803 --> 00:25:07,173 Do me a favor. Don't tell them you saw me. 454 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:12,278 Ready, Reckless? 455 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:27,594 Daddy, can I ask you a question? 456 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,596 Why, sure, son. 457 00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:32,064 Let's take a minute. 458 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,072 Shoot. 459 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:45,645 Well, I've been thinking. 460 00:25:45,712 --> 00:25:47,513 Whenever there's talk about the war 461 00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:48,981 between you and Mr. Harrison... 462 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:50,983 it's always been happy stories about the fun 463 00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:53,219 and the good times you had. 464 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:58,557 Stories tend to get better and better as the years go by. 465 00:25:58,625 --> 00:26:01,027 Mainly, they're true. 466 00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:02,561 I know that. 467 00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:06,666 That isn't all of it, is it? 468 00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:09,301 No. 469 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:12,538 Like the Battle of the Argonne 470 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:14,941 that you're always talking about. 471 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:20,046 I know that more than 40,000 men were killed in that battle. 472 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:23,182 Forty-thousand men. That's more than twice as many people... 473 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:25,918 as there are in the whole town of Charlottesville. 474 00:26:25,985 --> 00:26:30,356 Son, a man who's there, he doesn't need to talk about it. 475 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:32,859 If you won't talk to me about that part of it... 476 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:36,195 then how am I supposed to understand what it's all about? 477 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:39,065 No way I can make you understand. 478 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:42,168 What am I supposed to do? Just go and fight a war? 479 00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:48,607 What I went through in Argonne, son... 480 00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:52,879 is experience I hope you never have to have. 481 00:27:04,891 --> 00:27:07,994 Come on, Reckless. Let's go, boy. 482 00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:28,948 I thought you were watching the trash fire. 483 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:31,583 It's all out, Mama. And the ash is covered. 484 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:34,153 -Any jobs you want doing? -Yeah. 485 00:27:34,220 --> 00:27:36,355 There's a loose hinge on this door 486 00:27:36,422 --> 00:27:37,724 that's been driving me crazy. 487 00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:40,426 I've told John and John-Boy to fix it 488 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,761 but they've been too busy. 489 00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:44,897 Well, I'll do it, Mama. 490 00:27:44,964 --> 00:27:47,433 -Thank you, Jason. -You're welcome. 491 00:28:07,153 --> 00:28:09,355 He's let that fire get out of hand. 492 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,690 Go on, right over there. John-Boy, get the shovels. 493 00:28:11,758 --> 00:28:13,726 Livie, we're on fire! 494 00:28:13,793 --> 00:28:16,328 It's a fire! 495 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:18,364 Children, stay back! 496 00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:27,807 There you go. 497 00:28:27,874 --> 00:28:30,977 -You got it? -I'll put some dirt on it. 498 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,946 -It's all out. -Yeah. 499 00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:36,916 -I sure wanted to help. -Me, too. 500 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:38,484 Everything's out back here. 501 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,752 No real damage done. 502 00:28:39,819 --> 00:28:41,087 That's about it, John. 503 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:43,155 Another minute or two and it was a real fire. 504 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,492 Sorry, Daddy. I tried to be so careful. 505 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:50,129 When you're watching a fire, you can't be too careful. 506 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:51,831 I know. 507 00:28:51,898 --> 00:28:55,367 I was just sure there wasn't one spark left. 508 00:28:57,770 --> 00:29:00,072 I let you down. 509 00:29:00,139 --> 00:29:03,075 Yes, son, I reckon you have. 510 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:06,779 Well, everybody's entitled to at least one mistake. 511 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:09,415 -John, remember Bummer McBride? -Who? 512 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:12,251 Bummer McBride. You remember Bummer? 513 00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:15,654 Bummer dozed off on sentry duty. You remember that. 514 00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:19,691 That's the time that hard-nosed major, what's-his-name-- 515 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:22,128 Rittenhouse. 516 00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:23,830 He comes on Bummer, he's snoozing. 517 00:29:23,896 --> 00:29:25,731 Just then the Jerries whizzbanged us-- 518 00:29:25,798 --> 00:29:27,166 That's right. 519 00:29:27,233 --> 00:29:30,602 When the dust settled and the Major dug himself out... 520 00:29:30,669 --> 00:29:33,405 he was in such a daze... 521 00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:36,175 we all convinced him he's the one who was asleep... 522 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:38,177 and dreamed the whole thing. 523 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:41,647 Why don't you two men exchange war stories over lunch? 524 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:43,282 Remember that? 525 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:44,884 Unloading that lumber and putting out this fire... 526 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:46,485 I have worked up a little appetite. 527 00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:49,989 I think right after lunch, John, I will have to be rolling on. 528 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:53,159 Shoot. 529 00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,363 Jason. 530 00:29:57,429 --> 00:30:00,466 Do you remember which way the wind was blowing at the time? 531 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,270 It was coming from the west. 532 00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,038 From the west? 533 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,243 How did one spark get carried 534 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,980 all the way over here against the wind? 535 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,949 I don't know. 536 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:19,986 It had to. I mean, how else could the fire have started? 537 00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:36,936 Daddy! 538 00:30:45,444 --> 00:30:47,146 It's been at them again. 539 00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:49,882 -It's that fox. -In broad daylight. 540 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:54,186 -John-Boy, let's go. -Yeah. 541 00:30:58,925 --> 00:31:00,426 We'll get a gun for Tip, too. 542 00:31:00,492 --> 00:31:04,396 No, John. I'd like to, but I really got to get going. 543 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:06,198 It'll be like old times, only nobody shooting back. 544 00:31:06,265 --> 00:31:08,200 Mr. Harrison doesn't want to go traipsing around 545 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,601 in those nice clothes. 546 00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:12,104 That fox wouldn't have a chance with you after it. 547 00:31:12,171 --> 00:31:14,773 -Yeah. -Tip? 548 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,009 Now let's get that fox. 549 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,514 [dog barking] 550 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,925 John-Boy. 551 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,071 You two set a pretty fast pace for a city fellow. 552 00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:46,973 Catch your breath. 553 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:49,141 That old hound dog is still on the scent. 554 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:52,244 Yeah. He thinks he is. 555 00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:54,546 We'll be turning around up here for hours. 556 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:57,483 Running that fox to ground is no concern of yours. 557 00:31:57,549 --> 00:31:59,851 You can head on back if you want to. 558 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,453 Give up? 559 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,555 Just because I haven't caught my second wind? 560 00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:05,624 You know me better than that, John Walton. 561 00:32:05,691 --> 00:32:07,293 This jaunt's child's play 562 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:08,995 when you've hunted the Canadian Rockies. 563 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:10,997 Maybe I'd better just run on ahead. 564 00:32:11,063 --> 00:32:12,999 I'm ready. 565 00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:15,801 What happens if we run into the big brother 566 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:17,569 of that bear John-Boy shot? 567 00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:19,405 We'll give you first crack at him. 568 00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:21,240 -Whenever you're ready. -Come on. Over the top. 569 00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:22,741 Reckless is getting faint. 570 00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:25,811 Take the right, son. You go on off to the left. 571 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,446 Suits me. 572 00:32:39,858 --> 00:32:41,693 [leaves rustling] 573 00:33:00,246 --> 00:33:04,516 -Can you see that old fox? -No, no sign of Reckless either. 574 00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:07,186 I know that old hound. He and the fox are off 575 00:33:07,253 --> 00:33:09,455 playing pinochle somewhere. 576 00:33:10,289 --> 00:33:12,491 Wonder where Tip is. 577 00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:18,730 I'm gonna ask you another question. 578 00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:19,898 Who is Harold Harrison? 579 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:21,733 Harold? 580 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:25,204 Why, that's Tip's younger brother. 581 00:33:25,271 --> 00:33:27,106 Tip always said he didn't have enough gumption 582 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:29,175 to tie his own shoes. 583 00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:31,610 How do you know about him? 584 00:33:33,545 --> 00:33:35,614 I just happened to notice that the car was 585 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,483 registered in his name. 586 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:40,319 And the luggage had his name on it, too. 587 00:33:40,386 --> 00:33:43,422 -Is that right? -Yeah. 588 00:33:47,926 --> 00:33:50,529 Daddy, I hope you don't mind my saying this. 589 00:33:52,298 --> 00:33:53,599 There's times I can't believe 590 00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:55,667 Mr. Harrison is as old as you are. 591 00:33:55,734 --> 00:33:58,270 In some ways, he seems even younger than me. 592 00:33:58,337 --> 00:34:00,772 You noticed that, did you? 593 00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,944 It's as if when the war ended... 594 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:07,679 he just stopped, too. 595 00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:11,750 He just kept going over and over those same adventures. 596 00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:15,521 At least you've been making something good for yourself. 597 00:34:15,587 --> 00:34:18,157 Something good for all of us. 598 00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:26,732 Let's go look for old Tip. 599 00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:55,594 [leaves rustling] 600 00:34:57,629 --> 00:34:59,365 Who's there? 601 00:35:02,734 --> 00:35:04,470 Who's there? 602 00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,138 [gunshot] 603 00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:08,274 [dog whimpering] 604 00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:56,422 -You get the fox? -No. 605 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,624 What was that shot? 606 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:02,027 I thought I saw something, but it was just a shadow. 607 00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:04,230 Wasted your ammunition. 608 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,935 That's a smart one. What do you think, boy? 609 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:13,339 I think he's probably halfway across the county by now. 610 00:36:13,405 --> 00:36:16,174 I reckon you're right. Might as well head on back home. 611 00:36:16,242 --> 00:36:17,443 Yeah, it's getting late. 612 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,445 I'm gonna wait on Reckless, Daddy. 613 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,914 He can outrun us all. Come on, he'll beat us there. 614 00:36:33,759 --> 00:36:36,295 -I wanna carry them. -No, I wanna carry them. 615 00:36:36,362 --> 00:36:38,530 Ladies, look, you're gonna scuff 'em. 616 00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:41,166 All right. You carry that one, and I'll carry this. 617 00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:44,135 I get the small one. 618 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:47,273 First time I ever heard Erin begging to do some work. 619 00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:50,309 She and Mary Ellen sure are gone over Tip Harrison. 620 00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:52,944 Mary Ellen even took down her picture of Babe Ruth. 621 00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:55,781 I sure wish you didn't have to go so soon, Tip. 622 00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:59,818 The time to leave is when a host can still say that and mean it. 623 00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:01,620 Now, you know you're always welcome. 624 00:37:01,687 --> 00:37:05,056 I know that, John. I know that. 625 00:37:05,123 --> 00:37:07,326 Careful of your hand. 626 00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:14,900 John. 627 00:37:18,404 --> 00:37:21,573 Your regard means a lot to me. 628 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,142 Tip, the whole family feels the same way. 629 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:27,513 You come back real soon. 630 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:30,048 Thanks. 631 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:32,584 Think about meeting me at the convention next year. 632 00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:34,085 -All right. -Okay. 633 00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:35,621 Stay away from the car, children. 634 00:37:35,687 --> 00:37:37,989 Take care. So long, sweethearts. 635 00:37:38,056 --> 00:37:39,525 So long. 636 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,126 -Bye. -Take care. 637 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:44,029 -Watch it. -Bye-bye, Tip. 638 00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:49,067 That sure is some car. 639 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:52,638 Feed this family for 10 years on what that machine costs. 640 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:55,441 He doesn't have to worry about feeding this family. 641 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,876 No, nor any family. 642 00:38:06,652 --> 00:38:09,655 It's gonna be so boring around here without Tip Harrison. 643 00:38:09,721 --> 00:38:11,457 Come on inside, Mary Ellen. 644 00:38:11,523 --> 00:38:14,059 I think I can find something to cure your boredom. 645 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:16,328 Mama, that's not what I meant. 646 00:38:16,395 --> 00:38:18,964 Run along. 647 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:21,467 Daddy, you know Reckless hasn't gotten home yet. 648 00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:23,902 It's not like him to stay up there by himself. 649 00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:27,739 Come suppertime, he'll be standing ready. 650 00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:30,008 John-Boy, we gotta buy some heavy wire 651 00:38:30,075 --> 00:38:32,010 to fix that chicken coop. 652 00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:41,753 Maybe someday Daddy will have 653 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:44,623 a big shiny car like Mr. Harrison's. 654 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:47,025 Daddy doesn't need a shiny car. 655 00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:05,877 [dramatic music] 656 00:39:23,395 --> 00:39:24,796 [music continues] 657 00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:54,893 Tip, what's the matter? Forget something? 658 00:39:59,264 --> 00:40:01,867 Tip, what's the matter? 659 00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:06,605 John... 660 00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:11,142 -John, it's about your dog. -Reckless? 661 00:40:14,546 --> 00:40:17,683 I shot him. I shot your dog. 662 00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:20,251 Up there, I heard something in the bushes 663 00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:22,053 and I just blazed away. 664 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,556 -Did you kill him? -I don't know. 665 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:28,059 -Daddy, I'm gonna drive on back. -Just a second, son. 666 00:40:29,294 --> 00:40:31,563 Tip, I'm your friend. 667 00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:34,600 Why couldn't you come to me? 668 00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:37,503 I don't know. 669 00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:39,538 I just couldn't. 670 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:44,543 And another thing. 671 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,279 The fire. 672 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:51,416 I let the boy take the blame, but it was my fault. 673 00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:53,351 A cigarette. 674 00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,754 You did that to my Jason? 675 00:40:57,556 --> 00:41:00,325 I'm sorry, John. 676 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:01,693 I shouldn't have come back. 677 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,896 I should've left things like they were. 678 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:07,999 -But I keep looking. -For what? 679 00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:11,703 Well, for me. 680 00:41:13,071 --> 00:41:16,207 I mean, the way things used to be... 681 00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:19,110 when everything I did was right. 682 00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:22,147 That's the way it was over there, wasn't it, John? 683 00:41:23,448 --> 00:41:25,884 Yeah. 684 00:41:25,951 --> 00:41:28,654 I want it to be like that again. 685 00:41:33,191 --> 00:41:35,160 But it won't. 686 00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:39,164 Not now. 687 00:41:52,410 --> 00:41:54,145 Listen, Tip... 688 00:41:57,215 --> 00:42:00,385 what you are talking about is memories. 689 00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:02,387 That's all they are. Memories. 690 00:42:02,453 --> 00:42:04,189 Good memories, but just memories. 691 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:07,993 You got to put them away in a shoebox. You got to retire them. 692 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:13,865 Tip. 693 00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:16,868 One thing I've learned is every day is a new thing. 694 00:42:18,303 --> 00:42:20,872 A chance to start again. 695 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:24,710 Hey, boy, give life a chance. 696 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,980 Grab a hold of now. 697 00:42:30,015 --> 00:42:31,149 Huh? 698 00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:50,902 ...down in there, back of the fan belt. 699 00:42:50,969 --> 00:42:53,672 -Don't lose any of the parts. -That's right, Grandpa. 700 00:42:57,643 --> 00:42:59,577 -John-Boy, get my gun. -Yes, sir. 701 00:42:59,645 --> 00:43:01,780 What's wrong, John? 702 00:43:01,847 --> 00:43:04,850 Grandpa, I just ran into a fellow down the road. 703 00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:06,885 Said he saw Reckless up in the mountains 704 00:43:06,952 --> 00:43:08,954 and that he has been hurt. Maybe shot. 705 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:11,289 -Shot? -I knew something was wrong. 706 00:43:11,356 --> 00:43:14,325 Let's get up there in the mountains, see if we can 707 00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:17,162 find him before it gets dark. 708 00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:19,631 Reckless! 709 00:43:19,698 --> 00:43:21,667 Here, boy. 710 00:43:21,733 --> 00:43:23,234 Reckless! 711 00:43:23,301 --> 00:43:25,536 Reckless, here, boy! 712 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:28,439 Grandpa, what's the matter? Did you find something? 713 00:43:28,506 --> 00:43:30,608 I seem to have lost the tracks. 714 00:43:30,676 --> 00:43:32,610 Should be heading out that way. 715 00:43:32,678 --> 00:43:34,612 Must have been chasing something. 716 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,848 But could be he doubled back on himself. 717 00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:38,984 Come on, let's go. 718 00:43:39,050 --> 00:43:40,385 Reckless! 719 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:42,821 Here, boy! 720 00:43:43,855 --> 00:43:47,392 You take a look over there. 721 00:43:47,458 --> 00:43:49,795 Here, boy! 722 00:43:51,797 --> 00:43:53,098 Reckless! 723 00:43:53,164 --> 00:43:55,333 -Any sign of him? -No, sir. 724 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,402 I should have known. 725 00:43:57,468 --> 00:43:59,370 Deer tracks. 726 00:44:00,839 --> 00:44:02,974 Reckon we'd better head on back home. 727 00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:05,977 Yeah, I suppose so. Light is fading fast. 728 00:44:06,044 --> 00:44:08,513 We can't leave Reckless here in the dark. 729 00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:10,248 I don't like it any better than you do. 730 00:44:10,315 --> 00:44:13,251 It's not gonna help matters to get lost up in the mountains. 731 00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:15,353 We'll come back as soon as it's daylight. 732 00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:16,855 Poor Reckless. 733 00:44:16,922 --> 00:44:19,490 -Jason? -You go on ahead. I'll catch up. 734 00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:22,427 I'm just gonna look in this gully over here. 735 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:24,963 Here, boy! Reckless! 736 00:44:28,233 --> 00:44:29,500 Reckless! 737 00:44:29,567 --> 00:44:31,803 Here, boy! 738 00:44:35,941 --> 00:44:38,910 -Jason! -Coming, Daddy. 739 00:44:58,596 --> 00:45:00,866 [harmonica playing] 740 00:45:07,605 --> 00:45:09,340 [Reckless barking] 741 00:45:18,850 --> 00:45:20,952 Reckless. 742 00:45:21,019 --> 00:45:23,188 What happened? Who did this to you, boy? 743 00:45:23,254 --> 00:45:26,557 Daddy, John-Boy, come quick! I found Reckless. 744 00:45:26,624 --> 00:45:27,959 Just take it easy, boy. 745 00:45:28,026 --> 00:45:30,561 It's going to be all right. That's it. 746 00:45:30,628 --> 00:45:34,065 Just lie down. Good boy. 747 00:45:34,132 --> 00:45:36,802 Daddy, I found him. I found Reckless. 748 00:45:36,868 --> 00:45:39,137 I found Reckless, Grandpa. 749 00:45:40,471 --> 00:45:41,940 Take it easy, boy. 750 00:45:42,007 --> 00:45:43,975 Reckless looks so sad. 751 00:45:44,042 --> 00:45:47,445 He's got a right to look sad. Being shot and left for dead. 752 00:45:47,512 --> 00:45:48,814 He'll be okay. 753 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,315 I'm sure he will. 754 00:45:50,381 --> 00:45:53,151 He'll be as lively as ever in a couple of weeks. 755 00:45:53,218 --> 00:45:55,453 I think he's enjoying all the attention. 756 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:56,754 Look, he's thanking Jason. 757 00:45:56,822 --> 00:45:58,323 He ought to. 758 00:45:58,389 --> 00:46:00,525 If he hadn't found him, he might have bled to death. 759 00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:05,430 I still wonder how that fool dog managed to get himself shot. 760 00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:08,199 Likely we'll never have an answer to that one. 761 00:46:09,868 --> 00:46:12,270 Reckless isn't going to tell us. 762 00:46:12,337 --> 00:46:14,973 I don't like the idea of strangers up there 763 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,208 firing guns in those mountains. 764 00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:20,045 Daddy, you never did say who it was that told you 765 00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:22,480 about Reckless being shot. 766 00:46:22,547 --> 00:46:24,883 That's right, son. I never did. 767 00:46:26,517 --> 00:46:29,955 It's nice and quiet around here without Tip tonight. 768 00:46:30,021 --> 00:46:32,323 I don't know. I miss the singing and the stories. 769 00:46:32,390 --> 00:46:37,128 -I miss the champagne. -You would. 770 00:46:37,195 --> 00:46:39,230 I must confess I had a few misgivings... 771 00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:42,533 when I heard we were gonna meet the living legend. 772 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,735 Now I'm real glad that he came. 773 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:47,005 So am I. 774 00:46:49,507 --> 00:46:52,543 Except, I think you all should know one thing. 775 00:46:52,610 --> 00:46:56,381 Jason didn't start that fire. Tip did. 776 00:46:56,447 --> 00:46:57,849 What? 777 00:46:57,916 --> 00:47:01,219 We knew that, Daddy. John-Boy and me. 778 00:47:04,189 --> 00:47:06,191 Then why didn't you speak up, son? 779 00:47:07,893 --> 00:47:10,161 Just knowing seemed enough. 780 00:47:12,030 --> 00:47:14,399 The boy would have spoken up. 781 00:47:18,603 --> 00:47:21,072 But the man didn't. 782 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,189 Packing it away? 783 00:47:38,256 --> 00:47:41,459 I guess it's nice to know it's there. 784 00:47:41,526 --> 00:47:45,463 Once in a while, it's a pleasure to take it out and look at it. 785 00:47:45,530 --> 00:47:48,733 Try to remember the youngster who wore it. 786 00:47:48,799 --> 00:47:55,040 But I sure don't have time to live with it 24 hours a day... 787 00:47:55,106 --> 00:47:57,508 three hundred and sixty-five days a year. 788 00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:02,580 The gallant gesture made in the face of great danger... 789 00:48:02,647 --> 00:48:05,783 the flamboyant exploit that shocks and delights... 790 00:48:05,850 --> 00:48:09,587 these are the usual materials for building a legend. 791 00:48:09,654 --> 00:48:11,189 But as I was growing up... 792 00:48:11,256 --> 00:48:13,324 I was privileged to watch the day-by-day growth 793 00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:15,326 of another kind of legend. 794 00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:18,396 Fashioned out of long years of bone-tiring work... 795 00:48:18,463 --> 00:48:21,499 good humor in the face of daily hardship... 796 00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:25,203 and unfailing patience, understanding, and love. 797 00:48:25,270 --> 00:48:28,506 The quiet legend of John Walton, my father. 798 00:48:30,708 --> 00:48:34,712 "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep." 799 00:48:34,779 --> 00:48:37,315 Mama, what is my soul? 800 00:48:37,382 --> 00:48:39,717 It's your spirit, darling. 801 00:48:39,784 --> 00:48:41,752 Well, that explains something. 802 00:48:41,819 --> 00:48:43,388 What's that, Elizabeth? 803 00:48:43,454 --> 00:48:47,192 I always wondered what the Lord wanted with a piece of my shoe. 804 00:48:47,258 --> 00:48:50,261 -Good night, Elizabeth. -Good night, Mama. 805 00:48:57,302 --> 00:48:58,669 In a moment, some scenes 806 00:48:58,736 --> 00:49:01,106 from the next episode of The Waltons. 807 00:49:22,227 --> 00:49:24,595 [music continues]