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A writer named A.J. Covington visits Walton's Mountain and inspires John-Boy to pursue his writing dreams. The episode aired in 1972 and features Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned and other cast members of The Waltons.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- Philip Leacock
- 1972-11-30
"The Waltons" The Literary Man (TV Episode 1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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John Boy Walton meets A.J. Covington, when his truck breaks down and A.J. stops to help him fix it. He tells John Boy that he is a writer, and John Boy is so fascinated by meeting his first writer that he takes him home to meet his family. When he says that he has done a little saw milling work, he suggests that John might keep him on to help fill an order of timber, and pay him in room and board. During the time that he is with the Walton family, he keeps John Boy entertained by telling him stories of adventures he has had, and writers that he has known. Unfortunately though, on their trip to the mountain to get more logs for the timber contract they are working on, John Boy and A.J. get a bit too involved with editing John Boy's work that they forget to cut enough wood for the rest of the men at home to cut into timber.
Grandma appears to think that A.J. is just telling John Boy stories to make himself appear better in John Boy's eyes, so when he suggests that he look at Jim Bob's severe stomach ache, she is quite skeptical. He suggests though that Jim Bob has appendicitis, and realises that Jim Bob needs to go urgently to the hospital to have his appendix removed. Before he leaves the Walton home, he gives the following advice to John Boy: write about what he knows…his life, his family, his friends.
•Joe Conley as Ike Godsey
•John Crawford as Sheriff Ep Bridges
•This episode won for Gene Fowler Jnr., Marjorie Fowler & Anthony Wollmer an Emmy for Cinematography for a Single Episode of a Drama Series.
•NOTE 2: The character of A.J. Covington once more in an episode during season 4, called The Abdication.
Esther 'Grandma' Walton: If I had a son his age who was out at all hours like John-Boy is of recent, he'd have his bottom well scorched!
Zeb 'Grandpa' Walton: Your son sitting over there was an awful lot worse than John-Boy, and I don't recall his bottom getting scorched too much by you!
Esther 'Grandma' Walton: (scowls)
John Walton: (grins)
The Waltons S1 • E11. This full-length episode is available for purchase. The Literary Man. Buy. CC. The Waltons. 174M subscribers. Subscribe. 29. The Waltons S1 E11. A...
Summaries. A writer comes to Walton's Mountain and impresses John-Boy with his tales of literary connections and accomplishments. When John Boy meets a writer passing through Walton's Mountain, he impulsively asks him to come home to meet his family. Staying a few days and helping in the mill for his room and board, the writer fills John Boy's ...
John-Boy meets a self-styled writer who praises his stories and offers to publish them, but his literary dreams come at a cost. Watch this drama episode from season 1 of The Waltons, starring David Huddleston and Victor Izay.
Episode 11: The Literary Man John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.
