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The Carnival: Directed by Alf Kjellin. With Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby. Four carnival performers are stranded after the carnival leaves Walton's Mountain, so they stay with the Waltons while they try to get back home.
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- Drama, Family, Romance
- Alf Kjellin
- 1972-09-21
Find out who played John-Boy, John, Olivia, Grandfather and other characters in the 1972 TV episode The Carnival, directed by Alf Kjellin and written by Earl Hamner Jr. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and more on IMDb.
Synopsis: The children are excited to go to the carnival that has stopped near the mountain but when Grandma breaks her glasses they give her the money they were going to use for the carnival to pay for new glasses. After the carnival manager runs off with the snake charmer's wife and all the cash, four performers are stranded on the mountain ...
- Recurring Role
- Guest Cast
- Opening Journal Quote
- Recap
John Crawford Ep BridgesCindy Eilbacher as Martha Rose CoverdaleGino Conforti as Pete HarrisBilly Barty as TommyBarbara Davis as BelleJohn Harper as MarcoFew strangers ever came to Waltons Mountain. We got our news of the outside world from the radio or from an occasional copy of a magazine. But I remember when I was about seventeen, four visitors arrived and gave me my first unexpected glimpse of the other world beyond our mountain.
The episode opens in the kitchen where all the children are counting up money; they saved up all this money so they could go to the Carnival. They cheer when John Boy tells them that not only do they have enough for the Carnival but they have enough for a stick of cotton candy. Meanwhile, Olivia and Esther are doing some work in the kitchen, when t...
Directing. Alf Kjellin. Director. A Carnival troupe comes to Walton's Mountain. When the manager absconds with the money, four members are stranded at the Walton house. They thank the Waltons with a private performance.
