Ellen Corby credited as playing...
Esther Walton
- John-Boy Walton: [referring to AJ Covington] You're not gonna believe how much money he makes. When he told me, I didn't believe it myself. He makes $150 a week.
- The Grandfather: Ahh, he must've been pulling your leg.
- John-Boy Walton: Nope. $150 a week.
- The Grandfather: Well, that's as much money as the President of our country makes.
- Esther Walton: Why, that's $600 a month.
- John-Boy Walton: Mm-hm.
- The Grandfather: For that kind of money I'd crawl bare naked through a rattlesnake farm.
- Olivia Walton: What would happen if our president chased after a woman and forgot about his duties to this country?
- The Grandfather: Now, Livie, after all, she didn't go after any old earl or count. She made her way slam bang to the top. Sounds like a real barnburner to me.
- Esther Walton: What's a barnburner?
- The Grandfather: Oh, a real hot cookie who...
- Esther Walton: Don't tell me!