Earl Hamner Jr. credited as playing...
The Narrator
- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Being the oldest in a large family was in many ways a blessing; in other ways it could be a burden. For one thing, it meant I gave up earlier some of the carefree and irresponsible joys of being young. It wasn't until I was spending some extra time at home during a break between semesters that I realised I was not only being big brother to my own family but to the world at large.