The Boosters

Episode aired Dec 28, 1978
TV-G
1h

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

115

YOUR RATING

Drama Family Romance

Ben starts an autocourt venture with Corabeth. Then they find out the government stops all new constructions. Ben comes up with a clever plan to use old cabins. Meanwhile, Yancy takes a mail... Read allBen starts an autocourt venture with Corabeth. Then they find out the government stops all new constructions. Ben comes up with a clever plan to use old cabins. Meanwhile, Yancy takes a mail course to become a barber.Ben starts an autocourt venture with Corabeth. Then they find out the government stops all new constructions. Ben comes up with a clever plan to use old cabins. Meanwhile, Yancy takes a mail course to become a barber.

Director
- Harry Harris
Writers
- Earl Hamner Jr.
- Robert Pirosh
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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

115

YOUR RATING

Director
- Harry Harris
Writers
- Earl Hamner Jr.
- Robert Pirosh
Stars

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John Walton<Good Father

I can't believe how John Walton is portrayed in this episode. Ben is the most independent and industrious of the Walton Clan, second only to maybe John Boy. The fact that his father is against him from the very start of the episode is disparaging. Of course he ends up being right in the end only to prove he has just so much omnipotent vision, as if he were a prophet. He never gives Ben credit for trying his best and never supports him throughout. It reminds me of my own selfish, evil father and is completely out of character for John Walton, considering every single other episode. This is by far my least favorite episode of the entire series. Truly despicable parenting.

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Goofs
As John and Ben are driving back from the final Boosters meeting, the shadows of two crew members wearing baseball caps can be seen moving at the bottom right-hand corner of the road.

Quotes
Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Most of the time when strangers appeared on Waltons Mountain they were people who had taken the wrong turn from the main highway and had gotten themselves lost. But the coming of World War Two was to bring many strangers who were actually looking for the mountain, and while we didn't exactly have a traffic problem, we did have traffic. And that's what gave my brother, Ben, the idea for the boldest venture he had ever attempted.