The Waltons' Homecoming

[tommie]

In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the tv movie that launched the classic series, The CW is airing a special event movie called "The Waltons' Homecoming" starring Bellamy Young (Scandal).

Per the official logline, Homecoming is “told through the eyes of John Boy, the 17-year-old eldest child of John and Olivia Walton. His mother expects John Boy to help her raise his sisters and brothers, and his father expects him to follow in his footsteps to help support the family, but secretly, John Boy wants to be a writer. Times are hard enough in 1933, but to make matters worse, it looked to be the Waltons’ first Christmas without John Sr. When Olivia receives a letter that John Sr. is planning to make it home for Christmas after all, the family is thrilled and races to prepare for his homecoming. But when a storm threatens his arrival on Christmas Eve, and John Sr. is nowhere to be found, Olivia sends John Boy out into the night to find his daddy — a journey that will change John Boy’s life forever.”

Can't wait to see what 25-year-old is playing John Boy and will he be shirtless more than 50% of the time? A storm surely means that at least he'll be wet in a lot of it.

 

[Brian Kinney]

John Boy will be played by 22-year-old Logan Shroyer, he is the older teen/ young adult Kevin on This is Us. But I don't recall shirtless scenes with him and this is the only picture I found.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

So it's basically another remake. I rather liked the 1971 pilot THE HOMECOMING: A CHRISTMAS STORY which introduced The Waltons. It's tres, tres early-70s with a wonderful score by Jerry Goldsmith, and Patricia Neal plays the mother (Neal was never asked, perhaps due to a well-publicized stroke, the role of Olivia in the subsequent series -- a much less maudlin show than Landon's bastardization of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" book series).

Will John-Boy be shirtless? Well, it is 2021. Who will replace Cleavon Little as the lover he runs off into the snowy woods to hook up with while "looking for Daddy"...?


John Boy and Hawthorne Dooley attend a yuletide trans orgy with the Baldwin siblings:

 

[Alexis]

John Boy will be played by 22-year-old Logan Shroyer, he is the older teen/ young adult Kevin on This is Us. But I don't recall shirtless scenes with him and this is the only picture I found.

I'll take it.

 

[Seaviewer]

Ever see Spencer's Mountain, the first adaptation of Hamner's novel? Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and James MacArthur as the son who was called Clay-boy, which sounds more like a Gumby character.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

So it's basically another remake. I rather liked the 1971 pilot THE HOMECOMING: A CHRISTMAS STORY which introduced The Waltons. It's tres, tres early-70s with a wonderful score by Jerry Goldsmith, and Patricia Neal plays the mother (Neal was never asked, perhaps due to a well-publicized stroke, the role of Olivia in the subsequent series -- a much less maudlin show than Landon's bastardization of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" book series).

Will John-Boy be shirtless? Well, it is 2021. Who will replace Cleavon Little as the lover he runs off into the snowy woods to hook up with while "looking for Daddy"...?


John Boy and Hawthorne Dooley attend a yuletide trans orgy with the Baldwin siblings:

Actually I think they've been changed to the Baldwin brothers and are much younger.

When John Boy samples the recipe all their clothes start to come off!

Apparently there's going to be a big bang on Walton's mountain!