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The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain and a 1963 film of the same name, about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. The television movie The H… more »



Jim-Bob Walton:
[Jim-Bob rides to the house with a letter for John-Boy, sitting on the steps, writing "10,000" in the sand] Ten thousand what?

John-Boy Walton:
Huh?

Jim-Bob Walton:
I said, "Ten thousand what?"

John-Boy Walton:
Ten thousand unemployed writers in this country today.

Jim-Bob Walton:
That's silly.

John-Boy Walton:
What's silly about ten thousand unemployed writers?

Jim-Bob Walton:
Just because you're nineteen years old, doesn't mean everyone else is dumb.

John-Boy Walton:
I never said you were dumb.

John-Boy Walton:
Well, the way you tell it, a writer is somebody who's supposed to be somebody who thinks things up and puts 'em on paper.

Jim-Bob Walton:
Well what's that got to do with anything?

John-Boy Walton:
Somebody like that is working for himself, isn't he?

John-Boy Walton:
Of course he's working for himself, he has to work for himself.

Jim-Bob Walton:
If he's working for himself, how can he be out of a job?

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