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Cover: The Waltons -- we’re still a family

Page 1: Contents 

Page 2: The Big Picture -- Natalie Wood 

Page 4: Ken Jennings -- will he win as Jeopardy!’s new host 

Page 6: Picture Perfect -- Mariah Carey on her Magical Christmas Special 

Page 7: Derek Hough and Julianne Hough hosting The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration, Drew Scott with a guitar and a Santa hat, Joan Collins toasts the holidays 

Page 8: Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on Today show 

Page 10: Olivia Colman playing a game of Ibble Dibble on the set of The Crown 

Page 12: Eva Longoria and her son Santiago

Page 13: Sofia Vergara

Page 22: Cover Story -- The Waltons -- we’re still a family -- the warm relationships that began on the show have lasted on a lifetime -- Michael Learned, Richard Thomas, Kami Cotler, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Eric Scott, Judy Norton

Page 26: Secrets from the 9 to 5 set -- our favorite woman-powered workplace comedy starring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton 

Page 31: Spot the Difference -- Gabrielle Union 

Page 33: Horoscopes -- Sagittarius Brad Pitt turned 57 on December 18 

Page 34: Entertainment -- Viola Davis on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, James Marsden on The Stand, In the Spotlight -- Maura Tierney 

Page 36: On the Move -- Cameron Diaz 

Page 38: Best Friends -- Elizabeth Hurley and her new puppy Shivraj, Dr. Mehmet Oz and his cat Babycat, Kate Bosworth and her dog Happy 

Page 40: Great Escape -- Jacki Weaver on Savannah, Georgia 

Page 44: How to avoid holiday weight gain 

Page 46: Heart to Heart -- Angela Bassett -- keep falling in love -- the acclaimed actress shares her thoughts about work, family and staying healthy 

Page 50: Christopher Plummer -- why I’ll never retire -- happy to be done with leading man days the star insists that his life and work have gotten more interesting as he’s aged 

Page 52: Felicity Huffman is happy to be back -- the actress is ready to get to work and put the college admissions scandal behind her 

Page 54: John Travolta healing over the holidays -- the actor has vowed to make Christmas special for his children following the death of their mom Kelly Clarkson 

Page 58: My Life in 10 Pictures -- Dick Van Dyke 

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion  -  CBS  -  November 21, 1993

Drama

Running Time:  120 minutes

Stars:

Richard Thomas as John Walton Jr. (John Boy)

Ralph Waite as John Walton Sr

Michael Learned as Olivia Walton

Ellen Corby as Grandma Esther Walton

Jon Walmsley as Jason Walton

Judy Norton as Mary Ellen Walton

Mary McDonough as Erin Walton Northridge

Eric Scott as Ben Walton

David W. Harper as Jim-Bob Walton

Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton

Joe Conley as Ike Godsey

Ronnie Claire Edwards as Corabeth Walton Godsey

Cast photo of “A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion”. 

Ralph Waite as John Walton Sr

Michael Learned as Olivia Walton

Ellen Corby as Grandma Esther Walton

Jon Walmsley as Jason Walton

Judy Norton as Mary Ellen Walton (Willard)

Mary McDonough as Erin Walton Northridge

Eric Scott as Ben Walton

David W. Harper as Jim-Bob Walton

Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton

Kate McNeil as Janet Gilchrist

Lisa Harrison as Toni Hazelton Walton

Kami Cotler aka Elizabeth from ‘The Waltons’: Common Core and American education

By Lynn R. Mitchell Just about everyone remembers Kami Cotler, better known as Elizabeth from the beloved Virginia-based “The Waltons” television series from the 1970s that centered on Depression-era life and World War II in Nelson County’s Rockfish Valley. She was the youngest, the red-headed little sister who grew up in front of…

Kami Cotler aka Elizabeth from ‘The Waltons': Common Core and American education

By Lynn R. Mitchell

Just about everyone remembers Kami Cotler, better known as Elizabeth from the beloved Virginia-based “The Waltons” television series from the 1970s that centered on Depression-era life and World War II in Nelson County’s Rockfish Valley. She was the youngest, the red-headed little sister who grew up in front of…

Good night, John-Boy. – Elizabeth Walton (Kami Cotler) on The Waltons (1972–81).

This line, heard today at sleepovers, pajama parties, and campsites, became a staple of the show and was usually heard during each episode’s final moments. The Walton house would be seen from afar, at night, as each family member called out his or her good nights. Because John-Boy (Richard Thomas) was the show’s central character, his name was usually said last.

The catchphrase came from creator and narrator Earl Hamner Jr.’s real life growing up in a small Schuyler, Virginia, house with lots of siblings. During a Waltons reunion in 1992, Hamner revealed the origins to Entertainment Tonight. On the porch of the house in which he grew up, the house that was the inspiration for the show, Hamner told former Waltons star Mary McDonough of the “good nights”: “It was just something we always did. And we would keep it up all night long if my father hadn’t stopped it. You know, we’d start calling ‘good night’ to each other and then somebody else would think of a little message to send to another brother or sister. Finally my father would have to say ‘Okay, time to go to sleep.’ And we did.”

But now we must get specific. Yes, the closing “good nights” were first heard at the end of the first episode, “The Foundling” (first aired September 14, 1972), but the exact phrase listed here wasn’t heard until the next week, on the show’s second episode, “The Carnival” (written by Nigel McKeand, first aired September 21, 1972) as John-Boy and sister Elizabeth recounted their day at the circus. Elizabeth: “I wish I could see that lady walk along the rope again.” John-Boy: “One day, maybe.” Elizabeth: “Hope so; good night, John-Boy.”   Sleep on that.