Product Details

• Actors: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby, Will Geer
• Directors: Alf Kjellin, Fielder Cook, Harry Harris, Harvey S. Laidman, Ivan Dixon
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006
• Run Time: 1225 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E5N6M0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,606 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The Waltons: The Complete Third Season finds series creator Earl Hamner's running story about the proud, Depression-era family living and working on Walton's Mountain going through some changes. The big news is that oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is now a freshman at Boatwright University, pursuing his dream of becoming a writer but encountering a lot of tough challenges and distractions. Still living at home but driving to classes every day, John-Boy gets an unpleasant taste of hazing from arrogant upperclassmen, grief from impatient professors, insecurity in a competitive writing class, and an ever-broadening sense of how the other half lives through exotic, quirky, yet sometimes sweet and attractive young women he meets on campus.

Meanwhile, John-Boy's father, John Walton (Ralph Waite), nurses a dream of opening a father-and-son-operated lumber mill, knowing full well that the very busy John-Boy can't do much without sacrificing his education. (John also discovers next-in-line son Jason (Jon Walmsley) is already dreaming about his own career beyond the mountain.) Walton mom Olivia (Michael Learned) looks wistful over the speed with which her children are growing up, and Grandpa (Will Geer) tries to do his part for the family's well-being within the limits of his age and rocky health. The Complete Third Season starts powerfully with a story about Walton kin, living elsewhere on the mountain, who refuse to leave their generations-long home in an eminent domain struggle with the government. Glimpses of the world Grandpa grew up in--full of moonshine, guns, and hardheaded men and women--abound in this fascinating episode. Other dramas concern heart problems for Grandpa; a runaway crisis when Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) bolts from home; a proper (and long-delayed) wedding for formerly eloped couple John and Olivia; a horse race that's supposed to be fun but takes on greater dimension; and troubles for John-Boy with a femme fatale and Boatwright's flawed honor code. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
They built their home on the timeless mountain that bears their name. They built their lives on even stronger stuff: the bedrock of family. This 5-disc set features all 25 Season-three episodes of the beloved series that ran 9 years and won 5 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. Through another hard year of the Depression, Season 3 entails the Walton family's discovery that the true richness in life comes from the joy they bring each other, while fans also relive John-Boy's first year at college.

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90 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One The Best TV Shows Of All Times, March 23, 2006

By	Metch - See all my reviews

Season Three of The Waltons was ranked 8th by audience size out of the best 30 TV shows according the Nielsen Rating (The Nielsen Rating is the number of all TV-equipped homes tuned to the program on an average night, as measured by Nielsen Media Research). The 3rd season got 25.5% of the audience size. Season 2 of "The Waltons" got the Highest rating ranking 2nd behind "All In The Family".

Infact, The Waltons is number 57 on the best 100 TV shows of all time until the 2002-2003 season.

The 3rd Season consist of 24 episodes and they are as follows:

01- The Coflict (Two Hours Episode) - Aired on 9/12/1974
02- The First day - Aired 9/19/1974
03- The Thoroughbred - Aired 9/26/1974
04- The Runaway - Aired 10/3/1974
05- The Romance - Aired 10/10/1974
06- The Ring - Aired 10/17/1974
07- The System - Aired 10/24/1974
08- The Spoilers - Aired 10/31/1974
09- The Marathon - Aired 11/7/1974
10- The Book - Aired 11/14/1974
11- The Job - Aired 11/21/1974
12- The Departure - Aired 12/5/1974
13- The Visitor - Aired 12/12/1974
14- The Birthday - Aired 12/19/1974
15- The Lie - Aired 1/2/1975
16- The Matchmakers - Aired 1/9/1975
17- The Beguiled - Aired 1/16/1975
18- The Caretakers - Aired 1/23/1975
19- The Shivaree - Aired 1/30/1975
20- The Choice - Aired 2/6/1975
21- The Statue - Aired 2/13/1975
22- The Song - Aired 2/20/1975
23- The Woman - Aired 2/27/1975
24- The Venture - Aired 3/6/1975

I hope they Continue releasing all the remaining 6 seasons, Thanks for reading my review.

54 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great season of the Waltons - spoilers, January 12, 2006

By	caj - See all my reviews

This season is one of the best. The highlight of the season is the first episode called 'The Conflict'. We meet Grandpa's sister-in-law Martha Corrine, her son Boone, and grandson Wade. The conflict is over the county forcing Martha Corrine off her home and land in order to build a road. It will break your heart.

Also, John-boy begins college, Ike and Corabeth get married, John-boy enters a dance marathon, Grandpa has a heart attack right before his birthday, and John-boy gets Blue the mule.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quality Show - Poor Quality Reproduction, October 9, 2006

By	James Koenig "konedog" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

The third season of the Waltons continues the tradition of meaningful family entertainment. Just like the first two seasons, there are wonderful episodes in this season as well, with extensive character development in the children, John and Olivia Walton, and of course the trials of aging in Zeb and Esther Walton. The family members are so real, the plots so interesting, and the acting so excellent, that one forgets that this is a show. It is so engrossing, it is like watching a real live family.

The biggest disappointment for me is the quality of the reproduction. The first two seasons displayed superb video reproduction. The color is vivid, the film is scratch and blotch-free, and the sound quality is clear. Unfortunately, the third season episodes show none of these quality markers. My version shows scratches, blotches, poor faded color, and an inferior sound track. Much to my disappointment, the quality is not any better than taping the shows off the television. To produce the episodes without cleaning up the scratches and imperfections is uncharacteristic of the Walton tradition. The Waltons is a show known for its quality, and here are reproductions that fall far short of acceptable quality standards.

While it is nice to have the third season on DVD, viewing the episodes in this shoddy condition is a major drawback. I hope the producers of this series clean up their act and clean up their tapes before producing season four.

Jim Konedog Koenig