# Were the Waltons Supposed to be Poor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271 "2020-08-16T18:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/21 "2020-08-18T04:09:36Z")
How very observant of you. I’m impressed with your powers of intense scrutiny. “The last line of the song announces it’s the song.” — _Redundant. C minus ._ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/22 "2020-08-18T12:57:00Z")
Advertising jingles, which that song sort of is for its era, are by nature full of repetition. Especially of the product name being advertised. For organizations, the name of the org _is_ the name of its product. IMO: Move along; nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/23 "2020-08-18T13:35:53Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > …Maybe her family felt smoking and drinking were no more than wasteful, but there were plenty of folks, mostly of a religious bent that felt smoking and drinking led straight to the fiery pits of Hell. Baptists in particular still hold to the evil of drink… What’s the difference between a Presbyterian and a Baptist? A Baptist will pretend not to recognize you when you bump into each other at the liquor store. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/24 "2020-08-18T23:11:21Z")
[Moderating] Dial it back, terentii. This isn’t the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/25 "2020-08-18T23:57:24Z")
That joke reminds me of a YouTuber on a debunk religion crusade, who followed a Jehovah’s Witness around a liquor store with his phone camera, saying, “Look! This is a Witness Elder buying wine and whiskey! This guy is from Bethel, and look at all this alcohol he’s buying!” I didn’t leave a comment, but if I had, it would have read something like, “Hey dumbass! Witnesses can drink all they want to. If he was buying cartons of Camels, then you would have something. Keep your taboos straight or you look like an idiot.” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271/26 "2020-08-19T14:41:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What’s the difference between a Presbyterian and a Baptist? A Baptist will pretend not to recognize you when you bump into each other at the liquor store. Always reminds me of the old saw. If going fishing with Mormons, always take two of them. If you take just one, he’ll drink all your beer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271.md?page=1)