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Series creator Earl Hamner, Jr. based the show on his own childhood experiences, which he had previously mined for the 1961 novel ''Spencer's Mountain'' (itself adapted as a 1963 film starring Henry Fonda and [[Maureen O'Hara]]). Prior to the actual series, CBS aired a [[Pilot Movie]] in 1971 called ''The Homecoming: A Christmas Story'', which featured Patricia Neal as Olivia Walton and Edgar Bergen as Grandpa; these roles would be re-cast for the series.
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Grandma, after coming home from her stroke anyway. She was not seen or mentioned in some episodes after she returned home.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Not officially, but in 1974 [[Hanna-Barbera]] created an [[Expy]] called "''These Are The Days''" about the Depression Age Day family who might as well have been called Walton.
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