Name: The Five-Foot Shelf
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

ALLTV

John-Boy needs a car to travel to and from college; he makes a deal with Hyder Rudge for his spare car, but Rudge hides the car and refuses to sell it.

The Waltons

The Car

A broke salesman buys a doll for his daughter with Olivia's down-payment on a set of books.

The Five-Foot Shelf

The Waltons get ready for John-Boy's high-school graduation, but the death of the cow interrupts preparations.

The Graduation

The Walton children receive mysterious Ouija-board messages concerning the family's 8-year-old houseguest. Directed by Ralph Waite.

The Ghost Story

The town blacksmith (Victor French), whose wife cannot have children, becomes fast friends with an 8-year-old orphan boy.

The Fulfillment

News that she is pregnant cuts short Olivia's debut as a door-to-door saleswoman, throwing the family into turmoil.

The Cradle

Jason can't cope when he learns his close friend (Ron Howard) has only a year to live.

The Gift

John considers selling Walton's Mountain to a developer (Noah Beery) planning to build a resort over its hot spring.

The Heritage

John schemes to take overworked Olivia on a belated honeymoon; Marcia quizzes John-Boy about his intentions.

The Honeymoon

Grandma, troubled by age, suffers a hearing loss; Mary Ellen falls for a college student (James Carroll Jordan).

The Awakening

John-Boy is bothered when the Rev. Fordwick begins to court Miss Hunter; Ben prepares to fight for a girl's affections.

The Triangle

The Walton family befriends a mail pilot forced down by engine trouble; Olivia feels depressed.

The Air Mail Man

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S2 E23 | The Five-Foot Shelf