THE WALTONS "The Wager" (TV episode)
PLOT
Mary Ellen prods Erin into teaming with her and entering a 12-mile run and ride race, and places some dangerously steep bets that they will win. The ridicule of several men only spurs the girls on after they enter the horse race.
CREDITS
REGULAR CAST
GUEST CAST
CHARACTER
Jeb is a lazy, sexist gold-bricker. Good ol' boy country accent. Gets taught a lesson when the girls beat him and his friend Sam Barker in the race, and he has to go back to the loading dock job he tried to finagle his way out of by claiming he had a bad back. JB gets to run full out at the end of the race.
COSTUME
Its A Cloth Cap role. When he and Sam lose the race, he throws his cap down and kicks it.
LINES
"Its that gol-durned back of mine, went out again."
"Aint you the bossy one. I swear, you give a woman a mans job it goes to her head quicker n a bottle of rye whisky."
"You werent a girl, Id punch you right square in the nose."
SCREEN TIME
7 scenes, in all except act 2.
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