- Judy Norton looked back at her time as part of one of America’s most beloved families with Patrick Labyorteaux on his podcast
- The Waltons actress played Mary Ellen Walton throughout the entire series and the six subsequent TV movies
- The actress laughs with the Little House on the Prairie alum about how frequently the two shows got confused by fans
Judy Norton and Patrick Labyorteaux are amuse by how people can’t keep their sitcom families straight.
Norton, who is best known for her role as Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons, appeared on The Patrick LabyorSheaux with Patrick Labyorteaux, where she chatted with the Little House on the Prairie alum about the way fans would confuse the two series.
“For the record, we were there first. You guys were copycats,” the host, 60, teased. “You had Miss Beadle on before Miss Beadle was on Little House. You guys were there first, but I think you might have experienced this as well. People think it’s at the same time.”
The actor noted the confusion was “weird, because you guys were depression. We were 1870s. It’s like a lot of differences… You guys had cars!”
Norton, 67, shared that she, too, found fans confused the shows “all the time.”
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“People always confuse the two. They’ll come up and — this one always touches my heart, when they say, ‘So sorry the father died,’ ” she shared.
“This was before Ralph Waite, our TV father, died. Of course, poor Michael Landon had passed away way too young. And so I’d have to go, ‘No, sorry. Fortunately, our father is still living.’ But constantly, [people would say] ‘Oh, you’re on Little House?’ It’s like, ‘No, The Waltons.’ “
Labyorteaux agreed, noting, “When I talk with [the] Little House cast, they say the same thing, that people will say The Waltons.”
“It’s absolutely that whole example where people get confused… I get it, both big family shows at that time, lots of kitchens, lots of eating around a big table. So it’s sort of like, ‘I can see it.’ “
The Waltons aired for nine seasons from 1972 to 1981 and followed a family of nine struggling to make ends meet during the Great Depression and World War II.
Little House on the Prairie, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books, followed the lives of people in the American Midwest in the late 1800s. It aired from 1974 to 1983.
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