Michael Learned

... still on Broadway.

Michael Learned.

Michael Learned.

Loved her.

She's still-

So I didn't have time to do like deep, deep Googling.

But I really like thinking it's the Walton woman who's heard her name is Michael Learned or Learned.

I think it's Learned.

So that's what I found out about that.

five original shows a year for them writing and directing them and stuff and so a lot of theater work that has been tremendously satisfying and creative and you know puzzle solving and how to you know it's like taking a vision and watching it come to life and that is so exciting and it's The only people who are going to know are going to be the people who showed up in that theater.

But in terms of creating it and being involved with the team that brought that to life, just some of the most incredibly satisfying work, you know, even more so than a lot of days on the Waltons where I sat around for, you know, eight out of nine hours and biding my time to be on camera for a couple of lines in the background at the kitchen table, you know, yeah, where's John boy? Michael Learned said she got so tired of saying more coffee, John, go to bed kids, you know, which is really why she ultimately left the show before the end of it is that it can be It can be long and slow and boring, you know, but some of the other things I've done, not nearly as high profile, but just so much more fun.

Not that the Waltons wasn't fun, but nine years of, you know, it can feel repetitive.

It's like, I've done this before.

You know, but that wasn't the experience I wanted.

And I love feeling like I've been able to have a balanced life because there are trade-offs.

You know, Michael Learned who played Olivia Walton, she was raising three boys on her own during the series.

And it was really tough for her because she said, here I am, I'm spending all this time with this other family that I love, but my boys are home not having a mother.