Trained noticin'
Folks, I've been going through my season four DVD set, and I've noticed some things that are new to me and that I don't believe I've heard mentioned before on the digest (though I may have missed them). Any non-TAGS fan would probably think me a bit daft to get excited about such trivial trivialities, but I figured my digest friends would appreciate them! 1. In Prisoner of Love, there are two scenes (one where Barney is frantically getting a pillow and stuffing it through the cell bars for the lady prisoner and one where Andy and Barney are dragging Otis from his cell and out of the court house) where Barney is obviously not wearing the right hat. The hat is way too big, dropping down to his neck in the back and squishing his ears. In the other scenes, he is wearing his usual well-fitting hat. This made me wonder if somehow his hat got misplaced between scenes and they had to use Andy's hat (I'm guessing he would take a larger size) as a substitute. When you notice it, it looks downright ridiculous, especially since the hats change between scenes! 2. In Hot Rod Otis, Andy is in the midst of undressing for the night when Otis asks for a drink and then wants Andy to tell him a bedtime story. When Andy unlocks the cell door on both occasions, there are TWO rings, each with a key, hanging on the peg between the cells. He takes one off the peg, and another is left hanging on the peg. I don't recall any other time that I saw TWO separate key rings hanging up. Does anyone else? (I also noticed that the first time Andy closed the cell door, he left the key hanging in the lock, but when he came back to tell Otis the story, the key was back on the peg, and he had to grab it to put back in the lock. A little slip-up by the continuity person, I guess.) 3. Now this last one got me almost as worked up as the two key rings! I was watching The Shoplifters last night when I realized that Mr. Weaver's tie looked mighty familiar. So I did some checking with the zoom feature, and I discovered that Mr. Weaver was wearing Gomer's tie from A Date for Gomer! You know, the purple one with acorns on it? However, the more I thought about it, the less amazing it seemed. After all, Gomer likely bought all his new accessories right there at Weaver's, including the tie. Mr. Weaver just happened to select the same tie to accessorize his own suit. I guess that, despite being a prominent businessman and community leader, his taste wasn't any better than Gomer's! Wonder if he was also wearing those porous yellow socks?? Sorry for the long post! I just had to share my discoveries with my Mayberry friends! Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Convicts Car
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:00:03 -0600, you wrote: Just wondered if anybody has an idea what kind of car Floyd and Barney were driving on Convicts at Large. It appears that it might be a 40's something Chrysler or Dodge. Not 40s, I dont think. I thought that was a 32 ford, maybe a 34 at the latest. Jeff Krentz -BigHead in Dee-Troit (O'Malley says Better Phone Him, Al!) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Clara Edwards
Clara's name was three different names that I know of. Clara Johnson, Clara Edwards and Bertha Johnson. If anyone can name any more let me know. Carl ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
The Cast that Wasn't
Somebody mentioned Alfred Hitchcock and that got me to thinking about cast members that weren't. Couldn't you just see Hitch doing a walk-on (like Tom Jacobs) in some Mayberry situation and have him just turn a give the camera a look of disbelief then rumble on off camera? Or have Patricia O'neal (from Face in the Crowd) show up as a minor character as an inside joke. Or maybe have Dennis Weaver (Marshall Dillon's deputy) do a guest shot as an interloping deputy from the capital (Remember Rogers and the lessons he learned from Barn). dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
RE: Subject: Andy handles Barney's Sidecar
Does anybody else have something about a TAGS character that especially helps inspire them to be a better person? I especially like the episode Mr. McBeevee; when asked if he believed that nonsense about Mr. McBeevee, Andy answered, No, but I do believe in Opie. To me, that's the best one.**Barn (Ron McLendon) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberry Poetry
Kenneth G. Anderson is the only person who responded to my challenge to write a poem about Mayberry places so far, but he wrote a doozy! I decided to share it with the Digest before the book comes out to let you see how good some of the poems are in the 2006 book. Ken's fine poem is The Sites of Mayberry at http://www.christianactivities.com/mayberry/story.asp?ID=5325 I am already arranging the first draft, but it will take a while to get it all organized just right, so I can still squeeze in another poem or two on any Mayberry characters/themes if anyone else has one up their sleeve! More info at: http://www.christianactivities.com/mayberry/story.asp?ID=4947 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
re: Andy handles Barney's Sidecar
The Barney's Sidecar episode just aired on our local affiliate. I thought Andy handled the situation very well. One of the things that inspires me about this show is that Andy usually manages to find a kind, Christian way to deal with silly people like Barney And he kept Aunt Bee from stringing a wire across the road like the Germans. We don't want to kill him! -- Andy ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
