re: Hendricks' overalls
While watching TVLand yesterday, I noticed that they broadcast the episode that I appeared in. I noticed that in the barn scene I was wearing my best pair of overalls. It got me to thinking. Jeff Pruitt wore overalls. Mr. Frisby wore overalls. And a few of the townsmen wore overalls when they fixed up Frank Meyer's house. Can anyone recall anyone else wearing overalls? Ahhh, good question there Mister Butter and Egg man! Off hand I'm thinking of those moonshiner boys that Andy locked up and Barney gave those various craft kits to. I do believe several of them were wearing overalls (but not as nice looking as the pair that Jeff Pruitt was wearing) Eggs: Chicken, Buzzard, Hawk... thems all good. Golf eggs? Worse excuse for an egg there is. ~ Granny _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Making money as a kid
Now I would imagine many of you must have had some interesting and creative ways to make money as a kid. It would be great reading all about them. Unlike you and Opie, Ken, I did not live in town and, thus, many money-making opportunities were simply not available to me. I identify more with Frankie Flint, having grown up out in the country on a farm. Helping my mom in the house, working in the garden, or helping my dad with farm work was something that was expected of us kids, so there was no way to make money at home. And the nearest town was several miles away--too far to walk or ride my bike. At some point, having come up with no other way to acquire some cash, I asked my parents for an allowance. Having been kids during the Great Depression, they were resistant to the idea. They weren't mean and stingy, but they were certainly frugal, and money was not to be wasted. They figured that if I needed something, they would provide it. Finally, they relented and gave me a nickel a week. Mind you, this was a few years after Opie was getting a QUARTER from Andy! In a few years, I managed to get them to raise it to a dime. Needless to say, I didn't go on many buying sprees. I managed a comic book from time to time, and when I was older it took me several weeks to save up enough to buy a 45 rpm record. The only time I went to the movies as a kid was once (once!) when my parents took us to a drive-in to see a Disney double feature. At the time, I was envious of other kids I knew who received a much more generous allowance or whose parents from time to time simply gave them extra money or something special they wanted. Yes, I probably did think my folks were unreasonably tight-fisted. However, when I got older, I discovered that the money they could have given us for frivolous things when we were young was being systematically put aside into savings for all three of us kids as college funds. And we did all go to college. My sister has a B.S., I have an M.A., and my brother has a Ph.D. As for any real money-making opportunities, those didn't arrive until we were all old enough to drive and get jobs away from the farm. Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Forwarding digests - repercussions
Folks, I don't post here very often but I'm a faithful reader. I enjoy the digest and love that Allan keeps us on the friendly side of the fence, and offers a gentle reminder of the digest rules whenever it's necessary. Now, some of you know that one of our members had to be unsubscribed a few months ago due to some unsavory emails and comments that this member was making. Allan asked all of us not to forward the digest to this person because it would be better for everyone involved if we closed the Golden Door To Good Fellowship and maybe this person would understand that Mayberry is not the place for negativity. However, and I hope Allan will allow me to say this without feeling I'm breaking the digest rules (because it truly is about trying to keep things positive), someone has continued to forward the digest to Tom Kessel even though Allan specifically asked the members to not do this. I feel sure that the person or persons who forward Tom the digest are not aware that Tom has been emailing one of our members (Ken Anderson) with the nastiest, hate-filled and foul language-laced messages, simply because Ken posts quite often on the digest. Now, Allan may choose to delete this part, and if he does, I will understand, but I feel that the folks who mean well by sending Tom the digest should see just a tiny bit of what Ken is dealing with these days. He has received three hateful emails in the past few days and I'm sure I will get some now that I am posting this, but I've had many, many threatening and extremely nasty emails from Tom in the past and I know what to expect from him so I'm prepared. I also know that Ken and I did nothing wrong at any time, but Tom still felt the need to rant and rave at us about the mere fact that we did not see things his way. Please just hit 'delete' if you do not want to see any of this, but if you are forwarding the digest, I appeal to you to please, please stop sending it to Tom because this is just a small taste of what he has been sending to Ken. I know you are innocently thinking you are helping someone by doing a good deed, but please understand that Allan had a very good number of reasons to unsubscribe Tom from the digest. This is just a taste of what Ken, Allan and I have dealt with for almost two years now (I AM ONLY POSTING THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN AND UNDERSTAND THAT BY INNOCENTLY FORWARDING THE DIGEST TO TOM, YOU ARE OPENING KEN UP TO THIS SORT OF HATE EMAILS): ill aways hate your friend (Allan) fot what he did + knowing you make sure you tell him I wrote you. but I see you still submit almost every day more messages to post. Ken you more than anyone posts the most. two like today. why not give your chin a reest like goober once said of flloyd. you got this thing you think In your (expletive deleted) head you can post almst every day. I know you're a turncoat but heed my advise pal give others who struggle to get on. you may have a lot of so called friends who love reading your long winded postings but ken like it or not not everyone enjoys you hogging the website. for god sake even with your big ego can't you take a rest so I and others can enjoy hearing what others are saying? try it. you must think you got a right to post the most my god I read this post every morning thru your friends who prefer to privately hear my thoughts. so tel your buddy (Allan) I wrote. stir up more trouble. but I advise you kee your (expletive deleted) jmouth shut. this is between you + I. with your ego I'm sure you'll tell someone. You prove my case. Folks, this is just a TINY taste of the long and expletive-laced, hateful emails Tom has been sending Ken SIMPLY BECAUSE KEN HAS BEEN POSTING ON THE DIGEST FREQUENTLY! PLEASE honor Allan's request to not send Tom Kessel any more digests. He is probably being very nice to those who are doing the forwarding, and I'm happy if he is, because I would never ever want anyone to experience the vile emails that Ken, Allan and myself have had to deal with (there is another person who also has been the recipient of Tom's nasty emails, but he's recovering from surgery so I am leaving his name out so that he doesn't have to deal with any of this right now). You mean well, of course, but you don't realize what is going on behind the scenes here. Thanks for listening (reading). I'm sure I will now get several threatening emails from Mr. Kessel, and I'm prepared. --Marsha Scheuermann When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know, And are about to drop off Into the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, Or you will be taught to fly. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
spin-offs
I was watching Gomer Pyle, U.S.M. C. a spinoff of TAGS and was wondering if this was the first spinoff...Jerome Graber there were several spinoffs long before Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. The first was The Adventures of Champion.. 1955-56 ..a spinoff from The Gene Autry Show...1950-56. The first comedy show with a spin-off may have been December Bride, starring Spring Byington and Co-starring Harry Morgan who was her neighbor Pete Porter..Morgan was given the starring role in Pete and Gladys in 1960... All In The Family leads the way with the most spin-offs, with Maude, The Jeffersons, Gloria, Archie's Place, In turn Maude spun off Good Times, and The Jeffersons spun off , Checking In. However TAGS may carry the torch as having two of the most successful spin-offs from a single series...Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. held in the ten T.V shows along with TAGS its entire run. Although it did slip to #10 in the 1966-67 season but rebounded to #3 and #2 in succeeding seasons. Mayberry R.F.D. held in #4 place as the most watched TV show its first two seasons but fell to #15 in its third before being cancelled... Hope this answers your question vic friskey ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: spinoffs
Thanks to everyone about the spinoffs, there were a couple I had forgotten (The Honeymooners, The Adventures of Champion) that were mentioned. I also forgot one more: if The Honeymooners counts, so does Gumby, which happened to be a spinoff of Howdy Doody. And I think The Danny Thomas Show actually had one other spinoff--The Bill Dana Show--although TAGS came first. On the CBS 50th Anniversary show in 1978, there was a production number called The Spin-Off Blues, featuring Carroll O'Connor, Mary Tyler Moore and Danny Thomas. Danny's part featured clips from TAGS, Gomer and MRFD. Dixon ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Emancipation Proclamation
I read an interesting article in this mornings paper where a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Lincoln, arrived in the Oval Office for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January and has been hanging out just above a bronze bust of King ever since, will now be moving on to an unknown destination for viewing. For those of you who don't know any thing about the Emancipation Proclamation well I can help you out as history is a hobby of mine. The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation. There were these folks who wanted to be emancipated so they wrote a proclamation and they called it the Emancipation Proclamation. And I am surprised some of you didn't know that. Ken Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire WI 54701 715-839-8470 kanderson8...@charter.net www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Not a Spin-off
I agree with Wikipedia. TAGS is not a true spin-off, but a variant of a spin-off. Nobody from TAGS was a main or supporting character of the Danny Thomas Show. Not a true spin-off. See Wikipedia for much detail on the subject. -Bob ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
kid money
Also other vending machines, which was handy because as soon as you found money you could spend it. And checking for extra games on pinball machines. Sometime in my twenties* I learned that from a twelve-year-old in Ocean City, MD. Martha Humphreys, the forever youthful Huntsville. AL *So? Some of us stay kids longer than others. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
overalls
Hey, Mayberry friends. My mother told me that her father (born in 1877) was a most handsome man when he wore new overalls with a white shirt and tie. Overalls were very popular in that time. Also, I've been thinking about Newton Monroe. Here where I live I'm about halfway, more or less, between Newton, NC and Monroe, NC. Do you think the writers of TAGS had that in mind? Larry in Lincolnton I'm ept!.Newton Monroe ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
haunted house
Hey, Mayberry friends. I just finished watching The Haunted House episode. When I was a teenager, driving around the country and exploring old farm houses and barns was a favorite pastime. It was fun and spooky, but my favorite part was when your current girlfriend wanted to be very close. I had to protect her from the boogers. Larry in Lincolnton ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
RE: Emancipation Proclamation
...The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation. There were these folks who wanted to be emancipated so they wrote a proclamation and they called it the Emancipation Proclamation. And I am surprised some of you didn't know that. -- I guess that's true. After all, how were they going to be emancipated unless there was a proclamation? Don Good (who's education was worth every penny and paid a LOT of pennies for it. Some folks say I didn't get my money's worth.) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: overalls and Andy's Health
it seemS Hudge from Loaded Goat and Don Rickles when he painted Andy's porch. I know there are others. As for Andy's health this is the first I heard of any inkling, of he might be sick. I wish him the best. Sande Riggs President At The Crossroads Chapter Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
History as a Hobby
Ken, I already knew about the Emancipation Proclamation - and I'm really surprised that you think I didn't know about it. However, I'm a little fuzzy on the Monroe Doctrine - didn't Calvin Coolidge write that? I also struggle a little with the Preamble to the Constitution - I just can't get my hair to stand up the way Barn's does! Peggy Give me the first few words, would you Ange? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
This And That
On TAGS, I think the writers used overalls as a shortcut to say to the viewers Hey everyone, this person is a farmer. When you only have 30 minutes, you have to learn to do shortcuts. Kinda like when someone comes out on the stage with floppy shoes, and a big red nose, we know immediately that person is supposed to be a clown or a funny person. On the subject of making money, down here in middle America during the 50's and 60's, a kid could make all the money he wanted to make. He could make as much as a grown man all summer long. There were great number of crops needing to be harvested. With so many crops, the farmers were not picky about the age of the workers as long as the boy was big and strong. I started at the age of 12 making a man's wage ($1.00 an hour). There was cotton to be hoed, hay to be hauled, broomcorn to be cut, cotton to be picked, pecans to be gathered. Many times, children were taken out of school to work in the harvest. And don't worry about children getting independently wealthy, because their parents took 95% or more of their wages. Different reasons were given for the confiscation (buying school clothes, saving for college, etc), but the results were the same, children were not allowed to have large sums of money. Sadly, now a days machines do all of the harvesting and children are deprived of the joy of working and learning the value of a dollar. Some of my happiest days on earth were spent in the harvest fields with my friends. Orville Hendricks - The butter and egg man. Now all I harvest is the feed for my chickens. _ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberry Days Accommodations
I just got word that Dr. Flippin's Bed Breakfast now has 3 rooms available during Mayberry Days if anyone is interested in very nice accommodations during the festival. It is located in downtown Pilot Mountain, an easy 16 minute drive to the Andy Griffith Playhouse. http://www.drflippins.com/ It's BIG! Jeff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Making Money as a Kid
As a girl growing up in the '50s and early '60s in a small Chicago suburb, I did quite a bit of babysitting after about the age of 12. At about that same age, my mother got me an unofficial job at the newspaper where she had started working part-time. It was published on Thursdays, so after school on Tuesdays Wednesdays I came in to type featured stories into a machine that produced a sort of ticker tape. When the tape was run back, it produced a fully-formatted camera-ready copy. I can't remember what the machine was called, but it seemed very high tech at the time! Several of you folks have mentioned growing up in the country, so I'm surprised I haven't heard of anyone earning money in the late summer by de-tassling corn (which is what it was called around here). I was never an outdoor kind of girl, but when my 3-years-younger sister turned 15 she jumped at the chance to get into the surrounding cornfields. That was a very coveted summer job, as it paid very well for a relatively short portion of the summer and it was a really sociable experience. The kids all met up very early in the mornings at the high school, where buses were waiting to take them out to the farms that had contracted for their labor. They'd work for most of the day, I think 'til mid-afternoon, then the buses would return them to the school. I remember my sister would still have time before dinner to go to the local swimming pool for a few hours, so she considered that summer job to be the best imaginable! HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Forwarding digests - repercussions
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The Andy Griffith Show Program
Browsing ebay, I saw the item below. There is an interesting history of the program in the description and each page is scanned so you can read Andy's bio and see the other artists on the tour. Interesting name for the 1955 event too. http://cgi.ebay.com/1955-Elvis-Presley-Andy-Griffith-Signed-Concert-Program-/190411446129 Jeff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
spin-offs
I hate to disagree with wikipedia but in the introduction episode of tags Danny Thomas gets stopped by Andy in Mayberry for not stopping for a stop sign where there was no road. I would think that Andy could be considered a supporting actor in this episode which was aired as part of the Make Room For Daddy Show starring Danny Thomas. What do you the reader think? SUSAN WV BIGGEST FAN. _ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendarocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: spin offs
You know it is either December Bride or someting else where the character Riley retired. The show was Life of Riley. It was on the 50s. Riley retired and every time Riley went to get in the backyard hammock, something would happen. Priceless. All In the Family, as y'all have noted begat many as well as Happy Days which TV Land named Ron Howard Opie Cunningham. I have loved this discussion very much and the sweet memories it has given. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Heckmondwike, England
Hey, Mayberry friends. Recently I took a machining class at the local community college. While working on a metal lathe I looked at a tag attached by the manufacturer. The tag read Mfg. in Heckmondwike, England. Maybe Malcolm knew someone who worked there. Larry in Lincolnton It's a lovely place, Heckmondwike. I say it's a lovely place.Malcolm Merriweather. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Biography Channel
Hey, Mayberry friends. Wow! Tonight on the Biography Channel was Andy Griffith. Great stuff! He was a talented and complex actor. It was followed by The Andy Griffith Retrospective. I laughed till I cried. Not only because it was funny but because it was so heartwarming. The greatest reason it was a success was because of the love of the cast members for each other. I love it. Larry in Lincolnton ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Primetime Television BCE
I see Keevy Hazelrock is coming on The Ed Sullistone Show tonight. Isn't he the same guy that was in the Bobby Flint band? No, Fred. You're thinking of Jim Lindseyshale from the town of Mayboulder. Wilma Flintstone, Bedrock. _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
