Goober
RIP Goob!!! You left all of us so many memories. Thanks for teaching us to walk like Chester!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Goober
Whenever I pass a co-worker in a neighboring building ha always yells out Goober says Hey! I wonder what he'll say the next time. -- Walter Ted Kamprad ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
George Lindsay
I had the fortunate opportunity to meet George Lindsay at a Mayberry Reunion in Nashville several years ago. Of course it was a high point for me, several of the cast members were there and I got autographs, Don Knotts and Betty Lynn were there as well. I heard this morning, he wanted to be remembered for making people smile. So we will remember him that way, smiling. Rest in peace and rise in glory, George Lindsay! Always you'll live on in Mayberry USA, I hope our Mayberry friends are creating us all a Mayberry in the sky! See you there, God bless you and your family. Vivian Jenkins-Harding I've learned...that sometimes all a person really needs is a hand to hold and a heart that understands. --Andy Rooney ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Goober
Well, Peanut, you gave us some smiles. grins and laughter. You were great in serious roles as well. If not mistaken you were in the movie Mr. Roberts, filmed at Midway Island the year before I arrived. I remember well the year you came to Mayberry Days and recited your poem, which drew laughter from the whole crowd and if not mistaken, you also got a standing O!! As Bob Hope would say, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!! Welford theCameraNutand somewhere I have the tape of the show with Goober in it! Ohfor the uninformed, a goober is a peanut! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Goober
In the book Mayberry 101, I'll always remember this story that George Lindsey tells. He said he had a hard time knowing how to play the part of Goober. He asked Andy Griffith about it. Andy told George that Goober was the type of guy that would go into the diner and say This place has good salt. From then on, he knew how to play Goober. Also, he loved to watch Howard McNear act and would hang around just to see Howard play Floyd. We are enjoying seeing Hee Haw reruns on RFD-TV on the Dish Network. Every Sunday nite at 8 pm. George is in almost every show. So much fun to watch. They don't make TV shows like TAGS or Hee Haw anymore. Good clean fun. Speed, speed, speed, that's all you ever think about. Bee in New Concord, OH Brenda J. Higgins 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4fa7e58b92d7f1166edcst04duc ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Goober
I'll always remember when I met Goober at Disney World many years ago. He was so gracious and friendly and happily autographed my Mayberry, My Hometown book on his picture. Such a nice man. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
We'll miss you Goob!
Reading all of these posts, make me think of the shows that are being referred to. Goob was a nut, and that made him that much more funny to watch. I loved him sewing his fingers together, or walking like Chester or Judy, Judy, Judy. All good stuff. Anytime we lose someone so close, but, yet so far away makes it that much more difficult I think. Knowing that I am nearing 60, makes me know that all of my favorite stars on this Great show will all pass soon. That is even harder knowing that that day is still coming for others. But, going home tonight and watching some of my Andy DVD's will make it all better. The best show of all time. Nothing even close! No, No, No.But, I do believe in Opey! Newland S. McElfresh III ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
George Lindsey
I enjoy watching lots of the old TV shows. George Lindsey had some very good acting parts on shows such as the Twilight Zone Alfred Hitchcock Presents. However, I think most of us will always remember him as Goober!!! What a legacy he left for the world to enjoy! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Goober Pyle
(I just saw him on an old Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode, as a cab driver. He was not a pleasant sort on the show. I guess it was the actor of the man...) Charlie Varney When Goober arrives at the Pearly Gates, ol Pete says Welcome Goob, God says Hey... ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Sunday Dinner
Seeing so many TAGS scene were centered around the Taylor table I would like to present a question to you. If you could invite any person from Mayberry for Sunday dinner, who would you invite and what would you serve? -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mr. Roberts?
Well, Peanut, you gave us some smiles. grins and laughter. You were great in serious roles as well. If not mistaken you were in the movie Mr. Roberts, filmed at Midway Island the year before I arrived. Welford, George was not in Mr. Roberts but in the sequel to that movie called Ensign Pulver. But you were close! Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Press Release: ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM HOSTS TRIBUTE TO GEORGE LINDSEY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM HOSTS TRIBUTE TO GEORGE LINDSEY Professor Neal Brower will lead a tribute to George Lindsey, Saturday, May 12, at 2:00 p.m. on the lower level of the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, N.C. Brower’s presentation will feature George Lindsey in the fifth season episode “Goober and the Art of Love”. We celebrate George’s life as we honor him and remember all the wonderful moments he has provided for us during his long and successful career. Fans and friends are invited to join the Surry Arts Council as special guests at this tribute. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Greatest Songs
For a TAGS related item,go to www.wimp.com and click on May 7:Whistling Montage of history's greatest songs. The time of 00:42 should put a smile on your face. Max Baer Jr.(Jethro Bodine) once said a person had to be smart to play the role of a dumb character,as he did. George Lindsey played the part...how shall I say it,a person with a limited grasp of the obvious.He too was a genius at his craft.He made people laugh while enjoying himself in the process. He's probably oiling the squeaky Pearley Gates as we speak.May his family and friends find closure in his passing. I have read comments from several who said they had met him before.Consider yourself fortunate. Dewey in NC ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Fwd: Bobbe's Tips
Nashville steel guitarist Bobbe Seymour issues a twice-weekly email newsletter. In today's mailing, he had the following to say about George Lindsey: Here in Hendersonville, we have many stars that live here and have lived here for many years, most of them are good friends with everyone in town like they are with myself. Hendersonville seems to be the old retirement ground for Nashville and the area. I feel this primarily because of the lake, fishing and swimming and being connected to the Mississippi River via the Cumberland River. However, I don’t know many people that navigate the Mississippi, but I know many that use Old Hickory Lake for recreation. We just lost another one of our permanent members that I’m sure many of you knew. He is comedian George “Goober” Lindsey. He enjoyed hanging around the Hee-Haw set, the Grand Ole Opry and did extensive touring. I remember meeting him on one of the Hee-Haw episodes when I was lucky enough to work them. I enjoyed being around him very much. He seemed to really care about other people’s feelings. I remember right after the breakup of George Jones and Tammy Wynette, he came into a club I was playing and said, “Hey look Seymour, George and Tammy are back together.” I said, “Yeah, but the wrong George.” He said, “With his luck, it was probably the wrong Tammy too.” After being around Goober on many shows, I realized that he genuinely a good, friendly guy and not just a squirrel like many country comedians are. I talked to him quite a bit about the Andy Griffith Show and he would bow his head like he really cared. I had the feeling that he was very close to everyone on that show. I look at George Lindsay as a country comedian in much the same light as Gordy Tapp and George Gobel. Most of these guys were very nice people and very considerate of others, most seeming like they had an inferiority complex. None were a bit over-rated about themselves. George was always asking me to teach him to play guitar. I told him I felt he could do much better than having me teach him. I said, “Maybe if you cut off a couple of fingers on your left hand, I’ll go ahead and teach you.” I told him steel guitar would be a much easier instrument for him to learn to play. I said this to him jokingly, but he replied very sternly, “Let me know when I start.” He said, “I don’t have to pick it up and blow on it, do I? I said, “Not unless you’re going to be in a marching band with it.” A few things that Goober appeared in were M.A.S.H., Gunsmoke, Herbie The Love Bug, CHIPS, Cannonball Run II, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone before he landed the part of Goober Pyle on the Andy Griffith Show in 1964 and was the voice for the Miss USA Pageant for several years. In 1971 he recorded an album on Capitol Records called Goober Sings. He was a member of the Hee-Haw staff for twenty years. Being born in Fairfield, Alabama December 17, 1928 to parents George Lindsey and Alice Smith-Lindsey, his mother was disabled and spent most of her life in a wheelchair while his father struggled to find work. He was the couples only child and was primarily raised by his grand-parents at his Aunt Ethel’s gas station. The family wore felt hats to keep grease and oil from dripping into their hair so it wasn’t just a prop later in life. There are so many more things that we could say about him, however just remember, he was a hardcore country music and steel guitar fan and a credit to our little town here and we miss him. Remember these things that I’m writing to you friends and neighbors are not just facts from offline, but are personally from myself and others here in Hendersonville. We all loved this guy and we all know where he is today. He was a very close friend of every country music star that I know and he loved the sidemen and the musicians. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
JUDY JUDY JUDY
Thanks to Tim (Goober) Petigrew and all his fans Goober will always live in our hearts. It was such a trill to meet Goober Jr. in Mayberry last Sept. I will always remember the only episode with Goober and Gomer and the fun girls. My favorite line of Goobers Oh my God they've hung that boy and always remember three hours is a long time to go without eating. If Tom Silby can come back we Will see Goober again. God BLESS YOU GOOBER, Keep a good thought. Mike The Scamp Haviland ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
