Re: Howard McNear's stroke
In a message dated 12/4/2010 12:14:11 P.M. Central Standard Time, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com writes: don't think there was the sensitivity to physically-challenged people in the 60s as there is now. ...Or perhaps there *was* sensitivity toward the differently abled, and that's why they never acknowledged the stroke. Remember, the humor was sometimes at Floyd's expense, and his final episode--the one about the contest--actually has Floyd as the foil and antagonist. Trying to mine that kind of humor out of an acknowledged stroke victim might have looked very insensitive (plus as a stroke victim, Floyd wouldn't be able to drive his car into the gas station in the first place). Dixon ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Howard McNear's stroke
Yes, but that was BEFORE Howard McNear's (Floyd the Barber's) stroke. When he returned to The Show later, after his stroke, he was unable to walk, or even stand without assistance. Paul Mulik P.S. I'm glad I'm not the only one plauged by those pesky question marks. I wonder what causes that? i've reading a lot on the digest about floyd not being seen walking. I just watched 'The Manicurist' and he not only takes a giant step toward Andy but walks back and forth from the chair to his counter as he cuts Barney's hair. Then when Ellen Brown is seen getting off the bus he walks to the window and when they realize she is coming to the Barbershop he RUNS back behind the barber chair. ? Bert Miller ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
