Otis Campbell reference in Sunday School
My Sunday School teacher today put a smile on my face when he mentioned TAGS in the lesson and how Otis lets himself into the jail to sleep off his druken state. He compared this how God lets us into His presence and how we come out whole again. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Otis campbell
Look Dixon it is Otis Campbell and it will always be Otis Campbell even if he was a doctor Joe Smith elsewhere for 30 years or what have you in our world of mayberry,It is a relaxing way to get away from the real world if you will so..Get something to do with your time, Otis Campbell Otis Campbell Otis Campbell,You must live in Siler city because you aint from Mayberry, Thanks Mr J Dalke or are you Otis Campbell in disguise ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Helpful Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell and his wife were shopping at Foley's store, and Mrs. Campbell decided to steal a can of peaches. The inevitable happened and she was caught. At the courthouse, Sheriff Taylor asked her what she had stolen. Well Sheriff, I stole a can of peaches. Sheriff Taylor replied, How many peaches were in the can? She said, Six. Sheriff Taylor then said, I will sentence you to six days in jail. Otis stood up behind her. Sheriff , he said, helpfully, she also stole a can of peas. Everything is AOK in Mayberry. Ken Anderson Eau Claire's Mayberry Deputy 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-8470 www.mayberryreflections.com kanderson8...@charter.net ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell trivia
That would be Sept. 23, 1941 at 2:00 pm. We learned that in The Case of the Punch in the Nose episode. A harder question is: Give the month, day and year that Otis took his first drink! Mr. Schwamp When was Otis first arrested for public drunkenness? Give month/date/year. Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4be8c71d7b8e942f01fst01duc ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell Trivia
When was Otis first arrested for public drunkenness? Give month/date/year. Dewey in NC _ 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/
Otis Campbell
I was watching Have Gun - Will Travel the other night and Otis was on as a bartender there too! I guess liquor was his calling one way or another! Miz Lesh out by kelseys ocean ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell
This Monday morning on TV Land, The Leave it to Beaver Show, the story was about Beaver not eating his Brussels Sprouts, The family was going to a football game and they were in a restaurant and the family was served Brussels sprouts, and again Beaver did not want to eat them. the manager came over to see what was going on. and the Manager was TAGS Otis Campbell. This must to have been before Otis started drinking. Nat Riddle in Leeds, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell
I think I finally figured out the real reason Otis spends so much time drinking and staying at the Mayberry courthouse. In an episode of The Adams Family this morning, Otis was the presiding judge on a case against Mama Adams. It was the worst experience of his life, and at the end of the episode it was said that he was a judge at a county fair. Now apparently he began to drink as a result of his experience with the Adams Family. His drinking problem led to his losing his judgeship, which in turn caused him a great deal of embarrassment. So he relocated to his hometown of Mayberry where he continued his drinking. Seeing he had been a judge and spent more than twenty years of his life in a courthouse, it would be only fitting that he would return to a courthouse when he had a snootful. Now whether or not this solves the mystery of Otis' drinking, I can't really say, but I think it makes a sound theory. Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 715-839-8470 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Ken Anderson's Otis Campbell
I would like to thank Ken for talking about Otis and for sharing his personal experiences involving his Dad. I have noticed over the past several months, many posts by Ken which are not only enjoyable, but very deep and I find myself reading them over and over again. That's what makes this Digest so wonderful. That folks, friends and TAGS fans can talk about, not only our beloved Mayberry, but the happy and sad occurrences within our own lives. Mayberry and this Digest has indeed brought a lot of us closer together. Thanks Ken for sharing! (and thanks Allan for this Digest!) A.Acevedo MPk. _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell
Kenneth, thank you so much for that message telling about your father. I, too, do not see anything funny about the portrayal of someone drunk on tv or the movies. Neither my father or my husband had a problem with alcohol but I have a son who does and my brother did besides other relatives on my mother's side of the family. Your words were so true, we never see the effects of Otis's drinking on his family or others. I am so glad, as you say, that things have changed more in the entertainment industry as to portraying this as a funny situation. It is not. Mary Grace in Georgia ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Otis Campbell
I realize I post some rather length writings, and I apologize for doing one so soon after saying I wouldn't. But I want to share something with you, my Mayberry family, that I have shared with few others. The movie Return to Mayberry was a greatly anticipated movie for Mayberry fans everywhere. When it was first released it was wonderful to see our friends in Mayberry albeit they had aged. But I had aged along with them so it only seemed natural to see Andy's gray hair and a grown up Opie who was about to become a father. Everyone in Mayberry had changed and that is how life is meant to be. Only when one fails to change do they fail to grow and experience all that life has to offer. There was one person in Return to Mayberry who had perhaps changed the most. That was Otis Campbell. Yet his appearance in the movie was only for one brief scene. For many years we laughed at Otis as he staggered into the courthouse with a snootful and locked himself in his cell. Everyone in Mayberry accepted Otis' weakness and his humorous antics brought us all years of enjoyment. I was so pleased to see a sober and reformed Otis Campbell in Return to Mayberry. Although Otis was a loveable happy person in Mayberry, his portrayal as the town drunk was not at all accurate. While we enjoyed laughing at Otis riding a cow or talking to an invisible dog, we never saw the effects his drinking had on the other people in his life. We never saw Mrs. Campbell sitting up late at night wondering if Otis was coming home or if he were lying injured in an alley somewhere. We did not see her embarrassment when she heard the people of Mayberry laughing at her husband's actions. We never knew what Mrs. Campbell had to go without because Otis spent money on his spirits rather than on things needed by his family. These things were always in the back of my mind when I watched Otis. For you see, I came from a family with a father who was like Otis. My father was a hard working man who never missed a day of work because of his drinking. But he missed many nights at home with his family. I remember the nights I lay awake wondering if and when he would be coming home. I remember my embarrassment when my friends would tell me in school that they saw my father come staggering out of a bar the night before. I remember the holidays that were not like my friends' because my father was out celebrating with his friends rather than being home with his family. But most of all I remember the pain and hurt that I saw in my mother's eyes as she wondered where the money was going to come from to buy food for her four children. Otis was a laughable character in Mayberry, but his problem was not laughable. But back in the 60's that was how it was treated. Our small town policeman would follow my father home from the bars to make sure he made it home. He never once received a ticket or was arrested. There were times when I wish he would have been. Because so many people enabled him to continue drinking, he never had the incentive to stop. Maybe they could have made a difference, but no one bothered to try. It took me a long time to understand that my father had an illness. He was an alcoholic. But when I was young, that word was never used. Then in 1960 my father died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 54. I was just 13 at the time. His life was cut short dramatically because of alcohol. The anger that I once had is now long gone. Yet I have to admit when I see a father come into church with children I still experience envy, for that was something I never experienced. With my wife and me not being able to have children, I will never know the joy of a father and son sitting together worshipping God. By the time Return to Mayberry debuted, attitudes towards alcohol abuse were changing. It was no longer funny to see a grown man stagger and unable to speak clearly. Thankfully the producers of Return to Mayberry realized Otis needed to change. I only wish they would have done it much sooner. Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 715-839-8470 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
