Folks has anyone ever brought up the great question of how many people and
who have over the years sat on the famous bench out in front of the
Mayberry Courthouse. With my mentioning of Arthur Malet, our most celebrated
vagrant, having sat on that bench who else has over those 8 years. Thats a
its well known to any lover of TAGS , Jack Burns was no Don Knotts. Im sure
Jack now 76 is s decent hard working actor-comedian voice over and all round
great human being. That said, I just saw him in his first appearence in The
bazaar moments ago on the Tvland marathon.Has anyone ever dwelled
I subscribe electronilly to my hometown newspaper. Well, as close as I can
get to my hometown. My hometown is Waldo, Arkansas. The newspaper is the Banner
News from Magnolia, Arkansas. Sort of like Mayberry/Mt. Pilot, I suppose.
Anyway, according to the Friday edition, the college in Magnolia
Regarding the wonderful citizens of Mayberry, we all remember dwar sweet Mr.
Schwump. Well, in season 3, Gomer Pyle, our dear Mr. Schwump made a visit to
Gomer's town. HE WAS LEAVING THE STORE AS GOMER AND SARGE WALKED IN. If any
one has seen this episode, please check. I am sure it was
I found an interesting look at Warren Ferguson at
http://www.henrybwalthall.com/JackBurnsWarrenFergusonRevenge.html (did you
know that Jack got his start in show-biz working at a radio station in Fort
Worth...where he began doing on-air comedy routines with fellow DJ George
Carlin ?
According
It's well known to any lover of TAGSJack Burns was no Don Knotts...Tom
Kessel
Your right on that Tom. I think Jack was a great actor but the problem with his
role on TAGS was that he came in too soon after Don left. I think the better
plan would have been to hire Goober as deputy, if they
Maximum security cell
Just yesterday (Sunday) here I was trapped in my own maximum security
cell. Yep, I was and for more then three long hours!
Can you emagine, can you emagine, that, me..Barney, locked in my
own maximum security cell for more then three long hours?
I loved Warren! For years I had that bias against the color episodes, but
now I like them as well as the black white, some even better. I have my
own top 10 of each variety.
I thought Jack Burns did an great job, considering he was trying to
replace the beloved Barney Fife. Huh, yeah,
The story I've heard is that Jack Burns was fired from TAGS on Christmas Day,
and to this day he's still very bitter about it, to the point that he refuses
to take part in any sort of Mayberry events. It's a real shame too, because he
was and still is a terrific comic actor. The trouble with
The bench sitters that come to mind, besides the folks already mentioned, are
the whittler that never specified what he was whittling, Clara (not sure if she
was Johnson or Edwards) discussed her neuralgia with Floyd in the New Doctor
episode. And Goober often sat there. Even Barn was known to
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