Helen's demeanor.

2017-08-08 Thread randymcf
It seems to me that anytime Helen lost her cool it was because Andy either did something or failed to tell the entire truth about something. My experience is that seems to set off any woman. Remember when he told Ellie what a silly idea it was for a woman to run for city council? He also set

Andy and Helen

2017-08-08 Thread Elizabeth Busby
Randy, I have been thinking about the same thing after reading the Andy and Don book. I wonder if some of this on the show was a slight carry over from their real life relationship. I wonder if Andy had any input on the scripts of these shows. Elizabeth in Ga

Preaching

2017-08-08 Thread Paul Pyle
As a "preachers kid" who experienced a preachers life (46 years in ministry) throughout eastern and south eastern Ohio, I've seen years of variations on this. It really is not only a regional term but a generational term that is seldom heard today. In my experience I most often heard people refer

Preaching

2017-08-08 Thread Sonya Palmer
As was mentioned by others, preaching was a term that was used to differentiate the sermon portion of Sunday morning services from Sunday school.  Today the more commonly used term is worship service, but that didn't seem to gain popularity until the last 20 years or so.  Preaching is probably

Re: Writer's blips

2017-08-08 Thread Randy
Subject: writer's blips "Has anyone else noticed how very controlling Helen could be and that  Andy let her get away with it? I've been watching some color episodes  that I taped recently and found this disturbing as I feel it is out of  character for Andy. When she was first introduced to the

Character growth

2017-08-08 Thread Daniel Santos
Think of all the characters that evolved thru out the show. In addition to Goober...his cousin Gomer started out as a gas jockey became a master mechanic and eventually joined the Marines. Barney started as Andy's cousin who was chosen deputy, and moved on to the big city police department

Re: Writer's blips

2017-08-08 Thread Janet Anderson
>>>Has anyone else noticed how very controlling Helen could be and that Andy let her get away with it? I've been watching some color episodes that I taped recently and found this disturbing as I feel it is out of character for Andy. When she was first introduced to the show she was rather a