I heard a radio news report this morning that you can no longer get a ticket
just for jaywalking in Washington, D.C. You have to be committing some other
violation at the same time. I hope this covers other parts of the country so
that the Emma Watson case will finally be off the books.
Ben
Barney will need to update THE PLAN:
Wash my hands. Go Home. Wash my hands. Take a nap. Wash my hands. Go over to
Thelma Lou's for a little TV from a social distance of at least 6 feet between
us.
Yep, that's the plan.
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How many Mayberry characters never had their last names revealed? Right off the
top of my head, and without running this by the boys at the lab, I can think of
two. Though she was known by one of those good-old southern double first names,
Thelma Lou's last name was never mentioned. And I
I was watching Leave It To Beaver on ME-TV and Mrs. Rayburn was Beaver's
teacher. But in earlier episodes she was the school principal. So I ran this by
the boys at the lab. Their conclusion was that the school found out she was
really Mrs. Wiley. Their background check also revealed that she
In the episode "My Fair Ernest T. Bass," there were 3 different big band-type
songs which played, on a record player, I suppose during this soiree. The first
was "Undecided," followed by "Carolina In The Morning." Does anyone know the
name of the third tune? This would have been during the tag
This was done at Christmas time last year, so it's about time to break it
out again.
https://youtu.be/jY8TnyrpNnE
Merry Christmas to All!
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July 25, 1955, stand-up comic Andy Griffith started a Florida tour at the
New City Auditorium in Fort Myers. This tour was 9 shows in 5 different
Florida cities.
The opening act for this tour was Elvis Presley. Shortly after this, Elvis
became so popular that he would never be anyone's "opening
What You mean there are other TV shows besides TAGS? Not that I've ever
seen.
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In rural Broxton, Georgia, an artist named Dylan Ross has painted an
interesting mural on the side of an old farmhouse.
Take a look.
http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2016/02/03/andy-griffith-show-mural-broxton
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Video has been added to "A Mayberry Christmas"
https://youtu.be/jY8TnyrpNnE
Make sure your sound is up and have a Merry Christmas!
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The boys at the lab and I were doing some research, and learned that one of
the opening acts for The Andy Griffith Show, a live comedy show, was Elvis
Presley. This tour had 9 shows, covering 5 Florida cities in 7 days, from
July 25-31, 1955. Ticket prices ranged from $1.25 to $1.50. We knew Andy
David Quinn's post about where Opie might have gone to look for 8 jobs
prompted me to put a bucket on my head and take a think. I also ran this by
the boys at the lab. Here's what we concluded:
Opie could not have applied at Emmett's Fix-It Shop (still two seasons
away), or Aunt Bee's Chinese
Shazam! Gomer is 85 years old today. Jim Nabors was born June 12, 1930, in
Sylacauga, Alabama.
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This may have been covered already, but since we're talking about TAGS I
don't see anything wrong with re-runs. One of the catch phrases that were
heard by several characters, in several episodes was, You beat everything,
you know that!
What episodes included this catch phrase.who said it.and
Who could forget that famous local radio celebrity Leonard Blush! I can
think of at least two episodes where he was mentioned. Barney was listening
to him on the radio in the courthouse when Andy walked in and interrupted. I
believe Howard Morris was the voice of Leonard Blush on the radio. Also
I've been playing saxophone, off and on, for about the last 40 years. I
played clarinet before that, but had not picked one up in almost 50 years.
My church asked me to play on one of their Christmas pieces, but the
saxophone just didn't sound right for this piece. So I found my old
clarinet,
We've been having some problems with our cable and internet service. A
technician from the cable company came out and fixed the problem by,
seriously, putting in bigger wires. Barney was way ahead of his time.
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Here in Macon, GA, we're all excited that our Mercer Bears are headed to
Raleigh to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. I just hope none of the
cheerleaders take a lot of jewelry because there might be a jewel thief in
their hotel. If the menu at the hotel restaurant is hard to understand,
they can
Opie made the Forbes Top 10 Influential Celebrities list
http://www.eonline.com/news/500193/oprah-winfrey-steven-spielberg-find-out-w
ho-s-been-named-forbes-most-influential-celebrity
There's only one word for this - BIG!
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I was watching the Atlanta Braves game last night and noticed that the
Dodgers had a starting pitcher named Fife.
I wonder if they still call him Bullet Fife at his old high school. I was
hoping one of the Braves might hit a ball through a window at a nearby
haunted house to see how Fife might
Those of us in the south know that sweet tea is the table wine of the
south. Yet I don't recall the Taylors, or anyone else in Mayberry ever
drinking or mentioning sweet tea.
Does anyone else remember this? The only beverages I remember from TAGS are
coffee, water, a bottle of pop, sweet cider,
Yesterday, the governor of Georgia came to Macon to sign a bill related to
background checks for daycare workers. I couldn't help but notice that the
governor's helicopter was parked on the front lawn of the school where the
ceremonial signing was held. I didn't see an official helicopter
If someone would go out and buy a salt-and-pepper suit, with a crease that's
just right for the dip, and then have their front teeth pulled and replaced
with a shiny gold one, they would easily win Dancing With The Stars. But I
cannot take credit for this idea. It came from the boys at the lab.
Today (September 16, 1968) the final episode of The Andy Griffith Show was
seen on CBS at 9:00 eastern. And as the Bellamy Brothers said in their song
about TAGS, thank God for the reruns!
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Nice story in our local paper this morning about Mt. Airy
http://www.macon.com/2012/09/09/2168483/visitors-come-to-mount-airy-looking.
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In our market, Geico is running a radio commercial that actually quotes
Calvin Coolidge. The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself
forgotten.
They never said he got this from Mark Twain, so imagine my surprise to learn
that Calvin Coolidge really did say something. Floyd was just
Heaven's new sheriff arrived today, and we must say goodbye
He'll go right through the pearly gates with no gun, hat or tie
Mayberry friends he'll see again, some there for a while
Others are new, like the Darling boy on banjo and Goober Pyle
His first stop is the barbershop, where Floyd
I decided to see if a fresh Georgia peach could be peeled without breaking
the peel, like an apple. My attempt failed very early in this experiment.
After wondering what causes that, I ran this by the boys at the lab and came
up with 3 conclusions (A) peaches are about as much like apples as dogs
Great job on the 12 Days Ken ! Very creative, and it inspired me to dig
my poem out that was written a couple of years ago (for the benefit of you
new arrivals).
The original version is public domain, and I wrote this parody. So,
Mayberry friends, you're welcome to use this in any way you'd
Here in Middle Georgia this week, Byron police issued a warning to NBA great
Shaquille O'Neal after he was stopped on I-75. His Mercedes had windows that
were tinted darker than Georgia law allows. The officer shrugged off the
celebrity traffic stop saying, We treat everybody the same. Makes me
My 14-year-old son, Alex, and I were raking and bagging leaves today. For
those of you who've suffered through this before, you know that you can
shake the leaf bags to get more leaves in each bag. Every time he would do
this, Alex would yell, All right, shake down !
A story in our local paper this morning says that Macon-Bibb County law
enforcement will soon be getting fingerprint scanners.
I immediately wondered if one of our deputies might have contacted Count
Istvan Teleky.
And if there are any wishes left, I could sure use a new jackknife.
Just finished watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on AMC. You can't
miss Briscoe Darling, but also noticed Henry, the Jinx (John Qualen), Mr.
Crawford from Opie's Drugstore Job (Robert F. Simon) and Willis Bouchey
who was in at least 4 Andy episodes - O'Malley (Convicts At Large), Mr.
Brady
Andy: I 'preciate it, and good night.
Barney: No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Opie: I don't wanna say, after all, he is one of my own kind.
Gomer: A decoy! Shazam!
Briscoe: Got time to breathe, got time for music.
Ernest T: I don't chew my cabbage twice.
Ben Weaver: Christmas!
There was a great story in yesterday's Macon paper about one of our area's
biggest Mayberry fans.
Here's a link
http://www.macon.com/2010/09/19/1270010/seeing-the-world-through-mayberry.ht
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Just got today's email, and noticed that Eddie Jones had already sent you a
link to that story in yesterday's Macon paper.
I guess a body has to get up pretty early in the morning to put one over on
Eddie Jones.
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I just learned yesterday of the upcoming biography I Appreciate It: My
Life with Andy Griffith and Jim Clark. Does anyone know the release date?
And with Ron Howard writing the forward, there's only one word to describe
this book - BIG ! I just hope the forward is really about Andy, and not
SNL had its best ratings in 18 months with Betty White as guest host. Now
there's a Facebook campaign to get Carol Burnett to guest host. What about
Andy? He'd be terrific, and just think of the cameos by others.Gomer,
Goober, Thelma Lou, Opie. He could even be his own musical guest with the
A friend sent me an e-mail listing nearly 50 uses for WD40. In reading
through the list, my first thought was Shazam, this sounds like Miracle
Salve. I'd like to send the list to Dr. Pendyke for verification.
Does anyone know his e-mail address? And then, if it looks like we have a
potential
Here in our community, our Emergency Management director has recently been
under fire because he took it upon himself to deliver a generator to a home
that was damaged by fire. The home happened to be owned by a state
representative, who happens to be married to a member of city council. The
My guess is to why the theme song was done in one key at the beginning and
another ket at the end is that there were two different whistlers, and not
everyone can whistle in any key.
If there were 2 different whistlers, I'll bet they both got an A in breathing.
Or it could be your gauge -
In addition to all of those TV dads, how about just the best Mayberry dads.
Here's my top 10, not necessarily in order:
1. Andy Taylor (without a doubt, my #1 on this or any show)
2. Briscoe Darling (outstanding job as a single parent, raising Charlene
those rowdy boys. Also demonstrated that
My first guess was gonna be Never Hit Your Grandma With A Great Big Stick,
but then I realized that song was never sung, just mentioned. So my guess is
Midnight Special, which Andy sang with Jim Lindsey in the episode called The
Guitar Player Returns from the 1960-61 season. Midnight Special
There's a nice story on Ron Howard in the July/August issue of AARP Magazine.
The magazine has more pictures, but here's a limk to the on-line edition.
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/ron_howard.html
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June 1, 1926, Andy Griffith was born in Mt. Airy, NC.
Happy 83rd birthday, Ange !
This should be a national holiday.
I say we all take the day off and go fishing.
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I can't find where Jack Prince (Rafe Hollister) made any recordings. There's a
site www.allmusic.com with a wealth of information about anyone who's ever
recorded.
An interesting bio on Prince, and how Andy Griffith heard him on Broadway.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697666/bio
I tried to
I was helping my 11-year old pack his lunch for school this morning. He's been
taking chili-cheese flavored potato chips the last few days, and here's how the
conversation went:
Dad: Do these chips really taste like chili and cheese?
Son: Yea, Dad, if they didn't, you know what it would be,
I always figured Mayberry was set in the late 50's-early 60's by the cars that
were used, and also by some of the real people opie mentioned - Elvis Presley,
Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford.
Other than Floyd's admiration for Calvin Coolidge, what other non-fictional
people do you remember mentioned
DeLayne,
You may be on to something here. Not only were there many single girls in The
Farmer Takes A Wife, but let's not forget about A Wife For Andy.
Barney brought in so many prospects for Andy that there was even talk about
starting a girls' softball team. According to the calculatin'
With bailouts, budgets, deficits in the news these days many people have a hard
time understanding how the significance of a trillion dollars.
As Goober once said, Now boys them zeros is the key to the whole thing!
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Thanks, Tom Baker for sharing Paul Harvey's Rest of the Story feature on Andy
and Mayberry.
For me, listening to Paul Harvey ranks right up there with watching Andy
re-runs.
And when you put the 2 together - what a great combination !
It sure would be nice if ABC would release a box set of these
To all regular contributors to and readers of this blog, especially to Allan
and his family, and even to all you interlopers who may drop by, here's a poem
I wrote last year.
Sorry there's nothing new to add, but then we all know that reruns work! Merry
Christmas to all.
'Twas the night
Here in Macon, GA, proud birthplace of Sam Edwards and home of the Lots of
Luck to You Yours chapter, we have a local campaign ad in the sheriff's race
which not only is misleading, but has at least 3 documented cases of
malfeasance. Besides that, it's factually incorrect as it refers to
Regarding the favorite season of TAGS question, I took this to the boys at the
lab and they went to the www.mayberry.com website and carefully studied the
results of the Favorite Episode poll.
Out of all the episodes (28 total) that got at least 100 votes, there were 11
from Season 3; 8 from
I have to agree that wonder who that could be? is the funniest line in the
series.
Maybe we could do a favorite line poll, or funniest line poll on the web site,
similar to the Favorite episode poll.
And my choice for the most prophetic lineGot time to breathe, got time for
music.
Congratulations to Putnam County, Georgia, Sheriff Howard Sills. Earlier this
week he was named Sheriff of the Year by the Georgia Sheriff's Assocation.
Is it just a coincidence that Sheriff Sills' mobile command post includes a DVD
collection of TAGS, which Sills calls the best training films
of any other law enforcement people who have similar
situations.
Ben Sandifer
Macon, GA (proud birthplace of Sam Edwards; aka Sam Muggins (The Christmas
Story), Lester Scobey (Andy Forecloses), Fred (The Bazaar) and Tom Bedlow (The
Lodge/The Barbershsop Quartet
I may have asked this question when the technical problems were going on, so I
never saw any feedback.
I was watching an old M*A*S*H episode and Hawkeye used the expression run up
an alley and holler fish.
I always thought this was a Gomer-exclusive, from Citizen's Arrest.
Anyone know the origin
once saying something about Andy being mother and father to Opie.
There was also the reference to Helen Crump as Ernest T's Mother Figure.
What other references to mothers do some of you more trained noticers recall?
And happy Mother's Day to all the moms,
Ben Sandifer
Macon, GA (proud
We have a relatively new cat in our house, and I play a number of different
musical instruments.
I've discovered that the cat hates the guitar...he doesn't mind the clarinet or
the saxophone, but he hates the guitar.
If it wasn't a male cat, I'd call him Lydia Crosswaithe...that's a cute name
Does anyone know the identity of the actress (or perhaps musician) who played
Hazel? She was in at least 2 episodes - Barney and the Choir and The Song
Festers - but wasn't listed in the credits.
Like Mr. Schwamp, I don't think she ever said a word but could she ever tickle
those ivories,
While you trained noticers keep trying to figure out where Thelma Lou's house
was, here's something to keep you up nights.
Assuming Thelma Lou is one of those good old southern double first names, did
we ever know Thelma Lou's last name?
And come to think of it, did we know the last names of any
Those of you in or around Macon, Georgia, have probably seen a TV commercial
for a local car dealer with Barney and Gomer impersonators. I'm not sure who
they are, but I know for sure the guy who's Barney is not David Browning. The
other guy doesn't look or sound a bit like Gomer. He does
Here's a link to a story in the AJC about the Mt. Airy plane crash
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/02/01/crash_0201.html
As far as a soundtrack from TAGS, the only thing I've found is Songs, Themes
and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Show Available at Weaver's for just $12
True TAGS fans already know how applicable certain lines from Andy episodes are
in everyday situations. When you use these lines, you can spot other Andy fans
right away because they get it. Others are like the judges at the musicale
when Barney selected something from the light classics for
A very merry Christmas to all members of the WBMUTBB chapter.
And as Gomer would say, Thank you, thank you, thank you to Allan for keeping
this going.
Best case of communication I ever saw.
And now, I've taken the liberty of re-writing a Christmas classic.
Twas the night before Christmas and
Picking a favorite episode of TAGS is almost as hard as picking a favorite
song, or a favorite child. I found 4 different polls and combined the results
of each (1) a poll of TAGSRWC members several years ago,
(2) a 40th reunion poll that I believe was conducted by TV Land (3) a poll of
TAGS
The Rascal Flatts entry, as Miss Crump would say, raises some interesting
points. How many other songs about TAGS, Mayberry, etc. are there?
One of the best known may be The Andy Griffith Show by the Bellamy Brothers
from their 1993 album Rip Off The Knob.
Another big one was Confederate
else am I missing?
Ben Sandifer
Lots of Luck to You and Yours chapter
Macon, GA
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