Mayberry-like books

2013-02-01 Thread PLV
Laura Childs has a Tea Shop Mystery series set in Charleston, South Carolina. Carolyn Hart has a Death On Demand mystery series set in coastal South Carolina. Cathy Pickens has a Southern Fried mystery series set in South Carolina. Kathryn R. Wall has a Bay Tanner mystery series set on Hilton

TAGS on MeTV

2012-05-15 Thread PLV
I beg to differ, Emmett. TAGS is shown every weekday Noon (CDT) and every weeknight on MeTooTV. === Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:52:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: TAGS on METV So far I haven't seen TAGS on MeTV, but I remain hopeful. Keep on hoping,

Real Life Spouses

2011-09-17 Thread PLV
Jackie Joseph (aka Ramona Romeena Ankrum) was married at the time to Ken Berry (aka Sam Jones). Their subsequent divorce became quite well-known because Ms. Joseph became a pro-active champion for dumped first wives. -- Forwarded message -- From: DAVID QUINN

Daddy Long Legs

2011-09-13 Thread PLV
Barney referred to Andy as Daddy Long Legs in the Opie Loves Helen episode, when he's about to inform Andy of Opie's crush on Miss Crump. That name doesn't even correctly describe the scenario. The book and the movie Daddy Long Legs were about a middle-aged bachelor who falls in love with his

Andy and Lucy

2011-09-13 Thread PLV
In response to the question about Andy Griffith and Lucille Ball - Andy never appeared on the I Love Lucy series. He did appear on the Here's Lucy series in Lucy Meets Andy Griffith, which aired October 29, 1973. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

re: Tattoos in Mayberry

2011-08-15 Thread PLV
I believe one of Ellie Walker's erstwhile suitors, the muscle-bound one, sported a tattoo in Irresistible Andy. And I think Goober would have had a large Yo! tattooed on his bicep. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

TAGS moments

2011-07-27 Thread PLV
Like 44,000+ other viewers worldwide, this morning I was pinned to my screen watching the release of 5 rehabilitated bald eagles in Virginia - including the 3 that came to be known as the Rock Stars, after they were removed from their nest when their mother was killed by an airplane back in April.

Re: Real Life Siblings

2011-07-20 Thread PLV
Mabel Albertson played Howard Sprague's mother, and her brother Jack Albertson played Aunt Bee's cousin Bradford J. Taylor. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

TAGS on ME-TV

2011-07-19 Thread PLV
Someone lamented that ME-TV doesn't show TAGS, but here in the Chicagoland viewing area it's on that channel every weekday at Noon, then on Me-TV Too every weekday night at 10:30pm. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Baths in Mayberry, Grumpy Andy, Mayberry Moment

2011-07-11 Thread PLV
I'm going to group three subjects into this one e-mail because I've been noticing that my e-mails are taking longer longer to reach the Digest. 1) I happened to catch a rerun of The Bookie Barber episode this weekend and noted in the opening scene, after Opie has tried to explain that he hates

re: Barney's Inspirations

2011-07-07 Thread PLV
I'm not sure if I understood the original message correctly, but here is a short list of Alcatraz-based movies made before (or during) the TAGS years: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), probably Burt Lancaster’s defining role as Robert The Birdman Stroud The Alcatraz Express (1960) Experiment Alcatraz

Re: Oscar Winner

2011-07-06 Thread PLV
George Kennedy won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the movie Cool Hand Luke. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Re: Lee Van Cleef

2011-07-06 Thread PLV
Lee Van Cleef played one of the two carny workers who stole Aunt Bee's purse in The Banjo-Playing Deputy episode. -- Forwarded message -- From: (Ted) Easy-T \Straight Outta Delhi!\ tedkamp...@gmail.com To: wbmutbb wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 08:12:25 -0400

re: Religion Mentioned

2011-06-16 Thread PLV
I don't know who the person never shown on screen was, but in the episode Alcohol Old Lace, one of the sisters mentioned that their customer Larry Hansen (?) was a Lutheran despite his buying their elixir to celebrate Mohammad's birthday.

Horrified Apologies!

2011-05-26 Thread PLV
I just opened the latest Digest and discovered, to my horror, that some sort of advertising spam had been sent from my e-mail to the Digest and a family member. I had sent a legitimate e-mail to the Digest a few days ago and thought it was odd that I didn't receive the usual auto

Warning!

2011-05-26 Thread PLV
After I sent my apologies for the spam that co-opted my e-mail address, it occurred to me to warn everybody NOT to open the link in that message. Even if you think the link itself looks harmless (though I think it looks nasty!), there could be all sorts of stuff embedded just waiting to

[no subject]

2011-05-26 Thread PLV
The prime treatment for erectile dysfunction... http://rico_85.perso.neuf.fr/friends_links.php?sychot=71o3 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Paul, the tornado, blessings

2011-05-24 Thread PLV
Paul, thank you for posting your very vivid story of your family's experience in the Joplin tornado. Watching the news on tv, even listening to the many survivor interviews, didn't bring it alive to me as much as your words did. You have a real ability to articulate your feelings impressions,

The Hollywood Mansion

2011-05-17 Thread PLV
Does anybody know whether the Hollywood mansion which was identified by the bus driver from Ruby Creek as belonging to actor Cesar Romero really was his? If it was, I’m curious as to why his was chosen for that scene, since I don’t think he had any connection to the show. But I’ve always

re: Opposites

2011-05-12 Thread PLV
I wonder if there's a term for those opposites you very rightly pointed out? little big and pretty ugly seem perfectly natural to say, but the meanings clash, in a way. What you're describing is an oxymoron - e.g., pretty ugly, jumbo shrimp, dark sun, etc.

re: Heating in Mayberry

2011-05-09 Thread PLV
Was anything said on TAGS about heating homes and businesses? I'm sure they must have had furnaces, for when Andy and Aunt Bee considered buying the new house, the seller's son spilled the beans and told them that the crack in the furnace was getting bigger every day. And don't forget

re: Heating System

2011-05-09 Thread PLV
However, when Barney industriously cleans the room in preparation for Gentleman Dan Caldwell's visit, Andy remarks This place ain't been so clean since the boiler busted and flooded the place, which seems to imply that they once had steam radiators or some such. In an earlier episode, I

re: Silent Comedy

2011-04-27 Thread PLV
One of my all-time favorite silent scenes is also from Barney's Sidecar - when we see him riding his rolling stock down the street marking the tires of parked cars, and suddenly an anonymous hand reaches out from under one of the cars and grabs his marking stick. So funny! Cracks me up every

Are My Ears Mis-Hearing Again?

2011-04-25 Thread PLV
Okay, I posted a week or so ago that I thought I had heard Andy describe the back of Opie's dollar bill as being red. I was promptly corrected by several folks who informed me that he had actually said gray - which makes as little sense as red to me, but I guess that's old news. Now I'm

re: Word usage and spelling

2011-04-15 Thread PLV
Not to put too fine a point on it, but prey can stand alone as a verb. e.g., The lion will prey on the gazelle. - Original Message - From: Harriet Browder h_brow...@hotmail.com To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 7:07 AM However, in the TAGS quote, preying on my mind,

Red Money?

2011-04-13 Thread PLV
In the Miracle Salve episode, when Opie runs into the courthouse to excitedly show Andy the dollar bill he was refunded, Andy takes the bill, scrutinizes it and declares it real saying “Yep, green on the front and red on the back”. Red?? ___

re: What does 3.2 mean?

2011-04-12 Thread PLV
3.2 beer is a low-alcohol beer that, according to Wikipedia, is beer that contains 3.2% alcohol by weight. Also according to Wikipedia, The states of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Utah permit general establishments such as supermarket chains and convenience stores to sell only

Elizabeth Taylor

2011-03-24 Thread PLV
At the beginning of the Foster Lady episode, when Aunt Bee has just been selected, Andy says: “This is a good year for the Taylors - Elizabeth and Aunt Bee!” ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

re: Smoking

2011-03-22 Thread PLV
I will guess the episode to be Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee with the smokers being Andy, Otis and Mr. Goss. HistoryBuff - Original Message - Subject: Smoking Now a days, hardly anyone on network television smokes cigarettes. Smok=ng cigarettes was fairly common on network television in

Alumni Sighting

2011-03-21 Thread PLV
Saw Cheerio Meredith (aka Emma Watson) in a small role that she made very funny on Father Knows Best. She played one of son Bud's paper route customers, dressed in a Victorian skirt to the ground and speaking in a rather odd almost-but-not-quite English accent. HistoryBuff

TV Land

2011-02-25 Thread PLV
To the person asking when TV Land is currently airing TAGS - here in the Chicago area it's on with back-to-back episodes Monday thru Friday from 3PM to 4PM CST. As a side note to the comment about TV Land being blocked by your computer - although it's not blocked on mine, I did start getting

Seeing Helen

2011-01-18 Thread PLV
Did anyone else catch TAGS's Helen on a TVLand episode of Bonanza Monday afternoon? Rather an unusual role for Aneta Corsaut, playing the daughter of an itinerant religiously devout Jewish peddler who sparks a romantic interest in Adam Cartwright. But I couldn't tear myself away from The

TAGS Alumni Sightings

2011-01-10 Thread PLV
Two in one episode of The Flying Nun - Millie Hutchins and Roy Swanson. And Quiet Sam Becker in an episode of The Partridge Family. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

re: 50 Years Ago

2010-12-27 Thread PLV
I remember the summer of 1960 was the last driving vacation my family of four took together - Chicago to Cape Cod to Washington, DC to Chicago. I remember watching the first Nixon-Kennedy debate on TV and becoming a passionate Kennedy supporter, but feeling guilty because my father was firmly

re: Catch Phrase/One-Liner

2010-12-13 Thread PLV
my all-time favorite: Gomer: Citizen's arrest!!! Citizen's arrest!!! HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

re: Brand Names

2010-12-10 Thread PLV
I'm wondering about the cigarettes Andy occasionally smoked and whether a brand was ever seen. I remember in the Gomer the House Guest episode, Andy is laying in bed unable to sleep because of Gomer's noisiness and he taps a cigarette out of a pack lying on his bedside table. Did the pack have

Alumni Sightings

2010-12-08 Thread PLV
I spotted quite a few TAGS alumni in last night’s Dick Van Dyke Show rerun episode, “One Angry Man” - Sue Ann Langdon was an exotic dancer (!!) named Marla Hendrix; Dabbs Greer was her defense attorney; Doodles Weaver was the court bailiff; and Herb Vigran was a juror. HistoryBuff

re: Andy Helen Getting Married?

2010-12-07 Thread PLV
Sharon, more more married women went to work outside the home as the '50s ended and the '60s began. But I think in smaller towns there existed a certain stigma about women who chose that role. I distinctly remember my paternal grandmother, who lived in a small Iowa town, tsk, tsking with a

Subject: Alumni Sightings

2010-12-06 Thread PLV
Small correction - Mary Grace Canfield (aka Gossage) did not play the Stephenses' neighbor in Bewitched but the visiting sister of neighbor Abner Kravitz, Harriet. I think her character filled in for a few episodes after the death of the original Gladys Kravitz actress and until a replacement

re: Disconnected motorcycle side car stunt

2010-11-30 Thread PLV
It certainly wasn't earlier than 1933, but my favorite disconnected cycle sidecar scene is from one of my all-time favorite old movies, I Was A Male War Bride, made in 1949 with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. I've been putting on my bucket head trying to think of any other so-called stunts in

re: This weekends episodes-questions...

2010-11-29 Thread PLV
- Original Message - From: (Ted) Theodoric of York tedkamp...@gmail.com To: wbmutbb wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:56 AM Also when Barney and Gomer enter the Rimshaw house Gomer says Age before beauty. What does this mean? I'm thinking you're asking this with

re: Barney line redux

2010-10-26 Thread PLV
Yesterday, I opined that Barney used the ...and baby makes three... line in the TV or Not TV episode when he was talking himself up to the supposed Hollywood producer. But my brain kicked in late last night, and I remembered that he actually used that line when he was talking himself up to the

re: Barney Line

2010-10-25 Thread PLV
I seem to remember Barney using that catchy, bragging line with the supposed Hollywood producer in the TV or Not TV episode. HistoryBuff === Just got done watching the 1950 B movie D.O.A. in which a gangland torpedo is about ready to take

re: The Rimshaw Place

2010-10-05 Thread PLV
Many, many years ago I took the Universal Studios tour in Hollywood (though I think it might actually be in Glendale). Their haunted house sits on a small hill that overlooked the street with the Cleaver house. It was 1959 when Beaver thought the house was haunted, and it was 1960 when the

Newspaper Article

2010-10-04 Thread PLV
A great article about TAGS and its 50th from the Chicago Sun-Times - http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/2764216,andy-griffith-show-anniversary-100310.article HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

Misspelled Words Ge-o-gra-phy

2010-09-29 Thread PLV
I've always been bothered by the misspelled Ashville on the train station schedule in the Don't Miss a Good Bet episode. And, Michael, I'll bite - How far apart are Raleigh and Asheville? I remember many years ago flying into Raleigh for a seminar in Chapel Hill then taking some time off for a

Color Episodes on TVLand Marathon

2010-09-28 Thread PLV
Actually, I agree with you, Lisa. Several of the color episodes are also among my TAGS favorites - including The Battle of Mayberry and The Return of Barney Fife. What I meant was that TVLand decided to show only the really bad color episodes - including the blonde lawyer in a swimsuit one and

re: TV Land Viewers' Choice Marathon

2010-09-27 Thread PLV
Well, Dixon, the first biggest surprise was that TVLand didn't even include all 166 TAGS episodes in its online voting. All it included were the episodes they had already scheduled to run for their 50 Days of Andy. So, for instance, the all-time highest voted episode by fans for 50 years -

re: misspellings

2010-09-27 Thread PLV
Although my job title is Copy Editor, I am indeed an old-fashioned proofreader, in the financial services industry. I spend my days proofing investment prospectuses and correcting some incredibly huge spelling grammatical mistakes made by highly-educated attorneys and accountants (particularly

All the good spots are taken.

2010-09-22 Thread PLV
When Floyd Goober try to discourage Howard from going fishing with them in Big Fish in a Small Town, they tell him that all the good spots (for fishing) are already taken. I don't know anything about fishing season rules or protocols, so I've always been curious - does that mean each fisherman

re: Trivia

2010-09-03 Thread PLV
Winstead Sheffield Doodles Weaver played Regis, the tax protestor in “A Black Day for Mayberry” and George Bricker in “Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter”. He was actress Sigourney Weaver’s uncle. HistoryBuff - Original Message - From: DAVID QUINN davidleequinn1...@live.com To: MAYBERRY

4 Alumni Sighting!

2010-08-18 Thread PLV
Watching a rerun last night of The Dick Van Dyke Show episode “The Alan Brady Show Goes to Prison”, I spotted 4 TAGS alumni! - Newton Munroe, Captain Barker, Ralph Neal and Fred Plummer/Clyde Plaunt/Doc Mallory (i.e., Allan Melvin). HistoryBuff

Double Alumni Sighting

2010-08-16 Thread PLV
Yesterday, I surfed into a rerun episode of Dragnet 1970 and found John Masters (Olan Soule) as a Los Angeles County Court judge and Miz Larch (Maudie Prickett) as a testifying witness, wearing a really dreadful hat that the Mayberry matrons would probably have drooled over!

Re: Names mentioned before they were seen

2010-08-16 Thread PLV
Wasn't Fred Walker's name mentioned (I think by Aunt Bee) in Ellie Comes to Town before he was seen in Irresistible Andy? HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Desert Island

2010-08-13 Thread PLV
After thinking this question over for awhile, I came to the somewhat surprising (for me) conclusion that I would want Gomer to be my desert island companion. “Boob” though he may have occasionally been, his was a straight-forward personality with no emotional undercurrents. What you saw with

re: party line

2010-08-02 Thread PLV
In 1957, my family moved from one Chicago suburb to another just a short distance away but with a much smaller population - about 6,000 compared to the 15,000+ where we had lived. Much to the amazement of all of us, it turned out this town not only had party lines for all of its residential

re: Laundry service

2010-07-26 Thread PLV
I think that's a great question! I do remember that, during that same time period of the early '60s, my best friend's stay-at-home mother had her husband's shirts picked up laundered by our local dry cleaner because he was a very meticulous and officious accountant who worked for one of the

Something Else About Quiet Sam

2010-07-26 Thread PLV
I've been enjoying the speculations about how Barney got himself out to Sam's farm. I had never thought about it, and appreciate those who have! But here's something that has gnawed at my logical brain every time I have watched this episode. After Andy has tried to phone Barney from the

re: Floyd's First Show

2010-07-16 Thread PLV
According to the IMDB, Howard McNear's first appearance as Floyd Lawson was in Season 1, Episode 20, Andy Saves Barney's Morale. HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

re: Radios in Mayberry

2010-07-12 Thread PLV
In The Bazaar, I believe Aunt Bee and the other jailed women had a radio playing while they were washing out their unmentionables and waiting for justice to free them. Was there a radio playing in Christmas Story when Ellie started singing Away In A Manger? HistoryBuff

Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 193

2010-07-06 Thread PLV
Thanks so much for the name! My mind is now clear and waiting for something else to perplex it! But I do believe the sewer inspector was mentioned toward the beginning of the The Case of the Punch in the Nose episode, when Barney was going through the old files that brought him to the Lawson

Kisses

2010-07-06 Thread PLV
Didn't one of the men apologetically kiss his wife on the cheek toward the end of Ellie for Council when Andy is admitting his own chauvenism is wrong? I'm thinking maybe either Otis or Rose's husband? HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

Mr. Fife the Sewer Inspector

2010-07-02 Thread PLV
This is preying on my mind - What was the name of the sewer inspector who gave Barney’s father a ticket for some driving violation? One of my favorite lines is when Andy says something like “If your daddy had looked at his badge, he would’ve seen a manhole cover”. LOL HistoryBuff

Making Money as a Kid

2010-06-29 Thread PLV
As a girl growing up in the '50s and early '60s in a small Chicago suburb, I did quite a bit of babysitting after about the age of 12. At about that same age, my mother got me an unofficial job at the newspaper where she had started working part-time. It was published on Thursdays, so after

Re: Spin Offs

2010-06-28 Thread PLV
   9. Spin Offs (Jerome Graber) ** I think the answer to what was the first spinoff depends on your definition of spinoff. See Mr. Mulik's explanation below. A. I've been reading the discussion lately about whether or not TAGS was the first TV

No Time for Sergeants

2010-06-23 Thread PLV
I was doing my usual channel-surfing last evening and was delighted to find No Time for Sergeants just beginning on TCM. That movie still just tickles my funny bones, and I love seeing how Andy's Will Stockdale morphed into Andy Taylor (at least, in the first season of TAGS when Sheriff Andy

Salted Melon

2010-06-21 Thread PLV
I'm Midwestern born bred, but I grew up taking it for granted that everyone put salt on their cantaloupe just like my parents did (also Midwesterners). I can't remember knowing anyone who salted their watermelon, but I wish I had. That would probably lessen the sweetness which has always been

Disrespecting our Barney?

2010-06-21 Thread PLV
from “Chicago Sun-Times” columnist Paige Wiser - The life of a cop is tough enough without having to suffer disrespectful depictions on TV. For every Andy Sipowicz, there’s a Barney Fife or Clancy Wiggum, and pink doughnuts aren’t far behind. It’s not right. We ask our police officers to put

Another Hatch Act Violation?

2010-06-18 Thread PLV
I was watching a rerun this morning of “Sam for City Council” and remembered the posting here a month or so ago about how Barney was in violation of the Hatch Act when he wore his uniform while campaigning to become sheriff. Wasn't Andy also in violation because he wore his uniform while

The American Flag in Mayberry

2010-06-16 Thread PLV
Was the American flag ever seen displayed in any manner in Mayberry? I've been thinking on it, but even the bucket on my head hasn't brought any instance to mind. And that strikes me as curious, given the place and time depicted. We know Opie's school had a flag pole, where he handcuffed

re: Crump

2010-06-07 Thread PLV
She tells the girl to have her mother put something on her stye, an infection of the eyelid, like a pimple. That's the same little girl who Opie had such a crush on in another episode, but Helen calls her by a different first name here (one which I'm not remembering as I'm typing this).

re: Prisoner of Love

2010-06-03 Thread PLV
This is the only episode of TAGS that I really disliked from the time of its first broadcast, when I was in my teens. For one thing, I just wasn't comfortable with the implicit sexualizing of Andy. I wanted him to stay safely PG-rated (though that rating system didn't exist at the time, of

re: Something Barney Said

2010-05-27 Thread PLV
My memories of those Cold War days are that the bomb became a ubiquitous explanation for everything, including unusual weather, and Barney's line was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that. It had only been about 15 years since the atom bombs had been dropped on Japan, and the threat of a nuclear war

re: Who is Eleanora Poultice?

2010-05-24 Thread PLV
Yes, that's the wonderful Reta Shaw playing both Eleanora and Big Maude Tyler, Clarisse Tyler, Maude Clarisse Tyler, Annabelle Tyler, and Ralph Henderson! - Original Message - Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 7:52 PM Is Eleanora Poultice, Barn's singing teacher, also Maude, the breakout

re: One-Shots

2010-05-10 Thread PLV
I’m not sure whether these single-shots have already been mentioned: Karen Moore, Thelma Lou’s cousin from Arkansas Mary Grace, Thelma Lou’s unattractive cousin Barney’s Cousin Virgil Bert Miller, the unaggressive door-to-door salesman Mr. McCabe, the owner of the mansion that Barney wanted to

re: Betty Lynn being robbed

2010-04-30 Thread PLV
I think the staff writer at the Mt. Airy News needs to learn how to check his/her facts! The Andy Griffith Show was an American sitcom first televised by CBS in 1968. And the Chicago Sun-Times article about the robbery has Betty Lynn identified as Betty Lou Lynn. Makes me wonder if she adopted

re: Cave Rescue

2010-04-30 Thread PLV
The thing that always baffled me about Helen's aborted phone call was why Sarah wouldn't have immediately known where the call was coming from. Even if Sarah was on a long-overdue break from her switchboard duties, a call coming from Helen's house should have caused it to be mentioned to Gomer

re: TAGS and smoking

2010-04-23 Thread PLV
Although he was only in one episode (Don't Miss A Good Bet), I seem to remember the con man George Jones seriously smoking a cigarette as he waited for the train to get him out of Mayberry. HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

re: alumni sighting

2010-04-20 Thread PLV
Another British twist to an alumnus sighting - Lester Scobey as a British bellhop at the hotel where the Ricardo’s and the Mertzes stay in London in the “I Love Lucy” episode. As a side note, Family Affair is on every Sunday afternoon on a local Chicago cable channel. The Comcast program bar

re: Larry Mondello

2010-04-06 Thread PLV
Tah dah!! A possible explanation of the eerie resemblance of the boy in TAGS to the Larry Mondello character - The real-life brother of Rusty Stevens, who played Larry, was Rory Stevens who played Chuckie on Leave It To Beaver. Rory was 2 years younger than Rusty, born in 1954, and the IMDB

re: Larry Mondello

2010-04-05 Thread PLV
Although Opie's friend looks a lot like Larry Mondello (same build, hair, ball cap, clothes) it couldn't have been Rusty Stevens as Opie's friend. Larry Mondello was approximately the same age as Jerry Mathers (born in 1948). Ron Howard was born in 1953. Opie's friend was not 14 years old in

re: Real Voice or Lip Synching?

2010-04-01 Thread PLV
I don't understand. Does that mean Elinor Donahue lip-synched her own singing when the scene was filmed? HistoryBuff - Original Message - I'm not sure about Joanna Moore's singing (sounds like her though)but Elinor Donahue has told the story about her singing experience on the show.

Re: aunt bee

2010-04-01 Thread PLV
Hint. . .read his P.S. -- I was interested in the comment of Paul's about Aunt Bee being his grandmother. I never knew Frances Bavier was married let alone had children. In fact, there is very little I know about Miss Bavier. I always thought the character was a lot like my

Real Voice or Lip Synching?

2010-03-29 Thread PLV
I may have asked this question before but, if I did, I can't recall receiving any answers. Does anyone know whether Eleanor Donahue and Joanna Moore did their own singing of Away In A Manger and Down in the Valley, respectively? I can't recall either of the actresses singing in any other

Excessive TVLand Commercials

2010-03-25 Thread PLV
To answer your question, Keith, the good (?) news is that TVLand hasn't further butchered their TAGS reruns as they have Bewitched. The bad news, of course, is that they continue to slice dice every TAGS episode with no respect for continuity (or the viewer) so they can fit in as many

Andy - Kiss Tell

2010-03-25 Thread PLV
At the end of “Three’s A Crowd”, we see Andy Mary share a pretty passionate embrace kiss. Made me start thinking that I can’t remember another instance during the series when Andy gave or received more than a peck of a kiss from any other woman. How many times can we think of that Andy kissed

re: Hes not the only one that got away ( Baileys Bad Boy )

2010-03-23 Thread PLV
I've always thought Andy's comment referred to the Bailey boy evidently not getting, or rejecting, the unspoken message Andy was trying to convey of simple pleasures and taking pride in the results you actually work for and not those which are just handed to you. HistoryBuff - Original

re: Middle Names

2010-03-17 Thread PLV
Barney's first girlfriend was Hilda Mae; the town's dry cleaner was H. Fred Goss; and let's not forget Big Maude Tyler - does Maude count as her middle name?! :) HistoryBuff ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com

re: TAGS connections on That Girl

2010-03-16 Thread PLV
Thank you, Dixon, for pointing this out! I can't begin to tell you how many times I've watched that particular scene in That Girl and wondered why it looked so familiar. HistoryBuff - Original Message - From: dixonha...@aol.com Right now I'm working my way through a couple of

Oops!

2010-03-09 Thread PLV
This is my official mea culpa for getting my FAQs wrong! Allan has kindly reminded me that the first andy gump reference in The Mayberry Band episode was actually directed by Andy to one of the real town band members. I had not remembered that when I posted about the andy gump direction being

Detroit Cymbals

2010-03-08 Thread PLV
I heard Barney mention that he had fixed Andy up before with someone's cousin from Detroit in the episode where he and Thelma Lou fixed Andy up with Karen the skeet shooter. Know what I mean? Vern That episode was playing this morning while I had breakfast. You're right about the

The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club's Mayberry FAQs

2010-03-08 Thread PLV
I don’t think either the question or the answer below are entirely correct, but I have no idea how or whether these FAQs can get modified. So I thought I’d put it out here on the Digest. Andy actually wanted the clarinet player to “andy gump” his chin as a way of hiding his chin goatee, since

re: Andy's Hand

2010-03-04 Thread PLV
The story I've always heard is that Griffith broke it during a drinking binge at home when he punched a wall. Whether that's true or not, I don't know, though I have read other references to his struggles with alcohol over the years. HistoryBuff Hey, Mayberry Friends. Whats the real story?

re: Aunt Bee's Big Moment

2010-03-03 Thread PLV
Another of Aunt Bee's accomplishments was being the co-writer, with Clara Edwards, of the song My Hometown which Keevey Hazleton sang on TV. That sure would have been a Big Moment for me! Evidently, Aunt Bee set herself much higher standards for bragging right accomplishments! HistoryBuff

More Songs in Mayberry

2010-02-17 Thread PLV
Those Endearing Young Charms - Barney Rafe Hollister That Lonesome Road - Rafe The Marine Hymn - sung by Gomer played as background when he reports for duty And some of the hymns sung by the church choir and congregation: Bringing in the Sheaves Love Lifted Me Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

re: aunt Bea's brother in law

2010-02-16 Thread PLV
Who was the Aunt Bea's brother in law he also played in a movie Flubber with Fred Mac Murray, did he not, the cop who spilled the coffee in the car accident? And did not the mayor, Pike that actor played in It's a Wonderful World, didn't he as the man on the porch when they were first dating or

re: Songs on Mayberry

2010-02-16 Thread PLV
Name songs that have been mentioned, sung, written, heard on the radio, danced to. My Hometown-Keezy Hazelton Good Ol' 14A My Hometown- the wild version Keezy Hazelton The song that Jim Lindsey played for Bobby Fleet when Bobby Fleet and his band with a beat is in jail. Venice- Aunt Bee and

Re: Snow

2010-02-11 Thread PLV
You know Mayberry is in NC,and we know it snows in NC. But, does anyone recall any snow or discussion of snow on the show? We know it rained and flooded and we know it was hot and cold but what about snow? I don’t have any real personal familiarity with North Carolina, other than having

Re: Quake

2010-02-10 Thread PLV
gloria bruce I woke up this morning around 4 because we had an earthquake. I live in Illinois near Chicago and we're in the New Madrid System. I thought at first it might have been the loaded goat blowing up but I don't think we have any accessible dynamite that I know of here in the Burbs.

Re: Floyd Walking

2010-02-08 Thread PLV
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:07:49 -0800 Floyd walks a few steps in the episode I think it is called Barneys' Physical where they are having the 5 yr party for Barney at the courthouse. It is just 2-3 steps. Johnna Fayetteville, AR This is interesting, as that was the scene where I first thought I

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