finger snapping

2013-02-06 Thread jlj9675
I am here to tell you that all of you who can snap your fingers, along with Earle Hagen's little boy, to enjoy it while you can. After carpal tunnel surgery on both hands, I can no longer do this, much to my consternation! I can, however, still whistle the theme song so must console myself with

Finger snapping

2013-02-06 Thread paulmulik
The finger snapping in The Andy Griffith Theme was originally performed by composer Earle Hagen's eleven-year-old son Deane. Once Sheldon Leonard approved it, they had to re-record it later with someone else doing the snapping, because Deane was not a member of the musicians union. Earle a

Re: Finger snapping

2013-02-05 Thread Allan Newsome
had not mentioned Deane Hagen’s finger snapping on the podcast because I couldn’t confirm my information. Thankfully Gaither has a better memory than me and pointed me right to that odd fact known by few in “The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference” by Dale Robinson and David Fernandes (page 310

Finger snapping

2013-02-05 Thread dewey lamb
Ken, I once read it was Earl Hagen's 12 year old grandson that did the finger snapping.It was either Mayberry 101 or one of the other Mayberry books that contained the information. Dewey in NC Home cooking.Where many a man thinks his wife is. _

Finger Snapping in Theme Song

2013-02-05 Thread Ken Anderson
Does anyone know who it is that snaps the finger in the TAGS opening theme song? I have a theory that it is someone from the Addams Family seeing they all snap their fingers in their opening theme song? And further more, seeing that Uncle Fester once appeared on TAGS as Melissa Stevens' daddy, I