>>Accd to Inside Mayberry, the phantom actor was in nine: 113, My Fair Ernest T. Bass; 133, the Education of Ernest T. Bass; 123, The Fun Girls; 141, Otis Sues the County; 175, Otis the Artist; 203, Only a Rose; 210, Floyd's Barbershop; 240, Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting; and 247, Sam for Town Council .... Seems like there were more, but it may be that Old Man Schwump was just so ubiquitous! DOUG GIBSON OGDEN, UT<<<
Well Doug, you never forget someone at your wedding or Bachelor party, and good ole Mr. Schwamp was at Andy's bachelor luncheon in a Mayberry RFD episode. As I have pointed our before most of these occasions were social gatherings and Mr. Schwamp never missed an opportunity to show up dressed up for root beer and polite murmuring. If fact on a couple of occasions (the Lodge and Sam for Council) he is shown early..but not later in the event. This is the basis for my theory that he gets a buzz from root beer and over-imbibes just a bit, and has to leave early. You didn't mention the Lodge episode in your official list, but I think he is there. He is seem murmuring in two episodes I believe, In the Fun Girls, he can be seen seated at a table with root beer in hand in the company of a La-dy murmuring. Also..(and this is just my theory) in Otis the Artist, he is at the big event and a woman says to him "Those were nice fair speeches" He misunderstands thinking she said "hair piece" and responds "Thank You, I got it in Mt Pilot" >>>Did Barney say the line, "I don't want to be standing in no stag line with old man Schwump and a bunch of slumped over teenage boys?"<<< Don't confuse Mr. Schwamp with Ole Man Perkins--They both may go to parties stag, but only one of them can smile and nod his way into meeting a Russian diplomat. The Untrained Voice Sgt at Arms, Schwamp Fan Club and Hair Loss Support Group _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/