Nice Dress Nellie and Mr. Scwamp sightings
Thanks for the Nice Dress Nellie and Mr. Scwamp sightings recently posted. I will get those added to their webpage. You know Allan helped me put those out there a good bit of time ago, an I wondered if anybody really looked at them, and getting messages like these sightings is so rewarding. That's for being trained noticers extraordinaire. Our new friend Tom K has been talking about Col. Tim and I was just wondering. We've talked about things that began in Mayberry, that we see on modern shows. Tongue in cheek we wonder if the original idea didn't come from Mayberry. Like... Nike gets its Just do it tag line from Malcolm Tucker (can't you just see Michael Jordan day Just do it..Go home, take a nap, go to Thelma Lou's, or try out for the team..just do it Barney was the original host of The Bachelor (when he had all the ladies come over to meet Andy) Maybe Col Tim, was the first Reality Show...because he let people like Howard Sprague come in and perform...Now if he'd just had audience voting, but that would have kept Sara really busy... Ken A. I am so jealous. I haven't gotten to the Mayberry Inn once, and you've been their 5 times!!! It must be because you're a famous author. Marsha probably has a sign Ken slept here. I'll probably get to go there some day and have to sleep on an ironing board because every once else will want to sleep under the Ken slept here sign. The Untrained Voice ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
RE: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 206
Re: Funniest Line in The Andy Griffith Show The absolute funniest line in the Andy Griffith Show occured in the episode My Fair Ernest T. Bass. Barney is showing Ernest T. the proper way to enter a room. Barney is inside the room asking Andy how many people are in the room, etc and then walks back out onto the porch. Then Barney knocks on the door. Ernest T. looks at Andy with a complete straight face and says Wonder who that could be? Orville Hendricks, Primere Butter and Egg Man. When you go from house to house all day, things like that are bound to happen. _ Got Game? Win Prizes in the Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Summer Games Trivia Contest http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergames?ocid=TXT_TAGHM ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Funniest line(s)
I laugh every time I hear Ernest T. Bass ask in his nasal voice, I wonder who that could be? The scene is in My Fair Ernest T. Bass and Barney is going to teach Ernest T. how to enter a room properly. The look Andy gives Ernest T. is priceless. Then of course there are more lines later in the same scene. I can't hear him. I can't hear him. How can I learn if I can't hear him? (Doggone it, Ernest T. Bass! Those are the amenities. You don't shout out amenities!) If the above quotes are slightly wrong, I would appreciate it if someone would correct them. I like to be precise about these things but don't have time to go watch the DVD. I know, I know. If you've got time to breathe, you've got time to watch TAGS. But please correct the quotes. Kind behind the eyes ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
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Re: I need help...
Barney's Sidecar in season 4 It's the one that begins with a woman coming into the courthouse to talk with Andy about something or other, and ends up discussing her sister who has big/buck teeth and was called the Beaver by other kids... Brad Douglasville, GA ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Tilly with the Long Teeth
This was in the episode where Barney gets a motor-sickel from the war surplus auction in Mt. Pilot so that he can set up a Checkpoint Chickie out on Highway 51. Every thinking pioneer has suffered the same kind of ridicule! Peggy McMillan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Andy's Lessons to Opie
Technically, in the episode with the lost money, Andy didn't teach Opie anything - it was Opie would was returning the items to the store on his own. Kind of like the time Opie didn't donate to a charity because he was saving his money to buy his poor girlfriend Charlotte a new coat when winter came. That's another great quote! If your head can be turned by a pretty face at your age, heaven help you when you get older! I guess the best lesson that Andy taught Opie was the episode with Aunt Bee and the bed jacket, when he sells Eagle Eye Annie to the mayor just for the good feeling he got making Aunt Bee happy. Of course, when they show the ending, Andy does end up buying it back from the mayor. Peggy McMillan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
RE: favorite line
Another starter question: What is the funniest line in AG? I ain't about to be beat to death with no spoon... Briscoe Darling Sue Doughty High Point, NC CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please delete this message and any attachments from your system without reading the content and notify the sender immediately of the inadvertent transmission. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Don's Mt. Airy trip report
She must be a treasure as well, Mr. Hyatt took a licking to my darlin' person, so I know he has great taste in women. Umm, Don, I think you meant liking. Then again, that would be a good way to determine someone's taste. I'll bet Sigmund Frood would have somethin' to say about this matter! Paul Mulik ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
favorite once seen characters
Like Col. Tim, there are so many one time characters that are so great they make a major impression. Two of my favorites are Clarence Earp and his manager. I know I've mentioned before that the line Besmerch the name of Earp is one of my favorites because somehow when you speak these words together they kinda hang in the back of your throat. Sorta gross, but funny all the same. I love listening to Floyd's description of how Wyatt Earp's relative will be. Then seeing Clarence ride in with head held hight and that self assured look in his eyes. And later when he talks about how being Clarence Earp had made such a difference in his life, it was touching. I think that's why Andy didn't try to correct it when his manager revealed Clarence's true last name of Dempsy. Kim - Wylie, TX ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Public Safety in Mayberry
Now I don't want to open up a big can of worms or make a mollage out of something, but after reading an article in one of our area newspapers I feel compelled to ask a question and open it up to debate. An area deputy was recently relieved of his duties in a neighboring town because of his not carrying out his duties in a proper way. One complaint was that he discharged his firearm in an unsafe manner. I immediately thought about Barney when I read the story. Now as much as I admire and understand Andy's devotion to his best friend Barney, I have sometimes wondered if Andy was putting the good people of Mayberry in danger by having Barney as a deputy. When one thinks of all the times he fired his gun because of his greasy trigger finger, including the time he was showing Tray how to handle a gun. he was very fortunate that he didn't injure someone. Then if we add up all the prisoners who escaped while under his watch , I wonder was Andy really being wise in overlooking all these events. Andy covered up for all Barney's mistakes all the while he was his deputy, and he continued to do so even when Barney moved to Raleigh. Was Andy really helping Barney by allowing him to continue in a position that he was obviously not capable of handling? I think Andy put Barney in some rather dangerous situations when he knew that he was up to the challenge. To put a loaded gun into the hands of Barney when he was shaking and scared was really taking a chance. So there you have it folks. I know the writers had to make Barney the character he was or they wouldn't have had a great story line. We all know what happened when Barney did leave. But I thought it would be fun to have a discussion about this. So I would be happy to hear any thoughts. I should add, that one time when I was principal of a school our local police officer was called about a possible break in at the school. I was at his house at the time discussing a problem we were having at school. He asked if I would go along to the school being I was the principal. As we left the house he handed me a handgun and told me I should carry it. Like an idiot I put it in my pocket and while we were searching the school, I kept thinking about that gun in my pocket. Needless to say I never took it out and we did not find anyone in the school. But I have thought for years how irresponsible he was in giving me a gun. I was probably just like Otis and Gomer when they were given guns. Ken Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 (Home) 715-839-8470 ( Cell ) 715-210-1556 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Funny lines that are favorites
When Barney says that is a subject you cant say enough about SIN Here at the rock we have 2 rules...1 rule is OBEY all rules barony's in jail barney's in jailnip it nip it nip it no honey right now I'm on the trail of a baboon morning dear morning honey Ernest t bass is a strange and weird character..just plain ornery... I think he's a nut ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Lessons for Opie
I feel that one of the best lessons Andy must've taught Opie and then acknowledged by saying You're a man was when Opie gave up his grocery store job on purpose to help the other little boy, whose family needed the financial assistance. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Funniest Line
Baked Alaskan will always enjoy the memorable line by Barney that concludes his soliliquy in Dogs, Dogs, Dogs; Boy, Giraffes are selfish! He truly believes it. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Opie Steps Up in Class
I was watching Opie Steps Up in Class last night and heard either the maid or one of the Hollanders refer to Aunt Bee as Mrs. Taylor. Just was noticing. Did anyone else catch that? _ Got Game? Win Prizes in the Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Summer Games Trivia Contest http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergames?ocid=TXT_TAGHM ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Plain Text
I see Allan has added a rule about plain text only on The Digest. I've been trying to just use plain text for years, but I do remember one time I used exacerbate a couple of years ago in one of my posts. Just wanted to let everybody know I'm sorry about that. I'll try to do better. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Funniest line
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. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Russell Hiatt's taste in women
...Mr. Hyatt took a licking to my darlin' person, so I know he has great taste in women. Literally, huh? I never knew that about Russell Hiatt. Does he do that to everybody who comes in the shop? Thelma Lou (Janet) P. S. -- Just funnin' ya, Don. Couldn't resist picking on that line! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Thank You!
Tom Kessel: I've taken a while to write but I wanted to send you a note to let you know how much I appreciate your posts to this board. I am a disabled physician/attorney with way too much time on my hands who absolutely loves TAGS and this board. Your informative posts about some of the minor characters are so interesting and contain information we would never have gotten from any other source. You must have loved meeting and talking with so many of these folks. Your info makes them more like real people that we feel that we can get to know personally and that is one thing that makes the show's characters so enjoyable. Thanks again for all of your input. This is one TAGS fan who feels that you have a lot to offer to this forum! RMJ _ Got Game? Win Prizes in the Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Summer Games Trivia Contest http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergames?ocid=TXT_TAGHM ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: I need help...
The episode you are speaking of would be episode 4-16 Barney's Sidecar. great episode hope that helps Message: 15Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:07:52 -0700 (PDT)From: Brearry [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: I need help...To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I need help!! I'm trying to remember a particular episode but can't think of it for the life of me... It's the one that begins with a woman coming into the courthouse to talk with Andy about something or other, and ends up discussing her sister who has big/buck teeth and was called the Beaver by other kids... I thought it was the one with the female speeder but it's not. But I just know some member of WBMUTBB can lead me to the right episode! Thanks bushels, Brenda Jo Mike Ernest TBecker http://amayberrystateofmind.com _ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=wl_wlmail ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Can you spot any mistakes in TAGS?
Episode: Lawman Barney. As Barney drives past the two farmers selling on the side of the road, he parks on a 90o angle, exits the car and leaves the drivers door open and starts to walk toward the farmers, on his return the door is closed and the car is parked straight... This also happens when Andy drives up and leavesHey to you and yoursRick Gomer GandyWhere Air and water is always freeWhen in Mayberry stop and say hey to Bert Miller at his Roadside Stand GoAMSOM _ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live Toolbar Today! http://get.live.com/toolbar/overview ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
One liners and then some
Here's a list of my favorite one liners.It's been a work in progress for years so forgive me if you see any repeats. “Next time I go tiger huntin', I'm gonna take my tweezers.” “And here, a whole town stands still, cause two old women’s feet fall asleep.” “I wonder what causes that?” “ I got a hobby…….drinking!” “Where did you gt the liquor?” If I’d aseen you acoming I’d aknowd what I'd do, I'd arisen both arms and I'd awoved at you. “The cage sure looks empty, don’t it Pa?” “It sure does, son. But don’t the trees seem nice and full?” “I hate crowded ballrooms.” Boy, you fall down a well and you're wet! The ways of the wild are many and wonderful. You civilians just don't know how to think on your feet. Man gets his best suit spotted and pressed, spends two hours polishing his hat, and for what? Heartaches! “Its definitely no fun when that iron door clangs shut.” I'm not standing in no stag line with Old Man Perkins and a bunch of slumped-over teenaged boys! “Take a shot at him, sheriff. You got a right.” Better known as big Maude Tyler, Clarisse Tyler, Maude Clarisse Tyler, Annabelle Tyler, and Ralph Henderson. “How can a person pay his debt to society with all this yapping going on?” “I don’t know where you younguns get your new fangled ideas.” “Well, then, can I tell you about the bugs?” “ And quit rubbing Opie’s head.” Winkum, thinkum, nodamus rex. Protect us all from the man with the hex. Got time to breathe, got time for music. “He’d kill ya.” Don't that just clutch ya? “He’s a pestilence, and a pestilence will find you. You just wait.” “Stop that boy, you want your face to freeze that way?” “I can’t take four dogs home. My wife hardly lets me in the house.” Well, Bucket Mouth, do you know anybody that wants to buy a cannon? “I can take some manners and I can take some cleaning up, and I can take a bossy mouth, but I ain’t about to be beat to death with no spoon.” “Most every book on child rearin' is in favor of bud nippin'!” “Says here, Sheriff, Sheriff, it’s time, it’s time.” Daylight's precious when you’re a youngin'. Watch your foot, I'm gonna rock forward. “Two and two make four.” “There’s my darling person.” “Tall, dark, and a door prize.” “Slack off! Slack off!” “You’re beginning to get to me.” “I lit into him like a windmill in a tornado.” “You’re my youngun, and I love you more than anything in this world. And nothing or nobody is going to ever change that.” “A little slooower, please.” “And quit hollering at yourself in that looking glass.” “See the trouble you got me in, Blackie?” “Here at the rock……” Plugs, Points, Bearin’s, Valves, Rings, Starter Switch, Ignition Wires, Water Pump, Fuel Pump, Oil Pump, Clutch, Clutch Bearin’s, Clutch Plates, Brake Linin’, Brake Shoes, Brake Drums, Radiator Hose an’ Radiator Hose Couplin’. An’ I’d give ’er a good wash, too. According to you, the Lord made two sexes--men and blabbermouths. Well put, Aunt Bee. Well put. “Well, Wynken will tell Blynken, Blynken will tell Nod, Nod will tell Barney, and Barney will tell you.” “Just like Fifi, the upstairs maid.” Opie, stockin's is somethin' a lady WEARS! “Ohhh, blood brothers!” “I’ll send your regrets to the secretary of the Navy.” I guess that makes you sheriff now. “She sure does kick up a fuss, don’t she?” “Don’t give him my Mr. Cookie Bar, that’s for later on, when I get my sinking spell.” “A slender, high spirited person needs a quick pick me up, late in the day.” ”I don’t drive on the left anymore. Course I don’t drive on the right but I’m half way there.” “Aren’t you kind. Aren’t you kind.” “Dogs, all of them dogs. Andy, if you flew a quail in here, every one of them would point.” “Now, I'll drive, so I'll sit in the front seat.” “I just seen Jeff Pruitt standing on the corner picking up girls.” During our lifetime we travel many roads... “First thing we do is cut our wrists with a knife.” “Just jump in where you can and hang on.” “Just a bed and a bible.” “Thought about killin him, kinda hated to go that far.” “I hate crowded ball rooms.” Suck in that gut. Opie, ask Barney again why he wants to go to the duck pond. “You got a uvula, I got a uvula, all Gods children got a uvula!” Sometimes in the mornin', I look down at my eggs, and I see your face right in there. “Cause like I said, you’re the cats.” “Some’s got it, and some’s ain’t.” “One thing about gypsies though, they’re moody.” Aw. It's going to be a red-letter day in Mayberry if the whole Ladies' Church Aid Committee gets crocked! “That’s just one subject you just can't preach enough about...SIN” “You aughta write that up and send it to the FBI. Call it the Barney Fife, Peter Piper, Nose Pinching Test for Drunks.” “Sooner or later, someone had to spell it right.” “And take that gun out of your mouth.” “Where’s my plaque, gimme my plaque.”
Sharper Edge Again of Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor
Andy Griffith it appears to me and this is only guess work must had tested the dramatic waters the last year or so of the show and I saw another intense scene rare for the character of Andy Taylor in this example from Opies Group with Opie joining a rock and roll group.Aunt Bee is concerned but Andy is livid a powerful scene one of several with Aunt Bee and Andy in the kitchen talking about Opie getting carried away with life in the fast lane as rock star.the camera zooms in on Andy as he looks with pure distain into nowhere with a shocked Aunt Bee hearing him say ill just let him go til he gets into just enough trouble and then hell find out something.simple line but delivered with a wallop .Look at Andys eyes.He's sick of the whole thing and Aunt Bee can only say Why I never heard of such a thing.The writers. And Andy knew naturally Andy had a gift for the dramatic as they dared to brave new unchartered waters .Just like Rogers brutal stab at Andy from Aunt Bees Romance with I just might have a hand in those petunias yet Andy Griffith can when called upon sport a hateful distain look of contempt when needed. Bravo Andy Griffith and Andy Taylor. You're well rounded and you're not ever a one dementional character. Thanks Gritton Joe for your kind words for me and Col Tim.You're very perceptive and a gentleman. Ill add my vote on the funniest line no rather more like the funniest botched line the undesputed blunder of Howard Sprague sayin like you can't guess Thank you Capt Tom Colonal Tom Tim Sir.Folks remember I said funniest botched line not funniest. As for funniest well I can't offer any examples because this series had endless list of memorable unforgettable funny.ithe only line that comes to mind next to Citizens Arrest was Aunt Bee the Warden. Aunt Bees oft repeated Get To It to poor Otis Campbell .Two or three words may not constitute a line but but its the signifance of the line that makes it funny to me.Bless You All .Tom Kessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps everyone asking about the funniest line well how about the most serious line from TAGS now that's a challange and folks you from my messages as well as the obvious there was many many moments of serious lines from this great series.Let's see if my question gets any healthy feedback .thank you Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
one liners and then some
Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Row, row, row your boat...we will not sing, we will not sing Booy, giraffes are selfish Marcia from Evansville ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: Plain text
I have to agree with Allan about using plain text in letters to the digest. It makes reading a lots easier. At the same time, I have to agree with Dan in his point of view, too. I always try to use plain text writing emails, but sometimes them ten dollar words just creep into what I am trying to say. My wife says I do that because I keep my high school diploma stapled to my office wall. I have to admit, it is just plain prideful behavior. On another subject, and I ain't going to use any big words here---Jeff Koontz of our wbmutbb chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club is looking for donations to the silent auction that will take place in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse during Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy in September. The proceeds will go to the Surrey County Arts Festival, if I have that right. If any of you Mayberry folks out there have anything of a TAGS nature to donate, it will be to a worthy cause. I'm going to send them prints of my paintings, Mayberry By Moonlight and Working at Wally's to auction off. Yall can view them at _www.mayberrybuildings.com_ (http://www.mayberrybuildings.com) and Jeff might even let you bid online or by mail. I sell them cheap, but if you bid on them you ought to be generous, since the proceeds will go to our favorite home town. I wish I could be there in person to participate, but circumstances dictate that I can't (a 94 year old mother in a nursing home who falls a lots---fell Sunday night and had yet another hip replacement last night because of it) so everybody who goes to Mayberry Days, have fun, stay in a Mayberry state of mind, and believe me, I will get up there one day. Jimmy Dean down in Dothan, Alabama **Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut000517 ) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
