Centennial
I just got the DVD's of Centennial (the mini series) this weekend and have had a watching festival. (its 6 dvds rougly 3.5 hrs per disc) I remember watching this on TV when it was first aired. While I remembered Andy Griffith having a small part at the end of the last episode I didn't remember James Best in it. He has a small part as a helicopter pilot who is at a trial of another character in the last episode also. For those not familiar with this show it is about a fictional town in Colorado and covers from the early 1700's (which is before the town even exists) up to the 1970's. The book, which I picked up many years later in a half price book store, is much greater in detail and covers the history of the area from pretty much the beginning of time up to the 1970's. The very beginning is the best part with the story of the lives of Trappers Pasquinel and McKeag. By the time you get to the end and are seeing the great grandchildren (and beyond) of the original characters it is easy to get lost about who is a decendent of who. Overall a great story tho. Dapper Dan Make sure your buffalo is facing the right way on your nickles. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Barney's Middle Names
Barney actually had 3 middle names. Bernard Milton P. Oliver Fife. I just always figured his parents had a lot of relatives that wanted Barn to have their name and so Barns mom and dad gave him 3 middle names to keep all the relatives happy and peace in the family. I still gotta wonder what the P stood for. Maybe he had a relative named Penelope and they just used the initial to make her happy? In an opposite bit of non TAGS wierdness, Johnny Cash's orginal name was J. R. Cash on his birth certificate. His parents simply called him JR his whole life. I am not sure if He or his parents ever actually said what the J.R. was supposed to stand for. When he enlised in the Air Force they forced him to come up with a given name instead of an initial. He chose John, and later when He signed to Sun Records he changed it to Johnny Dapper Dan Just sitting around with a bucket on my head. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Glen Ford
I watched the original 3:10 to Yuma tonight and while it does not really have a TAGS connection, it did star Glen Ford. So I guess I will be Glen Ford'n it all over town tomorrow. Dapper Dan What's your offical counter measures in case of a 4-12? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Favorite Color Episode
See that just goes to show ya, one mans pie is another mans poison. Of all the color episodes, Aunt Bee's Big Moment is one of my favorites. (Dinner at Eight is probably on the top of the heap tho). Back in that time it was easier to learn to fly than to drive a car. After all, you don't have to parallel park a plane. I was flying myself by the time I was 14. I couldn't even legally drive a car yet. Although I did drive tractors and pickups around on the farm since I was 13 or so. It didn't take that many lessons to do a solo flight. Of course there is a long way to go from soloing to actually getting a pilots license. Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
The Window
I just saw (at least I assume it was the same) window that shows up all over TAGS (most people remember it from Opie's schoolroom) on a 2nd season episode of Dick Van Dyke. It was a flash back scene to when Rob was at a diff office working as a comedy writer and the window was in his office. Dapper Dan A window by any other name still has a view, occasionally. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Back to Back Andy and Don
I also have this CD, I got it a while back. It was the first time I got to hear any of Don's comedy skits before as well. Dapper Dan Over and Under, I already 10-4'd ya! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS sighting
Saw Allan Melvin playing an inter-galactic lawman on Lost in Space today. He kind of reminded me of Newton Monroe (He wasn't a very ept lawman) Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS cast Sighting
Saw Emma Brand tonight on an episode of Father knows Best. She was real particular about where her paper landed on the lawn when delivered by the paper boy (Bud) and later the paper man (Mr Anderson) Dapper Dan We're busting out tonight Lefty! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Juanita
I heard Robert Young singing Juanita in an episode of Father Knows Best. I just found this series on Hulu. The TV series also has Elinor Donahue in it, our lady drugist. They only have the first season on Hulu but already I have heard them recycle scripts from the radio version of the show which was on from 1949-1953. The TV show started in 1954. Robert Young was the only one who moved from the radio program to the TV show. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Photo on piano
In reguards to the picture on the piano in front of Aunt Bee. I believe this is simply some sheet music and nothing to do with the Taylor family. Lots of sheet mucsic from the 30's thru the 60's of Popular music would have photos or artwork on the front. If the song was featured in a movie it might have a scene from the movie on the front of the sheet music. Dapper Dan Over and Under. I already 10-4'd ya! Uh Goodbye! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Who woulda thought
Of all the places to find a TAGS connection I never expected to find one on Lost In Space. But in Season 2, the 3rd episode starts off with the Robot singing Santa Lucia. Just goes to show you, even in far flung outer space there is a place for TAGS fans. Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Darned old Carps
It's a good thing that our little fat Mayor didn't dislike Bass's or Ernest T might have been in Big trouble. Ah, big aint the word for it! It might not be too long before the Carps are on the endangered surname list. All the Carps will be changing their last name to Trout or Salamon or something because they are afraid everyone will be trying to kill them. I wonder if Horatio's last name was Carp? That might explain how he became half a boy. Dapper Dan On my word as a Gentleman! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Double Sighting
I saw Jim Lindsey and Goober both in the same episode of an Alfred Hitchcock show. The episode was set in a rural small town and both Jim and Goob were locals in the town. Jim was fooling around with this guy's wife (The guy was Mr Haney from Green Acres) Not exactly the Mayberry type of behavior we would expect from Jim, But he was known as a bit of a rebel, playing his guitar like that in front of the funeral parlor. If you want to check out the episode on Hulu.com It is on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Season 2, Episode 13, entitled The Jar. On another non tags note. If you are a Bob Newhart fan, I saw him on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock hour a few episodes back from the above episode. It was entitled How to get rid of your wife This is the earliest appearance of Bob that I have seen myself. And he does a magnificent job. The part is so unlike the characters he usually played on his TV shows that you almost can't believe it is him. Dapper Dan Tell us about the Kansas City Heist Uncle Dan! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Digest back down?
I havent gotten one in a couple of days. I went to the archives and do see new posts. Anyone else getting their digest? Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Cast Sighting
Saw Bert Mustin tonight on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock. He was playing the owner of a hardware store. The sheriff was played by Fess Parker. It took me a while to figure out who Fess was, I knew the voice was familiar but he sure didn't look like Daniel Boone. LOL Dapper Dan I don't want to make a big moulage out of this. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Trained Noticer
I was thinking the other day, not only do we need to be Trained Noticers but also Trained Rememberers (how's that for a Barney word lol) I've always told everyone that I have a photographic memory. Unfortunately the lens of my photographic mind camera is permanently out of focus. So, while I can recall everything I've seen or read it's to blurry to make out what it was or said. I think that is why Paul is so good at trivia, not only is he a Trained Noticer but he is a Trained Rememberer Dapper Dan It's Big I tell ya! Aw, big ain't the word for it. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Cast Sighting
I just saw Emmett Clark, the Fix-it Man, (Them timers are tricky) on an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He was playing a small time gambler. He becomes a crucial witness at the end of the episode. It got me to trying to remember. Didn't Paul Hartman do a bunch of commercials for some major product in the 70's? Anyone remember what it was? Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Jailbreak
I wonder if Lefty is busting out tonight. Sure hope Barn got those bigger wires so he can hear about it. Dapper Dan Tell us about the Kansas City Heist Uncle Dan! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
The Digest is back in Town
The Digest is back in town (sung to tune of The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy) Guess what just got back today That old TAGS digest that had been away Hasn't changed but it got lots to say Man I think that Allan cat is crazy People were asking if it had been around Kim was asking where the archives could be found I was told it had moved downtown Driving Old Bert crazy The Digest is back in town The Digest is back in town The Digest is back The Digest is back The Digest is back in town You know those two fun girls who danced a lot Trying to get Ange and Barn in trouble every chance they got Helen didnt think they were so cool and she got red hot I mean she was steaming And that time over at Howards Place Goober and Howard danced with Helen face to face Man we all laughed and fell about the place And if other people don't wanna know, forget em The Digest is back in town The Digest is back in town The Digest is back The Digest is back The Digest is back in town That DVD player is playing my favorite TAGS episode The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long Won't be long till summer comes Now that the Digest is here again The Digest is back in town The Digest is back in town The Digest is back The Digest is back The Digest is back in town Hopefuly Phil Lynott will forgive me for re-writing his song. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Bounce
Next thing you know some wise guy will make some Anti-Bouncing Miracle Salve and try to see us all some. Oh Mister Bently.. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Allan MIA
I too was concerned about not hearing from Allan and I emailed Paul just to see if he knew anything. He said Allan is fine. Maybe he is having emails issues as well and that is the reason we have not heard from him. This is the 2nd day now that I have gotten the digest again so I am pretty happy. Dapper Dan Satellites are orbiting the earth International Television has been developed.. You people are living in another world! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS Sighting
Saw Otis today on an episode of Adam-12 today. He was playing a drunk driver with no driver's license. Dapper Dan Over and under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberry and the Addams Family
Sam's post about Barney and Uncle Fester really tickled me. I can just picture Barney running into the Court House all out of breath and telling Andy about the strange new people who moved into the house on Cemetary lane and Andy finally having to agree with Barney that they are some strange and weird characters. Altho I can see that Gomez would be great asset to Mayberry whenever anyone in town needed money to try a new enterprise of some sort. I bet Otis and Uncle Fester would get along great, LOL. Dapper Dan (snapping his fingers and whistling) We're gonna pay a call on. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mr Tucker again
Saw Mr Tucker again on another episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He wasn't so lucky this time. His wife murders him. He played a much nicer sympathetic character this time. (The episode is on hulu.com it was called Martha Mason, Movie Star) Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Only Arkansas TAGS Fan?
Being as I grew up in Arkansas and am a big TAGS Fan I think I will be requiring Neil Bentleys services to write a cease and desist letter to that rascal claiming to be the Only TAGS fan in Arkansas. Now if I could just find that card. Dapper Dan Wonder if it would do any good to develop a Dr Pendyke voice? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberrys Finest
I tried a lot of this and for sure all the baking stuff was great. The muffins, the pancakes and even the biscuits were great. The Gravy was good and the Baked beans were awesome. I had never baked a muffin in my life, I even had to go and buy a muffin pan just to cook them LOL. But the fact that they came out tasty with my total lack of cooking ability says something for them. I never even thought of keeping the cans as keepsakes. Boy somebody hand me a bucket quick. Dapper Dan I ate 3 bowls, if that aint a tribute to white beans I don't know what is. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Earnest T? Chairmanr?
this message is endorsed by the Fat Little Mayor compaign, Ernest T Bass Chairman. I can just see Ernest T taking Vote for Pike pamplets and wrapping them around some really nice rocks or bricks and gently passing, not heaving mind you, them thru as many pretty windows as he can find along the quiet streets of Mayberry. Dapper Dan The more your talkn' the more I'm balkn' ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Howard McNear Sighting
I was watching the movie Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. One of those not so good Irwin Allen films. I had watched it before but I guess I never noticed that the penny pinching Congressman was none other than our Howard. Dapper Dan Wretch! Deceitful Wretch! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Sorry Kim
Dapper Dan, you forgot the Sara's cousin Sara Jo Bradley originally from Hooterville. Kim - Wylie, TX Sorry Kim, guess I'm not up on my Hooterville Trivia. Dapper Dan Over and Under uhh... Goodbye! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Howard McNear hearing
I was listening to a old radio show called The Six Shooter (1953) which starred Jimmy Stewart. In this episode Howard McNear played the main episode character, an old prospector friend of Jimmy's. Jimmy Stewart plays a character called Britt Ponset, also known as The Six Shooter, in this short lived (one year) radio show. Howard had two mules he named Pierre and Evette. He makes a gold strike and gets robbed and shot and Britt has to convince him to have the will to live since Howard thinks he has nothing left to live for. He had spent his whole life looking for gold and now that he found it he doesn't feel like he has anything left to do with his life. At the end Britt is telling how Howard went to the Klondike and everyone was laughing at him saying he'd never find any gold there. LOL Howard McNear, Parley Baer, and John Dehner (Aunt Bee's Medicine Man) all turn up in episode after episode of old time radio shows. All three of them have such distinctive voices that you can recognize them usually by the second word out of their mouths. John Dehner also had two very successful radio shows he starred in. Have Gun Will Travel (One of the very few radio shows to be created from a TV show. Most times they went the other way around.) and Frontier Gentleman in which he plays a newspaper reporter named J. B. Kendall. He works for the London Times and is on assignment in the old west. This was a very well done show and ranks in my top 3 favorite radio programs which include Gunsmoke (with William Conrad which preceded the television show) and The Six Shooter. All three have excellent scripts and at times weave real events or people from the old west into their stories. Which makes them feel more authentic. I was too young to hear most of these programs when the originally aired except for CBS Radio Mystery Theatre which aired from 1974 to 1982. I remember sneaking my transistor radio into bed to listening to it. But I never heard a complete episode since the only station I could pick up that broadcast the show was in Chicago and I was in Arkansas. Most times the show would fade in and out and I rarely every could keep up with the plot. I recently bought the entire collection, 1399 shows, on 4 DVD's and listen to an episode every day during my lunch hour at work. I spend most of my weekends listening to that and the many other episodes of Old Time Radio that I have downloaded from this web site I found recently. It has episodes and sometimes even complete collections of almost any old radio show you can think of. And they are all free since all these shows are now in public domain. In fact this site only contains public domain stuff. http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio I know I'm gonna get a Rude from Alan or Paul since I have drifted so far off topic but Old time radio and Andy are two of my favorite things and I like to share when I can. Dapper Dan Your not talking to a jerk you know. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Parodies
I went to the web site from yesterdays post about the TAGS parody songs. It was pretty cool but I wish they could add the one that has a fake Barney and fake Johnny Cash singing together. I have a clip of it but it is only 44 seconds. Johnny is singing how he's been everywhere and Barney chimes in saying he's been to Mt Pilot and even had a corner room at the Y. I don't know if there is anymore to this song or if 44 second is the entire thing but I would love to hear the rest if it exists. Dapper Dan On my word as a Gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
The Schwumpster
Well I had never ever seen the movie Christmas in Connecticut so I went to Youtube and downloaded the whole movie and watched it. I have to agree with lots of others here, it sure looks a lot like our Mr Schwump. (I have seen so many diff ways to spell his name I think I am just making my own up now) Man it would be cool if someone could find out who he really was. My only other theory is that maybe it's his older twin bother that went to different schools together. Dapper Dan Over and Under uhhh Goodbye!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Gome the House Guest and TV or Radio
Paul Mulik, you beat everything. I had watched this episode more than once and never even thought that they might be listening to the radio instead of watching TV. In episodes where the radio/phonograph is used. (I can remember two episodes off the top of my head, One where the fun girls turn on the radio in Andy's house and one where Opie is playing some records) It has always been located to the right of the door that leads to the kitchen from the living room. Right there in the corner. The TV was located closer to the front door underneath one of those windows that face the front porch. In the House Guest episode at the end of the Boy and his dog show, Andy clearly walks over to the corner of the room near the kitchen door and turns off the radio. One way that you can be sure is that he reaches down in a vertical motion to switch off the set. If he had been reaching to turn off the TV he would have used a horizontal motion since the knobs on the TV faced the front of the set and didn't face straight up like the radio did. This also explains why the Taylors couldnt figure out what happened on the episode. If it had been a TV episode even if Gomer was talking they still could have seen the video part of the episode and pretty much known what happened. But with radio they couldnt hear the episode due to Gomers talking. Well thats my Theory. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Don Henley and The Dillards
Who would ever think the Rock band the Eagles would ever have anything in common with TAGS. But I just got an Eagles CD today (a best of two disc set) and it came with a booklet with comments by Don Henley and Glen Frey on each song. When I got to the song Midnight Flyer, I read a note from Don that said, ...I was a big bluegrass fan. the Dillards, in particular, had an enormous impact on me. Along with Doug Dillard and Herb Pedersen, Bernie Leadon (former member of the Eagles) was one of the top banjo players in the country. Just goes to show you, you can find a TAGS connection just about anywhere you look. Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Another ST Episode in Mayberry
I been watching my Star Trek DVD's in sequence lately and I just found another episode that was filmed using the 40 acres lot. It was the episode A Piece Of The Action The crew go to a planet only to find that the previous ship left a book behind about chicago mobs of the 20's. The race on the planet liked to copy things and thought the book was a bible of how earth was so they copied it. There are several shots of Kirk and Spock running around (and even trying to drive around)the streets of Mayberry but again most of the shots are at the northern end of town and don't include any shots of the areas we are most familiar with in TAGS. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Barney and the Harmonica
I've been thinking about this and maybe Barney really did play the harp part but did it in the studio and just lip syncd in the filming. Based on the previous descriptions about how the Dillards recorded in a studio for their episodes this would make sense. Now as to Jim Lindsey I think we settled this way back that he didn't play the guitar and all of the guitar music was recorded by several other people since there were two guitars and even drums in his scene when he gets mad and auditions for his job in his first episode. I haven't seen his return episode enough to remember if he really played that part or if it was dubbed also, but I assumed it was also. Dapper Dan Over and Under I already 10-4'd ya! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Andy Pilot
To the person looking to get the Make Room for Daddy season just to get the TAGS Pilot spinoff be aware that the episode on the Make Room for Daddy disc is not complete from what I have heard. I have yet to hear anyone say whether the episode that comes with the Complete TAGS set has an uncut version or not. Maybe someone out there on the digest could clue us in? Dapper Dan Tell us about the Kansas City Heist Uncle Dan! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Something on top of the refrigerator
That thing on top of the frige was the compressor and evaporator assy. On the early electric fridges the guts were on top of the frige out in the open. By the late 50's they moved the guts to the bottom of the fridge where they are to this day. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberrys Finest, Nothing to worry about here.
I emailed Marcela Gomez, President of Diversity Brands, after seeing the post in todays digest about Mayberry's Finest being owned by a company in Mexico. Here is her response: It is not true at all. Our company and manufacturing is all MADE IN USA. Our plants are Choice Food of America in Nashville, TN and Allen Canning in Arkansas. Hopefully this clears up the confusion. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Big Chill
I think the big chill poster may have got a little mixed up, The Big Chill is what happens when a gangster bumps someone off. I don't think we need to do that to interlopers in Mayberry. I think he meant the Big Freeze (You and me Andy, the big freeze.) Altho if we started giving all interlopers the big freeze without any cause we might lose our standing as a friendly town and people like that purty little manacurist might not stop by, or even that stranger in town. Maybe we should have some buckets handy to hand out so people could do some thinking. (What were you thinking about Gomer? Oh I was just thinking about how easy it was to think under this here bucket.) Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Nectarine Crush
I think the Nectarine Crush is ok but I'm just dying to try a Huckleberry Smash! I don't know about the high octane ethyl tho. Dapper Dan Andy: How bout we go down the the filling station and get a bottle of pop and some ice cream for later? Barney: Ok Andy: Well, you ready? Barney: Ready for what? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Don Knotts Brothers
His brothers were: William Earl known as Shadow Ralph known as Sid And Willis known as Bill All older. Dapper Dan I already 10-4'd ya! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Barneys gun names
While watching TAGS today, I noticed that Barney referred to his gun as a 'gat' when he was describing his bustin' out of jail plan. Did he have any other names that he used for it? Heater, Old Roscoe and Baby are a few that come to mind. Dapper Dan I wonder if he ever named his bullet? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS and copyrights
To answer the question about the copyrights for anyone wanting to know. A television show usually has two copyrights. One on the Theme Music and words. And another on the show itself. On TAGS, some one goofed and 16 episodes of Season Three did not have the copyrights renewed on those episodes. They are now in what is called public domain. Which means any yahoo that wants to can put the episodes on Tape or DVD and sell them for any old price the market will allow. However it is illegal for them to use the real TAGS theme song as it is still protected under its own copyright. So most DVD's you buy from someone besides Paramount will have their own version of theme music. Any DVD out there of these episodes with the correct music is in violation of the music copyright and you know what Barney would say about that. Nip It! Nip It In The Bud! Dapper Dan I passed em, I didn't heave em. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mr Schwump or Schwamp? Sightings
I think we should start sightings of Mr Schwump like they have had of Elvis. I heard someone tell a friend of my cousin's wife's nephew that they saw Mr Schwump in Vegas, Now they didn't say he was gambling but he was standing beside a roulette wheel, smiling and nodding. Some one else I know said they thought they heard he had crossed Old Man Kelseys Ocean and was hanging out with those Englishters. That's the word on the street anyway. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Even when hes gassed he's right
Up in Barney's room - A. a guy moves in to town, 2. he has no job, and C. he wants to marry Mrs. Bendelmrite. Barney also was right when he was trying to tell Andy about Jubal and his moonshining. But he was a little to gassed that time as well. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Sterling Holloway
Speaking of Sterling Holloway I saw him recently in a movie from 1945 called A Walk In The Sun. It's a WWII movie and Sterling unfortunately gets killed because he is curious about whats going on over this hill he cant see over and he climbs up to the edge and gets hit. He was the medic for the group he was with. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Cast Sightings
I was watching the 3rd season of Bewitched today and saw an episode that had two TAGS alumni in it. Bert Mustin was playing a clerk in a thrift store and Mayor Stoner was playing a psychiatrist. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Barneys Blundered Words
Mr Schwumps post about the reversed scene in TAGS yesterday that started with Exactilioso got me to thinking about Barneys other mixed up words. Maybe we can all put together a list of them just for fun. I'll get the ball rolling with a few Electronal Marvels Inarculated Everyone feel free to chime in with their favorite Barney Words. Dapper Dan I already 10'4'd ya, Good Bye! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Seat Scooting
I always thought that when they showed the seat scooting shots that they were promoting driving safety by showing people it was safer to get in on the passenger side of a parallel parked automobile rather than walking out in traffic to get in on the drivers side. Not that mayberry had much traffic but when it did accidents did seem to happen (ie Malcum Merriweather and the bike and truck accident, The big traffic incident when Andy was out of town, Barney bumping into a car when he thought he was jinxed by the lucky letter, Barney getting his toes ran over, and Andy hitting Aunt Bee's car. I could go on and on but you get the idea.) Maybe someone on the show had an incident themselve or someone they knew and they just wanted to pass along a safety tip. Obviously after more and more cars got bucket seats and consoles this practice fell out of use. The one camera reason presented earlier makes a lot of sense also. Dapper Dan And take that gearshift outta your mouth! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Those Gossiping Men
I watched the scene with Floyd and his son using the subtitles and Floyd does calls his son Randall. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Favorite Line
One of my favorite lines ( I have so many but most of them have already been mentioned) is when Barney asks Andy Will you help? He does this in at least two different episodes and it cracks me up every time. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Columbia House VHS Tapes
I finally got my 8th season of Andy on DVD. So I am now willing to part with my Columbia House VHS tapes of TAGS. I thought I would see if anyone here on the digest would be interested in them before I put them on Ebay or something. I have all 20 tapes and all are in perfect mint condition with the original cases. I have watched each tape only once to make sure they worked. The only exception is two tapes that I rewatched one episode each (for research purposes of course lol). I paid 23.94 each for each tape, for a total of roughly 470 dollars invested. So please make a resonable offer. Resonable offers will benefit from free shipping to anywhere in the US. Dapper Dan Dallas TX ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Tags DVDs and Captions
All of the TAGS season DVD's I have bought so far all have captioning on them. The catch is that there is no menu on the DVD to turn them on. But if you have a television that has an option to turn on captions you can see them that way. I have seasons 1-7 and they all work that way. I can't see season 8 being any different. Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Dings
Wally's Fillin' Station - Where the air n' water are free, and the gas is only 30 cents a ding! I bet there a lot more dings per gallon now tho. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Overdubbed?
I was watching the episode Opie's Most Unforgettable Character the other day and I noticed something. When Andy, Howard and Goober are all sitting together on the bench and talking about Opie writing his composition on Andy, Andy says I guess I've done a little living in my time and then the camera cuts to Goober, You never see his mouth move but you hear someone say, You can say that again but it doesn't even sound like Goober, Was this just supposed to be Goober thinking this or was the original dialog damaged and someone just overdubbed this in? Also in the last episode of the season I noticed something else. This was the episode about the Gas Station contest. And the thing that really struck me was how much blue was in this episode. None of the other episodes up to this point, even when they had out door scenes had any bright blues in them like this episode did. Most of the other outdoor scenes are shot against the court house or Andy's house and they all have that green overtone to them and obviously all the interiors have that same coloration to them. It really made this episode stand out to me. Dapper Dan Tell us about the Kansas City Heist, Uncle Dan! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Charlene's Comment to Andy
I think Charlene told Andy he was well preserved or something like that. Dapper Dan The more your talk'n the more I'm balk'n ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Trained Noticing
Just got my Season 6 and 7 DVD's and on the very first episode, Opies Job, I noticed that when opie rides by Karen with no hands he passes a tree with white rocks around it and then goes out of site and crashes. Then they show the bike crashed into the very tree he just went by earlier. Dapper Dan Keep your hands on the handle bar ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Monopoly
I have a 3D Monopoly game for the computer that I got quite a while back. Distributed by Hasbro. You could play on your computer against friends at home or computer oponents or go online and play people also who had the same game. But the really cool thing was that you could customize the board. (but you couldnt change the pieces) I never even thought of making a Mayberry board but I think I'm going to start working on it. I can get a lot of images from the DVD's I have to make the pieces. I think the court house would be good for the go to jail square. Floyds barber shop could be one of the railroads. The hotel, Wallys, and all kinds of other places could be used. Shaazam! Dapper Dan Sorry I already monopolied ya. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Cast Sighting Or More like hearing
Just heard Parley Baer on an episode of This is your FBI, an old time radio show. He played a Location scout for a movie studio and gets hijacked by robbers while scouting a ghost town for a movie set. Bea Benadaret was his co-star and while I can't find a TAGs connection for her, She was the owner of the Shady Rest Hotel near Hooterville on the show Petticote Junction. I also just found out that she was the original voice of Granny from the Tweety and Sylvester Warner Brother cartoons. June Foray (already famous for her roles on the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons and her stint with Daws Butler [Famous for more cartoon characters than I can count but Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound are among two of them. I never knew he was the voice of Captain Crunch tho until today] on the Stan Freberg show) then took over the voice of Granny after Bea died in 1968. We all know that Sam Drucker (or at least the character who played him, Frank Cady) from Hooterville spent some time with Otis in the Mt Pilot jail. Dapper Dan Tell us about the Kansas City Heist Uncle Dan! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Glass in Cars
A lot of early TV shows and even movies would removed windshields from the cars due to reflections and glare of the glass when filming. They also liked to remove the rear view mirrors a lot from cars when filming. The Danny Thomas thing was the most obvious one I think I have ever seen tho. Maybe it had something to do with the model of the car and the windshield design. It sure stuck out like a sore thumb. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Regulars on other shows
John Dehner [Col Harvey and his Indian Elixer (Good for the HEAT)] was a regular on Don Knotts' comedy show. I didnt know this till the other day when I was looking on IMDB to see how many times he showed up on the twilight zone. He was on at least 12 episodes of TV Gunsmoke and at least one of the radio version of Gunsmoke as well. Not to mention about every other cop or detective show you can think of from the 50's 60's and 70's. The radio version of Gunsmoke has two prominent TAGS alumni, Howard (Floyd) Mcnear played Doc and Parley (Mayor Stoner) Baer Played Chester Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Hotel Staircase
Boy I can't remember anyone ever mentioning the Hotel staircase moving around. Some one needs to get that man a Trained Noticer badge. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Superman and Mayberry
For the new members (and maybe some of the old) that don't know, the old TV show The Adventures of Superman was filmed on the same 40 acres lot that TAGS was filmed on. For exteriors anyway. Only it was filmed years earlier. But if you watch thru the episodes you will see tons of familar TAGS locations altho they have different names. There was even one of the old Batman episodes that uses a road on the side of the 40 acres lot in a car chase scene if I remember correctly, not to mention 2 episodes of Star Trek that used downtown Mayberry as exterior sets and one episode was filmed at Myers Lake (or Franklin Reservoir if you prefer its real name) Jim Nolt has a great website about the Superman TV show and has lots of aerial photo maps of 40 acres that show the buildings as they were used on the superman set and even has a section on the connection between the TAGS and Superman using the same location. One of the locations that was used over and over for the Clark Kent to Superman costume changes is the same alley where Otis is coming up the stairs with his hootch in the loaded goat episode. But you see the courthouse, drug store and other locations on a semi regular basis thru out the show. The web site is at http://www.jimnolt.com/ for anyone interested in looking at it Dapper Dan Up Up and Away! err Shazam! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
T shirts
I would like to see another issue of the Who's been messing up the bulletin board version of the T shirt. My current one is getting a little worn looking. Maybe cause I wear it a lot lol. But I would buy an Anniversay one as well. Dapper Dan Thats one thing you can't talk enough about, Mayberry! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
I noticed again
I was watching the episode Andy and Opies Pal where Trey Bowden comes to town and when Opie first meets Trey he is wearing a football helmet. When he tells Trey that his father is the sheriff the chin strap on the helmet is fastened. The scene then cuts to Trey and then back to Opie, but this time the chin strap is unhooked and hanging loose. You could just say maybe Opie unhooked it while the camera was on Trey and we didn't get to see it happen but I'd bet it was due to a retake during the filming of the scene. Dapper Dan Still noticing everyday ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
I Noticed......
I was watching the Gomer House Guest episode yesterday and I caught something that I can't remember if anyone has ever mentioned. (If they have, give me a rude, I bet you ain't never got a rude) When the other customer comes up in the white station wagon with the simulated woody look and gets upset because he isn't getting any service. Right before he pulls out, Gomer is telling Jase that he fixed the battery with some soda pop. Gomer is standing beside Jase's car. When they cut to the Station wagon backing out you see for a brief second the hood of Jase's car up with Gomer under the hood. (The hood had been down the whole episode so far) Then they quick cut back to Gomer and he is standing beside the drivers door of Jase's car again and the hood is down just like it was before. Musta been a few takes done for that scene. Boy if this don't get me a Trained Noticer Badge and a decoder ring I don't know what will. Dapper Dan Shazam! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
License Plate
I was watching the episode about Barney giving the Governer's car a ticket and when they showed the license plate of the governers car I paused and zoomed in on it. I'm not sure if Ernest T made this plate for them or they deliberately had to misspell things due to legal issues but instead of saying North Carolina it says Noth Capolnia at the bottom and at the top it says Drlve Daftdeye (which I assume was supposed to say Drive Safely). Dapper Dan Noticing new things every day ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mysterious Beauty Shop Door
I noticed this door also and it is only there in a few episodes in the first season. I think it goes away about the time the mystery door in the courthouse goes away. I would think that during the first season they did very little with the sets since they probably didn't know if the show was going to be a hit or not but by the end of the first season they realized it was going to be ok and they did a lot of remodeling between seasons to tidy things up a bit to make the exteriors and interiors match up a little better. Dapper Dan That's my story and I'm sticking to it! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
That Fan
For the person who was wanting to know about an episode with the fan. There is a desk fan shown several times in the episode Barney on the Rebound from season 2. It is sitting on the filing cabinet in the Courthouse behind Andy's Desk. Dapper Dan Over and Under ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
I noticed....
Maybe I am going to get my trained noticer badge yet. (Or I could just get told that this has already been noticed and that I need to pay more attention to the digest lol) I was watching the first season on DVD again over the holiday weekend and noticed a few things. At Andy's house: In one of the first few episodes when you see someone walk into Andy's house there is almost like a porch area inside the house that runs from the kitchen wall to the entry door. It is about 3 feet wide and then you step down onto the floor of the house. This only shows up on the one episode that I can tell. Another thing I saw was that on the left side of the Rock fireplace there was a set of double wooden doors that evidently exited the rear of the house. They never show up again. (I think the stairs that went to the second floor were missing as well and when they were installed the doors were removed.) They were replaced with a curtained off window that is about the width of one door. The stairs take up the rest of the room where the second room would have been. Speaking of the fireplace in the early episodes there is not a full length mantle like you see in the later seasons. It has two small shelves on either side of the fireplace with a Deer head in the center above the fireplace. On one episode in the kitchen the camera is backed up or unzoomed enough that you can see the back of the kitchen stove and even floor behind it. There should actually be a wall there. I think the camera man realized it and quickly zooms or dollies in. At the Courthouse: We all have noticed the dissappearing door but did you ever notice that there are no windows on the inside views of the courthouse for almost half the first season. But on the outside views of the courthouse the windows exist. When windows finally do come on the inside only the window behind Andy's desk and the one to the left (if you were sitting at the desk) of the desk show up. The window that would be on the left side of the court house doors from the outside never shows up I guess until after the mysterious door dissapears. When the first two windows do show up they dont have the weird window boxes like they do later on. Also the window directly behind Andy's desk gets moved on down towards the corner of the wall later since most of the season 2 and later episodes have a solid wall behind Andy's desk with a map on it. Also in the first episode there is a little swinging gate at the area where you go from the sherriff's office to the jail. This is removed pretty quickly too. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Statue
Was there some sort of official county work order or notification letter from Raleigh about the Statue not being done? If so I missed it. Could someone fill me in? Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Aint you got a jack?
This is in response (good naturedly) to the gentleman that was saying that TAGS wasn't seen as much up north as down south. I have to ask, Ain't you'uns got TV's up there? Dapper Dan I have 76 cases of documented malfeasance. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS sightings
I got the 2nd season of Bewitched this weekend and already have seen two TAGS alumni. John Masters plays a psychiatrist who winds up working with Darrin professionally, working with Samantha as a bit of revenge from Darrin, and works on Gladys Kravitz for being a nut. Mayor Stoner turns up as a rich guy who buys a chimney from a cottage in Ireland, has it installed in his house, and in the process winds up getting a pot of gold, hidden in the fireplace by a leprechaun, The leprechaun comes looking for the gold since it is his last pot and without it he has no powers. Amazingly enough the leprechaun is kin to Darrin not Samantha. He tries to talk Darrin and Samantha into helping him get the gold back. McMann and Tate are trying to talk Mayer Stoner into doing some advertising with them. All in all a pretty funny episode. Dapper Dan Always looking for that TAGS connection. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Season DVD's and Editing
All five of the Season DVD sets are complete except for one episode in seaon 3 It is missing the epilog. I have the epilog on one of my other TAGS DVDs. It is in very poor condition. It is also one of the episodes that fell into public domain so Paramount may have not wanted to restore it only to have all the hacks out there selling the public domain episodes on DVD being able to steal it and sell it in crystal clear form. Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Salute to Barney
I like the idea of the invisible gun and bullet salute but agree with the other person yesterday who mentioned firing downwards. I think we should pretend to load the gun and then pretend to holster it and have it go off by accident. You could even have a fake limp for a while afterwards. Dapper Dan Sure hope the laundry didn't put to much starch in my bullet. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Helens Hair
I noticed while watching the 5th season DVD's that Helen changed her hair style in the Episode Guest in the House. This is where cousin Gloria visits while she is broke up with her husband. In most of Helen's appearances prior to this she almost always has her hair up in a bun or some style where it is put up, but you see it down at least once in the episode Andy and Helen Have Their Day. But when she gets her new hair style I think that it really framed her face better and showed how pretty she really was. By the color years she had changed her hair style again and I don't think it worked as well for her. But for several episodes near the end of season 5 I think they finally had found a hair style that really worked well for her. I can't remember Thelma Lou ever changing her hair style through out the entire run. But I could be wrong. Dapper Dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Sorry
Sorry about the double posting. I had sent my email about the DVD's the other day and then sent one after that. My second email appeared in the yesterdays digest but the first one did not. So I figured maybe it was too long and broke it up into 3 parts and resent it. And whadda ya know all three parts plus the original show up in todays digest. I feel like Barney now. lol Dapper Dan On my word as a Gentleman. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TAGS DVD's Part 1
I got my Season 5 DVD's on monday and have been watching them. One thing I thought was really neat about all the seasons is the images that have been on the DVD's themselves and the fronts and backs of the DVD Cases Season 1 which had 4 discs in individual cases has a different picture on the front of each case of Andy and one or two others in the cast (mainly Aunt Bee, Opie, and Barn) This same picture is also on the DVD itself in that case. The back of the cases have been made to look like Mayberry Police stationary and show the disc contents and at the bottom of each paper it has a message written on it. Disc 1 says: Barney - Went fishing with Opie. Be back Later. Disc 2 says: Andy - Otis lost his keys again - Barn Disc 3 says: Pa - I came by - Opie Disc 4 says: Went to Floyd's for a trim - Barn In season 2 the format went to 5 discs in 3 cases and has stayed that way thru season 5 On season 2 the discs have an image of an apple pie. Each disc has more and more of the pie gone until the 5th disc is just an empty pie plate. The back of the case has an image of a recipe card from Aunt Bee with the disc contents on it. This set has the original sponser spots. Season 3 discs have an image of a tire on them which looks to be from the squad car, it has the white wall and the hub cab at the center. The back of the case looks like a bill from Wally's Filling Station with the disc contents on it. This set has the original sponser spots too. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mr Masters
Not only was John moonlighting at the Dragnet Lab but I just saw him in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock as a private lab employee who analyzes some coco for a guy to see if it was poisoned. With all that lab experience behind him he really could have been the boy in the lab that Barn was talking about . Dapper Dan Lab boy in training ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Alfred Hitchcock
Just got the season 1 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and on the very first episode who do you think I saw but Aunt Bee playing a neighbor in a trailor park. I wonder if anyone ever call him Al? Dapper Dan On my word as a gentleman ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Starberry
Well I finally thought of a name for my moulage of Star Wars and Mayberry as you can see from my email title. I also thought up a couple of more thing that you might see there. Barney telling famous prisioners that their Imperial Credits are no good here. Barney trying to learn Jedi mind tricks so he can find out where Otis get his moonshine. Dapper Dan Talk about your Electronal Marvels. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Star Wars and Mayberry
I was just thinking under a bucket the other day and started wondering what it would be like if Star Wars and The Andy Griffith Show ever got mixed up together. The following are some of the things that came to mind for me. They have a 2163 Ford Galaxy Police Landspeeder. The small sleepy planet of Mayberry is on edge of the known galaxy and is sunny and pleasant. It has lakes, rivers, trees and everything Mayberry. Andy still carries no weapons but Barney has a blaster, but Andy wont let him keep the power pack installed. He has to carry the power pack in his pocket. Barney is always installing the power pack anyway and accidently blasting things. Barney likes to show off his highly polished blaster to Asa who has an old corroded blaster with missing screws. Asa tells Barney that he has heard about his blaster. The State Troopers are like Jedi knights and carry Lightsabres and are going from planet to planet catching crooks and generally helping keep the peace When the State Jedi Troopers drop off a famous prisoner (Like say one of the Hutts) at Mayberry for a short time, Barney treats them like royalty. Mt Pilot and Raleigh are bigger, close by planets that have some action and Barney likes to go there sometimes. Anyone feel free to join in where they can and hang on. Dapper Dan Once upon a time in a small backwater galaxy far far away ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Howard McNear Hearing
Just heard Howard on an old radio show called Johnny Dollar (a radio show about an insurance investigator, with an action packed expense account lol) Howard plays a bum who had a life insurance policy taken out on him and now someone is trying to kill him to collect on it. He is not the first one to die by this method before the insurance company gets wise and sends in Johnny Dollar to investigate. So far Howard has been stabbed with an icepick, shot with a gun, and poisoned with bad booze and its only up to the 2nd part of a 5 part series. I didn't even realize it was Howard on last weeks episode because he was not on the show but for a few seconds. His character's name in this show is Indestructible Mike. At the rate they are trying to kill him off he will have to be indestructible just to last out the remaining 3 episodes lol. I've heard Howard on lots of old radio shows but this was the first time I ever heard him on Johnny Dollar. Howard's best radio appearance for me is when he plays Doc on the radio version of Gunsmoke starring William Conrad (Conrad also did the main character voice on a radio show called Escape which I like a lot.) The network wanted to bring the radio cast to TV and even went so far as to have test photos taken with the cast dressed up in western clothes. But they evidently didn't make the cut. I saw a copy of the picture somewhere on the internet and Howard and the girl who plays Kitty looked the best out of all of them. Mayer Stoner (Parley Baer) also played Chester Proudfoot (Chesters last name was changed when the TV version started) on the radio vesion of Gunsmoke making a double whammy TAGS connection for it. Dapper Dan Expense account item 1 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
