There has been chatter about Andy's attitude during the later years of the
show. Being short with the characters. Helen could get an attitude with
Andy at times, too. When Andy would try to explain things, she refused to
listen and just blame him for the problem. I just wonder if their personal
lif
I am so sorry about you having the shingles. I hope you get well soon. My
grandfather had them when I was a child in his eye and it hurt just to see
it. They stitched his eye lid together. Elizabeth in Ga
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A BIG error in script continuity was Barney's hair while 'reciting' the
Preamble to the Constitution, unless Barney had a hair-combing compelsion
and kept combing his hair. This could have been editing, but it adds more
little humor to the scene. Elizabeth in Ga
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It's hard to realize there were insults on TAGS as they just made the show
funnier. How many times have we quoted them in our own lives? Elizabeth in
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My husband (Mike) has a friend who is retired on disability but can still
get around. Mike has helped he and his wife in different ways so the friend
feels he should do things for us to repay. Yesterday he was at the house
stacking wood and it hit me, we have a Gomer! He is very nice and when we
te
I encourage you to check out this web site: rememberingmayberry.com. The
man that has this was once Don Knotts bodyguard and driver in several years
after the show. He got to know many of the cast members and has a lot of
memorabilia from the show. If you are ever in NW Ga this is a place to see!
I
While in Asheville this week, we saw an All Souls church. There really is
such a thing!
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After being on this site for a few years I never thought about what wbmutbb
means.
My guess is Watch Barney Muddy Up the Bank Burglary. Elizabeth in Ga
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Thanks for the reminder. I knew that but with old-timers setting in, I
could not remember what is means. I like seeing what else is could mean.
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Who were people that appeared on TAGS that later became big stars, outside
of the regulars? Barbara Eden and Jack Nicholson come to mind. Elizabeth in
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Remind me when Teri Garr and Arte Johnson were in TAGS. Elizabeth in Ga
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I happened to see a color episode when the Taylor's were in California
while the movie Sheriff without a Gun was being shot. Gavin McCloud, future
captain Stubing on the Love Boat, played the sheriff. Elizabeth in Ga.
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We haven't thought about James Best! Jim Lindsay and later Roscoe P
Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard. Elizabeth in Ga
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If there were a pot luck dinner in Mayberry, what would people bring?
Aunt Bee - fried chicken and homemade pickles. Clara - nesselrode pie. Opie
- apple pie. Andy - his special punch. Goober - black bear stew (since he
hunts).
Any others, either from them or other members of the community?
Elizabe
Next question. Would you go to the pot luck, and if so, what would you
bring? I like to bake so I would bring butter pecan cookies. Elizabeth in Ga
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Looking at a piece of Gunsmoke, there were 4 people in the scene - Goober,
Dud, and Emmett's brother (in-law?). The 4th person was not a TAGS person.
They continued into another scene but I changed the channel. Elizabeth in GA
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What do we know about Ron's mother? We know his Father and brother were
involved in the show but never heard anything about her. If she was a 'stay
at home' mom and raised the kids, she wasn't paid enough. She did a great
job raising the boys. Elizabeth in Ga
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If you go to this link, there are 11 things listed about TAGS. I would like
for you all to especially look at #5 and get your input on the subject. You
might need a bucket for your head before you start. Elizabeth in Ga.
https://www.wideopencountry.com/the-andy-griffith-show-11-things-you-didnt-k
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Check out this link. It is interesting on the link between Gunsmoke and
TAGS. Elizabeth in Ga where Brooke Benton can predict the weather. ( he
sang Rainy Night in Ga)
Fun Girls - Hello Doll
Opie - Aw Paw
Earnest T - It's Me It's Me
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I've been wondering about the 'food' we see on the show. Is it real or
props? Do they eat it? If it is real where does it come from? Elizabeth in
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I happened to come across an article that said the ice cream Opie ate on
the show was really cold mashed potatoes since they would not melt.
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Is anyone going to the meet-up next week in Mt. Airy? Elizabeth in Ga
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I remember Rock Hudson and Gabby Hayes. Elizabeth (melting) in Ga
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While watching the TVLAND marathon I got to thinking about the incidental
and background music on the show. Who wrote it, recorded it, added it. Some
characters had 'themes', there was Barney's duck walk, sentimental music
with Andy and Opie, etc. Anybody know? Elizabeth in Ga
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Thank you ,Joe, for that information. I will check it out. Elizabeth in Ga
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While watching the episode where Opie mistakenly gets all A's on his report
card, Aunt Bee made his favorite Butterscotch Pecan Pie. I like to bake and
have Aunt Bee's dessert cookbook and the Mayberry cookbook and this recipe
is not in either one. I know I can get it somewheres else, but I was
dis
Thanks Harriett, I looked up the recipe. I also thought I could put
butterscotch chips in a pecan pie.
When I heard Aunt Bee talking about the pie, it got my attention because I
thought Opie's favorite apple. Maybe he didn't want to eat any more apple
pie after eating too many apples in the back of
I do remember one where Goober (or Gomer?) was working on something and a
barrel of oily rags started burning. Andy came in and stopped it.
Then the one where teen Jimmy was accused of stealing stuff from the garage
but it ended up being someone storing their car overnight. Just like a
Trojan horse
While watching Gomer sing the other day, my husband asked me 'how did he
learn to sing like that.' Some of the other singers on the show have formal
training. I looked up Jim Neighbors on Wikipedia and it did not show any
formal training in his back ground.
As for the Lincoln commercial, I realized
The man is at a fishin' hole - get it? "going down to the Fishin' Hole".
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Other than Andy, did anyone else use their real name on the show? Including
guests.
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Thanks for all the 'real' names! That added even more TAGS trivia to my
mental storage file. Elizabeth in Ga, will be going to Mt. Airy with
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I think the theme park is a great idea. They did have a carnival in town in
the episode with Jerry Van Dyke. Just think of all the characters that
could be in the park, and how much more fun Mayberry days would be! Just
don't ask Aunt Bee's cousin Bradford to finance it. Elizabeth in Ga
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I just read an article about a movie to be made in Indiana called 'Mayberry
Man'. Has anyone else seen this? Elizabeth
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While watching the very first episode, it appears there is a step inside
the living room at the door, like an inside stoop. They stepped down into
the room. That is the only time I recall seeing that.
By the way, where are those gypsy's and their radio? We could use them in
the south to stop the ra
For Aunt Bee and all others not used to 'southernisms', listen to Jeff
Foxworthy's explanation of the way we say things. They may not be exactly
what Andy says, but it is a lesson in southern speech. There is a town near
where I live called Armuchee. Now you would think it is pronounced
R-moo-chee.
In the first episode where the Darlings come to Mayberry, Andy tells
Charlene he is old enough to be her father. How old was she supposed to be?
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While watching the 'My Music' program on PBS, they were talking about Bobby
Darin. He sang rock and roll in Vegas before going to slower folk music,
and it was a hit for him. I wondered if that's where the idea of Keevy
Hazelton came from. Curious. Elizabeth in Ga
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fessed up that it was mine, people in
the room started whistling. For several minutes they were either whistling
the tune or having discussions about how they whistle. It was more catching
that a virus. Elizabeth Busby
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Were the Mendelbright sisters and Mrs. Mendelbright related? The Mrs would
be the sister's sister-in-law. Elizabeth in Ga
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A picture of Barney from the high school yearbook has his name 'Bernard
Milton Fife'. On one show Andy says 'I though your middle name was Oliver'.
In another show he was Bernard P. Fife. Were these disguises? What did the
P stand for? Elizabeth sitting in Ga with nothing to do.
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I wonder if one of the girls on the truck is Andelina. Elizabeth in Ga
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In response to the virus, I think about how they responded to Emma and her
'illness' when she could not get her pills, or when Andy was in bed a few
days with a cold. They could run the virus out of town by smothering it
with kindness. Elizabeth in Ga.
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While watching a Batman TV show from 1966, the Penguin was the villain and
Al (Dove) Checco was one of his toadies. I looked him up and found he was a
friend of Don Knotts from WWII army days. He and Don performed for their
army unit. Al would sing a song or two then Don would bring his dummy and
d
Why doesn't Eleanora Poltise, Barney's voice teacher, sing in the choir?
Did she have real music training in real life? She seems to know what she
is doing most of the time. Maybe it was just the actor in the woman.
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A few weeks ago I asked about the music in Mayberry and where it came from.
I got a good response. A few days ago I was browsing through Weaver's store
and came across a book titled 'Mayberry Melodies' by R. A. Leath. What a
gold mine! It not only has the music, it has bits of trivia and and
interv
I wonder if a leg of lamb is big enough to consider it a small weapon. A
chicken or turkey leg - more southern - is too small to do any damage.
Maybe that's how it got into the script. Elizabeth in Ga
Also, thank you for reminding me that Eleanora Poltise was a professional.
She sure inspired Berna
In the early B/W shows Floyd was called Floyd by all the Mayberry residents
from Opie to Aunt Bee. I saw a color show where Opie addressed him as Mr.
Lawson. It sounded strange. Elizabeth in Ga
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I would imagine the people of Mayberry were so healthy because they ate
fresh food usually cooked at home, had a good social life, good friends,
and a good belief system. Now they could sit on the front porch and visit
with their neighbors close by or from the side walk.
Speaking of health, how ma
I am from Georgia but both of my parents are from small towns in NC. I have
spent a lot of time in that great state and yes, 'studying' means you are
going to give it a think. Although, I never saw anyone with a bucket on
their head while thinking. Elizabeth in Ga
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Martha, I know what you mean about the Dipsy Doodle getting into your head.
Since I am a musician, I just had to study on this and found some answers.
It was written by Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald during the big band Era.
If you look this up on youtube, you will hear it and apparently there is a
Ken, you are right about the dumb criminals. There have been several
'spin-off' shows over the years showing dumb criminals, like the one with
lights on his shoes lighting up as he ran from the police, at night. There
is a lot of real life on TAGS.
That makes me think about how some things on the
Ken you are a bird in this world. You made my day with the cell phone. When
you by chicken legs are they the front legs or the back legs? Elizabeth in
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I get a trivia question on my email every day that has multiple choice
answers. Today, the question was, what famous prison was known as 'The
Rock'. The Mayberry jail was not one of the choices! Elizabeth in Georgia
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In the episode where Andy and Goober are in the big city for an auto show
and they stop to get gas. A Coors beer truck goes by in the background.
Coors was not on the east coast at that time. My daughter-in-law cleared it
up for me. It was Cletus and Fred from Smokey and the Bandit going by.
Elizab
I just got a glimpse of Aunt Bee and Sen. Canfield asleep on the front
porch at the end of the show. I think he would be my pick for a husband for
Aunt Bee. I wish he were on more episodes.
Who would you choose for a husband for Aunt Bee? Elizabeth in Ga
While watching the color episode about the Battle of Mayberry, Clara
Edwards shows Opie a sword belonging to her ancestor, Col. Edwards, which
would imply she never married. Now in Mayberry time, several years before
this episode (b/w) when Clara convinced Aunt Bee to give Andy and Helen
more time
If you look in Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook,the blue one, on page 126 you
will find the recipe for the Snappy Lunch Pork Chop Sandwich. I have made
it several times and it is gd.
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While watching Andy show Trey Bowden Barney's gun, from the angle of the
camera, it looks like the gun is turned towards Trey. It just got me
thinking about times guns played a role in the show. Like when Andy got a
rifle out of the rack and pointed it at Goober and told him to get the car
out of t
I guess while staying home most of the time, watching TAGS more, my sense
of catching odd things on the show is heightened. Today, while Barney was
on the phone making date plans with Thelma Lou, he said she would not have
time to change her clothes after work. That she would have to wear her
unifo
Gus, that makes sense to me, it just seems like we would know that, what
with Barney's injuries and ailments. And back then, nurses wore all white
and the special nurses cap. ( my mama was a nurse) Maybe that's part of
the mystery of the show.
Thelma, which one do you think Thelma Lou would most li
I guess I missed something in the translation. Barney was talking to
Juanita over at the diner when he talked about wearing their uniforms.
So just what did Thelma Lou do? My guess would be she was a secretary. She
does mention getting back to the office at some point.
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They were recycling before it was the right thing to do. Elizabeth
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Were the new phones installed when Sarah retired and Ma Bell took over? You
know Mayberry was slow in getting aid. Elizabeth in Ga
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Is there any information on where Mayberry Days in Mt Airy stands?
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Does anyone know how the town name of Mayberry was chosen? I know the
'founder's day story', but when they were developing the show, how did they
come up with Mayberry? Elizabeth in Ga
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In 'Opie's newspaper', when they go to the dump to see that the newspaper
is destroyed, Andy drives the squad car, Barney says he needs to get Gobers
truck back to him and Aunt Bee just shows up at the county dump. How did
she get there. Usually the dump is several miles out of town and it was at
n
Maybe Aunt Bee snuck out of the house through the kitchen and hid in the
back of the squad car, then got out after Andy parked and got out.
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TAGS has been #1 on my TV ratings for a long time. When it first came out
my father watched the news and westerns, while we did our
handwritten homework, then turned off the TV. I had an 8:00 bedtime anyway
so did not have a chance to see it in the 60's. When I grew up and moved
out, I could watch
While watching Ellie run for city council, as the men stopped all store
charges, one woman was in a dress shop trying on dresses right in the
middle of the shop where anybody could see her. The front door was right
there! Then she walked out of the store with just her slip on. Quite risque
for Mayb
Curt, I bought a tin of Miracle Salve in Mt Airy on a trip and it does work
on skin conditions. Elizabeth in Ga
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What characters are mentioned as being in the armed services?
Andy, Barney, Sam Becker, Milo boys Dud Wash. Was it mentioned that Sam
Jones was? The Wright brothers got laughed right off Wright Air Force Base.
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Even though we do this on veterans day, Give thanks to those who helped us
have a free country from the first explorers to the pilgrims. The first
brave men and women who started it all until the ones serving today. Thank
you.
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Since I have been watching a LOT of TAGS in the past year, I've noticed
that each time Wally is in the show, they are different actors of various
ages. I wondered if they were like the Beamon family - Wally senior, Wally
junior, plain Walley and Wallette.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted on this here day. Barney and Miss
Crump could tell us all about it. It's in your history book. Elizabeth in Ga
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Watching the show a LOT, I've noticed how much Andy says '(well) I be dog'.
My Aunt lived in a small town in western North Carolina and she said it,
too. Elizabeth in Ga
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Sugar is a sweet kiss on the jaw. You would give it to a friend or relative
as a greeting or a thank you.
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Recalling the 60's, I think most straight laced men like my father wore
white underwear. There was the occasional light blue and conservative
vertical stripe with white background. My mother even ironed them! I
doubt Mayberry had anything fancier than than. You'd have to go to the
state capital to
Have we exhausted all there is about the show or are we just exhausted?
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Ken, I've noticed the suits on several old shows. They wore suits to
ballgames, kept them on when returning home from work, even criminals wore
suits and hats. Guess it's a sign of the times.
Another curiosity I noticed is that in the episode when the Darlings come
to pledge Andelina to Opie, at th
I don't normally watch Matclock but I saw the last part of one while
stringing beans. Ms Rosemary was the neighbor of the man that was killed.
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One not so safe thing I noticed many years ago is how Opie would be left on
his own at the house when he was little - 6/7 years old. Either Andy or
Aunt Bee would tell him what to do and leave the house. Today that might be
child abandonment. Elizabeth in Ga
I wonder if things would have changed so much in Mayberry that Barney's
prediction of increased horn honking and Jaywalking has come true.
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I think most of us agree we prefer the B/W TAGS shows to the color for
whatever reason. A B/W show of Gomer Pyle, USMC came on and I did not like
it. I prefer the color shows. Makes ya think. Elizabeth in Ga
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While watching the Pickle story, I got to thinking, If Aunt Bee's homemade
canned food is so bad, Why did Andy give her canning jars for her birthday?
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While watching Andy holding the book on Barney while he recites the
Preamble, we are all aware of Barney's hair. It came to me that since they
only used one camera they had to shoot the same scene several times. The
hair was a side effect of this method. I'm sure that side effect is what
caused man
When I worked the switchboard in the 70 in college there was only one out
of town line to call out on. Calls could come in with no problem.
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There are times he is not wearing his badge and maybe on the other side of
his shirt.
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Just wondering how many women Andy kissed on the show. There's the obvious,
Aunt Bee on the cheek and Helen. It is said he didn't like the mushy stuff.
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As far as a favorite episode, I can't say but just about every episode has
a favorite scene, such as Horatio the half a boy of the first one when Aunt
Bee is trying to fish and play baseball. Elizabeth in Ga
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While watching the old 50s and 60s tv shows quite a few actors showed up
from one show to another. I put the bucket on my head and gave it a think.
There were not as many people in the tv acting business back then and fewer
agents so the bit parts were given to the same group of people. Good for
t
Senator Canfield was on Wagon Train and on a Perry Mason episode the
little old lady shoplifter was - shoplifting! They didn't wait until she
left the store though. The floor clerk saw her put earrings into her purse
among other things so she was followed into the ladies room by the lady
clerk whe
Not only are things repeated on TAGS, many themes show up on Gomer Pyle,
USMC. I watched one recently where Sgt. Carter saved Gomer from a
granade, so Gomer felt he owed his life to serving the Sgt. In the end, to
get Gomer to stop, the Sgt. set up a heater to be leaking gas and act like
he passed
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I should have clarified, Howard Morris. Didn't even think about Sprague.
And yes, I meant like his regular real life voice as in the movie you
mentioned. Thank you for the clarification. Elizabeth in Ga. snow today,
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Did anyone ever give Gomer any money for a fill up or a soda? Maybe that's
why Wally sold his station to Goober. He just gave everything away. I'm
sure people had 'tabs' but nothing was ever written down or signed.
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Matthew, I think it might be binoculars in the case around Barney's neck.
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Didn't he talk about the horse race track? He would have used them to
follow the horses - if he ever went.
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