Merry Mayberry Christmas

2013-12-23 Thread LGillum
It is that time of year again when we silence the telephone, turn on all the Christmas lights, and settle back to enjoy the one and only TAGS Christmas episode. We used to say that we wouldn't even allow the dog to bark during this magical episode, but we no longer have a dog. Still, after

Natural Disasters on TAGS?

2014-01-01 Thread LGillum
Hello, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you! Thank you kindly to those who expressed concern over our Great Flood of September and our massive personal devastation resulting. Our losses have been monumental and it is taking time to recover (where and when we can), but we are survivors. It's

Francis/Frances Bavier and Marriage

2014-05-24 Thread LGillum
On 5/24/2014 10:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: So, perhaps at least SOME of all this info is true. Here is where I would like some help. Maybe we can't get ahold of those lovely ladies from the Women's Historical Society who were trying to track down Nathan Tibbs' descendant, but

Charles S. Bavier ages

2014-05-26 Thread LGillum
On 5/26/2014 10:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: Her father was Charles Samuel Bavier (1850-1920) and her mother was Mary S. Birmingham (1870 - ?). In the 1910 census, she was living at 7 years of age in Manhattan, Ward 17, NYNY. Her father was then 51. In the 1920 census Frances is

Mayberry Theme Park

2014-08-04 Thread LGillum
On 8/4/2014 10:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: I think Janine's (Aunt Bee of Orlando's) idea for a Mayberry theme park is a great one! ?I would definitely take the family to it...very often, probably. ?Weaver's Dept. Store would be a great place to display and sell the TAGS

Things not missed from the past

2014-09-20 Thread LGillum
Regarding the question as to what we do NOT miss from the good ole days: I do not miss medical care and dentistry from the '40s and '50s. I don't remember the demonstration of dental care on TAGS, but I can assure you that my childhood dental drama and medical care with related procedures

Opie and Politics

2014-10-08 Thread LGillum
On 10/8/2014 10:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: Our little Opie has done so many wonderful things, not only while on TAGS, but even all the later marvelous movies he has directed. In my opinion, not a clunker in the bunch.But also, in my opinion, I do not think he should

The Rimshaw House

2014-11-04 Thread LGillum
On 11/1/2014 10:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: Just a note to let everyone know that the Casey, IL. chapter, Still Ugly, Single and Pitting Prunes, met on Halloween night and celebrated by going out for supper. Then we all gathered and watched ?The Haunted House? episode, ?The

TAGS Characters Playing Other Characters

2015-03-14 Thread LGillum
These fun lists of TAGS characters playing other characters in various episodes really brought back a world of wonderful memories! And now that I'm reminded again, I think ALL the TAGS characters were recreating roles of the 700 people who filled my own hometown in the '40s, '50s, and

"A Mayberry Christmas"

2015-12-19 Thread LGillum
Ben Sandifer's contribution to "A Mayberry Christmas" is wonderful -- clever, creative, rhythmic, poetic, entertaining -- and it made my day! Thank you, and a Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night! - Larry in CO, who hardly ever writes anymore. On 12/19/2015 11:00 AM,

Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 17, Issue 180

2016-09-19 Thread LGillum
On 9/19/2016 11:00 AM, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com wrote: Well, that was weird! I just finished reading today's digest, and all three posts were from late August! One of them was mine. I knew I had never seen it appear in a digest but just thought that, for some reason, it wasn't going to

Tribute to Jim Nabors

2017-12-02 Thread LGillum
It was a number of years ago when my wife and I met Jim Nabors . . . not the usual expected sort of meeting.  Jim was performing at Denver's historic theatre in Elitch Gardens and we had arrived to enjoy the show, thrilled to be able to see him in person.   We pulled our car into a parking

TAGS Christmas Episode

2019-12-22 Thread LGillum
The house settled in peace before the friendly fire.  Room lights were softened to mellow nuances, punctuated by miniature points of incandescence across sparkling rows of evergreen garlands along the fireplace mantel.  Our Christmas tree twinkled majestically and magically, brighter than