Triple Alumni Sighting
Today in Gunsmoke on MeTV Briscoe Darling, Ralph Neal, and Miss Rosemary showed up. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On Wednesday's MeTV Perry Mason, there were a plethora of TAGS alumni. The main character was Briscoe Darling.The Judge was Chuck O'Malley.The murderer was Malcolm Tucker.Also appearing, even though she did not serve any Chicken-Ala-King was Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Foster).Almost every day on Perry Mason there are one or two TAGS alumni, but I enjoy finding four or more. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Four different alumni appeared in today's Adam-12 episodes. In the first one Buddy Foster appeared and in the second one Jon Lormer, Irene Tedrow, and Helen Kleeb appeared. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
I was watching Wagon Train this morning. Looks like Luke Jensen, Capt. Barker, Uncle Ollie, and fun girl Daphne all left Mayberry and headed west. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
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I forgot to mention that "Miss Rosemary" was some sort of bookkeeper in an episode of the Waltons. John boy was helping Vertie find information on her family. Jubal Foster ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
{Spam?} Kind of Alumni sighting
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Kind of Alumni sighting
While watching "My Three Sons" on Thursday morning I noticed the Taylor house. Jean Pearson (Mike's high school girlfriend) was visiting her grandmother in Bryant Park. The grandmother lived in the Taylor house. The porch furniture was the same as on TAGS and so was the bushes out front. Margaret Floyd: I'm going to Nashville. Me: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
While watching "Bewitched" Sam's Witchcraft Blows A Fuse, season 8, episode 25. There were 5 TAGS alumni: Malcolm Merriweather played by Bernard Fox, Eleanora Poultice & Big Maude played by Reta Shaw, Bill Medwin - The Bookie Barber played by Herb Vigran, Captain Dewhurst - Barney's boss in Raleigh played by Richard Slattery, and Harry Bektoris & Army doctor played by Paul Smith.. Margaret Floyd: I'm going to Nashville. Me: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Triple Alumni Sighting
Watched the Dick Van Dyke Show episode "The Alan Brady Show Goes To Jail" on MeTv In a matter of minutes, saw frequent TAGS alumni Alan Melvin as a prison guard, Don Rickles as a prisoner, and Ken Lynch (4 TAGS appearances starting with "The Manhunt" in Season 1) as the Warden. A nice trifecta. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
I'm watching Wagon Train this morning and who should turn up but the party of the first part one Sam Muggins (Sam Edwards). ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
{Spam?} Disturbing Alumni Sighting
TAGS fans, I was watching "Gunsmoke" this afternoon and Denver Pyle was on it. He was the rustic father of four uncouth sons. Imagine the Darlings if they didn't have Sharlene and were evil psychopaths. (Gunsmoke, season 9, "No Hands") Denver shows up on "Gunsmoke" many times, usually as a tough mountain man type, but this it the first one I've seen where he's just evil. Kind of hard to watch. Sam ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
In tonight's Star Trek on H, Sheldon Collins (Arnold Bailey) showed up as a "tough kid". The episode was "A Piece of the Action". ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
William Schallert (Quiet Sam) has been busy. This morning he showed up as a judge on Matlock then this afternoon he showed up as a minister on CHiPs. On another note, I recently received my dvd of the TAGS Christmas Special from 2015. The dvd includes the special itself, the Christmas Story and The Pickle Story. Also with that are the original episodes, both colorized and in black and white. A very enjoyable dvd. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On Thanksgiving night, I was flipping through the channels, and stopped for a short time on Turner Classic Movies.They were playing that famous Cary Grant movie "North By Northwest". When I got there they were having an auction in a room full of people. The auctioneer was C. J. Hasler and his assistant was John Masters. Cary Grant was trying to get arrested, so he kept interrupting the auction. John Masters finally had to call the police, and when the police showed up one of them was Ken Lynch who played a policeman 3 times on TAGS. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Saturday morning on Turner Classic Movies, they were playing their usual old cowboy movie like we used to watch on Saturday mornings down at the movie theater.This one was from 1949, Brand Of Fear, and starred Jimmy Wakely. The love interest/schoolmarm was The Perfect Female, Gail Davis.She did not get to display her sharpshooting talents in this movie. Jimmy Wakley's sidekick was Cannonball played by Ben Beecham, Emmitt's Brother-In-Law. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
alumni sighting
While watching Gomer Pyle: USMC, Gomer Dates A Movie Star, season 1, episode 29. I spotted 5 alumni from TAGS. Jim Nabors - Gomer Pyle Frank Sutton - Sgt. Carter Ruta Lee - Gloria Morgan on TAGS as Jean Boswell and Darlene Mason Ronnie Schell - Duke Slater on TAGS as Bernie and Jim Martin Larry Hovis - Larry on TAGS as Early Gilly Have a Mayberry kind of day. Floyd: "I'm going to Nashville." Margaret: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
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In flipping thru the channels this morning I came upon our Miss Crump sitting in the front seat of a convertible right next to the handsome Steve McQueen; the film was called The Blob. She sure did look young! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting - and TAGS theme
Watching the "Twilight Zone" last night on MeTV, there was Jean (Daphne) Carson playing the wife of a crook in a pretty good episode called "A Most Unusual Camera" - a couple years before appearing on TAGS. Then, while listening to an NPR segment about the role of sheriffs in America, the host mentioned Andy Griffith specifically at the beginning, then they played the TAGS theme at the end of the piece. A nice surprise. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
On TCM this past Saturday, they showed The Day the Earth Stood Still and I saw at least three TAGS alumni. Olan Soule, Frances Bavier and Dabbs Greer. Also Thanks to Jeff Koontz for posting the Mayberry Days photos. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Multiple Alumni Sighting
Yesterday and today on Adam-12, 5 TAGS alumni appeared. Yesterday it was Mary Grace Canfield and Sam Edwards, today it was Jon Lormer, Irene Tedrow, and Helen Kleeb. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Looks like Otis's wife Rita and Jennie Boone decided to go west. They both showed up in Wagon Train today. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting, Etc
Tuesday on MeTV's Perry Mason, Charley Foley was the Sheriff and Goldbrick Wheeler was the Judge. Another passing note, today (August 23), is the 91st birthday of TAGS favorite manicurist. Even at 91 she is still being done well by Mother Nature. Happy Birthday Ellen Brown!!! Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Early Monday morning on Turner Classic Movies, I was watching a movie called "Skyscraper Souls". It was a very old movie made in 1932.In the movie I spotted Wallace Ford, AKA Roger Hanover. All during the movie he was romancing this married woman. Goes to show a leopard does not change his spots. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Triple Alumni Sighting
I was watching an episode of Hazel tonight and Luke Jensen, Howard Sprague, and Howard's mother all showed up. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On Friday night's Twilight Zone, several alumni showed up. James Best, Jon Lormer, Dub Taylor, and Edgar Buchanan were all there. James Best played a guy who came back from the dead at his own funeral. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On MeTV, here in Oklahoma, Barnaby Jones comes on at 2 A.M.Sometimes I tape the episode to watch early in the morning. This morning I was watching the show and there was Otis playing a used car salesman.I did not recognize him at first, he was so cleaned up. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On today's Gunsmoke on MeTV Everett Sloane (Jubal Foster) appeared as a man taking his family to Oregon. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Wednesday morning, on MeTV, on The Waltons, I appeared as Grandpa's long lost brother. I had forgotten about that appearance. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Triple Alumni Sighting
Today on Adam-12 Parnell Rigsby, Mrs. Sam Morgan, and Mrs. Chicken Ala King Wallpaper Paste all appeared. They were all victims of a family of con artists. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Great article - and a new alumni sighting
First, thanks Jeff for that link to the column by "Sean of the South" - a very touching, well-written article. And, from "McHale's Navy" (a show I haven't noticed a TAGS alumni on), there was Roy Roberts, the big shot editor, Mr. Jackson, in "Andy on Trial", as an Admiral - he was perfect in that role. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting-6 in all
Watched the movie Side Street on TCM this past weekend. Found 6 TAGS alumni from this really good film noir. Jean Hagen, the woman speeder, was a night club singer. James Westerfield,Uncle Ollie, was a patrolman. Edmon Ryan, crime free Mayberry, a lawyer Herb Vigran, bookie barber, photographer Harry Antrim, Fred of Walker's Drug Norman Leavitt, Wally, was a bartender ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another double-alumni sighting
I was watching "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers", a 1956 sci-fi film on MeTV, for a little while the other day. In just a few minutes, there was Mr. Maxwell, from "Mayberry On Record", who played the lead role as a scientist trying to fight the UFO's. Then there was a general at the conference table who I thought might've been on TAGS but I couldn't place him - until I looked him up on IMDB. Turns out, he was character actor Thomas Henry, who played the guy who came to repossess Jim Lindsey's car while Jim was at Andy's house for dinner, in "The Guitar Player Returns". TAGS alumni even on Svengoolie! JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
The Case of the Triple Alumni Sighting
Just happened to come across a Perry Mason episode this morning while
changing channels ("The Case of the Hateful Hero") and in less than 10
minutes, I saw 3 TAGS alumni: Howard Sprague's mother as the CEO of a
company; Agent Jenkins, the fake FBI agent in "Crime Free Mayberry", as a
crooked company board member; and Mr. Allen, the phony film producer who
came to Mayberry as part of the crew to supposedly make a movie about
Sheriff Taylor in "TV or Not TV", as the police board chairman.
Again, pretty amazing how many good character actors appeared in TAGS.
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Alumni Sighting - and two questions
Last night, I watched a very good episode of "The Twilight Zone" titled "BacK There", about a man who somehow goes back in time and tries to stop Lincoln's assassination. The Washington D.C. police desk sergeant, with huge mutton-shop sideburns, was none other than Paul Hartman a/k/a Emmett Clark. I've seen this episode before but never picked up on it. Now, a couple questions: first, just finished watching the "Gomer Pyle: USMC" episode "Gomer Goes Home". It dawned on me - at the end, as Gomer was leaving on the bus, he looks out the window and sees Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee and Goober just returning from their camping trip. Why would they pull up to the Court House, where Andy climbed up on the station wagon and started unloading all their luggage and gear there, instead of just going back to their house? Makes no sense. Makes a better ending, I guess. My other question is this: I thought the only actors who were listed in the show credits at the end were people who had speaking parts in the episode - that's why we don't know who played Mr. Schwump, for example. Yet Clint Howard's name is in the credits in the episodes where little Leon makes an appearance, although he never says anything. I'm guessing it's because his big brother and father were on TAGS?? JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
alumni sighting
I forgot to post this last weekend. Ernest T. appeared on Love Boat as a washed-up comedian. He did a short stint onstage and was united with a show-biz dog that was heartwarming. He had aged somewhat but still just as good in delivery and movement. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
A triple alumni sighting - and Merry Christmas
I recently watched an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and surprisingly, there were 3 TAGS alumni on it: first, of course, was Laura's friend and neighbor, Millie, who was Ella, the local newspaper reporter in Season 8's episode "Aunt Bee's Cousin"; then, there was Malcolm Merriweather, as the teacher of an adult education class who had romantic designs on Laura; and finally, there was Emma Watson/Brand as the oldest student in class, who had a very funny part. Merry Christmas to all. Thanks to everyone for the great posts and links and humorous comments the past year. Looking forward to a happy and healthy 2022, and another year of this TAGS Bulletin Board. (And thanks to Allan for keeping this going). JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Wednesday morning on MeTV's Perry Mason, there were a couple of obscure TAGS alumni.Both of these men only appeared one time.There on the show was Fred Boone, playing a bartender, and Quiet Sam Becker, as a forger. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
Hitchcock's North by Northwest was on TCM last night. I noticed at least 6 and there may be more. Les Tremayne Ken Lynch Stanley Adams Tol Avery Olan Soule Maddie Pickett ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
After Barney's bloodhound found Ralph Neal in Mayberry, he went to California, robbed a bank, then Gomer signed him up for the Marines. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Surprise alumni sighting
The other day on Turner Classic Movies they showed the Lucllle Ball / Henry Fonda film "Yours, Mine, and Ours". The girls were sitting around the dining room table in a scene and one of them looked really familiar, and I was sure I had seen her on TAGS. Turns out, it was Suzanne Cupito/Morgan Brittany, who played Mary Alice Carter in Season 8's "Opie's First Love". The movie and the episode were shot the same year, so I guess that's why she looked so familiar. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Four-for-one TAGS alumni sighting
While watching MeTV, I noticed a four-for-one on "Wanted Dead or Alive" with Edgar Buchanan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Willis Bouchey, and Alan Soule. Arthur Hunnicutt played a character by the last name of Carter involved in a feud with Edgar Buchanan; only his last name was Blake. Ron **Barn McLendon LaVergne, TN ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another surprising alumni sighting
I was watching a 1964 episode of "McHale's Navy" Saturday night, with the plot of having a Russian naval officer visiting the crew of PT-73 to learn about our tactics, etc. Turns out the officer was a woman, to everybody's surprise - and, to my surprise, she was none other than Sue Ane Langdon, a/k/a Nurse Mary, who went out on the nighttime picnic with Andy that Barney, of course, interrupted. Quite a difference between the two roles, especially when she went from a strict by-the-book officer to a vodka-drinking, sarong-wearing buddy of McHale's crew. Another versatile TAGS actress. Also - Holland, I vote for the robes - "If the choir ain't happy, then nobody's happy". JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
Was watching “Dennis the Menace” and Dub Taylor was playing a fix-it man named Opie. Don Sent from my iPhone ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Double-alumni sighting on M.A.S.H. - and another in a classic movie
Watching a Season 2 episode of M.A.S.H. ("The Trial of Henry Blake"), there
was Clara Edwards, playing a nurse running a clinic in Korea. And the guy
playing the general in charge of the court-martial looked familiar from
TAGS too, so I looked him up: Robert Simon, who played Mr. Crawford, the
drug store owner, in "Opie's Drugstore Job".
A couple days earlier, I watched the 1956 movie "Patterns" on TCM, about
the ruthless world of corporate board rooms. The nasty, mean villain of the
movie was Everett Sloane, known to TAGS fans as mean old Jubal Foster in
"The Keeper of the Flame". The casting director for TAGS must've seen that
movie when thinking about who to cast as "Jubal".
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Alumni Sighting
Early this morning I was watching Antenna TV.The Burns and Allen show was on. The Burns hired a plumber, and you will never guess who it was. Our own Floyd the Barber. This show was in 1957, so I guess Floyd was a plumber before he was a barber. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting - and the price of lettuce.......
Watching "Dick Van Dyke" last night, the star of the episode was one of my favorite TAGS alumni - Denver Pyle. He played Rob Petrie's Uncle George and was great in a very funny role. The episode was filmed in 1963, the same year that Briscoe Darling made his first TAGS appearance. I thought it was interesting that "Uncle George" was supposed to be much older than the young-looking Rob, and he looked it - but in reality Denver Pyle was only 5 years older than Dick Van Dyke. Another interesting fact from that episode: the guy who played Sally's boyfriend, Herman, was Bill Idelson. If that name seems familiar, it's because he was also a writer who wrote about a dozen TAGS episodes (and the Uncle George episode he appeared in on "Dick Van Dyke"). JOE from G.I. P.S. - Holland, if you adjust for inflation, that $4 head of lettuce would cost about $32 today! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Really, really, late last night on MeTV, I was watching Petticoat Junction.There was an Old Maid and her brother visiting the Shady Rest Hotel.You will never guess who played the Old Maid. None other than Clara Edwards.She almost roped Goldbrick Wheeler (Uncle Joe) into Holy Wedlock, but Uncle Joe slipped the knot. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting - Cast a Long Shadow 1959
Lots of TAGS actors in Audie Murphy's "Cast a Long Shadow" 1959, including: John Dehner (Col. Harvey in "Aunt Bea;s Medicine Man), James Best (Jim Lindsey in Guitar Player episodes), Denver Pyle (Brisco Darlin in all the Darlin episodes) and Jonathan Hole (Orville Monroe Those Gossipin Men etc.) .. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
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Saints alive, who should appear on the Dick Van Dyke Show last night but Ernest T. as an art critic/appraiser! He was absolutely hilarious, drinking wine and spouting high-falutin' words about oil paintings and artists. What a diversified actor he was!!! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
This morning on MeTV's Perry Mason, I saw Miss Peggy.There was this one scene with her where she was drinking a cocktail in a nightclub, but it was not a sazerac.Hank Patterson who played the hobo when Barney found a quarter of a million dollars was also on hand.I watch Hank Patterson most every night on MeTV's Green Acres where he is the father to a pig. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another double alumni sighting
Just finished watching a very good episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and there was Doris Packer (Mrs. Wiley), playing basically the same role she did in TAGS one year later - a hostess at a party (although a lot fancier one than the one in Mayberry). But then there was another familiar face from TAGS - Everett Sloane, who played a famous, successful poet, 3 years after he played the moonshining Jubal Foster who burned his own barn down on TAGS. Another really good character actor. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Saturday afternoon on MeTV, I was watching "Wanted Dead Or Alive".There were a couple of bounty hunters on the show that arrested the Mayor like Barney arrested Mayor Pike.But these two bounty hunters not only arrested the Mayor, they killed him. But getting back to the Alumni part, the head bounty hunter was Frank Smith. (His name would have to be Frank). I do not think that was Angela Cartwright in Miss Crump's classroom.She was simply too big of a star at this time to be playing unbilled parts.She had just finished 10 years on The Danny Thomas Show, and was about to start starring on Lost In Space. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another surprise alumni sighting
This past weekend on TCM I watched, for the first time, John Ford's underrated film "The Last Hurrah", starring Spencer Tracy in a great role. There were a lot of familiar faces in the film, but one in particular caught my attention right away: Willis Bouchey, who was in 4 TAGS episodes (including "Convicts-at-Large" where he helped Andy capture the 3 female convicts hiding out in his cabin); one episode of Gomer Pyle; and 3 episodes of R.F.D. In the movie, he played a pretty nasty fellow - unlike his roles in TAGS, where he was a pretty nice guy. Another good character actor who found his way into TAGS. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Double First Season/Double Alumni Sighting
The other day, I was watching an episode of "Perry Mason" from Season 1, and immediately recognized an alumni from Season 1 of TAGS: William Schallert a/k/a "Quiet Sam". In Perry Mason, he played an assistant to a wealthy, nasty guy and he ended up in trouble for being an accomplice to murder - quite a different role from his character in TAGS. But there was an older woman in the Perry Mason episode. playing a housekeeper to that same rich guy, who looked awfully familiar, so I looked her up. Turns out she was Lillian Bronson, the woman behind the scenes in Season 1's "The Beauty Contest" who Andy ended up giving the crown to at the end. Turns out she was born and raised in Lockport, NY, about 22 miles from where I live. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
I bought a western on bluray called Horizons West from 1952 and saw Francis Bavier(Aunt Bee). She played the mother of Robert Ryan and Rock Hudson who were returning home to Texas from the Civil War. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting - and a question
Been enjoying all the Alumni Sightings - unreal how many TAGS cast members, guest stars, etc. appeared on all types of TV shows during the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Got another one to add to the list: watching "M.A.S.H." the other morning, there was "Andy's Rival", Frank Smith, playing a Colonel who wanted to court-martial Hawkeye after a shoving incident in a bar. He played a totally different character than the smooth, smart, guitar-playing, School Board member from Raleigh. Now, a question - does anyone else think that Barbara Griffith, Andy's first wife who appeared in the choir in "The Song Festers", standing in the front row next to Barney, looked a lot like a younger, brunette version of Rose Marie in "The Dick Van Dyke Show"? Just wondering if I'm the only one who sees a resemblance. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
ALUMNI SIGHTING
This morning on MeTV, I saw Barney in a show. Here is the plot: Barney tells Andy he is going to buy a car.So he buys a used car from a woman. The car Barney buys turns out to be a lemon, everything is wrong with it.So he tries to return the car. Hey TAGS fans, does that plot sound familiar? Well I was not watching TAGS, but I was watching Matlock. The difference in the story is that instead of arresting the crooked car dealer, the crooked car dealer wound up dead. I won't tell you who done it but Barney did not. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
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Quadruple Alumni Sighting
Today's Wagon Train episode was jam-packed with TAGS alumni. Jean Carson, Malcolm Atterbury, Ken Lynch, and James Westerfield all appeared. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Gilly Walker appeared on Adam-12 today. He must have gotten tired of Goober hassling him about his car and moved to LA. Naylor, the victim of his chicken-throwing wife also appeared. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Paul Mulik and Alumni sighting.
Read the following article about a "Andy and Barney" cartoon. Paul Mulik is quoted in the article. https://www.metv.com/stories/the-andy-griffith-show-appears-in-the-looney-tunes-animated-universe?fbclid=IwAR0zW_EuvsvzsQlFfMs6Q63jKY-pbIDdnlyx5mcp-PML9rIaHXCBr37ffzU Everett Sloane who played Jubal Foster was on Petticoat Junction today as Phillip Waterhouse. He wanted to buy the Cannonball in "The Very Old Antique (1964). Have a Mayberry kind of day. Margaret Floyd: "I'm going to Nashville." Margaret: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
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Yesterday morning, our Helen Crump appeared in a 1963 episode of Bonanza. She was quite beautiful in a pioneer dress riding in an old wagon! I recognized her voice before her face. Meanwhile, I wore my newest Mayberry tee-shirt today, the pink one with all the main characters, altho faceless, on it and got some questions! Mayberry, it's everywhere!!! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
Watched a movie called San Antonio, from 1945 on TCM with Errol Flynn and spotted Doodles Weaver(George Bricker) from Aunt Bee's brief encounter episode. He was a dance caller in a saloon. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
ALUMNI SIGHTING
Saturday morning I was watching Turner Classic Movies.They showed a 1940 movie called "Gambling On The High Seas".In the movie Frank Ferguson played the District Attorney.I looked it up and this was the very first billed part in a movie for Charley Foley.Besides playing Charley Foley, Frank Ferguson was also in the very first scene ever in TAGS while he was marrying Rose The Housekeeper. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
Saw Hal Smith(Otis) on Green Acres last night. He played a Mr. Colby, who wanted to see his farm to Mr. Douglas. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Double Alumni Sighting
This morning on Maverick Tol (Ben Weaver #2) Avery and Doris (Mrs. Wylie) Packer appeared. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
ALUMNI SIGHTING
Sunday morning on The Brady Bunch on MeTV, I spotted Otis as the Kartoon King on a show Bobby Brady was watching.Another TAGS connection, The Kartoon King (Otis) sponsored an ice cream eating contest.It foreshadowed his future career as an ice creme vendor.Once he went on the wagon. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another "Twilight Zone" alumni sighting
Watching "Mirror Image" last night, the grumpy ticket clerk at the bus depot looked awfully familiar, so I looked him up, and sure enough, it was Joseph Hamilton, who appeared on TAGS 11 times, in various roles - mostly as one of the older "loafers" hanging around town. Can't believe I've watched that episode many times and it never hit me before. Also saw our TAGS "Founder", Sheldon Leonard, in a corny 1947 comedy on TCM called "The Fabulous Joe". He played the same type of character as he did the previous year in "It's A Wonderful Life" when he played the nasty bartender. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On today's Gunsmoke the party of the first part one Sam Muggins (Sam Edwards) appeared as a stage driver. Also, Julie Sommers (Julie March on Matlock) was an emloyee at an office in Dodge. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
It is amazing how our Mayberry folks get around. I was watching a very old Dragnet episode and John Masters appeared as a detective in the juvenile division of the police department. Yesterday, Mayor Stoner was on his way to the west coast on Wagon Train. Ken "Barney" Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
ALUMNI SIGHTING
Friday night on Gomer Pyle, Gomer had a date with Charlene Darling.At no time did she mention Dud Wash or Ernest T. Bass.I guess Dud was off somewhere with Idell Bushey or else he was playing Flinch with all the boys. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting - and another link
Watching "The Hollywood Party" episode the other day reminded me that Ruta Lee ( "Darlene Mason"), who also appeared on TAGS as "that college girl" in "Andy On Trial", was on a 1959 episode of "Bat Masterson" I saw recently. She played the wife of a bad guy - she's good in all her roles. Also, here is a link to an interesting article I came across, about why a certain TAGS episode was the first one to affect Ron Howard emotionally: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-andy-griffith-show-episode-that-ron-howard-said-moved-him-even-as-a-child.html/ JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Christmas Alumni Sighting - and Merry Christmas
Was watching the Bill Murray Christmas movie"Scrooged" tonight, and was surprised to see Michael Pollard a/k/a Cousin Virgil playing a guy in a homeless shelter. He was 35 years or so older but I recognized him right away. Also, great to see all the Christmas wishes from so many Bulletin Board readers - hope you all had a great Christmas. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Five for one Alumni sighting
It's always a treat to see TAGS alumni in other shows, but this morning on an episode of "Trackdown", I spotted five. Yeah, five. They were Trevor Bardette (One of the Wallys), Will Wright (Old man Weaver), Parley Baer (Mayor Stoner), William Erwin (George Sapley), and Spec O'Donnell (Councilman in "Mayberry Goes Bankrupt"). I feel like that was an early Christmas bonus sighting. Everyone take care and have a wonderful holiday. Ron **Barn McLendon LaVergne, TN ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Unexpected Alumni sighting.
On the Twilight Zone a young man named Pip the son of a bookie, and a wounded Vietnam solder looked familiar. Figured out he was Orville Hendricks the butter and egg man's son. (Robert Diamond).Randy, from IndianaGetting better at noticing. Sent via my Samsung Galaxy, an AT 4G LTE smartphone ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On today's Waltons Mary Jackson (Mrs. Parnell Rigsby), Helen Kleeb (Mrs. Sam Morgan), and Denver Pyle (Briscoe Darling) all appeared. Denver played a relative of the Baldwin sisters. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On one of the Barnavy Jones episodes on Decades TV today, Jackie Coogan (George Stevens) appeared as well as Arlene Golonka (Millie). ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting.....and a follow-up
Watched a classic "Twilight Zone" episode last night - "The Grave", starring Lee Marvin. One of the main supporting actors was James Best a/k/a Jim Lindsey, the Guitar Player - who was also strumming a guitar in a saloon scene. The episode aired in 1961, the year after James appeared in TAGS - wonder if they decided to give him a guitar after seeing him there? Also, to Harriet, about The Darlings on Hallmark - I checked, and at least one of the family members in the cast had the Darling last name. Curious. JOE from GI. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
Saw Aneta Corsaut(Helen Crump)on TCM last night in The Blob with Steve McQueen. What was interesting was Ben Mankiewicz closing comments after the movie where he said Corsaut was best known as playing Helen Crump, " the prettiest girl in Mayberry. " I don't think so. This shows how little Mankiewicz actually knows about the TAGS other than the names of some of the stars. There were better looking women on the show than Helen in my opinion. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Another TCM Alumni Sighting
I was watching a really good movie Wednesday night on TCM that I've never seen before: "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", released in 1940. During a meeting when Abe met with local political leaders to introduce himself, one of those men, whose face you couldn't see, had a very distinctive and familiar voice. It was none other than our Mayor Pike (a/k/a Dick Elliott), 20 years before appearing in TAGS. Another surprise alumni sighting (or at least hearing). JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
alumni sighting
While watching The Waltons on Friday noticed two alumni from TAGS. The episode was called The Remembrance, season 8 episode 18, 1980. Woodrow Chambliss who played Orville Hendricks and Harlan Robinson on TAGSplayed Zadok Walton. Knew who it was by his voice. He had a beard and long white hair. Ross Elliott who played Tom Wilson and Al Saunders on TAGSplayed Colonel Usselbury. He looked the same but older. Have a Mayberry kind of day. Margaret Floyd: "I'm going to Nashville." Margaret: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Tuesday night on Inspiration TV they played a 30 minute Gunsmoke show called "Never Pester Chester". One of the men in the show was Orville Hendricks. I looked it up on IMDB, and Woodrow Chambliss appeared on Gunsmoke 38 times, this one being the first. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
I’m watching Wagon Train and Thelma Lou is a passenger and she is pregnant. John 3:16 Thelma Anderson ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Mayberry alumni sighting
On Peter Gunn s1/ep28 "A Slight Touch of Homicide" our own Floyd went around blowing up gangsters. He had the same mannerism. When Peter Gunn went to his house and started down the basement he did a double take of a picture on the wall of a President of United States none other than Calvin Coolidge. Even when the police Lt. Goes to the house he makes reference to the picture. I wonder if this episode made after in light of Mayberry episode of Floyd speaking of Calvin Coolidge. RickNow in S/W Va Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Wednesday afternoon, on MeTV's Adam 12, I caught Gilly Walker and Naylor the Chicken Thrower in the same show.Gilly was doing something naughty. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Tuesday morning on MeTV's Perry Mason, the main star of the show was Andy's High School girlfriend.She was charged with the murder, but someone else did it. Speaking of silent scenes, I always think about the silent scene in "Prisoner of Love".Andy is at home and he comes out onto the porch smoking a cigarette. You can almost read his mind, but nothing is said for quite a while. Then he goes to the courthouse. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Quadruple Alumni Sighting
Saturday morning on Wagon Train Jean Carson (fun girl), James Westerfield (Uncle Ollie), Ken Lynch (Capt. Barker), and Malcolm Atterbury (Luke Jensen) all appeared. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Double Alumni Sighting
On "The Rifleman" today, I saw Ellen Corby (Hubcaps Lesch) and Chubby Johnson (Mr. Carter) as a married couple (Walt and Mrs. Avery) who had moved to Northfork to live down the bad name of their outlaw son. Chubby Johnson's smile was so big and toothy! Happy early Father's Day to all the Dads, Ron **Barn McLendon LaVergne, TN ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Triple alumni sighting
I'm watching the film "Don't Bother to Knock"with Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark. Spotted Olan Soule playing you guessed it, a hotel clerk. Willis Bouchey(Mr. O'Malley) playing a bartender and Lurene Tuttle playing a socialite. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni sighting
In the movie "Niagara" mentioned by Joe from G.I., he missed a sighting. Lurene Tuttle who played Annabelle Silby and the lady shop-lifter, the one who shouldn't clank, was near the opening of the movie. She and her husband are staying at the motel, because he won the trip from work. I've mentioned this movie before and about the sightings several years ago. I've been watching The Waltons again after not seeing them for years. A lot of alumni sightings on that show. This alumni was in every episode of TAGS and never flubbed its lines. It is the fallen down tree that Andy and Opie pass on the way to fish at the beginning of each show. While watching The Waltons episode called "The Collision". John-boy is sitting on the tree and then he uses it as protection from a girl and her horse who are jumping the tree. I spotted Ellen Corby aka Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh in the movie 'I Remember Mama' from 1948. She played Aunt Trina. I didn't get to watch the whole movie. But I will the next time it comes on. Suzanne Cupito aka Morgan Brittany played on TAGS, Opie's First Love as Mary Alice Carter. I spotted her on My Three Sons as Jeannie Hill in the episode called Daughter for A Day. She was around 8 years old at the time. Even though it was a B/W episode you could tell she had very blue eyes. She played three different characters on My Three Sons. Have a Mayberry kind of day. Margaret Floyd: "I'm going to Nashville." Margaret: I already live in Nashville. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
A surprise double-alumni sighting
Well, last night on TCM I finally watched the classic movie "Niagara". It was shot in and around my hometown when I was a toddler, and was the movie that launched Marilyn Monroe into super star status, but I've never actually seen it. I was pleasantly surprised to see 2 TAGS alumni in it: one of the main characters was played by Max Showalter, who used to go by his stage name of Casey Adams when he played the guy Andy sold the old cannon to in "The Horse Trader" in Season 1. Then, toward the end of the movie, there was Will Wright a/k/a the original Ben Weaver, playing a guy who had a small marina near the Falls. Ever though he was 7 or 8 years younger than he was in TAGS, he looked about the same. Always nice to find TAGS alumni everywhere. Joe from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
ALUMNI SIGHTING
This morning on MeTV Perry Mason, I saw Aunt Bee playing a significant role. Don't forget, and set your TiVo, Return To Mayberry airs this Sunday, 31 May, at 5 Eastern, and 4 Central on MeTV. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
It looks like Otis got tired of the Mayberry jail. He showed up on Adam-12 and got busted by Malloy and Reed for drunk driving in Los Angeles. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Just watched "The Twilight Zone" episode "Mr. Bevis", which I've seen a number of times. But, until tonight, I didn't notice that Mr. Bevis's landlady was Otis's wife. When I looked her up on IMDB, the actress, Dorothy Neumann, had quite a career, spanning almost 50 years, in many popular TV series of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Joe from G. I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
alumni sighting
Flipping thru the channels yesterday afternoon, I came upon a rare alumni sighting. On a 1949 episode of the Lone Ranger, there sat Aunt Bee knitting in a rocking chair looking much the same as she did on Mayberry. Alas, she was portraying a naughty gal as the aunt of some bad guys, totally out of character for our beloved character. She was doing a good job; I guess that's the actor of the lady, huh? Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
I just saw an episode of Trackdown, an old western I'm not familiar with. In the episode I saw, first Old Ben Weaver is fighting in the street with another guy. Then later, he's murdered by Mayor Stoner. Funny thing, old Ben was a former Mayor, but was the same type of character as in TAGS. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Saw Howard’s mother on Dragnet. Turned out to be the killer! Almost as disturbing as Aunt Bee on the Lone Ranger as the leader of an outlaw gang. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
On Adam-12, Old Judd (Burt Mustin) decided to do more than disturb the peace. He had a few at this bar and decided to peel off his clothes. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Alumni SightingLast night I noticed Otis playing a jovial drunk into The Apartment, with Jack Lemmon, Shirley McClain and Fred McMurray. Its a 1960 classic with a wee bit of drama and a poetic ending. I highly recommend it if you have not seen it.Patty in San Diego Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Alumni Sighting
Sunday morning on Turner Classic Movies, they showed the 1948 movie "Sitting Pretty".It was the movie that introduced Mr. Belvedere into our culture. Clifton Webb played a male baby sitter.Anyway, in the beginning of the movie, there was Thelma Lou doing some baby sitting for the main family. While the family was away, instead of baby sitting, Thelma Lou was giving a party. When the husband and wife came home, there was Thelma Lou and her boyfriend dancing just the same way that Gomer and Mary Grace danced. Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
