wbmutbb-digest Monday, December 6 1999 Volume 01 : Number 033
Topics in this issue:
filling station
marathon
Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #32
(no subject)
Bass,Earnest T. : recruit
35th anniversary rocking chair
An Unforgettable Christmas--Lost Episode--Scenes 1&2
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 23:03:50 -0600
From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: filling station
>From: "Dan Goodwin/Jobscope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey, I posted this once before and got limited response, but I know some of
you trained noticers out there can help. From the photo of the 40 Acres
Lot in this last issue of the Bullet, can anybody spot Wally's Filling
Station?
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I've studied that fascinating photo carefully, but I can't spot it either.
Either it's obscured by a larger building so that we can't see it, or it's
facing the wrong way in the photo (it wouldn't be recognizable from the
back); or maybe it was located on another nearby lot.
Another possibility is that the photo was taken BEFORE the filling station
was built. It seems like we see it in every episode, but the filling
station did not actually appear until episode number 70, "Lawman Barney," in
the late fall of 1962. However, the buildings in the upper left corner look
like the marine base from Gomer Pyle USMC, which premiered during the fifth
season of TAGS. This seems to date the photo from 1964 or later.
Can anyone identify the long structure in the center with all the arches?
Whatever it is, it wasn't used on TAGS, but maybe it was used for some other
Desilu series.
- --Paul
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:47:01 -0600
From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: marathon
>From: Dennis Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Does anyone know if any of the TAGS episodes that TBS will show during
their 18 hour TAGS marathon on Dec. 31 will be uncut with epilogues?
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TBS usually mixes in a few complete shows (maybe 25-30%) but I'd guess most
of them will be the cut-up versions they usually air. These TAGS marathons
are nice, but unfortunately they always show the same episodes that they
used in the previous marathon (pretty much, anyway).
- --Paul
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 00:33:22 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #32
Hey Ya'll,
I gotta agree with Saknopf about Mt. Airy. I was working on across the
Virginia line a few years back and stopped on my way back home. It's a neat,
clean and completely friendly place.I had a great time there, but couldn't
resist the urge to pick up the phone and say....."Hello , Sarah...."
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or in reglar talk....Eric.
Sperchen Zie Deutch?
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 10:01:29 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: (no subject)
What was the name of the guy that bought Otis's car in the episode "Hot Rod
Otis"?Dave.....................why do you want to go to the duckpin for, you
can't see the ducks
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:17:04 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bass,Earnest T. : recruit
In reply to Dan Daves question on why did Earnest T want to join the
army: " I just wanted to get me one of them uniforms......tis all". He
wanted to impress the ladies.
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 22:47:13 -0600
From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 35th anniversary rocking chair
Hi folks,
My TAGS rocking chair is still for sale; if anyone is interested,
please send me an email (don't reply to the digest) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] It
would make a great Christmas gift for the die-hard TAGS fan! The reason I'm
selling it is I'm trying to save up enough money to buy myself a new tuba.
This chair was used by the TAGS cast during the 35th anniversary
celebration in Winston-Salem. There are only 40 of these chairs in
existence. It is autographed by 18 TAGS stars, plus associate producer
Richard Linke. Photos are available at:
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/pmulik/images/rocker2.JPG
- --Paul
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 06:55:30 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: An Unforgettable Christmas--Lost Episode--Scenes 1&2
An Unfogettable Christmas- Lost Episode by Joe Gritton
Scene 1
The show opens to a strange sight.....SNOW on the streets of Mayberry.
Background Christmas music and sleigh bells sets a festive tone.
Cars can be seen driving slowly on the show-covered street. A child
being pulled on a sled is visible on the sidewalk. Pedestrians are
bundled up in winter clothes and one shopkeeper is shoveling snow.
A small crowd has gathered just outside the courthouse. They are
peering upward as Gomer and Goober are working to secure a string of
Christmas lights above the street. Goober is in long coveralls and his
beanie with earmuffs over it hanging over the edge of the roof.
Gomer has on a USMC Jacket and a furry hat with earflaps that snap
under his chin. He stands high on a ladder.
Pop!. Pop! Pop!.....three light bulbs crash to the ground.
Gomer: "Oops, sorry folks......Goober didn't mean to do that"
Goober: (angry, sarcastically) "Goober didn't mean to do that! What
do you mean, Goober didn't mean to do that!"
Gomer "I was just aplogizin' for ya."
Goober "You don't need to apologize for me, 'cause I didn't drop
Nuthin. You was suppose to hold those while I......".
Gomer "Oh, so I'm just the holder (sarcastically) What does that
make you.....the light bulb sar-gint?"
As Goober turns quickly in anger to respond, two more bulbs crash to
the ground. Andy walks up looking up, toward the two and smiling.
Andy "You boys having trouble workin' together up there?"
Floyd (laughing) "How many garage men does it take to screw in a =
light bulb, Andy ?"
Andy "Maybe three, because somebody needs to clean up this mess of
glass before it freezes in the snow."
Goober "I thought the Marines was supposed to teach a fella how to =
work with others.....not criticize your kin."
Andy "That's enough boys. Why don't you come down and take a break.=
Let's go get some coffee. I'm buyin'. I'll go in and see if =
Barney wants to go"
Scene 2 Inside the Courthouse.
Barney is in front on Cell number 1 arguing with Otis.
Barney "I did it last year, and everyone thought I did fine. I've =
been practicing my Ho Ho Ho and everything. It is my job until
I decide to give it up.....and when and if I decide to give it up=
,
I will not give it to a town dr.........."
Otis (Interrupting) "You don't look anything like Saint Nicker......
nothing link Naint Sickola...... Not a bit like Santa
and besides, Mr. Masters said I fill the suit the best!"
Barney "Oh you'd be good! Explain that to the kids. A Santa that
can't talk without slurring his words, whose breath smells
like a brewery."
Otis "I represent that statement. Of course I'll be slober in
time for the Christmas Eve party.....And who's ever heard of a=
skinny Santa? I have the right profile, and I'm prefect =
for the prart".
Barney "Yeah, you got the profile alright, but that's nuthin a few =
feather pillows can't correct. Just because a fella's a bit=
lean, that don't mean he can't be jolly!"
Otis "A bit lean?!!! You're a beanpole!"
Barney "And you're a drubby chunk ! I mean a chunky drub!
(shakes head)................ A Chubby Drunk!"
Otis (taunting song-like) "Bar-ney's a beanpole, Bar-ney's a
Beanpole, Barney's a beanpole, Barney's......."
Barney's face gets red, his eyes bug out and he's about to lash out when=
Andy interrupts.
Andy "Barney! Lets uh simmer down. I'm taking the Pyle boys to
coffee at the Diner.....Wanna go 'long? (smiling) You're
already steamed up I see."
Barney stomps to back room to grab his coat, looking down and mumbling
just loud enough to be heard.
Barney "Work all year on Santa Claus and now they want to replace
ya with the town drunk. That's gratitude for ya!
Maybe I shoulda spent my time practicing to be Mr. =
Scarecrow or the Tinfoil man in that there Wizard show."
Andy "Well, he does have the Santa profile . Why don't you wait
and see if he's sober. If he is, he gets the part. If he's =
lit up (smiling) he can be your red-nosed reindeer!"
Barney follows Andy out the door. Otis can still be heard in the
distance (Barney's a beanpole, Barney's a beanpole..)
Barney "Oh, your real funny Andy. Why don't you get one of those
handshake buzzers and go over to the bank and zap Asa
with it while he's sleepin and watch 'em jump."
(stay tuned to the Digest as the story continues)
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End of wbmutbb-digest V1 #33
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