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wbmutbb-digest Tuesday, March 28 2000 Volume 02 : Number 096 Topics in this issue: those sunglasses memory of little string of fish dropping Hey Howdy! *****QUOTE OF THE DAY***** credits Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #95 Barney's Tie Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #95 Andy while traveling Numbering the episodes Fandemonium; The Mayberry Deputy To All Andy Griffith Fans Monday March 27, 2000 ~~ The Day After TAGS Marathon !! To All of You Who Love The "Andy Griffith Show" ............ I have just had a relaxing weekend, literally glued to my television set. In my state of New Jersey, I enjoyed the A.G. Marathon that was on TV Land all weekend. Heaven!! I knew it was coming and I lined up all the chores I could do while watching it, and not be distracted. Jobs like housework, dishes, cooking, baking, straightening up, looking thru old papers and magazines before I threw them out, laundry, ironing etc. You get my drift. The "no-brainer" jobs that pile up and you like to be entertained while doing them. I was so hooked that I arranged my trips to the bathroom and out to the mailbox, only during commercials. I didn't want to miss a beat. As if I hadn't seen the shows enough already thru the years!! To say I enjoyed it, is an understatement, but what I really liked was the hour-long review of the entire sho! w series and interviews with all the people who were ever involved. I learned things I didn't know and never heard before. What an eye-opener! The shocker of all was, that there is an "Andy Griffith Fan Club", (with 1100 chapters no less) and a membership of 20,000 fans!! And a 4 day reunion every year in Mt. Airy, N.C. ( Andy's hometown) where people gather and share memories and common interests. A place where all kinds of memorabilia is displayed and exchanged. How wonderful! I don't have a computer, but went to a friend's house where we tried to find out if we could get onto the Internet or possibly an Andy GriffithWebsite. You can imagine how thrilled I was to find out we could!! I couldn't believe the information available and we even played the game "Miss Crump's Quiz." We signed up to become a member of the fan club, and now are waiting to hear from someone. Today, we gathered up and printed many letters and comments from those who wrote something on the Inte! rnet. My story is this: I absolutely LOVE The Andy Griffith Show and especially Barney Fife. I love all the players and cast members, the setting, the town of Mayberry, the story line, the wholesome down-to-earth good scripts, the comedy, and the side-splitting humor along with the good moral plot it always seems to have. I can easily picture myself sitting on the Taylor's front porch, eating homemade ice cream and listening to Andy and Barney singing and harmonizing with the guitar. I get such a warm and fuzzy feeling when I watch that show. It cheers me up, brightens my day and gives me something nice and enjoyable to look forward to everyday. Call me corny, but it's often the highlight of my day. I enjoy it that much. I've got to be "the biggest fan in NJ" I'd love to chat with others who feel as I do. It's nice to share common interests and prior to this weekend, I didn't know that there were so many other fans out there. My friend said I could receive E-mail on his c! omputer, so I'd love to hear from some of you New Jersey locals about your comments about TAGS and how it has affected your life. Who knows, maybe someday we could all get together for our own local "Andy and Barney Fan Club Reunion" and all come dressed as our favorite character from our favorite show. Say now, there's an idea. Shazaam!! Be in touch at this personal E-mail address. Thanks, Marian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:47:01 CST From: "jim and sheila henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: those sunglasses |Not only did I see the re-inserted scene where Opie wore those darling sunglasses (one lense missing) for the first time, but I laughed outloud when I saw them. Wasn't it a dream come true....to actually see those parts of the shows that had been whacked onto the cutting room floor all in the name of "insert the fifteenth commercial here". "hey", from Branson | ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:16:21 CST From: "jim and sheila henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: memory of little string of fish dropping | |Your memory of the little string of fish falling to the ground and quickly picked up by a little redheaded child....that is from the Waltons, another of the great shows CBS used to broadcast. Boy, when you look back, there were handsfull of great family shows on CBS. I cut my "tv-teeth" on that network! Remember when the CBS network affiliate stations (local stations) used to show that seal of approval that stated that the shows on that channel passed with quality, family programs? I do. We did not get tv in arkansas (pine bluff) until the 1950's.I heard 1954. Any body else remember that seal of approval and growing up on CBS? The A-thon was a real success. I have not laughed and smiled so much in many, many years; probably since I was a kid cutting those tv-teeth! ha. Hey, from Branson. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:11:36 -0600 From: "Cannons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hey I found a great website I wanted to share with y'all! http://www.tvparty.com/unseen.html contains video clips from old TV = shows, and even includes a few old TAGS scenes where Andy is doing = commercials for Sanka and Post Toasties. Also shows the end of the show = where Opie walks off with the fish. Give it a look! "Sick as a dog, but havin' the time of my life . . ." Cris in Nashville ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:13:00 -0600 From: "Cannons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Howdy! I found a great website I wanted to share with y'all! http://www.tvparty.com/unseen.html contains video clips from old TV = shows, and even includes a few old TAGS scenes where Andy is doing = commercials for Sanka and Post Toasties. Also shows the end of the show = where Opie walks off with the fish. Give it a look! "Sick as a dog, but havin' the time of my life . . ." Cris in Nashville ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:12:44 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *****QUOTE OF THE DAY***** *****QUOTE OF THE DAY***** FLOYD: I can't face her. You've got to help me. ANDY: How can I help you? FLOYD: Help me pose as the man I wrote I was. She's only going to be here a day. ANDY: Well, that would be a lie on top of a lie, Floyd. I can't.... FLOYD: Then I'm goin' to Nashville! ANDY: You're not going anywhere. Quit flying all over the room and give me that haircut. FLOYD: Hah! Haircut! I can't give you a hair cut. I just haven't got it this morning, that's all! Give me a haircut, he says! (Looking into mirror) Floyd Lawson, you're a miserable, deceitful wretch!! - ------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:38:19 -0600 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: credits >Now ~ I remember when the show closed Andy and Opie were walking back down the path and Opie was carrying some >fish... Jim The original closing credits were replaced because they included pictures of General Foods products in the lower right corner of the screen (usually Post cereal, Jell-O, or Sanka). Once the show entered syndication, GF was no longer the sponsor so they couldn't very well use those credits anymore. For you young folks, when TAGS was originally aired, it was common practice for a series to have a single sponsor. Every commerical seen during a show would be for products made by that sponsor. Sometimes the sponsor would even by part of the show's title (as in "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.") - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 00:06:18 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #95 Last weekend of the fandemonium marathon was...BIG ! REALLY BIG ! I truly was in hog heaven. This was the best TAGS marathon ever! I remembered every episode I watched. It was a great weekend, it felt as though I came home to visit. "dogs, every one of 'em dogs, if you threw a quail in here, everyone of 'em would point" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:23:58 -0700 From: "Gerald Kerkhove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Barney's Tie Could it be that Barney had a long tie in his closet that was given to him as a gift, but he didn't like it so never wore it. I think lots of men can relate to that. Jerry Kerkhove ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:10:41 +0100 From: "Tod A. Lawlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #95 Let's not forget Barney's vacation advice to Andy! "Crank out the blue suit, put a Windsor knot in the ol' striper tie and take in one of them rabbit-girl clubs. Va, Va Va, VOOM!" Barney musta had some times when he really cut loose. You know, when he had that corner room down at the "Y". Could be a "stiper tie" is just a little too much for Mayberry. More of a big city thing, ya know. Makes ya thank! "That Barney really cuts loose, don't he?" Tod in Nigeria (where we don't get TVLand! I gotta tell you - I'm missin' Mayberry!) > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:20:52 -0600 > From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: tie > >> I do not think Barney ever wore anything but his famous bowtie with his > salt and pepper. So am wondering why he would >have that tie. Does anyone > recall him ever wearing a striped tie? >> Ken > > Barney was known to work in disguise from time to time, like when Doc Malloy > was held in the Mayberry jail. He's also appeared in local plays, so > perhaps he keeps other types of ties to wear with his costumes and/or > disguises. > > - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:26:54 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Andy while traveling We always check local channels when traveling in the hopes of finding Mayberry. Once when we were in Savannah after TBS had stopped showing it, we viewed an episode on one of their local channels and felt like we were visiting home! You'd think we'd found gold but then I guess we did. Aunt Bee of Orlando ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:31:30 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Numbering the episodes In the Spignesi book, he has a comprehensive list that gives both the filmed# and the broadcast# and the original air date, which is most helpful. I number the episodes on my tapes with the air date as I feel this is the most important. Apparently TVLand does too. I was disappointed that they didn't keep them in order near the end and only had a few color ones. I don't understand why they felt it necessary to re-air the Inside special 3 times either; that meant the loss of 6 more episodes. Otherwise it was fun to keep the TV on nothing but Mayberry for 48 hours!! Aunt Bee of Orlando ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:03:21 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fandemonium; The Mayberry Deputy I, like a lot of others, am going through withdrawal from the week end of Mayberry. I was fortunate, and persistent enough, to record them all. There is never enough Mayberry! To Dan Goodwin and any others in the Greenville Braves area: Is there any interest of WBMUTBB members (or any Mayberrites) meeting up at the game to let David Browning know how many fans he has? I am sure it will be great fun and I am looking ofrward to it. If any one is interested, speak up. Once again, to Allan, thanks for all of the work on the Bulletin Board! "I don't believe I've ever seen any thing like that before." David Cantrell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:09:24 -0500 From: John Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: To All Andy Griffith Fans Monday March 27, 2000 ~~ The Day After TAGS Marathon !! To All of You Who Love The "Andy Griffith Show" ............ I have just had a relaxing weekend, literally glued to my television set. In my state of New Jersey, I enjoyed the A.G. Marathon that was on TV Land all weekend. Heaven!! I knew it was coming and I lined up all the chores I could do while watching it, and not be distracted. Jobs like housework, dishes, cooking, baking, straightening up, looking thru old papers and magazines before I threw them out, laundry, ironing etc. You get my drift. The "no-brainer" jobs that pile up and you like to be entertained while doing them. I was so hooked that I arranged my trips to the bathroom and out to the mailbox, only during commercials. I didn't want to miss a beat. As if I hadn't seen the shows enough already thru the years!! To say I enjoyed it, is an understatement, but what I really liked was the hour-long review of the en! tire show series and interviews with all the people who were ever involved. I learned things I didn't know and never heard before. What an eye-opener! The shocker of all was, that there is an "Andy Griffith Fan Club", (with 1100 chapters no less) and a membership of 20,000 fans!! And a 4 day reunion every year in Mt. Airy, N.C. ( Andy's hometown) where people gather and share memories and common interests. A place where all kinds of memorabilia is displayed and exchanged. How wonderful! I don't have a computer, but went to a friend's house where we tried to find out if we could get onto the Internet or possibly an Andy GriffithWebsite. You can imagine how thrilled I was to find out we could!! I couldn't believe the information available and we even played the game "Miss Crump's Quiz." We signed up to become a member of the fan club, and now are waiting to hear from someone. Today, we gathered up and printed many letters and comments from those who wrote something on ! the Internet. My story is this: I absolutely LOVE The Andy Griffith Show and especially Barney Fife. I love all the players and cast members, the setting, the town of Mayberry, the story line, the wholesome down-to-earth good scripts, the comedy, and the side-splitting humor along with the good moral plot it always seems to have. I can easily picture myself sitting on the Taylor's front porch, eating homemade ice cream and listening to Andy and Barney singing and harmonizing with the guitar. I get such a warm and fuzzy feeling when I watch that show. It cheers me up, brightens my day and gives me something nice and enjoyable to look forward to everyday. Call me corny, but it's often the highlight of my day. I enjoy it that much. I've got to be "the biggest fan in NJ" I'd love to chat with others who feel as I do. It's nice to share common interests and prior to this weekend, I didn't know that there were so many other fans out there. My friend said I could receive E-mail ! on his computer, so I'd love to hear from some of you New Jersey locals about your comments about TAGS and how it has affected your life. Who knows, maybe someday we could all get together for our own local "Andy and Barney Fan Club Reunion" and all come dressed as our favorite character from our favorite show. Say now, there's an idea. Shazaam!! Be in touch at this personal E-mail address. Thanks, Marian ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #96 **************************** ************************************************** ~ Visit our sponsor ~ Weaver's Department Store ~ http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/weavers/ ************************************************** You must send your comments to the Digest from the address you used to join WBMUTBB or your message will not be posted. Only members may post to this mailing list. 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