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wbmutbb-digest Thursday, April 20 2000 Volume 02 : Number 123 Topics in this issue: Re: Andy and the Govt Tax Man Pea in Whistle song titles "A Face in the Crowd" Black and white versus color episodes spotted ernest T on Dick Van Dyke fellow gold truck watcher checking in P.P.R.K. In or On? In & Out & On ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:55:30 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Krentz) Subject: Re: Andy and the Govt Tax Man On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:17:08 -0600 (MDT), you wrote: >*****Quote of the Day***** > >BARN: Look at the deductions! This tax! There's nothing left, for=20 >heaven's sake! Barney Sucker, that's who it ought to be made out to! Great Tax Day quote Allan. I use that all the time with my clients, but they don't generally "get it" Am I the only CPA hanging out in these parts nowadays? Haven't seen a trace of Dot J lately, or not so's you could notice. Anyway - I was enjoying my first evening off in quite a while and was pleased to see the "Aunt Bee on TV (AKA Win or Lose) episode yesterday where William Christopher arrives in Mayberry to collect the tax dollars on the prizes that Aunt Bee won on the television show. Now I know that Barney should have noticed this, but I think that Mr. Heathcote was as phoney of an IRS agent as that FBI agent and the reporter were in a previous visit. Here are the facts. 1. - Not only would it be unethical, and probably illegal for an IRS agent to discuss Aunt Bee's personal tax situation with Andy (and Goober) the T-Man goes so far as to indicate that somehow Ms. Bee's tax would somehow be based on ANDY's "other income" and would amount to approximately 23.4% or $1,138.72 of the $4,850 in prize value. I don't think Andy and his aunt were filing a joint return, as if they were secretly married, Sarah would have found out, she would have told Laura Lee Hobbs, Ms. Hobbs would have leaked it to Gomer and you know what would have happened after that. B. A real IRS agent would know that although Bee was probably a dependent of Andy's for tax purposes, her income, and hence her income tax situation could only be attributed to her, and would not have anything to do with Andy's tax bracket. It would be impossible for the agent to know what Andy's total income was going to be for the current year, anyway. II - Not to mention the fact that this incident bothered Mr. Heathcote so much, he changed his name to Francis Mulcahy and enlisted in a previous war where we saw him on M.A.S.H. Please take good notes on all of the above, there will be a quiz. Jeff Krentz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:36:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Rafe Hollister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Pea in Whistle > Well, when he gets to his whistle, he tells Andy, "One whistle. I've > replaced the pea in it, but I ain't gonna charge you for it." > What in the Sam hill is that all about? Laura Lee, that's an example of "Comedy of the Absurd". Sure, it would have cost less to buy a new whistle instead of have a pea replaced (where do you go to have that done, I wonder?), which is part of the absurdity of the situation. Thank goodness, TAGS didn't delve too much into the absurd arena, instead usually sticking with the good ol' character-driven comedy. A few years ago, Saturday Night Live took this "repair or replace" scenario to outlandish lengths with a skit about a "food repair shop". Folks would bring in their dropped, smashed, or mutilated food, and the guy behind the counter would tell them how much he'd charge 'em to repair it. The cost to repair was, of course, much higher than what it would cost to just buy a new item at Foley's and be done with it. The last guy brought in a crushed bag of potato chips, and the repair estimate was gonna be pretty high. If this sounds absurd, you're right. It also wasn't very funny (in my humble opinion - and that of the live studio audience, who appeared to be asleep at the time). Hope this helps, Laura Lee, and you can find somethin' else to prey on your mind. ;-) Doug (Rafe Hollister) Garretson "If you tell me once more that the best things in life are free, I'LL SCREAM!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:04:37 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: song titles >... if you listen carefully to the song before they stop playing, it is "Doug's Tune". They call it "Slimmy River Bottom". Then in the episode "Brisco Declairs for Aunt Bee" they call it (rightfully) "Doug's Tune". Someone please compare these two episodes and see if I'm right. Pam Wilson >>> You're right, it's the same song. The reason this happened is that The Dillards always used their own music, but when the writers wrote the scripts, they didn't know at that time what songs would be used so they sometimes just made up silly titles. Who can forget such musical gems as "Tearin' up Your Old Clothes for Rags," "Keep Your Money in Your Shoe and it Won't Get Wet," "Dance 'til Your Stockings are Hot and Ravelin' " and "Never Hit Your Grandma with a Great Big Stick?" None of these were real songs (as far as I know); however, Mitch Jayne did pen lyrics to go with this funny titles. You can find them in the book "Everybody on the Truck" by Lee Grant. For them that don't know, Mitch Jayne (the pipe-smoking bass player) is a very talented writer. His novel "Old Fish Hawk" was made into a movie in 1979 (the movie was just called "Fish Hawk.") For some strange reason, it was filmed in Canada instead of Missouri. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:06:23 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "A Face in the Crowd" Hey ya'll - Over the weekend, I was flipping channels when I ran across Andy Griffith right at the beginning of the movie, "A Face in the Crowd." It had been a long time since I had watched the movie, and I had forgotten what a powerful performance Andy gave. Did he receive any honors or nominations for this role? I can honestly say that you will be hard pressed to find such a performance in movies of today. Dane Hawk "We defy the mafia!" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:18:34 GMT From: "Harriet Browder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Black and white versus color episodes With all this talk about turning the color off on the color episodes got me to thinking about when I had to replace my TV. The green had given out and I only had red and blue. I don't know how long it was like that becuase I typically watch the old black and white movies and/or TAGS. When my brother-in-law was visiting and tried to watch a football game he kept complaining about the blue grass and I knew he wasn't talking about music! He said the reason my TV broke was because I watched to much black and white. So look out all you fans turning your color off.....it just might break yours too! Harriet, the Chicken Thief, aka poulty pilferer ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:17:14 CST From: "jim and sheila henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: spotted ernest T on Dick Van Dyke |Just spotted Ernest T on a west coast feed of nick at nite. He was on Dick Van Dyke, playing a german art critic. He was layin' on that accent purdy thick! He had a goatee (did I spell that right?) that looked like that 1960's commercial for a fried chicken fast food restaurant.! He was a hoot! We did not like it that he drank quite a bit of wine while sittin' and talkin' and discussin'. His Ernest T accent came slippin' through a few times while he tried to maintain that "german art critic" accent. | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:16:14 -0500 From: "Gloria Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: fellow gold truck watcher checking in A pea can be replaced by first taking out the old pea, which isn't really a pea but sometimes is a piece of balsa wood which has been expanded after it gets inside the whistle. Put in a new piece of balsa or any other piece of material which can be expanded after it is placed inside the whistle. Add water to expand it and voila! a new pea in an old whistle. I will now take off the bucket, because it's hard to watch for gold trucks with a bucket on my head, and apply an ample dose of sunscreen to my fair skin. Over and out. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:27:16 -0500 (CDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: P.P.R.K. >but really? How would you take the old pea out and get a new pea in? Laura Lee- To accomplish this you need a P.P.R.K. - that is a Pendyke Pea Replacement Kit. It comes complete with a hacksaw, a 20 year supply (2) of replacement peas, and a tube of superglue. You can find the kits at most whistle supply outlets. The P.P.R.K. is distributed by the Miracle Salve Company and is endorsed by Neil Bentley. I hope this information helps ease your mind. - -Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:27:47 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ruth Stanley) Subject: In or On? The couple who lives with me has a Bronco which sits high off the ground. Since I'm only 4 ten or therabouts , we solved the problem of my getting in the car by the use of a small kitchen stool of about 12 inches high which we place next to the door & I step up on it & back onto the seat( gracefully I hope) Now if the criteria for whether a person is getting on or in a vehicle is a matter of a step, am I getting in or onto the Bronco? This in or on stuff which has been discussed on the Digest can be downright confusing to us Senior Citizens. Aunt Bee 2 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:42:47 CDT From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: In & Out & On Do you Beautiful Preserved People of Mayberry want to hear something down-right peculiar? Here in Ozark, AL, people don't ride in cars, they ride ON cars! I have lived here for years, and yet I still can't quite get used to the expression, "Are you coming on the pick-up or on your new car?" and "I saw her yesterday near Wal-Marts and she was on the Chevy." I keep visualizing these people on the hoods of their vehicles. And everyone in Ozark does it. Also, in Ozark, people don't live at a location, they stay at one. As in, "Where do you stay?" "I stay at Main Street and I've stayed there for the last 30 years." I'm wondering does anyone else call riding in a car riding ON a car? Or refer to where you live as to where you stay? Most areas make the distinction between a staying place as temporary, and a living place as permanent. Now, this is NOT, I repeat NOT, breaking Rule #2, because I really do like Howard. I wouldn't want to date him, however, being the swinger that I am and all, we wouldn't have much in common, but I do like him and if I had an older sister I wouldn't mind if she dated him. But, I don't think I'd want my daughter to date him, though. Just my older, unmarried sister or maybe Lydia. Howard'd be perfect for them. But I got out a tape that actually had a colored episode on it, and you know what? When Howard says "Mother" he sounds like Norman Bates! Spooky. DoDoDoDoDoDoDoDoDoDoDO "Pa, just what can you do with a grown woman?" Laura Lee Hobbs, welcome wagon for gold trucks heading south ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #123 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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. To remove yourself from the WBMUTBB Digest mailing list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe wbmutbb-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your email address, first unsubscribe using the command above and then re-subscribe using the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe wbmutbb-digest
