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wbmutbb-digest Monday, June 5 2000 Volume 02 : Number 170 Topics in this issue: BIg NEWS!! Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #169 puttin on airs... [none] TAGS on a stamp Unseen TV Characters Frasier is the one; color alert Re: Fw:Southern phrases A. Corsaut getting about Three-Emmy role Congratulations to Jeff Koontz! Opie's mother Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #169 Otis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:59:31 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BIg NEWS!! Hey Gang, Through the kind efforts of a few good friends and Mayberry fans, we have added another special guest to the lineup for Mayberry at MeadowView 3. Barbara Stuart, who appeared in one TAGS episode but is mostly remembered as "Miss Bunny" on "Gomer Pyle, USMC" will be with us as well!! We are so excited to have her join the cast for this great event. Other performers include, The Dillards (The Darling Boys), Ronnie Schell (Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle), Maggie Peterson (Charlene Darling), Jean Carson (Fun Girl Daphne/Convict Naomi) and Elizabeth MacRae (Lu Ann Poovie on Gomer Pyle). We will also have the VW Boys, David Browning and our own Allan Newsome. Make plans to attend. Tickets are $25 + tax in advance or $30 + tax the day of the show. Please give me a call if you need anymore info. We will also be having "Aunt Bee's Picnic" that afternoon (all you can eat buffet meal). Looking forward to seeing you here on June 24!! Gary ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:35:52 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #169 In a message dated 6/5/00 4:07:26 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I heard recently that Anita Corsault (Helen Crump) passed away. Is it true? If so, does anyone know the cause of death or when it was. I was suprised and sorry to hear such a thing. I certainly admired her work on TAGS. >> Hey To All, According to a cast bio or two I have seen, Ms. Corsault died in November 1996 after a battle with cancer. I believe that "People" magazine ran an article when she died. I don't know if there is a way to search their archieves or not. She was a very fine actress. I know there probably aren't any more "Return To Mayberry" movies gonna be made WITH the ORIGINAL actors/actresses but if there were, wonder how they would address the absence of Helen since she was married to Andy. There is just NO WAY for a recast! Taking Monday's Pickle Inventory, Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:22:56 CST From: "The Hendersons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: puttin on airs... "puttin on airs":It probably goes back to England; there, the classes kept quite seperate. The song,Londondery air" comes to mind. Maybe it was a british expression about those people of "money" and "upper classes" and the poorer people made fun of the ((now here is another of my favorite southern sayins: uppity actin')) people. Puttin on airs is tryin to act like you are from a better class of people (monied) than you really are. OR....maybe it is kinda like the expression uppity: puttin on airs...would be keepin' your uppity nose in the air, thinkin' you were better than somebody else. I do not know exactly where the expression comes from, but I Sure do know what it means! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:20:06 EDT From: "ROBIN BANKS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [none] Just wondering if anyone watched "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" the other night. I didn't realize all the Mayberry characters that are in that movie. I saw Barney, of course, also Ms. Poultice, Judd, Clara Edwards, and there was a 5th one too. Can't remember who it was now. Also a voice I remember without ever seeing them was that guy on Charlie's Angels that gave them their assignments. Lots of luck to you and yours, Robin ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 18:42:48 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TAGS on a stamp As far as I know, there are no plans for an Andy Griffith show stamp. Only a few TV series have ever been so honored, and they were all part of the "Celebrate the Century" series ("I Love Lucy" in the 1950s, "Star Trek" in the 1960s, "All in the Family" in the 1970s, "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s and "Seinfeld" in the 1990s). One wrinkle to think about: US postage stamps do not honor living people. Except for US Presidents, a person depicted on a stamp must have been dead for at least ten years. That means Aunt Bea and Floyd could be shown but Andy, Barney and Opie could not. Dixon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:56:01 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth G. Anderson) Subject: Unseen TV Characters How about Charlie on "Charlie's Angels"? I am sure the voice is John Forsythe, but I do not believe he was ever shown. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:38:00 MDT From: "Tom Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Frasier is the one; color alert Hey ya'll In regards to the question about the actor winning Emmy awards for=20 portraying the same character on three shows, I believe it was the grat=20 Kelsey Grammer playing Frasier on Cheers and his own show, and, I think,=20 Wings. This week's morning color episodes feature Barn's replacement, who was=20 played by the underappreciated Jack Burns. On Thursday both episodes feature= =20 Barney, including the second one, The Legend of Barney Fife, which features=20 the two of them. While no one approaches the genius of Mr. Knotts, I think Jack Burns was= =20 funny. He did great comic work as a part of a team with Avery Schreiber for=20 years, in particular a running gag as a cabbie and his fare. But being the=20 Mayberry deputy wasn't in the cards. It's hard to follow a legend =E2=80=94=20= ask Sam=20 Jones. Peace, love and Andy always, tom in whitefish, montana ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 20:16:12 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fw:Southern phrases I was born and raised in Tennessee. The phrase "putting on airs" basically means to show off or brag on oneself. I have never heard this phrase personally, no one uses it much down here anymore. Just let me know if you have another one you need help with. Amy-Collierville,TN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:20:05 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A. Corsaut >From: "Douglas Risley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I heard recently that Anita Corsault (Helen Crump) passed away. Is it true? Sadly, Aneta Corsaut died of cancer on November 6, 1995. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:18:53 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: getting about >what did Ernest T. use to get around? He sure did a lot of walking........I guess that's why he was so "healthy"! >Harriet, E before N, as in chicken. Perhaps he is a bovestrian, like Otis. He mentions in "The Education of Ernest T. Bass" that he owns a cow. Or, maybe after he toted that sick jackass 5 miles to the doctor, he kept it and used it for transportation. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:31:52 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Three-Emmy role Congratulations to Dan Goodwin and Sam White who correctly answered my trivia question from yesterday: Q: What actor won three Emmy awards for playing the same character on three different TV series? A: Kelsey Grammer, playing Dr. Frasier Crane on "Cheers," "Wings," and of course, "Frasier." For their knowledge of TV trivia, each of these gentlemen will win a genuine ceramic pelican (just stop by the carnival on your way home to pick it up.) - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 20:48:43 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Congratulations to Jeff Koontz! Just read the Surry Arts Council 's latest newsletter. Their Volunteer of the Month is WBMUTBB's own Jeff Koontz, who organized the Mayberry Days silent auction. He was given this honor because he maintains the SAC website. He's a prince! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:35:49 PDT From: "Ben Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Opie's mother you know...i've been thinking about all this talk about opie's mother...i'm pretty confident that the fact that no one really new the real story to her was just another attempt to keep the show interesting as being the same case for juanita and sarah...i'm assuming the writers didn't really even have a story amongst themselves about her...just a thought ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:11:10 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #169 Please tell me rumor that Anita C. passed away is untrue - also, the rumor about Andy's heart attack. I won't believe it until I hear it here! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:14:47 CDT From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Otis You know, I love Otis. I mean, I really love that old Pooh Bear. But it's easy for us to over-look him because he doesn't have any of the characteristics that usually make an actor shine in a group. He doesn't have that physical "something," nor does he have a delivery like Floyd or Barney. Now, he's great, don't get me wrong. And who could stand out when you're pitted against those two? And yet, Hal Smith is able to hold his own, and get inside your heart like a warm little puppy. He's someone you WANT to love and take care of. But, like Barney said that time he and Andy were imaging Otis had wrecked his car and died, Otis never done a mean thing, never said a harsh word to anybody, was always kind, etc... He just had one weakness, and he had the good sense not to harm anybody else because of his drinking. And I was so grateful when the Mayberry movie came out, that at least they had Otis sober and driving an ice cream truck. That was perfect, wasn't it? What a fine job for Pooh Bear. Otis never "put on airs" (which means, acting better than anyone else). Like the time the town awarded him the honor of being related to Nathan Tibbs (I THINK I remember the right name)--who was somehow a big shot in the history of Mayberry--and Otis said in effect it's silly to take credit for your birth; to take the honor for what someone else did. And yet, how many people actually do just that? When you think about it, it is just about the silliest thing a person should take pride in. I'm proud of my family because they are my family, but it's up to me as to whether I leave a legacy of honor or dishonor. It would be as unfair for me to take the credit for the good deeds people have done in my family, as it would for me to have to bear the burden for the sins of my family. Otis was wiser than most in Mayberry. He understood that right from the beginning. He had a big heart, he knew how to get our Barney (but never in a mean way; their scenes together are some of the funniest on TAGS), he never met anybody he didn't like (well, maybe his mother-in-law), and I don't think he gets the recognition he deserves often enough. So, here's to you, Pooh Bear. "Over the teeth and over the gums, Look out liver, Here it comes!" Laura Lee Hobbs, gold truck watcher extraordinaire, dime store clerk, and teetotaller, but I still love my Otis--but I am glad he's now sober Andy: "Otis, having it out with a woman is what landed you in jail." Otis: "Well, she threw a plate at me!" Andy:" "But you threw a Leg-of-Lamb at her." Otis: "But I missed!" Andy: "Yeah, but you hit her mother!" Otis: "Yeah, right in the mouth." Barney, comes in: "Hey Otis, I just seen your mother-in-law coming from the dentist." ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #170 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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
