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wbmutbb-digest Saturday, June 17 2000 Volume 02 : Number 193 Topics in this issue: 40 Years of TAGS Celebration Re: Thanks to Allan and Jan Turn of the Century Touching episodes Barney at the drive-in Re: [wbmutbb-digest V2 #180] Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #192 Allan Melvin No Subject MAYBERRY NEWS FROM TAGSRWC HQ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:26:36 -0400 From: "DSNance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 40 Years of TAGS Celebration FYI Mayberry fans -- I only get to skim over the digest these days so I hope I'm not repeating what you already know. On August 7th, for one show only, there will be a 40th anniversary of TAGS celebration at the Country Tonight Theater in the Pigeon Forge area of Tennessee. (I'm not sure of the exact location of this particular theater). For tickets call: (865) 453-2003. The host will be David Browning with guests Maggie Peterson Mancuso, Betty Lynn, The Original Dillards, and James Best. So, if you live in the area or will be vacationing here, then you might want to check this out. "Pa, that one makes me cry!" Deb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:38:17 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Krentz) Subject: Re: Thanks to Allan and Jan Everybody's been getting their packages from Allan - I just got mine today. >My " hats off " to Allan & Jan Newsome for the wonderful job they did in >getting us our new internet t-shirts & mousepads. I just got mine & they >are great. I'll come in with a big "what he said" for my part too. My shirt arrived today along with the mousepads I ordered. The shirt is very high quality and not too porous (you wouldn't want your chest hairs to poke through) and the three rodent thangs are nice, real nice. Jeff Krentz "You start with gum wrappers, and then it's paper bags, then newspapers, then tin cans, then rubbish. First thing you know Mayberry's up to here in litter! Now litter brings slums and slums bring crime. Is that what you want to see started here in Mayberry, a crime wave? Well I don't and I aim to NIP IT IN THE BUD!" - -Barney Fife explaining his personal policy on littering ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:28:57 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Turn of the Century << I remember as a little girl going up to their wonderful house and my Grandmother would always use the word "ought" instead of zero. As I was trying to learn "New Math", the term always used to throw me off my line of thinking as I would remember she was talking about zero. >> I think the actual term is "aught", as in the time on the Beverly Hillbillies that Jethro wanted to be a double-aught spy... Dixon ======= "This is what we call the 'Deadly Game'...I'm in it for keeps." - --Barney Fife ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:33:34 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Touching episodes Speaking of touching episodes, you guys are in for a treat when you catch the final-season episode in which Aunt Bee learns to fly and gets a pilot license. Critics often give the show a lot of flak about Aunt Bee having such a provincial role in the Taylor house, and the sight of an excited and empowered Aunt Bee, with such a fascinating accomplishment under her belt, will get you in the gut every time. Dixon ======= "This is what we call the 'Deadly Game'...I'm in it for keeps." - --Barney Fife ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:37:06 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Barney at the drive-in << "...'Neat?, Barn...How ya doin'?...okay...yea, listen, I got a little extra special treat in mind for tonight...drive in movie at Mount Pilot...Well I don't know what's playin', what difference soes it make?...Well, you know what I mean...tell me you know what I mean...yea, course you do. Well, we were out there once before...">> What a funny bit! I forgot all about the "Hi, Frank!" part, that is a scream... Anyone who wants to join that drive-in list, just email me off this list and I'll tell you how to join... Dixon ======= "This is what we call the 'Deadly Game'...I'm in it for keeps." - --Barney Fife ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jun 00 14:34:12 EST From: "Wilbur DuBois Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [wbmutbb-digest V2 #180] RE: Regis' Reference I believe he said "Worshippers of mammon." A scriptural reference to thos= e who sought worldly rather than spiritual riches. = (Mat 6:24 KJV) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the= one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the othe= r. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Luke 16:13 KJV) No servant can serve two masters: for either he will ha= te the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise= the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Will "Who's a Creachter?" DuBois ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:05:21 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #192 In a message dated 6/17/00 12:11:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << "pearly onions. >> I nearly starve to death every time they have an eating scene. Makes me want to start cooking roast beef and run to the store for pearly onions. According to the producers they had a kitchen on the set and all the food for the scenes was prepared there. After filming the cast and crew would clean up what was left so it must have been good. I believe I'll let the vienna sausage and tomato puree go on by though. Hasty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:46:00 -0400 From: Karen Bice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Allan Melvin Don't forget the Phil Silvers Show! Allan Melvin played a military sidekick there, too. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:06:34 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No Subject Hey Gang, I just wanted to write and put my 2 cents in about our Mayberry at MeadowView shows. First of all I want to thank all of you "boardsters" out there who come in from all over the country to attend this event. It has been our pleasure to have met so many wonderful people and to have you visit East Tennessee and MeadowView. It has been a thrill of a lifetime for me to meet many of the citizens of Mayberry. They all are all super people and that is just it, they ARE people, just like you and me. They just happened to pass through a small town in North Carolina once upon a time. MeadowView is a business and a business has to make money. Our Mayberry shows are very costly to produce. Our General Manager has been very obliging to Tammy and myself in allowing us to attempt to put together an event that we are proud of. It is top notch, family oriented entertainment, something that I feel is very much missing in today's society. I don't want to sound like I'm patting myself on the back, but I am VERY proud of the first 2 shows and I know number 3 will be great as well. We could not do these shows alone, so congratulations go to everyone at MeadowView, the vendors, the performers and the sponsors who make these events what they are. But as great and wonderful as I know they are, we still have to show a profit. Quite frankly, ticket sales are not what we had hoped. They are not bad, just not nearly the numbers we were looking for. The majority of the tickets we sell to this event come from fans like yourselves who travel great distances to come to MeadowView and East Tennessee. So again, thank you for that. The following comments are strictly my opinion, so don't attribute them to anyone else. Convention Centers on average do not make money. When Kingsport decided to build a Convention Center, they were advised of this fact and were told by the experts to make it work they would also need a hotel to offset the losses normally associated with a Convention Center. Kingsport decided they did not have the money to build a hotel so they went looking for a partner. They found that partner in The Eastman Chemicals Corporation who put up the money for the hotel. Taxes were raised on the citizens of Kingsport for the Convention Center and the MeadowView complex was built. So now we have 2 owners, Kingsport and Eastman Chemicals. Our average yearly occupancy in the hotel runs about 72%, which is fantastic. So Eastman is ecstatic. The Convention Center, as projected and expected, does not make a lot of money. So the city of Kingsport and it's citizens are not extremely pleased with MeadowView. If we had 1 owner, everything would be great. But because of the 2 owners and the fact the city is losing money, local people simply will not come out and support MeadowView. Not just the Mayberry events, all the events. Local support is just not there. Sometimes when I am out in public, people who see the "MeadowView" emblem on my shirt verbally abuse me for working at MeadowView. 90% of them, when they are asked, have never been to MeadowView and say they will never go there because it is a "money pit", "They raised my taxes to build that place", etc. Those of you who know me, know me as a "big" boy and I can take it. I am just trying to convey what the majority of the local feelings toward MeadowView are. I tell them as citizens of Kingsport they are part owners and they owe it to themselves to at least visit the place before they make a decision. MeadowView is a beautiful facility. We have a top of the line Management team and the BEST associates in the world working here and that is the reason we have been the Number One Marriott Conference Center in the United States for the past 2 years. I could not imagine a better place to work. Well, that 2 cents turned into about a dollar and a quarter. But to make a long story a little longer, without local support and if the ticket sales aren't there, we aren't making any money. And if we aren't making any money, we can't do it anymore. It breaks my heart to say good-bye to the "Mayberry at MeadowView" shows. We still have a week to go, so maybe the good folks in Kingsport and the surrounding area will have a change of heart and come out and see what we are all about. To those of you traveling to MeadowView for the show this week, have a safe journey and we're looking forward to seeing you. It's gonna be BIG!!! My best Mayberry wishes, Gary ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:38:09 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MAYBERRY NEWS FROM TAGSRWC HQ Jim Nabors will be performing on the Grand Ole Opry on June 24. For folks who can't make it to Kingsport to see Miss Bunny, Lou Ann Poovie and Duke Slater, and others, they can catch Gomer at the Opry instead. (If you can't make it to the Opry, he'll be on the televised portion on TNN. Folks at the Kingsport show can probably catch the re-broadcast on their hotel TV's) ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #193 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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