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wbmutbb-digest Monday, July 10 2000 Volume 02 : Number 229 Topics in this issue: Malcolm Tucker Re: MOTHS/BATS A door, a window and a heater Re: NY got a rude Laugh and you're cool Hollywood TVLand Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #228 Re: Don Knotts as a regular The Big Family Prisoner of Love thoughts from under the buckets ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 12:20:26 -0700 (PDT) From: teresa levorse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Malcolm Tucker Hi folks- I read my digest everyday and it gives me so much pleasure to know there are others of my kind out there! I don't reply very often so I hope I am doing this correctly. I went to church this morning, and the sermon for today was how to deal with the stress in our everyday lives. And who do you think was the poster boy of stress? Our own Malcolm Tucker(not the Buffalo Tuckers). Our pastor showed the first half of that episode and promises to show the second part next Sunday. Mayberry is still teaching valuable lessons forty years later! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 16:27:36 -0400 From: "DSNance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: MOTHS/BATS Shazam! I'm sittin' here with the bucket on my head, and you know it sure does help! I remember now (after ever'body's suggestions) about the moth bit. Did anybody else catch the "Return to Mayberry" last night (Sat. night)? I didn't know it was going to be on and only caught the last part. "Thank ya, Thank ya, Thank ya" Deb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:49:36 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A door, a window and a heater TAGS fans, I have my own completely unsubstantiated theory on what happened to the door in the courthouse, how they got a window, and why there's a heater there now. I think that door used to go down into the basement where the furnace was. Then someone with the board of health decreed that there needed to be more natural lighting for the prisoners and that a coal furnace did not provide adequate heat. So a window was added and a heater. Then, when they decided they were going with gas heat (which, when you think about it, is right next to a cell where they allowed smoking), they decided to get rid of those stairs to the basement and gave a few inches of additional space to the cell. I also have a backup theory that involves Barney inadvertantly backing the squad car through the wall, but it seems too imporbable. Sam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:50:12 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NY got a rude << Like ETB - NYC got a "Rude" - I ain't never got no "Rude". Anyway - remember Rocker - (like Remember the Alamo) - you don't want to have to stand up in front of the whole town of Mayberry at Mayberry Days and apologize - do you??? >> Yikes! Dixon put his foot in it again! I would never, *ever* intentionally give NY a "rude". It does have an unfortunate reputation for that (even the Chamber of Commerce is trying to get people to be nice in NYC), but I never meant to imply I agreed with that assessment, seeing as I've never been there. I still think there are far, far more rude people in NYC (and for that matter, my hometown of Gadsden, AL) then there are in Mayberry. I will stand by that statement any day. Even the people of NY would agree with me on that one! (So would the people of Gadsden.) Dixon (who's truly sorry and definitely not John Rocker) "Tell him he's a rabble rouser!!" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:40:13 CDT From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Laugh and you're cool I love to read the posts written by the Hendersons. Usually they'll send one in, and then send in another explaining how the first one was wrong. You gotta love that! Bless their pea picking hearts. These dear souls mess up (and don't we all), but they never blame anyone or anything else. They always keep their sense of humor and laugh the hardest at themselves. Now, ain't that cool? The thing I messed up at most recently? Writing about those danged moths. What the heck made me think I knew anything about bat eggs and moths? Laura Lee Hobbs, it's dime stores and gold trucks that I'm an expert at "Your hair may be city cut, but your heart is bowl shaped." Mr. Darling ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:58:15 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hollywood Hi everyone~ I just returned from a week in Hollywood and it was BIG! I went to Universal Studios and went on a tour of the sets & buildings. I was excited to see the Matlock house. The tour was hosted by Ron Howard, via video tape. The next day, we went to Mann's Chinese Theater & Walk of Fame. I took a picture of Don Knotts' star! What a thrill that was! If you get the chance to go to LA, do it. Lots to see & do. The traffic is terrible, but, it is worth it to see all of the famous places with Mayberry connections. I only regret that I didn't get to the studio to see where TAGS was filmed. That is on my "to do" list for next time. ~Helen~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 18:50:34 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TVLand I'm in agreement with those of you who are missing what we have come to consider key vignettes on TAGS. Last night's episode Andy's Vacation omitted the scene where Barn and Gome are handcuffed together and Gomer reaches for an apple through the window. That one always cracks me up and I missed it this time. Don't you just wish one of us die-hard fans would be appointed as a consultant on these cut and splice sessions? Aunt Bee of Orlando ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:40:37 GMT From: "Jim Hady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #228 I asked a while back and didn't see a reply. Might have missed the answer with us moving and all. Anyhow, I had somebody ask me if Don Knotts was ever a Drill Sargeant in real life, and he just sent me an email asking me again about it. Thanks in advance for the Members help on this. Jim Hady ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 20:03:01 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Don Knotts as a regular In a message dated 07/09/2000 1:14:34 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Sheldon Leanard got on the camera after one of the shows aired and he said at first they weren't going to put Don Knotts as a regular chacter on the show, >> Another thing that I have always found so amazing is that Andy Griffith himself insisted that Don play the funny guy. He said that he (Andy) would be better to play straight man to Don's humor. And it was all because he recognized Don's unprecedented talent. How many actors today would insist that someone else get more lines, scenes, etc. than themselves?? That seems to be one of the reasons that there just aren't any other shows out there like "TAGS". Never has been, never will be! Everyone have a wonderful day. Crystal M. in AL ------------------------------ Date: 7/8/00 11:08:53 AM Central Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DEBORAH DUBOSE) Subject: The Big Family We here at the Digest like to think of ourselves as one big family. I feel that way, too. It was the first place I joined when George bought me this computer and I began my therapy. I could type slowly, and I was scared, but Laura Lee Hobbs posted anyway. Mistakes were her signature, and not one person, not one, ever called her on it. I felt at home, because my family were going to accept me, and I began to feel like a contributing member of its society. Others would write in that they rarely posted, and I would try to write them each privately and tell them read LLH posts. If SHE can get on board and no one knocks her around, what are you afraid of? No one expects professional writers around here (well, there was that ugly incident with a certain fish, but let's move above that), and if you make mistakes, yours won't be the first, or the last, and yours surely won't be the biggest. There was glorious freedom here. The kind you find in the most loving of homes. A lot of us didn't have that kind of acceptance as children. So I really do want to keep it here. Let's not critize each other. We wouldn't publicly tear apart our friend or family if he/she mixed up a couple of episodes or messed up a quote (something I am a champion at). We'd know it would embarrass them, and that's the last thing we'd want for ourselves, why give it to another? We don't know what kind of a burden they are carrying. There are times I realize my mistake the moment I hit the send button, and there are other times I don't realize I have messed things up until someone has pointed it out to me. Either way, I bless the souls who tell me in private or at least do so really, really carefully. Because like I said, sometimes it was an honest mistake, and others it's bad enough the whole world has just found out how dumb I really am! Anyway, these are just my thoughts. Happy writings. Debbie Dubose (Laura Lee Hobbs) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:59:36 -0400 From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Prisoner of Love >Hey To All! >I was watching TAGS last night and noticed when Barney offered the lady >prisoner a light so she could smoke, Barney went over to Andy's desk and >brought back a match book. I know we have recently explored Barney >offering people a light for those who smoke, that he tried smoking once = and >the NICE big lighter he carries in the pocket. I think ole Barn was feeling Special Special Sporty earlier in the week and used up all the fuel in his zippo, smoking maybe eight cigars a day. Hey folks, I was watching that episode too and heard a funny line from Otis that I didn't remember (maybe it was cut in other edits?) Otis shows up with a snootfull (can you believe it?) but he's not welcome because of the lady prisoner dropped off by the State Police. In all the physical comedy with Otis flailing around and Andy grabbing him and Barney grabbing Andy while Otis is trying to get himself booked on a legitimate 411 drunk and disorderly, I never noticed that Otis actually threatens :"I'll call my attorney - He'll have me IN here so fast it'll make your head spin."=20 =46unny stuff Also, the part where Barney and Andy have Otis at bay behind the door and are flipping a coin to see who has to drive him home to his wife (a form of police brutality, I undestand) The hat pulled down on Barney's head, the facial expression when he loses the flip and the little "yelp" he gives out as Andy pushes him out to meet Otis are all hilarious. Jeff Krentz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 02:43:43 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: thoughts from under the buckets Watch out, I've been under the bucket again!!! On a color episode, Howard agrees to be a "Big Brother" to a boy who lives with his adult sister while his parents travel with the carnival. The sister is none other than Luanne Poovey! Again the Witness Protection Program comes into play in Mayberry! Only this time, the person has fled Mayberry. See, the way I see it, Betty's brother Tommy never did get on the straight and narrow.He probably got involved in the mob and since we all know that Mayberry defies the Mafia, the FBI had to relocate his sister Betty. She got sent to San Diego and since hertalents were limited to dime-a-dance dance hall girl, the G-men probably thought she could handle the singing gig at the Congo Club. I figure that Gomer has already left Mayberry by the time Betty's family had come to town, but she had probably heard of him, So when fate threw them together in San Diego, she jumped at the chance to be Gomer's gal. Gomer remindrd her of a town she had come to love! And when her daddy and old boyfriend came to see her, I figure they are not really her dad or fiancee, but government agents sent to check up on her. Just my personal opinion! ~misspoovey~ ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #229 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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