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wbmutbb-digest Monday, July 10 2000 Volume 02 : Number 230 Topics in this issue: Laughin' Andy Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #229 wbmutbb-digest V2 #229 TAGS and Music Man Ain't Andy Somethin'?! Re: [wbmutbb-digest V2 #229] the darlings are coming........ Mayberry RFD St. Pete Times article tag anniversary shows Don Knotts' military service heater Re: Don Knotts as a regular Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #226 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:55:24 -0400 From: "Dan Goodwin/Jobscope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Laughin' Andy In "Prisoner of Love", Andy is singing for Otis who is locked up and Barney comes in. Otis says something funny and they cut to Andy for a close-up laugh then back to behind Otis to see all 3 characters again. When they cut back to the long shot, they cut too soon and we get to see Andy deliver the same laugh twice. dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:05:40 -0400 From: "Cathy Schreima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #229 To Aunt Bee-e, a.k.a. Elaine Lombardo. Thanks for the email you sent to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, we are kindered spirits. I wrote you back, but the message came back as undeliverable. Please write again with your correct email and I'll forward the letter I wrote you back. Here's wishing you a Mayberry Day! Cathy S. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:20:54 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: wbmutbb-digest V2 #229 What was the name of the count? I never did understand what Barney was saying. Thanks, Thelma Lou's Attractive Cousin in Arkansas ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:08:01 -0500 From: "Hull, Darrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TAGS and Music Man I've noticed the same thing on TAGS with "They're coming!" But the episode where I notice it is "A Black Day for Mayberry," otherwise known as the gold truck episode. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 08:54:42 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ain't Andy Somethin'?! I'm with you Crystal. I am second to none in my admiration for Andy because of his humility. It's just a shame he never got an Emmy even if just for being able to keep a straight face in dealing with Barney! I was so proud for him when he was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame. 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: 10 Jul 00 07:27:57 PDT From: Debbie Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [wbmutbb-digest V2 #229] Hello! Does anyone have the Nick-At-Nite lineup for TAGS tonight? Thanks! Debbie/AZ (Still looking for #116 "The Song Festers") ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:00:14 CDT From: "jason tomlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: the darlings are coming........ i haven't been in the "loop" for a while, so i would like to start by saying hello to everyone and say it's good to be back in mayberry again! been real busy and the digest has had to take a back seat for a while......i have a question that may all be in my imagination, but i have to ask. at the very beginning of "the darlings are coming" episode, usually what we see first is the truck pulling into town and stopping at the mendlebright memorial trough. but i could swear i remember as a youngster that episode starting with the darlings in their house and briscoe reading the letter that stated dud had been dishonorably discharged. did i dream this, or is this something that has just always been cut out through the years? i turned to my uncle and cousin, who i always had considered to be pretty sharp on tags like myself, but they said no. but, then again, they didn't know that one of the darling boys had a speaking part either. so, i know not to turn to them again! ha ha....i knew i could turn to the digest for the real story....thanks. "you know that haircut of yourn may be city style, but your heart was shaped in a bowl." ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:03:29 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mayberry RFD I found the answer to my own question in a episode of Mayberry RFD this morning. I had been wondering if Andy was still in Mayberry and acting as sheriff and just being written out of the story. Well I saw on this morning's episode that Andy was at church (Helen & Opie were at home, Op had a cold) and he later went to get the swimming pool money from the ex-convicts. So I guess it was assumed (at least in the beginning) that Andy was still in town as sheriff. By the way, I loved seeing the old crooks singing their hearts out at church! That was my favorite hymn as a child although I sang it as "Bringing in the Sheets." Did anyone catch the Oscar winning actress on this episode? Jodie Foster (Mike's real-life sister) was in the church play as a fairy. And how about Millie with her secret past as a chorus girl? Mayberry is like an onion, you keep peeling back the layers and you just keep finding more layers! ~the groovy misspoovey~ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:48:21 GMT From: "Harriet Browder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: St. Pete Times article Got a little plug in for TAGS! A while back The St. Petersburg Times (one of the top ten newspapers of the country) asked for people to send in their favorite web site. Mine was picked as one to publish. Here is the paragraph: Shazam! Travel back to a simpler time, with Sheriff Taylor, Barney (the deputy, not the dinosaur), Aunt Bee and the rest of the Mayberry gang at www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/index.htm. It's the site of the Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club, and it overflows with information for fans, including an episode guide, frequently asked questions and details on each character. Harriet Browder of St. Petersburg, who recommended this site, has watched the show from its first episode on Oct. 3, 1960. "All of us old die-hard Andy fans know the lines to almost every episode," she said. To see the entire article and other's favorite site, go to: http://www.sptimes.com/News/071000/Technology/Web_sites_you_like.shtml "Aw, big ain't the word for it!" Harriet ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:25:36 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: tag >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Saw the one last night where Gomer gets to sing the tenor solo instead of Barney, and if I'm not mistaken, they did not show an >epilogue. Have they stopped showing them on TVLand? Was there no epilogue to this episode? >>> Every episode has an epilogue, but TV Land does not always show it. In this one, Ms. Poultice tries to convince Andy, Barney, and Gomer to continue performing as a vocal trio, with herself as coach. She suggests several possible names for the trio, all based on popular groups of the day. Her ideas include "Two lads and a sheriff," "The New Mayberry Minstrels," and "Taylor, Pyle, and Fife." - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:40:06 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: anniversary shows >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was wondering if there was going to be a 35 years of Andy anniversery, I've already got the 25 years of Andy,and the 30 years of Andy anniversery shows.... >>> You're five years behind the times! That canary hasn't been with her since she sang Sunday afternoons at the Pot O' Honey restaurant. Also, this year is the 40th anniversary of TAGS, not the 35th. TAGS premiered on October 3, 1960. For them that don't know, the 25th anniversary was a show on TBS hosted by Don Knotts (just Don in the studio - no live audience), in which he talked about the show and introduced some of his favorite episodes. The 30th anniversary show had a live audience and was aired on TBS. It included Don Knotts, Betty Lynn, Howard Morris, Jack Dodson, Hal Smith and if memory serves, George Lindsey. The really BIG one was the 35th anniversary celebration in Winston-Salem on September 30th and October 1st, 1995, but it was not televised. This show included Don Knotts, George Lindsey, Howard Morris, all 4 Dillards, Maggie Peterson, Hoke Howell, Jean Carson, Elinor Donahue, James Best, Keith Thibodeaux, Amzie Strickland, Arlene Golonka, Jackie Joseph, Joanne Moore, James Best, Bernard Fox, and Richard O. Linke. This was the largest ever public gathering of Mayberry stars. The other day I mentioned the Mayberry rocking chair that I am trying to sell - it was used on stage at this event. It's autographed on the back by all of them except Jean Carson. It's still for sale, so if anybody is interested send me an email. There have been rumors about a possible 40th anniversary show this fall, but "I ain't talkin', I ain't talkin'. The more you're askin', the more I'm balkin'!" - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:01:48 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Don Knotts' military service >>>From: "Jim Hady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. >>> Don Knotts did serve in the military, but he was never a drill sergeant. For more details, I recommend his autobiography "Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known," available from Weaver's or The Bullet. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:04:28 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: heater >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ....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. >>> That's a pretty good theory, but the furnace in the basement was not totally phased out. It was still being used 4 years later (possibly as a backup heat source) at the time of Newton Monroe's arrest. Barney sent him downstairs to clean it, and from the billowing black clouds that came up a moment later, I would guess that it was probably a coal furnace. Apparently the steps to the basement must be located off of the back room, along with the restroom. You're certainly correct that a gas appliance adjacent to sleeping quarters is probably not a good idea (Judge Judy recently reprimanded a defendant for a similar offense). - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 11:12:25 -0500 From: "jengun2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Don Knotts as a regular Here is something else I have often commented on about Andy Griffith. He was the only one on that show to be on every single episode (to the best of my knowledge) up until the time it became Mayberry RFD. They did not use flashback episodes either. How rare would that type of professionalism and dedication be today? He worked awfully hard to make that show a success. - ------------------------------ 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: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 16:18:25 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #226 In a message dated 7/7/2000 6:24:13 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Had Beauregard actually been intoxicated, they could have gotten into all sorts of trouble with the ASPCA, Humane Society, or similar organizations. >> I didn't know they had anything but the "pound" back in the 60s. Also, back then, everybody would have thought it was funny to get a rooster drunk. Personally, I liked the 60s better. Linda - an Old Goober ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #230 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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. 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