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wbmutbb-digest Friday, July 14 2000 Volume 02 : Number 236 Topics in this issue: Andy and Helen's Wedding Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #234 FAQs Citizen's Arrest character comedy funny scenes Who would be left on the island?? Beer in Mayberry?? Scenes that strike your funnybone! Funniest moments in Mayberry Is it my eyes or did I see a "goof"??? Barn's funny lines Andy's Trip to Raleigh Favorite scene Andy Being Obtuse Re: Lydia Crosswaithe (Funny Scenes) Favorite Lines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:54:24 -0400 From: "Parks, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Andy and Helen's Wedding On last night's episode when Aunt Bee and some people in Mayberry fixed up Andy's bedroom for Helen and his impending nuptials, Andy's bedroom had a screen door complete with a slide lock and curtains. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:03:51 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #234 Responding to funny scenes: I would have to say one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen on any show was the one where Barney was teaching Goober the finer points of love while spying on Andy. I can't stop laughing when Goober starts saying,"Barn, Barn. They're doing it, they're doing it!" Barney and Andy's facial reactions are priceless and Goober telling Andy he is "smooth" is great. I love Mayberry! God Bless, Wayne, Valerie and Alexander McBrayer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:52:39 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FAQs >If you go to the TAGSRWC web site and click on FAQs, you will find your answer. Kevin G. Turner >>> Hear, hear! (That's something you say at meetings when you like something somebody said). The answers to dozens of Frequently Asked Questions can be found there, so anytime you have a question about the show, that's the first place to look. Here's the link: http://www.zille.com/griffith/faq.asp - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:10:59 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth G. Anderson) Subject: Citizen's Arrest I have to share a Mayberry Moment I experienced last week at church. The local police officer attends our church and after services he went to get his car to pull up and pick up his mother in law. I noticed he made a U turn just like Gomer and Barney did. I couldn't resist, so I ran across the street holloring "Citizen's arrest, Citizen's arrest." Needless to say, it cracked everyone up, especially seeing he was parked right next to my car which has the license plate, B FIFE. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:21:23 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: character comedy >What is remarkable about most of the classic lines in TAGS is not necessarily the line itself, but the situation surrounding the line and the tremendous acting abilities used to deliver. Steven F. Caswell >>> This is a VERY good point. This concept seems completely foreign to the TV shows that pass for "comedy" today. I won't name any shows in particular, but they're all just about the same. You could take a script from any one of today's sitcoms, change the names around a little bit, and use the same script on any other sitcom. On The Andy Griffith Show, the comedy came from the CHARACTERS, not from jokes. In meetings and rehearsals, Andy often said, "If it sounds like a joke, throw it out." You could never take a classic TAGS script and use it on a modern sitcom, because most of today's TV characters are so shallow that the only way they can get laughs is through the use of one-liners (vulgar ones, more often than not). Can you imagine a scene in a modern sitcom where two characters just sit on the porch for 3 or 4 minutes and talk about what they're going to do later that day? Such a scene would fall flat. Most viewers would change the channel after the first 30 sceonds. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:39:27 -0500 (CDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: funny scenes One of my favorite scenes/lines is from Runaway Kid when Andy tells Tex he's never seen a cowboy pulling a wagon full of sandwiches. It paints quite a mental picture... - -Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:51:47 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Who would be left on the island?? Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:19:34 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Who would be left on the island?? >>What if the fine folks of Mayberry were put on an island like Survivor and each day, one was voted off? (I know, I know, Mayberrians would never vote each other off, but let's just pretend.) Who would be left at the end of a month?>> That's easy. Aunt Bee, hands down. Why? Because she'd be so busy taking such good care of everyone else, no one would ever vote HER off the island! Barbara (finally joining in after a month or two of lurking....)>> Let's turn it around then, I agree with Barbara. Aunt Bea would certainly be the survivor. Now, who would be voted off first and why? I'm thinking Ernest T. Bass. He's essentially useless, and annoying in the lives of Mayberrians. Thelma Lou's Attractive Cousin in Arkansas ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:02:38 -0700 From: "Janet K. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Beer in Mayberry?? Last night I was watching on video the color episode where Howard tries to join the Regal Order of the Golden Door to Good Fellowship and Goober blackballs him because he doesn't want Howard exposed to card playing. Anyway, when Howard visits the lodge as a guest, Andy asks if Howard would like something to drink: "Beer, soft drink, root beer?" I don't know why I never caught this before, but this time Andy's words struck me like a thunderbolt! Beer?? In Mayberry??? I thought Mayberry was a "dry" county! That's why Otis had to get his liquor on the sly and why there were moonshiners back in the hills and why Andy and Barney busted up some stills. Either this was a big "oops!" on the part of the writers, or at some point the county ceased to be "dry." Does anybody know the answer to this one? By the way, I appreciated the responses to my recent queries (Andy's disposition, Opie's name). I'm sorry I asked something that is addressed on the web site. However, as a mother of a 9-month-old, I have very little time to peruse the TAGSRWC site (although I do when I can and really enjoy it!), so I'm thankful for those who gave me some information I missed there. Janet ________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:04:21 -0500 From: Todd A Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Scenes that strike your funnybone! Hey to all , There are so many funny scenes one can't begin to list them all!! But here are a few of mine. "My fair Ernest T. Bass"---the scene where Barney and Andy get to Miss Wiley's and Barney keeps saying that all of the women are a bunch of dogs...."I mean if you was to throw a quail in the room they'd all point!!!" I love that line!! "The Fun Girls" when Gomer and Helen are dancing....how I love to watch gomer dance ,I laugh and laugh!! The look on Helen's face as Gomer's running her across the dance floor!! "Barney's First Car"----when Gomer says I'm sicker than a dog...but havin' the time of my life!!! Andy telling Aunt Bee to "Call the man!!!" Barney saying "NIp it in the Bud!" Gomer with that bucket on his head just 'a thankin'!!! My list goes on and on. Oh, one more thing ..I think Andy would be left on the Island because he's always helping people look at things reasonably and solving problems and mishaps, calming people down and keeping Barn from punching Gomer!! ________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:54:14 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Funniest moments in Mayberry Funniest moments: In Barney's Sidecar: "They-have-to-be-shown!" The Barney Fife Peter Piper nose-pinching test for drunks When Barney tries to romance Ellie "Here at the Rock..." PhoneHimAl "Two chairs-no waiting." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frances Andrews) Subject: Is it my eyes or did I see a "goof"??? The other night while watching the TAGS episode where the fun girls take over the court house while Barn and Ang are working, it showed Helen and Thelma Lou coming out of the show where they saw the Cary Grant movie. Back on the theatre advertisement it said "starring Gary Grant" or were my eyes deceiving me?? I looked several times (or as many as I could before the scene changed) and I do really think it said Gary----- Has anyone else ever noticed this ????? Would love to hear your comments. Thanks to my Mayberry friends for making my days so enjoyable. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:02:38 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Barn's funny lines How about when Andy suggests the Minutemen and Barney asks "Will you help us?"; seems like he says this one other time in response to some plan of Andy's for Opie. Or when he's telling those boys they can't have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if they get inarculated? He's what I call a fascinating enigma: so childishly naive one minute and so worldly suave the next, kind of a charming combination you don't run into very often. 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: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:23:12 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Andy's Trip to Raleigh When Andy had to confer with that lady lawyer in Raleigh, even though he did mislead Helen about it, don't you think she was a bit harsh with him? Knowing how jealous she always was, I kinda' understood why he fudged a bit. When he brought that lovely box of chocolates to her, she seemed rather nasty and I felt real sorry for him. 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: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:43:01 -0500 (CDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cheryl Henson) Subject: Favorite scene I know most people enjoy the funny episodes of TAGS. However one of my favorites is the first episode involving the scene where Opie decides he wants Aunt Bee to stay. He refused to accept the loss of housekeeper "Rose" and accept Andy's Aunt Bee. At the end Opie runs outside in order to prevent Aunt Bee from leaving "because she is so helpless-she can"t fish or play baseball or Anything Paw. She needs us to take care of her!". This is jus one of the many tender scenes we seldom mention, yet hold in our hearts. The kindness and gentle love the main characters show for one another is very important. I don"t think the comedy would have been so memorable without the love. Cheri in AL ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:48:27 -0400 From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Andy Being Obtuse >Plus, Barney wasn't there to disarm him with a one-liner ("Your jaw muscle's >working again!"). Hey - great analysis. Never saw it put better re: Ange and Barn - We're gonna have to get you a watch issued. Look at the back - it says T.N. - that's for trained noticer. (They charge by the word, you know) Jeff Krentz BigHead in Dee-Troit (O'Malley says "Where's Big Dave - I thought he was here?") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:52:12 -0400 From: "DSNance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lydia Crosswaithe (Funny Scenes) >" here comes Goober, dragging that albatross with > him, better known as Lydia Crosswaithe who is from Greensboro in case > you thought she was from Lydia" Linda -- I love this episode!!! Lydia's voice is soooo flat! She had some great lines in this one like: "I hate to chit chat, I don't mind normal conversation but I hate to chit chat" and "I hate the guitar, I don't mind the (violin or something like that sorry, can't remember after all) but I hate the guitar"!! She was definitely NOT Andy's dream date! Thanks for the giggle Deb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:32:46 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Favorite Lines Favorite lines...several (of course!) come to mind, but a few stick out as ones that are sure to leave me rolling on the floor: When Gomer and Barney flee from the haunted house, only to find that Andy hasn't come out with them. Gomer: "I guess that makes you sheriff now." When Andy makes Barney tell him what his girlfriend called him. Barney: "Creeeeampuuuuff." Andy: "CREAMpuff?!" Barney: "Yes, Creampuff! Haven't you ever heard anybody called a creampuff before?!" When Barney is talking on the phone to his girl and says they can listen to records that night (Cole Porter?). Barney: "Soothes the savage in me." SMOKEY Embrace what you have in common, celebrate what sets you apart It takes more than the color that you find on a palate to turn humanity into an art... -Ellis Paul ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #236 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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