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wbmutbb-digest Monday, September 4 2000 Volume 02 : Number 303 Topics in this issue: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 RE: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 # Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 Escape from Reality.... Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 EXEMPLARY SHOW I always wanted one Johnny Cake Martinelli's Why Don left Harvey The Christmas Story Ma'am, do you have to keep talkin' about rain? Schwamp sighting--in color ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 19:26:06 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 << In the episode, "Stranger In Town", Barney suggests that Ed Sawyer is a spy. Andy agrees with him and says that maybe he came to find out their recipe for Johnny Cake. What's Johnny Cake? >> The ones I've eaten in my time resemble cornbread shaped like pancakes. Delicious. Dixon =========== Remember THE Hollywood Squares...the original and the best http://www.geocities.com/screenjockey/classicsquares.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 19:31:46 -0400 From: "Gracie And Company" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 My email address is incorrectly listed as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It SHOULD be: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How may I get it changed? Victoria Blackstone http://GracieAndCompany.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:01:03 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 # I just wanted to welcome the newcomers to the the family. I love reading all the descriptions of the members. I can relate to almost each and every one of you! Especially the one from Danielle that stated she had to watch TAGS every day or she would have withdrawals. Nothing and I do mean nothing can cheer me up like a good ole TAGS episode. Happy reading to all of you! Jenny in Alabama ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:31:48 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 Hey Ya' ll !!! Hope everyone has been enjoying the TAGS Fanedemonium weekend...I sure have! Just have a few thoughts and comments to share. First to Connie...I, too, have pondered the existence of the Taylor guestroom. Sometimes they have one, sometimes they don't. As I have commented before, it seems to disappear into a 4th dimension when the situation requires it to. Another thing...our local station has been showing color episodes in the evening. I noticed for the first time that the Taylor's live on a dirt street! I can't believe I have never noticed this fact before! Weren't' the streets paved in the B&W episodes? ~the groovy but confused misspoovey~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:40:17 -0700 From: "Martha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Escape from Reality.... Kemp, Jeffrey - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fogelsville, PA (I am a partner in a data security firm. Most of my work is on hectic Wall Street. Mayberry is my escape from reality.) Wouldn't it be great to live in a world where Mayberry was the norm and we turned on the tube to watch people living hectic lives as a means of escape? I would give up color and live the rest of my life in black and white if I could spend lazy Sundays on the porch with Barn and Ange singing, "Come to the church in the wildwood..." and peeling apples without breaking the peel. I would go down to the diner every day for the blue plate special,and I might even leave two quarters for Olive, bless her heart, when I left. I'd strike up a duet with Charlene Darlin' whenever she and her musical family happened into town - maybe see if I could get Rafe Hollister to join in too, and I'd stop by Wally's fillin' station to say a "lots of luck to you and yours" to my good friend, Gomer. Heck, I might even pound on a pot and make crazy poetry with Ernest T. Bass and see if'n I couldn't make Romeena jealous. You never can tell about us mountain girls. The burst of orange and yellow in a sunset, the soft, silvery mist on the grey of the ocean, the blue of the sky on a summer's day, all are favorite scenes of mine because of their vibrant color, but on most of the hectic days that fill my life, I'd trade them all - all the colors in the rainbow - for a black and white future as a citizen of Mayberry, NC. Welcome to all our new members! It makes me right proud to see how our numbers continue to grow! Martha ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:27:29 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #302 In response to the question what's Johnny Cake? I believe it is corn bread. One of my favorites!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:50:35 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EXEMPLARY SHOW Someone asked what show best represents the values of TAGS...several do but one that comes to mind is The Bedjacket-sums up the love the characters had for each other. And for all those who watched the marathon-which did you order....the Swing tapes or Southern rock,or did you get the Love Songs?? The commercials nearly drove me nuts! Jane E. in GA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:18:27 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I always wanted one Does anyone actually know what that thing was that Rafe Hollister bought at the rummage sale to help the Scobey's? I admit it does look interesting! 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: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:11:33 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Johnny Cake According to my copy of Southern Heritage's breads cookbook, johnny cake was shortened from journey cake, hard flat breads that could last while making long, arduous treks across the country. I think it was probably an affectionate name for cornbread during the War Between the States in honor of Johnny Reb too. That's how I've always heard it, just another term for cornbread, a southern staple. 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: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:16:09 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Martinelli's Morelli's was the restaurant where you could see them pounding the steaks! Martinelli's was featured in one of my all-time favorite movies, Parent Trap (the original with Hayley Mills). It was the little, down a few steps from street level, place where the parents had their first date and which the girls tried to duplicate in that dinner on the terrace to get them back together. Remember red-checked tablecloths, drippy candles, and a violinist? I just loved it. 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: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:21:39 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Why Don left >>>I read in an article that Andy had expressed he was tired of the grind of putting out a show every week and was going to quit after 5 seasons. Don didn't want to work without Andy (if the kept the show going) so looked around and was offered a seven picture movie deal. Then when he'd already signed the contract, he found out that Andy was staying, but it was too late. Allen and Paul, is this the way it was? >>> That's the version that most sources relate, except that usually we're told that Andy stated from the very beginning of the series that he wouldn't do it for more than five years. Other stories say that Don was upset that Jim Nabors was offered his own show before he was, or that Don wanted to become Andy's "permanent" partner (like Martin & Lewis) but Andy politely refused. The first story is probably closer to the truth. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:36:25 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Harvey >>>2. On the episode where Andy is jealous of Ellie and the new doctor, Ellie asks the doctor if he had gone by Harvey Bullock's place. This episode was written by Stewart & Elinson. They were obviously giving our friend Harvey a Howdy Do. "Howdy DO, Harvey." Maria >>> Actually, the name was Harvey Willick, not Bullock. Harvey Willick was later mentioned in "The Farmer Takes a Wife," (also written by Charles Stewart and Jack Elinson) as the owner of a shoe store. It's very possible (even probable) that Jack Elinson wrote "Harvey Bullock" in the script, but that the producers later changed it. Harvey and Jack had a sort of friendly rivalry going, where they would insert each other's names into scripts, usually in an unflattering way. Harvey, if you're reading this, could you please share the story about the skeleton on "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home?" - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:39:22 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Christmas Story >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been enjoying this TAGS marathon over this Labor Day weekend. I just watched the Christmas episode. That's when Miss Elly was still on the show. Allen or Paul, why did they have a Christmas show only one year out of eight? >>> Many sitcoms feature a Christmas episode every year, but TAGS only did just that one (in 1960). Rather than be disappointed though, let's be thankful that the one they did was a masterpiece. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:45:39 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ma'am, do you have to keep talkin' about rain? >>>Subject: One more rainy day One more episode where it had at least rainen close to Mayberry was when Andy had to eat three Spagetti dinners. Opie came home early from a camping trip. Goober sent him to Helen's for supper. >>> As long as we're on the subject, I don't think anyone was yet mentioned the epilogue of "The Jinx." Andy and Opie are playing checkers while waiting for Barney to arrive so that they can all go fishing. Andy loses the game, so he conveniently blames it on Barney, who happened to be standing behind him during the last part of the game. Then they head for the door, but a sudden storm comes up. Of course, Andy blames this on Barney too. Bad luck Barney strikes again! This next part is off topic, but the subject reminded me of the way my son Taylor used to mangle the nursery rhyme when he was little: "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head, and cooked it up in the morning!" - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 11:55:57 -0400 From: "GRITTON, JOE A. (AIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Schwamp sighting--in color As we still try to identify the actor who played that humble Extra "Mr. Schwamp" (My Fairest Earnest T Bass--and other ep's) I saw him for the first time on a color episode. In the episode where Howard Sprague buys Floyd's Barbershop and becomes Floyd's Landlord, the local cronies start to congregate and play checkers in the Courthouse rather than the Barbershop. There sitting in the corner behind the checker game is our man Schwamp...bad hairpiece and all. Goober was right there, so maybe those who are going to see George Lindsey can ask him. Who is the mysterious Schwamp? About the Local Market...that apparently changes hands several times. Again, it's one the facts that the directors didn't worry about keeping consistent. Seeing the first episode again this weekend...wasn't that Mr. Foley who married Rose? (same actor) Yes Connie, there was a lively discussion about a month back about the appearing and disappearing guest room at the Taylor house. Several guests stayed in it, but there were other times when it wasn't there...Gomer the House guest, when Goober hurt his back/shoulders...Good eye also on literate and illiterate Ernest T. Just like mechanic/only knows how to pump gas--Gomer. ...the trivial trivialities that only us TAGS watchers enjoy A few days ago someone mentioned Barbara Griffith's line in the one episode she appeared, and the discussion about they had to pay folks more as actors if they had speaking parts. This concept was also cited by Mitch Jayne and the other "Darlings" when I recently saw them live. (Pigeon Forge) They said that the reason they never spoke (except for two short famous lines) was that they could retain their status as musician/extra's and keep things simpler for the directors. What a great Fandemonium weekend on TVL. 'got to see lots of epilogues. ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #303 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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