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wbmutbb-digest Monday, October 16 2000 Volume 02 : Number 347 Topics in this issue: Clashing Cymbles Auction Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346, TV Land Re: Andy & Barney's Age Re: Frances Bavier Auction Re: The Last Will & Testament and Aunt Bee's Cats Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 foreign spies war service Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 The Mayberry Deputy in Print Mayberry Memories Book ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:49:00 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Clashing Cymbles I was thinking......without my bucket........how the scene was staged where Andy is sitting in a chair and Barney walks up behind him and bangs his cymbals together. Andy's reaction is so real. Is Andy wearing some kind of ear protection we can't see? If not, how long did his ears ring from the noise? How many times did they have to do that scene before it was acceptable to the director? Wonder what Andy felt like sitting in that chair knowing what was going to happen and anticipating the ear splitting noise to come? Anyone else ever wonder about that? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 07:56:25 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Auction To correct Paul about Aunt Bee's belongings being sold at the University of North Carolina, they were actually sold at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University. My wife and daughter went to the preview but did we not go back for the sale as I had to work that day. Her old Studebaker sold for $20,000, which was the highest bid item there. I do remember them saying a lot of the items were purchased by the Mayberry Motor Inn in Mt. Airy for a display, and they have one room near the office where you can look through the window and see all her old stuff. Her grave is in a public cemetery in Siler City and is very easy to find. The name is not on the gate but it is just west of an overhead bridge on Rt. 64. Her tombstone is the tall one on the right as you drive in, near the back of the cemetery. Not fancy, just tall. TheCameraNut Welford ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 08:59:48 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Suzanne Burgess) Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346, TV Land Folks, are we being a little selfish? There are other people out there who look forward to the long weekends of The A-Team, Charlies Angels, etc. I'm not one of them, but we just have to grin and bear it. It makes me appreciate TAGS even more when I turn on the tv. and there it is! Got my Mayberry Memories book in the mail this past week, what a beautiful book!! I'm going to savor every page. Chin up, everyone, TAGS shall return. Mary Grace in Georgia ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:02:50 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Andy & Barney's Age In a message dated 10/15/00 1:49:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Except for them being in school together, was any mention ever made of Barney & Andy's age. Was one older or were they both the sameage? >> Hey To All, In one of the episodes (maybe it's "A Wife For Andy"), Barney talks of Andy be in his mid thirties. If not that exact episode, it is one of the many times Barney tries to play matchmaker. In "Class Reunion", when Andy and Barney are looking through the high school year book. They find both of their pictures in the same section, which would indicate they were of the same class. If not the exact same age, they would be only a year or two apart in age. This brings me to conclude that Barney and Andy were mostly in their their mid thirties when we visit them in b&w and that they are only a year or two apart if not the exact same age. Anyone want a pickle for their Sunday dinner? Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:12:18 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Frances Bavier Auction In a message dated 10/15/00 1:49:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I don't how far along in the conversation I am but I remember when Francis died and I read in the paper they were auctioning off her personal belongings. I read that her yard rake sold for like 25 cents and the belongings were almost given away. >> Hey To All, Oh Mal, let me locate the Posh Puffs. That is just so said to hear about and think that Ms. Bavier's personal belongings were auctioned off and now to hear such prices were put on her belongings. It makes her sound so lonely in life not to have had anyone to will the personal belongings to or have one who could over see the belongings got a respectful price. Why selling the rake at 25 cents sounds so disrespectful to the person who was loved and liked by most of her castmates and fans alike! I don't think my heart could take hearing how much the rest of the belongings brough if they "were almost given away". Did she absolutely have no family to will her belongings? I know Miss Bavier wasn't married but did she have sisters and brothers that would have produced nephews and nieces? Going With My Posh Puff Down To My Pickle Stash, Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:22:27 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Last Will & Testament and Aunt Bee's Cats In a message dated 10/15/00 1:49:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << She left most of her money to Siler City organizations like the police and fire departments and the ambulance service (I've got a copy of her Last Will and Testament around here someplace -- probably in the box with my red-white-and-blue sleeve garter and genu-wine whalebone napkin ring). She had 15 cats at the time of her death, and they were all adopted very quickly by Siler City residents. Wouldn't it be great to have one of Aunt Bee's cats? Perhaps some of those cats are still alive today. >> Hey To All, Okay, I am about to start another flood to float another Ark upon as Miss Bavier was so near and dear to my heart (even though I never had the pleasure of meeting her). Paul, how did you come across obtaining the last will and testament? That would be a fine historical memoribilia and well, it touches my heart to think you have it. 15 Cats! Achooo! I am allergic but if they are Frances'/Aunt Bee's I want one. I would think that with that many cats the chances of one being alive would be good but an even greater chance that if they weren't, there would have been offspring of that lineage walking around the Siler City area! Just think! Achoo! What a JOY to have been one of those Siler City folks who adopted!! I will be down with the Pickles, my Posh Puffs and Benedryl, Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:27:14 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 Good Sabbath to all my Mayberry friends! Misspoovey here to report the minutes of our "Opie" chapter meeting on Saturday. The meeting was held at Laura B's beautiful new home. Laura is brand-new to the digest; I think it's been decided that she will post under the name of Fun Girl Skippy. After all, she is blonde, adores Barney and she has that snorting-laugh thing down cold! So the theme was 40th Anniversary. We served fried chicken, real mashed potatoes, peas with pearly onions (they twanged our buds) and biscuits with honey. I guess the person who was supposed to bring the watermelon couldn't make it. We called for seconds in the proper Darlng way (MEAT!!!) and I got a big wooden spoon out of the drawer just to assure no elbows on the table. Everything was de-lish; everyone must have thought so because no one said much. Which is fine, cuz eating speaks louder than words. And if you've never heard that before, you need to get out of the house more! You may have figured out that food is a big part of our meetings...like the Darlings, we are a group of beautiful delicate women & hearty eating men! We watched "The New Housekeeper" to pay hommage to the start of the series then we played Mayberry Jeopardy! , a version I made up myself. The catagories were: >All About Opie >The Many Loves of Ernest T >Mendlebright Mania >Mayberry Union High >Blue Mayberry Orlando's Aunt Bee came in 1st, my own Elvisfife came in 2nd and Skippy came in 3rd. Not to worry, though. Everyone was a winner because they all got one of my "In Andy We Trust" dollar bill. Looks like a $1 bill but has Andy's face instead of George's. Other prizes given out... >Otis bookmark (Save my place while I fill my vase!) >Aunt Bee & misspoovey fridge magnets >Pink Floyd Backroom Pass >Giraffes are Selfish stickers >and other fun stuff!!! Do alot of other chapters go all out like we do? I for one would love to hear about meetings from our many chapters out there! The internet, discussion boards, chat rooms and e-mail digests are amazing and wondrous things, but nothing beats meeting in person and sharing good times and fellowship with like-minded folks!!! Looking forward to reading about all the chapter get togethers! ~the groovy but long-winded misspoovey~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:14:04 -0500 From: "Joe Fly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 "Has anyone considered the effect we might be able to have if we started a "polite" write-in program to TV-Land about the limited showing of our favorite show now that they have most of the rights to showing it?" Great idea! How about if we all wrote in and asked for a special non-edited showing. It wouldn't have to be all the time- how bout just once a week? Best of luck to you and yours! Joe Fly Lubbock, TX ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:51:56 -0500 From: "rebecca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: foreign spies hey everybody, i have a question. in the episode, stranger in town, what did barney ask ed sawyer. it sounded like it was in german. and at the end of the show, andy asked barney something that also sounded like german. just wantin to wander. this is bec from texas. you sure he's one of us? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 16:24:26 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: war service >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I know there are lots of inconsistencies in Mayberry. Like the year Andy graduated from high school and then in another episode he was in WWII. >>> Actually, Andy never claims to have served in WWII. He says (in two different episodes) that he was "over there [in France] during the war," but he doesn't specify which war. He PROBABLY meant WWII, but perhaps he was stationed at a U.S. base in France during the Korean War. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:51:05 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #346 Hey ya'll ! I had something pretty neat happen to me today. I got an e-mail from a friend of mine in Austrailia. She gets weekly e-mail from an entertainment e-zine called "Brief Me". Well, my website got a nice, little write-up! To see it go to: http://www.briefme.com/archive/030/articles/Oct_13_2000_vol_030_No_39.htm I am thrilled to be spreading the Mayberry 'good word' around! If any of the new members would like to visit my Andy websites just go to http://www.misspoovey.com >From there, you can link to my Groovy Mayberry homepage and all my other TAGS and tv-related sites! Drop by for a visit any time...always room for another at misspoovey's table! ~the humbled and groovy misspoovey~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:10:35 -0400 From: "Jeff Koontz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Mayberry Deputy in Print There is an outstanding article in the Sunday Raleigh News & Observer about David Browning, "The Mayberry Deputy" (a prince of a fellow). I've requested that it be posted online so everyone can read it, so keep a good thought. Jeff Koontz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:43:38 -0400 From: "Hinesley, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mayberry Memories Book Folks, I just received the Mayberry Memories book for my birthday last week. This is the new book written by Jim Clark and Ken Beck. It is the best Mayberry book yet. If you like looking at pictures of TAGS and learning a little bit more about the show, this is for you! This book does not disappoint. Tim Hinesley ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #347 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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. To remove yourself from the WBMUTBB Digest mailing list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe wbmutbb-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your email address, first unsubscribe using the command above and then re-subscribe using the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe wbmutbb-digest
