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wbmutbb-digest Thursday, October 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 351 Topics in this issue: Mayberry Motor Inn Shot Heard Round the World. The shot heard round the world The mayor's office Re: Aunt Bee's/France Bavier's Etui (Sighhh) and Greg Kelley history Photo of young Ms. Bavier TV Land TAGS/ Aunt Bee on other shows. danville show website In search of... Andy, Barney, & The War Aunt Bee memorabilia Snappy Lunch Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #350 Snappy Lunch building for sale! Re: Snappy Lunch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 01:31:59 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mayberry Motor Inn I agree totally. I just got back from Mayberry (Mt. Airy) and the Mayberry Motor Inn a couple of weeks ago. Our tour bus had a wonderful time there. The people in that town were extremely polite. Everywhere we went. We also got to tour Aunt Bea's room and it was a thrill for me. If you ever go there, it is a must see. This trip was a dream of mine for years now. Daisyfarm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:06:16 -0400 From: "Kellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Shot Heard Round the World. RE:Ruby Red Star: As a resident of Concord Massachusetts, I feel I can answer your question about the shot heard round the world. on April 19th 1775 the British Army left Boston, and headed for Concord, where they were told the farmers had a store of ammunitions. The Local Farmers also were the local militia, and were called minute men. They had to be ready to fight in a minutes notice. Well, the British came into town, and the farmers gathered across the North Bridge, and that's where the shot was fired that was heard round the world. It is actually a poem that was etched on to a window by the Rev. Emerson as he watched the fight, and it went like this. "By the Rude Bridge which arched the flood, here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard around the world." It meant that finally someone had stood up to the British Commonwealth, and it was BIG NEWS. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 08:22:12 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The shot heard round the world In reference to the "shot heard round the world" from the Mayberry Minutemen episode, I was always taught that this referred to the beginning of the War for Independence, (better known as the American Revolution although it wasn't really a revolution). I believe it's from a Longfellow poem about the doings at Lexington and Concord, but of course alludes to the fact that what happened when the United States of America formed would impact the rest of the world from then on -- a "gunshot" for freedom loving people everywhere! You're not talking to a jerk you know! MrsLesch ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:35:44 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The mayor's office Hey I was wondering if any of you could tell me of any episode that shows the way up to the mayor's office? My understanding is that the office was located above the jail, as per the Loaded Goat episode, where the Mayor said something like this in responding to the possibility of the goat blowing up: "my office is up there". I don't remember ever seeing a door to the upstairs, do any of you? What's your hurry? Larry Inman Athens, Alabama ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:43:07 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Aunt Bee's/France Bavier's Etui (Sighhh) and Greg Kelley In a message dated 10/18/00 11:25:02 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I bought her etui from him and he included a W-4 form of hers from CBS. He had many items and a big box of papers once belonging to her. The whole shebang is in a shadow box with my other collectibles and I am very proud of it. I think you hafta' go on faith sometimes. I also got one of those orange-checked cans of beans with Andy's photo on it from way back when from Greg. >> Hey To All, France's Etui?? Sighhhh! That is as good as her hankie if not a bit better! What was the fragrance that she used in her Etui? Was a pleasant Grandmotherly foo-foo fragrance??? Oh Aunt Bee, your shadow box sounds lovely! You have every right to be proud of it! Gee, I would settle for her jars of pickles (or her bedjack :o)! ). Is Greg a member of our little community? Gonna go sit with the pickle stash. Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:19:00 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: history >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...The Emancipation Proclamation was the document Lincoln signed to free the slaves. But what was the shot heard around the world?.... >>> Well, there was these folks, and they was gonna test this new rocketship-thingy they'd just built, but they figured it was too dangerous to put people in it for the first flight, and how else was they gonna get test the rocket, so what they done was they put a whole bunch of sheep in there and blasted it off, and sure enough it successfully orbited the Earth so they called it "The Herd Shot 'Round the World." I'm surprised at you for not knowin' that. And I'm even MORE surprised at you thinkin' I didn't know that! - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:36:30 -0500 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Photo of young Ms. Bavier >>>...This is from the book "Inside Mayberry" by Dan Harrison and Bill Habeeb. There is a photo in the book of a young Frances Bavier in her days as a 'Broadway ingenue'. This portrait appeared in the Griffith show/Taylor House several times. >>> For those who don't have that book (I believe it's been out of print for some time), you can find the same photo on page 174 (upper left) of the new "Mayberry Memories" book -- and if you folks don't have this book yet, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves, because it's a "must have" tome for any Mayberry fan. Anyway Joe, thanks for the tip; every time someone's over at my house and one of those episodes comes on, they're always surprised when I point the photo out to them. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:58:39 -0700 From: Bob Bravetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TV Land When TAGS came to TV Land, I thought it would be a wonderful thing. I was hoping that all of the episodes would be shown in order from 1-249. Well, just like their predecessors, it never happened. They too show a lack of regard for the color episodes. It's nice to have the epilogues, but it would be better to see all of the episodes instead of Opie The Birdman (a great episode) for the fourth time. Since this is not directed at anyone here, I hope it's not a violation of rule #2, but it's a shame that all of these so called superstations do not give the latter episodes the showings that they deserve. On a better note, TV Land's picture quality is as good as you'll find out there. They get good source material for the show. And lastly, has anyone purchased TAGS on DVD yet? If so, could you give us a report on them? - -Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:13:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Anita Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TAGS/ Aunt Bee on other shows. Aunt Bee was also seen on an old Perry Mason show. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:32:37 EDT From: "Tim Hutcherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: danville show website hey folks! just wanted to let you know that there is a website now for the mayberry reunion show in danville,va. the address is: www.geocities.com/dreampromos there will be more links and info added soon. 10-4 tim hutcherson _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:13:40 -0500 From: "phfftt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: In search of... Hey to all, I am searching for anyone in the Kansas City area that is involved in a local chapter. Please e-mail me with any help you Mayberryites can offer. It would be much appreciated! "Mayberry says Thanks and happy motoring" peace...phfftt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:10:19 -0400 From: Randy Everette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Andy, Barney, & The War Besides the conflict about when they graduated high school (1945 vs 1948), there's this discussion about Andy and Barney's war service. Regardless of when they graduated High School, they'd have been too young to have served in Europe during "the War" (WWII) as VE day was May 1945 and VJ day was Sep 2, 1945. This discussion comes up every couple of years. In either case, they'd have been too young to serve in Europe during the war. I think both the HS grad year and war service problems and simply cases of TV writers not paying attention to the details of their scripts, nothing more nor less. I don't buy the arguments about "maybe Ange was in France during the Korean War" (1950-1953) -- I can't imagine a real serviceman saying that, "maybe they left HS and finished in 1948", "maybe he got there REAL fast after graduating", nor anything else. In one script Ange supposedley learned French during the war and Barn killed Germans, but these don't match with their alleged grad dates. It just isn't possible. Now, if they'd graduated in 1945, joined the service right away, they may have seen a little combat at the tail end of the war IF they served in the Pacific. This happened with one of my mom's uncles. But, never is their a claim either man served in the Pacific. If you take the 1945 grad date, Ange could've served in the occupation forces, but Barn could not have killed Germans. Furthermore, in such a case, Ange wouldn't have said he learned French DURING the war -- unless he's an out and out liar and would know that is not true of Ange. There are those cowards who falsely claim wartime service, but Ange would never do that. Both of these TAGS contradictions are simply cases of TV writers not paying attention to details. Randy Everette about to retire after 20 years in the US Navy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:15:47 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Aunt Bee memorabilia Thanks for the kind words "Aunt Bee" from Orlando! I remember the event in Anniston, Alabama very well. That was one of the best shows I'd been to in a long time. The town of Anniston was very charming and much like our Mayberry Days festivities in Mount Airy. I still have many great personal items from the estate sale when Ms. Bavier passed away and treasure the memories of my visit to her home before attending the auction. Thanks again, Greg Kelley ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:18:19 -0700 From: "Kevin and Dawn Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Snappy Lunch Hi everyone. I just heard on the local news that the Snappy Lunch in Mt. Airy is up for sale. Price is 160 Thousand. If no one buys it they said it was going on eBay. I sure hope whoever gets it, keeps it the same and doesn't change a lot about it. I enjoyed eating there during Mayberry Days. Just thought I would pass along the info. Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:19:56 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #350 In a message dated 10/18/2000 11:34:53 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I bought her etui from him >> Hey Aunt Bee... I'm not dumb, I'm just ignorant. But what in the world is an etui??? Crystal M. in AL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:47:04 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Snappy Lunch building for sale! >From The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC: "An online auction could change where the pork-chop sandwich -- the chili and coleslaw-smothered ambrosia of ''Mayberry'' -- is served in a town that attracts hundreds of tourists looking to fill up on nostalgia and fried food. The Snappy Lunch building, home of Mount Airy's oldest restaurant, is for sale. Snappy Lunch has been in the building since 1923 and may have to move if its proprietor and the owner of the building can't agree on a purchase price. " Find the full story at: http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/local/northcarolina/snappy19.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:47:26 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Snappy Lunch In a message dated 10/19/00 5:19:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I just heard on the local news that the Snappy Lunch in Mt. Airy is up for sale. Price is 160 Thousand. If no one buys it they said it was going on eBay. >> That sounds a LITTLE fishy to me. I don't think this one is true but if it is...I'll check it out and let y'all know for sure. Allan Newsome http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/ ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #351 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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
