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wbmutbb-digest Tuesday, December 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 402 Topics in this issue: Seinfeld Touching moment TAGS and Dragnet Sanford and son connection Keevie Hazelton Sightings phrases and tears Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #400 Dragnet/TAGS sightings Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #401 Barn's props Opie the Birdman Barney's Disappearing Badge Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #401 In Opie The Birdman...How Did They Do It? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:01:29 -0600 From: "Paul Mulik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Seinfeld >>>Rance Howard was on Seinfeld last night as the blind man George meets in the health club and convinces him to switch glasses. dan >>> He was in another episode too, the one where Elaine buys JFK's golf clubs and Jerry's car gets "kidnapped." Rance played the farmer who took Newman in after Kramer kicked him out of the mail truck. Clint Howard also appeared on Seinfeld, as The Smog Strangler. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:13:43 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Touching moment With the discussion of touching moments in the series, I caught one last night that really hit home. It's the episode where Opie is afraid to dance, and in the scene where Andy is trying to "persuade" him to go, Opie says that he doesn't like to dance. Andy says, "How do you know until you've tried?" Then Opie stares at his father with such a helpless expression, and tells him, "I tried it once... I just don't know how." I'm paraphrasing most of this, but the sentiment is there. At least it is for me, because I have a ten year old boy facing the same kind of confidence issues as Opie was. And it's not easy being a parent shepherding our younguns into these types of situations where they might actually fall on their face. Greg ------------------------------ Date: 19 Dec 2000 11:19:24 -0800 From: "John O. Dalke, GRI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TAGS and Dragnet > > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:07:18 -0800 (PST) > From: Jason Stillwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Dragnet > > Well, how many of you watched Dragnet over the weekend, and how many fellow > Mayberrians did you spot? I put in some time on a few episodes. The first > one I watched had ol' Jud (Burt Mustin) in it as a 91-year-old apartment > manager/retired detective who showed ol' Friday and Gannon a thing or two. > I also spotted our bookie barber in another episode as yet another apartment > manager. (By the way, why do they call 'em apartments when they're all > together?) > > - --Jason at the Hotel > "Chester Jones, you're a two-faced cheatin' liar!" > > > > > Ol' Jud also appeared in another Dragnet episode as the world's oldest cat burglar. In addition, the choir director on TAGS moved up to County Coroner on Dragnet. John O. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE zKansas.com e-mail account at http://www.zkansas.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:40:46 -0500 From: "Rod Sadler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Sanford and son connection Regarding the conversation about Sanford and Son by Bruce Nail and Paul "the bestest trivia guy in the business", I thought I'd mention that Aaron Ruben was one of the producers for Sanford and Son.... Best wishes for a Mayberry Holiday to everyone on the digest.... Rod Sadler Mayberry Michigan Chapter, TAGSRWC http://facesunlimited.safeshopper.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:14:18 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Keevie Hazelton <<I would have to agree that the actor who played Keevey Hazelton did his own singing.>> Okay, I guess it wasn't Andy after all. But "don't tell my daughter-in-law." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:57:57 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sightings Hello to everyone in Mayberry land .2 weekends ago on TVlands Gunsmoke marathon I caught one episode that had 3 TAGS alumni in it . Denver Pyle was a DR. . George Lindsy and Hoke Howell were bad guys that Festus fought with .This is my first time posting but I have enjoyed keeping up with every thing on the digest daily . MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone . ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:11:10 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: phrases and tears In a message dated 12/18/00 9:26:06 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I think that's one of the great things about TAGS. It sneaks up on you > during a routine day and gives you a bit of extra joy. >> The phrase that comes out of my mouth routinely has to do with someone saying that "it is raining" or "really rained alot yesterday etc.", so when I hear those type of phrases, automatically my brain sends a signal to my mouth and out comes "I was out there in it!" Not only does that phrase come out, but others come out even when I am preaching (I am a pastor) and the Andy fans in the congregation (and there are many) sit there and laugh.... As for the lumps in the throat, the releasing of the bird scene tears me up from start to finish. Many of the Opie and Andy scenes do the same, how about when Opie is going to face the bully that has been taking his milk money. Andy is getting ready to go to the office and Opie asks him to take a change of clothes for him just in case he needs them later, Andy picks up Opie and gives him a great big hug,............now, that is making me misty just thinking about it............or the episode when Opie is going to run away from home and Andy tells him if he runs away it will be for ever, Opie tears up the note that Andy is helping to write and climbs up into Andy's lap............or how about when Aunt Bee thinks she is getting in the way of Andy and Helen and Clara encourages her to date, Aunt Bee ends up making a story about the Butter and Egg man........at the end of the episode, Andy tells Aunt Bee that even if he and Helen get married that she will still have a place in there home, Aunt Bee cries and give Andy a hug.......not if that want clutch you, I don't know what will. As I get older, the Andy and Opie stories seem to get to me more and more.......... one more, how about when Barney sees Thelma Lou at the high school reunion (color episode) Whew! that is enough for today. Larry in Alabama "you're not talking to a jerk you know!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:51:55 -0600 From: "Martha Templeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #400 Dixon wrote: >You know what else does it? The zoom in on the apple with the >long peel, that the sleeping visitor is holding in the epilogue of "Man in a >Hurry." Man, that gets me every time. I also think, when I see scenes like that, no wonder Ron Howard turned out to be such an outstanding director. He learned from the best. Look at the direction on TAGS; it's awesome! Zooming in on that apple peel tied the end of that show up like a package with a big red bow on top, and little things like that can really make all the difference in the feeling of a show. The package would be nice without the bow, but not perfect. The bow makes it perfect. I miss the days when "close enough" was not good enough. Martha "For the love of Mike, do it! Do it!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:22:49 -0500 From: "Bill Grella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dragnet/TAGS sightings Hi Y'all Someone mentioned some of the TAGS alumni that are in Dragnet. One of the biggest recurring roles is that of the Lab guy played by Olan Soule, better known as Mayberry's own Chiormaster and Mayberry Hotel desk clerk John Masters. I wonder how Barney would do as Joe Friday's partner? Merry Christmas to all in Mayberry Bill Grella ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:27:02 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #401 In a message dated 12/19/00 1:31:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I was a hero on death row as well as Barney being one too. The Andy Griffith show was the most looked forward to show in the penitentiary. Every night when I would into work the boys on death row always tried hard to stump me with Andy trivia. I used to think I was pretty good until I ran into Paul and Allan. >> SHAZAM! I never knew that Paul and Allan was on Death Row. Say "Hey" to the Ubacher Bros. for me. Mike "#2 amber alert" Creech Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:16:05 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Barn's props No one has mentioned my favorite Barney prop: "Poems of Love and Romance" by T. Jonathan Osgood. When he keeps trying to prevent Andy from looking at it, even to the point of holding it under the armpit just cracks me up! I've called all around looking for that book but it appears to be a fake. Aunt Bee of Orlando ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:19:54 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Opie the Birdman I too tear up while watching the Opie the Birdman episode but my heart-clutching moment is when Andy tells Opie to listen to those baby birds calling for their mother who's never coming back. The finality of that, just like thinking of a creature becoming extinct, just rips me! That Mayberry Reunion show on TLC this weekend was a repeat from 1993 and it was originally only an hour too, for I have it on tape. Aunt Bee of Orlando ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:39:33 -0500 From: "Chuck Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Barney's Disappearing Badge This may have come up before,.. but has anyone else noticed the eppy where Barney's badge magically disappears and then reappears in the same scene. It's the ep featuring the celebrity criminal "Gentleman Dan Caldwell". He is booked into the Mayberry Jail for a few days and Barn, Aunt Bee and Opie are all taken in with his charms and yarns. However the gig is up when Caldwell steals Barney's gun and tries to escape. Anyway.. in the first few minutes of the show Barney is preparing for Caldwell's arrival and decides to get "the bullet" out of his pocket and "load up." Notice when Barney is standing in the doorway to the back room...his badge is not on his shirt,..Then magically it's there when he comes out.. It also disappears and reappears at least two more times in the episode. I am sure the scenes were probably shot on different days and then put together,..and someone missed the missing badge. Chuck Visit my websites when you can, and sign the guest book. Chuck And Brenda's Tennessee DogHouse The Unofficial Beatles Photo Site - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:43:42 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #401 In a message dated 12/19/00 12:48:31 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << A question...Does anyone know if this was once a longer program - say 90 minutes or two hours? It seemed sort of choppy to me a couple of times. >> If it's the special I'm thinking of, it first aired on CBS in the early 1990s as an hour special... Dixon =========== "That's something you can't talk enough about...sin!" - --Barney Fife Remember THE Hollywood Squares...the original and the best http://www.geocities.com/screenjockey/classicsquares.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:22:48 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: In Opie The Birdman...How Did They Do It? Hey To All! About a week or so I got my next installment of the Columbia House TAGS, the one about "Opie". One of the snowy evenings, I got comfy and popped the tape in my VCR. One of the episodes on the tape is "Opie The Birdman" and I got to pondering, thinking and trying to just flat out figure it out. How did they get that big bird's nest inside that little cage door opening in the Taylor's old used bird cage? The nest didn't look tatter or smooshed in any way. The birdcages back then had a tray that slid out to change the graveled paper but was the total bottom of the cage. Those kind of cages didn't come apart or have trap doors. So how did they do it? Besides the pondering, I had to get my Posh Puffs out. As many times as I have seen that episode, it dawned on me this time when Andy opened the window and told Opie to sit there and listen to the birds chirp for their momma. The thought struck me that Opie could empathize with the birdlets chirping for their momma! Opie was blessed to still have his Daddy, Andy, but I am sure he missed his ma just as much as those birds did and it would be mighty hard to sit there and listen to their chirps/cries. Talk about getting a lump in the throat! Well doing my Christmas Pickle inventory, any need pickles for Christmas dinner? Merry Christmas To My Friends In Mayberry! Sandi ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V2 #402 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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
