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To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Wednesday, March 21 2001 Volume 03 : Number 090 Topics in this issue: barney singing what song. Good Ol'14A Mayberry/Mt.Airy People moonshinning alive and well Ben Weaver selling spirits! "Stills" for Paul Mulik Cousin Virgil--that boy's got to go! Genuine Whiplash Cord Barney is Littering AGAIN! Andy's comic influences Alabama "shine" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:39:15 -0600 From: "becngary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: barney singing what song. hey to all, i have a question. in the episode where barney gets locked in the bank vault, what song is he singing as he pretends to mop the floor? it's a pretty tune and sounds like scottish or irish. also i wonder how many times barney locked himself or him and andy in the jail cell. bec from texas.....it was the liver all right. she looked right at it and cried. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:22:14 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Good Ol'14A In honor of the first day of Spring, all together now: "Welcome, sweet Springtime, we greet thee in SONG" (make sure the last word is slightly off-key) Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:11:33 -0400 From: David Millard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mayberry/Mt.Airy People Every year when we attend Mayberry Days we meet some of the nicest people in the world, for a few brief moments the world stops spinning so wildy and we step back in time to a simpler way of life & its great. Some of the nicest people in the world also live and work in Mt. Airy, especially the folks at the Surry Arts Council who put on this great festival, if you've never been there for Mayberry Days or just to visit, I highly recommend it for a vacation, you'll be so glad you went!! Mayberry/Mt.Airy......our HOMETOWN..........DAVE & PATTIE MILLARD..NEW PHILA, OHIO. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:14:34 -0500 From: "Phil Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: moonshinning alive and well Well, I'd just like to say that moonshinning is alive and well in NC. Not only in the mountain counties but even right cheer in the big city of Charlotte. I have a good friend (one of my flying buddies) that bears a good resemblance to Brisco Darling that has a still in Charlotte and runs off a batch ever now and agin. He is from the mountains and migrated down to the city (I wonder what causes that) he wears bib overalls, has a long beard and hair and enjoys the simple things in life. I have tasted his shine and personally think all shine taste like a cross betwixt paint thinner and finger nail polish remover. But each to his own. Iffin I'm gonna drink, I jest as soon it taste good, so I stick to fresh brewed Ice Tea, sweetened of course with genuine real cane sugar, nothin artificial. oh well enough ramblin for now. Phil "an try to act like somebody" Fox ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:30:27 -0600 From: "**Stephanie Lynch**" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ben Weaver selling spirits! Hiddy all! I just love this digest! I always notice things that I mean to bring up, but by the time I compose my post, sometimes I forget things I wanted to ask all of you trained noticer's about! Here's one: "Another question...I know this was asked a long time ago but wasn't Mayberry in a dry county? So how come Ben said he sold spirits at his store? It just don't make no sense a'tall" Pauline, I am so glad you asked that question! I think of it all the time, but always forget to ask the exact same thing when I post! I've been wondering about this one for a while now. Anyone have an answer? "Say hello to your Daddy, now."- Barney to Cousin Virgil as he boards the bus headed to Macon Stephanie 'It's me! It's me! It's Ernest T!' _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:27:47 -0800 (PST) From: Anita Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: "Stills" Maybe I ain't got much "educashun" as Ernest T. would say, but is the correct spelling of a moonshiners equipment "steel" or "still"? My husband is a butcher, and the item he uses to sharpen his knives is called a steel. Can somebody help me out????? Thanks for the help!!! ......some of us got it and some of us ain't.... Anita __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:16:12 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: for Paul Mulik In a message dated 03/20/2001 11:05:10 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > (Barney says his is made of genuine whiplash cord, whatever that > . Dear Paul... Excuse me, but did you really mean to say "whatever that is", like you DON'T KNOW??? Never thought I'd see the day when you didn't know something related to "TAGS". Let me just say that I appreciate you mentioning that you didn't know. Makes a body feel a little less ignorant. So thanks! a big fan, Crystal M. in AL ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:28:54 -0600 From: Georgia Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Cousin Virgil--that boy's got to go! Hi Y'all! In the episode with Cousin Virgil, I thought it odd that Virgil could get Otis out of the cell because "nobody was watching"...altho he did have an 'audience' when he spilled stuff at the dinner table and dumped that meatloaf in Andy's lap.... "nobody was watching" when he messed up them jailkeys! or when he backed the squad car into Andy's garage, etc..... Just an observation..... guess ol' Virg was just best at carving wood figures and being on the 'fun' side of Barney's family. Also, I'm glad someone cleared up the Rance Howard case for me .... that's a bit of trivia I didn't know.. that he was Ron Howard's dad and was the bus driver in the episode! makes ya think! GA in MS "they sure are bitin' down here!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:23:52 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Koontz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Genuine Whiplash Cord I'm sure the writers had Barney say "Whiplash Cord" instead of Whipcord, which is an actual fabric. (More of 'Barney's Blarney', as Jim Clark has in his book, i.e. kleptomenerac, compelsion, etc.) Whipcord is (according to Webster) "cloth made of hard twisted yarns and has a fine diagonal cords or ribs." It would make sense to have Police uniforms made from whipcord. I've heard The Mayberry Deputy's uniform is made from whipcord. Jeff "Abosolutely naked without my uniform" Koontz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:04:21 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Barney is Littering AGAIN! Hey Guys, Remeber a few letters ago and everyone was talking about Barney littering in the episode where Barney thinks Andy is getting a new deputey? Well did anyone catch the scene of Barney littering in "The New Mayor" episode last night? Just wondering. Steve "thanks for asking me to stay and have a sandwich" Mitchell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:01:45 -0600 From: Dawn Biegelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Andy's comic influences While watching "Mr. McBeeVee" the other night, a question popped into my head -- hopefully it's a topic that has not been "done to death" by some of the long-time members of the Digest. Here goes: Which comedians influenced Andy early in his career, esp. preceding the TAGS era? When Andy and Barney were outside the Taylor home looking for Opie's imaginary horse, Blackie, Andy struck a pose that reminded me of Jack Benny (resting his face on his hand, with his other arm crossed over his middle; rolling his eyes and grinning in a funny way). Had Andy ever worked with Jack Benny? I am too young to remember the radio/pre-T.V./early T.V. era, but that Jack Benny pose is unmistakeable. Any thoughts? Dawn in Kansas City ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:25:48 -0800 (PST) From: MICHAEL KATT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Alabama "shine" Thought I might ought to weigh in on the subject of moonshine.The industry is "still" alive and well in Bama,but we generally call it White Lightnin'.In most of Alabama,you can't buy spirits or go to a bar on the Sabbath (unless you belong to a private club,which usually costs $1.00 a year),so there are places called shot houses that are pretty easy to find if you know the right (or wrong) people and they make most of their profit off of home made likker.I had a friend who owned and operated a still-this was in the late 80s- and he'd bring a jar or two around for the Holidays (and we'd make up A LOT of Holidays in my wilder days). My personal preferance was to mix it with instant iced tea mix,so's I wouldn't go blind by imbibin' it straight.'Course,those days are long behind me and I certainly wouldn't recomend it to anyone.After 1 or 2 glasses your productivity level will sho' nuff suffer for a few days.I'm awful glad I nipped that habit in the bud!!!! Bama Katt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #90 **************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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