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To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Tuesday, March 27 2001 Volume 03 : Number 095 Topics in this issue: TAGS tags Who cuts Floyd's Hair re: extra added to floyd/lonely hearts episode Aunt Bee of Orlando Props goof. Emergency! The Final Bullet Dreams "The New Barney" or "Waren Version 1.0" Re: Paul's trivia question Columbia House Ernest T's "T" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:43:28 -0600 From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TAGS tags >>>I'm almost 100% sure the plates were NC and not Californy, Movie and TV people are sticklers for detail. In the era of Tags a lot of states used the same color schemes. Phil "a little out of touch with reality, but having the time of my life" >>> Many of the license plates were correct NC tags, or at least good imitations. NC tags for 1960 (the year TAGS premiered) had two letters, a hyphen, and three numbers. For example, the squad car's license plate in almost every episode is JL-327. Several plates were used over and over on many different cars, such as AY-321, RD-757, and GP-780. The plate number JL-327 was taken from a tire ad that depicted plates from all 50 states (or maybe it was 48 - the ad may have been a couple of years old by 1960). Anyway, when the show first entered production, the prop department needed an example of what a NC tag should look like. The NC tag in the advertisement had the number JL-327, so they copied that. Not all of the cars seen on the show had NC tags, though. Often, when a scene required a large number of cars, the cast or crew would park their own cars on the backlot, and those of course had California tags. This is why you see an occasional Chevy or foreign car in Mayberry. Speaking of California tags, if you take a close look at the governor's license plate in "Barney and the Governor," it looks like a California tag with a sloppy paint job. It reads "NOTH CAPOLNIA" or something like that. At least the feller won't have a tough time recollecting his number. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:46:20 -0500 From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Who cuts Floyd's Hair On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:48:01 -0700 (MST), you wrote: >Hey everybody. I was just wondering something. Floyd always cuts >everybodies hair, but who cuts Floyd's hair? Can he do it himself? Seems >like a hard jod to me. Or, does he have to go to Mount Pilot to get his >hair cut? Maybe, his wife cuts his hair? If anybody has any thoughts on >the matter, just send them along. Horatio (Kevin) > >"Yea, and I've got the magazines to swing it" Good question Kevin - I know that to get a good suit you have to go to Mt. Pilot, maybe you can get a good haircut there too. Here's another Floyd mystery. Ever notice that no matter who was getting a haircut, nobody ever paid Floyd when they were done. When the Bookie Barber was there, Floyd liked the sound of the register (Listen, he's playing my song" but I saw Andy, Barn, various mayors, et al. get out of the chair and slide out the door without even a reach for the pocket and I can't recall ever hearing the register ding. I know Jim Lindsay was running a tab, but Floyd complained about that one. Jeff Krentz Bighead in Dee-Troit (O'Malley says "Maybe they've got a haircut compelshun?") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:56:41 -0600 From: "The Hendersons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: re: extra added to floyd/lonely hearts episode The other night during supper, we were watching TAGS and heard something and made us stop and look at each other. This episode was of when Floyd was involved with the lonely hearts club and things were getting messy! They were in somebody else's house, pretending it was Floyd's, etc., etc. This is not a quote, but Andy told Floyd that the woman that was coming to visit Floyd most likely made up HER stories about being a rich widow and probably embelished her stories just like Floyd had. We looked at each other and said, "I've never heard THAT said before in this episode!" TV Land cut Aunt Bee's statement that she was enjoying playing the maid; just like in sunday school when she was a little girl! Oh, well, at least TVLand is adding back in some great lines; that makes the story make more "sense". Has any body ELSE heard some lines or seen some scenes lately that have reappeared after being cut out for so long?????? It would be interesting to hear from some of you all. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:53:38 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Aunt Bee of Orlando In a message dated 3/24/01 10:04:30 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Is that Mayberry Giants website one terrific place to visit? Yeah Boy!! Great pictures and entertaining text. >> Aren'tcha kind? You know how I feel about fuss and falderal. Lord knows, the job itself is reward enough. Johnny <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tv/hoftog";>Mayberry Giants: Hit One for the Ol' Goober</A> http://www.angelfire.com/tv/hoftog "A man does with what he's got....." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:25:21 -0500 From: "Nathan Mylott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Props goof. I was watching the show today about the phony robbery at Walker's drugstore (so Barney would have a crime to solve) and noticed a prop mistake. While Barney was putting fingerprint powder all over Ellie's cash register I noticed two sunglass display's. On one of the racks was a broken pair of sunglasses. Maybe they were made for partly sunny days. Best to all... Barb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:17:57 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Emergency! Am I the only crazy person or does anybody else wonder how Emergency made it that far. Robert Fuller can't act. We should have had another Andy-fest. And what's the budget total for the All Andy channel? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:34:14 -0500 From: "Bruce and Mary Nail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Final Bullet I was just scanning the TAGSRWC website, and saw something stating "the final Bullet." can this be? has the Bullet been fired? I was just in the process of initiating my first membership (long overdue) and saw this notice. I was really looking forward to the regular instalments of nondigital TAGS info. I hope I misread this. Best regards: Bruce and Mary Nail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:08:03 -0600 From: "Tom & Judy Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dreams I was just watching my second favorite show, Dick Van Dyke, and it was an episode with a dream sequence. The DVD used that device several times and I was wondering if TAGS ever did. I can't think of any examples if they did. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:24:25 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "The New Barney" or "Waren Version 1.0" Hello Everyone, I just watched the "last" BW episode tonight, the one where Jerry Van Dyke gueststars. When his character was introduced in this episode, the writers would have already known Barney was not coming back (or did they?) Anyway, was there any plan to replace Barney's character with Jerry's? I think he could have pulled off that position much more successfully then the Warren character. Anyway just wondering? Steve Mitchell "What was what? I didn't hear any whistle?" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:14:12 -0500 From: Janet K Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Paul's trivia question "Tonight while watching "Lawman Barney" on TVLand, I noticed something very unusual about the vehicles seen in this episode. Anybody know what it was?" Well, I was waiting to see if somebody jumped on this one, but no one has, so I guess I'll take a stab at it. I pulled out my video of this episode to see if I could determine what Paul was referring to. The only other vehicle I noticed, besides the squad car and the farmers' truck, was a station wagon (seen at the very beginning of the episode), but it was so far away that it was hard to see. The truck was a Ford, so I guess that wasn't anything unexpected. The only thing that struck me as odd was that the truck's outside mirror had been removed from the driver-side door. It is very evident where the mirror had been attached, so that stuck out to me. (It also would seem to be quite hazardous to drive a large truck like that without an outside mirror, especially with all that farm produce potentially blocking the view of an inside rear-view mirror!) I noticed, too, that the squad car had no outside rear-view mirrors, but there was a spotlight attached close to the driver's window, which I never particularly noticed before. Did I answer your question right, Paul?? By the way, Georgia Griffin mentioned about the size of the squash the farmers were selling, so I took special notice of that. You're right, Georgia -- I've seen some pretty big squash in my time, but those things were huge! And had an unusual shape, too. Lastly, somebody else was talking about Barney's and Andy's uniforms and the different shaped pocket flaps. Sure enough, they were just as described. I can't believe I never noticed that before! Thanks for bringing it to our attention! Janet (I'll take a whole bushel of those one-cent cucumbers! I've got a swell pickle recipe, and it doesn't call for any kerosene.) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:45:34 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Columbia House Has anyone received the first "new" video from Columbia House yet? Like many of you, I purchased their original 10 tapes. I received a letter from them near the end of February that they were coming out with new TAGS tapes and that the first would be coming soon. Yet I've not seen anything yet. Just checking. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:10:01 -0500 From: "April Starnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ernest T's "T" In response to the question of what does the "T" stand for in Ernest T. Bass's name ,this is just a silly thought.... maybe it stands for "tator handler". Andy: Ernest T, you don't pass ONE, you pass the whole thing! Ernest T: Whole thing? ( he then hands Andy 4 or 5 potatos) Ernest T: Well what's the matter? I passed it, I didn't HEAVE it! Or the "T" could stand for "toter of jackasses". ( In trying to get accepted to the Army he brags about "toting a sick jackass 5 miles to the doctor".) Also, he could be "thrower of bricks and rocks". Ernest T: Charlene, look out here! Can you see me? Blountville,Tn. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #95 **************************** ************************************************** ~ 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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