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To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Thursday, April 12 2001 Volume 03 : Number 113 Topics in this issue: Ernest T. Toy Squad Car "The Music Man" Re: Jack Tales Toy Squad car Quote of the Day Toy Squad Car instruments toy squad car Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #112 Mayberry Tour REPORT WBMUTBB Digest Archives Toy squad car Mr.Poovey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 11:06:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Anita Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ernest T. On my local station the other day was TAGS with Ernest T. falling in love with "his darling Romeena", at Mrs. Wiley's party. I especially enjoyed the fact that Andy and Barney truly seemed to get "tickled" when Andy asked Barney if he wanted to dance with anyone at the party. Barney replied: "Are you kidding, if you flew a quail through the room every woman in it would point." The expressions on Barney's face when Andy is holding Ernest T. back after he has been thrown out of Mrs. Wileys party is wonderful, Barney of course is in the "karate stance" he has made famous. Anita __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:50:42 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Toy Squad Car <<Does anyone make a toy die-cast (1:64 or larger) replica of the squad car? If so, where can you get one? I've never noticed one listed at Weaver's, but I bet it would be a big seller.>> Johnny Lightning makes one, or at least did at one point. It was metal, die-cast, and from what I've seen it appears to be either a '61 or '62 Galaxie. They pop up a lot on eBay... Dixon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:53:19 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "The Music Man" Did anyone happen to catch "The Music Man" on AMC the other night? It had been awhile since I'd seen it. I was impressed all over again with Ron(ny) Howard's performance. I got chill bumps when he hopped out of the crowd and sang his part of the "Wells Fargo Wagon" song. Perhaps it had something to do with having seen the TAGS episode "Opie the Birdman" on TV Land just a couple of hours earlier...no doubt about it, they had a real prize in that boy... Dixon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:48:28 -0400 From: Don Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Jack Tales > "The Jack Tales" is a collection of stories from the Appalachian >mountain areas of NC, VA (my home), and WV. They are mostly about, believe >it or not, a boy named Jack and his misadventures groing up in the >mountains. When I was in about 5th grade, the teacher read the book to us to >give us an idea of our heritage. Kinda scary when I look back at it. The >only 2 I remember are "Jack & the bean tree" (you can probably guess the >story line here) and "Sop Doll" which is about Jack meeting up with a witch >disguised as a black cat. Best as I remember, ol' Jack didn't rhyme very >well or throw rocks or anything, so naturally, I don't remember all of the >stories as well as I do the words to "Ol Aunt Moria". Y'all ain't talkin to a jerk, ya know?!? "Jack Tales" were first popularized by (I believe) a feller named Richard Chase. I remember him visiting my college campus way back in the 90s (OK, the 70s). Another highly recommended (by me!) author who's connected with the Jack Tales is Donald Davis. Don G (who's education was worth every penny) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:26:25 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Toy Squad car Hi all, Johnny Lightning Hollywood on Wheels (set of 8) is still available. One of the 8 cars is the 'Squad Car.' These are 1/64 th scale. There are several places selling these. I purchased my set from Amazon.com for $29.99. Here is there link. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JFF5/qid=987023800/sr=1-14/ref=sc _t_15/002-5120065-2856028 There are probably single Squad Cars available on EBay or other auctions. Try searching Mayberry Andy Griffith Squad Car. Who knows, there might even be a larger scale out there somewhere. Mayberry says thanks & happy motoring, David, Corydon, In ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:55:50 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Quote of the Day "Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain." Episode # 103....Air Date 11-18-63 PART 1 (Barney enters the courthouse carrying a book and walks over to Andy who is filing papers) Barney: Hi Andy. Andy: Hi Barn. Barney: Look at that would ya. Andy: What's That? Barney: My old history book. The one I used way back in the eighth Grade. Andy: I'll be dog. (Andy takes the book and sits down at the desk. Barney stands beside him.) Barney: Yeah, With all this talk with Opie about how he good he is doing in school and all. I got to thinking about my own schooling and I dug that up. My old history book. Andy: Bernard P. Fife. Hmm, This book belongs to Bernard P. Fife. If lost or stolen please return to Bernard P. Fife. Signed Bernard P. Fife. Your Book? Barney: Yeah. Look at the next page. Andy: The History of the United States of America, by Bernard P. Fife. Barney: Haha. Well, remember how we used to paste our own names over the author? Andy: Oh Yeah, Boy you've had this a long time. Barney: Well since the eighth grade. And you want to know something? There's things right there in that book that I learned that I still remember to this day. - ----Continued Tomorrow----- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:20:08 -0400 From: "Richard Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Toy Squad Car "Does anyone make a toy die-cast (1:64 or larger) replica of the squad car? If so, where can you get one? I've never noticed one listed at Weaver's, but I bet it would be a big seller." Yes Mickey, I have one (actually it's my 7-year old son's). I believe it's made by Matchbox (I can't find it right now). I bought it at the last Mayberry Days celebration in Mt Airy - from Bart Boatwright, I think. I believe it came with a squad car trading card, but I'm not positive. By the way Mickey - I knew a guy in high school with the same name as yours - - in Greensboro. Was it you? Richard Dixon - originally from Greensboro PHS Class of '78 now in Winston-Salem - 28 miles closer to Mayberry. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:20:58 -0500 From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: instruments >>>Did he ever play a flute-type instrument? I think they're called recorders. Or was it Barney? Also, I thought that Andy played the baritone, not a tuba. Or is there a difference? >>> Neither Andy nor Barney ever played any type of woodwind instrument on the show (unless you count Barney's harmonica - I suppose that could be considered a woodwind). The recorder looks something like a clarinet, but without a reed or keys. It has a row of holes that the player covers with his or her fingers. I don't recall ever seeing one of these on TAGS. The baritone horn is very similar to the euphonium. Both instruments look like small tubas; they are pitched one octave lower than the cornet and one octave higher than the tuba. Andy's horn is definitely a tuba. There is a euphonium in the Mayberry band in "Sermon for Today." The person playing it looks very much like Roger Hanover, Aunt Bee's suitor (played by Wallace Ford) in "Aunt Bee's Romance." So far we've got Andy playing guitar, tuba, piano, and organ. There's still one left that nobody has gotten yet. Hint: it's in the percussion family. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:32:28 -0500 From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: toy squad car >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Toy Squad Car Does anyone make a toy die-cast (1:64 or larger) replica of the squad car? >>> Johnny Lightning made one a couple of years ago, of the 1961 model. I don't know the exact scale but it's about the size of a Hot Wheels car. They're available on eBay by the dozens. Just browse for "Andy Griffith Car." Expect to pay about $4 - $6. Each one comes packaged with a trading card. I think there are 10 different cards, but the cars are all the same. It was just a dumb gimmick to get silly collectors to buy ten of them instead of just one. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:06:02 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #112 sorry about the click/clack frick/frack misreference,and thanks to all for the correction. i must have spent too much time over at the Morrison sisters flower makin machine or maybe Col Harvey's elixer had something to do with it.or maybe it was all the nighttime farming i did in the sixties? best to you and yours, and hey to goober, Jubal Foster "take your time.........relax.........WHATS YOUR HURRY??" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:14:51 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mayberry Tour REPORT Hey to the gang! Our trip in LA went much better than expected (what a relief for me)! We started out by having lunch with Rance and Clint Howard at Dalts in Burbank. They spent better than 2 hours telling stories, answering questions, signing autographs and taking photos with our small group. Afterwards, Clint took us to his agents office and showed us the "behind the scenes" workings of how they get their clients jobs. We then visited a place called "THE SWORD AND THE STONE," a business that makes props for movies like "The Patriot" and "The Mummy." The proprietor had many original props from famous TV shows and movies that he allowed us to view. The following day we were invited to Kit and Sue McNear's home where we were the first to view things like the original "Mayberry Gazette" newspaper from TAGS that reported "Local Barber Catches Escaped Convicts." He also showed us a miniature badge that was given to him at a TAGS party for all of the cast members back in the early '70's. We also were shown a few things from Howard McNear's days on the radio show GUNSMOKE and lots of very rare photos from his career. We were also able to meet Margaret Kerry (Mrs. Scobie) and Ken Berry (Sam Jones) while in LA. Our Picnic at Myers Lake went well other than it was a little chilly. The high temp for the week was only 65 but we had a good time anyway. We did other things like visit Melody Ranch, an old west movie studio where a large percentage of the westerns were filmed (GUNSMOKE, HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, etc.) and they had just opened their movie museum. The Mayberry prop that they have is an original Mayberry Squad Car that Gene Autry purchased in 1962. Unfortunately, they hadn't removed it from storage so we were unable to view it. We did many other things that weren't related to TAGS, so I won't go into that, but if you missed it, you should try to go next year if I do it again. I will be posting some photos on my web site soon, so I'll let you know when I do. Mike Creech ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:11:11 -0500 From: Allan Newsome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WBMUTBB Digest Archives Hey Folks, I wanted to remind you all about the Archives of the WBMUTBB Digest mailing list. You can see the archives by going to: http://www.escribe.com/tv/wbmutbb The archives are password protected so you'll need to know the following. Username: floyd Password: lawson Once there, you can read message dating back to December of last year. If folks start using the archives, I'll take the time to try and get all the past messages from the WBMUTBB Digest placed on there as well but so far it's not seen too much usage. Drop in a check it out sometime. Allan Newsome ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:03:29 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Toy squad car Mickey, Got one in my hand right now. Purchased it at a model store in Pigeon Forge TN. Its from Playing Mantis and call "Hollywood On Wheels" Series. There are eight cars in this series. They are: Back to the Future The Monkees The Partridge Family Starsky & Hutch The Blues Brothers The Andy Griffith Show Dragnet Blues Brothers 2000 For infor call 1-800-MANTIS-8 or on the web at www.playingmantis.com. Terry "Call the Man" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:11:12 -0500 From: "Scott Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mr.Poovey As to Lou Ann Pooveys father who played on TAGS and Gomer Pyle ,I believe the gentleman that played Mr. Poovey on Gomer played Ben Weaver in the Shoplifter episode of TAGS. Scott ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #113 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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. 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