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To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Friday, June 29 2001 Volume 03 : Number 181 Topics in this issue: Limericks! Limericks! wbmutbb-digest V3 #180 -Reply Dates Re: Mystery Lady Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #180 Re: Limericks Re: credits The Rock Episode AUNT BEE'S PAYCHECK Meeting "Thel" Source for Vintage TAGS Commercials Limericks TAGS DVD Opie on SNL Dry Mayberry Jimmy Limerick Clara and Aunt Bee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:50:59 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Limericks! In a message dated 6/27/01 10:58:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > OK let's here some more--put that bucket on and give it a think! > Also let me know which are your favorites and who else you would like to > There once was a man named Sprague Who attention he did crave He caught big Sam He said, "The Man, I am" OK someone help me with that last line!!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:51:26 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Limericks! In a message dated 6/27/01 10:58:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > OK let's here some more--put that bucket on and give it a think! > Also let me know which are your favorites and who else you would like to > There once was a man named Sprague Who attention he did crave He caught big Sam He said, "The Man, I am" OK someone help me with that last line!!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:41:52 -0400 From: "Tom McIlroy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: wbmutbb-digest V3 #180 -Reply In the very first episode where Aunt Bea comes to live with Andy and Opie, it seems a bit strange to me that in the early morning, while Opie is supposedly still asleep, that Andy and Aunt Bea are about to leave in Andy's truck to, I suppose, take Aunt Bea to the bus to return to her previous residence and leave Opie HOME ALONE. Did I miss something, or was Opie, at that very young age, being left to awaken alone with nobody home? If Andy left a "Be right back" note for him, remember that Opie said earlier in the episode that he didn't know how to write (for the "I'm Runnin' Away From Home" note. I also assume that he couldn't read at this young age either. How about it, fellow TAGS lovers? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:11:18 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dates <<When Andy reads the date of the battle, it is written month first followed by day. If memory serves me correctly, it was June 12 and it was carved on the board as 06-12-followed by the year. Not unusual until you realize that military dates are always written day first followed by the month then year--it should have been 12-06-year.>> You're so right, Daddy, but there's something else that puzzles me. I didn't think we used the zero (or naught) before a single digit number prior to the computer age. There was no need to do that. It would have been 6-12-year. Am I right or is the fallout affecting my milk? Linda - A "naught"-head Goober ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:23:25 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mystery Lady In a message dated 6/28/01 10:49:40 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I just knew Dixon would know who my Mystery Lady was. Did your well of > knowledge dry up? Impossible. Refresh me on the question again, Laura Lee. My well of knowledge isn't dry, it's ten feet deep in some places (like Tucker's Lake)... Dixon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:25:40 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #180 en you're a young 'un!" - --Sheriff Andy Taylor Remember THE Hollywood Squares...the original and the best http://www.geocities.com/screenjockey/classicsquares.html Dixon's Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/screenjockey/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:26:23 -0700 (PDT) From: David & Angela Forbus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Limericks Gotta stop, I'll never get any work done! There was a musician named Bobby (Freddy) Fleet, Who had a band with a heck of a beat, After several seasons, he and his men, Were never spoken of again, And the music was never again quite complete. There was a pretty young thang named Ellie Walker, With a beautiful voice....what a talker, They wrote her off of the show, What a sad, crushing blow, If I'd have been around then, I'd be her stalker. There was a young, nervous chap named Barney, Who slightly resembled Jim Varney, Once he left the show, It was good, no mo', and the final episodes were just blarney. (Rule #2 stretcher) Whatever happened to the salesman Don Rickles? Who came to town with junk, and a couple of nickles, If he'd have hung around longer, He would have gotten stronger, Until he ate some of Aunt Bee's pickles. There was a hot headed man named Malcolm Tucker, Who at first took the Sheriff for a sucker, But after spending time in town, He began to settle down, And you couldn't drag him out of Mayberry with a truck(er). An old crusty shop owner was named Weaver, He could be quite the mean deceiver, Though he was so darn old, He had a heart of gold, You could trust him like a Golden Retriever. There was a Crump in Mayberry for a teacher, She wasn't quite as nice as the preacher, Not all of us liked Helen, I believe in Kansas she was a felon, But she did have nice facial features. The Man from Nantucket __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:28:29 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: credits Guys, First of all, sorry for that last email, it was a misfire. I usually take my long sig file out of my WBMUTBB posts for space reasons but AOL gave me a rude. Guess I need to call the man! Anyone notice anything unusual about the opening credits to the TAGS episodes that appeared on TV Land Wednesday night? They were two episodes that Barney guest-starred in during the color years. I think it's interesting, in light of our discussion about credits order, to note that in both of those episodes the words "Special Guest Star--DON KNOTTS" come before Andy's name, or even the show's title! Dixon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:51:28 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Rock Episode One of my favorite episodes of TAGS is when Otis is sent to The Rock to have Bloody Mary rehabilitate him. But there are a few things I have often wondered about. Why didn't Andy just have Otis "sleep it off" if the back room for a few hours and then take him home? I know either Andy or Barney would be in the room over night because of the prisoners, but certainly by the time they were ready to turn in Otis would have been sober enough to go home. After all he was not under arrest. Then Andy told Blood Mary how Barney would fix Otis' eggs. Now where would Barney fix those. There is only a little hot plate in the back room for the coffee and I always thought Aunt Bee made the meals for the prisoners.. And then why does Otis get to use the guest room when poor Ollie and Nora had to bunk with Andy and Aunt Bee? Just makes you want to put your head under a bucket and think. Ken of Eau Claire, Wisconsin "Oh what a mess I''ve made of my life," ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:34:52 -0400 From: "Alex Evans"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AUNT BEE'S PAYCHECK >Does anyone on the digest know or ever heard how much the main characters >Andy Griffith, Don Knotts) were paid per episode? I can't comment on Griffith and Knotts, but I have the contract Frances Bavier signed for the >episode of Mayberry RFD, "Andy & Helen Get Married". She was paid $2500 >for the episode. Randy Aunt Bee certainly received a pay raise over the years. I have her original paycheck stub from episode #1 and she was paid $750.00. Alex ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:06:45 -0500 From: Rodney Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Meeting "Thel" My family and I attended the EVENING WITH DON KNOTTS show in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It was great! The place was sold out and Don, Betty Lynne, and Howard Morris were wonderful. I finally got my Thelma Lou autograph that I have been waiting for so long. Even got to hug "Thel" and have my pic taken with her.....good thing Barney wasn't looking! Also got to talk to Alan Newsome for a bit ( he was VERY friendly ) and David Browning was great as usual. OHHHHH. AND I got to shake hands with the old rock thrower himself!!!!!!!! hee hee hee "makes you think!" rodney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:41:19 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Source for Vintage TAGS Commercials Downtown Ron Brown wrote: >>Also, remember that TAGS was sponsored by "Post" and their logo would be>> >>shown as Opie throws a rock into the lake at the start of the show.>> Hi- I've mentioned this before but for the benefit of all the new faces I'll say it again. Shokus video is a great source for vintage commercials. They have a few from TAGS including the one Ron mentioned. There are several volumes that have about an hours worth of commercials each. They also have videos of a ton of shows from the 40's,50's & 60's. I buy a lot of tapes there, and service and quality have always been good. Here's a link: http://www.shokusvideo.com/ Take care....Al Becker - "Septic Tank Pumpers" chapter, Norfolk Va. Andy: "Why sure that applies to septic tank pumpers! " ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:39:18 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Limericks Good Evening Everyone, Hope everyone isn't suffocating in this heat! Wow - you can't even breathe! While sitting in the comfort of this air conditioning, I decided to take Joe Gritton's challenge to come up with a limerick. Here is my rendition. Wha' da ya think, Joe? There once was a Mayberry queen Whose cooking no one could demean Until one bad day Her talent did stray With cukes tasting of ker-o-sene! You all have a good one! Jeanne (from West Virginia) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:28:39 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TAGS DVD We found some TAGS DVDs at Suncoast Motion Picture Company, and I played one for the family. For copyright reasons, I guess, the main theme has been replaced by other, shall we say "less impressive" music. We're all sitting there, staring at the Fishing Hole scene with Andy and Opie, and cringing a bit. My eleven year old son looked at me in comedic repulsion, "Dad... make it stop." We all got a good laugh at that. Out of the mouths of babes. Greg in Simi Valley, CA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:06:08 -0700 From: "euryman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Opie on SNL Re my trivia question about Ron Howard's post-TAGS/RFD/USMC Opie Taylor appearance other than "Return to Mayberry," yep, it was indeed during his hosting of "Saturday Night Live" (and EVERYONE remembers Eddie Murphy's Floyd). If you got it right, run down to the fillin' station and treat yourself to a bottle of pop. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:26:12 -0700 From: Gary Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dry Mayberry Did any close watchers happen to notice in the episode last night on TVland where Aunt Bee went into the Spare Ribs Tavern to see why it closed? I noticed on the sign behind the counter that beer was listed. It seemed that Mayberry was dry in most episdoes. What happened here? I always enjoy that episode, and also the one where Andy invests in a laundermat. Should just practice sheriffing. G. Coates ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:29:53 -0000 From: "Charlie Brakefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Jimmy Limerick Jimmy the goat is my topic With eating dynamite on his docket He stole Otis's bed And when they butted heads The mayor took off like a rocket - -Charlie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:53:30 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Clara and Aunt Bee Hello to all my Mayberry brothers and sisters! I was watching the episode recently where Clara and Aunt Bee both plan to enter the rose contest with hopes of getting their picture in the Simmon's Seed Catalog. I noticed how mean-spirited Clara was toward Aunt Bee in this episode and it got me to thinking how different Clara was in this one as opposed to the pickle episode. In "The Pickle Story", Clara seems to be much kinder toward Bee and even encourages her to enter the contest. She never even says a word about Aunt Bee's pickles tasting like kerosene cucumbers. But in "A Rose Is A Rose" she seems very competitive and even rude...especially in the scene where she and Myrtle are "cuttin' Aunt Bee up pretty bad". Of course, Clara sure makes up for it by giving her prize to Aunt Bee in the end (after telling everyone how Bee's rose, Deep Pink Ecstacy, was destroyed). Now don't get me wrong...I love both episodes and am not bad-mouthing anyone...i was just noticin' and thought I'd pass it along. Thanks to all who write in. You folks always make my day! Crystal M. in AL ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #181 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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 goto: http://www.tagsrwc.com/wbmutbb/unsubscribe_digest.htm To change your email address, first unsubscribe using the command above and then re-subscribe by going to: http://www.tagsrwc.com/wbmutbb/joinwbmutbb.htm
