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To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Tuesday, August 7 2001 Volume 03 : Number 234 Topics in this issue: Wedding Day Blues My Darling Mr. Darling pickle recipe Re: Statue of Seth Taylor Statue of Seth Taylor - It's Nice, Real Nice Denver Pyle re:digest#233 Comments from Member Feedback and Allan's Response ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 08:10:24 -0500 From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Wedding Day Blues When I said that Aunt Bee and all the other ladies would furnish the food, I should have mentioned at least one exception. We wouldn't want Lillian's infamous meatballs. Their terrible. And I just hope Barney has the good sense not to accompany the young couple on their honeymoon this time. But with our Barney, one never knows, does one? Laura Lee Hobbs, y'all have a good day now, you hear ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 12:37:10 -0500 From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: My Darling Mr. Darling Another serious question for you lovely people of Mayberry to ponder: Has my beloved Mr. Darling ever said a line that didn't slay you? In other words, has he ever been in a scene where he didn't take you hostage, leaving you begging to be released? If you answered "yes" to that question, then you are a stronger person than I. This guy captures me every time I see his beautiful face, and heaven knows, he and Floyd are the Masters of Delivery. You can give those two a line as dull as dishwater and in their hands it becomes like sparkling champagne. What unbelievable talent! We all know how talented Barney, Andy, Opie, etc. are. But let us not forget to watch and remember the two Masters at work. Such a treat to watch and now our loss to bear. Most of us know the shows by heart now, so the next time you see Floyd or my beloved Briscoe come on, just watch--I mean really watch--the way they deliver a line. You'll be amazed at how an ordinary line turns to gold for them. Laura Lee Hobbs, dime store clerk & gold truck watcher extraordinaire Naomi: "I hate men." Big Maude aka Ralph Henderson: "She's a convicted husband beater." (ever notice how my quotes have absolutely nothing to do with what I have written--wonder what causes that?) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:08:19 -0400 From: "Chuck Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: pickle recipe In the digest on Fri, 3 Aug 2001, "ctor" said: Here is a dill pickle recipe I absolutely guarantee. Every one of my family and friends love my pickles. I got this from a wonderful teacher friend. Best of all-it's EASY! Dill Pickles 1 quart vinegar (5% apple cider) 3 quarts water 1 cup canning salt Hey "ctor",.. you forgot the KEROSENE! Bandwithabeat - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:46:37 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Statue of Seth Taylor > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:07:42 -0400 > From: Jeff Krentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Statue of Seth Taylor - It's Nice, Real Nice > > Every time I see this episode I laugh out loud at the > statue's unveiling. I know this has the potential > of violating rule #2 but isn't that statue comical > looking? The scale of it is off and the uplifted arm > doesn't have an elbow, looks kind of like a bent pipe > or something. Who do you think really sculpted that > thing? Newton Monroe? > > Jeff Krentz > BigHead in Dee-Troit (O'Malley says "I'm Ept, I'm EPT!") I don't know who sculpted it (Otis on a Saturday night) but that statue was around for several years before "TAGS" pulled it out of the Desilu prop department. The first time I can recall seeing it, was in a 1963 episode of "The Lucy Show." Lucy and Viv attend their college reunion, and show the coeds an old Homecoming prank: hauling the statue of the university's founder up to the campus belltower. I remember seeing him in "Mission: Impossible" and "The Mothers-In-Law" too. I'm sure there's a few other Desilu shows that dusted him off for a scene or two. (But why? Like Jeff said, the thing was totally unproportioned and stupid looking!) That Seth Taylor sure got around. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:55:56 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Statue of Seth Taylor - It's Nice, Real Nice In a message dated 8/7/01 5:46:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Statue of Seth Taylor - It's Nice, Real Nice >> Speaking of the Seth Taylor statue, it was used in a Here's Lucy episode. I don't remember which one but I recall seeing it about a year or so ago and Lucy was trying to hoist it into her upstairs room. That Seth Taylor sure gets around good for a dead guy. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:14:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Miss Birdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Denver Pyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Denver Pyle on "The Dukes of Hazzard"; One of the most confusing (yet comforting) aspects of my childhood was having the opportunity to watch Denver Pyle three times a day as three different lovable characters - Uncle Jesse; Briscoe Darling; and Mad Jack on "The Life And Times of Grizzly Adams". Thanks for bringing up that memory! Miss Birdy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:01:52 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re:digest#233 and realize that these folks are actors, have real lives, and owe me nothing as a fan, including guest appearances, autographs, or even saying hello on the street. They please me by allowing me to watch their past performances. I respect their privacy. Let them live in peace.'' First of all, if I may say, by asking about ron and andy`s appearance(or lack of it), I was in no way, nor have I ever tried to in any way, invade their privacy-i`ve never even met either one of them. Just curious if they do sometimes come to tags reunions and gatherings and I wasnt aware of it, or if they were even able to visit-I know andy is getting on in years, so was wandering if maybe he wasnt able-I really didnt know, and was just being another curious fan along with all the members of the digest-by the way, another member informed me there was an article in Hunstville paper that andy had signed away all his rights to tags is why he didnot participate. It always saddens me when I see or hear about a celebrity saying they dont owe their fans anything-when they get so big that they think this, they need to remember if it wasnt for their fans watching their shows, buying their music, belong to their fan clubs, then they would not be the giants or successes the fans helped them to become. It would really be sad indeed if any of my heroes(favorite stars) really thought he was so important and so hurried that he couldnt say "hi" on the streets or sign an autograph if we ever did come face-to-face-yes, i`m sorry I do think they owe their fans that much-not that I`m going to run off and try to chase down Ron and Andy, mind you for an autograph, but its nice to think that if our paths ever did cross, they would stop to say hello to a "commoner" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:00:48 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Comments from Member Feedback and Allan's Response Hey Folks, I've gotten only a few responses from my request for feedback about how things are going here at the WBMUTBB Chapter and the WBMUTBB Digest but the issues raised were something I felt like needed to be addressed. Here's what I'm going to do. I will address the issues here in the Digest but I won't go into too much detail on the last issue. To get more details, members can head over to "The Golden Door to Good Fellowship" (GDGF) bulletin board that's been set up for WBMUTBB Chapter members. There you can ask me questions about the issues if you'd like and you can read more about some of the issues I feel like might need more explaining. http://www.tagsrwc.com/wbmutbb/goldendoor/page1.html I hope by doing it this way, we'll be able to put some problems behind us and allow ourselves to have that special Mayberry feeling continue to grow here in our little corner of Mayberry. Now...on to the issues: ISSUE #1: I had some members ask for a second mailing list on which they could talk about issues that aren't allowed here on the WBMUTBB Digest (i.e., negative feelings about the show, Color vs. B&W episodes, etc.). ALLAN'S RESPONSE: There are already several other Mayberry related mailing lists on the Internet and many of those allow exactly what ISSUE #1 was talking about. You can find a listing of mailing lists at: http://www.tagsrwc.com/sarahs/content/Mayberry_Mailing_Lists.html Also, there are several bulletin boards that could be used to do this. Even The Golden Door to Good Fellowship might be able to be used for this type of discussion so check out some of them at: http://www.tagsrwc.com/sarahs/content/Mayberry_Bulletin_Boards.html ISSUE #2: This issue was brought up to me by several folks and this one in particular put it in to words well. "My only quibble is that a small number of long time members seem to be somewhat impatient and dismissive of newcomers. I occasionally detect an "Andier-than-thou" attitude when responding to new people and their questions." ALLAN'S RESPONSE: This is something that I've seen myself and it does need to be addressed. I will say that it's not just "long time members" that seem to get impatient...sometimes it's folks that have only been on the Digest for a few months that don't like the repeated questions/comments of "new" members. All I can do here is ask that everyone realize that new folks are gonna repeat questions that you may have seen several times. You know why I know that? Because most of you have asked the exact same question when you first signed up for the WBMUTBB Digest. Remember what it was like for you when you first found this group. It was great fun to find a bunch of people that shared your love of Mayberry and The Andy Griffith Show....wow....other folks like me. You had questions; you wanted to know the answers; you didn't know about the "FAQ" page and didn't know you could get some of those questions answered there. It was all new to you and *hopefully* the folks here in our little corner of Mayberry we kind to you and answered your questions. I hope you'll do the same for those that came here after you and I hope that the "OLD, OLD, timers" will keep that Mayberry spirit of extending a hand in mind as they see the same question asked for the 1000th time. Nobody has been here longer than me (Bob Bravetti, Kathy Jo and Jack Fellenzer run a close second) and I hope you all know that I don't mind answering the questions when I can. I'm sure the other "old timers" here don't as well so please do read into their answers that they feel "Andy-er than thou" when they send you to the FAQ page for the answer to your questions. ISSUE #3: I'm not really sure how to address this issue but a few people told me that they felt like I show "favoritism" toward some members by allowing them to say things that I don't allow others to get away with. ALLAN'S RESPONSE: There are two things here that I'll address quickly and you can read more about it on the GDGF bulletin board. First, I do my very best to treat all members the same and I don't have a reason to show favoritism to anyone. I think that all the WBMUTBB members have something to add to our little corner of Mayberry. I attempt to be consistent in the way I deal with people when they "break the rules" on the Digest. My normal method is that when I see a post to the Digest that breaks Rule #2 (about staying positive) I send them an email about it reminding them about the rules. If they continue to post things that break the rule, I say something on the Digest "in public" so folks will know I'm trying to handle the situation. If that fails, I fix their posts so I have to review them before they're posted to the Digest. That's what I do and it's what I've been doing for years. Second, I think I need to explain how the WBMUTBB Digest works. The Digest is "automated" which means that I do NOT (normally) see messages before they get posted to the Digest. I DO see each post as it is sent to the Digest but I CAN NOT stop the message from being sent to the Digest unless I've specifically set it up to require your posts to be "confirmed"...as I mentioned above (this is something I don't like to do because it means more work for me). I don't think folks understand that the Digest works as I described above. I also don't think that folks realize that things happen behind the scenes of the Digest with me emailing people on a personal level to remind them about the rules. I did ask the members that said I showed favoritism to some go back and give me some examples of when I did that. There was only one case that they were able to come up with which made me feel good BUT it still worries me that the "appearance" or "feeling" was there. I hope I've put some of those concerns to bed. Anyway....That's covered fairly well and rather than beat a horse to death, if you want to know more you'll need to go to the GDGF BB. Also, if you have any other concerns about WBMUTBB or just want to say you don't have any...PLEASE email me directly or go to the GDGF BB to let me know. Allan Newsome "The Andy Griffith Show" Rerun Watchers Club - Webmaster http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/ ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #234 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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
