Please do not quote the entire WBMUTBB Digest when you reply. To Send to the Digest, address message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe/change address, scroll to the bottom of this issue. wbmutbb-digest Thursday, August 23 2001 Volume 03 : Number 249 Topics in this issue: Cool cuke. Howard Morris WBMUTBB Long Sleeve T-shirts Added..... RE: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 Dabbs Greer, Mary Lansing, and Mt. Airy photo Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 The Golden Door to Good Fellowship More on Folks character actors Wizard of Oz casting childhood links words and music ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:48:11 -0400 From: "Nathan Mylott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Cool cuke. As most of us do I put one of my favorite sayings from TAGS at the end of my message and a couple of people asked me what show it came from. I couldn't remember but last night it was on and didn't Andy say it (to Barn) - "Ain't you just cooler than the center seed of a cucumber". It was in the episode in which the mayor of Greenville asked Barney to be their sheriff. Speaking of Greenville, one of the things I like about TAGS, and so many other black and white sitcoms, are the cozy sounding names of the towns, most ending in 'ville'. Some names here in Connecticut that sound so TAGish are Stony Creek, Centerbrook, Dayville, Middletown, Rocky Hill and Terryville, all of which, except for one, are very small towns. Does anyone else have some cozy TAGish town names? Ain't you just cooler than the center seed of a cucumber. Barb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:51:57 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Howard Morris In a message dated 8/22/2001 3:53:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For whatever reason, > Barney winds up bringing a professor (Howard Morris) up to him Actually, it was George the TV Repairman. Kevin "John Masters" Turner Mobile, AL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:57:05 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WBMUTBB Long Sleeve T-shirts Added..... Hey folks, I had SEVERAL folks mention to me that they would like to see Long sleeve t-shirts added to the WBMUTBB Chapter t-shirt line up so I checked and they have now been added to our selection. Long Sleeve Beefy-Tees -- Adult Sizes: S(34-36), M(38-40), L(42-44), XL(46-48), 2XL(50-52), 3XL(54-56) REMEMBER: The cost shown below includes shipping and handling. The cost for the Long Sleeve t-shirts: $18.50 Small $18.50 Medium $18.50 Large $18.50 X-Large $19.50 2-XL $20.50 3XL As I said before, we have regular Beefy-tee's, Sweatshirts and mousepads as well. To see prices and information on them and place your order...head over to: http://members.aol.com/anewsome/private/wbmutbbtshirt.htm ***PLEASE REMEMBER*** These are for WBMUTBB Chapter members only and I'm only ordering enough to cover the orders that are placed between now and Sept. 3rd. We'll also need to have your payment by Sept. 3rd as well. I won't cash the check until I have to pay the t-shirt place but I need the checks in hand before I consider your order "official." I hope y'all understand why...Jan will kill me if I end up with several hundred t-shirts sitting around the house. :-) You can also pay by PayPal using your credit card. https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=anewsome%40aol.com Beefy-T is a trademark of Hanes (http://www.hanes.com/) Allan Newsome "The Andy Griffith Show" Rerun Watchers Club - Webmaster http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:13:38 -0700 From: "D'Asaro, Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 Re: Guilty Pleasure Greg, regarding looking at the original year on episodes of our favorite TV shows and thinking about how old we were at that time and what we were doing, I do the same thing. It's called nostalgia. And I'm very nostalgic for the "good old days"! Susan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:50:00 -0400 From: Jewell Kutzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 To the question from Margaret Bentle about Mayberry being a dry county, I have a possible answer. Both Andy Griffith and I grew up in Mount Airy, North Carolina in a time when it was a dry county. However, you could go across the VA line (8 miles away) or into another "wet" county (no more than 20 miles away) and get alcohol. Don't remember the details of that particular episode, but if Barney and Thelma Lou were dining at home or Andy was making elderberry wine and only serving it at home, it would be OK. The problem was when it was sold, especially without paying the federal tax. Andy drew on his memories of what it was like in his real hometown to set up the some of the circumstances on the show. Actually, later in the '40s, the Blue Bird Cafe served beer - that's why us young'ns were not permitted to go in there (more business for the Snappy Lunch!!) For more insights into ANDY GRIFFITH'S real hometown and how it influenced "The Andy Griffith Show" check out my new book - available from WEAVER'S in September! If you're coming to "Mayberry Days" I'll be there to autograph the book. JEWELL MITCHELL KUTZER Author of MEMORIES OF MAYBERRY: A Nostalgic Look At ANDY GRIFFITH'S Hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina (It's MY Hometown, Too!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:40:59 -0500 From: "Cynthia Mahoney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dabbs Greer, Mary Lansing, and Mt. Airy The actor who played Amzie Strickland's husband, the city councilman in Greendale, and the man who sold Andy the jars is Dabbs Greer. I believe he may have been in some more episodes also. By the way, he played the preacher on "Little House on the Prairie". And, yes, the lady who sold the mayor the bed jacket is the same actress who played Emmett's wife in the color episodes. Someone else asked a question about the significance of Mt. Airy. (I am surprised that no one has answered that one.) Mt. Airy is Andy Griffith's hometown, the basis for the fictional town of Mayberry. Note how the names Mt. Airy and Mayberry sound alike. It is also the basis of the name of Mayberry's most often mentioned neighbor, Mt. Pilot. Mary Grace Gossage "Why, honey pie, somebody took your food and tore it up in little pieces!" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:00:48 -0500 From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: photo > > >I've noticed in several of the earlier episodes of TAGS, a picture of a blonde headed women on the wall to the right just before you enter the kitchen. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's a photo of Frances Bavier, taken a couple of decades before Aunt Bee came to live with Andy and Opie. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:21:09 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V3 #248 Something crossed my mind the other day as I watched the epilogue where Opie asked his dad and Barney to join the Tomahawks. If everyone in the world lived by the Tomahawks pledge.......there would be no wars of any kind, no killing anywhere. To Greg in Simi Valley...........if the men in the white suits come for you because you thought back to how old you were and what you were doing when a particular TAGS program was shown.........I guess you'll have to send them to pick me up next. Because I do the same as you. Makes me feel apart of the show. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:43:16 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Golden Door to Good Fellowship Hey WBMUTBB Members, I just wanted to remind you all about the bulletin board set up for WBMUTBB members only called "The Golden Door to Good Fellowship." The address is given below. http://www.tagsrwc.com/wbmutbb/goldendoor/page1.html It's a good place to go and talk about Mayberry AND things that we don't normally talk about here on the WBMUTBB Digest. Members can post pretty much anything there, so long as it's not off-color or something. You must put in your email address to post messages (the emails aren't displayed though). The board checks your email address against the WBMUTBB member list to see if you're a member. If your email address doesn't match...you can't post a message. Anyway, there's been several members posting over there but I wanted to remind all of you about it. You can also get to it from the WBMUTBB Chapters "Memebers Only" area. Remember...the password is: harvey (after our resident TAGS writer Harvey Bullock) Allan Newsome WBMUTBB Chapter - Webmaster http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:27:32 -0400 From: "Scott Gamel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: More on Folks >I noticed recently that one of Opie's friends asked Opie a question and >referred to "his folks" (Andy and Aunt Bee). I assume "folks" just means >any family adults that one lives with? I always thought it just meant >parents. >The Untrained Voice "Folks", as used on TAGS is a Southern colloquialism. "How's yo' folks?" is, in the part of the deep South that I grew up in, generally understood to mean immediate family: Momma, Daddy, any brothers or sisters, as well as in-laws. However, "How's *all* yo folks?" broadens things up a bit, and means anybody you're are related to, and those you're not sure of, but think you might be. A similar Southern expression, "How's ya Momma an' them?", is an inquiry to the general well being of the members of your immediate family, as in the first example above. If everyone is fine the appropriate response is "Momma an' thems good." Scott (been reading the magazine section of the Sunday paper) Gamel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 07:55:53 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: character actors The man who played Mr. Sims and the guy from Greendale who wanted Barney as Sheriff is Dabbs Geer. He also played the Reverend on "Little House". I think he also appreared several times on the old "Superman" series. For those folks in the Chattanooga area, I'm reminded of Dabbs Geer everytime I see our own Sheriff John Cupp. And take that gun outta your mouth! Jack ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:31:40 -0500 From: Dawn Biegelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Wizard of Oz casting "Ponder this--The Wizard of OZ starring all TAGS stars: Dorothy--Ellie Walker, Scarecrow--Don Knotts Tin-man--Jim Nabors, Cowardly Lion--Hal Smith (Otis), Glenda the Good Witch--Frances Bavier, Mayor of Munchkinland--Mayer Pike How would you cast it?" Here's my all-star TAGS line-up for Wizard of Oz (some of them match the above-mentioned): Dorothy: Ellie Scarecrow: Barney Tin Man: Ange Cowardly Lion: Gomer Wizard: Otis Glenda: Thelma Lou (that red hair!) Auntie Em: Aunt Bee Lollipop Munchkin: Leon Wicked Witch: Clara (don't tell Allan I said that!) Captain of the Flying Monkeys: Ernest T. Bass (he'd finally get a uniform!) Toto: the "trembly" dog from "Dogs Dogs Dogs" Still need something for Opie.... Dawn in Kansas City ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:11:22 +0000 From: "Charlie Brakefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: childhood links <Being born in 1960, I always ponder that date -- like say 1965 - and think to myself "I was only five years old when this show first aired." What was I doing then? It's a weird link to my childhood, and one people probably don't understand, but it connects me to the show in a unique way.> Hey Greg - I think alot of us understand what you're saying - I know that I do for sure. Ron Howard is a year younger than me and most times when I look at him I see a part of myself. From the clothes he wore to the things he did for entertainment to some of the situations he was faced with while growing up. It seems strange now that I am several years older than Andy and Barney were back then but the one person I can still relate to most is Opie. - -Charlie (P.F. Flyers and the Class of '71 Rule!) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:20:54 +0000 From: "Charlie Brakefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: words and music Hi Everybody- Now for you analytical types I may be about to tell you way too much about myself. For many years I have consciously and unconsiously put lyrics with instrumental music. A couple of examples are: Every time I hear the theme for World News Tonight I automatically think of the words along with the music. Think about it - world news tooniiight. Another one is - entertainment tonight doo doo doo/entertainment tonight doo doo doo. So, with that said - for many years before I joined this group I didn't know that the theme to TAGS was called The Fishin' Hole so I made up my own lyrics. They're not very poetically correct but they work. BTW - I wrote this when I was about 10 years old. OK here goes: Andy, Andy Griff, a a Andy Grif-fith Andy, Andy Griff, the Andy Griffith Show bom bom bom bom There's Aunt Bee bom bom bom bom And Opee bom bom bom bom And Barnee bomp And there's old Helen Crump a pump pump pump Andy, Andy Griff, a a Andy Griffith Andy, Andy Griff, the Andy Griffith Show / bomp I played in a duet with another guy for several years and actually performed this song in a medley with the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies and the theme from Green Acres. I enjoyed playing the medley alot more than he did because he had to sing Lisa Douglas's part. Allan - I hope you don't mind singing here in the group. I figure as long as you can't hear us it's OK. - -Charlie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V3 #249 ***************************** ************************************************** ~ 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
