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Today's Topics:
1. Phone call (Dan Goodwin)
2. Re: B&W years (David and Angela Forbus)
3. Cure for Hiccups ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4. Manicurist (Paul Mulik)
5. The Masked Singer (Paul Mulik)
6. heraldsun.com article ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
7. Gomer's Birthday (Sherrie Jewell)
8. What a perfect name. (GRITTON, JOE A (AIT))
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Message: 1
From: "Dan Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Phone call
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:35:21 -0400
Will somebody get the Mendlebright sisters off the line, I'm expecting a
call from Ed Crumpacker!
"I wonder what causes that?"
dan
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 06:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: David and Angela Forbus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: B&W years
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Without breaking Rule #2, it seems to me that all the
shows that were originally aired in b&w, then went to
color, somehow lacked the magic of the originals.
That's probably because writers and cast members
changed, and/or they ran out of new scripts, not so
much color itself. "TAGS", "Bewitched", "I Dream of
Jeannie", "Gilligan", various forms of Lucy, "Ghost &
Mrs. Muir", somehow lost their punch in later years.
The original classic "Twilight Zone" was incredible,
but Rod Serling's final tv series, "Night Gallery" (in
color), came nowhere close to the brilliance of TZ. I
believe "The Fugitive" also wrapped up in color. "The
Munsters" was entirely b&w, but the movie, "Munster Go
Home", was in color, and it just didn't work seeing
Herman and Lilly in green face. I think that those of
us who were alive during both b&w and color eras
realize that about the time color was introduced on
network tv, the nation was changing for the worse
(VietNam demonstrations, riots, counter culture,
secular humanism, etc.) and we all longed for a better
time. I think that's why a lot of folks watch TAGS,
both b&w and color, for a brief escape from today's
hectic pace. My 2 favorite escapes are TAG's "Man in
a Hurry", and Twilight Zone's "Willoughby". Ted
Turner caused an uproar when he colorized classic
movies. I couldn't imagine seeing "It's a Wonderful
Life", "Citizen Kane", "Best Years of our Lives", etc.
in color.
Can anyone name any other tv shows that were started
b&w, then went color?
Charlie Varney
(Just for plain guzzlin')
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Message: 3
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cure for Hiccups
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:49:28 -0500
Allan,
I believe that Floyd told Andy over the phone to try hollering into a fan to
cure the hiccups, not breathe. This comment brought back memories of
singing into a fan as a kid because it sounded weird.
"I don't spill on my pants, I spill on my shirt."
Steve Rice
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:10:05 -0500
From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Manicurist
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Hey Paul, I remember the manicurist as Ellen.
Exactly right, my mistake. I must have been thinking of that old vaudeville
song George Burns used to sing; about the girl who looked pretty in some
colors, but she still looked like Helen Brown.
--Paul
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:08:00 -0500
From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The Masked Singer
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>My wife and I were at the "POT-O-HONEY" resturant last Sunday.....and I'd
swear we saw Paul Mulik singing.........of course we'll never really
know.......he wore a mask.
Egad! My secret is out! And she said this skin condition would only last a
year....
--Paul
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:31:24 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: heraldsun.com article
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
This is an automated e-mail from heraldsun.com. joe haskins has asked
us to send you the following article, which can also be found online at:
http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-235704.html.
joe haskins also added these comments:
I thought you may want to share this article about Harvey Bullock. Thanks
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A little Mayberry in Oxford?
June 9, 2002
By KATHY WATTS, The Herald-Sun
Oxford isnt Mayberry. Not really.
But when Joe Haskins, an aficionado of "The Andy Griffith Show," learned three
months ago that Harvey Bullock, one of the shows writers, was born in this
town, he began looking for him.
"I wanted to see if Oxford had anything to do with his episodes," Haskins, 51,
said.
He posted his question on the Andy Griffith Rerun Watchers Club Web site: "Is
Harvey Bullock still alive?"
The answer came back from Bullock himself: "I am, but my wife doesnt think
so."
Those simple words began a correspondence between the Hollywood writer in Dana
Point, Calif., and his fan in Oxford. Haskins mailed Bullock, 81, a copy of
Bullocks birth certificate from Brentwood Hospital, which no longer exists,
but was where he was born June 4, 1921. And Haskins, a local real-estate agent,
has learned more about Bullock, the show and even a little about California
real estate.
"He was born here," Haskins said. "Im proud of that fact. This has got to be a
busy man. Every e-mail Ive sent him hes answered. Its been the most fun in
the whole world. Pam [Haskins wife] told me the other day, Id better
concentrate a little bit on real estate."
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"It feels just great to have my creaky antique ego stroked and almost
unbelievable to find my modest efforts still pleasing viewers of a vastly
different generation," Bullock responded by e-mail to questions for this
article. "Getting an assignment on TAGS [The Andy Griffith Show] opened up so
many other shows seeking writers. It was a bustling time."
When Bullock was 3, his family moved north to Larchmont, N.Y. They lived there
with relatives until his father, a 1914 engineering graduate of Trinity College
-- now Duke University -- got a job as a salesman for a building supply
company. Bullock graduated from Duke in 1943. Hes married to Betty Jane
Folker, who was fashion editor of "The Today Show" with Dave Garroway.
Bullock wrote scripts for numerous episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show," as
well as the television drama "I Spy," and other sitcoms "Love Boat," "Alice,"
"Hogans Heroes," "The Danny Thomas Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He also
wrote for the animated TV series "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons." His
screenplay credits include comedies "Girl Happy" (starring Elvis Presley),
"With Six You Get Eggroll" and "Whos Minding the Mint?"
Haskins started watching "The Andy Griffith Show" when he was 11.
"I always loved it," he said. "I liked the characters on the show, what the
show stands for the good values of the show. With me, its the way I would
love to see life in a town be. I know that gets a little bit into a fantasy
world.
"The key to the show was the writers of the show. Andy would keep it on track.
I can look at Oxford and see a whole lot of Mayberry."
Oxford has its diner, Three Way Restaurant, where one can imagine Barney going
"Dutch" to dinner with his date. Theres Jones Discount Drug Store, where one
can get an ice cream or a shake, and at Harold Slaughters barber shop down
from the courthouse a regular crew stops in to chat. A little farther down the
road, many folks take their cars to Woodys Service Center, reminiscent of the
shows Wallys Garage.
"Theres probably an Aunt Bee in a whole lot of homes here," Haskins said. His
customers moving to Oxford from larger cities often tell him, "This is like
that little town on TV, Mayberry," he said.
The show is based on Andy Griffiths hometown of Mount Airy, and its "Mount
Pilot" evokes nearby Pilot Mountain.
Haskins isnt Oxfords only devoted fan. A few months ago, Leslie Garrett, 30,
an assistant at the district attorneys office, started a new chapter of the
Andy Griffith Rerun Watchers Club in Oxford after she and some friends laughed
about the show over lunch one day.
A new chapter must name itself after a line from the show that isnt already
taken by any of the 1,800 other chapters. The Oxford group chose "Great work,
Barn," uttered in "The Big House," on which Bullock worked. The club meets
once a month to eat, watch reruns of the show and reminisce. New members adopt
nicknames of the shows characters. Garretts husband, Richard, 32, is
nicknamed Barney.
"He works as a probation officer," she said. "He gets a little gung-ho." And
Garrett? Thelma Lou, of course.
Sandra Stewart, 37, a probation and parole officer, and Darlene Allen, 42, a
child support specialist, are nicknamed "the fun girls," Daphne and Skippy, who
try to take Andy and Barney out for a good time on the town and make Helen and
Thelma Lou mad.
"I love the fun girls," Allen said. She, too, sees some parallels between
Oxford and Mayberry. "Its a small town, she said. "If a rumor starts, just
like it did in one episode, it just floats around."
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"I had no definite picture of Oxford in my mind, but oddly I found myself
slipping easily into Southern speech fillin station, Can I carry you to
the dance? A right heavy-set woman, etc.," Bullock wrote. "I did enjoy
relaying to folks who asked what my hometown was by saying Oxford, and
letting them think it was the English school town.
"I think small towns have a delightful similarity. I marveled at the pictures
Joe sent me, made me wistful."
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"I think of Oxford as a little Mayberry," Stewart, 37, said. "The physical
layout of the town, having a courthouse on Main Street with a barber shop, a
drugstore and a garage that most people go to, being a close-knit community
with an amazing cast of characters. Here the eccentrics stand out. I think we
all know people that are peculiar characters. In Mayberry, they had one town
drunk. Here we have many. I think I supervise them all."
Arthur Marks, 51, a probation officer, and his wife, Frankie, also joined the
new chapter.
"I grew up in Mount Olive," Marks said. "We had an Otis Campbell. We had a
skinny deputy. He was serious about what he did, and he didnt cut anyone any
slack, not even his mother. Neighbors watched over other neighbors children."
He appreciates the show because it shows "how simple life was then, but it was
full. Were not trying to make it more than what it was but just appreciate
what it is."
Many of the shows scenarios seem true to life, Stewart said, recalling an
episode about Aunt Bees pickle disaster, another of Bullocks episodes. "My
mother was a wonderful cook, but some things she just struck out on," she said.
"Its consistently funny, even now."
Haskins office is decorated with metal signs depicting "Fearless Fife" and
"Aunt Bees Kitchen." An Andy Griffith Trivial Pursuit game sits on his shelf
not far from a Fife Security Agency thermometer. Hes trying to identify
Bullocks relatives. So far, he has learned that Rachel Thomas late husband,
Nelson Thomas Jr., was Bullocks cousin. Hes also invited Bullock to visit
Oxford.
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"It felt very comforting to hear from Joe Haskins," Bullock wrote. "After
writing a TV script, it goes on the air and disappears. Very ephemeral. So it
is a very special pleasure to see that it didnt really disappear, just laid
there waiting a nudge."
COPYRIGHT 2002 by The Durham Herald Company. All rights reserved.
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Message: 7
From: "Sherrie Jewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gomer's Birthday
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:15:02 -0400
I'd just like to say Happy Birthday to one of my favorite TAGS actors, Jim
Nabors!
Tell'em Gomer says Hey!
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Message: 8
From: "GRITTON, JOE A (AIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What a perfect name.
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 07:56:28 -0400
Like most of you, I have other interests besides TAGS...but somehow Mayberry
just keeps popping up in all areas of our lives. Yesterday I sat down to
read a Soccer newsletter, and there was an article by a fellow named Andy
Barney. What a cool name. I wonder if he's a combination of common sense
and a high-strung wiry sensitive guy. Does he wear his gun and tie at all
times, or prefer the casual look? Surely his folks were Griffith fans. Why
else would they name him Andy Barney?? Have you come across Griffith-esq
names in you life?
I can just see him pacing back and forth as he lectures his Soccer players.
..Here at my Soccer Camp we have two Rules....Rule Number 1) Obey all
Rules.... Rule 2) Do not kick the ball so it hits me in the head and messes
up my hair ..because it take a lot of work to fix my hair after its been
messed up by being hit with a soccer ball. Now you may be askin yourself
the question, How can you play soccer if you're a squirt?....
Just pondering while I have my Mr. Cookie Bar during my sinkin spell
The Untrained Voice
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