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Today's Topics:
1. TAGS BOARD (Tom Mattingly)
2. Triples ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. "Lonesome" Rhodes - Bill Clinton's role model??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4. Re: WBMUTBB digest, Vol 1 #383 - 17 msgs (Tim Bushong)
5. here's what I thaink (Tony & Susan)
6. Blue Willow (Suzanne Burgess)
7. Mayberry Bank ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
8. Paul's Triples (Kevin and Dawn Roberts)
9. Thank You (T Schott)
10. Catchphrases and splashes from Books and Pool (GRITTON, JOE A (AIT))
11. Triples (jbp6933)
12. Four character quadruple (Steve Lamberg)
13. Classic Lines (Kristin Geros)
14. TAGS on DVD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
15. instrument (Paul Mulik)
16. Catch phrases ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
17. Re: "Lonesome" Rhodes - Bill Clinton's role model??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
18. Re: TAGS on DVD ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
19. Columbia House Tapes (Brian Rose)
20. Columbia House Tapes (Brian Rose)
21. Columbia House Tapes (Brian Rose)
22. George Lindsey Appearance (Matt the Lizard)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:23:50 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Tom Mattingly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TAGS BOARD
Andy and Barney sang "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood" (not "Lose All
Their Guilty Stains") in the courthouse. The Darlings sang "Leaning on the
Everlasting Arms" at the wedding in the country where Barney portrayed
Ernest T. Bass' "bride." Andy, Barney and Malcolm Tucker sang "Church in
the Valley by the Wildwood" on the front porch in the "Man in a Hurry"
episode (one of the classics of all the shows). Andy and Ellie sang "Away
in a Manger" (accompanied by Ben Weaver, played by Will Wright) in the
episode where Ben kept trying to get himself arrested to share Chirstmas in
the jail. There was also the episode where Barney and Andy sang to Otis to
get him to stop drinking. It wasn't a hymn from the book, but was just as
effective.
One of the classics that deserves mention was when Aunt Bee asked the
assembled multitudes to join in the "Italian National Anthem," which turned
out to be "Santa Lucia." Don't forget good ole 13A.
Best of luck to you and yours.
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Message: 2
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:19:47 EDT
Subject: Triples
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Triples in "Barney's First Car"
Paul - in that very same episode.....I'm all set....I'm all set....I'm all
set.....
Brad "Neil Bentley" Cunningham
"My card....in case you are ever in need of my services......"
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Message: 3
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:36:43 EDT
Subject: "Lonesome" Rhodes - Bill Clinton's role model???
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Though this is not about TAGS, I feel Andy Griffith's performance in the
terrific Elia Kazan movie classic, "A Face in the Crowd" was probably his
best acting apart from TAGS, and worthy of an Oscar nomination, at least.
I happened to catch one of its recent re-airings on AMC the other day and
couldn't help but notice the similarites between Andy's "Lonesome" Rhodes
character and Bill Clinton. Though I'm certainly no fan of Clinton's I don't
say this particularly out of malice, just out of fascination over the
coincidence that the two are so parallel.
Consider: a young fellow from Arkansas from humble origins learns that
through his natural charisma he can command and influence a steadily
increasing audience of loyal followers, who are ignorant or dismissive of his
moral shortcomings, and eventually gets involved in presidential politics.
He refuses to remain faithful to the woman who is devoted to him and is
crucial to his success behind the scenes. Finally, his careless actions and
delusions of invincibility result in his downfall.
I'm sure there are more parallels I've failed to mention, and I know that
there are some dissimilarities, but I thought it was interesting to note.
Mayberry says thanks, and happy motoring!
K.C. (:-D
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Message: 4
From: "Tim Bushong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WBMUTBB digest, Vol 1 #383 - 17 msgs
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:42:10 -0500
My fav catch phrase (at least the one we use around the house most often) is
"Who you callin' CREATURE??!!" Or, maybe, from Barney trying to get cars to
move "go-go-GO!"
They are both staples around here in northern Indiana.
Tim Bushong
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Message: 5
From: "Tony & Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: here's what I thaink
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:16:31 -0400
Howdy Beloved
Always room for puddin!
Happy day
the everthinnin' fatman
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Message: 6
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Suzanne Burgess)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:22:05 -0400 (EDT)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Blue Willow
Here in Georgia Food Max is selling the Blue Willow dishes. These are
made by Churchill, a company in England. I bought some made by the same
company from a person on ebay. They are real nice. Looking
forward, Allan, to hearing the price of the videos of the dedication of
the Andy Griffith Hwy. Hope you all
have a Mayberry Day. Mary Grace in Georgia
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Message: 7
Subject: Mayberry Bank
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:42:47 -0600
TAGS fans,
I saw that listing for the Mt. Airy bank in the Digest and I was
wondering if the buyer also gets a lease on the beauty parlor next door?
Sam
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Message: 8
From: "Kevin and Dawn Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Paul's Triples
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:54:51 -0700
Hey everybody. It's been a whi;e sense I wrote in, but when I saw Paul's post
of triples one came to mind right away. In the pickle episode, when Aunt Bee
said she was going to enter her pickles, Barney, Opie, Andy, and even Aunt Bee
said "These". That might be considered Quadruple times, but it's the one I
thought of. Well got to go and get ready to leave for Myrtle Beach tomorrow
and check out Don Knotts and Tim Conway at the Alabama Theatre. Can't wait!
Talk with ya"ll later Horatio(Kevin)
"You mean you want her to make another batch of them Kerosene Cucumbers"
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:21:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: T Schott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Thank You
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just a note to thank our TAGS contributors for a
monent of Mayberry in my day. Although I lack the
sense of humor and noticer qualities of our regular
contributing neighbors I very much enjoy the respite.
Nothing like sitting on Andy's porch after one of Aunt
Bea's wonderful Sunday dinners. With Andy strumming
the guitar, harmonizing with Barney and having The Man
In
a Hurry chime in with The Little Brown Church in The
Vale!
Ted
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Message: 10
From: "GRITTON, JOE A (AIT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Catchphrases and splashes from Books and Pool
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:40:09 -0400
> Here's another one of Hall's 29 most important Comic Formulae. "The
> Conclusion Leap"
>I find this discussion interesting, but I have a question -- do writers
>consciously choose a comic formula when they are writing? I mean, would
the
>writer think, "I believe I'll use a 'reverse' in this scene. No, maybe a
>'triple' would be better." Do they take classes in comedy screenplay
writing
>where these formulae are taught? Or is it just an intuitive thing that
>people like Mr. Hall later analyze and label? Can anyone enlighten me?
>Thelma Lou
Very good question Thel! First of all let me correct my mistake. The
author I was quoting is Tom Hill, not Hall (or was it Barney Fike?)
I am just guessin here as a writer wannabe (see my stories in Fan Fiction)
http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/fanfiction.htm and
reader of a few TAGS books, but I would say that its more of an intuitive
thing that people like Mr. Hill later analyze and label. Just the nature of
his book makes it seem like much of what he says is just his opinions and
compilations. In his opening paragraph of this section he says "But like
music, comedy is a deeply formulatic and systematic art form. Without the
underlying mathematics, there could be no comedy. Thus, the tools of math
and science can help us understand comedy better. (he doesn't quote anyone
else)
There may be some principles that they followed, but I believe it was more
from experience, and seeing what worked (for them, comedians and other
writers) ...than sort of taking a textbook approach. Hill's work seem like
more of an after-the-fact analysis.
In Mayberry 101, writer Everett Greenbaum is quoted by Dr. Brower regarding
episode #118 Andy's Vacation. "While Barney and Gomer search for the
prisoner, we used the old visual gag of having them circle a tree, each
thinking the other is the prisoner. This was a very tired routine, and the
weakest part of the show" In the epilogue, Barney is reading a newspaper
article that reports the arrest of the convict. Barney discovers his name
is misspelled. Greenbaum is further quoted "We repeated the gag of
misspelling Barney's name. We first introduced it in the Bank Job. Barney
constantly thirsted for publicity. When the paper misspelled his name,
F-I-K-e, it always worked"
Speaking of textbook, and I don't want to sound too much like Bob Rogers
here, or Howard Sprague (with his book about the criminal mind) but just a
footnote that we may have wandered from "Catchphrases" to "Favorite
memorable phrases" (which is fine, good topic also). A Catchphrase, by
definition, is a "very minor joke that acquires resonance only through
repetition." So "Nip it in the Bud" is a Catchphrase due to repetition but
"I've got the magazines to swing it" is a one-time "favorite memorable
phrase"
Thanks for the "triple" challenge Paul, I'll have to put the bucket on for
that one.
OK, here's a formula that I can't recall being used on TAGS. "The Spit
take" Someone is given surprising or infuriating information right as they
are taking a drink, and the result is a spritz or gagging on the drink". I
recall Barney gagging a little on Mulberry squeezin's, but that was more due
to the content of the jug.
She'll take my finger!
The Untrained Voice
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:11:53 -0500
From: jbp6933 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Triples
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In my all time favorite episode Aunt Bee tells everyone at dinner that she is
going to enter "these" pickles in the fair contest. Everyone at dinner,
Barney, Opie, Andy, all reply "These?"
Leonard Blush
"Leonard Blush, Leonard Blush! Is that all you think about Leonard
Blush!?"
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Message: 12
From: Steve Lamberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Four character quadruple
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:32:09 -0500
I'll go ya one better, Paul. In the pickle story, Aunt Bee says something
like "I'm going to enter these pickles in the contest." Andy:
"These?" Barney: "These?" Opie: "These?" Aunt Bee:"These!" Bones
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Message: 13
Subject: Classic Lines
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:57:36 -0400
From: "Kristin Geros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I loved reading all the classic lines and catch phrases. As Charlie Varney
(just for plain guzzlin') said, there are just way too many to remember!! Some
of my all time favorite lines are (most of them are "Barney-isms"):
Barney: "As my old voice teacher used to say, 'A choir without it's tenor is
like a star without it's glimmer.' You know who used to say that? My old
voice teacher. You know, the teacher I had when I studied voice."
Barney: "It's no use, Andy.....can you tell a bird to just go 'chirp, chirp,
chirp'? Naw, Andy....I'm like a bird. I was born to sing!"
Otis: "I ain't in and I ain't out. I'm in the twilight zone!"
"I came to fill my vase."
"Barney's in jail, Barney's in jail!"
Barney(his "Pickle Story" monologue): "It's perfectly natural. Everybody
shaves!"
Barney(referring to the women at Mrs. Wiley's party): "Dogs Andy; nothing but
dogs. Fly a quail through here and every one of 'em would point!"
>From "The Shoplifter"
Andy: "Well, in the store I bumped into her and she clanked. And little old
ladies ought never to clank."
Barney: "Unless they're headed for the clink."
Floyd (to Barney): "Better phone him, Al."
Skippy: "Shut up, Bernie, just shut up!!
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Message: 14
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:03:32 EDT
Subject: TAGS on DVD
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all --
I did a Google search for "Andy Griffith" + DVD and came up with quite a few
matches.
The very first was for Video Universe, which seems to offer a very good
selection of single DVDs as well as sets of 2, 3 or 5. Of course, I can't
vouch for quality or content, but it would seem to be worth checking into.
Best of luck to you and yours,
K.C. (:-D
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 13:57:54 -0500
From: Paul Mulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: instrument
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>I thought I heard Andy say that maybe they could get Earle Hagen from Mt.
Pilot to come over because he played an instrument. I didn't catch what
instrument Andy said Earle played. Did anyone else hear that?
Carol
>>>
The character was actually named Jesse Earle Hagen, but of course he was
named for Earle Hagen, the Maestro of Mayberry. Jesse was said to play
bass, so he must have been a tuba player. In band music, the tuba part
often has the word "basses" on it instead of "tuba." The real Earle Hagen
is a trombonist.
--Paul
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Message: 16
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Catch phrases
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:12:00 +0000
Mine and my dad share the same favorite catch phrase:
"Don't worry, Big Maude'll think of something brilliant!"
"THERE'S NOBODY HERE!"
Jeff the Jailor
Bedford (Mayberry) VA
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Message: 17
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:22:09 EDT
Subject: Re: "Lonesome" Rhodes - Bill Clinton's role model???
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Folks,
Let's not get into ANY political comments. It is an interesting observation
but lets just let it be something we note and leave it alone.
I don't want to see the Digest get into political discussions.
Thanks,
Allan
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Message: 18
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:26:20 EDT
Subject: Re: TAGS on DVD
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just so everybody knows....
Weaver's Department Store carries EVERY episode that can be bought on
DVD...all 16 of them. Drop by and help support TAGSRWC as you shop.
http://mayberry.com/tagsrwc/weavers/
--Allan Newsome
"The Andy Griffith Show" Rerun Watchers Club - Webmaster
http://www.mayberry.com/
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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Columbia House Tapes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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http://www.schwumpster.com
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Message: 20
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Columbia House Tapes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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http://www.schwumpster.com
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Message: 21
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:49:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Columbia House Tapes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let me try this again.
I remember a while back there was talks about some
people getting a different tape, (I'm thinkin' number
18), in their Columbia House series. I don't
remember all the exact details, though.
Could someone fill me in on what was happenin' please.
I've got the whole set, but was wonderin' what the
talks were about.
Mr. Schwump
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http://www.schwumpster.com
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Message: 22
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:10:32 -0500
From: Matt the Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: George Lindsey Appearance
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought everyone would find this interesting.
George "Goober" Lindsey will be appearing in Panama City Beach FL at Gulf
World Marine Park. The event is called Legends Fest and will also feature
country singers Gene Watson and Jeannie Seely as well as Ralph Emery from
TNN. Todd Herendeen with The Follow that Dream Band will perform a Tribute
To Elvis.
It is "tentatively" scheduled for November 8, 2002 with a show at 5pm and
8:30pm. You can contact Gulf World Marine Park at 850-234-5271 for more
information or try their website www.gulfworldmarinepark.com, however as of
today, they didn't have any info up there.
I called about it today, and it appears that the show may be delayed a few
days, but I will post details as I find them out. I am in daily contact
with one of the owners of the park and he assures me that he will keep me up
to date on this. George Lindsey's schedule has him at Rock Crusher Canyon
Amphitheater in Crystal River, Fla. Saturday, November 9.
For those that don't know, Panama City Beach is in the Northwest Florida
panhandle between Pensacola and Tallahassee. About 100 miles south of
Dothan, Alabama.
I have no vested interest in promoting this event, I just thought I would
share the info with everybody in WBMUTBB. If there is anyway I can help by
offering directions to our area, hotel recommendations, etc. let me know, as
I live in a showplace at the entrance to town, bought and paid for with
confederate money. Just Kidding.
Matt Coleman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.flagala.doitbest.com
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