We know that Andy Griffith used the names of friends and acquaintances for seen and unseen characters in the show. I always thought of Carter French as the guy who was having a "Boiled Dinner" down at the Firehouse, when Andy wants to escape from Gomer the House-Guest. I just noticed in One-Punch Opie (which is not the show episode that he gets the black eye, but the one that he stands up to the meany Steve Quincy) that Andy refers to the boys with Opie as Billy Gray, Carter French and those other boys.
So maybe there was a Carter French Jr.? Just doesn't seem to fit in with Howie, Whitey, Trey, Johnny Paul...does it? Of course how may Beasley's were there ?? Juanita, Goober (for one show) Lorraine, etc. He must have known lots of Beasley's. Wouldn't it be great to have your name immortalized that way? (by having it used on the show) Why, the French family is probably very proud of old Carter..or young Carter..or whoever he was. The Untrained Voice Personal friend of a cousin, of a neighbor, of a plumber who worked for the Granddaughter of Hodie Snitch _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
