Hello Friends,
From one small town to another...Mayberry to Greensburg, KS, we love you and
hope you come back stronger than ever. If a small town's fortitude has ever
been tested, this may be it.
Here in Nebraska many of us love Mayberry and TAGS because it reflected (and
still does) many of our own towns, people and behaviors. One of the story
lines that often goes through the show is how the rural folks act in the big
city, or how they react when the big city people came to Mayberry. It set
up some wonderful comedy.....but let me assure you there was a lot of truth
to it! I recently read a couple of articles in NebraskaLife magazine that
reminded me of Mayberry, and if you don't mind, I'll share from them.
David Bristow is managing editor and had this to say: .....just insert North
Carolina, and Raleigh and so on.....bet it reminds you of something Andy
would say:
"Nebraskans spend way too much time worrying about what rest of the country
thinks about us--and nowhere is this truer than in our two largest cities.
To many urban Nebraskans, rural Nebraska is the geeky sibling that they
probably love, but whom they avoid on the school yard so as not to lose
status with the cool kids from California and New York. And that's the
behavior of a true hick."
Doesn't that remind you a little of Mayberry getting all gussied up because
that big movie makin' company was comin to town? "We tried to tell
them--Didn't We Andy?" --Mayor Pike
Well that's enough for now.....I'll think I'll slip down to the fillin'
station for a bottle of pop.
Dennis
"Boy Giraffes Are Selfish"
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