Had one of those Mayberry sightings last evening. Seemed not much on TV til I came across a Bob Hope picture on Turner Classic Movies. The Facts of Life, starring Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and others, 1960. A romantic comedy, which makes a stop at the United Airlines Desk at the San Francisco, manned by none other than William Lanteau---we know him as Ed Sawyer....The Stranger in Town. Not a major role in the picture, but had a couple of nice scenes interacting with Hope and Ball.
I don't know if this movie was produced by Desilu Productions, I think perhaps it was....then released through United Artists. The host of the Turner Classic Movie program (sorry don't know his name) said he worked as a young man....at the Desilu Studios commenting this was a hard movie at times for Lucy...storyline.a little close to home apparently. But anyway....Stranger in Town is one of my favorite episodes of TAGS and I recognized William Lanteau--Ed Sawyer immediately! Does anyone know if he stayed around Mayberry? Apparently not if he was working at the San Francisco airport for United Airlines?!! As I recall, he was from New York.....so it must have been after his stay in our favorite town! Dennis Ernest out in hot dry Nebraska [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
