Orville, I'm afraid you got the wrong Gilley in "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee". Fred Goss found a poker chip in Gilley Parker's pants, not Earl Gilley's. I believe the other 4 episodes you list Earl Gillie's name are all of them, although sometimes it is Earlie Gilley, not Earl Gilley. And he was engaged to Virginia Beasley, not Verna.
By the way, I met the real life Earl Gilley back in 2004 when Andy Griffith came to Mt. Airy, NC for the highway dedication. He really did marry Andy's real-life cousin Virginia Beasley and operated a gas station in Pilot Mountain, NC for something like 50 years. Unfortunately, he passed away a couple of years ago. I'm glad to get my picture made with Earl. It was quite an honor. Schwump >We all know that on Andy there were hundreds of people who were mentioned but >were never seen. Viola Slatt and my Martha >for two. But I think I have discovered the only person who was mentioned 4 >times on Andy and never shown. That would be >Earl Gilley. Once Fred Goss stated, in the show "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bea", >that he had found a poker chip in Earl >Gilley's pants pocket while he was cleaning it. Then in the show "The Jinx", >Andy says that Earl Gilley caulked his boat >before it sank. When Opie's baseball team is playing for the championship, >Andy is forced to umpire because Earl Gilley >who was supposed to umpire did not show up. Finally in the show about >Goober's contest, at the start of the show, Goober >briefly mentions to Andy that Earl Gilley runs a filling station out on the >highway. ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the perfect picture with our powerful photo search features. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2bmB0kuAjqaxLnEUumO1bgDfEQkob7Uxg105avmTyp1xKRr5x3i/ _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
