I seem to remember reading somewhere that Ralph Baker was a person whom Andy once worked with, during his stint as an English teacher. I think some of the members of the Esquire Club were also named for teachers Andy once knew. Another character named for a real person was Phil Sunkel, the trumpeter in Freddie Fleet's band. Jim Fritzell added the name to the script in honor of the real life Phil Sunkel, who was a friend of Aneta Corsaut's (for them that don't know, Aneta, who played Miss Crump, was Jim's girlfriend). He thought the real Phil Sunkel would get a kick out of it, but for some reason he got mad and threatened to sue. Paul Mulik >>>It would be quite a coincidence for the writers to come up with this name >>>out of thin air twice, so I wondered if this was a reference to a real-life >>>Ralph Baker that Andy knew. Is anyone aware of this? _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
