Though it has been mentioned on the board previously, another episode in which weather conditions were outside the norm is Black Day for Mayberry (the "secret gold truck" show). As we all know, it's raining when the truck makes its way into downtown Mayberry. Also, in Quiet Sam we see quite a storm brewing when we see a shot of Sam working in his fields(if memory serves me correctly; I didn't actually review the episode).
On a totally different topic: I don't recall that I've ever shared the following story with the kind folks here on this board (if I have, chalk it up to old age and sorry about repeating myself): I don't remember the exact year this happened, but I believe it was in the early 90's. Don Knotts was doing a one man tour/show, the kind where the celebrity simply comes on stage and talks about his career and then takes questions from the audience. I was lucky enough to be called on by Don to ask a question. I asked this: There are several characters in TAGS who never speak or actually appear on camera. The two most prominent are Sarah (phone operator) and Juanita (Barney's backup girlfriend). To help you as an actor, did you conjure up an image of what Juanita might have looked like those many times you "talked" to her on the telephone? Don smiled (the audience chuckled) and said, "To be honest, I've never even thought about it. But now that you bring it up, I would see Juanita as being the opposite of Thelma Lou...probably very dark hair. Dyed black hair. And a little on the heavy side, wearing a waitress uniform. But I'm sure most people had their OWN idea on what the unseen characters looked like. That was another aspect of the show that made it interesting and a bit different." (this quote, of course, isn't verbatim....but it's darn close) Has there ever been speculation on the board as to what Juanita or Sarah might have looked like? Ken "...but I ain't gonna be beat to death with no spoon!" _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
