In a message dated 6/10/2010 11:00:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
As some may know, along with TAGS and other classic TV shows, I am also a huge fan of Old Time Radio. Well, lately I've been listening to a lot of Fibber McGee and Molly. I found two episodes that the writers of TAGS may have gotten the idea for the Pickle Story from. This is a great catch, Kristi, thanks. I've always thought old time radio had a huge influence on "The Andy Griffith Show," so many of the actors appeared on old radio shows. Plus, "Vic and Sade," "Lum and Abner" and "The Great Gildersleeve" all seem to have influenced TAGS (one of Gildy's friends was even a barber named Floyd!), and since "Gildersleeve" was a spinoff of "Fibber McGee and Molly," and since FM&M was also set in a small town, it would make sense that show would also inspire Mayberry. There was an episode of "The Great Gildersleeve" about the lodge's disastrous attempt to start its own band that made me think of both "The Sermon for Today" and the one where the Mayberry band tries to get a trip to the state convention. Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
