The CNN Web site posted a story at http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/09/16/accent.dialect.true.blood/index.html?h detailing how dialect coaches train actors and actresses how to speak in the dialect which their particular role demands. Extensively quoted is dialect coach Robert Easton, the Henry Higgins of Hollywood, who played Pete Johnson, one of Ellie Walker's (Elinor Donahue) suitors in TAGS episode 5, Irresistible Andy. Easton also played Elinor Donahue's beau on Father Knows Best.
Although not quoted in the CNN article, another busy dialect coach with TAGS and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. connections is Joy Ellison who, as a child actress, appeared in six TAGS episodes (The Christmas Story, The Beauty Contest. Andy Forecloses, Opie's Most Unforgettable Character, Mayberry Goes Hollywood and Opie's First Love), and one Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (Luv Finds Gomer Pyle). Paul Gilkes Sidney, Ohio _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
