Well, Miss Crump and I both come from Kansas, and I think you'll find that in Kansas, the name Crump has a lot of class. Actually, from a writing standpoint, I guess the real reason for her unpleasant-sounding name was so that when Andy Taylor met her for the first time, he would be schocked. From the way Opie had described her, Andy must have been expecting an ugly old grouch. Perhaps through this experience, the audience was meant to learn something about judging people before we get to know them. And BTW, she was not called Helen until six episodes later. In that first episode (#86, Andy Discovers America), she was simply Miss Crump. Also BTW, the title of that episode comes from an earlier comedy bit Andy Griffith used to do about Christopher Columbus. --Paul Mulik >>>Somehow if the powers that be knew that Andy would be having a bf/gf >>>relationship with her later on they would have changed her last name.? I >>>never >>>really cared for "Crump" for a last name, how about you? _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
