I realize there were numerous songs recorded.......Dewey lamb There could be several reasons for the lack of words...first whatever Opie and his band played weren't even identifiable so the music was probably written by Earle hagen. Secondly, there were severe copyright laws back in the 60's that would have prevented songs to be sung without permission from the originator and payments for the same. Most of what was sung was out of copyright or very little had to be paid to use the songs. The only popular song used which was still being heard on the radio, was "The Midnight Special" recorded earlier and a Top 20 hit for Paul Evans. Then of course Dewey your idea of paying the singers extra has legs too. They would have had to memorize the music and words or be able to lip-sync it.....So unless someone else has better thoughts these come to mind
There was a question on Facebook concerning number of "Reality" shows on tv. Of course shows such as "Ice Road Truckers," are shot partially in a studio environment. The Pawn shows are scripted as is "Wife Swap"..and the Repo shows although they actually make repossessions earlier, they use actors to re-create the repossession for the sake of television...But along with the question of "Reality" shows was this. If someone in Mayberry were to make a "Reality" show who would it be and what kind of show would they do....? Vic Friskey _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
