Quite some time ago I posted some similarities between TAGS and the old radio program "The Great Gildersleeves", and there were many.
For those of you not familar with the old radio program "The Great Gildersleeves", it takes place in a small town called Summerville where the Great Gildersleeves is the water commissioner. He is a bachelor who is raising his niece and nephew with the help of his housekeeper Birdie. The program eventually left the radio and appeared on TV for several years. I just finished watching one of the early TV episodes of "The Great Gildersleeves", and I was amazed at the Mayberry connections in this one episode. You can find several of The Great Gildersleeves TV episodes on Youtube. 1. In TGG Floyd the barber was played by TAGS's Hal Smith, aka Otis Campbell. 2. In TGG, Mr. Peevey the druggist was played by Forrest Lewis, TAGS's own Mr. Mundt. 3. In TGG, when Gildersleeves went for a haircut, Floyd said he had "one chair, no waiting". 4. In TGG, Mr. Bullard's niece came to visit and Leroy tried to impress her by doing cartwheels and standing on his head. 5. In TAGS Opie fell in an oil pit while Cynthia was watching and in TGG Leroy fell in a cement pit while Brenda was watching. -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com www.mayberryreflections.com _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
