>>>Now, the only bucket I have is dirty and it ain't handy....but......it seems >>>to me that Andy brings it up in two episodes.
Once when Aunt Bee almost marries Mr. Goss. Opie is asking Andy about "deep down love" and asks if Andy had it with his (Opie's) mother. When Andy says yes, Opie responds with "Well, then it's ok." Another time, is when Opie is in bed and he and Andy are talking. In response to something Opie says, Andy says he lost Opie's mother when Opie was just a "wee little baby". >>> Well yes, but what I said was Andy didn't BRING UP the subject of his wife, he replied when somebody ELSE brought up the subject. As far as the reference to when Opie was a baby, it's true that Andy brought it up in that case, but that was in the pilot episode, not in a TAGS episode. Opie's turtle was accidentally squished when Mrs. Bolivar stepped on her at the drugstore, and Andy pointed out that he (Opie) lost his pet, like when Andy lost Opie's ma when he was just "the least little speck of a baby." The sadness is lifted when the boy asks, "Who stepped on Maw?" Paul Mulik _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
