Life was better in black and white!
Black and White (Under age 40? You won't understand.) You could hardly see for all the snow, Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go. Pull a chair up to the TV set, Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet. Depending on the channel you tuned, You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June. It felt so good. It felt so right. Life looked better in black and white. I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys, Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane. Father Knows Best, Mayberry, Patty Duke, Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too, Donna Reed on Thursday night! -- Life looked better in black and white. I want to go back to black and white. Everything always turned out right. Simple people, simple lives. Good guys always won the fights. Now nothing is the way it seems, In living color on the TV screen. Too many murders, too many fights, I want to go back to black and white. In God they trusted, alone in bed, they slept, A promise made was a promise kept. They never cussed or broke their vows. They'd never make the network now. But if I could, I'd rather be In a TV town. It felt so good. It felt so right. Life looked better in black and white. I'd trade all the channels on the satellite, If I could just turn back the clock tonight To when everybody knew wrong from right. Life was better in black and white! Another Goody For The Oldtimers ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Andy's Badge
I know I said my Mayberry Blessing was my final posting for 2006, but I have to ask this. I just received Season 8 of TAGS on DVD and on the cover Andy is wearing his badge on the wrong side. Would anyone have an explanation for that? Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 715-839-8470 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Muslims in Mayberry
Sure there was a Muslim in Mayberry. He wanted to buy some elixir from the Morrison sisters so he could celebrate Mohammed's birthday. Of course, the Morrison sisters had always thought that he was a Lutheran (I think), but if it weren't for their holidays, you would never know. I guess that when one has to come up with a holiday in a hurry so he can get some elixir, changing religions quickly is not out of the question. Mary Grace Gossage Happy Sir Walter Raleigh Landing Day! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 354
**Anatomy of a Murder is the movie w/Jimmy Stewart our Howard McNear. There may have been more.** Marie ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Elinor Donahue interview
Allan, I enjoyed this interview very much. It was kind and comforting to hear Ellie's (Elinor's) voice and her feelings and observations. What a sweetheart! Sure wish she had decided that she was doing okay (or perfect) and had stayed on TAGS for several more seasons! I really enjoyed that, too, Allan. Thanks for making those interviews available! I haven't heard people say much about Elinor Donahue personally, perhaps because she hasn't been a regular at TAGS events. But just hearing her voice and the way she answered Allan's questions gave me the impression that she is a nice, down-to-earth person. Like Larry, I enjoyed her presence in the first season of TAGS and wish she would have stayed longer. Though I liked the confident, spunky nature of her Ellie character, I suspect that if she had stayed longer than one season, the writers would have needed to make her relationship with Andy a little less antagonistic. (One could argue that Andy's relationship with Helen was of a similar nature, so maybe -- unlike Lou Grant -- Andy liked his gals to have some spunk!) Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
veterens: Barneys motercycle
Hi all, I was watching the movies Pearl Harbor and then Band of brothers yesterday and really got to thinking about all our Veterens have done for us, They ordeal's they went threw especially our WW1 and WW2 veterens (my grandfather was in WW2). In one of the episodes of BoB Malarky (played by Scott Grimms of ER) and one of his buddies were riding on a motercycle and sidecare just like Barneys and i couldnt help but think of our Veterens and want to thank all of you (i know there are a few of you on our list). I never got to thank my own grandfather (i was to stupid to do so b4 he died when i was a teen). Happy Holiday's and Thank you. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Mayberry Moment
Today at lunch, my wife asked if I had seen the soup ladle – without even noticing, I said: “don’t you mean loup sadle?” … only to realize afterward that she was right all along (me, I was just in Mayberry!). Rev. Ed Mease, Sr. Pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church School 311 N. 7th St. - Leavenworth, KS 66048-1994 Office: 913-682-0387 - FAX: 913-682-1139 Cell: 913-758-7624 - Home: 913-758-0703 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/580 - Release Date: 12/8/2006 ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re- Howard McNear-James Stewart
They appeared together in Anatomy of a Murder in 1959. Andge in Bethlehem, GA ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Christmas Episode
I'm going to take a contrarian position here and argue, that as wonderful as every episode of TAGS is, I am glad there is only one Christmas-themed episode. Any other attempt probably would have suffered in comparison to The Christmas Story, which is among the best themed episodes of any TV show. Ben Weaver was probably the only regular Mayberry character who would have worked for a Christmas redemption episode. Will Wright was so perfect as Mr. Weaver in the few (three?) episodes he played the role. There were other capable, talented actors who played Ben Weaver, but in my humble opinion, they never came as close to capturing the grumpy old guy with a warm heart who blustered a lot but provided gifts at Christmas, a home and job for a destitute family and bought out a competitor's stock and employed him. Doug Gibson Ogden, UT - Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
