Tammy Windsor/Karyn Kupcinet issue resolved
Folks, I have been able to resolve the question, "Were Tammy Windsor and Karyn Kupcinet the same person?" As I mentioned before, I wrote an e-mail to Paul Fecteau and Kari Kupcinet, niece of Karyn Kupcinet, who are collaborating on a book about Karyn's life. I received a prompt reply from Mr. Fecteau, as follows: "Dear Ms. Anderson, Thanks for sharing your interest in Karyn. I can tell you that she was not Tammy Windsor. The researcher who came up with that notion, and even got IMDB and Wikipedia to go along with it, has since herself reversed her opinion. If you have any more questions or comments, please don't hesitate to write me. Sincerely, Paul" We now have the definitive answer. Tammy Windsor, who played Hannah Carter in the first-season episode "A Feud is a Feud," is NOT the same person as actress Karyn Kupcinet, who died a mysterious death in 1963. I don't know if Tammy is still out there somewhere, but it eases my mind greatly to know that she did not meet a tragic and untimely end, as was suspected. Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
TVLand Butchers Strike Again
Well, the scissor-happy boys at the TVLand film lab have struck again.? I noticed during the Thursday night showing of "The Manhunt" they chose to cut out the only appearance of Barney's Mother in the series.? I always enjoyed the scenes where Barney was frisking the Mayor and his Mother.? And it always cracked me up when she said "But Barney...I'm your Mother." Hank County, Your Kimball Agent (or is that Hank Kimball, Your County Agent?) Hooterville ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Open endings
Do you think 1. Goober and Flora ever got married? 2. When Andy and Helen moved back to Mayberry, they were able to buy the Williams house? The white one with all the big trees? 3. Since Otis got sober, he might have started the first AA meetings in Mayberry in the basement of the church? 4. That Gomer made a career of the Marines? 5. Any of the Darling boys ever found a wife? 6. The Widow Saunders finally married the dish towel salesman? 7. The Morrison sisters built another still? 8. They still need a brine tester at the pickel factory? 9. Malcolm retired and settled in Mayberry? 10. Barn got his den with his leather couch and books and a dog? Guess I've had the bucket on too long! "It really makes you thank!" Peggy ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Favorite Season
My favorite season is the first. I love getting to know the characters. They are fun and light-hearted. I love Andy solving the problems without the person's knowing . ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
A Favorite Season of TAGS
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I'd go with the 5th also.
In fact, my favorite episodes are:
Three Wishes for Opie "in case the Count is listening"
Goober Takes a Car Apart "I won't leave the courthouse unless there's a fire or
famine or I go the the drugstore for a sandwich"
Andy & Helen Have Their Day "...they asked me to stay and have a sandwich"
The Lucky Letter "did you mail it yet, I don't wanna know"
Punch in the Nose "who punched 'cha?"
Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau "sweet tea and spicy talk"
Opie and the Carnival... ("anything wrong with my eyes) .. "why don't you ask
Floyd, he's a barber".
Season 4 would be a close 2nd.
"Got time to breathe, got time for music".
But then, how can you really ever choose. They don't make them like this
anymore. We are all just blessed to have a little part of Mayberry to carry
w/us along life's journey. "You're not talking to a jerk you know".
Michael Burch
WHICH ANDY TAYLOR ARE YOU? Chapter, Carrboro, NC
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Re: Favorite Season
My favorite season of TAGS is Season Five, the last B&W one, and the last to feature Barney as a regular. By that point the writers were in their prime, and they and the actors fully understood the characters. Floyd returned, the Andy/Helen dynamic was strong, Barney was a sheer riot, Goober emerged as a break-out character, and the season sported some of the run's best episodes: "The Education of Ernest T. Bass," "Barney's Uniform," and my all-time favorite, "Three Wishes for Opie," to name a few. Michael Eury from my own private Mayberry, Concord, NC ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Favorite Season
Regarding the favorite season of TAGS question, I took this to the boys at the lab and they went to the www.mayberry.com website and carefully studied the results of the "Favorite Episode" poll. Out of all the episodes (28 total) that got at least 100 votes, there were 11 from Season 3; 8 from Season 4 and 4 from Season 1. Seasons 2 and 5 had 2 each and Season 7 had 1. Then after getting the special at the diner for only 80-cents (I don't know how they do it), the boys at the lab looked at total votes for these 28 episodes. Episodes from Season #3 had a total of 4,077 votes, while those in Season #4 had 3,035. So the boys at the lab have come to the conclusion that Season #3 is the best. A word of warning - if you go around quoting these numbers, someone may accuse you of reading the magazine section of the Sunday paper again. One other thought - The episode "Otis The Deputy" in Season #7 had a very high number of votes (717), while no other episodes in seasons 6-8 even had 100 votes. Could these voters be confusing this episode with "Deputy Otis" from Season #2? This might be a documented case of malfeasance. (Curious, curious, curious). ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
