Mayberry knot tying club
Mayberry knot tying club meets every Tuesday night. In case you get tied up, don't forget your dog whistle so you can call ole Blue. Mike The Scamp Haviland ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Thank You
Once again, I just want to thank Allan and all of you wonderful WBMUTBB members for this wonderful digest. It really brightens my day and I'm sure many of you feel the same way. It's just great to be able to read and enjoy all of our thoughts on my all-time favorite TV Show. Also, as we approach this Memorial Day Weekend, thanks to any of you who are veterans for your service to our country. The sacrifices our veterans have made make it possible for us to live the lives that we enjoy so much. Please thank a veteran when you see one and say a prayer for those who are no longer with us. That's got me thinking about the Mayberry citizens who are veterans. Off the top of my head, I can name a few: Gomer, Barney, Sam Becker, Ed Sawyer, The Milo boys, Goober, Dud Wash, Jelsik Stern and Hugo Hopfliesh (even though he was on the wrong team back in '18). I'm sure there are others you folks can come up with. Harry in Salem, VA ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Fishing Hole Soundtract and Knot Tieing Class
The German reference was to old Hugo Hopflash - and it had to do with the importance of shining the backs of your shoes! The Mayberry Knot Tieing Class meets at Andy's every Tuesday. Peggy You'e got a nice one there guys! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
It must be the bomb
I would have been 12 years old when the Opie's Newspaper episode aired. I certainly wasn't particularly precocious but I did get the meaning at the time when Barney said the warm weather was related to the bomb. (I'm sure I'd remembering asking my mom or dad 'what'd that mean' if I hadn't known). Even though above ground nuclear bomb testing had ended in 1962 by both the U.S. and U.S.S.R., and Opie's Newspaper aired in 1965, it was sort of a common joke to blame anything you had no explanation for on THE bomb. Ken ...but I ain't gonna be beat to death with no spoon! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Down in the dump
Also, at the end they were all looking for page two in the city dump. How many episodes have a scene where they are at the city dump in them? Thanks. In The Lucky Letter, Andy finds Barney at the dump and helps him look for the chain letter he threw away. Thelma Lou (Janet) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Being a Teen in Mayberry
One aspect of life in Mayberry that we saw little of was what it would be like to be a teenager in Mayberry. We had just a short glimpse of it in the final season when Opie began go to boy girl parties and when he became a professional musician with the The Sound Committee. We also saw a few teenagers in Helen's Play. Then Andy and Opie left Mayberry just as Opie was about to enter high school. So what would the teens in Mayberry do? Probably the same things I did growing up in a small town in the '60's. I would imagine the hangout after school would have been the drug store where the kids would stop off for their cokes, root beers, and malts. After basketball games and football games they would most likely have headed to the diner for their hamburgers and fries and cokes. One thing that was really missing from Mayberry was a drive-in with car hops. Back in the 60's just about every small town had at least one drive-in where teens would hang out on warm summer nights. But it would appear that Mayberry did not have one at all. The school would have been the center of activity for the young people of Mayberry but certainly not to the extent that it is today. Most likely they would have an occasional school dance, including an annual Homecoming dance and parade, and of course spring would bring in the Junior Prom. But for the most part the teens of Mayberry would have had to create their own fun. Part of that fun would have been cruising around town in the convertibles and hardtops on weekends and especially Saturday night. Summer would bring trips to Myer's Lake for swimming and picnics and I would imagine the boys would do a lot of fishing. Winter would most likely usher in the ice skating and those wonderful hayride parties that were so popular back then. Being a teen in a small town back in the '60's wasn't very exciting, but then those of us who grew up at that time weren't really looking for excitement. Perhaps the most common pastime growing up in a small town was walking. Not just the fun of walking to and from school, but just the enjoyment of walking around town with friends and talking about our hopes and dreams. I would imagine for many of us those many of our hopes and dreams did not come to pass. But I do have some wonderful memories of the slow, quiet, and friendly small town where I grew up. And I would imagine those kids who were lucky enough to grow up in Mayberry are now saying the very same thing. Ken Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire WI 54701 715-839-8470 kanderson8...@charter.net www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
The Bomb
Having grown up during those times, the Cold War was a very real thing. Not only were bombs dropped at the end of WWII but there was testing of nuclear and hydrogen bombs by both sides. Any odd weather was often attributed to those tests, rightly or wrongly. Harry in Salem, VA ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
