Frances Bavier sighting
For a different take on Frances Bavier's distinctive dramatic persona, check out the movie "Man in the Attic" on YouTube, as she portrays a landlady who gradually suspects her boarder (Jack the Ripper) of harboring a dark secret! Happy Viewing Eric Swolgaard Sacramento, CA ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Fuzzy Moments
Dear Tags, Fuzzy moments I love are when Andy tells Aunt Bee that the baby is safe in her arms. When Thelma Lou and Helen look at Barney and Andy standing in front of the cave and say that they are both pretty great. When Charlene Darling sings There is a Time, when Opie and Mary Alice are in the backseat of the squad car and Opie holds her hand and says, they should of been together, all along. Last but not least, the scene of the gas station where Howard, Goober, Andy, Emmit? are sitting outside of the gas station at dusk and how peaceful and quiet it is and how Howard looks so content and peaceful and happy he is at home. Sand Mt. Mizzus Why-lee teresa Phil. 4:13 I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Ellen Corby
Dear Tags, I was watching Barney's First Car and I was thinking about Mrs. Letch and I wondered if she was in any movies that were Oscar nominated.This is from IMDB Ellen Corby was born Ellen Hansen on June 3, 1911, in Racine, Wisconsin. She began her career as a bit player in the film Speed Limited (1935) in 1940. Ellen would not be seen on the big screen again until 1945 in Cornered (1945). In 1946, she appeared in 14 films, although mostly in small, minor roles. One of them was in the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). One of the highlights of her career came about in 1948 in I Remember Mama (1948) as Aunt Trina. Ellen garnered a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, which was ultimately won by Claire Trevor in Key Largo (1948). She would of been 100 years old last month! Corby won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie, I Remember Mama. Sand Mt. Mizzus Why-lee Phil. 4:13 I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Businessman Special
"A hollowed out deep fried possum stuffed with deviled hawk egg salad, squirrel shanks an' gopher gravy. $1.25 and we'll validate the parking for you too." - Jethro Bodine, Manager ~ The Happy Gizzard, Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Ca. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Baths in Mayberry, Grumpy Andy, Mayberry Moment
I'm going to group three subjects into this one e-mail because I've been noticing that my e-mails are taking longer & longer to reach the Digest. 1) I happened to catch a rerun of "The Bookie Barber" episode this weekend and noted in the opening scene, after Opie has tried to explain that he hates getting his hair cut because the hairs drop down his neck & itch him, Andy tells him that he'll be able to fix that by taking a bath when he gets home. Opie is horrified that, now, he has to get a dreaded hair cut and take a dreaded bath! Cute scene, well played. 2) My personal opinion about the darker Andy who emerged in the color episodes is that he was tiring of playing the character and started letting his ennui show. Griffith wasn't diagnosed with the Guillain-Barre syndrome until the early '80s, so it's probably doubtful that he was experiencing any of its symptoms during the run of TAGS. 3) My Mayberry Moment - Saturday morning, I had returned from grocery shopping and was unloading my car in my building’s garage. An older woman (about my age, probably!) came walking in and got into a large, late-model sedan parked several spaces away from my car. I wasn’t paying much attention until I heard an odd sort of "chucka" sound come from her direction. I looked over in time to see her car more or less jump backwards out of its space; then it jumped forward at an angle; jumped backward again; and finally jumped toward the exit. Shades of Aunt Bee learning to drive! (Although I doubt this lady had the excuse of a manual transmission and having to learn how to work a clutch!) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Frank Myers
Could the answer be Frank Myers in the credits of TAGS. Andy Clyde played Frank Myers on TAGS in Mayberry Goes Bankrupt. Margaret Floyd: 'I'm going to Nashville.' (Margaret: I already live in Nashville.) __ For information pertaining to Willis' email confidentiality and monitoring policy, usage restrictions, or for specific company registration and regulatory status information, please visit http://www.willis.com/email_trailer.aspx We are now able to offer our clients an encrypted email capability for secure communication purposes. If you wish to take advantage of this service or learn more about it, please let me know or contact your Client Advocate for full details. ~W67897 __ ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: Contents of WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 206, Message 7
That would be understandable and sound plausable. However, not to be disagreeable but, Andy did not contract Guillaine-Barre syndrome until 1983 and was effected for seven months. At least that is according to the sources that I have referenced. -- Kim -- > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:47:03 -0400 > From: Susan Blank > To: "wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com" > Subject: Re: Andya morning person > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I agree that Andy being grumpy with Opie practicing piano at 6 a.m. was > inconsistent with his character. However, I did notice that in the color > episodes, he kind of turns into "grumpy Andy", as my husband says. I'm > wondering if that had anything to do with his Guillaine-Barre syndrome and > the pain he had with that. Then I'm thinking that Andy, the consummate > actor, wouldn't have let his personal health issues interfere with his > acting. > Any opinions or information on this? Thanks! > > Susi Blank > Miss Crump (many years later) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
jail keys
Remember when cousin Virgil came to town and filed down the set of jail keys? That could explain the whereabouts of one set of keys. Nita Kuhns Summertown, Tn ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Shwamp theory
Since Mr. Schwamp did not have any lines, I think he was not a member of the actor's union and was not allowed to say anything. That would also explain why he has no credits at the end of the show. And, maybe why absolutely NOBODY knows who he is. Not even his fellow actors remember his name. "It's not a whim if you put on clean underwear." Bee in New Concord, OH Brenda J. Higgins 57 Year Old Mom Looks 27! Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4e1b371a6d93734595fst02duc ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Floyd
I saw Howard McNear on the Burns and Allen show yesterday on Antenna TV. Good show. Never seen it before. -- Teddy Stinker Bear ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Re: Andy....a morning person
I agree that Andy being grumpy with Opie practicing piano at 6 a.m. was inconsistent with his character. However, I did notice that in the color episodes, he kind of turns into "grumpy Andy", as my husband says. I'm wondering if that had anything to do with his Guillaine-Barre syndrome and the pain he had with that. Then I'm thinking that Andy, the consummate actor, wouldn't have let his personal health issues interfere with his acting. Any opinions or information on this? Thanks! Susi Blank Miss Crump (many years later) "How can one boy practice for another boy?" ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Andy--a morning person??? and corrections
I caught one of my favorite color episodes this week (yes I like the color ones..I don’t think TAGS “jumped the shark” when Don Knotts left) on TVland. It was the one where Opie was learning to play piano, and also play football. Once Andy learns from a former pro football player, Flip Conroy, that a young boy can have multiple interests, things appear to be at a happy ending. The epilog shows Opie practicing Piano at 6:00 AM and Andy wakes up all grumpy and asks him if he knows what time it is. Don’t you find this odd? Andy is usually one of the first ones downtown in the morning. He gets up and goes fishing early at times. He seems to be a morning person. It made a good story line, but in my opinion, was a little bit inconsistent. Did we ever see Andy sleeping in.. in the morning, other than when he was sick? The Untrained Voice. “I thought it was Andy who had the subscription to Police Gazette - he told somebody he had to cancel it because Barney had never been married – “ Lucille Lucille, I think you are correct on the line. I was recalling when Barney got his place at Mrs. Mendlebright’s…I thought he had a collection up there that he offered to loan out to Andy. Upon checking my facts I found it was really "true Blue Dectective" magazines that he had bound copies of. So I stnad corrected on Barney influencers. Speaking of fact checking, on One of Allan's Two Chiar No Waiting Poadcasts which was an interview with Ken Beck and Jim Clark..it was revealed that they wrote thier first book just from memory and broadcast episodes. no DVD, of course..but even no VHS!! That is amazing!! No wonder we were able to expand the list of Scwamp appearance from 8 to like 22. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
