Gas Pumps
In The Lodge, there has always been a camera angle that puzzled me. When Andy drives to the filling station to ask Gooberabout who black-balled Howard, Andy pulls up to the closest pump, which is marked Premium. Goober is standing at the end of the pump island, beside this pump. Then he walks around to the other side of the pump to talk to Andy. Behind him, the pump now reads Regular. The backgrouind of the shot is consistent for shooting back across the pump island. All I can figure is that the pump is marked differently on each side. dan --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
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Re: Gas
And that's exactly what I recall from the '60s. Gas was in the low to mid 30 cent range well into the early '70s. ** How many times in the late 1970s did you hear someone say something like, If gas ever gets to a dollar a gallon, I'll just quit driving. While 30 cents a ding sounds pretty good, I sure wouldn't want to see that same kind of reduction on my paycheck. Sometimes I think I should be paid what I'm worth, but I couldn't live on that. Don Big Ears Good ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Natural disasters in Mayberry
Larry asked about natural disasters in Mayberry. The town once experienced a flood, but we are never told anything about it. In the episode Andy's Vacation, Barney says I can get Gomer as a deputy, he's still sworn in from the flood. Then again, it may have been only the courthouse that was flooded. That has been known to happen; Andy says so in Andy and the Gentleman Crook (this place ain't been so clean since the boiler busted and flooded the place.) Mayberry has also been hit by at least one tornado. Andy mentions it in the episode Goober's Contest, when he predicts that Floyd will react badly to being informed that he did not really win a $200 cash prize. Funny how a disaster changes the way folks think about things. Every event in Joplin, for example, either happened before the tornado or after the tornado. It's sort of like how dates include B.C. or A.D. Paul Mulik ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Favorite episode
Just watched Three Wishes for Opie. Love that episode! It don't gotta be! Vicki Sent from my iPhone ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Help requested
About two years ago,folks on the digest were talking about how slow and easy things were in the 50's 60's.I posted several things that took me back to those days.Some of the items I mentioned were metal ice trays,soda bottle sprinklers for ironing,Brownie cameras and quite a few more items.If any of you,per chance,saved this post,would you kindly forward it back to me.Please put the word Mayberry in the subject line so I know it is not spam. Thank you, Dewey in NC If con is the opposite of pro,is Congress the opposite of progress? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
Natural Disasters in Mayberry
Regarding natural disasters in Mayberry, the first one that comes to mind is Barney and his motorcicle. Now I realize that it might not count as a bonifide natural disaster, but it certainly was a disaster. The other one that comes to mind was mentioned in season 7's episode Goober's Contest. When Goober was explaining to Andy that he made a mistake with the prize money for his contest and that there was no $200 prize and he asked Andy how Floyd would take it when he told him. Andy replied, Well, do you remember that tornado that hit town about 12 years ago?. So apparently there was a tornado that hit Mayberry. -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com www.mayberryreflections.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
