Favorite Disc from TAGS DVDs

2016-04-10 Thread Keith Miles
Lots of talk about favorite and least favorite episodes, but let's try this for 
a poll...What is your favorite disc from the TAGS DVD series? (I'm talking 
about the complete season DVDs, not the 50th Anniversary DVD set or any of the 
other one-offs.)
For me, there is no contest...it is Season Four, Disc One.
That disc has both my favorite episode of the entire series ("Sermon For 
Today") and my wife's favorite ("Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee"). Another of my 
top 5 or 10 episodes is "Gomer the Houseguest". The disc also has "Opie the 
BIrdman", "The Haunted House", "Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army" and "Black Day 
for Mayberry".  Not a lemon in the whole bunch!
I would also say season 4 is probably my favorite season, as the cast really 
was hitting its stride then...Andy had lost the real hayseed image that was 
portrayed in the early seasons, and the chemistry between Andy and Barney was 
really at the top of its game.
Keith in Nebraska
Briscoe:  Slap those handcuffs on me, I'm breach-of-promisin'.


 
  
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Jim Nabors photo

2014-12-14 Thread Keith Miles
The link I tried to post yesterday with a picture of Jim Nabors from the early 
1970's didn't display right...I'm trying again.  Also I think I got the color 
of Gome's tie wrong.  I believe it was a purple tie with acorns, not a yellow 
tie...
Here's the link to Jim's photo again...
http://hailvarsity.com/news/commentary/don-fox-bryant-part-husker-tradition/2014/12/

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Alumni Sighting

2014-12-13 Thread Keith Miles
Here is a bit of an unusual alumni siting...I live in Lincoln, home of the 
University Nebraska.  I just ran across an archive photo with Jim Nabors and 
former Nebraska football Coach Bob Devaney.  Devaney coached from 1962-71, so 
I'm assuming the photo was during that period, and likely the early 70's based 
on the fashions and Jim's hair.  The photo was published as part of a story on 
Nebraska's former Sports Information Director Don Fox Bryant who just died last 
week.  Fox knew everybody in the world, it seems, so I suspect he somehow knew 
someone who knew Jim Nabors and Jim ended up visiting the university...possibly 
he was doing a concert at our state fair or somewhere else in Nebraska. Here is 
a link to the article and photo (check out the Go Big Red tie--it sure beats 
a purple tie with yellow acorns!):
Don Fox Bryant: Part of the Husker Tradition | Hail Varsity

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| Don Fox Bryant: Part of the Husker Tradition | Hail Va...The Mike Riley era 
at Nebraska officially began on Friday. And the Fox era ended. No need for 
quotation marks around “Fox,” really. It’s a proper name as far as I’m... |
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Hometown

2014-08-27 Thread Keith Miles
In one of the color episodes, Goober asked Andy if he wanted to go to the 
tractor show in Jasper.  George Lindsay grew up in Jasper, AL (which would have 
been a long drive from Mayberry, NC).

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Re: Is Mayor Stoner really German?

2014-04-30 Thread Keith Miles
Yesterday's post about Mayor Stoner playing a Nazi in a WW II picture reminded 
me that I saw him at least once, maybe twice, as a German officer in Hogan's 
Hero's.  I guess that's the actor of the man.

Mayor Stoner:  That is the most disgusting band I have ever heard!

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Rusty Stevens

2013-07-01 Thread Keith Miles
I took a quick look at the video for One Punch Opie, and while there is a 
character in that scene that resembles Rusty Stevens/Larry Mondello, I don't 
see how it can be Rusty.  Rusty was born in 1948, making him 6 years older than 
Ron Howard.  He would have been 14 at the time of One Punch Opie.  Also, if 
you watch Leave It to Beaver, he was taller than Jerry Mathers, who was about 
the same age, so unless he was on his knees for this scene, I don't see how 
this could have been Rusty/Larry Mondello.
 
I know this is a discussion of TAGS, but did anyone else ever think that Madge 
Blake as Mrs. Mondello was more suited age-wise to be Larry's grandmother?
 
One other quick comment and I'm out of here...did anyone ever notice a 
resemblence between Ronnie Schell (Duke Slater on GP, USMC) and Beaver's 
friend, Gilbert Bates (played by Stephen Talbot)?  I know they weren't related, 
but I was always struck by the similarities in their mannerisms.  Maybe it's 
just me...  FYI, Stephen Talbot's father was Lyle Talbot, a long-time character 
actor who played Ozzie  Harriett's friend Joe Randolph among others (he grew 
up in Brainard, Nebraska). 
 
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Skol Mayberry

2013-05-02 Thread Keith Miles
Skol seems entirely out of place in Mayberry, as I just don't picture there 
being a lot of scandanavians in the south.  I know, I know, men are orbiting 
the moon, so it's possible some of them have moved to Mayberry...maybe Otis is 
a Viking by birth.  By the way, a little off topic for mayberry, but the 
Minnesota Vikings fight song is called Skol Vikings...check it out at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgRjBIcFz5o.  I've suffered heartaches with all 
the other Viking fans over the years.
 
Keith (part Norwegian) in Nebraska
 
Barney:  I don't think he's from around here.
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Green Paint

2013-01-29 Thread Keith Miles
Just a quick comment on the green paint...maybe this has already been said...I 
haven't had much time lately to read the Digest in detail, but my recollection 
is that the green walls appeared with the first color episode in season 6.  If 
so, I'm guessing that the walls were painted that way to make the best possible 
shading for black  white filming from earlier seasons.  Maybe no one got 
around to realizing it didn't look that great for a while...
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
Andy:  [Admiring his new business cards from Aunt Bee] Andrew Taylor. Sheriff. 
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Mrs. Grayson

2012-10-22 Thread Keith Miles
Here's my take on how Mrs. Grayson found Floyd...once Floyd hatched his plan 
and Andy agreed, he sent a telegram to Mrs. Grayson, giving her the address of 
the house he would be at (and maybe turn-by-turn directions to get there). I 
don't recall if Mrs. Grayson's letter said what time she would be arriving in 
Mayberry, so Floyd and Andrew Paul Lawson may have had to spend most of the 
day there. If Mrs. Grayson was a bit of a fake as well, where did she get the 
car? I haven't watched in a while, but seem to recall that it was a Lincoln 
Continental.
 
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The Tailor Shop

2012-09-17 Thread Keith Miles
The story from Rance Howard in the e-Bullet about how Andy ended up with Taylor 
as his last name, after first being called Andy Hopper in rehearsals for the 
pilot got me to thinking.  They ended up not using Hopper and missing out on a 
joke in that episode but some six years later, the writers finally did work in 
a joke with Andy's last name when he was trying to call the picture studio 
and kept getting transferred to the Tailor Shop.
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
P.S.  When Andy was running for Sheriff, Win With Hopper wouldn't have had 
the same ring as Win With Taylor.  (not to mention Tippicanoe and Taylor, 
Too.)
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Me-TV Network

2012-05-16 Thread Keith Miles
There has been some confusion over whether Me-TV or other national networks can 
show TAGS.  Me-TV is a national network, just like TVLand.  TVLand currently 
has the exclusive national network rights to TAGS, so Me-TV, RTV, My-TV or 
other national networks have no chance to pick up the series during TVLand's 
contract.
 
All series in syndication can also be licensed to local stations across the 
country, and each local station licensing TAGS has the exclusive rights to show 
TAGS in that local market.  So if Station X in Omaha licenses TAGS, stations Y 
 Z have no chance to get the show until the license expires.
 
Me Too TV is an off-shoot of Me-TV, but is operated as a local station rather 
than a national network.  It appears there are only Me Too stations in Chicago 
and Milwaukee.  So if they show TAGS, they are the exclusive carrier for that 
local marketit's as confusing as finding Aunt Bee's spoon on the set of The 
Mayberry Chef!
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
Andy (to Mrs. Sprague):Why don't you look at TV?
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Mayberry Fire Department

2012-04-22 Thread Keith Miles
I assume that Judd/Burt was in charge of the Mayberry Fire Department.  After 
all, he had experience running a fire house (going by his nickname Gus) in 
Mayfield.  Don't forget that they had boil dinners down to the fire house every 
once in a while.
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
I wish he'd have hit me with that tomato...I haven't had my lunch yet.
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Washington Behind Closed Doors

2012-04-09 Thread Keith Miles
I remember this mini-series.  It is based on a novel, The Company, written by 
John Ehrlichman, and loosely based on the Nixon administration with a 
Watergate-like scandal.  Andy plays the former President Esker Scott Anderson 
(think LBJ).  Jason Robards is very good as President Richard Monckton 
(Nixon).  If you like political dramas, it is a good series, although probably 
a little tame by today's standards (but that's alright with me).  The novel is 
also a good read.  I think I have the mini-series on VHS tapes recorded 20+ 
years ago, so who knows if the tape has disintigrated yet?
 
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2005 Calendar

2012-01-01 Thread Keith Miles
Re the 2005 calendar, I'm a little confused...a couple of good folks said you 
could use it for the first 59 days of 2012.  Seems to me it's off (Luther, it 
was off) right from the start, since January 1, 2005 was a Saturday, not a 
Sunday.  We did, in fact, use our 2005 TAGS calendar throughout 2011 and just 
put it back in storage for the next opportunity.  Someone mentioned that 
calendars only repeat themselves every 28 years, but it seemed to work out that 
2005 and 2011 matched up.  There will be a bare spot on my wall for at least 
the next 12 months.
 
Happy New Year and Happy Motoring through 2012!
 
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Floyd's Glasses

2011-10-06 Thread Keith Miles
I don't have any insight on the change in Floyd's glasses, but I always thought 
that the glasses contributed to the fact that Floyd looked much older when he 
returned from his stroke (obviously his health also affected that older 
appearance).  I think the glasses really fit Floyd's personality/demeanor when 
he returned to the show.  I was shocked when I first found out his actual age, 
in that he was only about 57 when he had his stroke and he would have only been 
in his early 60's when he left the series, dying at the age of 63 in 1969.  He 
easily looked to be upper 60s or 70 after his stroke.
 
I have always enjoyed Floyd's speech and mannerisms after his stroke...I would 
have loved to see or hear an interview (outside his Floyd character) around 
that time as I have heard from those on the show that he was very similar in 
and out of character...don't know if that applied to both pre-stroke and 
post-stroke.
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
Floyd:  I had an ample supply of fuel. (during his non-patronage of 
Goober's Service Station) 
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Real Life Brother and Sister on TAGS

2011-07-19 Thread Keith Miles
I can't believe it...for once I know the answer to a TAGS trivia question, but 
the probably everyone else knows it as well.
 
Jack Albertson played cousin Bradford Taylor and his sister Mabel Albertson 
played Mrs. Sprague.  Hard to believe Mrs. Sprague was only in four episodes.  
Seems like she was in more than that.  Here's another curiosity...Mabel 
Albertson was never married, but played some of our favorite mothers on TV in 
the 60's.  Besides Mrs. Sprague, she was also Darin Stephens' mother on 
Bewitched and Don Hollinger's mother on That Girl.  IMDB says she played a 
mother-in-law on an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1975 as well.
 
Thinking of cousin Bradford makes me hungry for homemade ice cream.
 
Keith in Nebraska
 
Cousin Bradford:  I got caught in the pound-sterling squeeze.
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Happy 50th Anniversary from Oliver Gossage

2010-10-03 Thread Keith Miles
On this 50th Anniversary of the TAGS premiere, I am writing from Oliver 
Gossage's purported home in Back Bay Boston...we are on a New England vacation 
and hope to track down some of Ollie's relatives after we check out the freedom 
trail--what?--you mean Ollie isn't from Back Bay Boston?  Guess I shouldn't 
have 
listened to Mr. Schwamp and Mrs. Wiley!

We are headed to Calvin Coolidge's home in Plymouth Notch, VT later this week, 
so will be sure to listen for anything profound the President has to say.

Keith in Nebraska (but temporarily in Back Bay Boston)

Barney to Andy:  Either you did that good of a job with Ernest T. or Mrs. Wiley 
is a nut!



  
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King Asa

2010-09-16 Thread Keith Miles
Asa was one of the good Kings of Judah--makes you want to treat Asa 
Bascomb/Breeney with a little more respect, doesn't it?

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Haircuts

2010-07-22 Thread Keith Miles
Since I'm headed for a haircut right after work today, I was reminded of the 
Taylor's visit to Hollywood in Season 6. It always seemed to me that both of 
the 
episodes while they were in Hollywood.Opie's looked like he had just gotten a 
haircut before they left Mayberry. Has anybody else noticed that? None of that 
vanity to Opie--he didn't mind looking like he had just gotten a 
haircut--although he probably didn't like those hairs that fell down the back 
of 
his shirt. I guess when everybody else went to the barbershop their trims were 
just enough to get a trim without looking like they had a haircut, because 
everybody getting out of the barber chair looked just like they did when they 
sat down in the chair!

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Andy:  When folks get a haircut but don't want to look like they just got a 
haircut, that's vanity.
Opie:  You mean Aunt Bee's dressin' table?

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Size of Shows

2010-03-24 Thread Keith Miles
There's been a lot of talk about the size of shows (as in number of cast 
appearing), but I want to raise another comment on the size of shows--or more 
precisely, the length.  I will have to admit that I hardly ever watch TAGS on 
TVLand because (A) They play too many commercials, (2) They play too many 
trashy commercials/show promos, and (C) They edit the show.

The other weekend they were running a Bewitched marathon, and I noticed that 
the start times of the shows were around 36 minutes apart.  I thought maybe 
they were running  uncut episodes with their usual excessive allotment of 
commericals.  However, just for kicks, I timed one episode and found out they 
weren't running their usual excessive allotment of commercials--they were 
running MORE THAN USUAL.  The episode I timed clocked in at 19:40 (including 
opening and closing credits running over the epilogue), in a 36-minute window.  
They should have made it a 40 minute window so they could run a full 50% 
commercials/promos.  Are they butchering TAGS that severely these days?  I 
don't know if I could sit through all the junk to find out--it would be worse 
than a night with Uncle Ollie riding his bicycle and putting his arm in my 
mouth!

Keith in Nebraska

Ollie:  Pretty good deal, Andy.  Three-year-old bakery truck with the 
O-riginal paint!



  
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Gomer

2009-11-28 Thread Keith Miles
As a Nebraska Cornhusker fan, I hate to mention the Oklahoma Sooners, but they 
had a head coach for two seasons (1964-65) named Gomer Jones.  Gomer was an 
assistant for Coach Bud Wilkinson and succeeded him upon his retirement, but 
had a losing record over two seasons and resigned, changing his last name and 
joining the Marine Corps (just kidding about the last part).

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Re: Goober's Ripped Suit at the Auto Show

2009-10-16 Thread Keith Miles
Ted,

I believe they had Goober rip his suit so that he would end up borrowing Andy's 
suit that was more traditional and was more likely to make him seem like an 
executive to his old trade-school buddy than his brown pinstripe suit with the 
too-short pants.

Keith in Nebraska

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Biggest Guest Star on TAGS

2009-09-15 Thread Keith Miles
As for the biggest/most famous guest star appearing on TAGS at the time the 
episode aired, I would probably vote for either Buddy Ebsen or Bill Bixby, 
although both appeared on TAGS just prior to becoming more famous with their 
own starring roles in television.

Interesting to note that TAGS never had someone appearing as himself or 
herself on the series.  John Wayne's appearances in both I Love Lucy and the 
Beverly Hillbillies were as himself, as was Danny Thomas' appearance in The 
Dick Van Dyke Show.  In a way, it would seem a bit out of place to have 
somebody like that show up in Mayberry, even though it was always fun to hear 
them talk about their favorite celebrities (Ceasar Romero, Gary Cooper, Rock 
Hudson, Cary Grant, Gabby Hayes, etc.) as well as the fictional celebrities 
that we did see like Keevy Hazelton and Tina Andrews.

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Opie's Brother on The Waltons

2009-06-25 Thread Keith Miles
Seeing the reference to The Waltons the other day, I remembered that I always 
thought Jason Walton (played by Jon Walmsley) was a dead ringer for Ron 
Howard's brother--at least that's what I thought when I saw the show back in 
the 1970's.  I thought of Jason as being Opie's older brother, but in fact 
Jon is about four years younger than Ron--guess I was used to seeing Ron in the 
60's and Jason in the 70's.  I haven't seen any recent pictures of Jason, but 
did anybody else out there see a resemblence between Jason and Opie?

Speaking of Ron, do any of you remember the series The Smith Family, starring 
Henry Fonda as a detective and Ron Howard as his son?  It only aired for one or 
two seasons in the early 1970's a few years before Happy Days.  It was a 30 
minute show, something of a comedy-drama mix.  Can't believe it didn't last 
longer with star power like that.  I would love to see some of those episodes 
again, does anybody know if any are in existence on VHS or DVD?

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Howard's Bachelor Pad

2009-05-11 Thread Keith Miles
I would probably rank The Wedding (a/k/a Howard's Bachelor Pad) as my second 
favorite color episode all-time (behind Dinner at Eight).  I really enjoy the 
interplay between the characters in the episode and there are some great lines 
of dialogue.  Glad to hear that Helen needs to get up early for Sunday 
School--you think she was a teacher there, too?  Probably taught Opie's class.  
I, too, was flumoxed by Goober turning down food--even if the party were a bit 
of a bust, you would think Goober would be happy for a chance to eat.  

I would love to see part II of this episode--when the nurses and their mothers 
from Mt. Pilot came over for the follow-up party.

Keith in Nebraska

Howard:    Snack, anyone?


  
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Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story

2009-03-23 Thread Keith Miles
Thanks for the link to the Paul Harvey Rest of the Story about Mt. Airy.  I 
had not heard that one.  When I listen to the Rest of the Story programs, 
it's always fun to try to figure out who the subject is before the end of the 
program--the Mt. Airy story would have been one we would have all guessed after 
about the first 20 seconds or so.

I'm the one who made the original request, and I was thinking of the essay he 
did during a Saturday Noon program back in the 1990's called Finding the Way 
Back to Mayberry.  Several were kind enough (behind the eyes) to e-mail me the 
transcript to that piece--I 'preciate it!  I'll ask again if anybody has the 
audio of that program--I'm guessing it probably doesn't exist, other than in 
the ABC archives.  Anybody have any idea if you can request copies of a program 
from the network?

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Andrew

2008-06-06 Thread Keith Miles
Don't recall if somebody else has already offered this one, but one person to 
call Andy Andrew was Andy himself.  When he was at Darlene Mason's apartment 
in Hollywood, he called the resturant to make a dinner reservation and gave his 
name as Andrew Taylor  Guess he thought that sounded more formal.
What's interesting is that Andy Griffith's given name is Andy and not 
Andrew (Andy Samuel Griffith).
Go figure...
Keith in Nebraska
Andy [to Darlene Mason]:  Listen, I shouldn't be here...you see I've got this 
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Andy's tie, lap blanket and ride to work

2007-11-02 Thread Keith Miles
Re Malcom Merriweather putting a lap blanket on Andy when he got in the back 
seat of the car--I thought it was doubly odd--not only was it only a two block 
ride to the Government House as Malcom called it (as dan pointed out), but it 
was also a warm day.  Earlier, when Andy was seated for breakfast, Malcom 
handed him the newspaper and said the temperature was 70 something.  If it's 
already in the 70's before 8 in the morning, it's probably going to be a mighty 
warm day--at least where I come from here in Nebraska.  I don't ever recall 
needing a lap blanket on a day like that.

BTW, I don't recall the name (maybe it was Clara), but there was some 
conversation earlier in that episode, I think between Andy  Barney mentioning 
that someone was leaving their car parked in Andy's driveway--that dialogue 
might have been snipped out of what was on TVLand.

Keith in Nebraska (hoping for double dollups of afters tonight!)

In answer to Weenie Man's question about Andy's tie.  Malcolm didn't feel it
proper for the High Sheriff to be in residence at the Government House
without proper attire.  That also accounts for Andy wearing a uniform cap.

Now I do question the need for a lap blanket for the 2 block journey to
Government House.

dan

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Mr. Schwamp's Pocket

2007-07-20 Thread Keith Miles
My take on Mr. Schwamp's pocket is a fountain pen and his reading glasses.  If 
you recall the episode in season #6 where they purchased a new organ for the 
church, Mr. Schwamp is sitting in the front row right behind the organ and he 
is wearing his reading glasses whilst singing a hymn.  I've been doin' the same 
thing since I was about 35, so I sympathize with Mr. Schwamp.  That might be a 
reason he never quite gets his toupe on straight--he's not wearing his glasses 
when he puts it on in the morning.

Keith in Nebraska

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The essence of a character in a single quote

2007-06-13 Thread Keith Miles
While watching the episode Howard  Millie (season 8) last night, Howard has 
a line that, to me, summarizes the essence of his character.  As Andy re-enters 
the train compartment, Howard has just taken off his shoes.  He says to Andy, 
Without the proper amount of tension, you might as well not even use shoe 
trees at all.  That cuts to the heart of what Howard is all about.

To me that sums up Howard in just a few words--every semi regular character 
probably has a line that perfectly describes their charater--beyond the 
classics, Shazam or Nip it in the bud.

What are your favorite character quotes!

Keith in Nebraska

Howard (speaking of the fish cakes special in the train dining car):  It's 
got high nutritional value at a modest price.


   

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Mr. Schwamp was a Yankee before moving to Mayberry

2006-12-13 Thread Keith Miles
I'm almost certain Mr. Schwamp (or maybe his Pa) is in the 1945 Christmas in 
Connecticut movie with Barbara Stanwyck.  That would have been roughly 20 years 
prior to most of his TAGS appearances, but if it is Mr. Schwamp, he doesn't 
look 20 years younger.  I have a feeling Mr. Schwamp looked about the same 
throughout his life (50ish, grim, heavyset--oh, wait a minute, the grim, 
heavyset character was Lee Drake).

If I recall, Mr. Schwamp was sitting in the stag chairs along the wall for a 
dance in Christmas in Connecticut--he's had lots of practice standing/sitting 
in stag lines.

Keith in Nebraska

Merry Christmas from the Eubaker Brothers up at State Prison


 

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2006-05-25 Thread Keith Miles
Don't forget Jim Lindsay's smash hit Rock  Roll Rosie from Raleigh
   
  Keith in Nebraska
   
  P.S. That's Jim I ain't no spavine horse on an auction block Lindsay




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