Re: Andy and Peggy
Yes, Victor, I wholeheartedly agree with you that Peggy would have been much better for Andy than Helen for the very reasons you mentioned below. I'll bet Peggy even cooked a mean leg of lamb too (Andy's favorite dish). I met Peggy McMillan (Joanna Moore) once at the 35th anniversary cast reunion show in Winston-Salem, NC in 1995. I got my picture made with her and told her that she should have married Andy. She agreed! She was really nice to talk to. Unfortunately, she passed away shortly after that, so I was pleased to get to meet her while I could. She was Tatum O'Neal's real mother too. But you forgot one other important attribute Peggy had that Helen didn't: her daddy was rich! He owned the R&M Grain Elevators in Raleigh and bought her that nice car. Andy wouldn't have to get a second job at the LaunderCoin if he had married Peggy. There was one jealousy between Andy and Peggy when Peggy's friend Don came to down (that hungry buzzard). Wouldn't you know his name was Don? Mr. Schwump >Peggy would have been as good or better match for Andy than Helen...Let's take >a look at that thing... >1. Both Andy and Helen showed a sense of jealousy toward one another? >? ?Helen (Fun Girls, lady lawyer, Andy's cousin) >? ?Andy ( Bob, and The teacher she worked with,)..There was no jealousy shown >between Andy and Peggy >2. Both Helen and Peggy had issues with Opie but they were both worked out... >3. Peggy loved to cook for Andy and Opie, Helen said her husband would have to >eat TV dinners >4. Peggy went fishing with Andy and Opie, Helen never did >5. Peggy showed a "mother figure" toward Opie, Helen seemed to stay at a >professional level >6. Peggy sat on the porch and shared time with Andy and Opie, Opie was never >included in Helen's time with Andy >7. Peggy even went so far as to become a blood brother to Opie and tuck him >into bed... ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
laugh out loud scenes / Andy and Peggy song
The song that Andy and Peggy sang on the porch is called "Down in the Valley". The lyrics are: Down in the valley, valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow. Hear the wind blow, dear Hear the wind blow. Hang your head over Hear the wind blow. If you don't love me, Love whom you please. Throw your arms 'round me Give my heart ease. Give my heart ease, dear Give my heart ease. Throw your arms 'round me Give my heart ease. Roses love sunshine Violets love dew Angels in heaven Know I love you Know I love you, dear Know I love you Angels in heaven Know I love you. I used to sing this song to one of my godsons when he was a baby and it always calmed him down and/or got him off to sleep. As a matter of fact, when I stopped singing, he started crying. I guess he had good taste in music, even at a young age. LOL Here are some scenes that make me laugh out loud that no one else has mentioned. >From "Mountain Wedding" - when Ernest T meets Andy and Barney for the first time and Andy says "That Ernest T Bass is a strange and weird character." Briscoe Darling says" Just plain ornery." Barney says "He's a nut." And then Ernest T goes running and jumping away.. >From "The Merchant of Mayberry" - When Barney is telling Andy what he would have said to Ben Weaver. He says "Why don't you go sit in the grocery store so we can all know you're the big cheese." >From "Three Wishes for Opie" - 1. when Helen comes storming up to Andy and yells at him about how she does not like to go to a PTA meeting and find out that she is engaged to the great Sheriff Taylor. She goes on for a minute and then ends with "What really infuriates me is listening to all your friends telling me what a good catch you are. Well, you're not caught yet." And she turns her nose up and storms off. 2. when Andy sees Barney coming and grabs him by the arm and drags him into the courthouse. 3. when Barney, Goober, and Floyd are in the back room at the courthouse with the lights off trying to summon Count Istvan Telecky, especially the part where Barney comes back in the room with the fingerprint set. 4. at the end when Barney has thrown away the fortune telling stuff and they find out that Opie really has gotten his third wish. The look on Barney's face as he pulls the stuff back out of the trashcan is hilarious. Mary Grace Gossage "Gentlemen, I have the following announcement to make. Count Istvan Telecky exists." ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
