In a message dated 1/19/07 12:06:50 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Another thing Andy often did that would raise some eyebrows (esp female > ones) was to invite people over for a meal or to stay without checking > with, or even telling, Aunt Bee. Most of us with any sense wouldn't do > that nowdays, but the culture was more chauvinistic and paternalistic back > then. Well, that would certainly raise some eyebrows now (and I can see Debra being none-too-happy-at-all if Ray ever did it on "Everybody Loves Raymond"). But Aunt Bee always seemed to back Andy up on that and we never (or at least very rarely) saw Aunt Bee complain or even express being put out even in private, when she'd give Andy a piece of her mind if she felt like it. (She may have fussed a little when Barney brought the summit meeting over, but she had to clean the entire house for that one.) So I have to believe she and Andy had a mutual understanding that Andy could just about always invite anyone he wanted and she'd trust him. In one episode he tells a guest "you should see the fried chicken Aunt Bee has to throw out" (implying she cooks a lot anyway, even for just the three of them) and when the Darlings came over, Bee acts like she's actually excited to get to cook for that big a group. (No wonder Briscoe liked her so much.) We should all have an Aunt Bee in our lives but not everyone's that lucky. Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
