great coincidence

2010-06-10 Thread David Switzer
This won't happen very often.  Watched two old movies in a row and Will Wright (Ben Weaver) was in BOTH shows!  In one, he was a bad guy and in the other he was a banker.  Then saw Alan Hale Jr. as a small town sheriff and his deputy was another fellow from TAGS...Ross Elliott   who was in The T

Frank Myers

2010-06-10 Thread Paul Mulik
One of my favorite modern shows is "American Pickers" on The History Channel.  For those who haven't seen it, it's a show about two antique dealers who "travel the backroads of America" searching through barns and basements and junkyards looking for interesting stuff. In the newest episode, the

Fibber and "The Pickle Story"

2010-06-10 Thread Janet Anderson
>>>Well, lately I've been listening to a lot of Fibber McGee and Molly. I >>>found two episodes that the writers of TAGS may have gotten the idea for the >>>Pickle Story from.<<< Hey, Kristi, thanks for sharing that. I am also a fan of OTR and have listened to many "Fibber McGee and Molly" ep

I wonder if they stole Fred Gibson's idea!!

2010-06-10 Thread GRITTON, JOE A (ATTOPS)
I wonder if they stole Fred Gibson's idea!! Here I thought the only thing going on Memorial Day weekend that is TAGS related..is Gomer (Jim Nabors) singing at the Indianapolis 500. Well imagine my surprise when I heard today on Millionaire that there is a Wyatt Ear Festival!! It sounds like a cr

RE: Revolving Mayor's Office

2010-06-10 Thread Hughes, Clyde L. (HSC)
Now Ken, you had my hopes up, based upon your subject line, that Mayberry had a rotating mayor's office on top of a skyscraper. Now that would be 'the big time!' Where was City Hall? Not sure I remember seeing it, although it might actually have been Floyd's Barbershop, as that was undoubtedl

Who messed up the .......

2010-06-10 Thread Ed O'Dwyer (Shamrock Hill)
My wife decided to clean out the refrigerator this weekend and organize things. My son, who just graduated high school and knows where Old Man Kelsey's Ocean is, was raised on Andy Griffith since he was one. He turned to me and said "Hey!! Who messed up the refrigerator?" with that TAGS g

change of e-mail address

2010-06-10 Thread Kathy Taylor
Hey Allen, I need you to change our e-mail address from taylo...@charter.net to troyan...@yahoo.com thanks. Kathy Taylor ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Andys "pet cat"

2010-06-10 Thread michael morris
- Forwarded Message - From: michael morris To: wbmu...@wbmtubb.com Sent: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:58:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CATS I dont recall any cats in the show but I remember the episode in which Andy "saves" Gomers live and as Andy is sneaking out the back door Gomer comes in and And

Downtown Cinema

2010-06-10 Thread BRIAN RODAHAVER
Everytime I visit the Downtown Cinema in Mt. Airy, NC during Mayberry Days, I wonder what films Andy viewed there in the 1930s and 1940s. He was astounded by musician Jack Teagarden in 'Birth of the Blues' (1944), which he saw at the Earle. Later, Teagarden's name appears listed in the end credi