Saturday in Mount Airy

Practically a Bluegrass legend in the "Miss Angel's Pies" store, Richard Bowman, a gentle soul who studied under Tommy Jarrell, whose fiddle is in the Smithsonian. Miss Angel herself; people come in there and are stunned by the good smells there. Reverend Neal NOT being dry as dust, lecturing ab

Family

Sitting there next to Collin, Ibor, and "Collin's Dad" for many of the shows, I noticed how "Collin's Dad" and I laughed the same, coughed the same, and even looked slightly the same. Ironic, since he's from Tennessee, and I'm from Delaware. Mayberry Days creates such a sense of family, that it s

Bird

An unusual adventure just now!!! Putting away my Halloween things in the basement, I noticed a sparrow trying to get out the window. How in the world??? The only possible way in was through the dryer vent. I caught him when he hit the wall and fell on the cat, who was startled enough to back aw

Headache

That tying a buzzard's head around your neck---does that have to be a live buzzard??? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Scots

Interesting question about Scotland mentioned in the show. The only references I can think of offhand are that pack of "Dogs, dogs, dogs" included a "little wiry one" that looked like a Yorkie mix and there were glimpses of a Cairn Terrier, one of my favorite breeds. __

Fans

Our fan club chapter also carried Mister Schwamp fans, a picture of his head on a stick with a hairpiece that flaps when the fan flaps, also made by Mike Johnson. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Schwump or Schwamp

I am proud to report our chapter paid homage (that's French) to the "Mayberry Man of Mystery" Mister Schwamp or Schwump. Briscoe said it is pronounced "Schwump" but spelled "Schwamp." Oh well. We wore a T shirt, made by Mike Johnson, with a picture of Mr. S. with a little pinned on hairpiece that

Christmas Party

Been busy, busy, busy like that magician in the Frosty cartoon special; the Barney Chapter Christmas party was great as ever. In gag gifts, all of them were great: I'm a beat up old man, and got a set of false eyelashes and other female doodads like Frankie wanted. Allan would like one gag gif

Taters

How about the Mayor wearing the old Potato Queen crown? You know, it takes a very good looking, very smart person to have the confidence to clown around like that. That's why I have to maintain a very dignified, reserved demeanor!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing

Norton

What would Warren say about the Honeymooners sketch? "Brilliant, Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh?" ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

One thing

I just want to say one thing, and I don't know if it's been said here before: God bless all you people! (If I have any influence there) You're always so nice, and I get so grumpy sometimes, and also obtuse. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com h

CSI Miami

Does anybody else watch *CSI Miami* and giggle every time somebody addresses the boss as Horatio---(half a boy)? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

John Masters

VERY surprised to see "John Masters" as a nasty bellhop in the *One Step Beyond* episode "Earthquake," where he drinks half a weight lifter's whiskey while delivering it and then blames the good guy. I also have an old paperback Uncle Francis bought called *Nightrunners of Bengal* written by (drum

Gotten behind

I've gotten badly behind in reading my E mails; I've had a strange "compelshion" to finish my model railroad, which shows selected parts of my home town of Newport, Delaware in 1970. Even then, small towns everywhere had vestiges of Mayberry ways. Like how my Great Grandfather was still remember

Thought I'd mention it

Not a strictly Mayberry item, but it ought to be! Several weeks ago, a sweet old highly educated Black lady took the Greensboro, North Carolina, police officer test. This included a written test and firearms accuracy. Sadly, she did not get the job, since she is 30 years older than mandatory reti

Statue

Hot!! But not more so than usual, seems to me. And just a little more than two months, and we'll be nipping it in the bud in Mayberry Days. Here's a thought: They wouldn't let us put up a life size statue of Barny Fife in Mount Airy, but how about one of Ernest T. Bass? I bet David would be re

Mayberry Band

Oh please, Nitanot the Mayberry Band!! They are disgusting!! Bah humbug! signed, Mayor Stoner. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Education

Wow!! Just like my barber told me, I just easily increased my health insurance deductible to $1000 to reduce the monthly charge from $784.23 to $510.13. Of course, you can't go to Barber College all that time without learning *something.* ___ WBMUTBB ma

Weather

I was escorting the older ladies from church in Mount Airy last Tuesday. They had a spitball fight in the Bluebird Diner; "disturbin' the peace with the best of 'em." The temperature was 76 Tuesday; the next day and since, it's been 46. The weatherman said this cold front blew down from Eau Cla

Parents

Glad to see my little comments finally got on the screen; I thought I said something in French ("UN, DUH, TROIS, four five six and so on.") And that was Miss Rosemary, not Miss Mary. Anyway, I want to suggest a giant Mayberry cheer for Collin's parents, struggling all these years with getting hi

Macon Bus

No Ken Anderson at Mayberry Days again. Somebody ought to send Rance Howard in the Macon Bus to fetch him here. Things are pretty cheap in Mayberry, Ken!!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Tribute Artists

For those of you who didn't come to Mayberry Days, like Ken Anderson, new tribute artists now include Mayor Pike, Emma Brand/Watson, Miss Mary, and Andy himself!! There's also a couple of new Opies. I brought my moldy bullet, but Barney wouldn't let me play Asa. __

Ken

Ken, at the Downtown Cinema, says it's just that he gets so bored, with all the spare time he has between setting up microphones, running the projector, sweeping the floor, monitoring the sound systems, popping the popcorn, selling the popcorn, drawing the soda pop, and collecting tickets. There m

Mayberry Son News!

Thelma Lou and her rowdy girl friends watched the premier of a movie, "Play the Game," starring some actor named Andy Griffith, who looks a lot like our Andy Taylor, today at the Downtown Cinema. Other troublemakers included Emmett Forrest, Tanya and Hobart Jones, and Debbie and Darrel from their

Penns

Even the richest people who ever lived around here, 62 miles from The Snappy Lunch, remind me of Mayberry. Unable to have children, the Penns always had 8-10 cocker spaniels running around between the Louis XIV chairs and the exact copy of King Tut's favorite chair, and playing in the indoor fount

Malcolm

Did anybody ever notice something near the end of Malcolm's first episode when Andy catches Malcolm leaving early, thinking he's not wanted? The squad car comes by so close to Malcolm on his bicycle that he's forced to peddle right through most of a big, tough-looking bush! . . . Incidentally, dow

Douglas Dillard?

Reading the amazingly well-preserved issues of "Yank" magazine I found in Uncle Francis' old footlocker in his crawlspace, I see that, on March 3, 1944, the "Message Center" has this: "Tommy Davis and DOUGLAS DILLARD, once in 1st Prcht. Tng. Regt., Co. F, Cl. 44, Fort Benning, Ga.: write Pvt. Lam

Trivial trivialities

For over a month now, the convenience store one half mile west of Wentworth in North Carolina has been selling North Carolina lamb meat. This is the first place I have known of to sell lamb meat in this state! I don't know where Andy and Otis got theirs! . . .I have been fooling around with model

this forum

Somebody ought to gather the best of this forum and put it in a book; but remember Barney's comment---"if you put this in a book, nobody would believe it!" I especially enjoyed the "Is there a Mayberry?" to the style of the famous letter about about Santa Claus. Incidentally, Santa Claus has a d

Updates

The news from North Carlina by "Scoop" Fife: a local TV weatherman is from Mount Airy, and a commercial about him showed him and his friends crossing Main Street, Mount Airy, to a well known burger joint. The basement walls are up on the new Andy Griffith museum. Charles Dowell is getting bette

Names

I live near Reidsville, North Carolina, where Dale BASS was an honor student in high school and became a rather cute Black lady pharmacist. A BASS and a CRUMP ran for offices recently in Alamance County. William TAYLOR was the Revolutionary War hero ancestor of my Mother's cousin's wife. When I

Jim Nabors

Just wanted to brag. Not getting any younger, I finally went to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the big battle reenactment last year. At the state line visitor center, I found that Jim Nabors would be performing right down the road; I immediately called up and charged a ticket on good old American

Real law

Way to go, "labspecimen" Kim, working Mayberry quotes into real law!! By the way, what's Elvis doing in Vegas these days? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Owl

Working in the flower bed till 10 AM with what I think was an owl hooting at me. Finally I said, "Aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Then it hit me to say: "You've changed, Owl!" Then, of course, I had to follow with "Watch it, Owl!" ___ WBMUTBB maili

Clint Howard

Just watched the episode of "Fringe" with Clint Howard. There is a charming nod to his having been on an episode of the original Star Trek series, since he thinks he is Spock on this episode! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayber

Favorite expression

I use my favorite expression about 6 times a week--when I take my 4 dogs walking and they all want to sit in the driver's seat: "Move over, I'm driving!" ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

"Cars"

On "cars" used on the show, don't forget the Sherman tank Andy thought Barney bought! (It's amazing how many WWII tanks are owned by rich collectors all over the world--you'd think that would be some number violation!!) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@w

Marty

Hey to Marty!! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

star Trek in Mayberry

A year ago, somebody had a bunch of pictures of the Remshaw house and Floyd's Barber Shop on here somewhere, used on the original Star Trek, for those just tuning in! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Door to door salesmen

Poor little Delaware, behind the times! I chuckle every time I use my letter opener: it is a clear plastic blade with a little relief figure of a Fuller Brush Man on the handle. I remember when the Fuller Brush door to door salesman gave it to my Mother in 1964, and we lived close to the biggest

Guest Stars Dream

I keep thinking how Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, my first heroes, would fit right into Mayberry. Maybe Roy could show Barney how to shoot two "blue steel babies" without ever needing to reload. Trigger and Buttermilk could use the memorial horse trough. And, maybe Goober could finally get Pat Brad

Thelma Lou

Mr. Schwump and I agree: Brad Cunningham must be right! Thelma Lou IS Count Istvan Telecky---it all makes perfect sense! You see him, don't you, Floyd? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Dogs

About the dog being in the driver's seat: whenever I take my four dogs for walks (one at a time) they ALL get in the driver's seat. It's because they all know that's where I'll be and they want to be as close to me as possible. Somebody said "dogs are love" and I agree! _

BATS!

"Ghosthunters" may all be fake, I don't know; but last night Steve and Kris were crouching in a blind panic because bats were all around them---they knew, like Barney, that bats will lay eggs in your hair and you'll go crazy! (My Grandmother swore that was true) __

Mayberry Creek

To be accurate, (I tried to study accounting), Mayberry Creek, Virginia includes a church and some houses, but they are scattered around way back in the woods. Did anybody notice that the English Chancellor of the Exchequer's name is Darling? (And he looks just like Mr. Bean, with white hair, fro

Hugo Hotfleisch

Three things I'd like to know about German WWI vet Hugo Hotfleisch:1. Why the BACKS of his shoes, that people would see if he was running away, were so important, 2. What he thought of Barney's motorcycle, and 3. If he ever heard of Frank Buckles, U.S. WWI vet who still lives in West Virgin

Google Earth

For those few who didn't know, you can look at a blurry overhead shot of the tiny "town" of Mayberry Creek, Virginia, on Google Earth. All it is is an ancient country store that sells T shirts and preserves, and another old building that sells pretty rocks nearby, last time I checked.

Tearing up

Greatest single line in the show: "I don't believe in Mr. McBeevee, but I do believe in Opie!" ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Aunt Bee

Mike "CJ" Becker is right! My Mom was an extremely devout sunday school teacher forever, but after we gave neighbors one of our dogs (couldn't afford all the food!) and they declared their intention of penning and chaining the dog up to starve to death, Mom went over there, pushed over the old lad

Gini Coefficient

OK, I can't resist this. Gini coefficient is where that blonde manicurist comes out of a bottle and bobs her head around to make things happen, right? I went to school with Ernest T. Bass. . . ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayb

Mayberry towns

I'd like to take a moment to list some of the things that makes Madison, NC, just 45 miles from Mount Airy, as the most Mayberry-like town I've seen: 1. Mac-Pete and Skip. Mac-Pete was the caretaker of the tobacco warehouse. When it was lunchtime, Mac-Pete would tell Skip, his dog, "Go get my ch

Not Me!

It wasn't me who sent "hateful e-mails," in case anybody's wondering, but I'm going to play it safe and sit over here with Mr.Schwump and copy his ways. "Hey, Mr. Schwump!"doesn't he wave nice? ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.

Foot

"You see that foot? Well, how does that big ol' foot--all of it--fit into my mouth?" ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Bio

Every time I go to the "Members Only" site, all I get is a blank screen. So, here's a tiny bio: Terry Patrick Mayew, born in 1954 to already separated parents (he didn't want kids) in Newport, Delaware. Grammar school, H.J.Krebs, where, by the 8th grade, a lot of my "classmates" were drug addicte

bio

Did you get my bio that time? I know the tricks of shooting a flintlock long rifle---not as good as Jed Clampett---but manuevering around a computer's screens flummox me. Don't punch me in the nose, Floyd! (incidentally, Robert Hyman of New Hope, Minnesota has a lovely 1/25 scale model of the Cla

no reception

Floyd, I haven't got the chat line since #19. What did I do? p.s. my oldest cat says she needs a shave. mayew.terry...@gmail.com ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

rock throwing

Why did Andy let Opie throw so many rocks when they were going fishing? Didn't he think about WHO ELSE throws rocks? Opie might end up living in a cave with a "postum." ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Pets

First, thanks, Ken Anderson, for the bucket photo. Now: who has pets named after characters on the show? Our chapter has cats named Malcolm and Sarah and a chow-chow mix named Sam; we used to have a bassett hound named Otis and a duck named Hazel, but they died. I have 4 dogs and 5 cats, but

Buckets

Our chapter wore buckets on our heads (with little eye holes) in the Mayberry Days Parade one year. Would you believe some people asked us what the buckets were for? I think they were from . . . Somewheres Else. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.

High livin'

Can you imagine our Mayberry crowd eating (and guzzlin') at fancy yuppie restaurants every night, like they do on practically all the TV shows now? Not even Howard Sprague, in his beaded curtain phase. I kind of like the show "Kath & Kim" because they live like real people, with crummy jobs. They

Lucky pennies

That entry by Ron McLendon is one of the funniest, most clever entries I've seen anywhere on the Internet. I wish he was writing for TV; maybe so many shows would not be about drunken rich bums going to bed with a different loose bimbo every week! ___ W

Bogie?

This isn't directly about the show, but it may amuse somebody. About 8 years ago, when I was hale and hearty, I was hiking just in front of a German engineer in our hiking club. I was wearing my "Fife Security" T-shirt. Eventually, the German asked me, looking at the picture of Barney Fife on my

Lessons

We can learn a lot from the Darlings' song titles: "Keep your money in your shoes and it won't get wet," "Never hit your grandmaw with a great big stick," and then there's Briscoe's comment, "Got time to breathe, got time for music." Bye, now, I got to go to the lockup!

Hog backbones

Somebody asked a long time ago about hog backbones. If you follow highway 52 north to Cana, Virginia, from Mount Airy, you can find all the hog backbones you want (???) for sale at The Mountain Man shop. It is a string of old tobacco barns connected by a common roof and boardwalk on the left side