Alumni Sighting

2013-10-08 Thread Dan Goodwin
Will Wright (Ben Weaver) on the Dick Van Dyke Show as Edward Petrie, Rob's dad. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2013-10-01 Thread Dan Goodwin
Douglas Fowley who appeared as the Hobo in "Opie and His Merry Men," can be seen as Director Roscoe Dexter in the classic "Singing in the Rain." dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni sighting

2013-10-01 Thread Dan Goodwin
Saw Edgar Buchanan this morning on Perry Mason. For a while it looked like our Henry Wheeler was the bad guy but I knew it couldn't be so. I mean, ol' Henry might overstay his welcome now and then, but that's about it. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WB

Alumni Sighting

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Muskat
On Lost in Space last night Will Robinson was transported back to Earth. He was with a boy and his aunt and the aunt was played by none other than Reta (Big Maude, Barney's choir teacher) Shaw. A few nights ago on Night Gallery there was an episode with Hope (Clara Edwards) Summers. Andy himsel

Alumni sighting

2013-07-28 Thread paulmulik
Recently my college-aged son and I have been watching a lot of the 1980s comedy movies I enjoyed when I was his age. The other day we watched Airplane! (1980) and I had forgotten that Barbara Stuart had a small part in that film. For those who may not remember, she played Pat in "TV or Not TV,"

Alumni Sighting

2013-07-24 Thread Gary Muskat
Joanna "Miss Peggy" Moore has been on MeTV at least twice in the last 4 days. She's on Perry Mason as I type this and played a nurse in The Fugitive Sunday night. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2013-07-21 Thread Dan Goodwin
Parley Baer was on Make Room for Daddy this morning as an "official." He played the role with a mayoral touch. He even delivered a "Good day!" line with the same inflection and tone he used with Andy: Andy: But Mayor. Mayor Stoner: Good day, Sheriff! dan __

Alumni Sighting

2013-07-18 Thread Travis K. Miller
I was watching an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati on Antenna TV this week, and in the opening scene Jennifer was on a date in a French restaurant.  I had the feeling that I'd been there before, and then I realized that the waiter was the same French waiter from the time Andy and Barney went to the

Alumni Sighting

2013-07-12 Thread Dan Goodwin
Hope Summers was on Adam-12 today. Would you believe her character's name was Clara? Talk about type-casting! dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni sighting

2013-07-09 Thread dewey lamb
Was watching Matlock last night..our very own Amzie Strickland (Miss Rosemary) played a significant role in the episode.She was still the same prim,proper and demure lady as she portrayed on TAGS. Dewey in NC I stayed up all night to see where the sun went,and then it dawned on me.

Alumni Sighting

2013-05-29 Thread Dan Goodwin
Caught Milton Frome, our favorite counterfeiter, on I Love Lucy. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2013-05-14 Thread DAVID QUINN
Over the weekend, my family rented a DVD at the local video store, one called "Deep In The Heart".It is a heartwarming family story that I can recommend to everyone on this site. But any hoo, at the start of the movie our hero is nothing but a mean drunk, beating his wife and kids and losi

Alumni Sighting

2013-05-14 Thread Dan Goodwin
Karl Swensen was on Leave It To Beaver today. So that means that Mr. McBeevee is Eddie Haskell's father! Holy cow. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2013-03-27 Thread Dan Goodwin
On Dick Van Dyke this morning, we had Neal, the escaped convict, along with Jackie Joseph doing a character that sounded a lot like her Romeena. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni sighting

2013-03-23 Thread Ron McLendon
While channel surfing this morning, I stumbled across a Lassie episode from 1960. I noticed two actors that appeared familiar, and upon further investigation, only one turned out to be a TAGS alumni from what I could tell. It was Phil Chambers, who played Jason the hotel clerk. He was a chick

Alumni Sighting

2013-03-20 Thread Dan Goodwin
Barbara Eden was on I Love Lucy this morning. Filmed in 1957, Barbara would have been just 23, 5 years younger than when she appeared on TAGS in 1962. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

alumni sighting

2013-02-07 Thread jlj9675
Early this morning I saw our general store manager, who sold Andy the canning jars for Aunt Bee's birthday, who later was mayor of Greendale; he tried to get Barney to be their sheriff, on Dobie Gillis as Zelda's father. As most of you might remember, he later went on to be the lovely pastor out

Alumni Sighting

2013-02-04 Thread Joe
Last night, while watching a 1966 episode of "The Fugitive" (which I think is one of the best dramas in television history), I was surprised to see none other than Jack Dodson (a/k/a Howard Sprague) appearing as a police lieutenant trying to track down Richard Kimble - it was a fairly small role, b

alumni sighting

2013-02-03 Thread jlj9675
Caught a few minutes of Music Man this evening and I think I spotted Arnold Winkler at a fairly young age. Perhaps this is the first time he and Opie met, which might've led to his appearances in Mayberry! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing lis

Alumni sighting

2013-02-02 Thread dewey lamb
Was flipping through the channels when I spotted Clint Howard in a movie entitled "My Dog Skip". Trust me,he was no cute little Leon this go round from what little I watched. Dewey in NC I was working out at the gym this morning when I spotted a sweet young thing walking in.I asked the trai

Bernard Fox and another alumni sighting

2013-01-31 Thread jlj9675
Our Malcolm has been appearing often on the Dick VanDyke Show lately; also Don Rickles. Early this morning our own school principal, the gentlemen who announced the essay contest on the history of Mayberry, was in a film with Clark Gable and Loretta Young! Wow!!! Aunt Bee of Orlando

RE: Alumni Sighting

2013-01-30 Thread Gary Muskat
In the other night's Dick Van Dyke Show was none other than Malcolm Merriweather, Bernard Fox. He looked the same so this episode must have been filmed about the same time he appeared on TAGS. Message: 5 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:03:55 -0500 From: "Dan Goodwin" To: Subject:

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-30 Thread Dan Goodwin
Spotting TAGS alumni on The Dick Van Dyke Show is not much of a challenge, but I just saw 3 in one episode this morning. Ken Lynch (in charge of the gold truck and other roles) was the warden, Don Rickles (Newton Monroe) as an inmate, and Allen Melvin (multiple roles) as a prison guard. dan __

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-27 Thread DAVID QUINN
I watch the Encore Westerns channel on my cable a lot, and today I caught an old Audie Murphy movie "The Cimmaron Kid".And who do you think was one of the bad guys in the movie?None other than James Best in one of his earliest movie appearances in 1951. I am an old man now, but I was

alumni sighting

2013-01-25 Thread jlj9675
Well our Mr. Foster sure gets around! I saw him again early this morning in a film entitled "3:10 to Yuma." It starred Glen Ford so I wonder if, like Barney, he began "Glen Fordin' it all over town" after that?! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB maili

Alumni sighting

2013-01-24 Thread dewey lamb
Sitting here watching an episode of Matlock.Guest starring was our very own R.G. Armstrong playing the part of a local sheriff. The setting is in Manteo,NC. Dewey in NC I woke up this morning at 8:00,and could smell something was wrong.I went downstairs and found the wife face down on the ki

RE: Alumni Sighting

2013-01-23 Thread Good, Don
Couldn't believe it, but I saw Fred Goss on The Dick Van Dyke Show this morning. -- It always pays to look your best. Don Good (who's looking forward to becoming charming) ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http:/

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-22 Thread dgoodwin
Couldn't believe it, but I saw Fred Goss on The Dick Van Dyke Show this morning. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

yet another alumni sighting

2013-01-14 Thread jlj9675
This evening, there was Mr. Foster, you know THE Mr. Foster of Foster furniture polish, conferring with Mr. Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore show! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

alumni sighting again

2013-01-13 Thread jlj9675
This afternoon, Cy Hudgens, you know, Jimmy the Goat's daddy, was serving as the ringmaster at a circus on The Monkees! He looked mighty cute in that red tuxedo. Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.co

Re: Subject: Alumni Sighting::WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

2013-01-08 Thread Dolly
I missed I Love Lucy today, I was up all-night working on my artwork and fell asleep about the time she came on. Who did Jay Novello play? This will run through my head like an old song until I know. Dolly " Jay Novello was on I Love Lucy this morning. He actually did 3 Lucys in addition t

Re: Subject: Alumni Sighting::WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

2013-01-08 Thread Dolly
I missed I Love Lucy today, I was up all-night working on my artwork and fell asleep about the time she came on. Who did Jay Novello play? This will run through my head like an old song until I know. Dolly " Jay Novello was on I Love Lucy this morning. He actually did 3 Lucys in addition t

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-08 Thread Dan Goodwin
Jay Novello was on I Love Lucy this morning. He actually did 3 Lucys in addition to his 2 TAGS episodes. "My card, should you ever need my services." A brilliant character actor who proved "You've got to go to Mt. PIlot to get a good suit." dan ___

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-06 Thread Gary Muskat
Yesterday's episode of The Big Valley on MeTV had Mayberry's favorite little redhead, none other than Opie himself. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2013-01-01 Thread Dan Goodwin
Caught a Twilight Zone with Jim Lindsey in it. James Best was in 3 TZ episodes and I had never seen this one. Edgar Buchanan (Henry Wheeler) was also in the cast. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutb

Re: Subject: Christman show and Subject: alumni sighting WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 373

2012-12-28 Thread Dolly
Hey Bruce, I often wondered that myself about their Christmas show. Why only one? What a treat it would be now to have more than that, although I do love the one. My favourite part is where they bring in all the food and sing. Aunt Bea, I recall that Van Dyke show and I agree. I really laugh

Re: Subject: Christman show and Subject: alumni sighting WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 13, Issue 373

2012-12-28 Thread Dolly
Hey Bruce, I often wondered that myself about their Christmas show. Why only one? What a treat it would be now to have more than that, although I do love the one. My favourite part is where they bring in all the food and sing. Aunt Bea, I recall that Van Dyke show and I agree. I really laugh

alumni sighting

2012-12-27 Thread jlj9675
Two for one! Last night on the Dick Van Dyke show, Laura was taking writing lessons, along with Emma Brand, from Malcolm Merriweather! What a treat!!! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wb

Alumni sighting

2012-12-20 Thread dewey lamb
Ken Berry & Jackie Joseph were recently on an episode together on The Brady Bunch.For the very few that may not know,these two were once married to each other. Dewey in NC It may be true that life begins at fifty...but everything else starts to wear out, fall out,or spread out.Right?...you b

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-27 Thread Dan Goodwin
Well, this was an unusual sighting. On TMC, I was watching a 1942 war propaganda short called "Men of the Sky" and who do I spot but Inspector Case. Tod Andrews played that part in "The Inspector." But this short didn't have a Tod Andrews in it. Turns out that, until 1944, Tod used the scree

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-25 Thread Dan Goodwin
Watching a Twilight Zone this morning and there's Ed Andrews (Professor Hubert St. John). Ed was a prolific actor with a long, long list of appearances. My wife had a boss early on that actually was a friend of Ed's. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMU

alumni sighting

2012-11-14 Thread jlj9675
Last night on Dick Van Dyke, our Ernest T. was moonlighting as a German art critic/appraiser. He was a hoot as usual!! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-13 Thread Dan Goodwin
Happened to catch a Perry Mason this morning. My quest was to see how long before a TAGS alumnus appeared. I was getting worried when, at 40 minutes into the show, who should show up in glasses and a mustache but Reverend Tucker. At first it didn't register but the voice gave him away. dan _

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-12 Thread DAVID QUINN
Saw another TAGS alumni sighting tonight.Martha and I were watching "Wheel of Fortune" tonight, and the final puzzle was "OUTFOX THE COMPETITION". Barney "How do you deal with a fox?"Andy "Sic the dogs on him?"Barney "No, Andy, you outfox a

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-11 Thread DAVID QUINN
I was watching TCM today and they were showing "A Night To Remember". It was the story of the Titanic voyage. Anyway, who do you think it was that spotted the iceberg and alerted the crew?None other than Malcolm Merriweather. I don't remember Malcolm telling Andy about this exciting a

Alumni Sighting

2012-11-10 Thread Gary Muskat
I was watching Perry Mason the other night and who do I see but Emma Watson. Apparently her sciatica stopped bothering her long enough for her to travel to California, haha! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbm

RE: Alumni Sighting

2012-10-29 Thread Good, Don
I don't recall it ever being mentioned here (surely it has been), but Howard McNear had a recurring role on the Burns and Allen show as Mr. Jansen, the plumber. He played a very Floyd-like character. I caught the "September and May" episode on one of the retro stations recently. There's a scene

Alumni sighting

2012-10-25 Thread Dan Goodwin
I saw Malcolm Tucker on Gunsmoke today as a train conductor. I suspect the railroad was just another part of Tucker Enterprises and he was doing one of those "Undercover Boss" things. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberr

Alumni Sighting

2012-10-21 Thread DAVID QUINN
While watching TCM this morning, a 1964 movie called "Dear Heart" was on. There were many, many, TAGS alumni on the show, but in one scene, there is a party at a bar and you would never guess in a million years who was playing the drunk in the bar. Since I know you cannot guess it, I will

Alumni Sighting

2012-10-10 Thread Dan Goodwin
Watching Dick Van Dyke this morning, I caught Mr. Jackson. Seemed like a nicer fellow than when he sent that college girl to get the goods on Andy. And J. Pat O'Malley, also a nicer fellow than when he stole Mrs. Mendlebright's pocket book. dan ___ W

Alumni Sighting

2012-09-18 Thread m white
TAGS fans, My sons got me "Maverick - Season 1" for Father's Day and one TAGS alumni we've spotted is Will Wright (the first Ben Weaver).  He's shown up twice in this season.  Once as a defense attorney in an episode that had the other two Ben Weavers as well!  And also in an episode called "Bl

Alumni Sighting

2012-09-14 Thread Gary Muskat
I am watching Emergency on MeTV and a drunk was brought into Rampart. The unusual thing about this drunk was that he wasn't played by Hal Smith. This drunk was played by Jack Dodson, Mayberry's shy County Clerk. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.c

alumni sighting

2012-09-02 Thread jlj9675
Got to watching Splash early this morning and didn't remember Ernest T being in it. It was fun watching it again after all these years, despite the bad language. Spotted all of Opie's family in there too! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list

alumni sighting

2012-07-16 Thread jlj9675
Recently I spotted a child actor that appeared in Mayberry; he was the boy who wanted his father put in jail in lieu of himself for riding his bike on the sidewalk. This boy played the son of the first woman president in Kisses for my President, starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Who knew

alumni sighting

2012-07-16 Thread jlj9675
Recently I spotted a child actor that appeared in Mayberry; he was the boy who wanted his father put in jail in lieu of himself for riding his bike on the sidewalk. This boy played the son of the first woman president in Kisses for my President, starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Who knew

Alumni Sighting

2012-06-28 Thread DAVID QUINN
Our cable provider has just picked up the Hallmark Movie Channel.My wife likes the movies, but during the day I am always watching the old Perry Mason episodes, not the movies.They show 2 episodes per day.Today I was watching the episodes, and in the first one Uncle Ollie was the sh

Re: Alumni Sighting

2012-06-22 Thread Keith Tacy
That was a good eye recognizing Mrs. Wiley. There was one, however, that you missed. The guest of honor at the party was none other than Jubal Foster, who burned down his own barn. (You're crazy. I told you it was them kids.) I wonder if he may have brought the refreshments to Mrs. Wiley's p

Alumni Sighting

2012-06-20 Thread DAVID QUINN
This morning I was watching "The Dick Van Dyke" show on TVLand. Anyway, Rob and Laura were invited to some fancy smancy literary party. There were lots and lots of the right kind of people milling around in the hostess' living room. And you will never guess who the hostess was. Mrs

alumni sighting

2012-06-13 Thread jlj9675
Late last night I recognized a voice and realized it was the Stranger in Town appearing as a book collector on Cheers. He looked good considering the time frame (more than 20 years since TAGS). Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wb

Alumni Sighting

2012-06-13 Thread m white
TAGS fans, Was watching "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and saw Leo Gordon (the fellow Andy once shot in the leg during a gasoline station robbery) as Wyatt Earp in the episode "Hollywood Follies".  Voice was still just as distinctive and he actually looked much better than he had on some

Alumni Sighting (sort of)

2012-05-27 Thread Gary Muskat
I was watching Batman on MeTV yesterday and they had the "Shame" episode on. There was a blonde woman in there that I didn't recognize until I saw her name in the credits. It turned out to be Joan (Alma Parker) Staley who was Don Knotts' love interest in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Apparently she dy

Alumni Sighting

2012-05-21 Thread Gary Muskat
I watched Hawaii Five-0 this morning on MeTV and who should be in there but Hope (Clara Edwards) Summers. She played her part very well of a feisty little old lady from Wisconsin of all places. Also a comment about phones in Mayberry. I can't believe technology was that far behind in the 60's, even

Alumni Sighting

2012-05-19 Thread Dan Goodwin
A really good old movie from '63 called "Soldier in the Rain" has Emmet showing up as a Police Chief. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2012-05-13 Thread DAVID QUINN
This morning I was watching the movie "Three Darling Daughters" on TMC. The movie was made in 1948. It dawned on me that the youngest daughter looked a little familiar, and when I looked closer, who was it but our very own Pharmacy Gal, Ellie. Yes there was 11 year old Elinor Donahue

Alumni Sighting

2012-05-12 Thread linjanecam
Dave, I recently discovered I also have Antenna TV here in CT and have been enjoying immensely the great shows of the 50s and 60s. It's a shame Burns and Allen and The Jack Benny Show are slotted for 1 and 2 am tho'. I haven't seen Good Old Mr. Wilson in many months of Sundays, and what a tr

Alumni Sighting

2012-05-11 Thread DAVID QUINN
Here in Oklahoma, we have a channel called "Antenna TV".They play all the old TV shows from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.Any hoo, yesterday I was watching "Adam 12".Reed and Malloy pulled over an elderly man in a convertable driving drunk.The driver was so drunk that he could barely

Alumni Sighting

2012-04-23 Thread Dan Goodwin
Spotted our beloved Romeena (Jackie Joseph) on The Dick Van Dyke Show this morning. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2012-04-20 Thread DAVID QUINN
I was watching Adam 12 today when I made an alumni sighting. Malloy was driving to work in his POV with his girlfriend Judy. Well you will never guess who was playing Judy.I will give you a hint, she had a lot of experience playing a lawman's girlfriend. Yes it was our own

Alumni Sighting

2012-03-14 Thread DAVID QUINN
Another TAGS alumni sighting. Yesterday, while watching "Adam 12", Old Judd was arrested for running around a bar without a stich of clothing on. My oh my. Whatever would all of the gossips in Mayberry think of that? Orville Hendricks - Butter and Egg Man.One of my ver

Alumni Sighting

2012-03-13 Thread Debbie Whisenant
I gave it a good think under my bucket and believe it was Betty Lynn (our own Thel) who played Clifton Webb's daughter in Cheaper By the Dozen (an oldie but goodie). And as a double Mayberry connection, the movie co-starred Myrna Loy, whose picture was found in Wayne Deveraux's suit to be cleaned b

Alumni Sighting

2012-03-13 Thread Dan Goodwin
Saw Malcombe Merriwether this morning as a hotel clerk in a Robert Goulet movie named Honeymoon Hotel. So, apparently, Malcombe did have some marketable skills when he came through Mayberry, over and above Falconer, but I guess Jason wasn't about to give up his job at the hotel. dan _

Alumni sighting

2012-03-12 Thread Randy Davis
Was the dear Miss Ellie? Randy Davis Sent from my iPad ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2012-03-11 Thread DAVID QUINN
While I was watching TCM this weekend, I spotted a prominent TAGS alumni. They showed the 1948 movie "Sitting Pretty" starring Clifton Webb. At the beginning of the movie the family had to get a baby sitter. The baby sitter they got was supposedly 16 years old. After the family lef

alumni sighting again

2012-03-08 Thread jlj9675
Surprised and delighted to find our Floyd being a booking agent for Jack Benny recently on one of his old shows! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

alumni sighting

2012-03-05 Thread Albert A
Saw our own Lydia Crosswaithe (Josie Lloyd) in an episode of the Twilight Zone the other day. She played a character named Evie, in the year 1974, ten years after nuclear apocalypse destroyed much of the United States. The episode, "The Old Man in the Cave", had the townsfolk barely hangin

Alumni Sighting

2012-02-17 Thread Dan Goodwin
Saw Joe Hamilton on The Twilight Zone this morning. At least now we know that, before he took up playing checkers on the hotel porch, he worked at the bus station. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmu

Alumni Sighting

2012-01-06 Thread DAVID QUINN
Besides watching a lot of TAGS and old westerns, one of my hobbies is listening to old radio shows from the golden age of radio.Anyways, last night I was listening to a Gunsmoke radio show from 14 November 1953. Here is the premise of the show: While Matt Dillon is out of town for a few

Alumni Sighting

2011-12-28 Thread DAVID QUINN
I was watching "The Virginian" this afternoon on the Westerns Channel, when whom did I happen to see but Bing Russell.Bing Russell played Mr. Burton the blasting engineer on TAGS in the episode about the loaded goat. Anyway, on The Virginian, Bing was a bad man who kidnapped a small boy

alumni sighting at holiday time

2011-12-14 Thread jlj9675
After decades of many viewings of White Christmas, I spotted a Mayberry alumnus last night. It was our own bookie barber as a nightclub owner in the very beginning of the film; the sheriff might have been Cousin Ollie but I couldn't be sure. Then this morning, what episode was on TVLand? The Boo

alumni sighting

2011-12-04 Thread jlj9675
Late last night flipping thru the channels and guess who was conversing with Bob Hope? Our own Mr. Weaver, the grouchy one at Christmas time. Who knew he had spent time with one of the all-time greats! Then this morning, Mr. Darlin' was the head of a Scottish clan on a TV rerun and he had a most

Alumni Sighting

2011-12-03 Thread Dan Goodwin
Howard McNear and Dabbs Greer supporting Andy Devine in a Twilight Zone episode. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2011-11-22 Thread DAVID QUINN
Watching The Dick Van Dyke Show on TVLand this morning. Rob Petrie is put into jail for shooting craps backstage at some burlesque house. Well who should be one of the burlesque dancers but Ernest T's beloved Romeena?If Dick Van Dyke had told his brother that, Jerry could have gotten Ro

Alumni Sighting

2011-11-15 Thread Dan Goodwin
Saw Mr. Hendricks, the butter and egg man, on Bat Masterson today. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

alumni sighting

2011-10-13 Thread ROBERT MUNDY
Last night we were watching "Wagon Train" on the Encore Western channel and pleasantly surprised to see Aunt Bee as a "nun".  Frances Bavaier was a wonderful  actress in this dramatic role.  ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.maybe

Alumni Sighting

2011-10-11 Thread Dan Goodwin
Got a double sighting on a Dick Van Dyke episode. Our beloved Allen Melvin played one of Rob's Army buddies while Peter Leeds played another cop. He was the sergeant who took Andy on a tour of the police HQ while Barney stayed at the hotel to nab the jewel thief. dan

Almost Alumni Sighting

2011-10-06 Thread DAVID QUINN
Every afternoon around the homestead here I watch "Wagon Train" on the Westerns channel. Each episode has a title, usually a person's name. Like the Orville Hendricks Story. Well today I could hardly believe my poor old eyes. I had to rub them and look a second time. When I looked

Alumni Sighting

2011-10-06 Thread Dan Goodwin
This is one alumni I've never spotted before. George Ives showed up on Bewitched as a psychiatrist. We know him better as Mr. Harvey, the producer who wanted to do the TV show in Mayberry in TV or Not TV. Everybody remembers Gavin McLeod was the director and Pat Stuart was Miss Blake, but nob

Alumni Sighting

2011-10-04 Thread Dan Goodwin
Herb Vigran, our bookie barber, was on I Love Lucy this morning. Funny, he was wearing a bow tie in this role, too. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2011-09-14 Thread Dan Goodwin
Still watching The Twilight Zone episode called "Grave." Enjoyed seeing Lee Marvin and James Best in a tense scene. But more fun seeing 2 TAGS alum share the screen, James and Lee Van Cleef. Even more interesting is watching James Best pick up a guitar and actually play several chords. Fredd

Alumni Sighting

2011-09-13 Thread Dan Goodwin
James Best, Strother Martin, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleefall in a Western Twilight Zone episode. Some strong acting in that half hour. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni Sighting

2011-09-13 Thread Dan Goodwin
James Best, Strother Martin, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleefall in a Western Twilight Zone episode. Some strong acting in that half hour. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

alumni sighting

2011-09-11 Thread jlj9675
Early this morning on Dennis the Menace, there was Parnell Rigsby manning the pet shop! Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

Alumni sighting

2011-08-05 Thread dewey lamb
Yesterday I saw TAGS very own mortician,Orville Monroe on an episode of Bonanza. True to character,he was once again a mortician. Dewey in NC I married Miss Right.I didn't realize until later that her first name was ALWAYS. __

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2011-07-29 Thread dewey lamb
Today I saw Arthur Honeycutt(Mr. Wakefield) on "Bonanza".His character name was,of all things,Opie.Yep,you read right. He had a mutt dog named Walter.but I would swear on a stack of Goober's comic books that it was Barney's dog "Blue". Also saw Joyce Jameson(fun girl Skippy) on "The Waltons).I

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2011-07-25 Thread dewey lamb
Just saw Hal Smith(Otis) on an episode of "Little House On The Prairre".Yep,he played the part of a drunk,a drunk sheriff.Seems as though he were typecast for the roll of a drunk,as he has been one in numerous shows. Dewey in NC Opportunity may only knock once,but temptation will pound on yo

Alumni Sighting

2011-07-22 Thread Dan Goodwin
Saw "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying," a 1967 movie adaptation of the play. I figured there had to be a TAGS alum somewhere in the cast. Sure enough, there's Paul Hartman (Emmett). Ever read his bio? Quite the dancer. dan ___ WBMU

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2011-07-19 Thread dewey lamb
Tonight while watching "The Waltons",I spotted our very own Ron Howard(Opie).He played the part of a teenage boy dying from leukemia.He looked like Richie Cunningham wearing bib overalls...same toothy grin and mop of red hair.I kept waiting for him to break out with "Blueberry Hill".Just another

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2011-07-12 Thread Dan Goodwin
Caught a little of the movie, "Rock Around the Clock" this afternoon. Saw Henry Slate as Corny LaSalle. We'll remember Henry as the first Bobby Fleet (the joke-cracker) who first hires Jim Lindsey. Henry must have liked those musical roles. dan ___

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2011-07-08 Thread jlj9675
I saw Pat, the movie studio secretary for Sheriff Without a Gun, on an old movie yesterday. It was Hellfighters with John Wayne. Who knew Miss Bunny got around in such high places? Aunt Bee of Orlando ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http:/

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2011-06-26 Thread Dan Goodwin
Watching Bell, Book and Candle this afternoon. Howard McNear as a very dapper publisher. I guess there was some truth in Floyd Lawson Enterprises. dan ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

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