I don't have a definitive answer, but I imagine the prop department looked at real sheriff's insignia from that day and copied them, adding the name "Mayberry." BTW, the sheriff's shirt badge does have six points, as Steve correctly pointed out, but in the center of the badge is a smaller star, which has only five points.
While I'm on the subject, does anyone know why the squad car's license plate is JL-327? Well, I'm about to tell you. Back in the late 1950s, an automotive parts company put out a large magazine ad depicting real license plates from every state. The prop department needed an example of what a real North Carolina license plate looked like (they wanted to get the coloring and the numbers/letters combination just right), so when they made up the tags for the squad car they used the NC plate in that ad as their example, and the number of that tag was JL-327. Credit goes to Jack Fellenzer for discovering this bit of trivia. --Paul Mulik >>>I wanted to ask and see if any of the trained noticers out there may know >>>the answer to something I haven't been able to figure out. The star on >>>the patrol car and on the shoulder of the uniform has five points to it. >>>But the badge on the front of the uniform has six points. I am lost as >>>to why this would be different but I am sure there is a reason. Thanks >>>in advance to anyone that can help me out with this one. Steve _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
