well i was right on the barrel. tonight we had (forgive me fans) color episodes and we had two Mayberry faces to enjoy Joel Redlin and Arthur Malet. Ferdie (Sorry i said Fergie,I was listioning to one of her recent hits) and Purvis. Well here we go down the road to Mayberry again, Col.Tim. Battle of Mayberry was up first. On that most famous America's outside benches sat Arthur Malet. Having just turned 80, , I sent him a birthday card..Hes moving up from hobo to Mayberry infrequent resident. Up next was A Singer In Town with Ferdie. Those eyes and his only vocabulary coisted of the word "Hi" tall,goofy looking , his nerdish appearence made Howard Sprague look like John Wayne. Good actor to ull that of. Opies Girlfriend kbut i wouldnt lose any sleep over it. any episode of TAGS is miles ahead of Roseanne or Married with Children.The Lodge a classic with poor Howard and even worst poorer mom Mabel Albertson (Mabel Im sure you know was sister to Jack Bradford Taylor Albertson. Oh she was particularly dominering and mapitulive here. my good friend George Cisar (Cyrus ) was in this one. And so was Burt Mustin my dear friend. Goober looked like he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown here to protect Howard. Brilliant acting again.And Howard McNear was great as ever asking Andy to "Check on my house" And Andy appeases him reluctantly by agreeing to do so. only in Mayberry could this had such believability. Barbershoppe Quartet with Burt Mustin (who in real life til he almost died had his own Quartet) and perhaps just about the nicest thing anyone could say about ANDY TAYLOR the sheriff as spoken by all people, a town hobo (No not Arthur Malet) .liston to what he says. "what are you goin to do Andy" I love 3 times Floyds line to Andy.and look for poor Howard McNear's stroke carefully concealed due to great camera angle in the courthouse,And poor Andy listining to that baritone, his face says it all. Finally the Ballgame, a homerun episode, AunT Bee's jaunted hat,Andy shouting in the Diner.brilliant.Tomorrow night i gather i repeats of tonight.next week, again if all goes well is Dont Miss A Good Bet with the most famous 5 second visit of a Mayberry resident, my good friend Dick Ryan, Mayberrys stationmaster.Thanks Allan.and hello Marsha. Tom Kessel Col.Tims Protege Reject Bless you all _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
