We have an interesting discussion going on about Episodes with the fewest actors.
Now if I put on my Andy hat, I'd say we need a common uniform score sheet, that might be set up something like this. Main characters, Guest stars, Speaking Background actors, Nonspeaking background actors A MAIN CHARACTER would like Andy Opie..all the way through Goober Gomer, Howard, Thelma Lou Helen. The Book Inside Mayberry by Harrison and Habeeb, has a good chart in the back that you can look at to see what main characters were in which episodes etc. GUEST STARS would be Like Ernest T Bass, Briscoe Darling, Uncle Ollie, Aunt Nora, John Masters, Clara etc. If you use the Database that Allan has on the website, you can get a good list of the combination of Guest stars and Main characters..and also the next category..SPEAKING BACKGROUND ACTORS. This would be like Tom Hamilton, Jud, Asa, So for those three categories..you can get a pretty good count. The toughest is the NONSPEAKING BACKGROUND ACTORS, therefore non-credited background actors. You pretty much have to watch and count. (Mr. Schwamp among them) The Biggest Crowd scene I can think of, were the Gold Truck Episode, The Baseball Game, the Seth Taylor statue Dedication, when the Governor came, etc..and the crowd in Opie's dream when he won all those medals..Other big crowd scenes I'm sure. So entries should say things like 3 main characters, no guest stars, 2 speaking background on 0 nonspeaking background 0r 5 main characters 2 guest stars, no background actors at all At least that's how I would score it. Entertainment Magazine has the sad tale of an adult who was a child star who had died ..and it talks about the difficultly that Child stars often have after growing up. Then it lists 8 child stars who made it big as adults...#1 on the list..Ron Howard. That's our boy!!! The Untrained Voice _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
