I believe there are other service stations, it's just that our favorite characters only patronized the one we know and love, Wally's.
Ed Sawyer bought a station in "Stranger in Town." Mayor Stoner's brother-in-law had a station by the new highway overpass, ref. "The Loaded Goat." There's no overpass by Wally's, so I assume this as # 3. In the USMC episode "A Short Voyage Home," the plot has Gomer planning on using his life savings to partner with Goober in buying a 2nd station. Possibly this establishes a 4th facility, assuming it's not either Sawyer's or Stoner's in-law's? Related, in RFD's 3rd season (due to the real-life situation of production moving to Warner Bros.' Burbank backlot), Goober relocated his gas station to downtown Mayberry. I don't think it's established that the original was shuttered... possibly, Goober sold it to someone, and his brand new station makes # 5? Brent -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 From: Ken Anderson <themayberryg...@gmail.com> To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Subject: Gasoline Sales in Mayberry To me, one of the most puzzling things in Mayberry is the fact that throughout the entire 8 years of TAGS and the four seasons of Mayberry RFD, there is but one lowly gas station to serve all its residents. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
