This is a good question and I would like to vote on the subject. I am sure we will have some "Public Debates" on the subject so this should be fun.
Here I have to look at what Bruce wrote about the character and actors contributions. This is where it gets tricky. Cause what looks like fighting to one may be dancing to another. But my take is this, we have Aunt Bea - solid character and great actor. Otis - the same as Aunt Bea and always brings in the humorous side for the episodes. Gomer and Goober - solid characters and great actors who yet again bring in a new slant on their characters that adds and addresses a lot of people we all know in our everyday lives. Briscoe Darling - although he wasn't as much of a prominent character that we saw regularly ( I wish he would have been ), he added the historic roots to the hills and music. Then we have someone who definitely deserves to be on the monument as much as anyone, Ernest T. Bass. With his love for rocks, it just stands to reason that he be up there also. But my last vote would be for Floyd Lawson. With what he went through personally with his health and to want to continue on, just says a lot about the Character of the Man. So my votes would be like this: 1. Andy 2. Barney 3. Opie 4. Floyd 5. With an honorable mention and maybe looking around somehow worked into the scene, Ernest T Bass. Steve Ol' Sam Cullman, Alabama _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
