From Neal Bower’s “Mayberry 101” comes this explanation of Gomer’s comment to Barney in the Citizen’s Arrest episode:
The phrase was apparently first introduced on television in the 1963 episode of The Andy Griffith Show. It was put in the “Citizens Arrest” script by show writer Everette Greenbaum. The book “Mayberry 101” gives Greenbaum’s explanation: “‘You just go up an alley and holler fish’ was one of my mother’s sayings. It meant ‘hush up’ and came from the vendors who sold food in the alleys of her Philadelphia childhood.” Perhaps that means if the fish vendors were in the alley rather than the street, their calls wouldn’t be as loud. Hmmm. Ed Mease 913-758-7624 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
