I always enjoy spotting TAGS actors on other series, and enjoy reading folks' comments here when they spot them too. It's hard to see, say, Denver Pyle on PERRY MASON and not think, "Hey, there's Briscoe Darling!"
But we're talking about the actors, not the characters themselves, so that got me "thankin'" (without a bucket over my head): How many times did TAGS *characters* (Sheriff Taylor, Deputy Fife, Opie, etc.) actually appear on other TV shows? Off the top of my head: We start with Andy and Opie on THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW (the TAGS pilot). Then Goober, Aunt Bee, and Opie guest-starred on GOMER PYLE, USMC (did I miss any Mayberry guest?). And it's been a while since I saw HEE HAW, but didn't George Lindsey play Goober there from time to time? Then there were parodies of TAGS characters, like Don Knotts as the lawman of "Juneberry" when he guest-starred on THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES Saturday morning cartoon. Just goes to show you the far-reaching influence of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and Mayberry's beloved citizens? Can y'all think of any others? >From the Mayberry-like New Bern, NC, Michael Eury -- Michael Eury Editor-in-Chief, *Back Issue *magazine 2019 Eisner Award winner, "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism" Editor-in-Chief, *RetroFan *magazine "The crazy, cool culture we grew up with" www.twomorrows.com www.retrofan.org _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
