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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:27:07

This week marks the 101st birthday of the amazing Don Knotts. Don, of course, played Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, Ralph Furley on Three’s Company and starred in the The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), and The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). That’s just a short list and much more can be found online and in books about this amazing man.

I felt like it was only fitting that we revisit some of the highlights of his life and career as we remember his birth.

We’ll wrap things up with a little fun trivia that I think you’ll enjoy.

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:31:20

I’ve been looking through old videos the last week or so and ran across a wonderful routine that David “The Mayberry Deputy” Browning and I did back in September 2015. A whole group of tribute artist gathered at Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, TN to perform a play written by David called “Ernest T’s Rock Concert.” A portion of the play, this segment called 23rd Psalms, was written by Joe Gritton.

Podcast listeners might remember the name Joe Gritton (known around the Mayberry internet world as “The Untrained Voice” ) as the writer of several episodes of Two Chairs featuring Bert Miller and Floyd Lawson. Joe has passed away but what he wrote still impacts the lives of us Mayberry fans.

The first of Joe’s podcast episodes was way back in episode 17 of Two Chairs called, “Bert Miller Barbershop Flashback” and there have been several more “old time radio” type scripts by Joe since. A link to all is in the notes below.

We’ll go over some fun Mayberry trivia questions from Paul Mulik and related to things Floyd says, part 2 and we’ll do a few additional questions as well.

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• Weaver’s Newsletter
• TCNW 585: Hold the Book on Psalm 23 (June 9, 2020)
• All Joe Gritton “Old Time Radio” episodes of TCNW
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Information
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Registration (Free)
• Mayberry Event Calendar (iMayberry.com)
• Mayberry Cast Birthdays (tagsrwc.com)
• Mayberry Man Movie (FREE on YouTube)
• Mayberry Man Movie Audio Commentary with Barney & Floyd (Rik Roberts, Allan Newsome)
• The Mayberry Effect (documentary)
• TAGSRWC Facebook Page (Facebook)
• Subscribe to The Weaver’s Newsletter
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• Weaver’s Department Store
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie & Series – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
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• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:27:42

As I mentioned last episode, on a recent trip to TAGSRWC HQ in Nashville, I was presented a tub full of articles, papers, stories, and more. As I was going though the papers, I found a great “Howard’s Notes” article from 1997 sent into TAGSRWC HQ by The Mayberry Texans chapter. This one was about Happy Valley. You know…what Chief Noogatuck said he’d call the valley that contained Mayberry.

We’ll learn about that valley on this episode.

I have also been thinking about “catchphrases” fans have grown to love and where did they originate. This episode we’ll look for answers to those questions related to Gomer’s “Shazam” and Barney’s “Nip it in the bud.”

We’ll go over some fun Mayberry trivia questions from Paul Mulik and related to things Floyd says.

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Please leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. I would love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (256) 513-9526 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

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Related Links:

• Weaver’s Newsletter
• Happy Valley, N.C. (Google Map)
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Information
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Registration (Free)
• Mayberry Event Calendar (iMayberry.com)
• Mayberry Cast Birthdays (tagsrwc.com)
• Mayberry Man Movie (FREE on YouTube)
• Mayberry Man Movie Audio Commentary with Barney & Floyd (Rik Roberts, Allan Newsome)
• The Mayberry Effect (documentary)
• TAGSRWC Facebook Page (Facebook)
• Subscribe to The Weaver’s Newsletter
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• Weaver’s Department Store
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie & Series – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
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• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:30:53

On a recent trip to TAGSRWC HQ in Nashville, I was presented a tub full of articles, papers, stories, and more. As I was going though the papers, I found a great story from 1994 sent into TAGSRWC HQ by The Mayberry Texans chapter. It was about Pilot Mountain, or as Mayberry fans know it best, Pilot Mountain, N.C.

This history lesson for both the fictional Mt. Pilot and the actual Pilot Mountain is something I believe fans will enjoy.

This being Independence Day week here in the U.S.A., I did a little research on characters and actors from The Andy Griffith Show to try and determine those that had served in the military. I realize that July 4th is not really about honoring our military but I figure there’s never a bad time to do so. I’ll present what I learned and ask for all of you to help me crowdsource information on cast and crew to develop a more complete list that we can publish on the Mayberry.info site.

We’ll go over some fun trivia questions as well.

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Please leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. I would love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (256) 513-9526 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

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Related Links:

• Weaver’s Newsletter
• Pilot Mountain (Wikipedia)
• Pilot Mountain Map (Google.com)
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Information
• Mayberry Meetup 2025 Registration (Free)
• Mayberry Event Calendar (iMayberry.com)
• Mayberry Cast Birthdays (tagsrwc.com)
• Mayberry Man Movie (FREE on YouTube)
• Mayberry Man Movie Audio Commentary with Barney & Floyd (Rik Roberts, Allan Newsome)
• The Mayberry Effect (documentary)
• TAGSRWC Facebook Page (Facebook)
• Subscribe to The Weaver’s Newsletter
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• Weaver’s Department Store
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie & Series – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
• Sign up for the Two Chairs No Waiting Podcast mailing list
• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

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