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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
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Andy Griffith passed way on July 3, 2012 and we covered his passing for four episodes in a row (196-199). Since then, I haven’t attempted to say more about Andy because there was so much said then by not only me but by the American people in general. Andy was loved by so many and it was shown by the outpouring of comments by the media as well as by “regular” folks like you and me.

I ran across something recently that I either missed back in 2012 or had forgotten. It’s a story written by Joanne Ostrow, the Denver Post Television Critic, about how Andy’s passing impacted his daughter Dixie Nann Griffith. I e-mailed Joanne and she was kind enough to allow me to share her article with you here on the podcast.

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• Denver Post – Andy Griffith’s Denver-based daughter Dixie reflects on life with Dad
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• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
• The Mayberry Historical Society – http://www.mayberry.info/
• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

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I’m putting together a “schedule” of things we’ll be doing but PLEASE realize that nothing is mandatory and nobody will have hurt feelings if you choose to do other things during the times.  I’m just letting folks know where I will be and inviting you all to join me if it fits your schedule.

Friends…all the below are options/suggestions for things to do in Mt. Airy.  The main events, to me, are the gatherings at the gazebo to visit and get to know one another and Professor Brower’s class on Saturday.  I hope as many as possible will find time to drop by and grow our Mayberry friendships.

Jan and I are looking forward to seeing you all in Mayberry!

–Allan Newsome
floyd@iMayberry.com

== Friday Schedule ==

When you wake – 4:30 pm

— Visit downtown Mt. Airy. Pick and choose

— Snappy Lunch (breakfast, lunch, or both – closes at 1:15 so eat early)

— Drop by Floyd’s City Barber Shop

— Visit shops on Main Street (be sure to visit Mayberry on Main)

— Ice Cream at Barney’s

— Mayberry Squad Car Tours starting at Wally’s (30 minute ride)

— Visit Main Oak Emporium (Mayberry Jail & Taylor’s front porch photo locations)

— Visit Pilot Mountain either the town or the park…or both.

4:45 – 7:30 pm

— Eat Dinner at “The Depot” in Dobson, NC (Or head out on your own to eat)

— Gather at Mayberry Motor Inn for trip to “The Depot” in Dobson, NC (about a 15-20 minute trip south on 601 out of Mt. Ariy).

— Bring your camera because it’s a sight to behold.  Here’s a link to the web site – http://www.codycreek.net

— I figured we’d head down there a little early because they tend to get busy and to allow more “visiting” time back at the Mayberry Motor Inn after eating

7:30 – 11:00 pm (or later)

— Gather at the Mayberry Motor Inn in the gazebo area (you don’t have to be staying there to come over and visit).

— Bring sodas, tea, punch and some snacks if you have ’em.

— BRING lawn chairs if you have ’em. (There are some chairs at the gazebo but to be safe, bring your own.)

— Watch episodes of The Andy Griffith Show together on a screen under the stars.

— Visit with friends.

— Maybe record a podcast episode together.  Think about a good quote about what Mayberry means to you and I’ll record you guys telling us one at time.

== Saturday Schedule ==

When you wake – 12:30 pm

— Visit downtown Mt. Airy. Pick and choose

— Snappy Lunch (breakfast, lunch, or both – closes at 1:15 so eat early)

— Drop by Floyd’s City Barber Shop

— Visit shops on Main Street (be sure to visit Mayberry on Main)

— Ice Cream at Barney’s

— Mayberry Squad Car Tours starting at Wally’s (30 minute ride)

— Visit Main Oak Emporium (Mayberry Jail & Taylor’s front porch photo locations)

12:30 – 4:00 pm

— Andy Griffith Museum for a tour of the museum and  2pm Professor Brower’s Lecture on TAGS episode “Back to Nature”.

— Get a group photos by the Andy & Opie statue at some point.

4:00 – 6:00 pm

— Free time. Go out with friends/alone doing whatever you might like to do OR head over toward the Mayberry Motor Inn to get ready for the evening of fun.

== FOOD FOR SATURDAY EVENING ==

— The plan for eating is to order sandwiches from Subway in their Platter form.  Each platter serves 5-9.   Pizza is also a possibility if we run out of subs.  Bring chips if you have any special ones you love.

6:00 – 11:00 pm (or later)

— Gather at the Mayberry Motor Inn in the gazebo area (you don’t have to be staying there to come over and visit).

— Eat Subs and/or Pizza.

— Share tells about the days adventures in Mayberry.

— Watch episodes of The Andy Griffith Show together on a screen under the stars.

— Bring sodas, tea, punch and some snacks if you have ’em.

— BRING lawn chairs if you have ’em. (There are some chairs at the gazebo but to be safe, bring your own.)

— Visit with friends.

— Maybe record most stuff for the podcast episode together.

== Sunday Schedule ==

pre-noon

— Option 1: Visit church of your choice.

— Option 2 (~10am): If there’s interest, meet at Mayberry Motor Inn gazebo for Mayberry Bible Study. I would be glad to run the Bible Study and could record it for an episode of The Mayberry Study Podcast.

11:30 – 12:30pm

— Pack up and head back to the real world with great memories!

(ALTERNATIVES things to do while in Mt. Airy)

– World’s Largest Open-Face Granite Quarry http://www.visitmayberry.com/Worlds_Largest_Open-Face_Granite_Quarry.aspx

– Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Downtown Mt. Airy) & Donna Fargo Exhibit
http://www.visitmayberry.com/13_brMount_Airy_Museum_of_Regional_History.aspx
http://www.visitmayberry.com/Donna_Fargo_Exhibit_.aspx

-J.E.B. Stuart Historical Birthplace
http://www.visitmayberry.com/JEB_Stuart_Historical_Birthplace.aspx

– Andy’s Homeplace-Mount Airy, NC
http://www.visitmayberry.com/Andys_Homeplace-Mount_Airy_NC.aspx

– Other things for you to choose from
https://www.visitmayberry.com/attractions/category/mayberry/

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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:14:38

I recently ran across an article by Bill Easterling.  Mr. Easterling had a column that appeared in the Huntsville Times for 22 years and this was one that I cut out and placed in my scrapbook.  The story is from 1994 but the question is just as relevant today.  Will values always stay timeless?  I, and Mr. Easterling, believe they will.  I’ll leave it to you to make your on conclusions.

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Follow me on Twitter if you use twitter. I’ve been posting Mayberry things there as another way to let folks know about The Andy Griffith Show.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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:

• Mayberry Meet-up  11-13 July 2014: http://on.fb.me/1r8WDGf
• The Andy Griffith Show – 40 Acre Backlot Today – http://youtu.be/YDg8Ui8aR40
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• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
• The Mayberry Historical Society – http://www.mayberry.info/
• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #286: Andy Taylor

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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:22:58

This episode we’ll tackle a few questions from listeners and hear feedback from others. The main topic that I believe will interest you is our discussion of the 40 Acres backlot where the external shots from The Andy Griffith Show were filmed.

There’s a GREAT website devoted to 40 Acres called RetroWeb.com. Fans of The Andy Griffith Show and many other TV shows film in the 1950’s and 1960’s will enjoy the trip through memory lane when you take the virtual tour of the backlot created on the RetroWeb site. You may also notice homes and locations used on a little movie called “Gone With the Wind” if you look around a bit.

If 40 Acres doesn’t interest you, then stick around and you can at least learn more about me (your host) as I answer a question about how I got started as Floyd. If that really interest you, check out the interview done with me on back in episodes 144 thru 146. The link is in the notes below.

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Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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:

• RetroWeb.com 40 Acres – http://www.retroweb.com/40acres.html
• RetroWeb.com 40 Acres Tour – http://www.retroweb.com/40acres_tour.html
• RetroWeb.com 40 Acres “Gone With the Wind” – http://www.retroweb.com/40acres_gwtw.html
• Allan Newsome interview (episode 144-146) – http://imayberry.com/podcasts/tag/allan-newsome/
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• iMayberry Community – http://imayberrycommunity.com/
• The Mayberry Historical Society – http://www.mayberry.info/
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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #285: Jan Newsome

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Hey Folks,

I wanted to invite everyone who’s able to make plans to visit Mt. Airy, NC the weekend of 11-13 (Friday-Sunday) July 2014.

Jan and I are, once again, heading to Mt. Airy for a weekend of Mayberry fun!

There’s nothing “BIG” planned other than on Saturday the 12th at 2pm we’ll have the chance to attend “Professor Brower’s Lecture Series” at The Andy Griffith Museum. Professor Neal Brower will be covering The Andy Griffith Show episode “Back to Nature.”  For any that don’t know, Neal Brower is the author of Mayberry 101 and taught “The Andy Griffith Show: An In-depth Study” at Community Colleges throughout North Carolina for many years.  There’s no charge for the class if you’ve paid the fee for touring the museum.  For more info, visit the website at http://www.andygriffithmuseum.org/ or call (336) 786-1604.

I *DO* plan to set up times for folks to get together and visit with one another during the weekend but I haven’t set exact times yet for that.

The main thing I want to do is get together over at the Mayberry Motor Inn gazebo on Friday and Saturday evenings (I’ve already checked in with Alma about doing this again this year) for some good visiting time..maybe some pizza…..and watching episodes of The Andy Griffith Show together.

If you’re interested, go ahead and make reservations at the Mayberry Motor Inn – Phone 336-786-4109 – (they have rooms if you hurry).  If it gets full, there are other places to stay nearby in Mt. Airy. You can still come to the gazebo for fun and fellowship even if you can’t stay at the Motor Inn but they dig you so you be nice and dig them back.

So far Kenneth “Otis” Junkin has confirmed he’s is planning on being there along with a few other folks from the Two Chairs No Waiting podcast listeners.  Hopefully we’ll be joined by WBMUTBB Digest folks and we’ll have a Mayberry time of things!

If you’re going to try and make it, please e-mail me directly (Floyd@iMayberry.com) so I can have some type of head count.

I hope you’ll considering making the trip and we’ll have our own small version of a Mayberry weekend in Mt. Airy.

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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:18:02

The “trivia for fun” episodes have been a big hit with many of you so here’s 10 more fun Mayberry trivia questions.  These trivia questions come form a 1994 meeting of the “Mother Figure” chapter in Huntsville, AL.  Ten other questions from this chapter meeting were covered in episode 273 of this podcast if you’d like go bad and try your luck.

The questions are not too hard so I believe you’ll enjoy trying to get the answers.  I know just reading them made a smile come to my face.

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Contact Info

Follow me on Twitter if you use twitter. I’ve been posting Mayberry things there as another way to let folks know about The Andy Griffith Show.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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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• Mayberry Trivia Podcast Episodes – http://imayberry.com/podcasts/tag/trivia_questions/
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