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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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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/
• The Mayberry Channel on YouTube.com – http://www.youtube.com/user/mayberrycom

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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• Mayberry Trivia Podcast Episodes – http://imayberry.com/podcasts/tag/trivia_questions/
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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 #284: Jan Newsome

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:35:43

It’s time once again to check in with Jim Clark and The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) official newsletter, The eBullet, to see what’s happening around Mayberry and with the cast & crew.

The podcast only gives you a small slice of what’s contained in The eBullet so please consider subscribing to the newsletter (it’s FREE) so you’ll have the newsletter delivered directly to your e-mail inbox about six times a year.  That way you won’t miss out on any of the Mayberry happenings throughout the year.

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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:

• The eBullet – http://tagsrwc.com/the_ebullet/
• Subscribe to The eBullet – http://www.tagsrwc.com/ebullet/joinebullet.htm
• May 2014 Issue  of The eBullet – http://tagsrwc.com/the_ebullet/2014/05/the-ebullet-volume-14-issue-3-may-2014/
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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 #282: Bess Metrou

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:29:52

Mayberry in the Midwest, 17-18 May 2014, was an amazing event so this episode I’m going to recap the event.  I’m also going to share some clips I was able to get permission to use on the podcast.

This was the first year for Danville, IN to host Mayberry in the Midwest following a three year run in New Castle, IN which ended in 2004.  So ten years later the town of Danville took up the call and became Mayberry for a weekend in May.  The streets were lined with Mayberry patrol cars and smiles were popping out all over the town square.

The festival spread out all over town and on Sunday the 18th the Mayberry Squad Car Nationals were also held in Danville.  It was big…BIG, big….Aw, Big at the word for it.

I hope you get just  a little of the feeling of what the event was like as I describe what fans were able to experience during the weekend.  You really do need to make plans to attend a Mayberry event because I know you’d walk away with wonderful memories.

A big thank you to Janet Anderson for the photos seen on the video version of the podcast!

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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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• Mayberry in the Midwest Website – http://MayberryInTheMidwest.com
• IndyStyle – Mayberry in the Midwest – http://bit.ly/1pNxEVm
• Fox59.com – Mayberry in the Midwest – http://bit.ly/1h1CNZQ
• IndyStar.com – Mayberry in the Midwest – http://indy.st/T8EbiC
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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 #282: Iber

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:22:08

When I started this podcast, the main reason was to release the interviews I had done with cast members of The Andy Griffith Show back in the late 1990’s.  This interview with Jim Nabors is the last of those interviews.  I had been keeping this one in my pocket for a special occasion and finally thought it was time.  Jim Nabors performed “Back Home Again in Indiana” his past weekend for the final time at the Indianapolis 500 after having begun the tradition of him singing it back in 1972.  That seems like a special occasion to me.

This interview was done on September 5, 1998 at Governor’s Palace in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.  My wife and I were able to arrange to go back stage before his performance to get this interview.  It was a wonderful experience and he put us at ease right off the bat.

I know you’re going to enjoy it.

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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.

If you use iTunes, please visit the Two Chairs No Waiting page of the iTunes store and leave a review and rating.

Related Links:

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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 #281: Jan Newsome

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