Let’s talk Mayberry Days! What’s Mayberry Days? Oh…if you love, or even enjoy, The Andy Griffith Show you should start now planning a trip to Mt. Airy, NC the last full weekend of September. That’s where you’ll find an entire town filled with Mayberry fans and folks you’ll want to get to know.
I’ve been going every year since 1993 and I’ll tell you that every year it seems to be more fun than the last. It isn’t just the Mayberry aspects of the event either. The fans you meet there are the salt of the world and getting to visit with them…well, it’s something special.
This episode also marks the end of my 3rd year of podcasting here at Two Chairs No Waiting.
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Thank you for joining me for the Mayberry Bible Study Podcast. I hope you enjoy your time with me in Mayberry and that you learn a little along the way. Any study of God’s word can be helpful to us in growing our character, even if that study is inspired by The Andy Griffith Show.
Download the full lesson plan so you can follow along as you listen to the study. Enjoy your time with us here in Mayberry.
Lesson Introduction:
Mayberry is having an underpass put in and this is requiring some blasting out at the construction site. Hodge brings his goat (Jimmy) into town for the day and, while running errands the goat gets loose and eats some of the dynamite. Everyone becomes afraid of the potential for explosion Jimmy possesses. They seek to find solutions to the quandary. Finally they stumble upon the idea of Barney playing his French Harp and lead the goat out of town. The mayor and Hodge hear an explosion from the construction site and think Andy and Barney were blown up leading the goat away. They break into a eulogy not knowing the duo had returned and were listening in the other room.
Lesson Points:
How to handle situations when we don’t know what to do (Proverbs 3:5-6)
The Power of music (1 Samuel 16:23; Ephesians 5:19)
The Importance of a good reputation (Proverbs 20:11; 22:1)
BarneyFife.com – Website originally created in 1998 to provide information about Joey Fann’s inspirational study based on themes from The Andy Griffith Show.
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Feedback from you is certainly something I enjoy hearing and several of our most downloaded episodes are those that contain your feedback. We received quite a few voice mails over the last several weeks so we’re in for a treat. You get to hear from fans of The Andy Griffith Show from around the country.
Please call or write in. I love to hear from you and I know the listeners do as well. I look forward to hearing from you so you can be part of the next feedback show.
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In this “Burke on Mayberry” podcast, Dr. Kevin L. Burke discusses the fun annual event known as “Mayberry Days” in Mt. Airy, North Carolina (Andy Griffith’s childhood hometown).
The eBullet is the Official Newsletter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club. Let’s catch up with what The eBullet calls “News of Cast & Crew” to see what our Mayberry friends have been up to.
The eBullet drops a few names from Mayberry like Andy Griffith, George Spence, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, George Lindsey, Betty Lynn, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Maggie Peterson, James Best, Margaret Kerry, and Richard O. “Dick” Linke. Whew! And we’re just getting started with information The eBullet brings to fans of The Andy Griffith Show.
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Mayberry Event Calendar – some upcoming events in Mayberry that folks have thumb-tacked to Floyd’s bulletin board from the most recent issue of The eBullet.
Visit the Return to Mayberry set with Jim Clark and Ken Beck. The original telling of this story can be found in the April 13, 1986 edition of The Bullet and is written by Jim Clark, himself.
We get to hear Jim’s account of first meetings with Andy Griffith, Aneta Corsaut, Betty Lynn, Hal Smith and other cast and crew members from The Andy Griffith Show. Jim and Ken have written so many Mayberry book that I guess I’ve always felt they always knew these folks so it’s fun to hear a little insight into how it all began.
Reading Jim’s words, and you hearing them, takes us all along with him so we can picture in our minds eye that we were there with he and Ken. Thank big you to Jim and Ken for going to Mayberry and bringing us along.
Follow me on Twitter if you use twitter. I’ve been posting all kinds of 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.
Host: Allan Newsome Special Guest co-Host: Jan Newsome
Running time: 0:19:44
Those of you who aren’t able to attend the “live” recording of Two Chairs No Waiting on Monday nights may never have heard of a song called, “The Andy Griffith Show of Women.” Well, I recently received permission from David Staples, the writer & performer, to play the song on the podcast.
In David’s own words, “The most sincere compliment you could give a woman is to compare her to the greatest show of all time.” September 5, 2011 is my 19th wedding anniversary so what better compliment can I pay Jan than to compare her to The Andy Griffith Show.
We’re also going to talk about the upcoming Mayberry Days event in Mt. Airy, NC. Mayberry Days is an annual gathering of fans of The Andy Griffith Show and occurs the last full weekend in September each year.
Follow me on Twitter if you use twitter. I’ve been posting all kinds of 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.
The Andy Griffith Show of Women (YouTube) – The most sincere compliment you could give a woman is to compare her to the greatest show of all time. Written and performed by David Staples
Mayberry Days – Mayberry Days is a festival for the whole family with activities and events for the fans who long for the days when life was simple and the sheriff didn’t carry a gun.
Andy Griffith Museum – The museum opened on September 26, 2009 with an official ribbon cutting during the 20th celebration of Mayberry Days. The items on display have been collected over nearly a lifetime by Emmett Forrest, who grew up in Mount Airy with Andy Griffith.
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Let’s talk Mayberry Days! What’s Mayberry Days? Oh…if you love, or even enjoy, The Andy Griffith Show you should start now planning a trip to Mt. Airy, NC the last full weekend of September. That’s where you’ll find an entire town filled with Mayberry fans and folks you’ll want to get to know.
Host: Allan Newsome
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