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TCNW 877: Love and Laughter, A Valentine’s Day in Mayberry

by on February 10, 2026

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Two Chairs No Waiting
Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:31:14

Even in a town where the biggest crime might be a misplaced pickle jar, love found its way into Mayberry’s gentle rhythms. From puppy crushes to long-term romances, the show wove sweetness into its most memorable plots.

One of the earliest and most charming arcs of affection comes from young Opie Taylor. In Season 5’s “Opie Loves Helen,” he awkwardly but adorably develops a crush on his schoolteacher, Miss Helen Crump — even going so far as buying her a gift with his hard-earned 74 cents! Opie’s loves continued into season 8, where in “Opie’s First Love” he musters the courage to ask classmate Mary Alice Carter to a party — a classic tween drama complete with dance plans and mixed signals.

Aunt Bee Taylor’s love life also got its share of spotlight. From an old beau, Roger Hanover, returning to Mayberry to court her to trying out the idea of marriage with dry-cleaner Fred Goss, Aunt Bee was hit by Cupid’s arrow from time to time.

This episode we’ll explore how Andy & Helen and Barney & Thelma Lou romances didn’t rush it, and as fans know, but ultimately end up together. Love in Mayberry wasn’t about drama or high stakes — it was about sincerity, community support, awkward moments, and personal growth.

We’ll play some trivia with the topic “Oh, you’re funny, you are!” by Paul Mulik.

To wrap things up a song for Jenny Boone from her husband Fred. The lyrics are by my friend Ronnie Felker but it is most certainly Fred’s ‘hort’ speakin’ to Jenny’s ‘hort.’

TCNW 877: Love and Laughter, A Valentine’s Day in Mayberry
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TCNW 876: Reeoh Flying Cloud

by on February 3, 2026

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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:28:14

Back in episode 867 of Two Chairs No Waiting called “Real Flying Cloud,” I made what turned out to be a mistake that resulted in me being told I wasn’t “southern” and should have gotten a southerner to translate what Andy said for me.

Well, I’m here to try and earn my southern card back since I was born, raised, and live in Alabama. (It’s hard to get things dune down here without my southern card.) I’ll fix my error and try to help folks born after the 1940’s understand what caused my confusion. I invite you to go back and watch 867 as most all the information I provided was correct but what I heard, as I’ll explain, was not.

Hopefully, this will clear up any misinformation I may have put out in the world and will keep the “bad” information from growing.

We play some fun “Who Said It?” trivia by Paul Mulik with a bit of a twist that I think you’ll enjoy.

TCNW 876: Reeoh Flying Cloud
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TCNW 875: Mayberry in Hazzard

by on January 27, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:32:13

You’re in for another treat this week as contributor Codie Sloan is back with a report. If you missed his past reports on Mayberry Filming Locations (TCNW #789 & #790), you really should go back and give each a watch. Yes, I said watch because while listening to his reports is great…it’s even better to see the photos that he provided during his reports.

This time, Codie is giving us information related to his finding the mystery filming location from The Andy Griffith Show episode “Andy’s Rich Girlfriend.” That’s the one when Peggy McMillan shows up with a brand new T-bird. Andy learns she’s the daughter of the “M” in R & M Grain Elevators. Andy struggles to fit in with the wealthy class. Finally realizing it’s better to be himself.

In that episode, Andy, Barney, Thelma Lou and Miss Peggy go to “Mom’s Diner.” Fan’s never knew where “Mom’s Diner” was located in the “real” world (i.e. the filming location), until now and thanks to Codie’s research. Well, that’s not quite true, the information was first published for fans who subscribe to “The Andy Griffith Show Ambassadors Magazine” published by Two Chairs contributor and author, Randy Turner.

We play trivia from the Mayberry Man YouTube channel that I know you’ll enjoy!

TCNW 875: Mayberry in Hazzard
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TCNW 874: Dixie Griffith Interview Part 2

by on January 20, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:50:51

The Dixie Griffith interview wraps up in this episode.

Last week we heard about family, the Mayberry fandom, her father, her mother and about herself. This episode we start off talking about her life growing up with Andy Griffith, not Andy Taylor, as a father. He was a good dad but nobody is Andy Taylor. We find out more about Andy through the way he names his dogs and so many other fun facts about how Dixie grew up.

We will be talking about photos being shown so you’ll want to watch the video version of the show. Subscribe to my YouTube channel, it’s free, to make sure you don’t miss an episode.

Let me hear what you think about this interview (don’t forget about part 1 as well). If would be great to share your comments with Dixie so she knows how much our conversation with her was appreciated.

TCNW 874: Dixie Griffith Interview Part 2
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TCNW 873: Dixie Griffith Interview Part 1

by on January 13, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:53:27

Over the last 10 years, I have been fortunate to become friends with Dixie Griffith. Dixie is the daughter of Andy Griffith and back in 2015 she came to her first Mayberry event. Since that time she has attended many events, Mayberry cruises and all in all enjoyed experiencing the fans of her dad and Mayberry.

This is the first of as two episode series where we’ll be able to hear from Dixie about family, the Mayberry fandom, her father, her mother and about herself. We start off hearing about her latest hobby then move into talking about attending Mayberry Days in 2015 for the first time. The conversation goes along from there and I know you’re going to enjoy hearing from Dixie.

This is a series of episodes that you’ll want to watch the video because I show photos related to some of the stories Dixie shares with us. Subscribe to my YouTube channel, it’s free, to make sure you don’t miss an episode.

Be sure to come back for part 2 of this conversation in our next episode.

TCNW 873: Dixie Griffith Interview Part 1
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TCNW 872: Col. Tim’s 2025 Clips

by on January 6, 2026

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Two Chairs No Waiting

Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:39:26

There are some amazing Mayberry events scheduled for 2026 that i think you’d really enjoy. I’ll point out some of them which can be found on the iMayberry.com website’s “Event Calendar.” I certainly encourage you to try to attend one of the scheduled events.

To give you an idea of what you might see when attending one of the larger events we’re going to watch (yes, I think you should watch the YouTube version of this episode) a compilation of video clips from Mount Airy, N.C.’s 2025 Mayberry Days event. Specifically this is from the “Col. Tim’s Talent Time” show that wraps up the Mayberry Days week each year.

These clips feature the Mayberry tribute artists recreating moments from the episode “The Songfesters” (S4.E20). It features James Dodson as Andy, Terry Varvel as Barney, Chris Bauman as Gomer, and Allan Newsome (me) as Floyd. The choir itself features all the other tribute characters as well as several “fans” who were attending Col. Tim’s. The events seen were done as what I call “in-betweens” with the final choir scene done as a featured act. And “in-between” is something done between the talent acts occurring during the show to keep the “Mayberry” feel of the event flowing among the singers, dancers and other acts of Col Tim’s Talent Time.

I hope you enjoy it and that it gives you an idea of what you’re missing during these wonderful Mayberry events.

A big thank you to Neil & Pat Coleman for the video of Col. Tim’s!

To close out, we’ll play the second round of “During Our Lifetime We Travel Many Roads” Mayberry trivia by Paul Mulik.

TCNW 872: Col. Tim's 2025 Clips
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TCNW 871: Top 10 Episodes of 2025

by on December 30, 2025

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:37:58

Each year at Christmas we figure there are folks who get new electronic toys (phones, tablets, etc) that they can use to listen to podcasts or watch the podcast videos.

Over the years, Two Chairs No Waiting has created episodes to reflect on the past year and to see which episodes have been downloaded or viewed most during the previous year.

This listings is a good way for new folks to see which of the 870 previous episodes of the podcast might be worth the effort to go and give a listen/watch.

This list of the 10 top episodes going from the #10 most watched video episode all the way to the #1 most watched episode of 2025.

There are currently 870 episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting (previous to this episode). Those episodes have a total time that someone could consume content of Two Chairs without starting over that add up to 6 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, and 13 seconds.

Hopefully you will find this list helpful in finding episodes worth revisiting or hearing for the first time.

For any new folks, and as a reminder to current listeners, I want let you know you can watch your host (me) in the movie I which I co-star called “Mayberry Man” for free on several streaming services. There’s a link below to watch it on YouTube. And as a special thank you, after you’ve watched the movie, you might want to watch it with the commentary provide by movie cast members Allan Newsome (Floyd) and Rik Roberts (Barney). The link is also below. There’s also a follow-on “Mayberry Man” five episode TV series available on YouTube

You might also like watching the documentary “The Mayberry Effect” in which your host is featured. It’s a great companion to the “Mayberry Man” movie & series. The link below gives viewing options. You can also purchase it, and the “Mayberry Man” movie & series, at WeaversDepartmentStore.com.

God bless you and I hope you had a very merry Christmas and your new year is a happy one.

To close out, we’ll play some Mayberry trivia by Paul Mulik.

TCNW 871: Top 10 Episodes of 2025
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