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Host: Allan Newsome
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Actress Maggie Peterson played Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show but she was so much more. We lost her on Sunday May 15, 2022 so please join me in celebrating her life from Greeley to Mayberry.

In trying to come up with the best was to honor Maggie and to help fans learn more about her, I realized that an interview with Maggie recorded in Calhoun, GA at an event called “A Touch of Mayberry” would allow us to hear her tell the story in her own words. The year was 2018 and it was a special evening.

She grew up in Greeley, CO where she and her brother started a band called “The JaDa Quartet.” They played places around Colorado and eventually made it to New York where the band was booked on several television series as musical guests. Andy’s manager, Richard Link, helped the group get the bookings and they were off to a great start. Maggie moved to New York then out to California where she landed the role of Charlene Darling. She had roles in movies, commercials and in guest staring roles in series like “The Odd Couple,” “The Bill Dana Show,” “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” “Green Acers,” and “Mayberry, RFD.”

Listen, or watch, to hear the whole story. I would like to suggest you actually watch the video version of this episode so you can see the images of Maggie presented during the stage show.

This interview was originally aired in two parts on Two Chairs No Waiting number 573 & 574 in March 2020.

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Related Links:

• The Darlings (Wikipedia)
• Maggie Peterson Collection (WeaversDepartmentStore.com)
• TCNW 573: Maggie Peterson Interview Part 1
• TCNW 574: Maggie Peterson Interview Part 2
• FTC Connected story about Allan (p.8-9)
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• 10th Annual Mayberry Meet-up
• Subscribe to The eBullet
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• The Mayberry Effect
• Maggie Peterson Collection
• Maggie “Charlene Darling” Peterson needs help (GoFundMe.com)
• The Andy Griffith Show Ambassadors Program
• Facebook Group The Andy Griffith Show Esquire Club
• 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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Welcome to the Mayberry Devotional.  I’m sure by now, most have heard of the passing of Maggie Peterson Mancuso.  Maggie, aka Charlene Darling, passed away Sunday May 15.  According to her family, she passed away quietly in her sleep with her family present.  Maggie was loved by all and up until about three years ago was still attending fan gatherings representing the show.  I got to meet her several times and she was always happy to meet her fans and so appreciative of everyone coming to say hello to her.  She was loved by all and will be missed.  

Today I’m going to skip ahead a few episodes and look at season three, episode twenty five of The Andy Griffith Show, “The Darlings are Coming”.  This is the first episode where we see the Darling family, along with Maggie Peterson as she becomes the one and only Charlene Darling.  The title of my devotional today is “Forgive Because We Have Been Forgiven” and I’ll also be looking at Scripture from Micah 7:18a.

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:39:31

In January 2014 I received an e-mail that changed things for me. It was from this weeks guest, Cody Ray DesBiens. At the time he sent the e-mail, he was 19 years old and he said he was a “HUGE Andy Griffith Show fan” who watched episodes every night with his mom. That wasn’t the part that impacted me, though I was glad to hear a fairly young man was a Mayberry fan. What got me was that Cody had been diagnosed with a chronic type of Leukemia in October 2011.

He went through chemo and eventually needed a bone marrow and stem cell transplant. He was in the hospital for a long time and needed something to keep his mind off the pain and sickness. It was then that he came across the YouTube version of this podcast.

The thing that hit me was him saying that Two Chairs No Waiting helped him keep his mind off things. Wow…I was, and am, humbled by that and I’ve been wanting to have him as a quest ever since and FINALLY had a chance just last week.

I know you’re going to enjoy hearing Cody’s story directly from him LIVE from the IHOP.

We’ll hear this weeks installment of “Returning to Mayberry” by SpiritWalker that he’s calling “Chunkin’ Rocks.”

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Follow Two Chairs No Waiting on Facebook and/or follow me on Twitter. I  post Mayberry things there as another way to let folks know about The Andy Griffith Show.

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 (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

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Related Links:

• The Paranormal Couple (Cody’s website)
• FTC Connected story about Allan (p.8-9)
• The Loaded Goat podcast episode “Floyd, the Gay Deceiver” with Allan as quest (loadedgoat.net)
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• 10th Annual Mayberry Meet-up
• Subscribe to The eBullet
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• The Mayberry Effect
• Maggie Peterson Collection
• Maggie “Charlene Darling” Peterson needs help (GoFundMe.com)
• The Andy Griffith Show Ambassadors Program
• Facebook Group The Andy Griffith Show Esquire Club
• 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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Welcome to episode 80 of the Mayberry Devotional entitled “It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time”.  Today I’ll be looking at season three, episode fourteen of The Andy Griffith Show, “One Punch Opie”.  And I’ll also be looking at Scripture from Proverbs 14:12.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”  ESV

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:38:55

The show we’re going to go back and give another think to some of the topics we covered in the last few episodes. They raise questions and created comments that are well worth talking about.

In one case, I answered a question from an audience member incorrectly so I’m going to correct the answer. My thanks to Randy Turner for pointing out the correct answer that is found in his “Mayberry Firsts” book (found at WeaversDepartmentStore).

We’ll also hear from a couple of folks about if knowing more changes how they watch episodes of The Andy Griffith Show.

To clear the palate, we’ll do a few Mayberry trivia questions.

We have an installment of This Week in Mayberry History by Randy Turner featuring “Hal Smith” part 2 to wrap up the Mayberry fun.

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Contact Info

Follow Two Chairs No Waiting on Facebook and/or follow me on Twitter. I  post Mayberry things there as another way to let folks know about The Andy Griffith Show.

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 (888) 684-8415 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:

• TCNW 680: Does Knowing More Change How I Watch
• TCNW 682: Hearing from You
• FTC Connected story about Allan (p.8-9)
• The Loaded Goat podcast episode “Floyd, the Gay Deceiver” with Allan as quest (loadedgoat.net)
• Two Chairs No Waiting Related Merchandise
• 10th Annual Mayberry Meet-up
• Subscribe to The eBullet
• The Mayberry Historical Society
• Mayberry Man Movie – Mayberry Man Movie (YouTube channel)
• The Mayberry Effect
• Maggie Peterson Collection
• Maggie “Charlene Darling” Peterson needs help (GoFundMe.com)
• The Andy Griffith Show Ambassadors Program
• Facebook Group The Andy Griffith Show Esquire Club
• 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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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #684: Mike McGonigal

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Welcome to episode 79 of the Mayberry Devotional entitled “Tacos Fall Apart and We Still Love Them”. Today I’ll be looking at season three episode twelve of The Andy Griffith Show, “The Bank Job”. And I’ll also be looking at Scripture from Matthew 11:28.

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” KJV

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