We spent the last few weeks hearing from the Mayberry tribute artist about their memories of Mayberry, before that we talked about Mayberry Days 2014, and now we’re heading back to 1995’s Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous held in Bradford, OH to hear from Richard O. Links.
Mr. Linke was Andy Griffith’s (as well as several other cast members) manager and associate or executive producer of many television series including The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D., and the Return to Mayberry reunion movie. If anyone was “in the know about what happened in and around Mayberry, Mr. Linke would be high on the list.
You will enjoy this interview with Mr. Linke as he answers question from the crowd.You’ll hear Mark “Golden” Richards and Dennis Hasty working the crowd providing microphones to those asking questions and throwing in questions of their own from time to time.
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We’ve been having some great fun looking back to the 1995 Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous the last couple of episode and we continue right along with this weeks show.
We hard from Maggie and Hoke (a.k.a. Charlene and Dud) individually last episode but this week we get to hear them as they sit on stage together and share more Mayberry memories with fans.
The interview was originally broadcast by “Good Morning Mayberry” on Cincinnati’s WMOH 1450AM radio. Host Mark “Golden” Richards and Dennis Hasty made Mayberry fans everywhere proud with their Mayberry knowledge.
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Last episode we had a wonderful set of interviews with Keith “Johnny Paul” Thibodeaux from the 3rd Annual Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous in Bradford, OH on July 7, 1995. If you missed it, head over and give it a listen ’cause it was goooood.
The “goooood” continues this week when we get to hear form Maggie Peterson (a.k.a. Charlene Darling) and Hoke Howell (a.k.a. Dud Wash). Ah, BIG ain’t the word for it. As a matter of fact it’s so big we’re going to end up making two episodes out of their interview.
The interview was broadcast live by “Good Morning Mayberry” on Cincinnati’s WMOH 1450AM radio with hosts Mark “Golden” Richards and Dennis Hasty.
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This week is the conclusion of our recording from the 1994 Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous (I mistakenly said 1993 during the podcast). Counting last weeks episode, we have almost an hour of interviews with Howard Morris, Betty Lynn, and Jean Carson for you to enjoy. If you haven’t listened to last weeks podcast be sure to go back and give it a listen but you don’t have to listen to them in order.
If you enjoy the interviews, you might want to actually watch the video version of the episodes to be able to see these wonderful stars and feel even more like you were there. The videos are in the show notes or you can go to our YouTube channel to enjoy the fun.
Below is a list of the questions you’ll hear addressed on this episode.
Did any of you get to visit with Hal Smith “Otis” before he passed?
When the Darlings played music on the show, was it live?
Howard, can you name the bodies of water?
How much input did Andy have on the characterization of the parts?
Do Daphne and Thelma Lou know how to sew up their fingers like Goober?
Howard, do you have a burning desire for Charlene?
Barney and Andy finally got mad at the Fun Girls, you said……
How did you keep getting out of jail?
Do you stay in touch with Joyce Jameson?
How many hours a day did you have to rehearse to do a half hour show?
Jean, how often do you go back to West Virginia?
What was is like to work with Howard “Floyd” McNear?
Howard talks about what being on “live” television means.
Has there ever been any talk about making a new series of Mayberry?
Did any of you take acting lessons?
Did you have any idea at the time that you were working on a television classic?
What caused the changes in the show after the first season?
Betty, on Return to Mayberry there was a scene with Jim Nabors singing that was cut. Why?
What can we do about networks/stations cutting parts of the show out for more commercials?
Did you do any of the sponsor shots during the series?
It’s me, it’s me…it’s Ernest T.
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I’ve been going through my old 8mm video tapes and ran across the 1994 Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous (I mistakenly said 1993 during the podcast). Finding things like this is like Christmas coming early because this video has almost an hour of interviews with Howard Morris, Betty Lynn, and Jean Carson that, unless you were there, most Mayberry fans will never have heard.
It’s always fun to find things like this to share with you because it’s original content you won’t get anywhere else. This is part 1 of 2. Below is a list of the questions you’ll hear addressed on this episode.
Favorite Episode?
What was Aunt Bee like?
Do you ever see/talk to Andy?
Howard, how were you chosen to be on The Show of Shows?
Do you know Mr. Schwamp’s real name? (Nobody knows his name.)
Does Howard have kids/grandkids as wiry as he is?
Why did Thelma Lou love Barney?
What did Daphnie think about Andy/what attracted her to Andy?
Did Richard Linke’s wife play parts on TAGS? (The cast didn’t know but she wasn’t on the show.)
Howard, were you a director or an actor first? What did you direct?
Do you ever run into the “Darling” clan?
Did you enjoy making Return to Mayberry?
How is Don Knotts health?
Betty, what was Thelma Lou’s occupation?
Barney can’t sing….
Tim Allen was on an award show and thanked Howard Morris, was that you?
Betty, did you ever have a relationship with Don Knotts outside the set?
Howard, were you married at the time the shows were being produced?
Do you three watch the old episodes?
Jean, which role did you like the best? Fun Girl or escaped convict?
What’s your favorite episode?
Is your personality similar to the character on the show?
Did Andy ever ask any of you to be on Matlock?
Any contact with Jim Nabors?
When Jeff Pruitt came to town looking for a wife we saw a different side of Barney.
Could Howard Morris do Ole Aunt Maria?
Did you do much improvising during the shows or stay with the script?
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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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My wife and I recently took a trip to Tampa, FL where we were able to meet up with a Mayberry fan named Ron Blankenship. Ron, who goes by Emmett in Mayberry circles, is one of those folks that belongs in Mayberry. Like so many on The Andy Griffith Show, Ron has a quality of caring for his friends that makes him right at home with the citizens of Mayberry.
Ron chose the name Emmett to go by online because he’s a handyman himself. The name just kind’a worked because he, like Emmett, can fix most anything. I’m not sure about him being able to dance though…I didn’t think to ask him during the interview.
Ron is a fan just like you and me so who better to talk to than a fellow fan in order to learn what makes The Andy Griffith Show so special.
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