We’ve spent the last several weeks talking about Lum and Abner so I thought it was time to dive into a Mayberry trivial trivialities session.
I’m sure you’ve enjoyed the episode “Convicts at Large” (episode #74 from 1962/12/10) with Big Maude Tyler, Sally and convicted husband beater Naomi Connors. In that episode, after Barney had been dancing for a while with Sally, a song began to play and Naomi got so upset that she hit Floyd over the head with a vase.
In this episode of Two Chairs No Waiting, we’ll learn the name of the song and a few more trivialities about it. Can you guess what we hear on “My Fair Ernest T. Bass” (episode #112 from 1964/02/03) at about 20:10 minutes into the episode? We’ll, if you haven’t figured it out you will certainly know after to hear this episode of Two Chairs.
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Let’s talk about “party line.” No, we aren’t going into political talk. Let’s talk about telephone party lines and what happened in Mayberry the day Mr. Tucker visited. The episode is “Man in a Hurry” and was the 79th episode aired (January 14, 1963).
I’m sure you remember that Malcolm Tucker’s car broke down on a Sunday about 2 miles outside of Mayberry and he was trying to get it fixed. He took Gomer’s truck from Wally’s and Andy had to stop him. Then he wanted to make a phone call but Andy told him that the Mendelbright sisters (Maude and Cora Mt. Pilot) tie up the phone for 3 or 4 hours every Sunday afternoon.
The reason the phone was tied up was because it was a party line. Do you remember party lines? Are they still around?
Enjoy the show and welcome to Mayberry if you’re just finding us.
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We learned about the dingo dog and the Carolina Dog in the last episode of Two Chairs No Waiting so I thought we’d continue the topic by visiting a quote by Barney from “Dogs, Dogs, Dogs (episode #93). One of the best scenes in that episode is with Andy, Opie, and Barney talking about those dogs being out in a thunder storm.
Of course we learn that dogs don’t get struck by lightning because they’re low to the ground, but what about giraffes? Walking around with their heads in the air…looking out for number one. Does that really happen?
We also have a special Christmas poem from TAGS fan Ben Sandifer of GMS Productions in Macon, GA. Ben is a member of the “Lots of Luck to You and Yours” chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club.
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We learn some strange facts about the dingo dog, thanks to Floyd the barber mentioning dingos in 6th season episode “Aunt Bee Learns to Drive” (#180). Did you know the dingo was indigenous to Australia? Did you know that a breed called the “Carolina Dog” is also known as “American Dingo?”
Wow, the things you can learn when talking about The Andy Griffith Show. Listen to this episode to have fun and even learn a little.
We also have some listener feedback.
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The Carolina Dog, or American Dingo – The Carolina Dog, or American Dingo, is a type of pariah dog discovered in the late 1970s. They were located living in isolated stretches of longleaf pines and cypress swamps in the Southeastern United States.
The Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board Chapter of TAGSRWC – The WBMUTBB Digest mailing list has over 1500 members from all over the world. All content is “family-friendly.” (This list is moderated for content to block questionable material as best as the moderator can.)
Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #113:Ray Hadorn
As this episode of the podcast is being recorded, it is the 50th anniversary of the first airing of episode number 4 of The Andy Griffith Show titled “Ellie Comes to Town.” That fact and as a result of a voice mail I received this week it seemed fitting to focus just a bit on this episode.
Kevin Burke recapped this episode on his “Burke on Mayberry” podcast(#6) back in April 2008 [a link to his podcast will be given below] but on Two Chairs we’re going to look at a few things that many of you may not have noticed.
We have links to some screen grabs and enlargements of some shots so you can see the things you’ll hear about during Two Chairs No Waiting.
Enjoy the show and tell Goober that Allan says “hey.”
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You may know the names of the Darling boys are Rodney (guitar), Doug (also called Jebbin – banjo), Mitch (bass) and Dean (also called Other – mandolin) but do you know where the name “Other” came from? I mean the name “Other” of course.
On this episode, we’ll find out.
We’ll also hear from a caller with a couple of corrections and additions to information about Don Knotts appearances on cartoons.
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TCNW 93 Facebook photos – Check out the Facebook fan page for Two Chairs No Waiting for images mentioned in this episode to see to what the corrections called in are referring.
Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #94: John Foster
Following episode #88, Mayberry fan Gaither Harwood stayed around in the chat room (I record the show live and some folks drop by and watch the live feed) and confirmed that Earle Hagen’s son was the original finger snapper for the Theme of The Andy Griffith Show.
I had thought that Earle had told me that during a conversation so when Gaither mentioned the same fact I was excited. I had not mentioned Deane Hagen’s finger snapping on the podcast because I couldn’t confirm my information. Thankfully Gaither has a better memory than me and pointed me right to that odd fact known by few in “The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference” by Dale Robinson and David Fernandes (page 310 of the hardcover edition).
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The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference (Hardcover) – Weaver’s only remaining copy of this book in hardcover does have a little shelf wear on the bottom edges and corner of the front cover, but it’s in very good shape for a book that’s now 16 years old.
Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #90: Bob James
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