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In this Burke on Mayberry podcast season five, “The Andy Griffith Show” episode entitled, “Guest in the House,” Gloria – the guest in the house – creates a mess in the house!
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Opie’s Fortune Running Time: 9:59
In this season five “The Andy Griffith Show” episode entitled, ‘Opie’s Fortune’ which originally aired on November 16, 1964, Opie finds $50 and is eager to spend his fortune.
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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:20:30
I’ve talked about Opie before on the show but I don’t know if I’ve ever talked much about Ron Howard. Randy Turner inspired me to dig up a little more information about Ron Howard and Opie because of this weeks history report. I enjoyed learning more and I’m sure you will as well.
Bonus: This week’s installment of This Week in Mayberry History by Randy Turner featuring Ron Howard.
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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:19:41
Continuing our series of episodes getting to know the people of Mayberry, we move along to Andy Taylor’s son. Who is Opie Taylor? Let’s find out.
Also, we’ll check out a 2006 article called “Pickups & Splashes from Floor and Pool” that I found while searching the web for that title recently. I was surprised to find an actual column in a newspaper titled the same as Barney’s column in the school paper.
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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:23:10
The Labor Day holiday is upon us here in the ole US of A so it had me thinking that there were several times jobs/labor were talked about in the town of Mayberry. We’ll visit with Aunt Bee, Gomer, and Opie as they attempt to find jobs in our home town.
Aunt Bee gets her job from some folks using green ink to print…things. Gomer gets fired by Wally and tries to find a different job all the while staying with the Taylor’s at their house.
We’ve talked about Opie getting a job (back on episode 131 of Two Chairs) but we’ll look at it from a slightly different point of view this time. All-in-all the jobs in Mayberry don’t seem too hard to get but keeping this is like holding on to a greased pig.
Come on with me and let’s visit in Mayberry.
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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #204: Gaither Harwood
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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:17:28
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This episode you’ll hear just a bit more about the Pine Ridge, AR connection to the people of Mayberry. Did you know that Gomer’s grandpa is from the home town of “Lum and Abner?” That’s right! Gomer’s Grandpa, Sergeant Otis Pyle, is a very close relative of Abner Peabody.
Next we’ll hear some feedback from a fellow listener before we get into the actual topic of our show.
Finally we’ll get into the meat of the show. We all know what a wonderful son Andy Taylor has and we’ll take a few minutes to be reminded. I know we’ll all agree that Opie is a man.
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- Lum and Abner Podcast – Daily Lum and Abner (free) podcast.
- Lum and Abner – Wikipedia entry.
- Lum and Abner characters, make-up – See how the young versions of the actors turned into the old versions of Lum & Abner.
Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #131: Tom Sullivan
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Running time: 0:15:20
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In episode 128, Tim Hollis mentioned that the namesake of Opie Taylor was from a fellow that appeared on the old time radio program “Lum and Abner” following having his very own radio program called “The Opie Cates Show.”
As you may have picked up on, Opie Taylor got his name from band leader and radio actor Opie Cates. On “The Opie Cates Show” (1947-1948), he played a naive unsophisticated person from the country (a.k.a. a rube or hick) getting adjusted to big city life. Cates started each show by saying, “The doggonedest thing happened to me th’ other day,” and then he’d go on to introduce the story for the week. The show never found a sponsor and lasted only 13 weeks.
He then basically moved right over to “Lum and Abner” with the same character in 1949 where he’d tell stories about his hometown of Clinton, Arkansas. Cates appeared on a pilot episode of Lum and Abner that same year but the show wasn’t picked up by the network.
Andy Griffith named Sheriff Taylor’s son after Cates. Both Andy and producer Sheldon Leonard liked Opie Cates so the name was a natural fit.
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- Ain’t That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century – This book by author Tim Hollis traces the evolution of this classic American form of humor in the mass media, beginning with the golden age of radio, when such comedians as Bob Burns, Judy Canova, and Lum and Abner kept listeners laughing.
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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #129: Jay Hicks
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