{"id":334,"date":"2009-07-07T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/?p=334"},"modified":"2015-02-17T09:09:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T15:09:33","slug":"two-chairs-no-waiting-39-myra-lambert-is-a-raindrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iMayberry.com\/podcasts\/2009\/07\/two-chairs-no-waiting-39-myra-lambert-is-a-raindrop\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Chairs No Waiting 39: Myra Lambert is a Raindrop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Host:<\/strong> Allan Newsome
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\"Two<\/a>

Two Chairs No Waiting<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you remember the story about Myray Lambert?\u00a0 No…not Myra Koontz, that’s a completely different story.\u00a0 I’m talking about the “news” Opie and Howie were sharing in the original version of “The Mayberry Sun<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Frequent listeners will remember that in episode #36 of Two Chairs No Waiting<\/strong><\/em> we were discussing “the bomb” comment made in on TAGS episode “Opie’s Newspaper<\/em><\/strong>.” (Feel free to pause and go back to give#36 a listen if you missed it.)<\/p>\n

While researching that comment, I was re-reading Neal Brower<\/strong>‘s wonderful book Mayberry 101<\/strong> and ran across a nice insight for fan of The Andy Griffith Show <\/em>and thought it was something you’d want to know or be reminded of if you have Neal’s book.<\/p>\n

The quote I read is found on page 427 Mayberry 101: <\/strong>Behind The Scenes of a TV Classic<\/em> by Neal Brower<\/strong> | John F. Blair publisher<\/p>\n

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Q. Were there any TAGS scripts which were written but never filmed?<\/p>\n

A. Yes .Paul, I wrote one ..( I don’t know if other writers wrote any.) Our unfilmed episode was THE WANDERING MINSTREL, which I wrote with Ray Allen Saffian for the 1962-1963 season.. It featured a charming footloose guitar player we called “Wally Jordan.” ( based on an actual musician Andy had great respect for, Brownie Mcghee)<\/p>\n

Andy had constantly spoken in praise of Brownie, so it was inevitable someone would write the story. We wrote the outline and then the fully completed script. Now the weird part. To this day nobody on TAGS can give a reason why it wasn’t filmed. It’s still a mystery.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to read the script, it is printed in its entirety in Richard Kelly’s seminal book THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW .. Pickled Tink to hear from you. Harvey B<\/p>\n

**You can get Richard Kelly’s book at…you guessed it…Weaver’s Dept Store<\/a>***\u00a0 http:\/\/WeaversDepartmentStore.com<\/p>\n

Please tell folks about our show and don’t forget to share some comments or ask a question or two on the iMayberry.com\/podcasts<\/a> website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. I would love to have you be a part the show.<\/p>\n

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