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We had a caller last week asking about Mayberry Days and what folks would want to make sure not to miss when they attend.  I talked so much that I really didn’t get into the details of Mayberry Days so I thought I would spend this episode talking about several events coming up. Several of them occur each year so make plans to attend and I really believe you’ll have a wonderful time.

Mayberry Days isn’t the only event so check out the “Event Calendar” link at Mayberry.com for a complete list of events.  Try and make plans to visit one of these events and support folks that are trying to bring a little bit of Mayberry to your corner of the world.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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:

• Event Calendar – Mayberry.com’s Event Calendar is your best source for upcoming Mayberry related events. Use it and make plans to attend at least one.
• Mayberry Days – The Surry Arts Council official web site about the annual Mayberry Days celebration. Photos of past events, ticket information, and all kinds of information to help you see why Mayberry Days is somewhere any fan would enjoy.
• Mayberry Days – The Surry Arts Council official web site about the annual Mayberry Days celebration. Photos of past events, ticket information, and all kinds of information to help you see why Mayberry Days is somewhere any fan would enjoy.
• Mayberry Videos – Drop by and see some fo the videos filmed over the past several years at Mayberry Days and other event to get an idea of the fun you’ll find when you visit these family friendly events.
• Cruise to Mayberry 5 – Come join Mayberry fans on Carnival Cruise Lines beautiful ship the FASCINATION for 5 glorious days to Nassau, Half Moon Cay and 2 “Fun Days at Sea”!  SPECIAL GUEST: Jackie Joseph! Best known to Mayberry fans as Ernest T. Bass’ love interest, Ramona Ankrum. Also see the Facebook Fan Page. http://www.facebook.com/MayberryCruise
• Mayberry Nights in Troy -  Rodney Dillard are joined by Maggie Peterson and several of the Mayberry Tribute Artists (including David “Mayberry Deputy” Browning, Kenneth “Otis” Junkin, and  Jeff “Howard” Branch) for a concert benefiting the Montgomery County DARE program.

Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #89: Allan Newsome

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Several folks responded to our last episode about the “king” of whistlers, Fred Lowery.  If you didn’t hear lasts weeks show (#87), you may want to go back and give it a listen before this episode.  We’ll talk a bit more about who exactly it was that whistled the theme of The Andy Griffith Show and theories about why people believe that Mr. Lowery was that whistler.

We’ll also be talking a bit about Mayberry Days held the last full weekend of September in Andy Griffith’s hometown Mt. Airy, NC.   It’s certainly a sight to behold and I encourage you to attend Mayberry Days if you have a chance.  It’s gooooood!

If you can’t attend, there are other events related to Mayberry and you can learn about them by going to the “Event Calendar” link at Mayberry.com.  Try and make plans to visit one of these events and support folks that are trying to bring a little bit of Mayberry to your corner of the world.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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:

• Mayberry Days – The Surry Arts Council official web site about the annual Mayberry Days celebration. Photos of past events, ticket information, and all kinds of information to help you see why Mayberry Days is somewhere any fan would enjoy.
• Squidoo.com – Great information about Earle Hagen
• Songfacts.com – All kinds of discussion about who whistled the theme to The Andy Griffith Show.
• Fred Lowery @ Answers.com – Information about Mr. Lowery.
• Whistling - Good, everyday whistling can be heard on “The Andy Griffith Show” theme. Ho-hum. Compared to amateur whistling, virtuoso whistling is as space travel is to a walk down the lane.
• Fred Lowery @ SpaceAgePop.com – Fred Lowery was the most successful professional whistler of the 1940s and 1950s. Blinded by scarlet fever at the age of two, he was sent to the Texas School for the Blind in Austin when he was seven. Born 2 November 1909, Palestine, Texas; Died December 1984, Jacksonville, Texas.
• TCNW 87 Facebook photos – Check out the Facebook fan page for Two Chairs No Waiting for images mentioned in this episode.

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Who was “the whistler?” What am I talking about….well, there have been reports for years of folks saying “the guy who whistled the theme to The Andy Griffith Show came to my school when I was young.”  The name most associated with that statement is Fred Lowery.  We talk tonight about the who it was that actually whistled the theme.

The links below will give you so wonderful references about Fred Lowery who is known to many as the “King of Whistlers.”  He was a famous whistler back in the 1940′s and 1950′s.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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:

• Fred Lowery @ Answers.com – Information about Mr. Lowery.
• Whistling -  Good, everyday whistling can be heard on “The Andy Griffith Show” theme. Ho-hum. Compared to amateur whistling, virtuoso whistling is as space travel is to a walk down the lane.
• Fred Lowery @ SpaceAgePop.com – Fred Lowery was the most successful professional whistler of the 1940s and 1950s. Blinded by scarlet fever at the age of two, he was sent to the Texas School for the Blind in Austin when he was seven. Born 2 November 1909, Palestine, Texas; Died December 1984, Jacksonville, Texas.
• TCNW 87 Facebook photos – Check out the Facebook fan page for Two Chairs No Waiting for images mentioned in this episode.

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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #87: Allan Newsome

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Tonight we look at Barney’s Magic Badge.  I say magic because it appears and disappears from his uniform often throughout the episode.

In “Andy and the Gentleman Crook”, legendary con artist Gentleman Dan Caldwell arrives for a stopover in the Mayberry jail and quickly beguiles Aunt Bee, Opie, and Barney with his charm and sophistication. When Barney is left alone to watch him, Caldwell reels him into his web, takes his gun, and manages to escape. Before he reaches the courthouse door, Andy walks in with Aunt Bee and Opie, who are able to see through Caldwell’s charismatic veneer.

Andy and the Gentleman Crook
* Filmed: 21
* Aired: 21
* Original Air Date: 1961/02/27

While waiting for the arrival of Gentleman Dan, Barney works to clean the courthouse. Somehow, during all the cleaning, Barney’s badge begins to come and go from his uniform. It first leaves as Barney goes into the back room just before Dan arrives at the courthouse (time 8:27) and remains gone until he leaves the back room (time 8:51).

Barney’s badge stays put until he has locked up Mr. Caldwell and begins to talk to him through the bars of the jail cell (time 11:01) and asks for an autograph. The badge returns as Barney finishes his conversation with Dan (time 12:04).

It isn’t until later in the episode when Dan steals Barney’s gun and it about to make a get away (time 21:02). It’s hard to see the badge missing while Barney is still standing inside the cell but when he exits (time 21:31) it is very easy to see. Finally Barney’s badge returns (time 22:44) and remains.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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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• Two Chairs No Waiting Facebook Fan Page – Check out the images of the items mentioned on this and other episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting.
• The Mayberry Historical Society – Wiki entry about “Andy and the Gentleman Crook.” Join the Mayberry community and help us build up this wonderful resource of Mayberry knowledge by adding your own information to the wiki.
• Burke on Mayberry #24 = Andy and the Gentleman Crook – A review of the episode of The Andy Griffith Show in podcast form by host Kevin Burke. Kevin talks through the high spots of the episode in about 10 minutes so it is easy to find time to listen.

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As you can tell by the name of this episode, we’ll be hearing about “The Andy Griffith Show starring Andy Griffith; with Ronny Howard, Carl Griffith. Also starring, Don Knotts.”  Well, the announcer didn’t say that but I’m sure Andy would have liked it if he had.

In the episode “The Farmer Takes a Wife” guest staring the Skipper himself, Alan Hale Jr., as Jeff Pruitt we see Carl Griffith.  Listen to this episode of Two Chairs No Waiting to find exactly who Carl is and where in the episode he appears.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d 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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• Two Chairs No Waiting Facebook Fan Page – Check out the images of the items mentioned on this and other episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting.
• The Mayberry Historical Society – The Mayberry Historical Society invites the Mayberry community on the web to to create a history of town and county of Mayberry.

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