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Our last episode was the question and so it’s fitting that this would be our answer.  A lot of folk either called or wrote in with their opinion about who’s bank book Andy Taylor was looking at in the episode “Opie’s Fortune.”

The question, if you didn’t hear #74 was: Who’s bank book was Andy looking at, his own or Parnell Rigsby’s, when he said, “Ain’t that the saddest bank book you ever saw?” Go back and listen if you missed Two Chairs No Waiting #74…we’ll wait on you.

Let’s see what fellow fans had to say.

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• Opie’s Fortune – Mayberry.info page with information about this episode. Mayberry.info has all kinds of Mayberry information and you can update and add to that knowledge yourself.
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• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? (WBMTUBB) Chapter – Join the online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club and get a daily dose of Mayberry in your e-mail inbox.

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This episode we’ll be talking about the episode called Opie’s Fortune (#136 season 5) of The Andy Griffith Show which was first aired on November 11, 1964.  In the episode, Opie finds a man’s purse containing $50 cash. When he tells his pa, Andy tells Opie that if no one claims it within a week the money would be his.

Opie ends up getting the money but the owner turns up and that puts Andy in a spot of having to either take back the money from Opie or to pay back the man himself.

A question came up this past week. During the episode Andy take a bank book out of his desk drawer at the courthouse.  Who’s bank book was it?  Andy’s or Parnell Rigsby’s? “Ain’t that the saddest bank book you ever saw?”

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• Opie’s Fortune – Mayberry.info page with information about this episode.  Mayberry.info has all kinds of Mayberry information and you can update and add to that knowledge yourself.
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Opryland in Nashville, TN presented a Mayberry Reunion back in 1991.  In this episode we hear from some of the cast of The Andy Griffith Show that were present for a press conference held just before they began the reunion shows held over the course of a weekend.  We’ll have more clips from this press conference in the coming episodes so be sure to stick around.

The question being addressed in this show is, “Do you feel you were typecast because of your role on The Andy Griffith Show? Also, address any negatives or positives related to your role.”

You’ll hear the following folks answering these questions in this order: Rodney “Darling” Dillard, George “Goober” Lindsey, Betty “Thelma Lou” Lynn, Maggie “Charlene” Peterson, Hal “Otis” Smith, and Jack “Rafe Hollister” Prince.  George and Betty speak more than one time each but I’m sure you’ll recognize their voices as you listen.

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• George Lindsey UNA Film Festival – The George Lindsey UNA Film Festival was founded in part by alumnus and celebrated entertainer George Lindsey. He is well known for his role of Goober Pyle on the “Andy Griffith Show” and many other credits in television

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There was recently an online chapter meeting of the “Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board (WBMUTBB)?” Chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club.  As part of that meeting, chapter members discussed what Don Knotts had meant to them as we drew close to the 4th anniversary of his passing away back on February 24, 2006.

In order of appearance you will hear from WBMUTBB? members “Aunt Bee (of IL)”, Mike Peacock, Jewell Kutzer, Ron “Emmett” Blankenship, MariEllen, and Vicki Pillow.  These wonderful Mayberry fans share what many of us feel and enjoy as we watch the performances of Mr. Knotts.

We also have a voice mail and some e-mail listener feedback for you to enjoy.

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• Jewell Kutzer – Jewell M. Kutzer is a Motivational Humorist who instantly captures the hearts and minds of her audience. Jewell grew up in the same small Blue Ridge mountain town as Andy Griffith.
• Them Timers are Tricky” Chapter – The home to Emmett’s WAVs. A great collection of sound clips from The Andy Griffith Show produce by Ron “Emmett” Blankenship.
• Who’s Been Messing Up the Bulletin Board Chapter – Sign up for the WBMUTBB Digest. The Digest is an automated daily mailing list about The Andy Griffith Show and things related to Mayberry.

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For the last three episodes I’ve been talking about our Mayberry friends being on the Old Time Radio program, Gunsmoke.  Parley Baer and Howard McNear were stars of Gunsmoke on the radio but other residents of Mayberry frequented Dodge City as well.

In this episode, we’ll hear a few clips from an episode of Gunsmoke called “Cow Doctor.” Listen to see if you can pick out the actors.

Tell those Mayberry folks in your life about these episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting.

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An important person very much connected to The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) passed away on January 30, 2010 and I couldn’t let another week pass by without mentioning his passing. So, rather than this episode simply being part three of our remembering Howard McNear we are going to also remember Aaron Ruben.

Aaron Ruben was producer, story consultant, writer, and director and one of TAGS strongest pillars for the first five seasons. Jim Clark, Presiding Goober of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC), said this about Aaron. “Other than Andy Griffith himself, no one was more crucial behind the scenes in guiding and shaping ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ during its first five seasons.”

Mr. Ruben will be missed and fondly remembered.

Parley Baer joins us once again to share his memories of Howard McNear and his experience performing the eulogy at Howard’s funeral.  Smiles and laughter were shared that day remembering Howard and you can hear the love in Parley’s voice as he tells the story.

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• Aaron Ruben Memorial - Located at Mayberry.com. Drop by for the complete story from the October 3, 1995 issue of TAGSRWC’s newsletter, The Bullet.
• Visit Two Chairs LIVE – Two Chairs No Waiting headquarters is broadcasting video LIVE (at times). Drop by this site and you can see the live feed when it is active or watch recorded episodes of the podcast “behind the scenes” production. It’s not much yet but I’m trying to make it better.

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I hope you were able to listened to episode #68 of the podcast as this will continue along that same line. You don’t have to have heard it but I think you might like hearing it before you listen to this episode.

In this show we’ll again be hearing from Mayor Stoner himself, Parley Baer, as he tells us about his friend Howard McNear.  Folks, after you hear the first story I’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing “Floyd” in your minds eye doing what Parley describes as he speaks of Howard.  I was laughing and smiling when I heard it the first time and that joy is still present each time I listen.

Tell those Mayberry folks in your life about these episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting.  I really believe these Howard McNear episodes are some that any “Floyd” fan will love.

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Friends, I have found some things that I have never heard and I’m so excited to be able to share what I’ve found with you!

In this episode we hear from William Conrad and Parley “Mayor Stoner” Baer give us their memories of Mayberry’s favorite barber, Howard McNear.

Be sure to come back next week for more memories from Parley about “Floyd” and tell the Mayberry fans you know to drop by and give the podcast a listen. I think they, and you, will enjoy it.

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Do you ever have conversations with fellow Andy Griffith Show fans that ONLY another fan would understand or enjoy? Well, I do and I ran across one such exchange recently and I believe it will be something that you, as a Mayberry fan, will enjoy hearing about.

The conversation you’ll hear about was between The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) Presiding Goober Jim Clark, the members of The Schumpsters, The Mayberry Texans, and Mother Figure chapters.

We also hear from some listeners about episode #66. We’d love to hear from you, too so…don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

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This is an interview I did with Jean “Hello Doll” Carson back on 26 June 1998 in Kingsport, TN.

Jean passed away on November 2, 2005 and she is greatly missed but continues to bring smiles to the faces of The Andy Griffith Show fans as Daphne (the “Fun Girl”) and convict Naomi Connors.

Jean’s love for the fans was sincere and that love was returned to her by all that had the chance to meet her.  I know you’ll enjoy the interview and the memories.

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• HelloDoll.com – Jean’s official web site.  Fun things to see but the photos are no longer actually for sale so please don’t try and order.
• Visit Two Chairs LIVE – Two Chairs No Waiting headquarters is broadcasting video LIVE (at times). Drop by this site and you can see the live feed when it is active or watch recorded episodes of the podcast “behind the scenes” production. It’s not much yet but I’m trying to make it better.

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This episode we have some news reports about The Andy Griffith Show from back in the early and mid-1960’s. One from TV Guide and another from the New York Times.

Floyd the barber visits with us and we have a little feedback from you, the listeners.

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• Visit our new Chat Room - Located on the front page of the podcast web site. Just scroll down a little and you’ll see it there on the right. Another way for the Mayberry community to visit and get to know each other.

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The time between Christmas and New Year is normally a very slow time for podcast listeners so I thought I’d focus on something that you might enjoy but that isn’t part of Mayberry.

The NEW Andy Griffith Show debuted January 8, 1971 and was Andy Sawyer rather than our beloved Andy Taylor.  This was Andy’s second try at returning to television after leaving The Andy Griffith Show/Mayberry R.F.D.

The first being “The Headmaster,” a half-hour drama from the fall of 1970 where Andy played the character Andy Thompson and was headmaster of a prestigious private school located in California. Headmaster ran until January 1, 1971 and was cancelled.

One week later, Andy Sawyer appeared as the focus of The NEW Andy Griffith Show. Sawyer was a man returning home to Greenwood following time spent in state government.  The mayor of Greenwood was retiring and the town wanted Sawyer to return to be the mayor. Andy Sawyer has 2 children and a wife named Lee played by Lee Meriwether.

The pilot episode was written, produced and created by Aaron Ruben how had lead the creation of the first five years of The Andy Griffith Show.  Andy Griffith also brought in Lee Phillips, who had been the director for most of the last two seasons of The Andy Griffith Show, to direct the pilot and Earl Hagen to create the theme song and music for the NEW show.

To kick off the first eisode, they also brought in George Lindsey as Goober Pyle and Paul Hartman as Emmett Clark both of whom were currently a part of Mayberry, R.F.D.  This was confusing because it was Andy “Sawyer” and not Andy “Taylor” yet the two of them knew Sawyer like they were old friends.

Emmett and Goober has traveled to Greenwood to ask Sawyer to try to have the city rezone some land they wanted to use to start a business.

Don Knotts showed up as “an old friend” on that pilot episode as well. It was a nice scene between Griffith and Knotts but one could only wish it was Fife and Taylor rather than Sawyer and “old friend.”

The show was cancelled on May 21, 1971. This was the same year that Mayberry, R.F.D. went off the air and was the first time in eleven years that some form of Mayberry was not on CBS on Monday nights.

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Related Links:

• Mayberry R.I.P. – TVParty.com has a wonderful history of The Andy Griffith Show and all that followed.  Drop by for a look at the several pages of information and a nice history lesson.
• The New Andy Griffith Show – Wikipedia’s entry on The New Andy Griffith Show is a situation comedy broadcast in the United States by the CBS television network in 1971.

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It’s that wonderful time of the year when we take time to visit with family and friends and slow down to reflect on and enjoy the gifts we’ve been given.

I want to take this time to visit with you and hear from some of our fellow Mayberry fans and I hope you enjoy our visit.

I also have an online Christmas card I’d like to share with all of you.  I have the link below so please drop by and accept this small gift from my family to you and yours.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

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• Christmas Card from the Newsome’s – Jan, Adam and I hope you enjoy this years card.  It’s always fun trying to think of a new twist on the Mayberry theme and for some reason, Charlie Brown was on our minds this year so here we are.  Mayberry and Charlie Brown…I believe this might be a first time for this combination.
• The Ghosts of Christmas Past – You might like to see The Ghosts of Christmas Past in the form of all the “old” online Christmas cards from the Newsome’s dating back from 1997 through 2008.

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Christmas time is here so I thought I’d discuss the one and only Christmas episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

“Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board?” Chapter member, Janet brought to our attention recently an inconsistency in the Christmas episode that I’d never noticed so I thought I’d share it with you.  You’ll want visit the Photos link over on our Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/twochairs) to see screen shots of the things I’m talking about in this episode when you have a chance. The magical card switch is easy to see (time 1:51 into episode on season DVD) when you watch the episode so pay attention when you watch the episode this Christmas.

Since next week is Christmas week, I’m going to play Miss Ellie singing “Away in a Manger” to close out to the show.

I hope you enjoy it.

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I have been looking around the Internet for podcasts to listen to and I found The Great Gildersleeve Replay. Said to be both the first spin-off program, and one of the first situation comedies, The Great Gildersleeve was a spin-off from Fibber McGee and Molly. The radio show ran for 16 years (1941-1957) on NBC Radio.

What does any of this have to do with The Andy Griffith Show? Well, I was listening recently and noticed two names that were used on The Great Gildersleeve that will draw the attention of Mayberry fans.  The Great Glidersleeve is set in the town of Summerfield  and Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve is the main character. I had noticed that one of the supporting characters is Floyd Munson and that he is the barber in Summerfield.  They even call him “Floyd the barber” but while I notice the name and smiled it wasn’t until I heard the episode titled “Sleigh Ride” (Feb 6, 1944) that I really took notice.  It turns out Floyd’s brother is mentioned and his name is Otis.

I started digging to try and see if this show might have been where Andy and the writers of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) came up with the names Floyd the barber and Otis.  I spoke with Jim Clark and Ken Beck recently and neither had heard about Gildersleeve being a source for the names.  I checked the writers to see if there were any in common between the Gildersleeve and TAGS but could find none.

I did find that the person who played Floyd on Gildersleeve was Arthur Q. Bryan.  Mr. Bryan, it turns out, was the voice of Elmer Fudd on the Warner Brothers cartoons.  When Mr. Bryan passed away onNovember 18, 1959, Hal Smith (Mayberry’s Otis)assumed the voice of Elmer Fudd in later Looney Tunes productions.

I can’t say for sure what the tie in between the towns of Summerfield and Mayberry might be but there seems to be enought there to make it worth continuing to dig.

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• The Great Gildersleeve Replay – Said to be both the first spin-off program, and one of the first situation comedies, The Great Gildersleeve came a long way from his Fibber McGee and Molly origins. Lets hear these shows once again, and replay 16 years worth of comedy gold!
• The Great Gildersleeve – Wikipedia story with background on The Great Gildersleeve.
• Arthur Q. Bryan – Voiced “Floyd the Barber” on The Great Gildersleeve. Wikipedia has a very nice write-up.

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Last week we spoke of TAGSRWCs 30th Anniversary and this week I’m following up with the “Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board?” Chapter’s 18th Anniversary.  I’ll talk a bit about the WBMUTBB Chapter but to give you a heads up, it was the first official online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers club and over time has produced to date 4,966 editions of the WBMUTBB Digest daily newsletter.

Don’t worry…I’m going to throw in some trivia for you to test yourself with as well.  Not just ANY trivia either. This will be a few questions from the “Super Bowl of Mayberry Trivia” held each year during Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy, NC.  These questions are HARD so don’t feel bad if you don’t know them.  I’ll throw in an easy one or two so folks like me can feel good about getting one right.

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• Mayberry Days Trivia Questions & Answers – Try your hand at answering some past years questions from Mayberry Days. The question from 1998 through 2003 can be found here.
• Who’s Been Messing Up the Bulletin Board (WBMUTBB) Chapter – Sign up for the WBMUTBB Digest. The Digest is an automated daily mailing list about The Andy Griffith Show and things related to Mayberry.

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My goodness.  I almost let all of 2009 go by without doing an episode about The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) and that’s unMayberry-like of me.  After all, 2009 marks the 30th Andy-versery of the “Rerun Watchers Club” being established at Vanderbilt Universary in Nashville, TN.  TAGSRWC began in the fall of 1979 and within a short time the club, though still informal, had grown considerably.

From October 3, 1982 until the 2001 the official Newsletter of The Andy Grifffith Show Rerun Watchers Club was The Bullet. In June 2001 the club made the move to an electronic newsletter called The eBullet but continued to publish a smaller print newsletter called “The Pocket” (named for where Barney kept the bullet).

There are currently 10,919 subscribers to The eBullet and The Pocket is no longer printed replaced by an even smaller one page flyer called “The Button.”

As TAGSRWC closes out the 30th year as an organization the love for the show that members love continues to grow. New members, both young and old, continue to join and the total number of chapters founded has grown to 1,348.  An official Facebook Fan Page was founded on October 3, 2009 to mark the 30th anniversary of TAGSRWC creation and is already approaching the 1000 fan mark (774 as I write this note).

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• Mayberry.com – Official home of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club.  There is more than 15 years of Mayberry fun on the site which was established October 3, 1994 (the 25th anniversary of TAGSRWC).
• Weaver’s Department Store – The online store of TAGSRWC. Your purchases at Weaver’s help to support TAGSRWC as well as this podcast so go by and get something for the Mayberry folks in your life.
• TAGSRWC.com – Just to cover all our bases The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club owns the TAGSRWC.com domain as well. This site ties in as a sister site to Mayberry.com and they are very interconnected.
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club Facebook Page – TAGSRWC has just opened a fan page on Facebook for another way to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in and around Mayberry.

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We’ll be talking about The Andy Griffith Show episode The Bookie Barber this week and we’ll hear some feedback from your fellow listeners.

What got me thinking about The Bookie Barber was the current episode (#67) of the Burke on Mayberry podcast in which that episode was the topic. Kevin Burke, the host, did a fun review of the episode and I thought it would be nice tie in to tell you folks about some strange and curious happenings in Mayberry during that episode.

I hope you enjoy that as well as the feedback about past Two Chairs episodes from listeners.

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• Burke on Mayberry – Dr. Burke provides tidbits, discuss insights into TAGS episodes, and test your knowledge of TAGS with a trivia question at the end of each podcast.
• Mayberry.info – Page at Mayberry.info that contains events that happen in Mayberry that are not as they should be. The events are pointed out not in an attempt to tear apart “our home town” but because we love the show so much that we have studied each episode and have become “trained noticers.”
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We’ve had wonderful segments of Two Chairs No Waiting during the Rodney Dillard interview and this final segment is no exception.

Our discussion turns more to The Andy Griffith Show and how being on the show has impacted The Dillards over the years.  The feeling of “family” that The Dillards have when performing for audiences because the fans “know” them from The Andy Griffith Show.

Rodney also talks about being on the set between shots and how The Andy Griffith Show was different than other shows on which they appeared.

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Related Links:

• The Dillards – The Dillards are MUCH more than just the “Darling” boys but Rodney, Doug, Dean and Mitch will always be thankful to the Darling’s for helping to spread their brand of entertainment to so many generations.
• The Officail Dillards Web Site & Store – Think of America in the good ‘ol days, and The Andy Griffith Show automatically comes to mind. Then those “Darling boys” pop in there, too.
• Mayberry Values – Using humor, stories, testimonies, scriptures, song and video presentations, the Dillard’s are able to touch and inspire families and individuals of all ages.
• The Dillards Facebook Fan Page – Become a fan of The Dillards on Facebook so you can keep up with their current activities and share the love with fans from all over.
• Rodney & Doug Dillard – Very in-depth biography on The Dillards.
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club Facebook Page – TAGSRWC has just opened a fan page on Facebook for another way to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in and around Mayberry.

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Welcome back to Two Chairs No Waiting!  We’re continuing our interview with Rodney Dillard and learn about a few appearances that he and Doug have made on movies and TV that most fans may not know about.

Rodney tells us about things he’s been working on recently including his Mayberry Values in Todays World presentations across the country. This is a ministry that gives practical applications to what it means to be a Christian.

The discussion goes a good bit into this topic so take this as fair warning for anyone offended by frank discussion of walking through life as a  Christian.  I don’t believe that most listeners need that heads up but I felt like I should give one.  I’d love to hear from you about this topic and have a discussion however you feel.

If you enjoy this podcast, please tell folks about our show!

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• The Dillards – The Dillards are MUCH more than just the “Darling” boys but Rodney, Doug, Dean and Mitch will always be thankful to the Darling’s for helping to spread their brand of entertainment to so many generations.
• The Officail Dillards Web Site & Store – Think of America in the good ‘ol days, and The Andy Griffith Show automatically comes to mind. Then those “Darling boys” pop in there, too.
• Mayberry Values – Using humor, stories, testimonies, scriptures, song and video presentations, the Dillard’s are able to touch and inspire families and individuals of all ages.
• The Dillards Facebook Fan Page – Become a fan of The Dillards on Facebook so you can keep up with their current activities and share the love with fans from all over.
• Rodney & Doug Dillard – Very in-depth biography on The Dillards.
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club Facebook Page – TAGSRWC has just opened a fan page on Facebook for another way to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in and around Mayberry.

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Welcome to the Two Chairs No Waiting – Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast!  I’m glad to have you join me for part 2 of my interview with Rodney Dillard.

In this episode discuss the influence that The Dillards had on artists such as The Eagles, The Byrds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Ricky Skaggs, and several other well known artist.

We discuss the way The Dillards were able to “push the envelop” with the music they played and how they were able to combine different styles of music into their music.

I believe you’ll hear things that many fans of The Andy Griffith Show haven’t heard about our Darling boys and hopefully you’ll understand and be even more thankful for the artist who are The Dillards on a different level.

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Related Links:

• The Dillards – The Dillards are MUCH more than just the “Darling” boys but Rodney, Doug, Dean and Mitch will always be thankful to the Darling’s for helping to spread their brand of entertainment to so many generations.
• The Officail Dillards Web Site & Store – Think of America in the good ‘ol days, and The Andy Griffith Show automatically comes to mind. Then those “Darling boys” pop in there, too.
• Mayberry Values – Using humor, stories, testimonies, scriptures, song and video presentations, the Dillard’s are able to touch and inspire families and individuals of all ages.
• The Dillards Facebook Fan Page – Become a fan of The Dillards on Facebook so you can keep up with their current activities and share the love with fans from all over.
• Rodney & Doug Dillard – Very in-depth biography on The Dillards.
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club Facebook Page – TAGSRWC has just opened a fan page on Facebook for another way to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in and around Mayberry.

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Rodney Dillard, the guitar playing Darling boy, joins us to talk about The Dillards, the Darling boys and much more. In part one we speak about how The Dillards got their start in the music business. In future episodes Rodney will talk about being on The Andy Griffith Show and many other topics.

Because of my association with The Andy Griffith Show, I have seen The Dillards perform many times and I’ve heard them take and answer many questions from audiences.  I heard things in this interview I’d never heard before and it was a great pleasure being able to dive into the career of this influential  bluegrass band.

How influential you might ask.  The Dillards were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on October 1, 2009 and have directly or indirectly influenced artists such as The Eagles, The Byrds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Ricky Skaggs, and several other well known artist.

Remember to tell folks about our show and please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• The Dillards – The Dillards are MUCH more than just the “Darling” boys but Rodney, Doug, Dean and Mitch will always be thankful to the Darling’s for helping to spread their brand of entertainment to so many generations.
• The Officail Dillards Web Site & Store – Think of America in the good ‘ol days, and The Andy Griffith Show automatically comes to mind. Then those “Darling boys” pop in there, too.
• Mayberry Values – Using humor, stories, testimonies, scriptures, song and video presentations, the Dillard’s are able to touch and inspire families and individuals of all ages.
• The Dillards Facebook Fan Page – Become a fan of The Dillards on Facebook so you can keep up with their current activities and share the love with fans from all over.
• Rodney & Doug Dillard – Very in-depth biography on The Dillards.
• The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club Facebook Page – TAGSRWC has just opened a fan page on Facebook for another way to keep up-to-date with the goings-on in and around Mayberry.

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Two Chairs No Waiting made it through the first year of podcast episodes.  What started as a way to publish interviews with cast members that were on Mayberry.com as “Real Audio” files and my desire to turn them into MP3 files so folks could listen has turned in to a weekly Internet radio show about Mayberry.  Two Chairs first year was 52 episodes with just over 11 and a half hours of Mayberry content.

I never dreamed that more would be left to say after the first few episodes.

Thank you to everyone that listens and to all those that have already been a part of the show. I also want to thank my wonderful wife for allowing me to produce a show a week and for hosting the first episode of our second season.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

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This episode marks the end of the first year of Two Chairs No Waiting and what better way to finish my first year than to complete our interview with Neal Brower.

In part three of the interview with Neal Brower as our guest, we move the discussion toward his book “Mayberry 101: Behind the Scenes of a TV Classic.”  That book is labled Volume 1 so Neal answers the question about, where’s volume two?  He also tells us how he came to pen Mayberry 101 in the first place.

We also hear about his Professor Bower’s Lecture series he does each year at Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy, NC.  Neal shares some special memories and many things you may never have heard.

Thank you again to Neal Brower for taking the time to visit with us all here at Two Chairs No Waiting.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• Mayberry 101 – This book by Neal Brower is must reading for any fan of Mayberry. Neal received substantial input from the writers of the episodes themselves, as well as actors and members of the production crew.
• Neal Brower Photos – Photos of Neal from the Two Chairs No Waiting Facebook page. Check back at times for more photos.

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We continue our interview with special guest Neal Brower as our guest.  Neal is a United Methodist minister, taught a course about The Andy Griffith Show at several colleges in North Carolina, and is the author of “Mayberry 101: Behind the Scenes of a TV Classic.”

In this episode we discuss the event held on September 30 and October 1, 1995 at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Twenty cast members from “our hometown” gathered together to pay tribute to “The Andy Griffith Show” and share their experiences in Mayberry.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• Mayberry 101 – This book by Neal Brower is must reading for any fan of Mayberry. Neal received substantial input from the writers of the episodes themselves, as well as actors and members of the production crew.
• Mayberry’s 35th – Report about the Winston-Salem, NC event called “35th Anniversary Celebration: A Mayberry Reunion” held on September 30 and October 1, 1995.

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We have a treat for the next few episodes to have Neal Brower as our guest.  Neal is a United Methodist minister and has taught a ten-week course about The Andy Griffith Show at several colleges in North Carolina.

Neal also is the author of “Mayberry 101: Behind the Scenes of a TV Classic” and an all-around Mayberry fan.  He’s a member of the “Barney Chapter” of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) which is one of if not *the* most active chapters of TAGSRWC.

In this episode we’ll hear some about how Neal came to teach the classes as well as about how Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy, NC got its kickstart.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

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• Mayberry 101 – This book by Neal Brower is must reading for any fan of Mayberry. Neal received substantial input from the writers of the episodes themselves, as well as actors and members of the production crew.
• Mayberry Days – The annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Visit Mayberry -Visit this site for information about Mt. Airy, NC and the area.
• Mayberry Days Videos – Mayberry and related videos to share with your friends and family.

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Our 10th feedback episode. I’ll be sharing some behind the scene fun that the Mayberry tribute artist have when they’re sitting around at the hotel following the shows. These folks always have fun together and I believe that shows during their performace at the events as well.

There are several ways you can communicate with me.

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Thanks for listening and tell your Mayberry friends about us.

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• Mayberry Historical Society – Mayberry.info invites the Mayberry community on the web to to create a history of town and county of Mayberry. Be sure to check out the Strange and Curious Happenings section for some TAGS Easter eggs.
• Mayberry Days – The annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Visit Mayberry -Visit this site for information about Mt. Airy, NC and the area.
• Mayberry Days Videos – Mayberry and related videos to share with your friends and family.

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This is a short interview I did with Doug Dillard back in 1998.  Doug is an amazing banjo picker and to see the speed that his fingers move around those strings is amazing. Doug has been at EVERY Mayberry Days event since it began and this year will be the 20th Annual Mayberry Days.  In recent years his brother, Rodney, has been joining him for two shows at Mayberry Days.

I’ll be talking a little bit about Mayberry Days after the interview.  Hopefully I can help all you fans better understand why fans of The Andy Griffith Show travel each year to Andy Griffith’s home town of Mt. Airy, NC to celebrate the fun and laughs of Mayberry Days. Ever year there are different events, jokes, skits, and new folk in town so Mayberry Days is always different but with spirit of Mayberry spread throughout.

The Dillards will be inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium on October 1, 2009.

The interview was recorded on 26 June 1998 in Kingsport, TN.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• The Dillards – The Dillards are MUCH more than just the “Darling” boys but Rodney, Doug, Dean and Mitch will always be thankful to the Darling’s for helping to spread their brand of entertainment to so many generations.
• Mayberry Values – Using humor, stories, testimonies, scriptures, song and video presentations, the Dillard’s are able to touch and inspire families and individuals of all ages.
• Rodney & Doug Dillard – Very in-depth biography on The Dillards.
• Mayberry Days – The annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Visit Mayberry -Visit this site for information about Mt. Airy, NC and the area.
• Mayberry Days Videos – Mayberry and related videos to share with your friends and family.

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Tonight you’ll get to hear from Gary Crain who is a wonderful Gomer Plye tribute artist and his voice is not to be missed. He sounds so much like Gomer you’ll swear he was right c’here in this room.

Gary hasn’t been performing as a tribute artist for very long but he has certainly made his presence known.  You’ll hear just a bit of his Gomer impersonation during the interview and you don’t want to miss it.

We’d love to hear from you and if you listen to the podcast you’ll get all our contact information or you can leave a comment on our web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts.

Related Links:

• Mayberry Days – Mayberry Days is the annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Cruise to Mayberry 4 – Come join Mayberry fans on Carnival Cruise Lines beautiful ship the FASCINATION for 5 glorious days to Key West & Nassau!! October 12-17, 2009.

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I hope you enjoyed the last episode of Two Chairs No Waiting and our interview with Bob Mundy, Briscoe Darling tribute artist. If you didn’t…well….you may not like this episode because it’s part 2 of that interview.  Bob is a great fellow and while his haircut is city style, his heart is shaped like a bowl.

If you missed Part 1 of the interview, head on over and give it a listen. We’ll be here waiting for you when you get back for part 2.

We’d love to hear from you and if you listen to the podcast you’ll get all our contact information or you can leave a comment on our web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts.

Related Links:

• Mayberry Days – Mayberry Days is the annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Eagles’ Wings of Tuscaloosa – Eagles’ Wings is a non-profit organization that strives to serve adults with special needs.
• Burke On Mayberry – Another podcast about The Andy Griffith Show that you might enjoy.

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On this episode of Two Chairs No Waiting you will get to meet, and know a little better, Bob Mundy. Bob is the  Briscoe Darling tribute artist that folks attending Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy, NC, and other Mayberry events around the country, will have seen on the stage or walking around visiting on the streets of Mt. Airy.

Bob’s a great guy and I know you’ll enjoy getting this inside look.

We’d love to hear from you and if you listen to the podcast you’ll get all our contact information or you can leave a comment on our web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts.

Related Links:

• Mayberry Days – Mayberry Days is the annual festival of the Surry Arts Council that brings fans and friends from all over the county together in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
• Eagles’ Wings of Tuscaloosa – Eagles’ Wings is a non-profit organization that strives to serve adults with special needs.
• Burke On Mayberry – Another podcast about The Andy Griffith Show that you might enjoy.

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Whew!  We have a lot of listener feedback to run through this week.  THANK YOU for writing in and e-mailing. It is great to hear from you.  Bad part is I have so much I can’t read it all on the show…well, that’s a wonderful problem for me to have and I’m thankful for you listening and letting me know you’re out there.

We have several e-mails or comments  so I’ll have to read those to you but we only have one voice mail.  If you get tired of hearing my voice…..call in and leave voice mails so I won’t have to talk so much.

There are several ways you can communicate with me.

voice mail: you have to listen to hear the number…sneaky ain’t I
e-mail: floyd@mayberry.com
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Thanks for listening and tell your Mayberry friends about us.

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• Taylor Home Inn Bed & Breakfast – Step back in time to a more simple time when the living was easy & slow, and folks had time to porch-sit.
• Two Chairs No Waitings Facebook fan page – Sign up to be a Fan on Facebook while you’re there.
• The Official James Best Website

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The final part of the interview with the owners and operators of The Taylor Home Inn, Dave & Marsha Scheuermann. These folks are true Mayberry citizens. I believe you can tell from the four parts of their interview that they enjoy sharing the experience with fellow Mayberry fans as visitors enter their home.

We all look for Mayberry in our lives and the Scheuermann’s are lucky enough to have those seekers of the Mayberry spirit searching out their inn.

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

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• Taylor Home Inn Bed & Breakfast – Step back in time to a more simple time when the living was easy & slow, and folks had time to porch-sit.
• Mayberry Reflections, the Early Years by Ken Anderson – Takes you back to a wonderful place and time that houses life’s memories.
• Two Chairs No Waiting Fan Page – Head over to Facebook to see photos of the folks talked about on the podcast.

If you like Two Chairs No Waiting, you may also enjoy the only other Mayberry podcast that we know of. Burke On Mayberry

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We continue with part three of our interview with Dave & Marsha Scheuermann, owners and operators of The Taylor Home Inn up in Wisconsin. The feedback on these episodes from you, the listeners has been great and I hope that might translate into some of you visiting the Scheuermann’s bed and breakfast and stay in Andy’s room, Opie’s room, or maybe Aunt Bee’s room which they talk a little about in this episode.

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

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We continue our interview with the owners of The Taylor Home Inn, Dave & Marsha Scheuermann and find out some about the folks that visit their bed & breakfast. We also get more details about how they were able to build sure an accurate recreation of Andy Taylor’s home from Mayberry.

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

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Have you heard of The Taylor Home Inn?  It’s a bed and breakfast located near Clear Lake, WI owned and operated by fans of The Andy Griffith Show Dave & Marsha Scheuermann.  They invite folks to step back in time for a visit to Andy Taylor’s home.

You will not believe how much the fireplace looks like Andy Taylor’s.  That alone is enough to make the trip but there is so much more.  We find out how they met and what drove them to build and share this wonderful home with others in part 1 of our interview.

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

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• Taylor Home Inn Bed & Breakfast – Step back in time to a more simple time when the living was easy & slow, and folks had time to porch-sit.
• The Taylors’ Front Porch – Pull up a chair! Have a sit-down an’ shoot the breeze with us. Later on, maybe we’ll go down to the drugstore to get a bottle of pop.

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

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

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

The quote I read is found on page 427 Mayberry 101: Behind The Scenes of a TV Classic by Neal Brower | John F. Blair publisher

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Q. Were there any TAGS scripts which were written but never filmed?

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)

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.

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

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Related Links:

• Mayberry 101 – by Neal Brower this is must reading for any fan of Mayberry.
• IMDB listing for Harvey Bullock
• Wikipedia entry for Harvey Bullock
• Harvey Bullock bio at Emmy.org
• The eBullet – The Official newsletter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club and it’s FREE.

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James Best is best remembered by most as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane from “The Dukes of Hazzard” but fans of “The Andy Griffith Show” will remember him as guitar player Jim Lindsey.  Mr. Best is a very kind person and someone that fans fall in love with even more following a personal meeting.

This interview was recorded on June 26, 1998.

Q. Who was playing the guitar for Jim Lindsey, was it really James Best?
A. James did NOT play his own songs. James can’t play a guitar. James has stated at reunion events that he thought Herb Ellis was the one doing the actual playing of the guitar in those episodes but James wasn’t certain.

Earle Hagen was the music director for The Andy Griffith Show and he himself told TAGSRWC’s own Paul Mulik that the person playing was Barney Kessel so that’s good enough for me. Earle ought to know.

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• The Official James Best Website
• James Best Art - Website of celebrity artist James Best. James is best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the 1980’s hit show “The Dukes of Hazzard”
• James Best Screencap Gallery – Mr. Best appeared in more than 80 films, hundreds of television shows, and was acting for quite a while before his Andy Griffith Show appearance.
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This is our 8th feedback show and I can’t thank  those of you enough who have taken time to call or write and, in general, let me know you’re out there listening to Two Chairs No Waiting.  My desire is to have this podcast to be as much of a two way communication stream as possible.  I’d love to answer your questions and talk about things that interest you related to The Andy Griffith Show. The only way I can do that is by hearing from you.

There are several ways you can communicate with me.

voice mail: you have to listen to hear the number…sneaky ain’t I
e-mail: floyd@mayberry.com
or leave a comment on the web site mayberry.com/podcasts/

The Myers Lake/Franklin Canyon episode of Two Chairs (#13) has been made into a screencast with photos and everything.  If you’d like to check it out you can visit Two Chairs No Waitings Facebook fan page.  Sign up to be a Fan on Facebook while you’re there.

Thanks for listening and tell your Mayberry friends about us.

Related Links:

• Boys Night Out - movie staring James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Morris & Kim Novak
• Podcast Headquarters – you can be see at the Two Chairs No Waiting Fan Page on Facebook
• Andy Griffith Museum – construction photos of the museum
• Museum Items – items from the TAGS set

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In the episode Opie’s Newspaper when Barney mentions “It must be the bomb,” did you ever wonder what he meant?  We’ll we’re gonna find out on this episode of Two Chairs No Waiting.

For those that don’t remember, Opie’s Newspape is where Opie takes his cue from the adults and spices up a penny newspaper he and his friend Howie publish with gossip he’s overheard. When Barney and the Taylors get a look at the new issue, they have to scramble to collect the copies before they are read by the rest of the town.

In the episode, Opie delivers the first edition of the “Mayberry Sun” to Andy and then to Barney at the courthouse.  Opie reports that he’s having a hard time selling his paper so Barney and Andy try to help by telling him he needs to branch out in his coverage.  Opie & Howie do just that and figure that the adults in town seem to enjoy the “Mayberry After Mid-night” section of the paper the most and set out to make their paper have that type content.

Just after Opie and Howie finish the first run of their revised paper, Opie delivers copies to Barney, Andy, and Aunt Bee in the Taylor’s kitchen at breakfast time.  Opie leaves them with the paper and goes out to place free copies in everyone in Mayberry’s hands or, in most cases, front porch.

The “It must be the bomb” comment comes while they are reflecting on the heat.

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

Related Links:

• Mayberry 101 – by Neal Brower this is must reading for any fan of Mayberry.
• IMDB listing for Everett Greenbaum
• YouTube interview with Everett Greenbaum
• The eBullet – The Official newsletter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club and it’s FREE.

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I listened to the last episode of Two Chairs No Waiting and, well….I just didn’t feel like I did justice to the memory of Howard Morris. So, I’m going to take this chance to right that wrong and share with you some of *my* memories of Howard Morris.  I’ll give you some insight on a special evening that I will never forget.

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

Related Links:

• Photos of “A Mayberry Family Reunion” – Thanks to Johnny Phillips for  these photos from Brimingham, AL October 7, 2000.
• The eBullet – The Official newsletter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club and it’s FREE.

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Hello again Mayberry!

On this episode, we get to visit with Ernest T. Bass himself, Howard Morris. Mr. Morris was very kind to me and I very much enjoyed getting to know him over the years.  His son, David, has also been someone I’ve enjoyed getting to know over the years…but I digress.  You’ll hear a little of his real personality “off camera” and out of character.

The interview was recorded on 26 June 1998 in Kingsport, TN. You can hear Howard interrupting my interview with Bernard Fox back in Episode 19 of Two Chairs if you want to hear a bit more of Howard.

Remember to tell folks about our show and don’t please don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the  Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast.  We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• Bernard Fox Interview – Also has some of Howard Morris…interrupting.
• Howard Morris Photos – Enjoy a few photos and memories of Mr. Morris.
• Howard Morris (IMDb) – For a list of all the work Mr. Morris did in Hollywood.
• Qantas Airways Remembers Howard Morris -provided the unforgettable voice of the Qantas Airways koala

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Hello Mayberry!  Thanks for joining us for Two Chairs Now Waiting.  I want to thank Floyd for hosting the show last week for me.  Thank you as well for the positive feedback, all three of them, hahah….about Floyd’s Mayberry Memories.

Let me pull back the curtains a little bit about the stories Floyd told last episode and make sure you know that each of them was a *true* story.  They all really happened.  The names were changed to protect the innocent but they were true none the less.

We have voice mail, e-mail and some of our listeners favorite quotes.

Thank you for listening.  Tell your Mayberry friends about us and don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the  Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast.  We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode.

Related Links:

• Mayberry On Main – Mt. Airy, NC merchants run by the one e-mailers family
• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter – Online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club with a daily e-mail newsletter all about our Mayberry friends.
• Emmett’s WAVs – WAV file sound clips from The Andy Griffith Show.
• Two Chairs No Waiting Store – Purchase t-shirts, mugs and other items with the Two Chairs No Waiting logo.
• Donate and Support Two Chairs – Help off-set the cost of hosting and delivering the podcast. $5, $10, or whatever you would like to donate to help with expenses.

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Welcome to Two Chairs No Waiting.  I want thank Allan for allowing me the chance to host the show! I have a few stories to share with you about some things that happened to me in Mayberry over the years.  These are fun memories NOW but at the time they happened, well, they’re bitter sweet memories that hopefully you can learn from and enjoy.

Be sure to drop by Floyd’s Barber Shop for all your barbering needs and for more stories like these. For a tip, I *won’t* tell you the stories…ha ha..

Also, please remember to leave comments about the show so Allan will know if you enjoyed the episode.

Thank you for listening!

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I started out preparing to make an entire episode about TAGS writer Harvey Bullock but became side tracked by watching the “Aunt Bee’s Romance” TAGS episode looking for a sound clip “Did I tell you what the mirror said to the dresser?” Harvey answers that question for us and and then I drifted off into talking about other great quotes from “Aunt Bee’s Romance.”

I hope you enjoy visiting with me in Mayberry as much as I enjoy talking about the people of Mayberry.

Please let me know what YOUR favorite quotes from TAGS are and hopefully a future episode will be able to feature some of those quotes.

Thank you for listening and please remember…..

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We have several items sent in by our listeners and I want to thank each of them for sending or calling in with them.  I also want to all of you who listen and enjoy spending time here in Mayberry in Floyd’s Two Chairs.

I want to thank you for listening.  Tell your Mayberry friends about the podcast if you are enjoying them.  And don’t forget to leave comments or ask some questions on the  Mayberry.com/podcasts website or by using the contact information given in the podcast.

Related Links:

• Burke on Mayberry – Another podcast you might enjoy
• Miss Crump’s Blackboard – Photos from Paul
• Mayberry On Main – Store in Mt. Airy run by the Miles family who moved to “Mayberry” from Indiana
• Andy Griffith’s Home Place – Andy’s boyhood home located at 711 E. Haymore St. in Mt. Airy
• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter – Online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club with a daily e-mail newsletter all about our Mayberry friends.

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Welcome to part two of our two part interview with the owner of The Snappy Lunch, Mr. Charles Dowell.

The focus of this episode is the world famous Pork Chop Sandwich and where the idea for serving it came from. As I’ve said before, if you’re ever in Mt. Airy be sure to have a pork chop sandwich “all the way” because, as Andy might say, “They’re gooooood!”

Recorded in April 1998 in the back room of The Snappy Lunch so you’ll here dishes, pots and pans knocking against one another as the workers get orders ready.

I want to thank you for listening.  Tell your Mayberry friends about the podcast if you are enjoying them.  And don’t forget to leave comments or ask some questions at Mayberry.com/podcasts or by using the contact information given in the podcast.

Related Links:

• The Snappy Lunch – Web site for The Snappy Lunch with a history, photos and the menu.
• Mount Airy North Carolina – Information about the town, Mayberry Days, The Autumn Leaves Festival, and other events.
• Burke on Mayberry Podcast – Dr. Kevin Burke discusses the cultural relevance, morals and “just plain fun” embodied by “The Andy Griffith Show.”

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We’ve had folks asking about the folks that live in Mt. Airy, Andy’s real hometown,  and interviewing them. The last two episodes were an interview I did with Russell Hiatt from over at Floyd’s Barbershop so I felt like it was very fitting to continue the theme this week with Charles Dowell.

Charles is the owner of The Snappy Lunch and the creator of the world famous Pork Chop Sandwich.  All kinds of famous people have visited The Snappy Lunch.  Charles is a fixture in Mt. Airy and offers a personal view of the town and the people who live in and visit Mt. Airy.

The interview was recorded in April 1998 in the back room of The Snappy Lunch there are dishes hitting each other and folks getting orders ready that can be heard in the background.

Thanks for listening!  Please tell folks about the show and leave comments and questions at Mayberry.com/podcasts or by using the contact information given in the podcast.

Related Links:

• The Snappy Lunch – Web site for The Snappy Lunch with a history, photos and the menu.
• Mount Airy North Carolina – Information about the town, Mayberry Days, The Autumn Leaves Festival, and other events.

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(NOTE: Sorry for those that got the garbled version of the audio on this episode.  I made an uploading mistake on the MP3 file. It should be correct now. -Allan)

This interview was recorded on April 24, 1998 when Jan and I took a trip up to Mt. Airy for a visit.

One big memory of this trip was watching my son who was born in December 1996 get his first haircut. Russell is the person who did that first haircut for Adam and he even has a certificate from Russell testifing to the fact of that first haircut.

This is the conclusion of our two part interview with Russell Hiatt who is owner of Floyd’s City Barber Shop in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mt. Airy, NC.

Russell tells us about some of the things in Mt. Airy that talked about on The Andy Griffith Show. People come from all over the country to sit in the barber chair and visit with Russell.

Thanks for listening!  Tell your Mayberry friends about the show and leave some comments or questions at Mayberry.com/podcasts or using the contact information given in the podcast.

Adam Newsome's first haircut given by Russell Hiat (April 1998)

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• Mount Airy North Carolina – Information about the town, Mayberry Days, The Autumn Leaves Festival, and other events.

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You requested interviews with some of the good people from Mt. Airy, NC.  For those that might not know, Mt. Airy is Andy Griffith’s home town and home to Mayberry Days the last full weekend of September each year.

In the episode you’ll be hearing an interview I did with Russell Hiatt. Russell is the owner of Floyd’s City Barbershop located right next door to the Snappy Lunch on Main Street in Mt. Airy.  Russell *is* “Floyd” to those that visit Mt. Airy and he is a wonderful friend to all who know him.

The interview was recorded on April 24, 1998 in the back room of the barbershop so there’s a good bit of conversation in the background but I know you’ll find it worth listening.

Thanks for listening!  Please tell folks about the show and leave comments and questions at Mayberry.com/podcasts or by using the contact information given in the podcast.

Related Links:

• Mount Airy Barber marks 85th birthday – Mount Airy News story from early 2009 about Russell.
• Mount Airy North Carolina – Information about the town, Mayberry Days, The Autumn Leaves Festival, and other events.

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Thank you to all who called and wrote into the show!  It’s wonderful hearing from all of you and it means a lot to know you’re listening and that you take time to say “hey.”

We have voice mail from Thomas, John, Eric, Tom, Jack, and a “mystery caller” who didn’t leave a name.  Could the mystery caller be Mr. Schwamp? We never heard him talk so……

We have several e-mails and comments as well so this episode is full of it….What’s that, Honey?  Well…they know what I meant.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of the show!

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry 4 – October 12-17, 2009 get your ticket soon!
• Check out the archives here at Two Chairs.  They’re what folks are talking about in this episode so if you missed some, now is your chance to catch up.
• Burke on Mayberry – Another podcast you might enjoy
• Mayberry Bible Study – Free lessons you can use to do your own Bible study.
• The Mayberry Deputy – David Browning’s web site. He has a second one that you might want to view as well….it’s mostly for booking agents but it has some videos on it. MayberryDeputy.info
• Mayberry Fan Fiction – You’ll love reading these stories and traveling back to “our hometown.”
• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter – Online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club with a daily e-mail newsletter all about our Mayberry friends.

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This is the final segment of our three part David Browning interview.  I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed the interview with David. He’s a wonderful friend with a lot of stories to tell.  I’ll be catching up with him again in the near future so we can all hear more of his Mayberry experiences.

This episode we’ll hear about David’s favorite scene from The Andy Griffith Show as well as his favorite episode.  We’ll find out what it’s like to work with the cast members from TAGS and what advice they may have given him over the years.  Finally, we’ll hear about his work with Betty “Thelma Lou” Lynn.”

Thanks again for listening and please leave comments on the web site Mayberry.com/podcasts or by using the contact information given in the podcast.

Related Links:

• Elvis & Andy (AOL Music)- Music video by Confederate Railroad featuring David Browning
• Doughboy’s Passing (YouTube) – Mayberry Days Col. Tim’s Talent Time featuring David. He’s not Barney in this one but you’re gonna love it.
• MayberryDeputy.com – David’s website with booking information

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Welcome to part 2 of our interview with David Browing. In this episode David tells us about going full time as “The Mayberry Deputy” and reveals his favorite character on The Andy Griffith Show.

Thank you for listening and please feel free to leave comments  on the web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts or by using the contact information that’s heard in the podcast.

Related Links:

• Virginia’s In The South (YouTube)- Music video starring David Browning
• Count Istvan Teleky Exists (YouTube) – Col. Tim’s Talent Time at Mayberry Days 2003.
• Barney’s Talks about Floyd’s Cat (YouTube) – David tells the crowd about Floyd’s cat.
• MayberryDeputy.com – David’s website with booking information

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This is the first of a three part interview with David “The Mayberry Deputy” Browning.  David is the Barney Fife tribute artist who appears at Mayberry Days each year and at other Mayberry events throughout the country.  David was THE Barney who Don Knotts would request to open his “An Evening with Don Knotts” shows as “Barney.”  That alone says a lot about the David and his portrayal of the Mayberry deputy character.

In this segment of the interview with David he speaks about how he started as The Mayberry Deputy and about working with Mr. Knotts.

We’d love to hear from you and if you listen to the podcast you’ll get all our contact information or you can leave a comment on our web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts.

Related Links:

• MayberryDeputy.info – More information about David Browning. Videos and more.
• MayberryDeputy.com – David’s website with booking information

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We didn’t do a a listener feedback episode in February so we have several for this episode.  Thanks to all of you who have left comments or called in and left voice mail. I always enjoy hearing from you so I’ll know how I’m doing with the podcast.

We have e-mails from Janet, Romeena, Stan, Bob, Amanda, and Bruce.  We also have voice mails from Robin, Jiffy and Robbie.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of the show!

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry 4 – October 12-17, 2009 get your ticket soon!
• Check out the archives here at Two Chairs.  They’re what folks are talking about in this episode so if you missed some, now is your chance to catch up.
• The Mayberry Deputy – David Browning’s web site. He has a second one that you might want to view as well….it’s mostly for booking agents but it has some videos on it. MayberryDeputy.info
• Miss Crump’s Blackboard – Mayberry fourm
• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter – Online chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club with a daily e-mail newsletter all about our Mayberry friends.

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Remembering  Don Knotts.
It was on February 24th 2006 when the world lost a wonderful man. Mr. Knotts name at birth was Jesse Don Knotts  and he was born on July 21st 1924 in Morgantown, WV. He passed away at 81 years of age on February 24, 2006.

We were all sad to see Don Knotts leave us but I don’t want to dwell on remembering the day he passed so much as I want to celebrate the thing he did in life and the joy he continues to bring to millions each day through the character of Barney Fife.  Sure….there are other characters he played and he deserves credit for them as well but this is, after all, a Mayberry podcast so lets talk about “Barney.”

Don Knotts left this earth in 2006 but we will never be without the love, laughter, and joy that he continues to provide us all whenever we watch him perform or remember performances of the past.

Thank you Don Knotts for everything.

Related Links:

• Remembering America’s Favorite Deputy – Don Knotts
  – Nice memories by Kathryn Darden
• Tribute to Don Knotts – (YouTube) Video of Don Knotts getting his star on the Walk of Fame
• Don Knotts Interviews Lord Morris Fitzmorris – (YouTube) Man on the street Dave Winkley(Don Knotts)is in Gloccamora Ireland getting a load of “Blarney” from the Subject of his interview-Lord Morris Fitzmorris,the Fourteenth Earl of Gloccmora
• Don Knotts – Funniest Moments as Barney Fife – (YouTube) A collection of the funniest moments of Don Knotts in his renowned role as Barney Fife

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In this episode, we’re going to be hearing from Bernard Fox. You know him best as     Malcolm Merriweather but to non-Mayberry fans (and perhaps even to Mayberry fans) his best-known role was as the warlock physician  Dr. Bombay on Bewitched.

Mr. Fox is  a “fifth generation performer” and was born with the name Bernard Lawson in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales. Maybe he’s distant kin to our own Floyd Lawson.  Bernard has been married to his wife Jacqueline since 1961.

This interview was recorded on 26 June 1998 in Kingsport, TN.  If you listened near the beginning of the interview we are interrupted by Howard “Ernest T.” Morris.  The folks talking in the background are Maggie “Charlene Darling” Peterson, The Dillards (a.k.a. The Darling boy), Howard Morris, Elinor “Miss Ellie” Donahue, and Jean “the Fun Girl” Carson.

Related Links:

• Bernard Fox Interview – Another interview with Bernard Fox found on Bewitched.net
• Bernard Fox Makes Fans Merry, Whether He’s In Mayberry Or Elsewhere! – A nice biography on Mr. Fox also found on Bewitched.net

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Discussion about Myers Lake guest staring in an episode of The Rifleman. The exact location where Andy and Opie walked during the opening of The Andy Griffith Show was where the stars of The Rifleman were spotted strolling.

Help us identify other classic TV series that also used Franklin Canyon..err Myers Lake for filming.

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Speaking of the Actor of the Man  I have an interesting bit of trivia for you.

In the episode: Runaway Kid
If you remember, that’s the episode where Andy finds himself in a dilemma after teaching Opie a lesson about the importance of always keeping your word. Opie has made a sacred trust not to divulge that his new friend, George “Tex” Foley (Pat Rosson) is a runaway. Andy must grapple with violating Opie’s trust or returning the boy to his family and explaining that there is always an exception to every rule.

Well, here’s the “odd fact.”

When Andy is talking to George about leaving for Texas, Andy is laying on the couch looking toward George who has the kitchen door wall behind him. Suddenly the double doors from the other side of the room are behind George when he says, “It ain’t?” (time 18:33) then there’s a cut and George is back where he should be. George then walks behind the couch around past the fireplace and then where the double doors are behind him from Andy’s view. Andy “Too bad that ain’t cowboy rations” and THEN Tex says, “It ain’t?” (time 19:49) exactly the same as he had said in the shot just about one minute before. The first occurrence is also a “reversed” image of the second shot. The times are from the season one DVD.

Floyd joins us as well with his Thoughts from Floyd segment.

Related Links:

• Mayberry Historical Society – Runaway Kid episode information contains our episodes odd fact
• Myers Lake is Franklin Canyon Reservoir – Episode #13 of Two Chairs No Waiting

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We’re joined in studio this week by Bert Miller from over at Weaver’s Department Store.  Bert does a special WeaversDepartmentStore.com segment and then joins us for an update on his recent visit to Floyd’s Barber Shop.

Floyd joins us as well with his Thoughts from Floyd segment.

Related Links:

• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter website – See what the WBMUTBB Digest (daily e-mail) has for you by visiting the WBMUTBB Digest Archives
• BarneyFife.com - Home of the Mayberry Bible Study created by Joey Fann
• Mayberry Fan Fiction – See some of the Joe Gritton’s (a.k.a. “The Untrained Voice”) work. A BIG thank you to Joe for writing our “flashback” and providing the Thought’s from Floyd for this episode.

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Voice Mails

Rodney (a.k.a. Mayor Stoner) tells us about an experience with Hal “Otis” Smith as well with Rodney Dillard (the guitar playing Darling boy).

Number12 called in and promised to comment on our show at iTunes as soon as he figures out how.

We have seven reviews on iTunes so thank you all for reviewing and please feel free to do so anytime.

Joe Gritton (a.k.a. Untrained Voice) talks about being a TAGS writer tribute artist. Makes mention of Jean “Hello Doll” Carson and the WBMUTBB Chapters daily e-mail about Mayberry.

E-MAILS

FROM: Joe
I just posted to following to iTunes…

I thoroughly enjoy listening to your podcast and eagerly await each new episode. Your podcast captures the spirit of Mayberry and reminds me to act like a Mayberrian no matter where I find myself.

I am writing because I wanted to go a little further in email to say how wonderful I think it is you were presented the flag from Paul Balmer. Not only was it flown for nine hours and eleven minutes in honor of one day of infamy, but it was also flown on December 7, another day of infamy. How appropriate to recognize TAGS and your podcast in this way. Our soldiers are fighting for a way of life and values espoused in TAGS. May we never take their sacrifices lightly or worse, forget what they do for our world. It is because of them that we can have our way of life, and as TAGS fans it should be our goal to act like a Mayberrian no matter if we live in a small town like mine (with one 4-way stop) or a city as large as New York.

Keep up the good work.
Joe

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FROM: Mayor Pike

I think it’s amazing that the spirit of Mayberry can bring some joy to our men and women heroes in Afghanistan.  Ernest T. was right when he said “can’t do enough for our boys in khaki”.  Thanks so much to Paul and all of them as they serve.  I pray they all come home safely.  And, I’m sure the Milo boys would be proud, too.
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FROM: Joey Fann
The new “Two Chairs No Waiting” Mayberry podcast is outstanding!

BarneyFife.com – Mayberry Bible Study.

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FROM: ThelmaLou
Episode 13 (6 Jan 09) is about Franklin Canyon  (Myers Lake).   I’m not sure if folks will enjoy it but if not…there’s always next week if they don’t.

Allan, I enjoyed it.  I remember the photos you took with Adam the time you visited there.  I would LOVE someday to go there myself.  I may never get there (since I live in the Midwest), but if I do, at least I have directions and know where to go!  I also like the way you mentioned the railing where Andy stood in one episode and how you tied that in with “Return to Mayberry.”  I like to know trivial trivialities like that. 

Janet
(Thelma Lou)

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From: Scott  (Actually written to Burk on Mayberry podcast )

Dr. Burke,
I received an iPodTouch for Christmas this year so I’ve just recently discovered Podcasts.  I’ve been enjoying yours, Burk on Mayberry, and the “Two Chairs No Waiting” podcast very much.  I’m almost done listening to the 32 episodes (of Burk on Mayberry) that you have posted…..

The behind the scenes stories have been great.

Thanks for all of your work
Scott

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From: Liza Jane  about OPIE CATES
I was reading about my grandpa, Opie Cates, online and came across your website.  A lady asked a question about where the name Opie came from and was is short for anything.  I can answer both questions.  First Opie came from Opie Cates the band leader, you are correct.  Second, the name was not short for anything.  His full name was Opie Taft Cates.  I hope this helps.  Please contact us if you have any other questions.
Sincerely,
Liza Jane

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FROM: Jeff (Ref: Two Chairs No Waiting 14: Jeff Branch)

Great addition to have Floyd tell a joke at the end of the podcast!  Look forward to hearing more of that – keep up the great work. – Jeff

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FROM: John
Subject: thanks for the podcast!

Just wanted to let you know i am really enjoying your podcasts.

I’ve been an Andy fan going back to the original days of the show.  While living in Nashville I attended an early meeting of TAGRWC, with Jim Clark (1985?).  It was held at Vanderbilt and they showed the Pilot episode on a big theater screen.  It was amazing to watch the show with so many other fans.  Doug Dillard sang at that event too.  I’ve been to Mayberry Days twice also.  We’ve many times since living in Nashville, and I tell people that the Andy episodes keeps me sane.  While trying to find a job when we moved to Long Island, it was hectic and depressing trying to find a job and get used to Long Island after moving from Tennessee.  Every night when i got home from my job search, i’d pull out my video tapes i had made from Andy on WTBS, watch them and breathe a big sigh of relief – EVERYTHING WAS STILL OK IN MAYBERRY!!  We now live in New Hampshire and watch Andy every day.

Thanks again for doing the podcast!  Makes me feel at home!

Related Links:

• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter website – See what the WBMUTBB Digest (daily e-mail) has for you by visiting the WBMUTBB Digest Archives
• Go directly to the TCNW podcast  iTunes site (if you have iTunes) and give us a rating and review.
• Mayberry Fan Fiction – See some of the Untrained Voice’s work
• Visit Jean Carson’s web site
• BarneyFife.com - Home of the Mayberry Bible Study
• Aunt Bee’s Online Cookbook – Check out some of the 130+ recipes currently at Aunt Bee’s and add your own for others to try.
• Burk on Mayberry- Our sister podcast.

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Jamie “Opie” Sullivan joins us as the last tribute artist interview recorded during the Cruise to Mayberry 3.  Enjoy getting to know Jamie and how being “Opie” has allowed him to do things in his life that most could only dream of.

“Floyd” joins us for some words of wisdom provided by Ken Anderson.  Thanks to Ken for the story told by Floyd in this weeks show.

We’d love to hear from you and if you listen to the podcast you’ll get all our contact information or you can leave a comment on our web site here at Mayberry.com/podcasts.

Related Links:

• Ken Anderson – His book is Mayberry Reflections
• Cruise to Mayberry 4 (October 12-17, 2009) – visit the site for cruise information
• See photos from past cruises

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Visit with Jeff “Howard Sprague” Branch during the Cruise to Mayberry 3. Jeff puts on a black hat, wears a tie and dark suit and becomes Howard Sprauge. As he says, “I even come with his dry sense of humor.” Jeff real jobs is as a DARE program instructor for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department in Troy, North Carolina. He also produces bluegrass shows and puts on a Mayberry show in Troy. See the links below for more information.

We also talk about the Mayberry Chapter in Knoxville, TN and their great web site and newsletter. Drop by and visit with them if you have a chance.

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry 4 (October 12-17, 2009) – visit the site for cruise information
• See photos from past cruises
• Mayberry Chapter website.
• Jeff Branch Productions

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This episode is all about Franklin Canyon and the real “Myers Lake” location where the opening credits for The Andy Griffith Show were filmed.  If you’re ever in the LA area you will not want to miss out on visiting this location. Be sure to take this podcast along with you so you can listen to the ’scouting report’ about where the Mayberry related areas are.  Don’t miss out on the photos and other links in our show notes.

Below are the directions to “Myers Lake.

You can only go one-way around the lake and that’s staying to the right. When you start around the lake….stop at the first parking area and walk over toward the wooden railing. Looking down from the road you’ll see an area of dirt….that’s the area where Andy and Opie walked. If you get past the wooden railing…you’re too far. The other side of the lake is where Howard was fishing for “ole Sam”.

The house that’s on the right before you go across the dam is the game wardens office when Andy and Helen went fishing without a license and had to pay the fine.

Directions

2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills, California

From the West Side, head north on Beverly Drive following signs to Coldwater Canyon. Turn left on Coldwater/Beverly Drive and turn left again on Beverly Drive , at Fire Station No. 2. The third right is Franklin Canyon Dr. continue through residential area to park entrance. At the intersection of Franklin Canyon and Lake Drive turn right to go to Franklin Canyon Ranch site or turn left to go to the Sooky Goldman
Nature Center and Franklin Canyon Lake.

From the San Fernando Valley, From the Ventura Freeway (101) or Ventura Blvd. Take Coldwater Canyon Boulevard south to the intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Mulholland Drive. Make a 90 degree right turn onto Franklin Canyon Dr. There is no street sign “Franklin Canyon.” Road signs read “Road Closed 800 Feet” “Sunset to Sunrise”; this is the park entrance. Do NOT make a “U-Turn” for this will bring you onto Mulholland Drive instead of Franklin Canyon. Stay on paved surface to reach the Sooky Goldman Nature Center and continue south of the lake for 1.5 miles to reach the Franklin Canyon Ranch Site area.
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As you enter the “loop” that goes around the lake (it’s one way so this should make it easy to describe), you will have a wooden railing on the left. That railing is where Andy stopped on “The Return to Mayberry” and looked down at Myers Lake.  There is a parking area about 40 yards down on the left.

Park there and walk over to the railing just to the left of the parking area (not the railing that on the main road but the wooden “fence” that keeps folks from falling down the slope.   When you look down the slope you’ll see the path. This is where Andy and Opie walked.  There’s a wooden picnic table down there.

Related Links:

• Photos of Franklin Canyon – These are photos taken during my two trips to visit Franklin Canyon.
• Video at Franklin Canyon – Your host and his son, Adam, back in 2004 at Myers Lake filming our version of the opening credits of TAGS.
• Franklin Canyon Reservoir – Live Search Maps will show you an “Aerial” view of the exact location Andy and Opie walked in the opening credits. The “pins” are off a bit but they’ll get you started. Click “Aerial” after the page loads to see the overhead view.
• Franklin Canyon – The TV show “Combat” as filmed at Franklin Canyon as well. See if you can spot Myers Lake areas in the images on this site.
• Opening Credits Location – Wikimapia.org provided another nice view from above of “Myers Lake.”
• Let’s Go to the Fishin’ Hole – Report by The Mayberry Times publisher (1996) about his trip to Myers Lake and meeting with some of the cast members.
• A Walk With Andy and Opie – Report in “My Sen-Tence” from the mid-1990’s by Paul Filder and his trip to Franklin Canyon.
• Franklin Canyon Lake – Nice write-up about the area but be sure to click the photo gallery to view the photos.

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Mike Peacock of the “Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board?” Chapter provides us with a little more insight into why Elinor Donahue left TAGS after only one season.

Robbie Curlee gives us some behind the scenes information about a near meeting with/sighting of Andy Griffith in Mt. Airy, NC.

We have ONE rating on iTunes but there are only 11 subscribers using iTunes so that’s 9% . “Fife” gave us a 5 star rating and I’m thankful for that. We’d love to have more ratings so if you’re one of the 11 subscribers using iTunes go give us a good rating and a review.

Janet who goes by Thelma Lou on the WBMUTBB Digest had this to say about episode 11: I especially enjoyed your most recent podcast with the interview with Elinor Donahue (though I listen to and enjoy all of them).  And adding “Away in a Manger” at the end was the perfect touch!

Romeena from over at The Taylor’s Front Porch (shownotes will have the link) had this to say: Hey, Floyd.  Great podcast.  Very down-home, friendly and welcoming.  Makes me proud to know ya!

Dave, who goes by “Gomer in Glasgow” wrote in to remind me that he was around early in the life of the WBMUTBB Chapter like Jack Felenzer and Kevin Johnson. And he says: have a Merry Christmas an a Happy New Year……Lotsa Luck ta you an’ yers….Gomer in Glasgow

Brian from Stevensville, MD wrote in to say: Greetings Alan!   What was it like meeting Hoke Howell in Judge Laird’s “Mayberry Room” in Anniston, Alabama? What did he talk about? Curious. Thanks!

==Finally==

Certificate for flag presented by MAC Paul Balmer (click image for large view)

Chief Master-At-Arms Paul Balmer presented to me on behalf of the fans of The Andy Griffith Show and of this podcast a flag that was actually flown over the Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. This is BIG for me and I believe it will be to you, the listener, as well.  Paul and the troops serving with him are in our prayers. Thank you, Paul, for this great honor.

Please let us hear from you!  We would love to hear your comments, questions, and Mayberry experiences so send them in either by leaving comments on our website,  e-mail me (floyd@mayberry.com), or use our toll-free number to add your voice to the podcast. No…I’m not giving out the number here..you have to listen to the podcast to get the number (sneaky ain’t I).

Related Links:

• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? Chapter website – See what the WBMUTBB Digest (daily e-mail) has for you by visiting the WBMUTBB Digest Archives
• Andy’s Homeplace - Stay in the Mount Airy home where he lived during his adolescence until his high school graduation.
• Go directly to the TCNW podcast  iTunes site (if you have iTunes) and give us a rating and review.
• Visit The Taylor’s Front Porch for some fun Mayberry conversation and say “hey” to Romeena
• Make plans to go on the Cruise to Mayberry 4 12-17 October 2009. Not sure about a cruise, check out the photos from past cruises.
• Read the Hoke Howell story in My Sen-tence Online Newsletter of the “Mother Figure” Chapter of TAGSRWC.

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Andy & Ellie Singing

(NOTE: If you originally got episode 10 in your feed…sorry about that error. Here’s the corrected feed.)

Merry Christmas from Two Chairs No Waiting. This episode features an interview with Elinor Donahue recorded during rehearsal for the Mayberry in Meadowview event held in Kingsport, TN on June 27, 1998. It is a fun interview and “Miss Ellie” is a wonderful person. I can’t thank her enough for sitting down and talking with me.  We end the episode in a special way as well so be sure to listen.

Related Links:

• In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue – Weaver’s has her book and I know you’ll enjoy it
• Merry Christmas from your host and his family – The Newsome’s 2008 Online Card

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We finish up our interview with Kenneth “Otis” Junkin.  This interview also has Tim “Goober” Pettigrew joining us toward the end of Ken’s interview.

Thank you for all the kind e-mails I’ve received about the podcast.  I hope some of you will take time to call our toll-free number and be a part of future episodes.

A quick correction if you listened to episode 9, the toll-free number I gave out on that episode was WRONG.  I wrote the number down wrong so I said the wrong number in episode 9. In this episode I give you the correct number.  Sorry about that.

I’m not telling you the number. You’ll have to listen to episode to find out but we hope to hear from you with your questions or comments about past episodes or TAGS.

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry web site
• See photos from past cruises
• Mayberry Days 2004 photo of “Otis” and some of the Mayberry gang

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The first of a 2 part interview with Kenneth “Otis” Junkin.  Ken has been playing Otis for a while and everyone seems to love Otis. That may be related to the fact that Ken is playing Otis and he’s a person folks love to be around.

We have a special shout out to the boys in kaki serving over seas from a special guest.

If you’re not overseas (i.e. you’re in the US) we now have a toll-free number where you can call and be a part of future episodes. I’m not telling you the number. You’ll have to listen to episode to find out (NOTE: I gave the WRONG Number out on this episode so don’t call it. I corrected it on the next episode.) but we hope to hear from you with your questions or comments about past episodes or TAGS.

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry web site
• See photos from past cruises

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This episode is dedicated to the 17th Anniversary of the “Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board?” (WBMUTBB) Chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC).  WBMUTBB has a daily e-mail newsletter that is delivered daily containing all kinds of Mayberry information.  If you’re not a member there but you’ve been listening to our podcast, I’m sure you’d enjoy being a part of that little corner of Mayberry on the web.

Related Links:

• Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board Chapter web site
• Subscribe to the WBMUTBB Chapter Daily e-mail
• See the original vote tally when the WBMUTBB Chapter name was chosen
• Archive of the “State of the Board” address from the 15th Anniversary (2006) of WBMUTBB
• Visit TAGSRWC.com – Sister site to Mayberry.com and home to Miss Crump’s Forum

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The final part of our two part interview with Tim “Goober” Pettigrew. Be sure not to miss last episode so you can hear all of Tim’s interview.

Thank you all for the kind words you’ve been saying about the Two Chairs No Waiting Mayberry Internet Radio Show.  I’m moving away from just saying “podcast” because so many don’t understand you can listen to the episodes even if you don’t have an iPod or MP3 player. You can listen right from our web site. http://mayberry.com/podcasts/  Thanks for listening

I would love to hear from even more of you fine folks so leave a comment, question, and/or Mayberry experience for us all to share.

I’ve turned up the production value of this episode a little bit by adding some background music while I’m talking. The VW Boys we kind enough to give me permission to use their music on the podcast..err…internet radio show so I want to thank them.  Let me know what you think and drop by their web site to thank them for supporting Two Chairs No Waiting.

Related Links:

• VW Boys – Music, Magic and Fun!!
• Cruise to Mayberry web site
• See photos from past cruises

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Part 1 of our two part interview with Goober Pyle tribute artist Tim Pettigrew. The interview, as well as several upcoming episodes, was recorded on the Cruise to Mayberry 3 which occurred in early November 2008.

You’ll enjoy this interview with Tim. He’s a great guy and can sew up his fingers better than anybody other than George Lindsey himself.

I would love to hear from you!  Leave some comments, questions, and/or Mayberry experiences for me.

Related Links:

• Cruise to Mayberry 3 web site- Will be updated with new cruise information soon!
• See photos from past cruises

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TAGS fan Robbie Curlee shares his memories of meeting and visiting with George Lindsey.  Listener feedback from a listener serving his country overseas.

Happy Veterans Day to all those who have served or are serving currently in the US Armed Forces.  Mayberry says, “Thanks and happy motoring.”

Please let us hear from you!  We would love to hear your comments, questions, and Mayberry experiences so send them in either by leaving comments or e-mail me your recorded thoughts (floyd@mayberry.com).

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This is the final episode of our interview with George Lindsey . I can’t thank Mr. Lindsey enough for allowing us to set down with him. He is the greatest and hopefully we may be able to speak with him again for some future episode.

This is part 4 of a four part interview with George Lindsey.

- Notes on Interview Part 4
* George talks about the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
* George speaks at the Alabama State Legislature

The very first George Lindsey UNA Film Festival was about to be held when this interview was performed and now they are about to have the 12th annual. Keep that in mind as you listen and realize the wonderful contribution Mr. Lindsey has made to future entertainers.

Related Links:

• George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
• George Lindsey Biography – The Life of George “Goober” Lindsey
• Burke on Mayberry – Another Mayberry podcast you would enjoy

Please let us hear from you!  We would love to hear your comments, questions, and Mayberry experiences.

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Episode of Two Chairs No Waiting is the third of our four part interview with George Lindsey .  Continued with comments about my meeting Mr. Lindsey for the second time at a bookstore only about 5 days after my first meeting with him.

This is part 3 of a four part interview with George Lindsey.

- Notes on Interview Part 3
* George talks about areas of his carrier other than TAGS
* George taught school in Hazel Green, AL
* In TV you were expected to know your lines and be on-time
* Andy threw “Goober” in the lake.

The “Lake” George was thrown in was known as “Tarzan” lake where they filmed the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films of the 1940’s.
* Located across Ballona Creek from the main 40 Acres backlot was a small jungle and lake set which was prominently featured in RKO’s Tarzan films of the 1940’s (from The Andy Griffith Show)

Related Links:

• RetroWeb – Information about “40 Acres” backlot where TAGS was filmed. Be sure to take the tour

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Thank you for coming back for our second episode of Two Chairs No Waiting where we continue with the second of our four part interview with George Lindsey .  I reported last time that the interview was done in Jim Clark’s living room but I mistakenly left out the fact that my wonderful wife Jan was there in the room with George, Jim, Kenneth and myself.  It *was* ten years ago and I couldn’t remember exactly who was there but she knew….you could tell by the way she was looking at me….she knew she was the one…..the one I left out of my list. Kind’a reminded me of “Ole Sam” the way she was looking at me.

This is part 2 of a four part interview with George Lindsey.

Related Links:

• Mayberry.com Episode Search – List of George Lindsey Episodes

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For our first episode of Two Chairs No Waiting, TAGS and Mayberry RFD star George Lindsey is our special guest.  This interview was my very first ever and it was recorded back in 1998.  The interview was done in Jim Clark’s living room in Nashville, TN.  Present in the room was George “Goober” Lindsey, Jim “Presiding Goober” Clark, Kenneth “Otis” Junkin, and Allan Newsome.

This is part 1 of a four part interview with George Lindsey.

Related Links:

• The Bullet – No longer printed but now delivered free as The eBullet
• Mayberry.com

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Two chairs…and I’ve got the magazines to swing it!

Mayberry.com is launching a podcast. I know…the living in Mayberry should be easy and slow but even in Mayberry folks listened to the radio. These days podcasts are becoming almost like radio and since Mayberry.com has had sound clips and cast interviews online since the 1990’s I felt it was time to join the world of podcasting.

Two Chairs No Waiting will be a podcast about The Andy Griffith Show and all things Mayberry. There will be interviews, Q&A sessions (hopefully) and a lot of Mayberry fun.

I hope you’ll join us and give a listen as we move out in this new direction. It will be a bit longer before the episodes begin showing up online but I plan to do several episodes upfront before I post any of them so *maybe* I can actually keep the podcasts coming on a regular basis.