Two Chairs No Waiting

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It has been several weeks since we last listened to the feedback sent in by your fellow listeners so tonight we’ll be diving into that.  You may notice that the title is only “Feedback Episode” with no number. I did that in honor of Barney Fife because the last feedback episode we had was number twelve….so being cautious…I’m not numbering this episode.

We have feedback about the Darling boys, Mitch Jayne, Good Ole 14-A, and Don Knotts.  We have some fun and interesting items included in the comments so sit back and enjoy the show!

The audio is a bit hard to hear and you will heard glasses clinking and laughter of those in attendance. I hope you can enjoy what you can hear as it certainly is rare audio and I wanted to share it with you.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

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Related Links:

• mitch and rodney talk (YouTube video) – Another scene from the documentary, “A Night in the Ozarks”.
• A Night in the Ozarks with The Dillards DVD (Weaver’s Department Store) – Wonderful DVD for any fan of The Dillards or The Andy Griffith Show.
• Mayberry Days – Official Mayberry Days website.

Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #99: Allan Newsome

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Many of you might remember Don Knotts appearing on The New Scooby-Doo Movies aired back in 1972 and in reruns every since. He was on two different “movies” that year and it was easy to tell that the cartoon character was Don Knotts.

There’s a new cartoon called “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” that just started last week and the first episode was titled “Beware the Beast from Below.”  I mention this because the crowd at the beginning of the episode had standing there, front and center, the Don Knotts character from back in the 1970′s.

Check out the images at the link in the show notes below and see what you think.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

If you use iTunes, please visit the Two Chairs No Waiting page of the iTunes store and leave a review and rating.

Related Links:

• TCNW 93 Facebook photos – Check out the Facebook fan page for Two Chairs No Waiting for images mentioned in this episode.
• 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.”

Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #93: Bob James

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

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

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

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

If you use iTunes, please visit the Two Chairs No Waiting page of the iTunes store and leave a review and rating.

Related Links:

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

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Executive Producer of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #88: John Foster

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

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

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

If you use iTunes, please visit the Two Chairs No Waiting page of the iTunes store and leave a review and rating.

Related Links:

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

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

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I’ve been getting a good bit of listener comments and questions over the last several weeks so I thought I would try and run through some of them this week.

I don’t pretend to be an expert in all things Mayberry so I may not have the answer to all the questions.  Hopefully you will be able to help me where I fall short on being able to provide what your fellow listeners are asking for.  Feel free to drop me a voice mail to let us all hear the answers you can provide.

Answers or not…let’s have some Mayberry fun in tonight’s show.

If you use iTunes, please visit the Two Chairs No Waiting page of the iTunes store and leave a review and rating.

Don’t forget to leave comments or ask questions on the TwoChairsNoWaiting.com website or using the contact information given in the podcast. We’d love to have you be a part of our next feedback episode. Call the Two Chairs No Waiting Hot-line at (888) 684-8415 and leave a voice mail to be part of the show.

Related Links:

• Archive of American Television: Don Knotts Interview – Mr. Knotts discussed his early comedy routines and ventriloquism acts which led to radio and television appearances.
• Frances Bavier Wikipedia – A nice write up about Ms. Bavier and worth a read.
• Andy Griffith Museum – Neal Brower, author of Mayberry 101, will be giving a series of lectures on The Andy Griffith Show this spring at the Andy Griffith Museum. Check the Events section of the site for details.

Voice Mail

Frank  – Aunt Bee/Frances Bavier connection to NC?
Don  – Frances and how did she get along with the other cast members? Request a podcast about that.
Joe – Bankbook and who’s is it?
Bill  – George Lindsey in Mt. Airy within the last year.
John  – Lectures being done in Mt. Airy…are they being recorded?
Kyle  – Later work of some of the Mayberry characters. Angel in my Pocket, All in the Family (Burt Mustin and Ethel Pendleton schoolboard member play by Ruth McDevitt), etc.

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Co-Producers of Two Chairs No Waiting Episode #78: Jerry Farley & Dale Williams

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