I don't see or talk about this one much. I stumbled upon a newspaper article written not long after Andy passed.It was Dixie Ann dishing about life without her dad and mourning those wonderful times they spent together when she was growing up in Holl
Read more…Hello EveryoneI've been thinking about this topic for a while now. It still amazes me what happened to Francis bavier after she retired from being Sam Jones housekeeper on Mayberry R.F.D. It seems as though she just faded into oblivion, but I ran acr
Read more…watching "The Gypsies" and there's old Jamie Farr, who went on to play Klinger on MASH. Were there any other main cast members of MASH that appeared on TAGS?
Read more…Was it just a case of Don Knott's shoes being too big to fill? I thought he and Andy had a good comedic timing thing going with Warren's catch phrase "huh? huh? huh?"
We all know there were chemistry issues with Andy and Ellie and Peggy, but I though
Read more…been watching some color episodes and the streets appear to be dirt roads...but I don't remember clouds of dust in town. Has anyone ever brought this up?
Read more…so I ordered the book "The Andy Griffith Show" by Richard Kelly. Turns out I got a revised and expanded edition, one I'd never seen before. Included in this edition is the script for a show that never got filmed...I'm reading it now...it's like fin
Read more…Hello MayberrylandHere is a list of my picks for best re-run eps for 20161. In color: The Mayberry Chef S8 ep.122. B/W Convicts at Large S3 ep.11 this episode is immortal forever. Forever hilarious.3. B/W Man in a Hurry S3 ep.164. In Color: Dinner at
Read more…I went to App St in the mid 80's , and a couple of friends and I were already the kind of TAGS fans that be a part of this kind of forum...we watched re-runs everyday after school in high school, and watched re-runs in college on TBS every night.
So n
Read more…Betty Lynn and Jim Nabors is all I can think of that remain from the main characters...a few of the Darlings are still around.
I'm in radio and had the pleasure of meeting Don Knotts (and Tim Conway) backstage before a comedy performance in the 90s.
Read more…In A Black Day For Mayberry, Andy was wearing a gun in order to help protect the gold truck. What other episodes contain scenes where the high sheriff made use of a firearm in the performance of his duties?
Read more…First, I don’t wish this to become a political debate.
Over the years, I’ve noticed terms, and or themes, used on TAGS that would not be used in today’s shows due to “political correctness”. Can you think of any? I will start.
In the epp where Aunt
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Here's a few questions from my (obviously) favorite show, "Up In Barney's Room."
What was Barney hiding in the front of his shirt when he started up the stairs at Mrs. Mendlebright's?
What was he cooking for Andy?
Where did that dresser come from?
How ma
Read more…I love them all and use them in conversation to the befuddlement of most listeners. I'd love to have a collection for quick reference.
1. "It's me, it's me, it's Ernest T."
Read more…Sort of like what actors ask for, when they forget, their next line while in a play or on the set...Fill in the next line to the dialogue. Example: Barney: You know Andy...this is where I really belong...Barney Fife, in the asphalt jungle. Andy: Now
Read more…Each person posts three words that follow on from the previous three words to make a story. Say anything at all.
Aunt Bee called
Read more…In this game, you simply add the first (Mayberry/TAGS) phrase or word that pops into your head after reading the posted phrase. Here is the start:
Here at the Bighouse . . .
Read more…R.I.P. George Kennedy, 91.
George guest-starred on TAGS in 1963’s episode “The Big House,” as one of the State Detectives “arrested” by Barney & Gomer. (pictured, l - r, George Kennedy with Richard Angarola and Don Knotts)
COOL HAND LUKE (1967), THE D
Read more…We are planning on taking a trip out to CA in early March. Going out there from Texas to visit family in Fresno. Along the way we are going to Meteor Crater near Winslow AZ, then the Grand Canyon ( weather permitting) then on up to Fresno.
On the way
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