Andy with Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton at the launch party for 'Gomer Pyle-USMC' in 1964.
Last night I mentioned that maybe Mr. Schwamp’s identity is buried deep in the CBS archives. Well, I did a little bit of snooping and discovered that, in 2011 and 2012, Production Supervisor Ronald Jacobs donated all of his “papers” from his televis
Read more…I asked this some time ago and it was never answered so thought I'd throw it out there again. Who can identify the episode where a brief scene takes place inside Clara Edward's house yet Clara does not appear in the episode?
Read more…"Nice Dress Nellie" is an actress that appeared in at least 34 episodes of the show. (Mayberry Wiki article) "According to assistant director Bruce Bilson, her name is Marvel, but he did not give her full name. Marvel was a stand in for Don Knotts an
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!! Hope you had a fine day, Allan.
On Monday 11-23-20 Kitty and I were traveling listening to Sirius Radio "60s on 6". The morning DJ played a Hoyt Axton song. After the song he mentioned what a fan of TAGS he was and that the evening before he had watched the episode where Hoyt Axt
Read more…Daily call sheet for 'The Rumor' episode, dated March 9, 1964. This was basically a schedule for the day's filming distributed to cast and crew so they knew where to be and when.
This is a great episode, it's the one with three female convicts. But but but I'm still wondering about when Charles O'Malley (William Bouchey) returns on the bus from "DE-troit." Andy offers him a ride back to his place, and he accepts. If it weren
Read more…Paul Hartman, Mayberry's fix it man, Emmet Clark, starred for one season in a totally forgotten family sitcom from 1953 called, 'Pride Of the Family'. It also featured Fay Wray from 'King Kong' fame as his wife, and future star, Natalie Wood as his d
Read more…I always assumed that the "pulling out the hat size" bit was originally written for TAGS but I came across it recently in a book of humorous stories compiled by Bennett ('What's My Line?') Cerf published in 1955. It was told about a Broadway stage ac
Read more…Remember this game? Know what the Mayberry connection is?
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