A couple "under the radar" movies with Andy Griffith and Don Knotts are now available. From 20th Century Fox's "Cinema Archives" line of MOD (manufactured-on-demand) DVD-R's...
The internet radio show STU'S SHOW will have Ron Jacobs as its next guest, today, September 26. Ron was TAGS' Production Supervisor.
The show airs for two hours at 7PM Eastern (4PM Pacific). Go to the show's webpage to listen.. http://www.stusshow.
Read more…Actor Lloyd Kino died on July 21 at the age of 93. Mr. Kino appeared in season 7's "Aunt Bee's Restaurant" as nephew 'Jack Lee.' Youthful-looking for much of his career, although Lloyd played a college student on TAGS, he was 47 when the episode wa
Read more…ROWAN & MARTIN AT THE MOVIES (1968), a promotional short for U.S. Savings Bonds, featuring LAUGH-IN's Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Lots of guest cameos, including Don Knotts and Andy Griffith.
(fyi - Turner Classic Movies shows this on occasion.)
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The Studio City Patch is reporting that actor R. G. Armstrong died on July 27. R. G. died peacefully at age 95.
TAGS watchers will fondly remember him as Flint in season 1's "Ellie Saves a Female." A close friend to Andy Griffith, R. G. also had a
Read more…Academy-Award winner Ernest Borgnine has died at age 95.
I suspect we need a little cheering up around here today.
Before he was Mayberry's 'Frank Meyers', before LASSIE, THE REAL McCOYS and sidekick to 'Hopalong Cassidy', Andy Clyde was one of the most popular movie comics for decades. He began for Mack S
Read more…Turner Classic Movies has announced (link for tribute article) that it will present a tribute to Andy Griffith on July 18, beginning at 8PM Eastern...
Read more…TCM remembers the life and career of Andy Griffith with a July 18th tribute featuring four of his b
Two familiar faces from my "growing up with TV" era have died.
Character actress Doris Singleton has died at age 92. A familiar voice on hundreds of radio shows like THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, THE BOB HOPE PEPSODENT SHOW, GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SH
Read more…Actor Frank Cady has died at his home in Oregon, at the age of 96.
Frank is best known as 'Sam Drucker' on PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES and guest shots on THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
Mr. Cady also made 3 appearances in Mayberry...
- The original town d
Fantasy and sci-fi author Ray Bradbury has died at age 91.
Mr. Bradbury has no ties to TAGS, but I thought you might enjoy the attached photo.
Ray was a huge fan of Laurel & Hardy, and an active member of The Sons of the Desert (the
Read more…In the spirit of Memorial Day, and wishing Jim Nabors well with his surgery... here's Jim as 'Gomer Pyle' singing The Impossible Dream.
From GOMER PYLE USMC, "The Show Must Go On" (1967, 4th season).
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Did'ja know that not only did James Best ("The Guitar Player") appear in a film with Abbott & Costello, he played the title character? Well, almost...
Arthur Franz played 'Tommy Nelson', fugitive boxer turned invisible man, in ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET
Read more…Sylvia Lewis is profiled in this online interview, whose title is explained by the time she costarred with and kissed Shemp Howard in The Three Stooges comedy BEDLAM IN PARADISE (1955)...
Kissing Shemp... and Other Cinematic OMG Moments
Sylvia played
Read more…George Lindsey may have left us, but in the fictional town of Mayberry, comic book fan Goober Pyle is alive & well, and he went and saw THE AVENGERS this weekend... and enjoyed a brief appearance by an actor who once appeared in an episode of THE AND
Read more…The admins for George Lindsey's "UNA Film Festival" Facebook page have announced that George passed away earlier this morning, May 6. https://www.facebook.com/GLUNAFF
Additional information pending.
Rest in Peace, our friend.
Read more…Character actor Laurie Main died Feb. 8, at age 89 in L.A.; link to The Hollywood Reporter obituary. (Some other sources show him to have been 82.)
Mr. Main guest-starred in "Helen the Authoress" and RFD's "Millie the Model."
A native Australian, he w
Read more…I am aware that some here have not had the opportunity to see MAYBERRY RFD. Except for a run on TVLand in the late 1990s, a stint on the regional cable network Turner South, and isolated local stations, it hasn't been easy to visit this TAGS sequel
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