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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/24/2007 5:17:58 PM
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monamie
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Hey Matt--that is a BEAUTIFUL avatar!!!!!
I was in your town just yesterday. That's my halfway point from St. Louis where I stop for a fill-up (car and tummy).
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/25/2007 10:17:39 PM
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43. The Pickle Story
This episode makes just about every "top ten" episode list that I have seen.
Despite her renowned culinary talents, Aunt Bee just can't make a good pickle. Unfortunately, she cans eight quarts of what Barney later calls "kerosene cucumbers".
Not being able to face a year of eating the bad pickles, Barney and Andy switch store-bought pickles into Aunt Bee's jars and dispose of the bad ones by giving them to "safe drivers" with license plates showing them to live far away. There is a great scene where Barney is sneaking the pickles out in a suitcase and blabbering on every possible wrong thing to Aunt Bee.
In the meantime, Clara (still Johnson) is rubbing Aunt Bee the wrong way by gloating over her 10 (no, 11) straight blue ribbons at the county fair. Aunt Bee decides to enter her pickles in the contest.
At first, the boys think it would be funny to see Aunt Bee win a "fixed pickle" contest, but Andy then discovers that winning the contest has an unexpectedly deep meaning for Clara. The only solution is for the boys to eat up all the store-bought pickles so that Aunt Bee will have to make more, which happens.
Clara wins the contest, and the judges agree on Aunt Bee's entry - "definitely kerosene". Andy tells Barney as he forks a pickle from Aunt Bee's jar: "We have to do what we should have done all along - learn to love 'em."
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/25/2007 10:21:13 PM
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Kerrlaw
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. . . and I am most certainly enjoying reading what you have been writing.
Hi there, and thank you.
If you have any ideas of living in the TN/NC mountains, you need to be up on all the Andy Griffith episodes. I quote them often.
One more and I will be caught up - my watching and posting will be in balance.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/26/2007 5:41:22 PM
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morningmike
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Kerr...
I just saw this afternoon the episode where a lawyer talks Otis into suing the county after falling at the jailhouse.
One of my favorite lines is where Floyd, who was a witness, says "this goes to prove one thing...you have to go to Mount Pilot to get a good suit."
BTW, I'm sure you're following the court case concerning Knox county's commisioners. Just curious what your take is.
Mike
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/26/2007 6:03:37 PM
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44. Sheriff Barney
The episode starts with a familiar scene - Barney accidentally locking himself in the jail cell. From Barney's comments, we are to believe that in the past Andy leaves him in for a while. This time, Andy lets Barney out and, after pretending to lay out an important situation, sends Barney out to chalk tires.
In the meantime, the City of Greendale is in need of a Sheriff to fulfill a term, and sees in the paper that Andy has received an outstanding Sheriff award. Andy gives a lot of credit to Barney, which prompts the city fathers of Greendale to offer Barney the job.
Andy doesn't believe that Barney is experienced enough, and tells him so. Barney, still miffed about the earlier goings-on, accepts the job in Greendale.
Andy, based on a statement Opie made, decides to let Barney be Sheriff for a day. Two rough farmers bring in their argument over a spite fence and Barney, overwhelmed, puts them both in jail. Andy quickly resolves the conflict, and the farmers disparage Barney, who storms off, hurt and angry.
About this time Rafe Hollister decides to turn himself in for moonshining. His old lady has stumped her toe moving around back in the hills, is tired of it, and wants Rafe to surrender (this raises the question of why didn't he just stop moonshining and go on, but then we wouldn't have a plot). Andy convinces Rafe, sweetening the pot with promises of Aunt Bee's fried chicken and sweet potato pie, to go back out and turn himself in to Barney.
Barney is so proud of his capture that he calls the Greendale mayor and declines the Sheriff job so that he can clean up the moonshining in Mayberry.
This is a very funny episode, and my favorite part (as usual) is the interaction between Barney and Otis. As Otis sleeps, Barney tries to appeal to Otis' subconscious: "Wheeeere did you geeeet the liquor?" Otis' subconcious leads Barney through several states "He's heading for Canada!" and right back to Barney's address.
As an angry Barney throws a laughing Otis out, Andy suggests that Barney send his test into the FBI:: "Call it the Barney Fife Subconcious Prober Primer."
Barney's reply is one in a series of the same type that continues throughout the show when Andy teases him: "You're real funny, why don't you go down to the hospital and loosen the bolts on the wheelchairs?"
The episode ends with Andy accidentally locking himself in a cell. Barney is making fun, but then locks himself in the other cell, leaving them both imprisoned.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/27/2007 5:35:26 PM
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monamie
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Hey Matt--that is a BEAUTIFUL avatar!!!!!
I was in your town just yesterday. That's my halfway point from St. Louis where I stop for a fill-up (car and tummy).
Thanks!
You know, Springfield is the birthplace of cashew chicken & the drive thru! The best place for a tummy fill-up! 
I know this is off topic, but where is the best place in Springfield to get cashew chicken??? I love that.
But to get things back on topic, Aunt Bee had a Chinese restaurant for a short while, I think. I wonder if cashew chicken was on the menu.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/29/2007 4:17:49 PM
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This is really off topic, but are you talking about Springfield Illinois or Springfield Missouri?
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/30/2007 2:21:08 PM
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This is really off topic, but are you talking about Springfield Illinois or Springfield Missouri?
We're talking about Springfield, MO, though I really loved Springfield, IL when we visited a few years ago.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 9/30/2007 4:18:40 PM
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45. The Farmer Takes A Wife
An amiable (and large) farmer comes to town to pick himself a wife.
Big Jeff Pruitt begins by standing on the street corner and hefting the ladies as they go by. Barney decides to help, and takes Jeff to a "hen" party at Thelma Lou's. Jeff eyes the candidates and decides on.....Thelma Lou.
Barney tries to explain that Thelma Pou is his girl, leading to this exchange:
Jeff: "Are you engaged?"
Barney: "Well, no."
Jeff: "Have you asked her to marry you?"
Barney: "No."
Jeff: "Well you had me scared there for a minute, little buddy. It seems that she's more my girl than she is yours."
Aside: Jeff, played by Alan Hale (the skipper in Gilligan's Island) calls Barney "little buddy" throughout the episode.
Barney wants to fight Jeff, but Andy orders him not to (thus saving Barney).
Andy and Thelma Lou cook up a reverse psychology strategy to deter Jeff. Andy dresses him in a store bought suit and teaches him how to balance a teacup and cookie plate on his knees and takes him to Thelma Lou's for supper.
She serves up some "teeny-weeny" tea sandwiches and starts talking about dieting. Andy busts in with potential houses and jobs in town for Jeff, including a clerkship in the shoe department at the local store. When Thelma Lou says: "Yes, that's the one we will take", it is the final straw. Jeff rips off his coat and tie, says "Thelma Lou, you're tryin' to change me."
Barney blows in and challenges Jeff "to fight or get out". Jeff, who is leaving anyway, takes off and Barney's pride is saved - "The bigger they come, the harder they fall."
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/1/2007 10:26:59 PM
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45. The Farmer Takes A Wife
An amiable (and large) farmer comes to town to pick himself a wife.
Big Jeff Pruitt begins by standing on the street corner and hefting the ladies as they go by. Barney decides to help, and takes Jeff to a "hen" party at Thelma Lou's. Jeff eyes the candidates and decides on.....Thelma Lou.
Barney tries to explain that Thelma Pou is his girl, leading to this exchange:
Jeff: "Are you engaged?"
Barney: "Well, no."
Jeff: "Have you asked her to marry you?"
Barney: "No."
Jeff: "Well you had me scared there for a minute, little buddy. It seems that she's more my girl than she is yours."
Aside: Jeff, played by Alan Hale (the skipper in Gilligan's Island) calls Barney "little buddy" throughout the episode.
Barney wants to fight Jeff, but Andy orders him not to (thus saving Barney).
Andy and Thelma Lou cook up a reverse psychology strategy to deter Jeff. Andy dresses him in a store bought suit and teaches him how to balance a teacup and cookie plate on his knees and takes him to Thelma Lou's for supper.
She serves up some "teeny-weeny" tea sandwiches and starts talking about dieting. Andy busts in with potential houses and jobs in town for Jeff, including a clerkship in the shoe department at the local store. When Thelma Lou says: "Yes, that's the one we will take", it is the final straw. Jeff rips off his coat and tie, says "Thelma Lou, you're tryin' to change me."
Barney blows in and challenges Jeff "to fight or get out". Jeff, who is leaving anyway, takes off and Barney's pride is saved - "The bigger they come, the harder they fall."
That one is a family favorite around here.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/4/2007 8:29:59 AM
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I read an article online yesterday saying that "Thelma Lou" (I think her real name is Betty Lynn?) moved to Mt. Airy, Andy Griffith's hometown. It sounds like she got tired of living in California and just wanted to settle down in a small town. I thought that was rather neat!
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/4/2007 10:49:26 PM
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Kerrlaw
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Kerr...
I just saw this afternoon the episode where a lawyer talks Otis into suing the county after falling at the jailhouse.
One of my favorite lines is where Floyd, who was a witness, says "this goes to prove one thing...you have to go to Mount Pilot to get a good suit."
BTW, I'm sure you're following the court case concerning Knox county's commisioners. Just curious what your take is.
Mike
The jury's verdict was predictable (and correct, IMO). We will find out tomorrow what the judge will order. If it's anything less than a "do over" of some kind, the public will lose respect for the judicial system.
BTW, Dr. Mike, I look forward to asking you some questions on your show.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/4/2007 11:07:57 PM
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Kerrlaw
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46. Keeper of the Flame
Opie is inducted into a secret club that meets in a cranky old farmer's barn, and is designated "Keeper of the Flame". (Why do all of Opie's North Carolina friends have New Jersey accents. Is it a running joke that the producers are playing on us?)
The farmer, Jubal Foster, complains to Sheriff Taylor about the trespassers - and identifies Opie, but Andy doesn't believe him, and he and Barney order Jubal out of the courthouse.
After chasing the boys out again, Jubal catches his own barn on fire while checking on his moonshine still. He saves the still, but the rest burns.
Aunt Bee finds the candle and matches that Opie has charge of, and Andy believes that Opie has burned the barn and says he (Andy) has to pay for it. (Why he doesn't try to round up the other boys and check out the story is a mystery).
Andy goes out to pay Jubal for the barn, and while Foster is falsely running up the tab, Barney chugs a big dipperful of moonshine, thinking it is water. Barney is hilarious when he (always accidentally) gets snockered, and this is no exception.
As Andy arrests the farmer, Barney admonishes him: "Jubal, Jubal, Jubal." As they escort the prisoner to the squad car, Foster has to help Andy support Barney.
The final scene show Andy apologizing to Opie for jumping to conclusions. He tells about how he was once punished for having matches and makes Opie "Keeper of the Flashlight".
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/4/2007 11:31:24 PM
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Oh my! I haven't seen that episode in ages.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/4/2007 11:35:56 PM
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We just got rid of DishNetwork about a month ago. Before that though, I would watch Andy Griffith fairly often. I noticed that they don't show all the episodes. Why is that?
For example, Aunt Bea's Medicine Man is one of my favorites. It hasn't been shown on TVLand for quite some time while there are other episodes that have been on several times as they run from the first show to the last. In all honesty, I don't remember them showing the first show for quite a few runs now either.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/5/2007 12:02:28 AM
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I've always wondered why Barney is not able to taste the difference between water and moonshine.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 10/5/2007 10:20:28 PM
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Kerrlaw
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Kerr...
I just saw this afternoon the episode where a lawyer talks Otis into suing the county after falling at the jailhouse.
One of my favorite lines is where Floyd, who was a witness, says "this goes to prove one thing...you have to go to Mount Pilot to get a good suit."
BTW, I'm sure you're following the court case concerning Knox county's commisioners. Just curious what your take is.
Mike
The jury's verdict was predictable (and correct, IMO). We will find out tomorrow what the judge will order. If it's anything less than a "do over" of some kind, the public will lose respect for the judicial system.
BTW, Dr. Mike, I look forward to asking you some questions on your show.
Mike: the Chancellor did the right thing and made them do it over.
They could have learned from the Mayberry Council, which never engaged in secret deliberations.
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