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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/14/2007 10:26:52 AM
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Personally, of all the ladies, I'd have liked to see Andy take up with Ellie, with Peggy a close second. I just cannot for the life of me understand what he saw in Helen Crump.
I agree.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/16/2007 5:19:29 PM
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I'm glad to see this thread still running. I wish I could pop in more because Kerrlaw does an awesome job with it!
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/17/2007 6:48:59 PM
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70. Lawman Barney
Barney orders two farmers who are operating a truck store to move outside the city limits. The smart alecks (one of whom is Al Melvin in one of the many "bully" roles he played on the show), chase Barney off in disgrace.
Barney is feeling very low over this, and Andy can't figure out why. He thinks maybe that the laundry put too much starch in Barney's shirt and his armpits are chafed, but soon realizes it is more serious.
Andy encounters the farmers and runs them off. They try to intimidate Andy, but realize "He ain't kiddin'." "No, not this one." They admit that they ran Barney off.
Andy tells them a tall tale about "Fast Gun Fife, Barney the Beast, Fife the Fierce" that makes them afraid that Barney may gun them down. When Barney returns, at Andy's insistence, the bullies quickly run off, restoring Barney's confidence.
Unfortunately, they stop at the filling station, where Floyd tears himself away from his Nectarine Crush long enough to let the cat out of the bag that Barney is not vicious. They go back to "sellin' and vendin'". Floyd stops by the court house, concerned, and tells Andy what happened.
Andy goes to run them off for good, but Barney insists on going, and makes Andy get out of the car so he can do it himself. Barney stands up to the farmers, and makes a heartfelt specch about how his badge "represents a whole lot of people, who are a whole lot bigger than the two of you." The ashamed farmers leave quietly.
Good stuff.
After they leave and Andy compliments Barney on "a fine a job of stalking that I've ever seen", Barney accidentaly shoots out the tire on the squad car and Andy confiscates his gun. Life is back to normal.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/22/2007 7:29:35 PM
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71. The Mayberry Band
One of my very favorite episodes.
Mean ol' Mayor Stoner won't sign the voucher to send the band to Raleigh to the state band competition as a reward for playing at parades and things. (Why Andy didn't just bring it up for a vote at the ever changing council meeting is a mystery, as they voted on everything else.)
The mayor feels that the band is an embarrassment to Mayberry because they play so poorly. Andy begs for another chance, but the band is as bad as ever, so no go.
Freddy Fleet and His Band With a Beat are passing through and stop to eat. As usual, Andy "persuades" Freddy to do something he did not intend to. This time, he forces the professional musicians to put on the band uniforms and march with the boys.
After persuading the Mayor to one more listen the band marches through town sounding like John Phillip Sousa himself was in charge. The Mayor relents and signs the voucher, only to be again dismayed as the band bus pulls out with the boys sounding as bad as ever.
Good sub-plot: Barney, desperately wanting to be in the band, invests in a pair of cymbals (Andres Castellandas marchers) and wants to try out for Andy. To shut him up, Andy puts Barney in the band as the "standby cymbalist". At several points Barney nearly deafens Andy, the Mayor, and two or three band members. Barney hangs around with Freddy Fleet's boys and begins using "hep" talk, like "Let's make the scene, chickie baby".
When the Mayor is told Barney has invested in the Andres Castellandas marchers he says "OK, he can wear them to work". At another point Barney tries to move the Mayor along by pushing his bottom, then his back, with the cymbals.
Favorite moment: When the new band (including the Freddy Fleet guys) rehearses Star and Stripes Forever, jazz trumpeter Phil Sunkel really gets into it and cuts loose with a great riff on the trumpet.
Andy says "I know those (ferbillos?) are hard to play, and I admire your ability to run them off like that, but could you play it a little more straight?"
Phil: "I thought that was straight, constable, in fact, I thought it was kind of... quaint."
Andy: "well, quainten it up a mite."
I liked it so well that I watched it twice.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/28/2007 10:31:38 PM
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ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw1
71. The Mayberry Band
One of my very favorite episodes.
Mean ol' Mayor Stoner won't sign the voucher to send the band to Raleigh to the state band competition as a reward for playing at parades and things. (Why Andy didn't just bring it up for a vote at the ever changing council meeting is a mystery, as they voted on everything else.)
The mayor feels that the band is an embarrassment to Mayberry because they play so poorly. Andy begs for another chance, but the band is as bad as ever, so no go.
Freddy Fleet and His Band With a Beat are passing through and stop to eat. As usual, Andy "persuades" Freddy to do something he did not intend to. This time, he forces the professional musicians to put on the band uniforms and march with the boys.
After persuading the Mayor to one more listen the band marches through town sounding like John Phillip Sousa himself was in charge. The Mayor relents and signs the voucher, only to be again dismayed as the band bus pulls out with the boys sounding as bad as ever.
Good sub-plot: Barney, desperately wanting to be in the band, invests in a pair of cymbals (Andres Castellandas marchers) and wants to try out for Andy. To shut him up, Andy puts Barney in the band as the "standby cymbalist". At several points Barney nearly deafens Andy, the Mayor, and two or three band members. Barney hangs around with Freddy Fleet's boys and begins using "hep" talk, like "Let's make the scene, chickie baby".
When the Mayor is told Barney has invested in the Andres Castellandas marchers he says "OK, he can wear them to work". At another point Barney tries to move the Mayor along by pushing his bottom, then his back, with the cymbals.
Favorite moment: When the new band (including the Freddy Fleet guys) rehearses Star and Stripes Forever, jazz trumpeter Phil Sunkel really gets into it and cuts loose with a great riff on the trumpet.
Andy says "I know those (ferbillos?) are hard to play, and I admire your ability to run them off like that, but could you play it a little more straight?"
Phil: "I thought that was straight, constable, in fact, I thought it was kind of... quaint."
Andy: "well, quainten it up a mite."
I liked it so well that I watched it twice.
That's got a ring to it! 
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 12/30/2007 7:15:07 PM
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Kerr,
I am totally impressed that you would know the name of the trumpeter in the Freddy Fleet band!
I've often wondered if that band, like the Darlings/Dillards, wasn't actually made up of some real honest-to-goodness musicians.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/2/2008 5:46:20 PM
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I've often wondered if that band, like the Darlings/Dillards, wasn't actually made up of some real honest-to-goodness musicians.
Mike
They were, but I can't remember the name off the top of my head.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/2/2008 6:52:20 PM
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The Dillards were a real group.
There hasn't been anything on TV so we have been watching some of our favorite Andy Griffith episodes. So many good ones!!! (Last night was the one where Opie decides Thelma Lou is his girl instead of Karen Burgess.)
What do you want to do at the duck pond, Barney?
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/3/2008 5:31:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: monamie
The Dillards were a real group.
There hasn't been anything on TV so we have been watching some of our favorite Andy Griffith episodes. So many good ones!!! (Last night was the one where Opie decides Thelma Lou is his girl instead of Karen Burgess.)
What do you want to do at the duck pond, Barney?
They were purty good too. I have a compilation of their stuff entitled There Is A Time.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/18/2008 12:24:07 PM
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72. Floyd the Gay Deceiver
Back in the good old days "gay" had a very different meaning, but "deceiver" has stood the test of time.
Andy sees mail addressed to Floyd Lawson Enterprises, and Floyd confesses that he belongs to a Lonely Hearts Club and has corresponded with a rich widow, who he has misled into believing that he is a big time wealthy businessman.
This, coupled with the "enhanced" picture Floyd sent her, has Floyd in a panic when the widow announces that she is coming to see Floyd. He calls himself a "miserable, deceitful wretch" in the mirror, and repeatedly declares that he is "going to Nashville".
Andy reluctantly agrees to help by allowing Floyd to use Cliff Deveraux's big fine house while Cliff is in New Orleans. Aunt Bee dresses up as a maid to complete the picture.
When the widow, Madeline Grayson, arrives, Floyd is in quite a state. He introduces Andy as his son and says he is in college.
Madeline: "What are you studying?"
Andy: "Chiropractor".
Opie runs in and says hi to Paw and Aunt Bee. Floyd explains that Opie is his other son and that Opie calls Andy "Paul", since his full name is Andrew Paul.
Madeline: "Your boys are quite a bit apart in age, Floyd".
Andy: "Well, when I was growing up, I got lonely and asked Mom and Dad for a baby brother, and along came Opie."
When Madeline asks Andy to bring her luggage in and declares that she can't stay more than a week, Andy decides it time for the truth. Floyd makes Andy promise to break the news gently: "I couldn't stand to see her hurt."
Andy sits Madeline down and tells he it's time for plain speaking. "I'm not Floyd's boy, my name is Andy Taylor and I'm the sheriff here."
Before he can go further about Floyd's deception she says: "Where did I slip up?"
Andy just lets her talk and finds that she is a con woman who moves from man to man that she meets in the lonely heart's clubs, sponging a little off each one. She leaves, and as Andy starts to explain to Floyd, he realizes that it is better that Floyd not know the truth, and just tells him that "she understood".
This episode demonstrates the good qualities that make Floyd such a beloved character despite his human foibles.
Final scene show Andy in the barber shop reading an envelope addressed to a movie studio. Andy makes Floyd repeatedly call himself a "miserable, deceitful wretch" in the mirror.
*edited for spelling*
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/19/2008 6:57:39 PM
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73. Opie's Rival
Opie and Andy have a great time bonding on a father/son fishing trip, even doing the blood brother thing (with charcoal marks).
Later, Andy runs into Peggy, and invites her on the next fishing trip. Andy pays a lot of attention to Peggy, at Opie's expense, and it is obvious that Opie doesn't like it.
When Andy and Peggy have a date, Opie pretends to be sick. Later, he fails to deliver a couple of messages (including actually "nudging" one inot the trash). The result is that Peggy is left stranded and is very angry with Andy.
Opie realizes that he has been doing wrong and confesses to Andy in a touching scene. Andy reassures Opie that he will always love him, then gives a nice speech about how a man needs the company of a fine young woman for dances, etc. (Andy can't take Barney to a dance - "He's too short". Andy explains that he may get married again some day. If not to Peggy, then to someone else that he likes a lot - someone he loves.
Having made up with Opie, Andy is still worried that Peggy is mad at him. No problem, as Opie leads her up to the house to go fishing - Peggy and Opie are even blood brothers.
The finale shows the three of them around the campfire, singing as Andy plays his guitar. Funny scene as Opie repeats, verbatim, the speech Andy has given about the company of a good woman and potential marriage. Andy plays louder and changes the words of the song to "Opie, Opie, shut your mouth."
This is the second straight episode without Barney.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/23/2008 9:42:45 PM
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74. Convicts-at-Large
Floyd the barber is at his best in this superb episode, his last appearance before his stroke.
Barney and Floyd run out of gas and go to O'Malley's cabin to borrow some gas. The cabin has been taken over by three escaped women convicts, Big Maude, Sally and Naomi. They pretend to be Girl Campers of America on an outing, but Barney is too sharp to fall for that. The cons, however, get the drop on Barney and hold the guys captive.
Barney reminds Sally of an old boyfriend, Al, from the Cascade Club. She (and Floyd) call Barney "Al" for the rest of the episode. Sally wants to dance with Al and Naomi (a convicted husband beater) wants to fight with Floyd. The actress playing Naomi later portrays one of the "Fun Girls", I think Daphne.
Maude sends Sally and Floyd into town for groceries. They encounter Andy, but Floyd can't get a hint across and says O'Malley asked them to stay the night. When Andy suggests that he might come up and join Floyd, Barney, and O'Malley, Floyd says: "Oh, no, that would be goodbye Al". Andy smiles: "Eight's company and nine's a crowd, huh".
When Andy sees O'Malley get off the bus, he becomes suspicious and he and O'Malley sneak up to the cabin. Sally is cooking burgers. Andy dumps the bucket of well water, and Sally goes out to get more and Andy and O'Malley capture her. The same with Naomi.
Big Maude is a different challenge. While Floyd eats a banana on the sofa, Barney puts on his seductive face and asks Maude to dance. He maneuvers Maude near the door and opens it ("I hate crowded ballrooms"). After a couple of tries, he pushes her out the door enough for Andy to apply handcuffs.
Floyd steps out and announces: "If the burgers are burned, it's not my fault."
Later Andy is lamenting to Andy how useless a civilian like Floyd is in an emergency. Then the newspaper is delivered, with a large picture of Floyd and a headline "Local Barber Captures Escaped Convicts".
Really good stuff.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/28/2008 1:22:25 PM
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75. The Bed Jacket
A very touching episode, and makes three out of four that Barney does not appear in. I suspect that he had a three week vacation and Convicts At Large was shown out of sequence.
Mayor Stoner is jealous of the success Andy and Opie have fishing. He decides it is Andy's rod, "Eagle Eye Annie", and offers a large sum (for the time) to buy it. Andy refuses to sell.
Aunt Bee's birthday is coming up, and she has her heart set of a bed jacket in the store window. She drops several hints, but Andy is oblivious. He and Opie go shopping and opie chooses salt and pepper shakers (instead of a baseball cap), and Andy, bereft of his usual good sense, chooses preserving jars - known in our area as "Kerr" jars. Love Andy's remark: "That's not really much of a gift - make it two dozen".
The Mayor, short of time, asks Andy to buy the bed jacket for his wife, who has been out of town. Aunt Bee and Clara see Andy make the purchase, and Aunt Bee is beside herself with excitement.
When the presents are opened, Aunt Bee can't hide her disappointment, and leaves for the kitchen, crying. We all sympathize with the temporary heartache of not getting an expected gift. Clara comes by and wants to see the jacket, and Andy realizes the situation. He first tries to unsucessfully buy another one at the store, then rushes over to wake up Mayor Stoner and asks to buy the bed jacket.
The mean Mayor wants to make a deal: "One hand washes the other", and will sell Andy the jacket only if Andy sells him "Eagle Eye Annie", which Andy agrees to do.
Aunt Bee comes in to apologize, and Andy tells her she rushed out so quickly that she forgot to open present #3. She is ecstatic with the bed jacket. Opie then notices that the fishing rod is gone, and Andy touchingly explains that while Annie had given him a lot of pleasure, he has traded it for something that bring him even more pleasure. As he listens to Aunt Bee tell Clara how much she loves the gift, Andy explains: "See Opie, even now Eagle Eye Annie is giving me pleasure, real heart warming pleasure".
In the closing scene, good triumphs over evil. The Mayor's wife is back, and has learned that he bought a bed jacket and thinks it was for another woman. He begs Andy to explain to her: "She'll believe you Andrew." Andy reminds the Mayor that "one hand washes the other", and agrees to set the record straight with Mrs. Stoner in return for re-purchasing his fishing rod.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/28/2008 1:28:00 PM
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DenimDiva
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Gosh- I haven't seen that episode in ages!
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/29/2008 6:38:57 PM
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76. The Bank Job
Barney, obviously all fired up after seeing a Glenn Ford movie, sets out to inform the Mayberry Security Bank what a crackerbox it is.
Funny scene when Barney gives his spiel to the bank manager, who says: "I think you are on to something", and has him repeat it to Harriet. Harriet looks puzzled, and the manager says; "Glenn Ford". The light goes on with Harriet and Barney fumes.
There are good scenes with Barney and Asa, the bank guard, who has moldy bullets and a gun that falls apart (he has been meaning to replace the lost screws for four years).
Barney gets even madder when Andy makes him take in the drying off the line for a resident who is out of town. However, the dress gives him an idea and he dresses up as the cleaning lady to "case" the bank. Harriet catches on and tells the manager. One of them yells something about a robbery, and Barney panics and locks himself into the vault.
Gomer Pyle makes his first appearance, apparently able to open a bank vault with a blow torch. Barney, however, kicks his way out of the "vault" through a plaster wall and into the beauty shop next door.
As Barney moves back to the bank and rants, a real crook (there to pass a bad check) hears his diatribe about lack of bank security and informs his partner.
The next morning, the masked partner holds the bank staff at gun point, casusing Harriet to get Andy and complain about Barney's shenanigans, only to be shocked seeing Barney walking down the street.
Andy saves the day as the robber tries to use Asa's gun and it falls apart. Barney accidentally arrests the other robber (on a jaywalking charge, or something like that) and all ends well.
There was also an appearance by Ron Howard's real life little brother, Clint, who has a recurring role as (silent) Leon, a messy faced little boy who is always offering bites of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich to others.
At the end, Barney's name is misspelled in the paper again.
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/30/2008 12:32:30 PM
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DenimDiva
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Since moving to CA with my sister, I've managed to get her two dd's hooked on this show. They are 10 and 7 and love it!
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 1/31/2008 5:37:01 PM
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Hey Kerr..... I'm caught up on the word document! Ready for more... keep 'em coming!
You ought to publish it when finished!
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RE: Mayberry After Midnight - 2/2/2008 4:24:46 PM
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Kerrlaw
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77. One-Punch Opie
A new boy moves to town and he is trouble. He ridicules Opie and his friends for fishing instead of doing "fun" things like stealing apples and vandalism.
The boys get identified, and Andy brings them in for a talking to (new boy doesn't come in). After Andy makes his speech, Barney wants his say. He gives one of his famous speeches: "No more carefree hours, no more doing what you want when you want, no peanut butter and jelly sandwiches," and "It's no fun when those iron doors clang shut."
Barney then locks himself in the cell.
The boys leave and Andy then gives the same speech to Barney that he gave to the kids. But he adds that if Barney is good, they will throw some peanuts in the cell and he can make his own peanut butter.
The old gang continues to follow the new boy, to the point where they steal more and break a streetlight and the new boy tries to blame Opie. Andy takes Opie back | | |
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