Favorite Mayberry Star

[Syrinx]

I watched that Andy Griffith Show reunion tonight. That was a good show. Who do you like best?

[Maddy McCall]

1. Ernest T! I live for Ernest T Bass episodes!

What a crazy freak he was...Also love Otis. Guess I am drawn to people with aberrant personalities. LOL.

[Syrinx]

4. If I lived in Mayberry...

I would try to get arrested! Lots of fun and Aunt Bea's fried chicken! :)

[Maddy McCall]

6. And you don't have to get bonded out of jail...

you can just reach for the key on the wall.

[Rowdyboy]

14. I saw last night that Ernest T was only in

6 episodes. I had no idea-would have guessed 15-20. He seemed such a major character. Guess it was just the knowledge that Ernest T was somewhere, waitin' to chunk rocks at the Englishers and loving Charlene.

[ClintonTyree]

18. I can see you............

but you can't see me........it's me, it's me...it's Ernest T. Loved Ernest T. Bass, always ready for a scrap!

[Rocinante]

2. Well I had to vote for Barney

but heck you gotta love 'em all. My favorite episode was Aunt Bee making her homemade pickles. But again I love all the episodes anyway.

[Syrinx]

3. Hey I think I read that's Andy's favorite episode

I think it was in tv guide, or maybe parade.

If you know what I mean. :)

[Piperay]

10. That was my very favorite

too, everytime I see it and no matter how many times I have seen it I still enjoy it. :bounce:

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I Named My Dog Barney, In Honor of Deputy Fife

When he gets real riled up, i tell him "Put your bullet back in your pocket, Barney." LOL!

Also, i have a trivia game of the Andy Griffith Show. My wife bought it for one of my b-days.

When i went in for my spinal tap (the last test to confirm MS), i had to lay flat on my back for 3 hours after the procedure. She brought the game cards and i just played AGS trivia for 2 hours. Great way to pass that time. The questions on that game are REAL hard!
The Professor

[Maddy McCall]

5. Didn't Aunt Bee abhor Andy?

I remember reading somewhere that the actor who played Aunt Bee hated Andy.

[Rocinante]

8. I saw the fellow

who played Ernest T. being interviewed once and he related how hateful Aunt Bee was to everyone on the set. I don't know, but she sure seemed capable of it.

[Syrinx]

9. true, and I read somewhere...

That Frances Bavier (sp?) apologized to Andy for being a beeatch.

I read it somewhere. :)

[ProfessorGAC]

19. On The A&E Videography. . .

. . .they went into some detail about Frances Bavier. I guess she pretty much hated everyone. She had aspirations about being a great actress and loathed the sitcom role into which she was cast. She took it out on everyone on the show.

In last night's "Return to Mayberry" they were extraordinarily kind to her and did not mention this cast problem, at all. Pretty classy!
The Professor

[funkyflathead]

7. Don Knotts my favorite AGS actor

Really funny guy. Class act.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

11. There is not a day that goes by

that AGS is on television at least 10 hours a day . Oh goodness Andy Griffith is like the " man " here in NC .

[GalleryGod]

12. Who Wouldn't Want to Boff Helen, Really Hard !?

Make that School Marm SWEAT,BABY! Then cover her in Baby Oil!
Go Miss Crump! Let her Rip!!!:wow:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

13. One Mercy Vote For Howard

If there ever was an episode where one of the characters went nuts in a bell tower with a high-powered rifle, I think we all know who the trigger man would be...

[dbt]

15. Somebody Give It Up For The Darling Family!

:bounce:
dbt

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

16. I loved the episodes when they were involved !

[ClintonTyree]

17. A couple of the Dillard's played................

in the Darling family,I know Doug Dillard for sure. They were honest to goodness Bluegrass musicians, I saw them play live a few times.

[dbt]

29. It was all of the Dillards:

Doug (banjo) and Rodney Dillard (guitar and lead vocals), with Dean Webb (mandolin) and Mitch Jayne (bass). Long may they wail!

:loveya:
dbt

[Drifter]

28. Sure did love the music ...

on the show. Agree, Darlings rock. Played fantastic music, while making it look so easy that they looked bored.

Cheers
Drifter

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Earnest T Bush!

Bush reminds me of Otis!

[underpants]

22. If any of you dirty Yaknees want to know what the south is really like

watch that show. Okay there were no "people of color" on it (consider when it was televised) but the first professional woman on TV (the pharmacist) was on the Andy Griffith Show. Women are depicted on that show much like they are reveared around here, we loves our mommas.

Go ahead bring it on.

[mac56]

23. Floyd the barber...

Always dug the eyeglasses.

[peekaloo]

27. Ooooooohhhhhhhh

Floyd was my favorite.

Although the Mayor of Mayberry gets my silent vote....Mayor Stoner :smoke:

:D

[terrya]

24. Otis is the MAN!

What can you say about a town drunk who voluntarily locks himself up at night? :-)

BTW...the actor who played Otis (and whose name temporarily escapes me), was a teetotaler in real life.

[mac56]

25. Hal Smith is his name.

He also does lots of animation voices, notably Owl in the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons.

[terrya]

26. (slaps hand on forehead). Thank you!

Yes, of course.

He did a lot of voiceover work for Hanna-Barbera as well, I believe.