tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post4601754629523850361..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Mayberry Mondays #62: “Millie’s Dream” (11/16/70, prod. no. 0306)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-84595972447525221672012-10-24T15:03:14.164-04:002012-10-24T15:03:14.164-04:00All right, chowderheads, knock it off. I'll bi...<i>All right, chowderheads, knock it off. I'll bite, Ivan, what's the pinecone gag about?</i><br /><br />My father, looking out the kitchen window: "There's a rabbit out there in the backyard."<br /><br />My mother, looking out the same window: "That's a <i>pine cone</i>, you idiot."<br /><br />And thus, a running gag around our house was born: it started at the dinner table that same night when I said in my best Lon Chaney, Jr. voice: "Tell me about the pinecones, George." It will culminate when either my mother or Stacia (she has threatened to mail this) arranges to have my father open up a box to find a pine cone with cotton balls for ears and pipe cleaners for whiskers (my mother can't find the pipe cleaners in the house).Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-39304677768532575592012-10-24T14:17:09.539-04:002012-10-24T14:17:09.539-04:00All right, chowderheads, knock it off. I'll bi...All right, chowderheads, knock it off. I'll bite, Ivan, what's the pinecone gag about?<br /><br />Also, hmm, a rare Emmett-free episode. Maybe he finally did himself in-- electrocution can stop a heart, I'm here ta tellya, and although I do most of my repair work on video equipment, and have been "bitten" from time to time by voltages therein, it was a ham radio enthusiast's power amp that nearly did me in. <br /><br />Safety interlocks up the wazoo to prevent accidental death-- which of course had to be disabled to troubleshoot the thing-- and having replaced the bad power transistor and verified that all was well, it was when I was buttoning the thing up that I happened to brush a finger on power output-- while resting the other hand on the chassis (ground) and the result threw me across the room.<br /><br />I tell people to this day that my heart stopped and I hit myself in the chest a few times to make it go, and nobody believes me, but I swear, true story.<br /><br />Off topic, yes [laughing], but true, and bringing it deftly back on topic, I suspect that Emmett would have succumbed to this early on in his repair career. A danger to himself and others, as they say, is Emmett, and I think he presents a serious challenge to Goober's reign as village idiot.<br /><br />And lastly, as always, thanks for the Mayberry Monday, and especially for your imagined Howard Sprague response to Millie's "Do you believe in dreams, Howard?":<br /><br />"I work as a county government drone in a job I despise with no hope of advancement. I pretty much have to."<br /><br />That's just gorgeous, Ivan, and I'm still laughing.<br /><br />Stacia, I cheered elsewhere your claim to "Body Snatcher" for the Val Lewton blogapaloozathon, and I'll do it here too. It's one of my favorite Karloff roles (he's almost human!), and I'm glad it's in your very capable hands. Looking forward to it on Halloween, or as it's known here, ChrisVmas eve.<br /><br />Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-68571342344542963032012-10-24T11:38:27.727-04:002012-10-24T11:38:27.727-04:00Also, Sam isn't good enough for Howard.
Which...<i>Also, Sam isn't good enough for Howard.</i><br /><br />Which only makes sense, since he isn't good enough for Millie, either.<br /><br /><i>P.S. I like tapioca.</i><br /><br />Mental note: substitute future references to "tapioca" with "vanilla pudding."<br /><br /><i>WARNING: LIVE PINECONE INSIDE</i><br /><br />Best Buy Technician: "Just how much iced tea <i>were</i> you drinking when it splashed onto the monitor?Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-13892900730429368762012-10-24T11:14:18.614-04:002012-10-24T11:14:18.614-04:00WARNING: LIVE PINECONE INSIDE
So, this was the Ha...WARNING: LIVE PINECONE INSIDE<br /><br />So, this was the Halloween episode, but they were behind on production and realized it wasn't all that scary (except for hearing Goober's words ringing through your head) so they just saved it for the week before Thanksgiving when everyone is too busy to pay attention? I don't know this for a fact, but I'm guessing.<br /><br />Also, Sam isn't good enough for Howard.<br /><br />P.S. I like tapioca.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com