tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post4999386054903725261..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Mayberry Mondays #47: “The Sculptor” (03/09/70, prod. no. 0224)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-37499591748185453152016-05-27T18:06:32.496-04:002016-05-27T18:06:32.496-04:00What happened to the statue they had in the town s...What happened to the statue they had in the town square of good old Seth Taylor? He was the ancestor of Aunt Bee's believed to have done the most for Mayberry but actually swindled them. He caused the railroad to go through Mount Pilot and helped keep Mayberry a delightful small community where the "children all had nice teeth!" Floyd Lawson's belief,not mine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-15109854700082349542012-07-06T15:31:45.415-04:002012-07-06T15:31:45.415-04:00And a last add:
Being of a wicked nature, if in M...And a last add:<br /><br />Being of a wicked nature, if in Mayberry in that day, I would have told Emmett that the meaning of the statue was the struggle against xenophobia.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-88333586398090383192012-07-06T15:25:42.577-04:002012-07-06T15:25:42.577-04:00Thanks, rockfish, I could have done without the im...Thanks, rockfish, I could have done without the image of Frances Bavier and Arnold the Pig locked like lovers.<br /><br />A note on Arnold's Dad, Fred Ziffle, aka Hank Patterson:<br /><br />As I'm sure Ivan is aware, my main meat is the sci-fi b-movies of the fifties, in which Hank was a common sight (Tarantula, Earth v The Spider, Puppet People, Beginning of the End, and many more).<br /><br />Hank was one of those obliging character actors whose character was so well defined that he brought his own wardrobe to the set (yes, including that hat), thus sparing the production the trouble of outfitting him. Thus he is essentially Fred Ziffle in all of these movies, which of course makes them all the more fun-- it's like Maynard G Krebs popping into movies at random. You rang?<br /><br />Arnold Ziffle, on the other hand, while largely content to work in the nude, was a constant challenge to the wardrobe department when clothing was asked for--<br /><br />A prima donna, and yes, there is here a nearly irresistible pun but I ain't goin' there, because it's just too easy.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-72453391787373679252012-07-05T13:50:44.297-04:002012-07-05T13:50:44.297-04:00Emmett continually pulls the weekly episodes best ...Emmett continually pulls the weekly episodes best guffaw - fulfilling that contractual obligation to appeal to the corn poke highbrow demographic... And maintaining Goober's rightful place as the hick's Gunther Toody. If Sam could only up his straight an game a hickory notch, Mayberry RFD would have been an ideal crossover candidate for that more Bizarro-world version of the sticks, Green Acres...<br />Who wouldn't have loved to see a greased battle to-the-end between Aunt Bee and Arnold Ziffle?rockfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835472375196889875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-46587811682841847722012-07-03T16:25:02.848-04:002012-07-03T16:25:02.848-04:00Also, has Emmett ever actually fixed anything?
Se...Also, has Emmett ever actually fixed <i>anything</i>?<br /><br />Seems he is always "about to get around to it" or returning it to its owner with instructions on how to work around the "repair" Emmett has just performed, or something.<br /><br />Also, since we now live in an economic era in which it is impossible to imagine taking a failed toaster to a repair shop, not to mention a television (many are just kicked to the curb now, the repair estimate typically being more than the value of the item), I'm fascinated by the question of just how inexpensive an item would have to be before Emmett would counsel the owner that it simply wasn't worth it.<br /><br />May be worth keeping an eye on, Ivan-- sort of tracking the lower threshold of Emmett's repair catalog. [laughing] How low can he go?Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-14614708659507653922012-07-03T16:01:05.557-04:002012-07-03T16:01:05.557-04:00AUNT BEE: Mr. Alexander…from what I’ve told you of...<i>AUNT BEE: Mr. Alexander…from what I’ve told you of Mike—do you think it’s a talent that should be encouraged?</i><br /><br />Hoo boy. When my Grandmother learned I was pursuing an art degree, she pulled my mother aside and said concernedly "don't you think that's a bit <i>lavender</i>, dear?"<br /><br />My Mom told me about it and we laughed for weeks.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-11415410791593780702012-07-03T08:45:16.279-04:002012-07-03T08:45:16.279-04:00Millicent Swanson
Uh-oh, her full name. Did she ...<i>Millicent Swanson </i><br /><br />Uh-oh, her full name. Did she do something wrong?<br /><br /><i>I understand he has a beard…</i><br /><br />Ha!<br /><br />Sometimes I forget that wearing a beard used to be code for being some liberal elitist thinkin' type. This was one of those times. The other definitions of beard are just so much more interesting (and accurate) though.<br /><br />For some reason, we got reruns of Bridget Loves Bernie on a Springfield MO station in the mid 1970s, maybe late 1970s. I liked it, though I recall really hating David Birney HEY ROBERT SAMPSON WAS DEAN HALSEY IN RE-ANIMATOR. I never made that connection before!<br /><br /><i>several Klansmen washing a car</i><br /><br />They've been there since William Shatner passed through back in 1962.<br /><br />That is really a crappy papier mache "statue," but I have to tell you, a real sculpture with that particular design wouldn't look half bad. A little dated but not horrible or anything.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com