tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post998256737793174381..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Mayberry Mondays #68: “Millie’s Egg Farm” (01/11/71, prod. no. 0316)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-36139541490951638872012-12-11T09:58:40.277-05:002012-12-11T09:58:40.277-05:00I'm actually pretty clueless when it comes to ...I'm actually pretty clueless when it comes to farm stuff, though I recall telling Jack Pendarvis the thing he thought was a hay tanner was actually a hay tedder, and he was very impressed.<br /><br />An egg grader is a much larger machine, if I recall, something that sorts basically by size. What Millie is using is a candler, which they called a grading apparatus, but which wasn't -- and I suspect quite a few in the audience realized it at the time.<br /><br />And now everyone's gonna be askin' me 'bout farmin' stuff.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-85279851441722177952012-12-11T09:33:10.383-05:002012-12-11T09:33:10.383-05:00Hey, Millie is using a candler! Dad dug out an ant...<i>Hey, Millie is using a candler! Dad dug out an antique candler for us in high school after getting one too many eggs from the grocery store that had chickens in 'em.</i><br /><br />Future note to self: if I don't know what something is called, I need to ask Stacia. I had no idea that's what the "grading apparatus" was called. (In my defense: I did know what a "halyard" was--see Saturday's <b>Galahad</b> chapter.)<br /><br /><i>After all the delightful homoerotic tension in the last episode, this "bitches be crazy" episode does leave me a little cold.</i><br /><br />Anytime you want to know my personal opinion on an <b><i>R.F.D. episode</i></b>, a surefire way is to count the number of "cut to the quicks" in the essay. I couldn't wait for this one to be over and done with. I worship the ground Arlene Golonka walks on (I saw the last TV thing she's done of late, an episode of <b><i>The King of Queens</i></b> last week) but I wish they had made Millie a little smarter when this show was on the drawing board.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-15123815665091945222012-12-11T03:22:37.998-05:002012-12-11T03:22:37.998-05:00At the diner, Goober is intently devouring one of ...<i>At the diner, Goober is intently devouring one of his comic books (reading, not eating) </i><br /><br />Haha, see, that's funny because with Goober? YOU HAVE TO CLARIFY.<br /><br />Hey, Millie is using a candler! Dad dug out an antique candler for us in high school after getting one too many eggs from the grocery store that had chickens in 'em.<br /><br />Was that too gross? Maybe that was too gross, I'll talk about something else.<br /><br />After all the delightful homoerotic tension in the last episode, this "bitches be crazy" episode does leave me a little cold. It's unfortunate, but not exactly out of character, for a sitcom in the early 1970s to have the lone female character be a complete ditz. But part of the reason TV channels canceled "everything with a tree in it" was because these sorts of plots were old-fashioned. <br /><br />But hey, the good news is that it's all back in style again!Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com