tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post7970797469628769680..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Mayberry Mondays #76: “Goober, the Hero” (03/15/71, prod. no. 0323)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-23760710754186843562013-04-18T06:39:27.347-04:002013-04-18T06:39:27.347-04:00Oh man, Ivan, we fell off the barstools doing our ...Oh man, Ivan, we fell off the barstools doing our Walken impressions of him doing the Gomer Pyle character. CHRISTOPHER WALKEN <b>IS</b> GOMER PYLE!<br /><br />Billy Bob does not smoke, but trooper that he is, managed to suck a cigarette through every scene of The Man Who Wasn't There, and well, all I can say is, he is awesome.<br /><br />I neglected to mention that we cast the Howard Sprague character as well:<br /><br />Jeff Goldblum.<br /><br />Again, it's just so much fun to imagine each of these actors laying their own take on the simple character comedy of Mayberry, because they are all quite capable of comedy-- but it's not the Mayberry type of comedy, you know?Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-42797406792733969472013-04-17T20:08:08.168-04:002013-04-17T20:08:08.168-04:00We wound up with:
Floyd the Barber: Peter Dinklag...<i>We wound up with:<br /><br />Floyd the Barber: Peter Dinklage (cutting hair standing on a box!), second place Billy Bob Thornton</i><br /><br />Thornton has long been a TAGS fan, and I'd love to see him in the Floyd role -- it could echo his tonsorial turn in <b>The Man Who Wasn't There</b><br /><br />And Gomer Pyle as interpreted by Christopher Walken. The implications are staggering, and that watch segment in <b>Pulp Fiction</b> is starting to get mighty interesting.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-24122265417550651982013-04-17T20:03:19.735-04:002013-04-17T20:03:19.735-04:00I'm also confused about Sheriff Matson's j...<i>I'm also confused about Sheriff Matson's jurisdiction. Are these caves near Mt. Pilot?</i><br /><br />The caves sound like they're closer to Mayberry. Which would make them the jurisdiction of...um...the man trapped in the cave.<br /><br /><i>If not, why don't they actually let *him* handle law and order over Goober "Gets lost in a cave" Pyle.</i><br /><br />That is still the nagging question that continues to dog me throughout the entirety of this series. The only theory I've been able to come up with is that Mayberry isn't a real town -- it's a stop in Purgatory.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-48957169088629747982013-04-17T19:05:23.701-04:002013-04-17T19:05:23.701-04:00Ugh, a bad remake of "Barney and the Great Ca...Ugh, a bad remake of "Barney and the Great Cave Rescue," but where that was built on touching friendship, this is just built on stupidity.<br /><br />I'm also confused about Sheriff Matson's jurisdiction. Are these caves near Mt. Pilot? If not, why don't they actually let *him* handle law and order over Goober "Gets lost in a cave" Pyle.Andrew Lealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536423892525694724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-14857665421060886862013-04-17T17:48:26.174-04:002013-04-17T17:48:26.174-04:00Sort of off topic (what? again?), while watching a...Sort of off topic (what? again?), while watching a AGS ep while waiting for the Dodger game to come up down the pub, we pub idlers started discussing weird alternate actors for the Mayberry Alternity, and well, it just got sillier and sillier, but we had a lot of fun assembling what turned out to be a largely eurocentric cast.<br /><br />We wound up with:<br /><br />Andy Taylor: Alan Rickman<br />Barney Fife: Hugh Laurie (does a great hillbilly accent, by the way)<br />Aunt Bee: Judi Densch<br />Floyd the Barber: Peter Dinklage (cutting hair standing on a box!), second place Billy Bob Thornton<br />Otis Campbell: Oliver Reed<br />Helen Crump: Milla Jovovich (oh hell yes!)<br />Gomer Pyle: Christopher Walken<br /><br />Told ya it was silly, but ya gotta admit, it's a lot of fun imagining these actors putting their inimitable stamp on these roles, and wondering how each resulting ep woulda turned out.<br /><br />You may have have noticed that we totally drew a blank on the role of Opie, so I leave this to you all, as well as welcoming your own suggestions for all the other roles. Hey it's fun.<br /><br />Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-5109504138956284472013-04-17T16:32:17.605-04:002013-04-17T16:32:17.605-04:00Old man Benson's TV is a mystery, and for me, ...Old man Benson's TV is a mystery, and for me, man, that's saying something, 'cause I pride myself on knowing my vintage television sets; it's what I do for a living (should show you a picture of the 24frame vintage television warehouse shelves some time).<br /><br />Nobody bothered to "greek" out manufacturer badges back then (as is common in TV and movies now), which makes the illegibility of the badge all the more mysterious. The shortness (XXX / XXX) makes me think RCA followed by model name or number, but perhaps I'll never know.<br /><br />I'm dying of curiosity here, and suspect I'll be hitting the 24frame library of yellowing product catalogs for a little R&D.<br /><br />That said, as always nice one Ivan, and thanks for that.<br /><br />Oh also, Huey Dewie Louie ID tip: it's their cap color that differentiates them (RBG, respectively).Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-12929597479401617402013-04-15T17:03:16.438-04:002013-04-15T17:03:16.438-04:00I love that screen cap of Idiot Boy and his pal in...I love that screen cap of Idiot Boy and his pal in the cave listening to Howard.<br /><br />It looks like the kid is a ventriliquist dummy on Idiot Boy's knee with Buddy's left arm manipulating the dummy's mouth.<br /><br />Richbasurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580128565141263640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-8216668043452547352013-04-15T11:02:56.706-04:002013-04-15T11:02:56.706-04:00Because, golly, what could possibly go wrong with ...<i>Because, golly, what could possibly go wrong with allowing Goober to explore caves while supervising “five or six young lads”?</i><br /><br />Because he'll probably come back with two or three young lads.<br /><br /><i>Let the spelunking begin! The kids are impressed with the breadth and depth of the caves</i><br /><br />Ahem.<br /><br />I enjoyed them all searching for the elusive Cave Goober, known to eat sammiches and leave distinctive footprints ('cause he's missin' a toe).<br /><br />What I don't understand is why they didn't leave someone behind just in case Howard made it out. Oooh right yeah they're stupid, I forgot for a moment.<br /><br />That old TV set is sweet. Wish they hadn't taken the brand name off of it.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com