RE: Mayberry After Midnight (Full Version)

All Forums >> [Fun] >> Television & Radio



Message

monamie -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 12:34:47 PM)

We have that movie on videocassette. It's hilarious.



purnhart -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 12:40:19 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw1

5. Irresistable Andy


It reminded me how bad the southern accents of the characters were at times. Even Barney and Aunt Bee didn't quite have them down this early in the series.



Don Knotts was from Morgantown, WV (my hometown). His southern accent was a southern hillbilly accent, thank you very much.



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 12:52:31 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ps103


Did you ever see the movie "No Time for Sergeants?" (Don Knotts was in that, too.)


That is one of the funniest movies that you will ever see. Thanks for reminding me that I need to get it on DVD.

I could watch the scene where Andy is examined by the psychiatrist 100 times.

Andy: "Do you hate yore momma".



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 12:55:36 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: monamie

quote:

ORIGINAL: cajunhillbilly

http://www.tv.com/no-time-for-sergeants/show/12081/summary.html?q=&tag=search_results;title;1



We have that movie on videocassette. It's hilarious.


Mona, I was talking about the movie. Your link was to the TV show.

At least I think it was, I got side-tracked by the "cute college girl of the week" ad.[sm=cooltilt.gif]



monamie -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 3:14:06 PM)

I had no idea it was made into a TV show. I wonder if there's a place on the web where I can watch episodes (or at least parts of them).


Last name first, first name, middle name last......



Hischild1994 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/10/2007 5:03:25 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw1

[sm=icon_smile_yikes.gif]

Glad that you survived.


I think the feud ended about the time my grandpa was born. There is a pic. of most of the members in both families in a book that my mom has somewhere. They weren't fueding anymore and my grandpa is in the pic. He looks like he is about 4 or 5 years old or so.



cajunhillbilly -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/12/2007 8:27:57 AM)

I have all the seasons of Andy Griffith on dvd. I am working through season 1 right now.



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/12/2007 6:04:25 PM)

10. Ellie For Council

Andy's girlfriend, after a heated exchange with Andy following a picnic, decides to run for City Council, heretofore an all male endeavor.

When the women in the town (and Barney) sign the petition that allows her on the ballot, the men decide to cut off the money (charge accounts) until the women come to their senses.

The men forgot that the women have control of some special commodites (such as cooking and sewing) that the men need.

Ellie decides to withdraw to prevent a civil war in town, but Andy is so ashamed by Opie's elation over the men's "victory" that he goes to a political rally and endorses Ellie.

A pretty serious subject, and not one of the funniest episodes, though there are moments, such as the lady walking out of the dress shop in her slip after learning that the charge account was closed.

The funniest exchanges were between a fellow, I believe named Sam (the same guy who married Rose in episode 1) and Barney. (paraphrased from memory)

Sam: "There he is, the weak-kneed, lily-livered, yellow-streaked turncoat that signed the petition."

Barney: "You got something to say, Sam, say it."

and later,

Barney: "Who's gonna vote for a woman anyways."

Sam: " The same weak-kneed, lily-livered, yellow-streaked turncoat that signed the petition."

Barney: 'I'm just waiting for you go go too far."

Andy: "Now boys, there's no use being mad at Barney, Ellie would have gotten that 100th signature somewhere else."

Barney: "Thanks Andy."

Andy: "It's ok turncoat."



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 11:46:04 AM)

11. Christmas Story

One of the best episodes ever. However, It is best watched just before Christmas (a tradition in our house). I do not remember any other Christmas episodes, and very few times that it was cold weather in Mayberry.

The story involves a "Scrooge" in the person of Ben Weaver, a store owner who has made a "citizen's arrest" of a moonshiner who he feels is cutting into his store's spirit sales and demands that he be locked up, even if it is Christmas.

Andy locks up the man (apparently the presumption of innocence and the concept of bail are foreign to Mayberry) which spoils the Christmas party as someone must stay at the jail to guard the prisoner andd either Andy or Barney will miss out.

Andy saves the day by arresting the man's wife and family and then bringing the Christmas party to the jail. This is the same family that Ben later tries to evict from their home.

Ben, watching the party, gets the Christmas spirit and does outlandish things to get arrested, but Andy keeps letting him off the hook. It finally dawns on Andy what Ben is doing and he arrests him in time to enjoy supper. A great moment when Ben opens his suitcase and has presents for everyone.

Plot flaw: Andy asks Aunt Bee if she made the dressing like last year, when she has just arrived in Mayberry in the summer and supposedly hasn't seen Andy for years.

Funniest moment: And releases his prisoners because Ben has drank all the "evidence". The episode closes with a shot of Ben sleeping peacefully with a slight smile on his face.



morningmike -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 12:31:43 PM)

Wow, I remember that episode but I don't remember Ben Weaver upset because his liquor sales were being impacted!

In fact, talk about a plot flaw...I always thought Mayberry was dry (except for the moonshiners).

Mike



Ps103 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 2:18:18 PM)

That Christmas episode is one of my favorites. I also love the one where Ernest T. Bass gets it in for the Englisher[:D] And the one where...oh, never mind--I love them all.



WhiteRoseBlessings -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 2:30:50 PM)

No really, Kate. I want to know each specific title.



tafkam -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 3:14:40 PM)

Okay, touchy subject....

Am I the only one who considers the black and white episodes and the color episodes to almost be two different series?

There was just something about the loss of Barney Fife that took the wind out of the sails......



morningmike -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 5:45:37 PM)

Yep, anytime any devotees of the show talk about the show, they're talking about the black and white episodes.

I'll watch some of the others if they're on, but the memorable lines, the memorable plots, the whole "Andy Griffith Experience" is best seen on the black and whites.

Having said that, I'm sure that somewhere there's a fan club of the color episodes...[8|]

Mike



laura... -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 5:54:51 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: tafkam

Okay, touchy subject....

Am I the only one who considers the black and white episodes and the color episodes to almost be two different series?

There was just something about the loss of Barney Fife that took the wind out of the sails......


I believe their mistake was trying to replace Barney with a similar character -- a bumbling deputy. They should have gone in a different direction.



redeemed730 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 7:22:55 PM)

Yay for DVD's!!!

I wouldn't be able to see Andy if it wasn't for the dvd's I have now. We had a uhf channel that showed Andy last year but they've taken it off again.

The black and white ones ARE the best!

There are so many that I like I don't think I could pick one, but I do like the ones with Ernest T. Bass and The Darlin's.

"How do you do Mrs. Wylie?" "He's my cousin from Boston."



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 8:15:18 PM)

Like everyone else, I prefer the black and white episodes, but the color ones (once you get used to the color) aren't bad. I didn;t really appreciate them as much until I got the DVDs.

And the character of Warren is underappreciated.

I don't think that the show jumped the shark until the very end - when Sam came on.



leah777 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 9:37:34 PM)


I love this show, but have never gotten to see them all, even tho they were on in "my day" :D:D

I remember the Christmas show talked about above cuz we just saw it on reruns recently. I too love the b/w episodes. A couple of years ago, around the time Don KNotts dies, I read a very good article wherein Andy credits Don for the shows success and said it just wasn't the same after he left.

Maybe I should buy the DVDs [:)]



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/13/2007 11:06:40 PM)

12. Stranger in Town

This is a "twilight zone" like episode where a stranger who has never been to Mayberry gets off the bus knowing everything about the town and its citizens.

As we learn, there is a logical explanation. The stranger has met a local boy in the army, became enamored of Mayberry, and read the local paper every week. (Why they put the color of the hotel rooms and who dips snuff in the paper is another matter). He wants Mayberry as his home town. The guy playing the stranger did a great job.

There are no laugh out loud moments, but it was funnier than I remembered.

Mrs. Kerrlaw noticed that the lady with the twin babies (the Mom looks about 50), left them on the sidewalk while she shopped, and later showed up in the hotel lobby without them.

The speech on the sidewalk at the end was "Andy resolving a conflict" at its best.



Hischild1994 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/14/2007 12:20:36 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw1

11. Christmas Story

One of the best episodes ever. However, It is best watched just before Christmas (a tradition in our house). I do not remember any other Christmas episodes, and very few times that it was cold weather in Mayberry.


Sadly, that was the only Christmas episode they did.



Hischild1994 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/14/2007 12:22:01 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: laura...

quote:

ORIGINAL: tafkam

Okay, touchy subject....

Am I the only one who considers the black and white episodes and the color episodes to almost be two different series?

There was just something about the loss of Barney Fife that took the wind out of the sails......


I believe their mistake was trying to replace Barney with a similar character -- a bumbling deputy. They should have gone in a different direction.


I agree. However, color ones aren't bad, they just aren't as good as the ones with Don Knotts.



Hischild1994 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/14/2007 12:24:29 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw1

12. Stranger in Town

This is a "twilight zone" like episode where a stranger who has never been to Mayberry gets off the bus knowing everything about the town and its citizens.

As we learn, there is a logical explanation. The stranger has met a local boy in the army, became enamored of Mayberry, and read the local paper every week. (Why they put the color of the hotel rooms and who dips snuff in the paper is another matter). He wants Mayberry as his home town. The guy playing the stranger did a great job.

There are no laugh out loud moments, but it was funnier than I remembered.

Mrs. Kerrlaw noticed that the lady with the twin babies (the Mom looks about 50), left them on the sidewalk while she shopped, and later showed up in the hotel lobby without them.

The speech on the sidewalk at the end was "Andy resolving a conflict" at its best.


This was a good episode. Very unique.

I live in a town like Mayberry and if we had a local paper, they would probably put stuff in it like what you've mentioned. There isn't a lot more to print than that.



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/14/2007 8:21:01 AM)

13. Mayberry Goes Hollywood

A movie producer wants to use charming Mayberry as a setting for his movie, but the townspeople go "Hollywood" and change themselves and the businesses to be more uptown.

Andy's warnings have no effect, and it is only when the producer stops the citizens from cutting down the old oak tree and admonishes them to "take off those trick-or-treat outfits" does the mesage sink in.

This is the first time that Andy and Barney lock themselves in a cell during an episode, although the implication is that it's happened before- Andy: "Not again."

It is also the first appearance of Howard McNear, who we learn to love as Floyd Lawson. In his premier, he is known as Floyd Colby (the producers have no qualms about changing peoples names in the series).

We also meet Orville, the combination undertaker and TV repairman. I wish that he had been a bigger part of the series.

I can't be sure, but I think the girl who plays the Mayor's singing daughter later plays Lydia Crosswaithe.

Mayor Pike has his first major role. He is absolutely a delight and the perfect politician. It is hilarious to me how he smoothly changes positions on an issue, sometimes from sentence to sentence. This culminates as he leaves the scene of the near crime against the oak tree and passes Sheriff Taylor - "We tried to tell 'em, didn't we Andy."

Funniest moment: Barney in the mountie style police uniform responding to Andy's entreaties to be "at ease" and "relax".



Ps103 -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/14/2007 2:04:05 PM)

quote:

And the character of Warren is underappreciated.


Sort of like Shemp?



Kerrlaw -> RE: Mayberry After Midnight (8/15/2007 5:40:05 PM)

Shemp never really wanted to be a Stooge.

He only joined to help his brothers Moe and Curly when Curly became ill. Interesting that Curly and Shemp died young, but Moe lived to a fairly old age.



Page: <<   < prev  1 2 [3] 4 5   next >   >>



Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.5 ANSI