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TCNW 817: Mayberry Christmas to all 2024

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Release Date: 12/18/2024

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:50:36 This week we have several fun things to talk about some of which comes from the May 2025 edition of the Weaver’s Newsletter. We hit some highlights from the newsletter and then hear from some of you with voicemail and written comments. I talk a bit about the upcoming Mayberry Meetup in Mt. Airy, N.C. and encourage folks to attend an event near you. Meeting fellow fans is almost as special as meeting cast members so I don’t want you to miss out on either. Then we’ll play some trivia from MeTV.com hitting on the topic of last week’s...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

The Clubmen was the 42nd episode filmed and the 42nd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E10) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about The Clubmen. Plot Summary The Clubmen: One of Andy’s big-city fishing buddies invites him to join the Esquire Club, an exclusive Raleigh men’s organization. Barney is also asked to join and he, of course, overreacts and alienates the entire group by trying too hard to fit in. Andy is offered membership, but Barney is not. Andy tells his fishing buddy that he must decline because he does not feel right joining a club that wouldn’t let in...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 1:17:27 You are in for a treat this episode as we’ll be hearing/seeing the entire interview with “Opie’s Pals” Keith Thibodeaux (Johnny Paul) and Dennis Rush (Howie) from April 12, 2025. Keith and Dennis we’re interviewed once on Friday and then again on Saturday in Granville, TN at the Mayberry – I Love Lucy Festival. This recording features the interview from Saturday. They’ll be talking about their careers and sharing wonderful insights and stories from how they got their starts to where they are now. This is...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:49:14 Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter was the 38th episode filmed and the 41st aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E9) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter.” Plot Summary Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter: Aunt Bee falls for traveling handyman Henry Wheeler. Andy soon realizes Wheeler is not as nice as he seems. So before things get out of hand, Andy explains patiently to Wheeler that he would not want his Aunt Bee hurt by any false promises. To emphasize the point, Andy holds the conversation on the...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:07 The Perfect Female was the 37th episode filmed and the 40th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E8) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “The Perfect Female.” Plot Summary The Perfect Female: Once again a feminist theme is brought to the fore when Thelma Lou arranges a blind date between her visiting cousin and Andy. To everyone’s surprise, they hit it off, but the relationship collapses when Karen Moore takes up a shotgun and shows Andy that she is not the usual delicate female. After Andy gets a good dressing-down,...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:42:35 Over the 17 years of doing the podcast, I’ve lost track of how many “feedback” episodes I’ve done so I’m just naming this one by month. We have 4 bits of feedback/reports that have been provided by listeners/viewers just like you. I’m so thankful to hear from each of you because I love hearing what you think about our hometown and the goin’s on in those parts. We have a report from folks who met Ron & Clint Howard, attended the Mayberry – I Love Lucy festival in Granville, TN in early April, a report about North Carolina...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:50:57 Crime-free Mayberry was the 41st episode filmed and the 39th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E7) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Crime-free Mayberry.” Plot Summary Crime-free Mayberry: Two crooks posing as an FBI man and a photographer come to Mayberry to congratulate the Sheriff’s Department for achieving a crime-free record. Andy gets suspicious after the supposed FBI agent allows his picture to be taken. When the pair crack the Mayberry Bank’s vault, Andy is inside waiting for them–he had come in the...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:41:41 Opie’s Hobo Friend was the 40th episode filmed and the 38th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E6) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Opie’s Hobo Friend.” Plot Summary Opie’s Hobo Friend: Opie becomes fascinated with David Browne, a vagrant hobo who uses his wits to live on the edge of the law. After realizing his son has taken a liking to the wily wanderer, Andy tries to find David some honest work. Andy’s plan goes sour when Opie, at Dave’s encouragement, is caught playing hooky. Andy then has a long talk...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:40:10 Barney on the Rebound was the 36th episode filmed and the 37th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E5) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Barney on the Rebound.” Plot Summary Barney on the Rebound: Barney’s head is turned by lovely young newcomer Melissa Stevens, the more attractive half of a pair of con artists out to trap naive young bachelors into breach-of-promise settlements. Andy saves the day by calling the bluff of Melissa’s suspiciously young “father”, George Stevens. In the middle of what the pair...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:22 Mayberry Goes Bankrupt was the 39th episode filmed and the 36th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E4) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Mayberry Goes Bankrupt.” Plot Summary Mayberry Goes Bankrupt: Andy teaches Mayberry exactly what “Love Thy Neighbor” means in this episode. Andy is forced to evict Frank Myers from his home only to later discover that he holds a century-old bond that is originally believed to be worth $349,119.27. Since the Mayberry treasury holds just over $10,000, the mayor and town council...

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:54:13

It’s Christmas time once again here in Mayberry so it is time for the annual Christmas episode. The Andy Griffith Show had only one episode centered around any holiday and that holiday was Christmas. Fans have watched that episode time and again as Ben Weaver tries to get himself arrested so he can spend Christmas in jail with the Taylor’s, the Muggins’, and Miss Ellie. It always speaks to our hearts when we see Ben singing outside that courthouse cell window.

Since the podcast began, Two Chairs has tried to bring back that warm feeling as we go through Mayberry related memories of Christmas time. We also try to make a new memory or two in the process. We have a special guest back again this year from over in Dodge City. His name is Festus Haggen and he has a really good story to tell about Santa. There’s a story called “The Fife Before Christmas” by my friend Rik Roberts who played “Barney” to my “Floyd” in the Mayberry Man movie and Mayberry Man series.

We have a favorite of mine by Charlie Monk called “Andy and Opie Christmas” that brings back memories of a small town Christmas that sure reminds me of Mayberry.

We hear from Elinor Donahue about recording “Away in a Manger” with Andy then we hear her sing just that. For a bit more Christmas music, I’ll play my 2022 Mayberry Christmas card featuring images from Mayberry Man the Series. And, if you stick around till the end, we’ll have Miss Ellie and Andy sing an encore of “Away in a Manger.”

God bless you and I hope you have a very merry Christmas.

 

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