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TCNW 819: Top 10 Episodes of 2024

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Release Date: 12/31/2024

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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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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:32:22 Andy and the Woman Speeder was the 35th episode filmed and the 35th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E3) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Andy and the Woman Speeder.” Plot Summary Andy and the Woman Speeder: Andy arrests beautiful big-city woman Elizabeth Crowley. By the time she reaches trial, Miss Crowley has used flattery and bribes to turn the witnesses for the prosecution–Opie, Floyd, and Barney–against Andy. After winning the case, Miss Crowley sees the error of her ways and promptly speeds out of town...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:39 Barney’s Replacement was the 33rd episode filmed but the 34th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E2) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Barney’s Replacement.” Plot Summary Barney’s Replacement: Barney’s pride gets the best of him when Bob Rogers, a booksmart rookie from the state attorney’s office, is sent to Mayberry to get law enforcement experience. Convinced Andy is out to replace him, Barney beats him to the punch and resigns to enter the business world as a door-to-door Miracle Sweep vacuum salesman....

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:38:18 We finished up reviewing the season one episodes of The Andy Griffith Show with  so now it’s time to move onto season two episodes. Opie and the Bully was the 34th episode filmed but the 33rd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E1) Plot Summary Opie and the Bully: Andy learns Opie is being tormented by a local bully, who threatens him with pulverization until he gets Opie’s lunch money. Andy decides to let Opie fight this battle on his own. Opie goes to face his nemesis, and Andy suffers as he waits for...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:38 We have a YouTube comment last week that I attempted to address but I wasn’t happy with the answer. So, I researched what “needles” and “pins” meant in the episode “” (S2.E18) meant Clarence “Doc” Malloy (Allan Melvin) and Barney exited the cell and both say “So far, so good” at the same time. Barney, forcing Malloy to lock pinkie fingers with him, says “needles” while Malloy says “pins.” What does that mean? I found the answer in the book Inside Mayberry by Harrison & Habeeb (1994) and went on to...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:30:28 We finished up season one episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) last week and I received a question/topic idea from Eric Self. He thought it would be interesting to go over the commercials filmed during the original run of the series featuring the characters from TAGS. I thought it sounded like a fun idea but I wasn’t sure where I can find information on the commercials. After a lot of searching, I’ll provide what I was able to find out. A few folks wrote in so we’ll hear from them. We’ll play Mayberry trivia. Sign up for the Two...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:39:37 Bringing Up Opie was the 32nd episode filmed and the 32nd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E32) Plot Summary Bringing Up Opie: Opie is banned from the friendly confines of the Mayberry courthouse when Aunt Bee decides it is not an atmosphere conducive to the proper upbringing of a young boy. Andy goes along with Bee’s wishes until Opie wanders off and turns up miles away in another town. After his return, Bee agrees that father and son are better off together than apart. We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by...

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Host: Allan Newsome
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At Christmas time there are several folks who get new electronic toys (phones, tablets, etc) they can use to listen to podcasts or watch the associated podcast videos.

Over the years, Two Chairs No Waiting has creates episodes to reflect on the past year and to see which episodes have been downloaded or viewed most during the previous year.

This listings is a good way for new folks to see which of the 818 previous episodes of the podcast might be worth the effort to go and give a listen/watch.

There are currently 818 episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting (previous to this episode). Those episodes have a total time that someone could listen to Two Chairs without starting over adding up to 15 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes, and 10 seconds.

Hopefully you will find this list helpful in finding episodes worth revisiting or hearing for the first time.

For any new folks, and as a reminder to current listeners, I want let you know you can watch your host (me) in the movie I which I co-star called “Mayberry Man” for free on several services. There’s a link below to watch it on YouTube. And as a special thank you, after you’ve watched the movie, you might want to watch it with the commentary provide by movie cast members Allan Newsome (Floyd) and Rik Roberts (Barney). The link is also below. There’s also a follow-on “Mayberry Man” five episode TV series available on the “Up Faith & Family” streaming service.

You might also like watching the documentary “The Mayberry Effect” in which your host is featured. It’s a great companion to the “Mayberry Man” movie & series. The link below gives viewing options. You can also purchase it, and the “Mayberry Man” movie & series, at WeaversDepartmentStore.com.

God bless you and I hope you had a very merry Christmas and your new year is a happy one.

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