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TCNW 870: Mayberry Christmas to All 2025

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Release Date: 12/24/2025

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:49:28 The Bookie Barber is Season 2, Episode 28 (overall series episode 60) of The Andy Griffith Show. It originally aired on CBS on April 16, 1962. Directed by Bob Sweeney and written by Harvey Bullock and R. Allen Saffian (also credited as Ray Allen Saffian / R.S. Allen). We’ll go over some Mayberry trivia all about The Bookie Barber. Plot Summary The Bookie Barber: Floyd gets his chance at being a proprietor of a two-chair shop when semi-retired barber Bill Medwin arrives with a proposition of expansion. Floyd jumps at the...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:49:04 Three’s a Crowd is Season 2, Episode 27 (the 59th episode overall) of The Andy Griffith Show. It originally aired on CBS on April 9, 1962. It was written by Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart and directed by Bob Sweeney. We’ll hear some Mayberry trivia questions all about Three’s a Crowd. Plot Summary Three’s a Crowd: Andy tries to romance county nurse Mary Simpson, but Barney constantly interrupts. Finally, Andy becomes exasperated and tells Barney he wants to be alone with Mary. Barney understands perfectly, and he...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:42:40 This episode is going to be full of Mayberry trivia that I think we can all enjoy. Last weekend was the 14th Mayberry Meetup at the  in Mount Airy, N.C. We had a great time visiting and doing some different kinds of trivia and that got me to wanting some fun trivia for us to do here on the podcast. I hope you’re going to enjoy trying to answer these questions from the Mayberry Trivia book by Scott Hopkins (available at ). We’ll follow that up with a little overview of the Meetup to include a great video by “”...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:49:02 Welcome to the 900th episode of Two Chairs No Waiting – the podcast where we pull up a chair, sip some iced tea on the front porch, and talk about all things Mayberry. I’m your host, Allan Newsome – also known around these parts as Floyd the Barber, your friendly neighborhood tribute artist, and a proud resident of the Andy Griffith Show universe. Can you believe it? Nine hundred episodes! If we were filming in black & white like back in the day, we’d be somewhere around Season 28 by now. (laughs) That’s 32 episodes a...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:12 Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee was the 58th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E26) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee.“ Plot Summary Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee: Aunt Bee’s friend Clara convinces her that she is preventing her widowed nephew Andy from remarrying. Feeling like a burden, Aunt Bee reluctantly begins seeing Mayberry’s dry cleaner, Mr. Fred Goss, who has shown romantic interest in her. She pursues the relationship mainly as a pretense to demonstrate her...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:26:14 This is a special episode, folks. We’re celebrating the 100th birthday of the man who made it all possible: Mr. Andy Samuel Griffith. Born June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina – the real-life inspiration for our beloved fictional town. Even though Andy left us in 2012, his spirit, wisdom, and that warm Southern drawl live on in every rerun, every laugh, and every lesson from Sheriff Andy Taylor. Grab a seat on the bench by the courthouse – this one’s gonna be a good ‘un. Andy Griffith showed us that decency, humor, and...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:27:37 This is a Mayberry outsiders review of The Andy Griffith Show community with a focus on the Two Chairs No Waiting podcast as a center point. The insights from those looking into our Mayberry community are interesting and something you’ll enjoy. They aren’t “fans” of the show but are looking at it, and us, in a fun way from the outside looking in. The deep dive into the sociology and forensic of the Fandom is something fans will learn from. They might get some of the exact facts slightly wrong, since the presenters aren’t big fans,...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:25:52 This week we have the conclusion of the stage play we began in the last episode. If you didn’t , I encourage you to go back and do that before you partake of the second half of the play. Back in September 2015 some of the Mayberry tribute artists traveled to Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, TN to perform a play written & directed by David “The Mayberry Deputy” Browning called “Ernest T’s Rock Concert.” I featured the first portion of the play, this segment called 23rd Psalms, that was written by Joe Gritton about a...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:19 Back in September 2015 some of the Mayberry tribute artists traveled to Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, TN to perform a play written & directed by David “The Mayberry Deputy” Browning called “Ernest T’s Rock Concert.” I featured the first portion of the play, this segment called 23rd Psalms, that was written by Joe Gritton about a year ago in  of the podcast. I’ve resisted showing the entire play because the hope was always that we might be able to perform the play in other locations. After eleven...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:40:20 It’s good to be back in Mayberry again! Thank you for joining me! We’re gonna talk about what’s happening in Mayberry so we can keep folks in the know. I don’t want to see anyone miss out on the fun that we have in Mayberry and it seems like no matter what I personally do, there are folks that miss out on events and other fun Mayberry things. The latest Weaver’s Newsletter is out and it has some good information that I’ll share about events and other things going on. We have some trivia from Paul Mulik to play in the form of –...

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 1:01:29

It’s Christmas time here in Mayberry and 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 over and over seeing as Ben Weaver tries to get arrested so he can spend Christmas in jail with the Taylor’s, the Muggins’, and Miss Ellie. It always plucks on to our hearts when we see Ben singing outside that courthouse cell window.

Since the podcast began, Two Chairs has tried to bring back the warm feeling from The Andy Griffith Show 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.

We have a great song with lyrics written by Russell Estes called “A Mayberry Christmas” that does a wonderful job of taking us back to our hometown.

For a bit more Christmas music, we’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.

NOTE: The YouTube video had portions (Away in a Manger by Elinor and the MayberryTone News-Newsome 2017 card) that had to be removed because of “copyright” claims preventing any of the video from being visible.

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