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TCNW 892: Dennis Rush Interview Mayberry Crusis 2024 Part 1

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Release Date: 05/27/2026

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:45 Last episode I gave some reasons why, after almost 66 years, are we still watching The Andy Griffith Show? It was a good episode and caused a lot of online conversation. So many of you had good ideas why Mayberry still touches our lives and I wanted to share them. I have several comments that were posted on YouTube, Facebook, emails and by voice mail so let’s hear what you had to say about Why We Keep Coming Back to Mayberry. We have a nice message from a listener about Mayberry Days, too. Then, that same listener sent in some trivia that...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:55 We’re going to talk about something that, on the surface, sounds like a pretty simple question. But the more you think about it, the more interesting it becomes. Why? Why, after roughly 65 years, are we still watching The Andy Griffith Show? Why are these episodes still being aired every day? Why can somebody who has seen an episode ten, twenty, or maybe even fifty times sit down and watch it again? Let’s talk this through and see if we can come up with an answer. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter as well so be sure to call...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:38 One of Two Chairs most faithful listeners sent in a wonderful report of a trip he and fellow TAGS fan, Codie, took to California to visit locations where The Andy Griffith Show was filmed. Codie provided a report that was published in the r and it’s great we get to hear Mike’s point of view of the trip. Mike and Codie were able to take a trip any fan of The Andy Griffith Show would love to be able to take. Thankfully, these men have taken time to share their experience so that we can travel...

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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:44:37 Two Chairs has been going reviewing episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) for a while and we do trivia related to those reviewed shows. Since May 2026 we’ve covered five TAGS episodes and I felt like it was time to do a review with new trivia from those specific episodes. Join me in doing some multiple choice questions and see how you do. Feel free to go back and review TAGS episodes “The County Nurse,” “Andy and Barney in the Big City,” “Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee,” “Three’s a Crowd,” and...

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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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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:55:26

Mayberry lost a wonderful man on May 9, 2026. Dennis Rush, who played Opie’s friend Howie in eight episodes over a two and a half year period.

Dennis began coming to Mayberry Days, and other Mayberry events in 2018 and had become much loved by fans. His joy and love for his time on The Andy Griffith Show and at discovering how much fans remembered his appearances on the show was heartwarming.

Dennis has been featured here on the podcast in an one-on-one interview (TCNW #777) and again along with fellow castmate Keith Thibodeaux, Johnny Paul, (TCNW# 839) but he has so many amazing stories of his career that I wanted to make sure you heard.

This interview was recorded on the 2024 Cruise to Mayberry. In part 1, Dennis will talk mostly about his early career and we’ll make it up to a portion of his time on The Andy Griffith Show.

Come back next episode for part 2 when Dennis will talk more about Mayberry and discuss how his time as a child actor completed. There will be questions from the Mayberry cruisers who attended the interview as well.

Don’t miss either portion of this interview. I would suggest that you go back and listen to/watch his past interviews as well. Some things are revisited but his story telling was second to none.

He was a wonderful person and will be greatly missed.

 

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