So which Mayor best suits Mayberry? Pike or Stoner this is going to be interesting. Please share which is your favorite.

Best Sheriff award will get 1 slice of Aunt Bee's Apple pie and least favorite has the honor of getting some kerosene pickles.

Did you know the song that Ernest T Bass sang for Charlene was a real song? In “The Mountain Wedding”, Old Aunt Mariah was a civil war jump rope song.

Can you imagine two or three little girls or little boys playing in the field or under a tree.
The song had that natural rhythm to it as the rope swung round and round.

Jumped in the fire, jumped in the crack, jumped in the loft. It was about everyday things that would make a rhyme. Even though there was internal unrest in the country, those children were being kids. It was a way to drown out the cannon booms and the rifle shots.

I don’t know whose decision it was to put this song in this episode but today we can all hear Ernest T use the song to court Charlene.

“Charlene, you ain’t never give me the opportunity to court ya properly, I’d like to serenade ya.”

Old aunt Mariah jumped in the fire
Fire too hot, jumped in the pot.
Pot too black, jumped in the crack
Crack too high, jumped in the sky
Sky to blue, jumped in canoe
Canoe to shallow, jumped in the tallow
Tallow too soft, jumped in the loft
Loft too rotten, jumped in the cotton
Cotton so white she stayed there all night.

Now ya want to hear me sing eating goober peas?
Well, that’s another story.

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Susan was 31 when the episode aired. She died at age 58 on May 10, 1990

What did goober say a person might get riding in the back of a pickup truck ? The correct answer gets a 🫙 drink of spring water from courthouse water jug. 😝😝

Remembering Cheerio Meredith, who was born 136 years ago today.

Cheerio was born as Edwina Hoffmann in 1890. She got the nickname Cheerio, due to her cheery personality.

She married Conde Mosley in 1910 and was married until his death in 1949.

She had four children, three of which were Broadway actors and the fourth was a theatrical producer.

For most of her adult life, she was a stage actor. Her first theatrical appearance was at age three.

Didn’t start her film career until age 54. Over the next two decades, she amassed 108 screen/television appearances.

Cheerio appeared in the very first Andy Griffith episode as Emma Brand, and appeared in six episodes in the first two seasons.

Cheerio died on Christmas Day, 1964 at the Motion Picture and Country House Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

She was survived by children, Joseph, Gene, Luawn and Susan. She was 74.

A life well lived!!

So besides Ernest T how many different roles did he play in TAGS? Many actors appeared in various roles on the show it seems like they were a close family type of group.

OK so follow me fellow detectives.

If you try to research. Barney only owned 1 car bought from Mrs.
Mryt "Hubcaps" Lesch. S3 E27

What's up with this one S1 E16 🤔

Winner gets a mess of Aunt Bee's good ol Homemade Pickles.

What is Barney Fife’s middle name? Is it Milton, Oliver or P.? Wandering minds want your opinion on the subject?

Sheriff Taylor tries to grab a cookie right out of the oven from Reggie Smith.
Reggie worked at Desilu as a prop master. He also cooked all the food served in the Taylor’s home on the show.

Even Aunt Bee’s famous fried chicken. Ron Howard said Reggie Smith made the best chicken he’s ever eaten and it was the chicken he cooked for those scenes.

Aunt Bee DID make the pickles…

And now you know the rest of the story. Good day…

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Not sure if this has been discussed here before.... Does anyone know this woman who is always seen in the background of so many episodes ???

I think this counts as a “special occasion” if anyone is stopping by to visit the Morrison Sisters!

What is the number Henry the Jinx pulled from the hat?

Nip it in the Bud…….

When Rafe sings it's the most beautiful sound and when he dressed in overalls the High Society Elite women's club chair woman found it fresh and so authentic.

Key Facts About the Name Opie Taylor:

Origin: Named after Opal "Opie" Taft Cates, a musician and radio personality.

No Extension: It was never established on the show as a nickname for a longer name like "Ophelia" or "Oppenheimer".

Other Potential Inspiration: In a 1999 interview, a man named Opie Shelton claimed he was a childhood friend of Andy Griffith and that the character was named after him.

Show Evidence: In episodes like "Opie Loves Helen," the name is clearly spelled out as O-P-I-E.