We opened an account with a small community bank today, and it turns out that the banker we were dealing with is from Siler City, North Carolina. Fans of the Andy Griffith show will recollect that Siler City was occasionally mentioned on the TV program. Turns out that the actress who played Aunt Bea, Frances Bavier, retired to Siler City and her hairdresser was the mother of our banker.
Maybe next we'll find out that Otis bought his liquor from the local ABC store (although that seems unlikely; Otis liked his booze untaxed).
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I'm whistling the theme song just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteOne of the greatest lessons it taught me was when Barney bought the car from the 'little old lady who only drove it to church on Sundays'. Don Knotts portrayed the trusting innocent whose naive faith is slowly brought to earth (in almost every episode I guess). I'd already learnt there be con-men from The Music Man, but little old ladies?
Haw! Barney - bless his honest heart - was always getting lessons in the school of hard knocks.
ReplyDeleteA little known (and uninteresting) fact: Earle Hagen, who wrote and whistled the theme song for the show, once appeared at a lyceum program at my high school. It was 1969, I think.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, he whistled the theme song. And we all whistled along (or tried to).
The Mayberry connections are really starting to pile up now!
ReplyDeleteHere's another one. Andy Griffith owned a vacation home near Manteo, North Carolina, and my mother literally ran into him with a shopping cart at the supermarket.
Well, here's another somewhat dubious connection: my parents owned a 1961 Ford Galaxy 500, just like the one Sheriff Taylor used for his squad car on the show. A car I would later use as transportation to and from college. Without the flashing light and siren, regrettably.
ReplyDeleteNo Mayberry connection for me, dagnabit -- save I watched the show, including reruns, as a child.
ReplyDeleteWell, ga-aall-lee, Mister Paco. Guess that fellar was right. The world sure is a small place.
ReplyDeleteRascal Flatts did a wonderful song titled "I Miss Mayberry." The lyrics are vividly evocative. Seems to me, that there was an official video, but the song stands on it's own. In fact, I prefer it.