[Frantzie]

Andy and Opie are big leftists in real life. I always thought Floyd and Howard were “friends of Dorothy.”

[The KG9 Kid]

You gotta nip it in the bud, Andy.

NIP IT IN THE BUD!

[tet68]

One of the funniest episodes I ever watched was when
Barney was dating Thelma and she started playing with his
hair and it was soooo long and I guess he had put something
on it so when she played with it it stood up straight
on his head and he looked like some rad punk.

[rhombus]

cops get their man

Shirley Walter Guynn, 45, of nearby Cana, Va., was being held Thursday in Surry County Jail

Except he was a she? Take a walk on the wild side.

[SmokingJoe]

[twister881]

The cops caught the perp and recovered $45 of the money. The rest may have floated down the river into which the crud jumped, attempting to escape.

Interesting that Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) and Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) moved to Mayberry-like towns that often were referred to in the series -- Mount Airy & Siler City, respectively -- and are/were reclusive spinsters.

[dfwgator]

[real saxophonist]

Years ago, I can't remember where it was, Illinois or Indiana I think; We were in a metropolitan civic center that had two or three theaters. We were performing in one, and during a break we saw a poster that said Don Knotts was appearing in another one.

'Cool!', we said, and tried to get in to check it out for a while, but they wouldn't let us in.

[Spitzensparkin1]

Quite a rap sheet ol Shirley has...

http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=160105

[aruanan]

Thelma Lou mugged in Mayberry, cops get their man

Ernest T. Bass?