Originally Posted by
qcpmsame
If he was near Mt. Airy, NC he would feel a sense of deja vu, possibly
, since that is the place that was said to be the basis for
Mayberry, back in the late 50s and early 60s! That is a beautiful area, of NC, to me, some fantastic riding must be available for y'all up there.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…imagine being pulled over by Barney Fife for running a red light.
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
…The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history… An annual festival celebrating the show, Mayberry Days, is held each year in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina…The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California. Woodsy locales were filmed north of Beverly Hills at Franklin Canyon...
My cycling relationship with Andy of Mayberry was that when I was laid up after my cycling accident in 2012 and watching a lot of daytime TV,
Andy of Mayberry was a highlight of my day; that and old and new
Perry Mason, and the History Channel spin-off, now known as the
American Heroes Channel.
BTW, I once posted about Andy of Mayberry to this thread on the Commuting Forum in April this year,
”Blowing Red Lights.”
I slow way down and look before going thru stop signs. I completely stop and look before going thru redlights but do not have too many of them to deal with.
I can only imagine the discussion if a Barney Fife wannabe, pantywaist successfully chased me down.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I recall an
Andy of Mayberry episode when Gomer Pyle "arrested" Barney Fife for a traffic violation, yelling (and irritating Barney) in Gomer's Southern accent,
"Citizen's arrest...Citizen's arrest."
Hilarious. I remember it too.
...and now back to our originally scheduled thread, already in progress.