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Hey that's great!! I loved ths show. Can't wait to see the movie.
Actually there could have been a spinoff according to Fred Sanford. Remember Sanford and Son? Fred had an idea for a show about a plumber in the old west, 'Little Outhouses on the Prairie'. lol
Caroline Ingalls did all the cooking at Nellie's restaurant. There could've been a show on the Food Network, Cookin' with Caroline.
I should delete my account too. But I am such an optimist, I keep hoping they will relent and reopen the boards! Just dumb, I know! But I do go there for info on TV shows, films,etc. I am MAD at IMDB but I haven't written them off totally. Mybe I should!!
LOL Two thumbs up for that remark!!!
BiffGG--- Yes, some people have no clue with what they are dealing with. When I was a kid , one of our neighbors had a nephew who was living with him for a while. The young guy was into exotic animals. He had a small wild cat (can't remember the breed), but it shredded his uncle's curtains and he made him get rid of it.
Later he got a pair of baby alligators which he kept in the backyard. I had NO idea at the time or else I would have stayed OUT of our backyard. One day they escaped from their pen. He never found them. No one in the neighborhood ever encountered them so I don't know where they went.
Truth is, a lot of people want exotic pets but they have no idea nor any training on how to handle them. South Florida? I have seen a few documentaries of people dumpng their pythons and other snakes into the Everglades when they grow too big. It's a nightmare for the local ecology.
Oh I have no problem with people wanting to keep exotic animals. If they can properly care for them, that's fine. Heck, there are people who have dogs but keep them chained up outside and never walk them or interact with them. Makes me furious! Dogs are social animals.
Some people do want animals but not the socializing aspect, so I suppose reptiles and/or fish are better pets for them.
I guess that's how I look at pets. I want animals with whom I can socialize. I can't fathom having a "cuddly" relationship with a snake or a lizard. lol
Why would anyone WANT a snake in his house on purpose? If I saw one, I'd call the Game Commission and run! lol
I guess I am just a dog/cat person. I like animals I can interact with, cuddle with, take on walks,etc. Not a pet who stares at me without blinking and is searching for a rodent dinner. Yeech!
Yes, snakes are kinda beautiful in their own way, but they need to remain in their natural habitat, OUTSIDE and away from me! Along with all those other exotic creatures, they are not pets.
Yes there could have been some good courtship episodes. But like ditto-head wrote, the show "ramrodded" story lines through rather quickly.
In the fourth season Caroline thinks she is ill and visits Doc Baker, only to find out that she is expecting a baby. The whole pregnancy and the delivery of baby Grace happen in one episode.
With Nellie and Percival, I always took their fighting, contentious relationship to be a courtship of sorts. It reminded me of the old screwball comedies of the thirties and forties. The two lead characters would argue their way through the entire movie only to realize that they were in love at the end.
After their last big blowup Percival said something like, "A girl as pretty as you doesn't need a restaurant to catch a husband!"
He basically declared himself and Nellie was a goner at that point. "He thinks I'm pretty!"
No way was she letting him go! I think a prolonged courtship at that point would've been anti-climactic. If Percival could stand the obnoxious,bratty Nellie, he must've been in love! lol And Nellie never put up with bad treatment from anyone, so if Percival could yell at her and dump food on her head, she was in love too.
It was a season six episode, 'Author,Author'. Barry Sullivan played Caroline's father. He was grief stricken over his wife's death. Charles thought a great "cure" would be to write hs autobiography.
Mary's baby is born in this episode too.
The actor's name is supposed to be Fred Kwan. At one point the actor says ,"Kwan isn't even my real name." So it seems to be an actor pretending to be Asian to land the role of an Asian.
This is definitely not the first time a Caucasian was cast to play an Asian. Ever see any of the old Charlie Chan movies? Werner Oland and Sydney Toler both played the detective. And if John Wayne could play Genghis Khan, anything is possible!
Yeh, definitely noticed Danny's absence in the last episode! He is one of the main characters.
With a possible terror attack on the island, Steve should have at least made a phone call to Danny if it was his day off. Or at least someone could have said, "Good thing Danny went back to New Jersey to take his kids to see their grandparents."
It's rather awkard when a main character is nowhere to be seen.
Ditto-head--I saw that episode not too long ago and I was shocked all over again at the heartlessness of Charles behavior and the sheer stupidity!
What a cruel way to find out that your mother had passed away. I never could understand why Charles didn't find a better way to break the news to her. I actually thought that he should have left the coffin in town so they could have a funeral at the church in Walnut Grove. He could have broken the news without having Caroline see her mother's coffin right away.
Never noticed that Fred was lost too and he WAS from Ohio! All those little things.
I did notice in other episodes how Lucy obviously had stockings on when she was in her nightgown or pajamas. You could see the darker toes and heels of her stockings.
One other thing I have noticed over the years, and it isn't just on Lucy, it's when characters wear their wristwatches in bed! Lucy and Ricky had watches on in bed, but why? I still see that on TV today and I cannot figure it out! I take my watch off at night when I take a shower. I just don't get it. Who the heck wears a watch in bed? Why do you need the time when you are sleeping? Just look at your alarm clock. I find that to be even weirder than female characters waking up with lipstick on.
LOL Would've been funny. But Sally always wore a dress or suit in the office. Riding an avalanche in a dress? ha ha Still, I can picture it!
Not really 'off-topic' when it comes to discussing beds. lol In 'Don't Trip Over that Mountain', Rob is determined that Laura stay angry with him so she doesn't learn about his "sprained body." The black nightgown? Yeah, I think he tells her to put on her warm jammies so she doesn't catch cold.
He tells Jerry that Laura will want to make up and "she'll want to hug me." I think "hug" was a euphemism. How painful could a little hug be? ha!
Good memory!!! I always thought it was funny how Rob's mother did NOT want to see the bedroom!
Rob and Laura also had a double bed in their luxury hotel room in 'Never Bathe on Saturday.
Audiences were sophisticated enough to realize that characters had intimate lives without it being thrown in their faces.
In the Never Bathe episode, Rob looks around their hotel room and says, "There are some GREAT places in this room."
In the dvd commentary Carl Reiner says that Rob means "great places" for sex. I saw the episode many times and I never caught that meaning. lol The writing on the show was subtle.
Well it wasn't much of a "giveaway" for me! I didn't realize at first that the two women were the same! Guess I'm slow. ha!
Great episode though. Just when you think Anne has defied her father and found true love, everything gets twisted around.
Sometimes I wish I could catch up with my younger self and give her some advice (or a kick in the pants!).
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is funny! I have a DVD called 'The Don Knotts 4 pack'. It includes that film, The Shakiest Gun in the West, The Reluctant Astronaut and The Love God. Don Knotts had the "nervous, funny and scared" character down pat.
Yes, Barney appeared in at least four episodes. In one episode he returned to Mayberry for a class reunion only to find out that Thelma Lou had gotten married.
He was a detective in Raleigh. Don't know how he got that job because he seemed to be as inept as he was in Mayberry! In one episode Andy visits him and figures out that a local crime spree is being done by a family who is renting a room to Barney. Barney is totally clueless, but Andy steers him in the right direction to solve the crime.
Why didn't you "fathom" Charlene Darling? aka Mrs. Dud Wash. Just curious about that. I thought she was an interesting character. She had a big crush on Andy, even to the point of naming her daughter after him, "Andalila" I think that's how it would be spelled.
Of course the feminine of Andrew is Andrea. Andalila just seemed more 'country'. I used to wonder if Charlene's husband, Dud Wash, was curious about why his wife wanted to name their daughter after the sheriff in Mayberry! Maybe he realized that Charlene had a crush on Andy and he didn't want to rock the boat.