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Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

A podcast about "The Andy Griffith Show" and all things Mayberry. Episodes contain interviews, listener feedback, and loads of Mayberry fun. The Two Chairs No Waiting is hosted by Allan Newsome. Allan is the webmaster for iMayberry.com and has been very active in The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) community since 1992 running the daily e-mail newsletter called the "Who"s Been Messin" Up the Bulletin Board" Digest along with multiple Mayberry related websites.

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42:56

TCNW 802: Mayberry on Record

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/09/04

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:42:55 Mayberry on Record was the 19th episode filmed and the 19th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E19) Plot Summary Mayberry on Record: Mr. Maxwell, an independent record producer, passes through Mayberry and records some of the local talent. After Barney, Floyd, and several other locals invest some money with Maxwell, Andy becomes suspicious. Having convinced the town they’ve been conned, Andy has to eat his words when Maxwell returns with the syndicate’s

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TCNW 801: T. Graham Brown, Mayberry Fan

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/08/28

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:58:59 T. Graham Brown is an American country music singer and songwriter, known for his distinctive voice and blend of traditional country with contemporary sounds. He first gained fame in the 1980s with hits like “Hell and High Water” and “I Tell It Like It Used To Be.” His music often features a mix of honky-tonk, rockabilly, and contemporary country elements. Mr. Brown has had multiple chart-topping singles and albums, with a voice that has been described as

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52:28

TCNW 800: Celebration Here Abouts

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/08/21

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:52:27 This is a big moment for this podcast. We’ve reached 800 episodes. I started the podcast 15 years and 10 months ago. The official start date would be October 11, 2008 and that is 827 weeks ago. That means that in the last almost 16 years, I’ve only missed publishing an episode 27 times. That comes out to just missing less that 2 episodes per year. I’d say that’s pretty consistent but I’d also say it shows how much I enjoy the topic of the podcast, The Andy

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36:45

TCNW 799: Andy the Marriage Counselor

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/08/14

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:44 Andy the Marriage Counselor was the 18th episode filmed and the 18th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E18) Plot Summary Andy the Marriage Counselor: The battling Boones, husband and wife, are engaged in an ongoing battle royal. Andy decides to put an end to their bickering by putting them on a probationary program of daily niceties. His brilliant idea backfires when the Boones turn nasty toward the rest of the town. Finally, Andy gives in when he

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36:25

TCNW 798: News and Reports From Mayberry

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/08/07

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:25 The Weaver’s Newsletter for July 2024 is on the web and there’s some fun information in there. I hope you subscribe to Weaver’s Newsletter but just in case, we’re going to go over some of the items reported in the issue to try and make sure you’re informed about what’s going on around the Mayberry fandom. We’ll go over a few of the upcoming and past events found on the Mayberry Event Calendar. Weaver’s Newsletter is FREE so take a minute and subscribe to

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41:36

TCNW 797: Listener Feedback and Comments

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/07/31

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:41:35 In the last month or so we’ve gotten a good bit of feedback from you, the listeners, so it’s time to give them some airtime. We have comments from YouTube and voicemails to hear so this will be a fun episode. The topics vary but they all center on The Andy Griffith Show in some form. Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia provided by Paul Mulik. This week’s topic: Mayberry Teachers. Sign up for the Two Chairs E-mail Mailing List Don’t forget to sign up for the

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43:41

TCNW 796: Alcohol and Old Lace

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/07/24

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:40 Alcohol and Old Lace was the 17th episode filmed and the 17th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E17) Plot Summary Alcohol and Old Lace: Based on an idea from a Broadway play, Andy and Barney run down moonshiners with the help of the Morrison sisters, Jennifer and Clarabelle. After Opie describes their “flower-making machine” the lawmen realize that the Morrison sisters are themselves running a still and promptly destroy it. We’ll review some notes and

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43:21

TCNW 795: Andy Saves Barney's Morale

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/07/17

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:21 Andy Saves Barney’s Morale was the 16th episode filmed and the 20th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E20) Plot Summary Andy Saves Barney’s Morale: When Andy is called out of town, Barney gets his first chance as Actin’ Sheriff of Mayberry and jails twenty citizens, including the bank president, Mayor Pike, and Aunt Bee. Andy returns and promptly dismisses all the prisoners. Barney is so discouraged that he threatens to quit, so Andy spreads the word that

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33:25

TCNW 794: Those Gossipin' Men

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/07/10

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:25 Those Gossipin’ Men was the 15th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E15) Plot Summary Those Gossipin’ Men: Aunt Bee teaches Andy a lesson after he ridicules the Mayberry women for being such terrible gossips. Bee sets a trap to prove the men are just as bad by planting the seed of a rumor that ends up leading most of the Mayberry males to the hotel room of a mild-mannered shoe salesman. The men are convinced he is a talent scout for the

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41:36

TCNW 793: Feedback, Trivia, and More

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/07/03

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:41:36 This week we’ll take some time to hear from the listeners/viewers like you. It’s been a few weeks since we last focused on your thoughts so we’ll be covering comments from several different podcast episodes. It’s always a real treat for me to hear from you and I know that you enjoy hearing from others as well. I have some news about Mayberry Man the Series and the upcoming Mayberry Meet-up in Mt. Airy, NC the end of July 2024. It’s gonna be BIG! Then we’ll

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33:59

TCNW 792: The Horse Trader

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/06/26

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:58 The Horse Trader was the 14th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E14) Plot Summary The Horse Trader: Andy proves fallible when he cons a traveling antique dealer into buying the town’s old cannon with a fabulously fictional story of the cannon’s glorious past. Opie follows his father’s example and cons a friend of his into trading roller skates for some “licorice seeds” that Opie got in a bad trade for his cap pistol. Andy, again seeing

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34:46

TCNW 791: Mayberry Tribute Artist Christie McLendon

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/06/19

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:45 I have a special guest this week that many of you will have seen at Mayberry events held over the last many years. Christie McLendon has been performing as the Charlene Darling character for folks since 2010 at Mayberry events. She creates parody songs related to Mayberry as well as sings all of Charlene’s songs from The Andy Griffith Show. While best known as Charlene, Christie has be a Fun Girl, Josephine Pike, and so many other Mayberry related characters

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TCNW 790: Mayberry Filming Locations Part 2

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/06/12

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:29:42 This is part two of Codie’s report that began last week. I want to encourage you to possibly watch the video version of these reports because Codie shows us the sites and locations that he’s talking about and I don’t think you’d want to miss that. As a reminder from last week, in early April 2024 members of the Mayberry Chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) lead a group on a trip to the Los Angeles, California area. They visited

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TCNW 789: Mayberry Filming Locations

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/06/05

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:48 In early April 2024, members of the Mayberry Chapter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) lead a group on a trip to the Los Angeles, California area. They visited major filming locations for TAGS including Franklin Canyon, Red Studios and the Desilu (Forty Acres) backlot. They also discovered other filming locations that haven’t, so far as anyone is aware, been identified before such as the baseball field where Opie’s Mayberry team played

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TCNW 788: Lou Ann Poovie is Ms. Elizabeth MacRae

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:27 We received some sad news today here at Two Chairs No Waiting headquarters. The wonderful Elizabeth MacRae passed away on Monday May 27, 2024. She was 88 years old when she passed but she will always be remembered by Mayberry fans as a compassionate lady who enjoyed life and shared her joy with others. To celebrate her life, we’ll listen to or watch (depending on how you partake of the episode) her performance at the 2006 Mayberry Days Col. Tim’s Talent

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TCNW 787: Mayberry Goes Hollywood

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/05/22

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:16 Mayberry Goes Hollywood was the 13th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E13) Plot Summary Mayberry Goes Hollywood: A Hollywood producer visits Mayberry and, taken with the town’s charm, decides to use it as the setting of a new film. The town members become screen-struck and busily go about giving Mayberry a face-lift, changing everything the producer liked. Just before the citizens are about to cut down a landmark oak tree, the producer

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TCNW 786: Ellie for Council Review

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/05/15

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:28:14 Ellie for Council was the 12th episode filmed and the 10th episode aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E10) Plot Summary Ellie for Council: Ellie runs for office, breaking the Mayberry tradition of what had been an all-male town council. Once again, Andy learns a lesson from Opie when he hears his own anti-woman opinions parroted by his son. Realizing the error of his ways, Andy speaks in favor of Ellie, rallying the citizenry to her side. We’ll review “Odd

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TCNW 785: Clint Howard Turns 65

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/05/08

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:05 Jan and I were invited to attend a surprise birthday party for Clint Howard on April 20, 2024 out in Burbank, California. What an honor it was to be asked and there was no way we were going to pass on something like that. Clint’s wife, Kat, was who invited us and we couldn’t believe it was happening. We made very sure not to mention anything about traveling to California because we didn’t want to be like Barney and let word get out about the gold truck, I

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TCNW 784: Mayberry in Granville TN 2024

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/05/01

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:32:19 On April 11-13, 2024 there was a wonderful Mayberry event in Granville, TN. I’ll give a report on the going’s on during the Mayberry – Lucy Festival and we’ll hear from a couple of folks who called in with their personal reports on the event. I hope that hearing about the fun to be had at events like this might encourage you to make plans to attend an event near you We hear voicemail from a few fellow Mayberry fans and then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia

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TCNW 783: The Christmas Story

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2024/04/17

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:37:09 The Christmas Story was the 10th episode filmed and the 11th episode aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E11) Plot Summary The Christmas Story: Andy and Barney keep the spirit of Christmas alive for Sam Muggins and his family after the town Scrooge, Ben Weaver, demands Andy keep Muggins incarcerated for running a still. After being accidentally inoculated with a little of the courthouse’s Christmas spirit, Weaver comes around and manages to get himself

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