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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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42:08

TCNW 858: Mayberry Days Memories 1995

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/10/01

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:42:08 The 2025 Mayberry Days just wrapped up in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy became Mayberry for the week and it was wonderful. I’m not going to talk too much about this years event because I have a task for those of you who were in attendance. I would very much like for you to call into the podcast and leave a voice message telling about your experience. The number is (256)513-9526 and you can call or you can go to

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33:03

TCNW 857: Event Fun Through the Years

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/09/24

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:02 This is Mayberry Days week in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is Andy Griffith’s hometown and this marks the 36th Annual Mayberry Days. Folks often ask what happens at the shows like Col. Tim’s during Mayberry Days so this episode we’ll experience some examples of the things that occur at Col. Tim’s. This is an episode that I would encourage folks to watch the video because the things we’ll be playing are clips from different events and seeing them, I

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32:50

TCNW 856: All Good Men to Come to the Aid of Their...

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/09/16

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:32:49 While on a recent trip to meetup with Mayberry friends in Danville, Indiana a somewhat Mayberry event occurred. Much like in the episode “Barney and the Cave Rescue” something happened to Jan, my wife. Thankfully, she has agreed to be join us on the podcast and tell the story of her trauma and describe how she got out of the situation without finding a cave opening to crawl through. We’ll also play some Mayberry trivia that we can have fun with and I believe

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30:01

TCNW 855: Letter to Opie

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/09/10

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:30:00 During the Mayberry Meetup 2025, attendee Julie Sipe was inspired by the events and the things she was experiencing to sit down and write a letter to Opie. She wrote it as if Opie were a real person who had been among those who had impacted her life in positive ways. She told of lessons she had learned from watching Opie and his dad deal with bullies and spoiled kids, help a friend that perhaps didn’t have as good a life as she might have, love their

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42:28

TCNW 854: Listener Feedback Summer 2025

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/09/03

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:42:27 We have five voicemail messages from folks like you that I need to catch up with. We also have comments from viewers of the podcast that were left on YouTube. It’s always wonderful to hear from you and I know your fellow listeners/viewers enjoy the feedback episodes just as much as I do. Some of the topics we’ll hit include Mayberry cast members on different series, military veterans from Mayberry, Don Knotts movies, Opie’s behavior, and Mayberry Days

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37:36

TCNW 853: Bailey's Bad Boy

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/08/27

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:37:35 Bailey’s Bad Boy was the 47th episode filmed and the 47th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E15) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Bailey’s Bad Boy.” Plot Summary Bailey’s Bad Boy: Rich kid Ronald Bailey is jailed when he blatantly defies the law. As Bailey waits for his influential father to bail him out, Andy teaches him the lesson of self-responsibility. Bailey decides to stand on his own two feet and take care of his traffic violations himself

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35:28

TCNW 852: Keeper of the Flame

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/08/20

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:28 Keeper of the Flame was the 46th episode filmed and the 46th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E14) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Keeper of the Flame.” Plot Summary Keeper of the Flame: Opie is accepted as a member of a secret society called The Wildcats after he takes a sacred oath never to reveal the club secrets. Given the job of Keeper of the Flame, Opie is fingered as the guilty party when the barn that the club meets in burns to the ground

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27:59

TCNW 851: If I Met Andy

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/08/12

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:27:58 I’ve been going through old files on my computer and came across a poem by a person with the username “Al Becker” from 2001. This poem really makes you think about what it would be like to meet not only Andy but many of the cast members from The Andy Griffith Show. What would your say to them? How would you feel when you met them? I’ve been lucky to have met so many of our friends from Mayberry and I can say this poem helps me to remember those wonderful

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29:42

TCNW 850: Who Stole Floyd's Pants

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/08/06

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:29:42 We had a voice mail and many other comments about enjoying the clips from the Colonel Tim’s Talent Time show that is somewhat of a final show for Mayberry Days each year. So, I ran across a clip where somebody has stolen Floyd’s pants and he’s trying to get them back. I hope you’ll enjoy this. I recommend you watch the video version of this episode even if you usually just listen to the audio. I believe it would be worth watching. The video clip was provided

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TCNW 849: Founders or Pounders Day Pageant 2021

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/07/29

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:11 Folks seemed to really enjoy the video of Psalm 23 from episode 847 of the podcast so I thought I would share a highlight from Col. Tim’s Talent Time that occurred during Mayberry Days 2021. We’ll watch, or listen to, the Mayberry Founders Day Pageant featuring many of our Mayberry tributes. This is performed on the Andy Griffith Playhouse stage where a school age Andy also once performed. The host for the pageant is Floyd the barber. This is one of the

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TCNW 848: Don Knotts 101

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:27:07 This week marks the 101st birthday of the amazing Don Knotts. Don, of course, played Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, Ralph Furley on Three’s Company and starred in the The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), and The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). That’s just a short list and much more can be found online and in books about this amazing man. I felt like it was only fitting that we revisit

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TCNW 847: 23rd Psalm by Barney

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/07/16

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:31:20 I’ve been looking through old videos the last week or so and ran across a wonderful routine that David “The Mayberry Deputy” Browning and I did back in September 2015. A whole group of tribute artist gathered at Bellevue Baptist Church near Memphis, TN to perform a play written by David called “Ernest T’s Rock Concert.” A portion of the play, this segment called 23rd Psalms, was written by Joe Gritton. Podcast listeners might remember the name Joe Gritton

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TCNW 846: Happy Valley, Shazam

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/07/09

As I mentioned last episode, on a recent trip to TAGSRWC HQ in Nashville, I was presented a tub full of articles, papers, stories, and more. As I was going though the papers, I found a great “Howard’s Notes” article from 1997 sent into TAGSRWC HQ by The Mayberry Texans chapter. This one was about Happy Valley. You know…what Chief Noogatuck said he’d call the valley that contained Mayberry. We’ll learn about that valley on this episode. I have also been thinking about “catchphrases” fans have grown

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TCNW 845: Mt. Pilot or Pilot Mountain

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/07/02

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:30:53 On a recent trip to TAGSRWC HQ in Nashville, I was presented a tub full of articles, papers, stories, and more. As I was going though the papers, I found a great story from 1994 sent into TAGSRWC HQ by The Mayberry Texans chapter. It was about Pilot Mountain, or as Mayberry fans know it best, Pilot Mountain, N.C. This history lesson for both the fictional Mt. Pilot and the actual Pilot Mountain is something I believe fans will enjoy. This being Independence

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53:57

TCNW 844: The Farmer Takes a Wife

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/06/25

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:53:56 The Farmer Takes a Wife was the 45th episode filmed and the 45th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E13) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “The Farmer Takes a Wife” Plot Summary The Farmer Takes a Wife: One of Andy’s old pals, Big Jeff Pruitt, comes to Mayberry looking for a suitable woman to be his wife. Andy and Barney give him a hand, but Jeff just can’t find a woman who suits him. Finally he finds the perfect woman: Thelma Lou. Andy instructs Thel

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43:45

TCNW 843: Sheriff Barney

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/06/18

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:43:44 Sheriff Barney was the 44th episode filmed and the 44th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E12) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Sheriff Barney.” Plot Summary Sheriff Barney: Barney gets an offer to become the sheriff of Greendale, and Andy tries to discourage him. Unsure how to handle matters, Andy gets an idea to let Barney be sheriff of Mayberry for a day. Given the opportunity to get a taste of what the office of high sheriff entails, Barney

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44:54

TCNW 842: The Pickle Story

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:44:53 The Pickle Story was the 43rd episode filmed and the 43rd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E11) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about The Pickle Story. Plot Summary The Pickle Story: It’s canning time again, and Aunt Bee has put up another batch of pickles. After realizing the only thing they’re good for is killing flies brave enough to land on them, Andy and Barney decide to substitute store-bought for her homemade and hand out the originals to travelers

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TCNW 841: Mayberry Fun Stuff

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:50:36 This week we have several fun things to talk about some of which comes from the May 2025 edition of the Weaver’s Newsletter. We hit some highlights from the newsletter and then hear from some of you with voicemail and written comments. I talk a bit about the upcoming Mayberry Meetup in Mt. Airy, N.C. and encourage folks to attend an event near you. Meeting fellow fans is almost as special as meeting cast members so I don’t want you to miss out on either

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TCNW 840: The Clubmen

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/05/28

The Clubmen was the 42nd episode filmed and the 42nd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E10) We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about The Clubmen. Plot Summary The Clubmen: One of Andy’s big-city fishing buddies invites him to join the Esquire Club, an exclusive Raleigh men’s organization. Barney is also asked to join and he, of course, overreacts and alienates the entire group by trying too hard to fit in. Andy is offered membership, but Barney is not. Andy tells his fishing buddy that he must

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TCNW 839: Keith Thibodeaux and Dennis Rush Interview

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast ·

2025/05/21

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 1:17:27 You are in for a treat this episode as we’ll be hearing/seeing the entire interview with “Opie’s Pals” Keith Thibodeaux (Johnny Paul) and Dennis Rush (Howie) from April 12, 2025. Keith and Dennis we’re interviewed once on Friday and then again on Saturday in Granville, TN at the Mayberry – I Love Lucy Festival. This recording features the interview from Saturday. They’ll be talking about their careers and sharing wonderful insights and stories from how they

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