Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:57 This is the first of a two part series featuring an interview with Bernard Fox, Mayberry's very own bicycle riding "Englishster" Malcolm Merriweather. This interview was recorded 1998 at the 6th Annual Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous held in the middle of a corn field near the town of Bradford, […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:10 Time to catch up with The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club to get an update what's in their FREE newsletter called The eBullet. The Presiding Goober, Jim Clark, works hard every other month to find great information for all us Mayberry fans and this podcast features just a […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:46:21 This is going to be a fairly long episode because I wanted to bring you the entire on stage interview with Sheldon Golomb (a.k.a. Sheldon Collins) who played Opie's friend Arnold Bailey during the color years of The Andy Griffith show. The interview was recorded at the 6th Annual […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:24:22 This week is the conclusion of the Sue Ane Langdon's time on stage at the Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous in Bradford, OH in 1998. 1998 was the 6th Annual Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous and the guests were Sue Ane Langdon (Nurse Mary), Sheldon Golomb (Opie's friend Arnold Bailey), and […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:38:31 This weeks bonus triggered the whole podcast this week. Randy Turner covers Sue Ane Langdon in this week's This Week in Mayberry History and that got me thinking about when I met Sue Ane at the Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous in Bradford, OH. The year was 1998 and it […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:48 This past week I ran across a nice article about The Andy Griffith Show on the website CloserWeekly.com. It was called Mayberry Exposed and it got me thinking about Andy and the gang. Where they began. What made them different. Why the show still attracts fans after 50+ years. […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:28:17 Over the last several years, I've come to realize that there are folks out there that don't know all the trivial trivialities that I have absorbed in my travels. Things I think everyone knows…they have never heard or, as Ernest T. might say, it "didn't take" for them. This […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:28:37 This past weekend was the very first Two Chairs Meet-up held at Two Chairs headquarters in Huntsville, AL. Over the course of the weekend folks were able to enjoy the company of fellow Mayberry fans, watch episodes, look through the Mayberry collection at Two Chair HQ, visit Weaver's Department […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:25:57 This week we're going to time travel back to the fall of 1991 and the Mayberry Cast Reunion held at Opryland in Nashville, TN. Cast members Don Knotts, George Lindsey, Betty Lynn, Maggie Peterson, Hal Smith, Jack Prince, The Dillards (Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb, plus talented […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:01 There was a "lady barber" in Mayberry? We'll, no…not on The Andy Griffith Show but in the town that Mayberry is loosely based upon there is a lady barber with Mayberry ties. Her name is Donna Hiatt and she's the niece of Russell Hiatt who owned and operated "Floyd's […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:00 Let's drop in on The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club to get an update from TAGSRWC showing us what they have for us in the FREE newsletter called The eBullet. The Presiding Goober, Jim Clark, works hard every other month to find great information for all us Mayberry […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:39:06 Part 2 of the interview with Margaret recorded on October 24-29 during the Mayberry Cruise. Margaret Kerry played Bess Muggins and Helen Scobey on The Andy Griffith Show and is wonderful person. This episode is part 2 of 2 and I know you're going to enjoy it. I would […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:59 On October 24-29, 2017 I had the special privilege of being on the Mayberry Cruise with Margaret Kerry (Bess Muggins/Helen Scobey). Margaret is an amazing lady who I have grown to love over the several years I've known her. She has so much talent and has a career with […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:31:38 In episode #446 we covered Round 1 of Mayberry Days Trivia 2017. This week being the championship of the NCAA football, I thought it was time to do the Championship round of trivia from 2017. The questions are hard but I think you'll have fun trying to answer them. […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:13 Every year during the Christmas season there are folks getting new gadgets that let them begin listening to podcasts and watching videos so I like to make it easy for them to find the best episodes of Two Chairs so I can get them hooked on the podcast. There […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:34:26 The one and only Christmas episode of The Andy Griffith Show is the inspiration for this podcast episode because it's very similar to previous Christmas episodes but I figure if we can watch reruns of "The Christmas Story" over and over, doing a podcast episode that's real similar wouldn't […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:30:35 Randy Turner has been providing us amazing facts about Mayberry history for all of 2017 and this week he brings us some great information about Aunt Bee, Frances Bavier. We then have five voice mail messages with questions, observations, and all around Mayberry fun for us all to enjoy. […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:28:22 This episode I'm going to talk about some of the fun stuff found over at Weaver's as well as continue my crusade to get the word out about all the Mayberry events and the stuff we have on the Internet. There is so much joy to be had visiting […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:27:56 The last couple of weeks have been hard for the Mayberry family with the passing of two Mayberry greats. First we lost Rance Howard and now our beloved Jim Nabors. Mayberry fans join Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. fans and so many others in our sadness over the passing of Jim […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:12 Mayberry received bad news just a few days ago when Rance Howard passed away. Rance is the father of Ron (Opie) and Clint (Leon) Howard and has contributed to the town of Mayberry in so many ways that I didn't want to let this event pass without celebrating the […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:30:18 It's Thanksgiving time and that made me think about things I'm thankful for. I guess it goes without saying that I'm thankful for The Andy Griffith Show and it's been four years since I've said that in an episode. It was all the way back in TCNW #261 when […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:55 Time to drop by The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club to get an update containing the information TAGSRWC has for us in the FREE newsletter called The eBullet. The Presiding Goober, Jim Clark, works hard every other month to find great information for all us Mayberry fans and […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:31:18 You folks remember the hearing the story written in New York's The Sun newpaper back in 1897? I know you weren't alive but it's a famous story where a little girl wrote to the newspaper asking if Santa Clause was real. Well, that's where I came up with the […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:55 We first hear from Randy Turner about the Mayberry Halloween connections then move on to the story of the Golden Arm. The Golden Arm is a folktale appearing in many cultures through oral tradition. It was most famously told by Mark Twain and also used by him to instruct […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:17:16 I'm traveling to the Mayberry Cruise 2017 this week so I didn't have much time to get things together for this episode BUT you're in for a treat. Randy Turner stepped in to add to the Mayberry spirit by sharing a wonderful comment made by a member of the […]