Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:40 Mayberry fans know Allan Melvin…well, they may not know his name but they would know his face and one of the eight different characters he played on The Andy Griffith Show.   Maybe the name "Fred Plummer" from the TAGS episode "Barney's Uniform" would ring a bell or maybe "Jake" […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:46 The last "fun" trivia here on the podcast was 13 episodes back so it's time for more! This trivia isn't "easy" but I think they are fun….challenging but fun. These questions come from the 2013 Mayberry Cruise trivia contest.  There were 22 questions in that contest and we covered […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:25:04 Time to see what's happening with TAGSRWC Presiding Goober, Jim Clark, and TAGSRWC's official newsletter, The eBullet. Two Chairs No Waiting only gives a small slice of what The eBullet has to offer so please subscribe to the newsletter (it's FREE) so you'll have it delivered directly to your […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:34 I love feedback episodes are because  I get to hear back from you, the folks that listen to or watch the show!  Thank you to those of you who take the time to share your Mayberry know how with all the rest of  us The Andy Griffith Show fans […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:25:11 In the fourth and final installment of Professor Brower's interview with Rodney and Doug Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb, and Maggie Peterson we start off with the divorce proceedings of Charlene Darling and hear from Maggie Peterson. We then move along to hear their thoughts on the music of […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:29:23 In the third installment of we experience the third part of this four part series featuring Neal Brower's interview with Rodney and Doug Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb, and Maggie Peterson.  This interview was recorded at Neal's "Professor Brower's Class" held during Mayberry Days 2004 in Mt. Airy, NC. […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:37:14 In this weeks episode we continue with Neal Brower's interview with Rodney and Doug Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb, and Maggie Peterson from Mayberry Days 2004 in Mt. Airy, NC. This week we move along in their story from when the boys first began their music career on into […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:32:53 The response to our last series of Neal Brower interviewing Elinor Donahue was so well received that I wanted to share more with you from Neal. This time we join him at Mayberry Days 2004 and his interview with the Darling boy (the Original Dillards) and Charlene (Maggie Peterson).  […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:24:19 In this episode of Two Chairs, we'll be going back to Mayberry Days 2004.  It was a special Mayberry Days because all the Darling boys were together again to perform for the crowds in Mt. Airy, NC. During their concert, Rodney broke a string so they needed someone to […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:16:45 Feedback episodes are some of my favorite episodes because  I get to hear back because, the listeners of this show!  It's been over a year since I did a listener feedback only episode of Two Chairs because I added feedback into episodes about other things throughout 2014 but you […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:38:01 This is the 3rd and final part of the Neal Brower interview with Elinor Donahue recorded at Mayberry Days 2005.  Elinor talks more of he time on The Andy Griffith Show and picks up right where we left off last week with Neal having asked her if she enjoyed […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:35:34 In this episode, Neal Brower continues the interview with Elinor Donahue from Mayberry Days 2005.  Elinor discusses her time on Father Knows Best and how she got the role, her first marriage, having a baby, her joining the cast of The Andy Griffith Show.  She is so open with […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:33:04 Elinor Donahue is amazing and very open about her life and experience in this interview from Mayberry Days 2005.  "Miss Ellie" is always a favorite of the fan of The Andy Griffith Show and the love for her will only increase as this interview progresses.  We learn about her […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:03 There are over 300 episodes of Two Chairs No Waiting and I'm sure there are folks that have just found the show or missed episodes and feel like they can't catch up.  To help you out here are a few lists showing the top episodes of 2014 as measured […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:22 We haven't done any "fun" trivia in more than 20 episodes.  We did do Mayberry Days trivia back in episode 299 but I'm not sure how "fun" that trivia is for most fans because we didn't get more than one or two answers correct. Episode 284 was the last, […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:34 There is only one Christmas episode of The Andy Griffith Show and fans still enjoy watching it each year.  I figure that listeners to this podcast enjoy hearing some of the same music each Christmas, too.  It's a tradition that we'll continue here at Two Chairs No Waiting to […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:12:02 I ran across a wonderful interview that first appeared in the Mt. Airy News on September 25, 2014.  The story was written by Keith Strange and is titled "They Were Just Parents." In recent episodes, we've heard from George Lindsey Jr about his dad and this article brings Karen […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:17 We're going to wrap up the last little bit of the George Lindsey Jr interview we did in episode 307 as it seems I left off about 3 minutes of information that I didn't mean to cut. Then we're going to talk about some of the one of a […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:28:31 Last episode we heard from George Lindsey by way of the very first interview I'd ever done with a cast member.  This episode we get to hear from his son, George Lindsey Jr! George Jr. joined Mayberry fans on the 9th Mayberry Cruise (2014) and had a great time […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:25:35 The week this episode originally aired, it was Thanksgiving week in America.  I guess that had me focused on things I'm thankful for and one of those was the time I was able to spend with George "Goober" Lindsey from The Andy Griffith Show. The first four episodes of […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:30 Let's check in with Jim Clark and The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC) official newsletter, The eBullet, to see what's happening around Mayberry and with the cast & crew. Two Chairs No Waiting only gives you a small slice of what's The eBullet has to offer so […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:26:05 We spent the last few weeks hearing from the Mayberry tribute artist about their memories of Mayberry, before that we talked about Mayberry Days 2014, and now we're heading back to 1995's Mayberry Squad Car Rendezvous held in Bradford, OH to hear from Richard O. Links. Mr. Linke was […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:45 This is the final episode of our series of episodes listening to the memories of some of the Mayberry Tribute Artist.  Those in the room while I was recording were David "The Mayberry Deputy" Browning, Kenneth "Otis" Junkin, Tim "Goober" Pettigrew, Jeff "Howard" Branch, Phil "Ernest T" Fox, Bob […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:21:12 We're continuing our series of episodes hearing memories from Mayberry Tribute Artist.  Those in the room while recording were David "The Mayberry Deputy" Browning, Kenneth "Otis" Junkin, Tim "Goober" Pettigrew, Jeff "Howard" Branch, Phil "Ernest T" Fox, Bob "Briscoe" Mundy, Michael "Gomer" Oliver, and myself.  You'll hear us talking […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:15:11 This week we continue our series of episodes where we hear Mayberry Tribute Artist join me in sharing their memories.  Recently David "The Mayberry Deputy" Browning, Kenneth "Otis" Junkin, Tim "Goober" Pettigrew, Jeff "Howard" Branch, Phil "Ernest T" Fox, Bob "Briscoe" Mundy, Michael "Gomer" Oliver, and myself sat down […]