Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:26:18 The celebration began last episode when we matched the episode total of The Andy Griffith Show and continues this week the first part of our interview with Betty Lynn. Mayberry fans know Betty as Thelma Lou but Betty has done so much in her career. Interviews usually focus on […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:36:08 Wow…249! Two Chairs No Waiting has reached an episode total matching the number of episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and it’s time to celebrate that achievement by visiting some of our guests from past episodes of Two Chairs. Guest from the very early days of Two Chairs were […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:56 Welcome to the conclusion of our visit with George “Goober” Lindsey from 1990 University of North Alabama (UNA) homecoming game. If you haven’t already heard last weeks episode, head over to episode 247 and give it a listen then come on back here. As I mentioned last week, George […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:19:43 The treats just keep on coming here at Two Chairs No Waiting! Recently a listener, Tony, contacted me to let me know he had an audio copy of something I might want and BOY was he right. Tony lives i the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama and that just […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:40 Hey Mayberry, WOW….let me just say that we had a wonderful time in Mt. Airy, NC this past weekend! We had 29 Mayberry fans join us for the Mayberry Meet-up! They came from *all* over but I think Ohio was well represented (4), Tennessee (4), Alabama (3), Georgia (2), […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:08 In past episodes we’ve done trivia that was from the Mayberry Days Trivia contest held each year in Mt. Airy, NC. Those questions are so hard that I thought we might have more fun answering, or trying to answer, questions that “regular” folks might actually have a chance to […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:21:44 Last week we began our look into Mayberry Mayor Stoner…”Roy Stoner”…well actually we were looking at the man who played him and hearing about the wonderful radio career he had before the days of television. On this episode we get to hear more from him about his movie and […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:23:17 It’s been quite some time since we’ve talked about or heard from Mayberry’s Mayor Stoner…”Roy Stoner … errr … S-T-O-N-E-R…you talk to him”…so it is time to correct that situation. You are in for a treat thanks to the The National Lum and Abner Society and their June 24, […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:51 I hope there are a lot of you out there that are like me in that you are a fan of Andy Griffith and not only Andy Taylor. If you are then you hopefully enjoyed watching Andy of Matlock. Even if you didn’t enjoy Matlock, I’m pretty sure you’re […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:17:59 This episode we are able to hear from four of our listeners. Calvin called in to talk about how many touching scenes there are on The Andy Griffith Show. We all know that TAGS is funny but we often forget just how much the show pulled at our hearts […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:21:04 George “Goober” Lindsey was a wonderful man and a great friend to so many of the fans of The Andy Griffith Show. I tell you this so you’ll understand what you’re about to hear/see in this episode of Two Chairs. Each year, several of George’s friends would gather in […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:59 In episode 237 of Two Chairs, we revisited a portion of the 2004 Mayberry Days presentation by Andy Griffith related to TV Land placing a statue in Mt. Airy, NC. I received several comments from listeners and viewers of the video version of the podcast requesting I present the […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:24:25 Jim Clark works hard to provide all Mayberry fans with news and information about The Andy Griffith Show and its cast & crew. I let the month of May slip by without talking about goings on in The eBullet but that’s an omission that I can’t allow to continue. […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:19:30 We have a couple of questions that were left on our voice mail from listeners just like you. The first question is from John and is about Andy and clarifying if indeed he was an owner of The Andy Griffith Show or not. At Mayberry Days in 2004 […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:55 There are several times throughout the run of The Andy Griffith Show were we see continuity errors. From Barney’s badge being on his shirt in one scene and missing in the next to people missing from a bench on the street only to appear when the shot cuts to […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:51 The fine folks over at iMayberryCommunity.com have been having some wonderful discussions and one of them really hit the spot. This week marked one year since the passing of Mayberry’s Goober, George Lindsey, so I thought it was fitting that one of the discussions going on over at the […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:38 I bet most folks that watch The Andy Griffith Show have never really thought about who it was that took care of all the props that were used on the show. Well, lets think about the man who for 249 episodes kept the people of Mayberry supplied with some […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:48 The last few episodes we’ve been talking about things that some of the greatest writers of The Andy Griffith Show took the time to share with fans and I’ve certainly been enjoying celebrating these master writers. The conversation led one of our Two Chairs No Waiting listeners, Joe Gritton, […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:18:02 Back on TCNW #230 I mentioned finding several letters from TAGS writer Harvey Bullock. Harvey wrote 32 episodes of TAGS and I have several wonderful letters he wrote to me answering questions that fans had asked him and writer Everett Greenbaum. This episode we’ll find out exactly what is […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:51 We received a voice mail message recently about the signs on the Mayberry Courthouse doors and it caused me to do a little research that I think you’re going to enjoy hearing about. We also have some wonderful feedback from listeners that I learned from and I’m sure you’re […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:17 I was going through my collection of Mayberry stuff recently looking for items that might be of interest to fans of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) when I found several letters from Harvey Bullock. Fans may already know that Harvey wrote 32 episodes of TAGS. What you may not […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:56 It's time for Two Chairs No Waiting to have a look at “The eBullet.” What’s “The eBullet” you ask? Well only the official online newsletter of The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC). Presiding Goober of TAGSRWC, Jim Clark, puts a lot of work into this wonderful newsletter […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:56 This episode we get to hear back from your fellow listeners and see what’s on their minds. We’ll hear comments about things like: Why the keys were hung where they where, Public domain episodes, back on- Episode 171 that’s not Barney Kessel….it’s Howard Roberts. Enjoyed seeing Andy and Don […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:22:27 There has been a photo making the rounds on the internet the last month or so saying: You’ll never, in a million years, guess who this is. Guess who? Bet you can't guess who this blonde beauty is……… look closely and try guess before scrolling down for the […]

Host: Allan Newsome Running time: 0:20:00 Friends, the world lost our number one deputy on February 24, 2006. To celebrate the life of Don Knotts and the amazing character he brought to life the Two Chairs No Waiting podcast has dedicated an episode of the podcast to him each year. This year is no exception. […]