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The real aunt Bee

Frances Bavier does an interview on tv after she retired. Never saw it before. It's golden

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by Anonymousreply 114March 16, 2020 3:10 PM

here's a interview with Betty Lou

by Anonymousreply 1December 19, 2010 11:13 PM

here's interview with Betty Lynn

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by Anonymousreply 2December 19, 2010 11:14 PM

Thanks for sharing that, OP. Sad that she wound up a reclusive, crazy cat lady.

by Anonymousreply 3December 19, 2010 11:15 PM

Judging from this interview, thers's no difference between Francis Bavier and Aunt Bee.

by Anonymousreply 4December 19, 2010 11:16 PM

Yeah right. Great fun tho seeing her irl

by Anonymousreply 5December 20, 2010 12:37 AM

Did she get to the top via the casting couch?

by Anonymousreply 6December 20, 2010 12:52 AM

Oy what a thought

by Anonymousreply 7December 20, 2010 1:29 AM

If she didn't want to be associated with Aunt Bea and Mayberry, why the hell did she retire to North Carolina? I had no idea she was from NYC - or a New York theater actress. She lacked any sophistication and seemed like a real bitch too on the set.

by Anonymousreply 8December 20, 2010 1:36 AM

[quote]Did she get to the top via the casting couch? Of course. Andy Griffith bedded most of his co-stars: Frances Bavier, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors, etc. Even the guy who played Floyd the Barber.

by Anonymousreply 9December 20, 2010 1:40 AM

Wonder why she and Andy didn't get along.

by Anonymousreply 10December 20, 2010 2:05 AM

Whoa - what was that TV host's comment "I was tested once on Eighth Avenue, but we won't go into that!"

by Anonymousreply 11December 20, 2010 2:11 AM

Frances Bavier always smelled like lavender and urine.

by Anonymousreply 12December 20, 2010 2:16 AM

Andy is quoted as saying she didn't speak to anyone on the show - he said "I don't think she particularly liked me." What was hilarious is that when she was on her deathbed the Enquirer printed a story saying she had moved to NC to "find her own Mayberry" and "Why won't Andy visit me?"

by Anonymousreply 13December 20, 2010 2:17 AM

She refused to do the reunion TV movie. Everyone thought she had passed away, but she was very much alive and just didn't want to do it.

by Anonymousreply 14December 20, 2010 2:23 AM

An interesting story I heard FB got friendly with a fan who owned a second hand furniture shop in the town she moved to. This lady suggested FB move there and she did just like that.%0D %0D It's one of those situations where an actor's career is over and they have no private life or friends.%0D %0D So FB took the woman up on it and moved to NC.. It's weird when actors getting friendly with fans

by Anonymousreply 15December 20, 2010 3:05 AM

Thanks for posting the Frances Bavier interview OP.%0D %0D She seems to me like a very intelligent and thoughtful person. She doesn't say that she disliked Andy and actually gives him a lot of credit for what she perceived was good about the show. If she was very different from Aunt Bee, it only proves what a great actress she was.%0D %0D Very much like Vivian Vance vis a vis Ethel Mertz, Frances also obviously developed a sort of phobia of her TV character.

by Anonymousreply 16December 20, 2010 3:32 AM

By most accounts, she was a raving bitch on the set.

by Anonymousreply 17December 20, 2010 3:42 AM

Is it true that the Aunt Bee character was brought onto the show to counter charges that Andy and Barney seemed to be living in a honsexual relationship?

by Anonymousreply 18December 20, 2010 3:45 AM

As the plot of the very first episode is about Aunt Bee coming to live with Andy and Opie, I'd say no, R18.

by Anonymousreply 19December 20, 2010 3:53 AM

Frances Bavier was nothing like the Aunt Bee character. But everyone expected her to be like that.

by Anonymousreply 20December 20, 2010 4:01 AM

Mi Amigos!

by Anonymousreply 21December 20, 2010 4:02 AM

Your welcome. I was always curious about her. Guess I always felt she was gay...but there is so little about her out there. I know she had a brother and lived with him when she was an actress in nyc on stage

by Anonymousreply 22December 20, 2010 4:02 AM

She was cranky to everyone, reportedly. She did call Griffith later in her life and apologize for being rude. However, character great Jason Wingreen said in a recent interview that Griffith could go off for no reason and was a bigot, so perhaps she had a reason to dislike him. (Link goes to the Wingreen interview.)

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by Anonymousreply 23December 20, 2010 4:18 AM

Born to play Eleanor Roosevelt; instead she got "Aunt Bee."

by Anonymousreply 24December 20, 2010 4:57 AM

If Griffith was bigoted back in the 60s, he certainly changed his tune. He did that pro-Obama commercial with Ron Howard in the 2008 campaign.

by Anonymousreply 25December 20, 2010 5:12 AM

They do make note of that in the link at R23 R25. The incident he's discussing occurred when he was doing Matlock - whenever that was.

by Anonymousreply 26December 20, 2010 5:34 AM

She would have been a great Eleanor

by Anonymousreply 27December 20, 2010 5:37 AM

I agree, she sounds EXACTLY like her.

by Anonymousreply 28December 20, 2010 5:54 AM

Weird, because the final couple of seasons of MATLOCK had Griffith with a black co-star. I wonder if Wingreen didn't like Griffith and was lying.

by Anonymousreply 29December 20, 2010 6:17 AM

Backer was too short and stocky to play Eleanor, who was a tall, big-boned woman.

by Anonymousreply 30December 20, 2010 6:19 AM

In true Hollywood story about TAGS - Ron Howard spoke kindly of Frances.

by Anonymousreply 31December 20, 2010 6:22 AM

I don't think Ron ever said a bad word about anyone

by Anonymousreply 32December 20, 2010 6:30 AM

That's because she gave him his first gum job, r31. He was forever grateful.

by Anonymousreply 33December 20, 2010 6:32 AM

R22, I once came across an ancient issue of TV Guide that featured an interview with Frances. At one point she twists a wedding ring she wore around her ring finger and says, "Yes, I was married once upon a time..." but there is no follow-up the question, so who knows if she really was or if it was just a ruse like Raymond Burr's dead wives and dead children.

by Anonymousreply 34December 20, 2010 7:46 AM

Sounds like a burr-ish thing to me

by Anonymousreply 35December 20, 2010 8:10 AM

I investagated. She never married. She lives in queens Til she moved to LA . She lived with her older school teacher sis Margaret who died in 1959

by Anonymousreply 36December 20, 2010 4:29 PM

I always hated "Aunt Bee." She and Barney were both assholes; I couldn't stand either one of them.

by Anonymousreply 37December 20, 2010 5:46 PM

I guess it's either u hate them or love them. There is no in between. I always liked her character. She was a fine actress. She took a thankless role and ran with it.

by Anonymousreply 38December 20, 2010 10:22 PM

"Born to play Eleanor Roosevelt; instead she got "Aunt Bee."

Please!!! That bitch could never have played Eleanor Roosevelt. Frances only got roles because she threatened to flash her snatch if she wasn't cast. Just ask Clara Edwards.

by Anonymousreply 39December 21, 2010 2:57 AM

I heard Clara E and Aunt Bee had a whore house going in Mayberry. Thelma Lou and the Darlings tricked for them. Everthing went well till that upity Helen came to town. Then she tried to shut Aunt Bee and Clara's op down.

by Anonymousreply 40December 28, 2011 12:51 PM

One time in 1958 I heard Andy be rude to a colored waiter. Therefore his work has no quality or merit and should be burned. Of course after we break all his glass windows.

by Anonymousreply 41December 28, 2011 1:12 PM

I never heard the story about Frances moving to NC because of a fan, but I guess it's possible. I heard that she originally went to NC one summer to attend a well-known diet program at one of the universities, fell in love with the area, and decided to move there. (If you watch the show, she did lose a substantial amount of weight between two seasons toward the end of the series.) However, I'll always wonder if really moved there because the series made her nostalgic for a place she'd never been. Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) also ended up living there.

by Anonymousreply 42December 28, 2011 1:30 PM

FB lived in Julian. It's a small town and people used to arrive at her home looking for Aunt Bee. They said that she was rude but I don't blame her if people thought it was okay to do that.

by Anonymousreply 43December 28, 2011 1:34 PM

I hated Aunt Bee. She was stupid, for one thing. And even though she was an old lady she had all the maturity of a pampered child.

I remember the episode where she coveted a flowered bed jacket ("it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!") and hinted over and over that it would a wonderful gift for some lucky lady. Her birthday was coming up; I guess she thought it would be un-ladylike to come right out and say "I want a flowered bed jacket for my birthday." Andy and Opie, meaning well, know that Aunt Bee likes to make preserves and such, so they get for her birthday something they think she will like and use frequently: mason jars. When she opens the box and sees mason jars instead of the bed jacket she bursts into tears and runs off sobbing like a spoiled child who didn't get the pony she wanted for her birthday: "WAAAAAHHHHH!"

Of course, later Bee's friend Clara tells Andy how much Bee liked the bed jacket and she finally ends up with the damn thing. A lot of the shows were like that: Andy was always doing something to keep somebody's feelings from being hurt, especially Aunt Bee's and Barney's.

by Anonymousreply 44December 28, 2011 1:38 PM

Yes, moving in with the nephew you raised to help raise his motherless son always screams selfish and stupid to me. Part of the fun of gift giving is the give and take of the dropping of hints. At least I enjoy the give and take. I had no idea I was being stupid. Next time I'll get a billboard when my birthday is approaching.

by Anonymousreply 45December 28, 2011 1:45 PM

Dammit, R2! I thought it was going to be an interview with Tony-winner Miss Betty Buckley.

by Anonymousreply 46December 28, 2011 4:37 PM

Frances in Siler City....

I always liked her in The Day the Earth Stood Still, too, as the boarding house owner.

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by Anonymousreply 47December 28, 2011 4:44 PM

[quote]FB lived in Julian.

I thought the interviewer said she lived in Siler City.

by Anonymousreply 48December 28, 2011 4:48 PM

I don't know whether Aunt Bee was lesbian, but she did have an awful experience with pickles.

by Anonymousreply 49December 28, 2011 4:54 PM

FB was the godmother to the brother of a friend of mine. My friend's mother came from the NY theatre world and knew FB well from there.

by Anonymousreply 50December 28, 2011 5:07 PM

I thought I'd seen everything but apparently R45 is a Frances Bavier/Aunt Bee fangurl!

I hated fat, old, stupid, childish Aunt Bee, too. And that twitchy, pop-eyed clod Barney.

by Anonymousreply 51December 28, 2011 7:47 PM

"I thought I'd seen everything but apparently [R45] is a Frances Bavier/Aunt Bee fangurl! "

LOL Fanboi...you're right. I love the show and Aunt Bee. I used to watch it after school and she was my TV aunt. The best episode was when Otis had to do his time at Andy's house with Aunt Bee as the Warden. LOL

by Anonymousreply 52December 28, 2011 7:51 PM

The original concept and first-episodes version of "The Andy Griffith Show" was more realistic and hayseed/creepy than what eventually became the popular and remembered later version of the show as it settled in. Likewise, Aunt Bee's original character was more overtly troubled, upset, neurotic and unsure of herself and her place than the moderately lighter amalgam that she became. I think she saw her character as more complex than it became, although I'm not sure if her skills could have worked through the situation comedy genre and still conveyed the pluck-and-astringency-with-a-sweet-finish she seems to have seen as the character.

by Anonymousreply 53December 28, 2011 8:13 PM

Other great episodes, R52, for Aunt Bee were:

(1) Aunt Bee gets "tiddly" (Barney's words) when she drinks an "elixir" which is mostly booze. Her drunken piano playing is a hoot.

(2) When she substitutes for Clara in Mayberry's historical pageant as "Lady Mayberry." "Eventide...." Clara returns to town and saves the day.

The bedjacket episode, described earlier in this thread, is another classic.

by Anonymousreply 54December 28, 2011 8:23 PM

Aunt Bee could be sweet as honey, and then hit you with the most stinging remarks.

by Anonymousreply 55December 28, 2011 8:51 PM

Whenever the show featured a relative of Andy or recalled a descendant, (s)he was ALWAYS given the surname Taylor. The writers couldn't have come up with another name?!

by Anonymousreply 56December 28, 2011 9:02 PM

Pa and I called her "Aunt Bee-yotch" behind her back.

by Anonymousreply 57December 28, 2011 9:04 PM

Oops, I meant ancestor, not descendant.

by Anonymousreply 58December 28, 2011 9:20 PM

Siler City and Julian are not far apart. I remember setting at a friends house and she showed me the house FB lived in . It was across the lake from her house. It's possible she lived in both cities because I heard Siler City as well. Mayberry is about 2 hours from there and they have Aunt Bees BBQ.

by Anonymousreply 59December 28, 2011 10:26 PM

Wasn't there more than one episode where Aunt Bee is wooed by some con artist who's just sponging off her and Andy has to figure out a way to get the bum away from her without Bee getting her heart broken? I seem to recall several episodes like that.

by Anonymousreply 60December 28, 2011 10:40 PM

R33, I loathe you for that.

Come sit by me.

by Anonymousreply 61December 28, 2011 10:50 PM

Frances was born in Manhattan, died in Siler City and is buried there.

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by Anonymousreply 62December 28, 2011 10:53 PM

my name is difficult to guess in hangman

by Anonymousreply 63December 28, 2011 10:54 PM

It's a good thing Aunt Bea never found out how deeply Arnold had gotten Opie involved in kinky sex adventures. Arnold LOVED Opie's ass. I wonder what happened to him.

by Anonymousreply 64December 28, 2011 11:23 PM

FB was a cranky old cunt. Maybe because she was a fat dyke. Maybe because her unused pussy just dried up and blew away. Everyone on that show said she was horrible, difficult and a real bitch.

by Anonymousreply 65December 28, 2011 11:39 PM

I'm another fan of The Andy Griffith Show. I've always watched it in repeats when I could. Actually is probably my all time favorite show. I love Aunt Bee too. Especially when she calls Andy. ANNNNDDDEEEEEE.

If I can hijack it for a post or two and stray from the character of Aunt Bee.

The best episodes of TAGS were the ones with Ellie Walker played by Elinor Donahue. She was as big of a feminist as was allowed on TV at the time. The chemistry and sparks between the two were evident from the very beginning. That was poor Elinor's downfall from the beginning.

Right from the start the fan letters wanting Andy and Ellie to get married outnumbered all the other fan letters. The producers, writers, and Andy intended it to be a show about a single father and didn't want it to become a romantic show(face it no one gave a crap about Miss Crump.) Every major character remained unmarried.

Yeah. I take TAGS way to seriously but we all do that to our favorite shows. Just don't start a Leave it to Beaver thread. That's another favorite.

Enjoy Ellie and her righteous indignation. Love it.

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by Anonymousreply 66December 28, 2011 11:41 PM

Not a huge fan of the Andy Griffith Show (although I don't hate it), but even though Elinor Donahue was around a short while, her scenes are a lot more memorable than Helen who I can barely remember anything about. I never understood that replacement. Too bad Elinor did not find anything steady afterwards, she was attractive and not a bad actress. She definitely made the tranisition to adult better than many child stars (maybe because she was already a teen at the start of Father Knows Best).

by Anonymousreply 67December 28, 2011 11:53 PM

Back off, R67.

by Anonymousreply 68December 29, 2011 12:04 AM

R54, cue it up to 6:31.

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by Anonymousreply 69December 29, 2011 12:31 AM

Didn't someone want to change Helen's name to "Elaine DuBois" because Helen Crump sounded like a rhinoceros taking a shit.

by Anonymousreply 70December 29, 2011 12:35 AM

Doesn't she have the old theata voice?

Opie was the best thing on that show.

by Anonymousreply 71December 29, 2011 12:36 AM

r70, it was when Helen was writing a children's book. The publishers didn't like her name and suggested she change it to Helene Alexian DuBois.

by Anonymousreply 72December 29, 2011 12:43 AM

What about Me? No mention yet.

by Anonymousreply 73December 29, 2011 12:44 AM

How about new name for Helen of Alexis Couture?

by Anonymousreply 74December 29, 2011 1:02 AM

Why is her name spelled Bee when it was stated that her full name was Beatrice?

by Anonymousreply 75December 29, 2011 11:25 PM

I never understood why Andy went for Helen Crump. The woman was a basket case! Really, she was always getting mad at him and screaming at him like a banshee. In fact, his first encounter with her is when she storms into his office and tells him to "MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!" Seems Opie had told him about Miss Crump, his new teacher, who was really tough on the kids; Andy told Opie not to let the mean old teacher get to him. Opie goes to class, says "My Pa said..." and boy, did Helen Crump get offended! Of course later Andy smooths everything over and Helen warms up to him and he to her and the rest is tv history. But I never liked Helen Crump. She was nuts!

by Anonymousreply 76December 30, 2011 1:53 AM

I couldn't stand Helen. She was a bore. However before they crumped her up I saw her on some repeats of other older shows and the actress was absolutely stunning. You wouldn't think any makeup or camera work could dowdy someone up that much.

In between Ellie and the crump Andy had another GF. She was played by Tatum O'Neal's mother Joanna Moore. They had planned on keeping her instead of Helen. However her substance abuse problems got her nixed.

So Miss Peggy got the boot. Like Ellie that was a shame too because she was a good addition too. She could sing too. A simple yet beautiful voice. I told you I took this shit way to seriously. But like a lot of kids who had a rotten childhood and have a fantasy TV family. Only in this case it was the whole damn town.

Miss Peggy:

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by Anonymousreply 77December 30, 2011 2:09 AM

did anyone catch the episode where andy came home early from a trip to mt pilot and caught opie banging aunt bee in the pooper? well he sat opie down and explained how wrong this was. the problem was that later opie walked in to the living room at 3am on his way for a glass of water, and andy , helen, barney, thelma lou, goober, clara, earnest t, were having a full blown orgy. and he walked in to the scene exactly when barney was trying to elbow andy away from claras slobbering mouth, saying" c'mon ang, its my turn. well everyone was a little embarrassed to see opie there. later in the show andy had to go over the finer points of adulthood with ope. what a heartwarming episode

by Anonymousreply 78July 26, 2013 5:53 PM

Mayberry, the whitest town in the state of NC.

Though I did read that a black man and his son were characters on Mayberry, RFD.

by Anonymousreply 79July 26, 2013 6:08 PM

Flibbertigibbit!

by Anonymousreply 80July 26, 2013 6:08 PM

Miss Peggy was way better than Crump.

I enjoy all her episodes.

by Anonymousreply 81July 26, 2013 6:13 PM

r49 You mean them "kerosene cucumbers"? I really felt for Clara in that episode. I loved TAGS. Sweet, simple, a product of its time, thanx to Andy. As a kid, I wanted to live in that town.Much the same feeling as I have for the protagionist's hometown in "Big Eden". Had a friend who felt similarly, and when she mentioned to her therapist, the therapist wholeheartedly agreed. The episode with Aunt Bee raising that rose for the county fair, and then Opie ruining it, was a particular favorite.

by Anonymousreply 82July 26, 2013 7:39 PM

I've never made it all the way through an episode of TAGS. I just find it boring. And Andy was the only one with an accent.

by Anonymousreply 83July 26, 2013 7:44 PM

Zee Auntie Bee she broke my glasses once.

I vas veering them at zee time.

by Anonymousreply 84July 26, 2013 7:57 PM

Andy G was a mean drunk for a lot of years. And treated people bad. Probably why Francis didn't like him

by Anonymousreply 85July 26, 2013 8:01 PM

R65, time for your meds.

I read at the Datalounge once that Andy was a homo. Everyone agreed. True?

by Anonymousreply 86July 26, 2013 8:09 PM

Bitch was envious of my nude scene in "Rosemary's Baby."

by Anonymousreply 87July 26, 2013 8:32 PM

Don't know much about the tiffs Aunt Bee had with Andy Griffith but I do know is that none of her neighbors,in NC, couldn't stand the sight of her..They hated her and her attitude from the get go ..Mother lived in the Raleigh/Durham area and I was visiting Mother when I happened to see the estate sale, auction to be date of Aunt Bee's furniture, belongings in the local newspaper.. Surprised me for I would like to think she was like what you saw on TV ..I had know idea ..

by Anonymousreply 88November 21, 2013 12:46 AM

She was caught sitting on Ernest T. Bass' face.

by Anonymousreply 89November 21, 2013 12:52 AM

I'm surprised no one is discussing the fact that the actress who played Helen Crump, Aneta Corsaut, was likely a lesbian. A beautiful actress never linked to any man.

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by Anonymousreply 90August 23, 2014 4:17 AM

My dad went all through school with Aneta Corsaut in a little town in Kansas. According to him she had a nose job before she became famous.

by Anonymousreply 91August 23, 2014 5:43 AM

r78 Blasphemer!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 92August 23, 2014 11:06 AM

The real Aunt Bee

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by Anonymousreply 93August 23, 2014 2:01 PM

The best Ain't Bee episode was when she got all uppity after going on a quiz show and winning a houseful of new furniture and appliances. She had a glorious time looking down her nose on all the hicks in town with their shabby houses and bragging about her new-found wealth. After weeks of being cunty to all her friends, all the prizes get repossessed because she couldn't pay the tax bill, ensuring she'd have to walk around Mayberry with her face cracked for the rest of her life. Sweet.

by Anonymousreply 94August 23, 2014 3:46 PM

What's that pompous speech doing in Siler City?

by Anonymousreply 95August 23, 2014 3:52 PM

How much did she weigh? I'm guessing about 400 pounds

by Anonymousreply 96May 20, 2016 5:22 PM

[quote]And Andy was the only one with an accent.

Hogwash. Barney, Opie, Goober, and Gomer all had southern accents.

by Anonymousreply 97May 20, 2016 5:25 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt was a good and kind woman who achieved wonderful things for the poor and blacks, but the dumps she left resembled nothing less than big piles of horseshit.

by Anonymousreply 98May 20, 2016 6:14 PM

R59 says: "Siler City and Julian are not far apart. I remember setting at a friends house and she showed me the house FB lived in . It was across the lake from her house. It's possible she lived in both cities because I heard Siler City as well. Mayberry is about 2 hours from there and they have Aunt Bees BBQ."

Julian and Siler City are about 20 miles apart, but Julian is nothing more than crossroads. To be honest, I'm not even sure it's an incorporated town. Frances Bavier lived in Siler City. Also, "Mayberry" is a fictional town. Maybe you're thinking of Mt Airy, Andy Griffith's home town which was the basis for Mayberry?

by Anonymousreply 99May 20, 2016 6:53 PM

78 made me lose it, literally crying with laughter...

by Anonymousreply 100May 20, 2016 7:29 PM

Aunt Bee was one of them labia lickers you know

by Anonymousreply 101January 3, 2017 10:08 AM

Aunt Bee looked fat because she was always pregnant with Goober's rape babies. Sometimes one of them hick fetuses would poke his leg out her snatch and across her clit, and she would yell in pleasure ANDDDEEEEEE

by Anonymousreply 102January 3, 2017 10:43 AM

[quote]Aunt Bee looked fat because she was always pregnant with Goober's rape babies.

Liar, Millie yes, Aunt Bee, no.

by Anonymousreply 103January 3, 2017 10:46 AM

FB always had the attitude that as a serious actress she was far better than everyone else on the show.

by Anonymousreply 104January 3, 2017 10:52 AM

My uncle used to tell a story, probably apocryphal, that when she turned on her vibrator, the lights would dim.

by Anonymousreply 105January 3, 2017 11:00 AM
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by Anonymousreply 106January 3, 2017 12:36 PM

Does no one know how to spell properly these days? It's not Aunt Bee, its Aint Bee!

by Anonymousreply 107January 3, 2017 12:58 PM

Andy and Aneta (Helen) were lovers in real life. Aneta never married but she got around.

by Anonymousreply 108January 3, 2017 3:19 PM

A local historian posted a picture he took today of Aunt Bee’s grace. People leave jars of pickles on her headstone.

I am beginning to understand why she was so prickly with fans in her later years.

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by Anonymousreply 109March 16, 2020 3:18 AM

[quote] Please!!! That bitch could never have played Eleanor Roosevelt.

She would have been brilliant as Teddy Roosevelt, however.

by Anonymousreply 110March 16, 2020 3:29 AM

I always thought the character of Aunt Bee was one of the most annoying and unlikable tv characters of all time. I remember an episode where she coveted a flowered "bed jacket ("the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!")" she saw in a store window. Her birthday was coming up and she hinted broadly whenever possible that the bed jacket would be the perfect gift to give to some lucky woman, being too ladylike to come right out and say she wanted a bed jacket for her birthday. But Andy and Opie, knowing how she likes making preserves and what have you (those dreadful pickles of hers!), think she'd be tickled to get some mason jars. When she opens her gift and sees what they got her, she runs sobbing from the room like a spoiled child who didn't get the Christmas gift they wanted. Andy just figures she's overcome with emotion, but then Clara tells him how much Aunt Bee desired the stupid bed jacket and he puts two and two together and gets her the damn thing. I always thought Aunt Bee's reaction at not getting what she wanted revealed her to be quite a self-centered cunt.

by Anonymousreply 111March 16, 2020 3:43 AM

The guy that played Goober said FB didn’t like the guys on the show because they would tell dirty jokes and cuss. She hated that shit.

by Anonymousreply 112March 16, 2020 5:20 AM

The REAL Andy Griffith

Jason Wingreen an actor who played the bartender on All In The Family and later on Archie Bunker's Place said he was on the set of Matlock and Andy Griffith said- It's ok give it to the nigger.

So don't be so warm towards that HILLBILLY.

by Anonymousreply 113March 16, 2020 6:02 AM

[quote] The guy that played Goober said FB didn’t like the guys on the show because they would tell dirty jokes and cuss. She hated that shit.

The worst was Hope Summers, who played Clara Edwards. That lady could make a sailor blush.

by Anonymousreply 114March 16, 2020 3:10 PM
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