Goober is gone...

RobertN · May 6, 2012

RIP Goober(George Lindsey).

'Goober Pyle' actor George Lindsey dies - CNN.com

Lot of good memories of Mayberry and He-Haw...

creekbend · May 7, 2012

I saw it on the 11:00 news. I really enjoyed watching him. I remember him from "Hee Haw" also.

dmccarty · May 7, 2012

Believe it or not there is a real town called Siler City.

Frances Bavier, Aunt Bea, retired to Siler City which I always thought was interesting since the town is mentioned in many episodes.

There is a farm store in Siler City called the Farmer's Alliance. It was opened in the late 1800 by a group of farmers who banded together to form what sounded like a Coop. The store is still in business and run by one of the descendents of one of the original founders. The store is a store as well as a museum. There are photos all over the place from decades ago of people long since gone. There are photos of a High School quarterbacks getting a suit in the store politicians, women basket ball teams, newspaper stories, soldiers in WWII, etc. When we go to the store I always wonder around just looking at the photos that are scattered all over the place.

On the wall above a beam in the basement, men's clothes are in the basement which smells of fertilizer stored many decades ago, are a couple of photos of Goober and George Lindsey's family.

Aunt Bea is buried in Siler City.

Later,
Dan

Thomas · May 7, 2012

Piece of history....RIP George Lindsey. <____________>

Bird · May 7, 2012

creekbend said:
I saw it on the 11:00 news. I really enjoyed watching him. I remember him from "Hee Haw" also.

Yep, I just saw him on a Hee Haw rerun last night.

DKCDKC · May 7, 2012

Goober, Gomer, Andy and the whole gang. What gets me is that they're all over 80 now. I'm beginning to feel decrepit myself. When you see guys on TV, and in reruns, they are always the same age. How can they get so old.?

dmccarty · May 7, 2012

DKCDKC said:
Goober, Gomer, Andy and the whole gang. What gets me is that they're all over 80 now. I'm beginning to feel decrepit myself. When you see guys on TV, and in reruns, they are always the same age. How can they get so old.?

Yeppers. Have you seen Obie lately? He grew up and lost his hair!

Later,
Dan

buckeyefarmer · May 7, 2012

RIP Goober. The Andy Griffith show is one of my favorites. Mt. Airy NC is the setting for Mayberry. Andy's childhood home is there, and Pilot Mt is down the road. Also, Fancy Gap, VA is north of there. Those places are mentioned in shows.

texasjohn · May 8, 2012

dmccarty · May 8, 2012

buckeyefarmer said:
RIP Goober. The Andy Griffith show is one of my favorites. Mt. Airy NC is the setting for Mayberry. Andy's childhood home is there, and Pilot Mt is down the road. Also, Fancy Gap, VA is north of there. Those places are mentioned in shows.

The places mentioned in the show that I can remember, besides Mayberry of course was Mount Pilot(not Pilot Mountain which is the real name), Raleigh, and Siler City. I don't remember Fancy Gap. Pilot Mountain is just down the road from Mayberry, errr, Mount Airy. :laughing:

I never understood why they used Siler City since it is not close to Mayberry, errr, Mount Airy. Andy went to school at UNC Chapel Hill which is sorta near Siler City. But there are towns much closer to Chapel Hill or Mt Airy that he would have been familiar. I would love to know why Siler City was used so often.

So I searched and did not find the answer. But I did find this which has some interesting information on the show.

The Andy Griffith Show | Telovation.com

There are some aerial photos of the lot where the show was filmed along with Gomer Pyle USMC. The gas station in Andy Griffith Show and the USMC hut in Gomer Pyle are right next to each other!

The first Star Trek had a few episodes using the same set as Andy Griffith! :laughing:

The lake used for fishing is still there and is now a park.

Later,
Dan