Arkansas Blog: Citizens, arrest this man

Andy Mayberry, the congressional candidate, has scheduled some Labor Day weekend gimmick events in hopes a bored TV crew or two will give him some free air time. News release on jump.

The release got us to thinking about his slogan, "It's time to take Mayberry thinking to Washington."

Apart from the fact that there are a growing number of Americans who don't know what the heck he's talking about, even though the Andy Griffith show/Mayberry RFD still airs on cable, we happen to have many recollections of Mayberry thinking that his slogan evokes and what of it he might take to Washington.

Would Andy Mayberry be Gomer, madly racing around shouting "Citizen's arrest!"

Or dopey Goober?

Or befuddled Floyd the Barber?

Or rock-chunking Ernest T. Bass?

But we keep being drawn back to the image of earnest Deputy Barney Fife, entrusted with but one unchambered bullet and a propensity for bamboozlement by everyone from the town drunk to visiting bank robbers.

Let Andy work for you!

WHO: Andy Mayberry, Republican candidate for the District 2 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

WHAT: Andy will lead a Labor Day Weekend series of free car washes in which he and volunteers will encourage voters to “let Andy work for you” … not only by personally washing their cars this weekend, but also as their elected representative in Washington D.C.

Andy will kick off each of the events by outlining some of the key elements of his campaign platform. He will also do his part to “clean up” some of the “dirty” issues (written on a vehicle) facing our nation.

WHEN/WHERE:

· Friday, September 1 - Benton. The event begins at 4 p.m. at the Advance Auto Parts located at 1717 Military Road.

· Saturday, September 2 - Little Rock. The event begins at 10 a.m. at Word of Outreach Bookstore located at 3300 Asher Avenue.

· Saturday, September 2 - Searcy. The event begins at 4 p.m. at the Advance Auto Parts store located at 2806 East Race Street.

It's time to take Mayberry thinking

to Washington, D.C.!

Comments

will he wash my car with my Vic Snyder sticker on it?

Posted by: Martin Kove | August 31, 2006 01:13 PM

Urp! Oh goodness...ha! I just spit my spinach salad all over my desk...oh goodness! Ha! What a clown...oof...need an Alka Seltzer...

Posted by: rosso | August 31, 2006 01:19 PM

Is them yur plate glass windurs out front?

Posted by: RickBaber | August 31, 2006 01:25 PM

I simply can't wait till this GOP clown get his ass handed to him in NOV. Arkansas general election . going to be great to watch that debate . get your tivo's ready. pop the corn.. :)

Posted by: RLR | August 31, 2006 01:36 PM

Yuk it up all you want. Mayberry, Andy and Barney had a pretty good following.

Shucks, there might be some real surprises ahead.

Posted by: Don Keyhotay | August 31, 2006 01:40 PM

Arkansas voted for Bush and we sent a Clinton prosecutor to Washington. I wouldn't take the intelligence of Arkansas votes for granted. Snyder is too good for Washington or Arkansas, really.

Posted by: Roland | August 31, 2006 01:47 PM

He's also talking in code to Southern Baptists. There was a big fad among many congregations a couple of years ago for programs and study groups based on a book entitled "The Gospel According to Mayberry".

Posted by: Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | August 31, 2006 01:54 PM

I'm more reminded of Earnest T. Bass, hurling rocks everywhere to impress people.

http://tsbolton.com/heroes/etwed.jpg

Posted by: Rasputin | August 31, 2006 02:04 PM

People with hokey names have been successful in Arkansas politics. Charlie Daniels has been doing it for years. It worked for Paul Reviere. And, although John Paul Hammerschmidt doesn't necessarily remind you of a famous person, it had a tough sound to it.

"Andy Mayberry" is a great name. He may fool some.

Question: Does he live out there off Rahling Road where they have all those Mayberry related street names?

Posted by: Sparky | August 31, 2006 02:21 PM

Sadly, no. He lives out thar in Saline County with good decent folk me...

East End is the community your thinking about.

Posted by: Basil | August 31, 2006 02:30 PM

'Twas Barney who hollered "Citizen's arrest!"

Gomer was the moron who said, "Gomer says hey."

Andy Mayberry would play any of the hundreds of pretentious, sanctimonious twits who got their commeuppance at the hands of Andy, Barn and Opie.

ARK. BLOGWith great trepidation, I dare to take exception to the venerable Mr. Bahls. But TV.com offers this synopsis for episode 106 of the Andy Griffith show:
"Barney gives Gomer a ticket for making an illegal U-Turn, but when Barney does it, Gomer yells "CITIZINS ARREST!" Gomer said Barney did something illegal himself. Andy agrees, and says that he'd be happy to pay the money for Barney's own ticket. Barney locks himself in jail, and decides to quit. Gomer thinks of a plan to get them back together.

Posted by: Claude Bahls | August 31, 2006 02:42 PM

Yes indeed. Barny was a deputy. He would not need to make a citizen's arrest. He could do an officer's arrest.

I remember the episode well, and it was Gomer yelling citizens arrest. Made Barney pretty mad.

Posted by: Spirit | August 31, 2006 03:11 PM

In my humble opinion, the best episode was "Man in a Hurry." Tops them all.

Posted by: Rasputin | August 31, 2006 03:54 PM

Yep. Gomer was the "citizen's arrest" guy.

Look people, you have to do better on US History if you're going to hang with this crowd.

Posted by: RickBaber | August 31, 2006 04:39 PM

Amen, Roland. Andy Mayberry is definitely stupid enough to be electable here--it's just a matter of effectively conveying this to the yahoo masses. Ernest T. Bass is too busy to help with the Mayberry campaign, as he is presently serving as our U.N. Ambassador.

Posted by: Clay, NLR | August 31, 2006 04:40 PM

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