TDW 1776 - A Day In The Real Mayberry
Andy Griffith Show Intro Filming Location
https://youtu.be/KlNN-CQ2oko
A Face In The Crowd Trailer
https://youtu.be/9lrmxkF-UKM
My First Visit To Mount Airy
https://youtu.be/k6ZcElGybl0
Transcript
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here
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coming to you from Mount Airy just a
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little spot a little blip on the North
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Carolina map but this my friends is the
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stomping grounds of the one and only mr.
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Andy Griffith you may have seen the
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television show you and multi thousands
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of others who have seen the most popular
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syndicated one of the greatest
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television shows of all time and even
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though the map states this is the name
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folks around here call it Mayberry it's
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my second channel daily vlog channel it
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is it gave me everyone gets in the
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spirit here it's pretty fantastic
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actually check out the water tower look
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what's right smack dab in the middle of
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it that's pretty cool
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like not in December of 2011 my mom and
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I were up in this area for the holidays
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we have a family that lives a few hours
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away I only had a couple hours of spare
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so I drove over I was in town for a very
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short time I didn't get to see
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everything I'm going to rectify that
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today I'm a nip it nip it in the bud and
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speak of the devil there comes old barn
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himself how you doing mr. fight this is
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it where the idea was generated was
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formulated in his mind he took this
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exact Street and ran with it the rest
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mr. Walt had Marceline Andy had Mount
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Airy
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of course her speculation on both points
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but it's fun to see the little tidbits
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and hints and put the clues together
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right he only needed that one bullet I
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don't think you ever fire though did
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anyone think you ever fired that one
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bullet but he only needed one I picked
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myself up a coffee and they have a map
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in here on the location of all the
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visitors looks like most people are from
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the East Coast for sure not a lot of
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West Coasters Saban there's a photo Don
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himself signing this exact picture yeah
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well I got mr. Firman not only is this
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like stepping back in time it's also
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like putting yourself back in a piece of
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television history here's the Darwin's
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truck oh wow
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courthouse they have the courthouse here
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also and look at the front door
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wonderful Salman
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oh my gosh this is blowing my mind right
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now a recreation of the sheriff's office
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and jail cells with not expecting this
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this is a mind blown it's all some point
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on line one to be a cool calm and
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collective and Andy City - we get out
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this order of aunt Bea's pickle jars
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care kerosene cute kerosene keep me warm
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maybe it's just me but I don't think
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it's in good taste for them to be still
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in moonshine so close to the high school
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it just it does something seem right
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through a key
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look at these three guys just chill them
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there next to the gas pumps and there
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are the gas pumps this service station
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open in the 1930s by a man named Wallace
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Smith and he used to go in here and get
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himself one of these when in Rome do as
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the Romans went in Mount Airy do as the
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Griffith
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now I'm not usually one to do a tour but
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in this case I'm making an exception
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that's my car that's my uber - first
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today
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or it
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and you can see BBC great foundation
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great steps granite columns back in
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those days granite was cheap we had
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plenty of it but first I would have
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thought that was stone but I guess I was
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I was taking it for granted it's always
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better to be in the front of the squad
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car and in the back those in the back
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beat I'd be I'd be in trouble right well
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yeah it always brings back memories for
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a lot of no not me not me I never been
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in the back I never been the back
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employee far as you know is a 1965 1955
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now as far as the car itself is
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concerned they are wizard now forth in
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the Maybury squad car
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well Rock what happened was in 1964
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Seward went in the district for Motor
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Company when Danny said listen we will
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purge you all the cars for the show if
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you will use Evan but our products hey
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hey that smells work 1960 1964 my 2013 2
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1 yard
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so that's where Andy's first job was in
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contact and what was it before it was
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walkers lam doctor and Lambeau Field
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party money maybe get some phone calls
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come on boy let's go he's a dentist and
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finding measures My dear Kyle in the
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intersection of pine and Maine was there
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some kind of it very loose right there
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pine and Maine they went to go find
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Ernest tea bags that's where he was
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sleeping hanging out so he'd be standing
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right over there they write to Blanca
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hold or not he would be right there he
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got a clammy will gospel music out he
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recorded after the ignition penis it
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ends on place anymore de 1946 all the
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streets will him
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here's pre-ignition espree here is
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Andy's going up manner he had to tell
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drunk named agus why understand how this
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was a great guy if you need some help
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doing something be called even company
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heavy why she got awkward if he moves
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your didn't do whatever you had to do
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what pepper but you better get done from
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Wendy through Thursday because I'm
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Friday when you get off work we had a
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good time until slightly like yours
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lighter this is where he came up with
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the idea while his services and it was
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always should this is why the service
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nation any family service station over
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sir going back to 1961 so for storage
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obese gifts and walk every flight out I
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thank you oh I got a call Barney yeah
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gotta go well long it's all that Barney
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not a party gave me a ticket while I get
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lolly right people but OB skits or walk
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across the water
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the Palmer was a beacon to walk through
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water
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he's to rule I mean he's just a little
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fun right they can with this brilliant
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idea consider God my condom is Wednesday
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the rock so if you watch if he reaches
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them and when he comes back up he has
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nothing in his hand and he throws this
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all gets about right here the rock hits
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the water well that can't happen there's
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no way that can work today would be a
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big deal you know I got the technology
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you can make it work and figure out how
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to proceed yeah yeah whatever it is they
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could get right now reckon those guys
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are dead so
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our solution was every riches now in
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fact it still has nothing in his hand he
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throws the cut away they never again
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show that rocket water what shut off all
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in the reason I'm gonna go back and
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watch that by centra stick my kids go
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back to 1960 first couple episodes the
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first two first season well yeah they
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don't alleged over receivers in happy
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watch it first four episodes so much I
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got that tour was amazing the coolest
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thing was all the street signs located
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here in Mount Airy he mentioned in the
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show itself pretty fascinating this is
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little Ben he found me I don't know how
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many found me how'd you guys how'd you
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guys know I was in town when he said you
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is in whistle that's why we know so you
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used to Columbo like research skills we
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was in the middle Ian if you saw the RV
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play I was halfway through my sandwich
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in Katie was like he's probably a
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millinery right now let's go let's go
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you guessed right
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I like your shirt see I love it say a
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lot now I'm gonna check out the museum
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right here at the Playhouse these are
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two of the original keys used for the
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jail cell that was actually screen used
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in every episode of the show and check
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this out here's Otis sure this is the
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actual salt and pepper suit that Barney
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would wear on his dates with Selma loo
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that is absolutely incredible right
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there it's divided into sections this
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particular section is currently being
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remodeled but they have moved some of
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the props to the front window these were
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all used on the show the gavel you see
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here on the left was used in nearly
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every episode when he's sitting at a
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desk and the candlestick phone was used
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in the last five seasons and that's
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pretty awesome this was Don Knotts chair
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when he left the show after five years
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the producers took the chair it had it
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bronzed then they had the cast and
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crew's signing the back Rock Bergen hey
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more represent the cross streets used in
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the last black-and-white episode
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starring Jerry Van Dyke and just a word
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of warning
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this particular cutouts do not look too
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deeply into his eyes you might end up
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hypnotized over here we have goobers
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original hat he cut the holes in this
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himself and had it bronzed and dedicated
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it to the museum that's the one he
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warned his signature cap I should also
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mention that that is the original desk
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he can barely see it with the glare on
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the window and these are the original
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doors the blue doors right back there
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pretty freakin cool right and they even
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have a little motorcycle sidecar
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property of the sheriff that door won't
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stay closed I do love me some old
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theaters this one I actually get to go
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inside you can see how the screen pulls
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down for movies and they use the stage
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for bluegrass music but it still has
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that old-school nostalgic feel to it
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doesn't it even the checkerboard fors
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popcorn an old school snack bar I like
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it and this was actually where a very
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unknown Andy Griffith movie premiered a
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face in the crowd not a lot of people
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have seen that one and it premiered
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right inside there and there he is up on
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that very stage further microphone if
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you ever want to see the darker side of
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his acting abilities check that movie
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out it's pretty good this is also a
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pretty notable place the snappy lunch he
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was said to come in here many times and
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grab himself a hot dog you need a tasty
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meal however they close very early and I
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missed the boat on this one they're
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closed for the day once one went ringing
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the next two Opie's candy store is Floyd
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barber shop which i think is still open
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it was said but Andy himself got his
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hair cut in there quite a few times
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wouldn't it be cool if I got my hair cut
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inside the same barber shop that he did
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why not you know what check it I'm gonna
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get my hair cut in the same barber shops
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as AMD death you know you only live one
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why not why not do it embrace the moment
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embrace it and now for the grand reveal
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chuckle come come come come come come
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looks good right they have a Facebook
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page also they're going to put my
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picture on I'll post it on my facebook
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to the daily will in Facebook you see
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the pictures they took of me sitting in
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the Barkley's have six barber chairs and
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it used to go all the way back they
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enclose it now there's just two of the
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original old school or I wonder did he
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sit in the same barber chair I did I
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have to say that hairstyle looks pretty
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darn good on you sir
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the next location is located about 10 to
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15 miles outside of town a very pivotal
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point and spot mentioned multiple times
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in the show we are now entering the city
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limits of Pilot Mountain mount pilot
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Pilot Mountain coincidence you be the
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judge
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I have to wonder how many times this
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place was mentioned on the show it was
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considered to be the next town over from
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Mayberry and very similar downtown in
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Pilot Mountain is the next town over
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from Mount Airy you do the math on it
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just makes sense and a few miles
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straight up on the outskirts of town is
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what the town was named after there is a
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real peak at Pilot Mountain if you are
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afraid of heights the rest of this video
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might not be for you here it is look at
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that holy cow this is up here the
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real-life Pilot Mountain whoa whatever
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you do sure is beautiful you stay up
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here for a long time just do a little
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contemplating and thinking
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very windy though normally in the
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description underneath every day's vlog
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I cook where I was yesterday as well as
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one year ago two years ago three years
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ago and four years ago today I'm going
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to mix it up a little bit and put some
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differently I'm going to put a link to
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the andy griffith movie face in the
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crowd that maybe you haven't seen if
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it's a trailer leaked someone uploaded
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up on youtube as well as when I visited
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the intro to The Andy Griffith Show when
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Oakley gets the rock across a lot of
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that statement beginning to the show
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that's a California I did an unedited
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walk there many years ago as well as
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what I visited this neck of the woods
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five and a half years ago in December of
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2011
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I covered way more today if you want to
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watch that older video one other thing
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the museum used to used to not allow
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anyone to take photos or videos inside
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they have tents change their rules and I
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was able to take video pictures inside
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today I'll see you guys tomorrow
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the book is almost out it's almost on