The other thing about Mayberry was there were no married men. No question about the sexuality of Floyd, Howard, Gomer and Goober. I always suspected Helen and Thelma Lou were beards.
It's a shame, too. I heard that Howard Sprague was hung like a Tennessee walking horse.
Consider the source -- his mother.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
