Watching this reminded me of why I so love TAGS. Watching Barney try to hide his illicit cooking in the no-cooking boarding house was hilarious and so was the landlady's reaction. Then, along with the comedy, we have a sense of domestic warmth in Barney's continuing concern for her when he realizes she's likely to be defrauded. Also, the episode showed that Barney, for all his childishness, could be discerning as his impression of the swain was right on the money (no pun intended).
What do others think of this episode?

I think Barney made a sloppy drunk.

Andyfan wrote on Jan 14^th, 2012 at 2:02am:

Watching Barney try to hide his illicit cooking in the no-cooking boarding house was hilarious and so was the landlady's reaction.

You've got to feel for Mrs. Mendelbright though.  After all, that dresser Barney was cooking on top of came by bus all the way from Fort Lauderdale.  That's some 800 miles away, you know!

The idea that Barney would think he could cook chili with all those exotic spices he showed Andy and Mrs. Mendlebright not smell it is hilarious, to begin with.  I wonder if Mrs. M had just been letting him get away with it and finally got fed up?

After all, Barney had been furnishing the cider for their "sitting on the porch and counting the cars" evenings.

I've never been sure whether Barney was really as strapped for cash as he pretended or if he was just a little tight in the wallet area (aka cheap).  He did have the ready money when he got ready to buy his first car.  And don't forget about all that cash he spent on his parents' new septic tank!

Thelscuz wrote on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 12:30pm:

I've never been sure whether Barney was really as strapped for cash as he pretended or if he was just a little tight in the wallet area (aka cheap).  He did have the ready money when he got ready to buy his first car.  And don't forget about all that cash he spent on his parents' new septic tank!

I don't think there's any doubt that Barney was a tightwad. Remember when he tried to convince Juanita that their date should be spent in front of her TV with her cooking instead of him paying for dinner somewhere? And his horror at the possibility of paying for a taxi to take Thelma Lou to the dentist? And him trying to finagle Opie's money out of his piggy bank to pay for a Chinese dinner? I'm sure there are many more examples, but those are the ones that quickly come to my mind.

Barney freely admitted in 'Thelma dentist' episode that he and Thelma always went dutch...lol

Bradley wrote on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 5:58pm:

Barney freely admitted in 'Thelma dentist' episode that he and Thelma always went dutch...lol

And she bought Gomer breakfast, must have set her back more than 70 cents.

He squeezed a nickel so tight he'd bruise the buffalo.

Barney was a tight wad, except when it came to purchasing gewgaws and doodads.  He's seen with transistor radios, cymbals, binoculars, portable TV.  If he were around today he'd have one of them fancy smarty pants phones, a new one every few months.

And Barney was a great one for auctions.  Remember when he went to "the police auction" (or something like that) and came back with Count Itsvan, or whatever his name was--the supernatural one.  "He lives..."

I don't trust him. And ya wanna know why? A, a guy moves into town. Two, he has NO job. And C, he wants to marry Mrs. Bendelmright.

Barney, that ciders turned hard!

Re: Barney's tightwad tendencies, my late mother-in-law (bless her heart) once called me cheap. I replied that a person has to have money in order to be considered cheap. If you don't have any money, you're not cheap - you're just BROKE. I don't think Barney was excessively cheap, he just didn't have much disposable income, therefore he had to be pretty frugal with what he had.

Off the top of my head, I can't recall the maximum wattage of light bulbs that Barney's landlady requested be used.

Does anyone recall?

The lease called for no more than a 40- watt bulb, and Barney was using a whopping 75- watter. And, he kept it on all night.

"snoop! bulb-snatcher"

Well if you must know, I've been studying! 

You were sleeping!!!


Hog Winslow wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 6:54pm:

I don't trust him. And ya wanna know why? A, a guy moves into town. Two, he has NO job. And C, he wants to marry Mrs. Bendelmright.

At work, there are alot of Italians.  We make floor tile and there is one fellow, sweet as he can be, but he struggles somewhat with our language.  He will inveratbly be talking about something and say "numeral number A", I always think about Barney and Mrs. Bendelmright!   

"Chili and crackers!"  "Oh Barney, how could you!"  "And in my Aunt Martha's antique dresser!" "That dresser came all the way from Ft. Lauderdale!"

"Six fifty a week and what do you get...Heartaches!"

Lake Loon

Hog Winslow wrote on Jan 21^st, 2012 at 12:46pm:

The lease called for no more than a 40- watt bulb, and Barney was using a whopping 75- watter. And, he kept it on all night. "snoop! bulb-snatcher"

LOL!

Thanks!

He's on a Week to Week lease.  :o

Mrs. M. could have him evicted in a fortnight!


"Numberal Number A"  No, that's correct usage.  Numeral put together with  number is a double negative making it a alphabetical.

8-)

I learnt that in English Algebra class.  That is the class what was English when it started and Algebra when I woke up.   ;D

Pierre wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 8:49am:

making it a alphabetical.

"that there ain't got nothing to do with it", meaning it must have something to do with it. got that from a subliminal message while sleeping through grammar class! ;D