Original sentence: The new premise keeps the familiar characters of Goober Pyle, Clara Edwards, Emmett Clark, Howard Sprague, and Aunt Bee (not Otis, the town drunk, nor Opie, Andy's son)
Edited sentence: The new premise keeps the familiar characters of Goober Pyle, Clara Edwards, Emmett Clark, Howard Sprague, and Aunt Bee (alas, no Otis, the town drunk, or Opie, Andy's son)