The Andy Griffith Show: Difference between revisions

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This idyllic [[~~Sit Com~~]], which ran on [[CBS]] from 1960 to 1968, starred Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor. It remains ''enormously'' popular in reruns. At any hour of any day, some television station in the US is playing the show (If you live in North Carolina, you cannot go a week without finding it in your local TV listings... which is not a bad thing).

This idyllic [[Sitcom]], which ran on [[CBS]] from 1960 to 1968, starred Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor. It remains ''enormously'' popular in reruns. At any hour of any day, some television station in the US is playing the show (If you live in North Carolina, you cannot go a week without finding it in your local TV listings... which is not a bad thing).

Andy is [[The Sheriff]] of a small, friendly town called Mayberry, in North Carolina. Despite his authoritarian role, Andy is an easy-going, good-humored guy. He can be tough when the situation demands it, but he prefers to play loose with the rules, and adapt punishments according to the nature of the crime and the individual. His deputy and <s>cousin</s> friend Barney Fife prefers the opposite approach, but since he is clumsy and totally lacking in gravitas, no one takes him seriously. Most of the humor from the early years of the show comes from Barney's attempts to bring law and order to an already lawful and orderly town, and Andy's subsequent ribbing of Barney when his plans go wrong. Very frequently, Andy will resort to a counter-scheme to protect Barney's fragile ego and what's left of his reputation as a lawman.

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* [[The Barber]]: Floyd

* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]: Barney and Howard both liked to rock the bowtie look.

* [[Brats ~~With~~ Slingshots]]

* [[Brats with Slingshots]]

* [[Bride and Switch]]: Earnest T. Bass tried to steal a bride away from her wedding but it turned out to be Barney under the veil.

* [[Brother Chuck]]: Ellie Walker, Warren Ferguson

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* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: By the later seasons, Andy seemed to have very little to do in the way of actual sheriffing. To the point where he didn't even need another deputy after Warren's departure.

* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: "Gomer Pyle, USMC", which had the character join the Marines and led to the spinoff show of the same title.

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Barney goes off to join the Raleigh police force at the end of season 5.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Barney goes off to join the Raleigh police force at the end of season 5.

** However, he continued to return for annual [[The Bus Came Back|guest appearances]] over the rest of the series.

* [[Reality Subtext]]: Griffith is a native Tarheel. Mayberry is a pastiche of Mt. Airy, where he grew up.