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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

bkoganbing Andy Griffith starred as a small town sheriff who also married a few people as justice of the peace. There were more marriages in Mayberry than crime, the kind of idyllic small town that America so prizes.Sheriff Andy Taylor's immediate family were his son Opie played by young Ron Howard and his Aunt Bea who was played by Frances Bavier. Andy was a widower and his great aunt provided the female mother figure in the home for Opie.In law enforcement Andy was aided and abetted by his deputy Barney Fife played by Don Knotts. The situations with Griffith and Knotts provided the base of the humor there with Knotts getting so officious and Andy just solving problems with humor and a kind word.Gradually we met the rest of Mayberry people like Howard McNear the barber, George Lindsey the gas station owner, Jack Dotson the town clerk. Charles Watts was the mayor and when he died Mayberry got a new mayor in Parley Baer.And there was Gomer Pyle and Jim Nabors proved so popular that he got a series of his own when he joined the Marines. My favorite was Hal Smith as Otis Campbell the town drunk. He was by far the jail's steadiest customer. Griffith just let him check in and lock himself in to sleep off a toot.The show lost something when Don Knotts left for the big screen and Jim Nabors got his own show. For the second half of its run it was never the same.Still for the richness in characters from small town America you could never beat the Andy Griffith Show.

boxofdaylight Listen to the extremely appropriate, fun and inventive incidental music played in each episode--particularly in the black and white episodes, not so much so in the later color episodes.And a couple of corrections to the main review. I believe the theme song is "The Fishing Hole," not "The Fishing Pole." Also, Don Knotts left the series not because he preferred to go off and do movies full-time, but because he truly believed that Griffith was pulling the plug on the series. So Knotts signed other contracts, only to learn that the series was continuing, until Griffith finally did pull the plug in 1968.

edalweber this show could hardly have been improved on for the first five years,then came an abrupt drop off.Few of the later episodes are worth watching.Besides the obvious reason,the departure of Barney,Andy turned into a very unlikable character;stern, hypercritical.In the early episodes he was a goofball,similar to his character in the movie"No Time For Sergeants",gradually becoming more sensible but still likable.But he carried it too far, becoming totally serious and humorless.Jack Burns was totally unsuited to replace Don Knotts,being irritating rather than funny.He must have left the show under unpleasant and bitter circumstances ,as in the several Andy Griffith Show "reunions" aired in later years he is NEVER mentioned,they showed no footage with him in it.Burns became a "non person" so far as the show was concerned,just like Skitch Henderson after he quarreled with Johny Carson.After he left,Andy had no deputy,which left a serious gap.Certainly they could have found someone reasonably satisfactory to replace him, though no one would have been equal to Don Knotts.Perhaps Andy Griffith,having been upstaged for so long by Barney,didn't want it to happen again.Some people have wondered about the name "Opie" for Andy's son.There was a famous Southern humorist and writer,who wrote many books, Opie Read(1852-1939),who would have been well known to both Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.His humor was very similar to Andy Griffith,who probably got much of his material from him.

electronicparty I love this show so much. I'm 26 so I didn't get to see it when it originally aired. However I've watched this show my whole life. I remember watching it when I was a youngster. I think I was about four or five the first time I saw it.The Andy Griffith show is heart warming and enduring gem. It has made me laugh year after year for decades. It expounds on many social issues like single parenting, child rearing, relationships, and friendships. In the process it mixes a lot sarcastic, witty, and slapstick humor. Andy occasionally will play guitar and sing. It's just all around great entertainment for the whole family. TheThe plot of each episode varies from serious to hilarious. There's a nice variety to watch. I of course have my favorite episodes and those I don't like that much. In the end, I just enjoy spending some time each day with the gang from Mayberry. The character development is the best part about this show. Barney can at first can seem to be an idiot and anonying. However after awhile I began to enjoy his antics. Andy is simple and easy going. Floyd the barber is a busy body. Ronnie Howard is the cute kid, who's intelligence and maturity surpasses his age. In the end it's the characters that make this show fantastic. I'm glad DVD has made this wonderful gem available to past, present, and future generations. I know I'll be watching this show with my kids. I hope one day the first tune they whistle is the theme to the Andy Griffith Show.