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Worst Andy Griffith episode ever?

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Will Dockery

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Dec 29, 2014, 8:50:33 PM12/29/14
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I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.

Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.

dave

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Dec 29, 2014, 10:24:15 PM12/29/14
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:50:30 -0800, Will Dockery wrote:

> I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.
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> Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.

The episode where Andy, Oppie, and aunt Bea have a 3-way.

A Friend

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Dec 29, 2014, 10:47:54 PM12/29/14
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In article <33620f88-0c7a-450d...@googlegroups.com>,
Will Dockery <will.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.
>
> Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.


The one where Aunt Bea spends endless time and effort fighting a $10
traffic ticket because It Was The Right Thing To Do.

Will Dockery

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Dec 30, 2014, 12:05:54 AM12/30/14
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The Hollywood versions (Gavin MacLeod played Andy) would go for that, after a day of filming "Sheriff Without A Gun"...

Will Dockery

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Dec 30, 2014, 12:39:17 AM12/30/14
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On Monday, December 29, 2014 10:24:15 PM UTC-5, dave wrote:
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> The episode where Andy, Oppie, and aunt Bea have a 3 episode visit to Hollywood.

Here's a nice synopsis of that epic trilogy:

http://cmulrooney.tripod.com/rafkin.html

Off to Hollywood
The Andy Griffith Show

A real movie studio sends Sheriff Taylor a $1000 check in payment for his likeness and representation in a film based on the magazine article about him, "Sheriff Without a Gun", not the "studio" that used the article as a pretext for trying to rob the Mayberry bank.

[...]

Gavin MacLeod as the actor Bryan Bender playing Sheriff Taylor in the film is shockingly bald off-camera, even in costume, but no toupee can assuage Aunt Bee's displeasure at his histrionics during the exploits of the hero against the armed Calhoun boys, though the real sheriff is rapt with enjoyment. The actress playing Aunt Bee is blonde and heroic, using a rifle despite her nephew's reticence, and this saves the day.

[...]

Belmont Pictures wants some publicity shots of Sheriff Taylor and the actress who plays his love interest in Sheriff Without a Gun, Darlene Mason. Sid Melton makes this request as the publicity man with a silent photographer in tow, and this is where Rafkin's style of deadpan right down to the floor prepares the revelation of a Hollywood star who even in her makeup robe is attentive and easy with a man on first acquaintance. After a quick change, a photo is quickly achieved on her dressing-room sofa of nuzzling smiles, which the publicity man observes "will make the papers" and does, in Mayberry, where Helen Crump sees it and is discomfited greatly.

Smiling, kind and professional like everyone the Taylors meet at Belmont, the movie star sets things right with a phone call, and kisses Sheriff Taylor on the cheek. "What was that," asks Helen on the other end. The sheriff, holding the phone, says, "Miss Mason just opened a bottle of pop."

revr...@gmail.com

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Jan 5, 2017, 12:34:19 PM1/5/17
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On Monday, December 29, 2014 at 8:50:33 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.
>
> Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.

VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS, THEY ARE ALL "WONDERFULLY BAD."

BUT,.....NONE COMPARE TO:

Episode 20 - January 31, 1966 ........... " Wyatt Earp Rides Again."

MY GOD, TALK ABOUT JUMPING THE SHARK.

THE STORY WAS HORRENDOUS, ABSOLUTE MALARKEY.

PAT HINGLE? NOT A BIG FAN.

AVOID! AVOID! WILL ROBINSON.

revr...@gmail.com

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Dec 3, 2018, 4:06:23 PM12/3/18
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On Monday, December 29, 2014 at 8:50:33 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.
>
> Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.

The worst IMO are the Aunt Bee centered eps. The bed jacket the worst.

A Friend

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Dec 3, 2018, 4:37:44 PM12/3/18
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In article <ff2baa2f-17dc-47ca...@googlegroups.com>,
They wrung half an hour out of Aunt Bee mistakenly getting a ticket for
failing to signal a turn.

irishra...@gmail.com

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Dec 3, 2018, 6:50:54 PM12/3/18
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On Monday, December 29, 2014 at 8:50:33 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> I nominate Goober & the talking dog, now showing on MeTV.
>
> Runner-up, Aunt Bea flies an airplane.

Wow! Get a fu*king life!

Irish Mike

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Dec 3, 2018, 7:57:10 PM12/3/18
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What's a "bed jacket"?

I assumed the worst ep would involve Aunt Bea and her pickles.

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marc....@gmail.com

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Dec 3, 2018, 8:45:48 PM12/3/18
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It's Aunt Bee, not Aunt Bea.

Not sure why, but that's how they spelled it.

The pickle episode is good and so is the one where she buys all the meat and puts it in the failing freezer on the back porch.

The Griffith Show is one of my favorites of all time. Never quite as good after Don Knotts left.

A Friend

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Dec 3, 2018, 10:07:04 PM12/3/18
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In article <6464f4b7-3b42-495d...@googlegroups.com>,
The post was on topic and didn't attack Trump, so what the "fu*k" are
you going on about here?
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