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I recently saw that episode on a channel that regularly shows episodes of the Andy Griffith Show. First time I'd ever seen that particular episode. Very interesting how characters evolve during the course of a show.

It's funny, but you never see reruns of the Danny Thomas show...or at least not on any channel we get.
 
GKC said:
I recently saw that episode on a channel that regularly shows episodes of the Andy Griffith Show. First time I'd ever seen that particular episode. Very interesting how characters evolve during the course of a show.

It's funny, but you never see reruns of the Danny Thomas show...or at least not on any channel we get.
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I get to watch his shows on Me TV, but like 4 in the morning.
 
The thing that stands out the most to me is the change Andy Taylor's character went through early on in the series. In some of the early shows, Andy appears a lot more like the pilot character. Not sure how to describe it but Andy seemed to be a lot more "folksy" in the beginning. As Barney's character was fleshed out and he was given the comic relief responsibilities, Andy became more "down to earth," at least to me.
 
GregoryJ said:
The thing that stands out the most to me is the change Andy Taylor's character went through early on in the series. In some of the early shows, Andy appears a lot more like the pilot character. Not sure how to describe it but Andy seemed to be a lot more "folksy" in the beginning. As Barney's character was fleshed out and he was given the comic relief responsibilities, Andy became more "down to earth," at least to me.
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That's it, the producers found that the show worked better with Andy as the straight man to Barney's bumbling comedic bumbling.
 
rwsmith said:
I believe I heard that Barney was originally considered to be the straight man to Andy's comedy, but it became immediately obvious that the reverse was a more successful formula.
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That's it, they were going for the same dynamic Don knotts and Andy Griffith had in the movie "No time for Seargents," with Don Knotts as the straight man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYjoUpRsWGE
 
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Was this originally aired as an episode of the Danny Thomas show? It would not have been titled the Andy Griffith show if he was merely one of the characters. Then again, maybe I missed something.

Thanks for the thread. I am enjoying the show. Back to Mayberry now.
 
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MrTrolleyguy said:
Was this originally aired as an episode of the Danny Thomas show?
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I believe that was the case...and was the introduction of the Andy Griffith character.

I like to read trivia about movies and TV shows, and it's amazing what goes on behind the scenes. For example, Andy Griffith and Frances Bavier (Aunt Bea) didn't get along in real life. In fact, Griffith and Ron Howard paid her a visit at her home in Siler City, North Carolina in 1972, but she wouldn't see them. (She later contacted Griffith when she was terminally ill, and apologized.)

On a different show, I Love Lucy, the actors who played Fred and Ethel despised each other. Some of the supposedly good-natured animosity between their characters was in fact very real.
 
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