"The Andy Griffith Show" Crime-Free Mayberry (1961)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Bob Sweeney

Writer:

Paul Henning (writer)

TV Series:

"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)

Original Air Date:

20 November 1961 (Season 2, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

The town of Mayberry is awarded with having the lowest crime rate in the country. Two men posing as...

Plot Keywords:

Aunt | Sheriff | Mayberry | Widower | Deputy Sheriff

Cast

Andy Griffith	...	Sheriff Andy Taylor
Ron Howard	...	Opie Taylor (as Ronny Howard)
Don Knotts	...	Barney Fife
Frances Bavier	...	Aunt Bee
Howard McNear	...	Floyd Lawson
Dick Elliott	...	Mayor Pike
Hal Smith	...	Otis Campbell
George Petrie	...	Joe Layton
Stanley Farrar	...	Ray Watson
Elisabeth Talbot-Martin	...	Margaret Williamson (as Elizabeth Talbot-Martin)
Edmon Ryan	...	Fred Jenkins

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Mayberry Enterprises

Trivia:

The pictures of Andy that Aunt Bee shows at the meeting in the Mayor's office are actual photos of Andy Griffith as a child, including the baby picture.

Quotes:

Barney Fife: [Barney is writing a song, doesn't know Andy is standing behind him, sung to the tune of Clementine] In a jailhouse/down in dixie/fighting crime and risking lives/live a sheriff/ and his buddy pistol packing Barny Fife. Oh my daring/oh my daring/ oh my daring Barney Fife/He's a deadly crime stopper/what a copper Barney Fife. Then one day there/came a ridin'/two bad men to rob a bank. But Fife was tricky/a deadeye dickie/now they're locked up in the tank....
Andy Taylor: ...Oh my Barney/Oh my Barney/had a jail but couldn't lock it/had one bullet for his pistol/had to keep it in his pocket