The Taylors in Hollywood
- Episode aired Nov 1, 1965
- 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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The Taylors arrive in Hollywood and meet the production team that is making the movie 'Sheriff Without A Gun.'The Taylors arrive in Hollywood and meet the production team that is making the movie 'Sheriff Without A Gun.'The Taylors arrive in Hollywood and meet the production team that is making the movie 'Sheriff Without A Gun.'
Ron Howard
- Opie Taylor
- (as Ronny Howard)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe only episode in the entire series not to have a scene in Mayberry. The entire episode takes place in Hollywood, California.
- GoofsWhen the Taylors are riding the bus to their hotel, the background scenery changes suddenly. Between the driver asking 'You folks aren't from Mayberry, North Carolina?' and Andy saying 'Yeah, ya heard of it?', the background outside the bus changes. The buildings are different and it appears to be later in the day.
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Very Funny- One of the Best Color Episodes!
The Andy Griffith Show "A.B." (After Barney) is generally accepted by fans of the show as a slow decline into sitcom mediocrity, with rather annoying (Warren the Deputy) and somewhat dull (Howard Sprague, Emmett Clark, and Sam Jones) characters simply unable to fill the enormous comedic shoes of the brilliant Don Knotts.
Thankfully, there are a handful of episodes during the 6th, 7th, and 8th Season that briefly rekindle the comic wackiness & unpredictability that made the early years of TAGS so much fun, and "The Taylor's in Hollywood" is such a show.
The "fish out of water" concept used in this episode (simple, unassuming, small town country folk traveling to California & being rather bewildered by the flashy & exaggerated Hollywood "version" of things) is not original to this episode; Paul Henning's "Beverly Hillbillies" had already been using this formula to great success for many years on American television.
What makes it fun here is the outrageous performances of the guest stars, including a campy, over-the-top, "pre-Love Boat" Gavin MaCleod portraying Andy, and bombshell blond June Vincent portraying a glamorous, rather aggressive, Winchester toting Aunt Bee in one of the funniest scenes in ANY season of TAGS, either B&W or color.
It's obvious from watching "The Taylor's in Hollywood" that one excellent way for TAGS to help compensate for the departure of the outrageous Barney Fife is to bring in equally outrageous guest stars, and let the regular cast members of TAGS play "straight man" to them; unfortunately, this doesn't happen nearly enough in the color seasons of the show.
I give "The Taylor's in Hollywood" a "8" (especially when it is compared to most of the other color episodes).
Thankfully, there are a handful of episodes during the 6th, 7th, and 8th Season that briefly rekindle the comic wackiness & unpredictability that made the early years of TAGS so much fun, and "The Taylor's in Hollywood" is such a show.
The "fish out of water" concept used in this episode (simple, unassuming, small town country folk traveling to California & being rather bewildered by the flashy & exaggerated Hollywood "version" of things) is not original to this episode; Paul Henning's "Beverly Hillbillies" had already been using this formula to great success for many years on American television.
What makes it fun here is the outrageous performances of the guest stars, including a campy, over-the-top, "pre-Love Boat" Gavin MaCleod portraying Andy, and bombshell blond June Vincent portraying a glamorous, rather aggressive, Winchester toting Aunt Bee in one of the funniest scenes in ANY season of TAGS, either B&W or color.
It's obvious from watching "The Taylor's in Hollywood" that one excellent way for TAGS to help compensate for the departure of the outrageous Barney Fife is to bring in equally outrageous guest stars, and let the regular cast members of TAGS play "straight man" to them; unfortunately, this doesn't happen nearly enough in the color seasons of the show.
I give "The Taylor's in Hollywood" a "8" (especially when it is compared to most of the other color episodes).
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