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The Andy Griffith Show
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Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt

  • Episode aired May 4, 1964
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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Don Knotts and Betty Lynn in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
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After Gomer mentions to Thelma Lou that Barney said he 'has her in his hip pocket', she gets angry and starts dating Gomer.After Gomer mentions to Thelma Lou that Barney said he 'has her in his hip pocket', she gets angry and starts dating Gomer.After Gomer mentions to Thelma Lou that Barney said he 'has her in his hip pocket', she gets angry and starts dating Gomer.
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
273
YOUR RATING
    • Coby Ruskin
  • Writers
    • Bill Idelson
    • Sam Bobrick
    • Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Andy Griffith
    • Don Knotts
    • Jim Nabors
    • Coby Ruskin
  • Writers
    • Bill Idelson
    • Sam Bobrick
    • Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Andy Griffith
    • Don Knotts
    • Jim Nabors
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    • 4User reviews
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    Andy Griffith and Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Andy Griffith and Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Betty Lynn in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Betty Lynn in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Jim Nabors and Betty Lynn in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Jim Nabors in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Jim Nabors and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Andy Griffith and Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Jim Nabors and Betty Lynn in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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    Andy Griffith
    Andy Griffith
    • Andy Taylor
    Don Knotts
    Don Knotts
    • Barney Fife
    Jim Nabors
    Jim Nabors
    • Gomer Pyle
    Betty Lynn
    Betty Lynn
    • Thelma Lou
    Ron Howard
    Ron Howard
    • Opie Taylor
    • (as Ronny Howard)
    • (credit only)
      • Coby Ruskin
    • Writers
      • Bill Idelson
      • Sam Bobrick
      • Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The 125th episode, of 249 episodes, meaning that is the very center episode, during the show's original eight seasons, of airing. There were 124 episodes before it and 124 episodes after it.
    • Goofs
      Gomer and Thelma Lou's trip scene starts showing the truck going down the road. It has a small rear window and nothing in the back. The shot of them talking shows the truck having a full size rear window, covered by what looks like a tarp.
    • Quotes

      Gomer Pyle: [Barney is upset with Gomer and walks out, refusing to speak to him] What's the matter with Barney?

      Sheriff Andy Taylor: Well Gomer, Barney's been bitten by the green eyed monster.

      Gomer Pyle: He has? Well they got some stuff down at the drugstore that'll keep 'em off of you. One fell on me just yesterday!

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    10/10
    Thelma Lou too pretty for Barney makes it funny.
    Episode raises a lot of questions. Barney in no prize, but is dating beautiful Thelma Lou. Always was puzzling, but it makes it funny. Also it keeps Barney's ego inflated, which is integral for the shows humor.

    Barney is made to be be Don Juan. He puts off marriage, as it's implied he has many more options. Though in Barney's return meeting with Thelma Lou after moving out of Mayberry it's obvious his handling, then subsequent dumping of Thelma Lou was a horrible life choice. But, Barney is complex. Poor decisions are not uncommon to him.

    Actual California Spanish style homes backdrop scenery, or just somebody put up wrong drawings looking out of the courthouse window when Gomer first suggests to driving Thelma Lou to the dentist.

    Epilogue is a little flat. Redo of the hip pocket line.
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    • May 23, 2022

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    • Release date
      • May 4, 1964 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
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      • Mayberry Enterprises
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    • 30 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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