Well, that is certainly something I never noticed, with The Andy Griffith Show.
Did Andy admonish all of this kind of behavior? I know he (Andy Griffith) was a yuge lefty, in real life.
I just did a search and came across a forum post, from years ago, that called the show out....saying there was no nuclear family.....most all of the men were single, and the ones who were married were always having domestic issues (mentioned an episode with Jack Nicholson)....Aunt Bea was a spinster.....Helen knew what was best for her students, more than parents did....the town merchant was an evil capitalist....yada, yada.
Things I’d never even given a thought about, before, for sure. 🤔
So, things in Mayberry certainly were not peachy keen like we all thought for all these years.
Isn’t it funny that we didn’t notice all this stuff back in the day?
Barney introduced the occult along with the barber. Opie would be taken in, Andy would be amused. In the end, the joke was on Barney. Seemed innocent, but the subject was explained along with the how to.
My pastor often said when people laugh at sin, they already lost the battle.
Hollywood operates on incrementally saturating the taboo until it isn’t taboo.