Posted on 03/15/2024 5:30:34 PM PDT by DallasBiff
can unpack this a little bit, but the basic reason why the color episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" don't run as often is because people don't like them as much.
"Stations have historically recognized that the first five seasons ... are the most popular and considered, as a grouping, better than the final three seasons, which happen to be the color seasons," Jim Clark of the Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (yep, that's a real thing) said in an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal.
Recognizing this, stations often choose not to air the latter three seasons, instead just starting over at the beginning after Season 5.
The answer to why they don't like them is complicated somewhat by the timing. CBS began shooting the show in color in Season 6, which also happened to be the first season without Don Knotts as the lovable loser-y Deputy Barney Fife, one of the all-time great sitcom sidekicks.
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Andy and Aunt Bee didn’t get along in real life.
I can attest that the show took a nosedive as soon as Don Knotts left the show. The guy they had replace him was a dork who couldn’t fill Barney’s shoes... Not even close. The show withered away, although it was now in color. Makes sense that they don’t run those re-runs as much as the earlier episodes with Barney.
Now if you really want to see a failure, take a look at Mayberry RFD.
Well, in Andy's defense... Who wouldn't?
And he had to keep his bullet in his top pocket.
No major criticism of the color version and the newer performers. I'm sure that it was a fine program. It didn't have the impact of the original cast.
As for re-runs, we have choices, I'm not interested in the later versions.
I love the black and white versions.
Did I mention I live in Mayberry?
Ok, Mayberry, Indiana. It’s pretty much like Mayberry here. I marvel that this town has remained so much in the past.
Want some visual proof? Watch “Mayberry Man”, which was largely filmed in my sweet little town (Danville) at the end of the lockdowns. You’ll see our courthouse, some of our shops, Mayberry Cafe (where the B/W reruns are on every screen), and even our 4-H Center, where I go to vote.
Mayberry, it’s not a place, it’s a state of mind.
From what I understand Griffith was generally considered to be an AH.
Great show but The Dick Van Dyke Show was the best situation comedy ever. Carl Reiner was a genius when it came to marriage and comedy. That is what most of the episodes are about and they still resonate today. Watch season 2, episode 21 “My Husband Is a Check-Grabber” as the best example. MTM and DVD are so real. You will see yourself and your spouse while watching them and say, hey, that is just like us!
*OUCH*!!!!
OMG epic comment!
Some of us watch for Thelma Lou.
When Knotts left, there were no more wild Saturday nights playing checkers with Thelma Lou.
The ones with Honor Blackman are very good despite the lower budget
#21 When Andy died he was buried within hours.
I suspect he was a werewolf.
#35 I always suspected Floyd was an alien. Yes indeed.
The colorized versions
of Gunsmoke seemed to
carry over seamlessly.
Probably due to cast
and characters being
carried over.
I remember when we got our first color TV. It was a big deal.
Our family library has a bunch of them, since my mom is a cat lady for old books and will buy most anything that looks lonesome. Ebay is the best source. Etsy has some. Facebook marketplace is good too. Shipping rates are horrific now :(
I've got three sets of Britannica at my house, including an 11th edition that's been in the family since it was new. Teeny-tiny print on onionskin (India paper) pages, like nothing made today. They issued a 3-vol supplement after WW1, and after that it was all downhill. The "new and improved" EB, called "Britannica 3" had a bigger selection of bindings than Barbie has wardrobe, but IMO did not live up to the hype. (I was homeschooled so I'm not just being a snob, I read these books.)
World Book is great for educational purposes, as is the underrated Book of Knowledge circa 1950-60's.
Digital versions will never beat tactile! If you doubt it you have not touched a Trans-vision overlay page in World Books. (Human anatomy, Frog, and the best ever, the Ocean.)
Andy Griffith show was way before my time, but I’ve seen the b&w years on dvd. Good stuff. I didn’t like Andy much. He was kinda mean to Opie when he didn’t believe the boy about that guy from the phone company. Best character (Barney being in a class by himself) was Ernest T. Bass. He was pure id.
Honorable mention: Mr. Darling. That one always makes me cry.
A tv series has a natural lifetime, I think. There are no term limits, so they keep chugging away when they ought to hang it up.
Yes...typical showbiz scum. I was also nauseated to see him shilling for ObamaCare on TV.
Well, in Andy's defense... Who wouldn't?
Yes,"Helen" was gorgeous. But he still showed himself to be just another piece of showbiz filth.
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