[Charles Henrickson]

The Andy Griffith Show is my favorite TV show of all time.

(Of course, I'm talking about "The Barney Years." It's like Curly with the Three Stooges.)

[truthkeeper]

I believe Don Knotts won several Emmy awards for the role of Barney Fife. (And he deserved every one of them.)

[Gorjus]

The Andy Griffith Show is my favorite TV show of all time.

I always liked it, too, but someone posted - here at Freerepublic, I think - some interesting points.

The only person who has a gun in the show is a doofus who isn't allowed to keep it loaded. When Andy needed to arrest someone, he'd get a shotgun from the (locked) cabinet. Guns were dangerous and needed to be kept locked up, and certainly ordinary citizens didn't need access to them.

The primary 'family' in the show was not a husband and wife with children. It was made clear that you didn't need to have normal role models to raise good kids.

The only repeat 'criminal' in the show, the only one who ended up in jail, was a silly old drunk who wouldn't really hurt any one and needed understanding more than punishment. He also could get out of jail whenever he felt he had been in there long enough.

I guess I never thought much about it before, but in fact that story was leftist propoganda in several ways. One can understand why Andy Griffith would do the show. Just something to think about.

[MarkL]

The Andy Griffith Show is my favorite TV show of all time.

I have to agree with you, that The Andy Griffith Show is great, and IMHO ranks among the best shows ever on TV. I just wish that Mr. Griffith got more respect as a comedic actor. For a master performance, check out "No Time for Sergeants!" Or Andy's narrative about seeing football for the very first time, where he tries to explain what he's seen.

I honestly believe that he ranks equal to Bill Cosby at his best!

Mark