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The Andy Griffith Show is coming to DVD--Finally! (Review)
IGN.com ^ | 11012-2004 | Steve Butts

Posted on 11/14/2004 2:21:13 PM PST by silent_jonny

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November 12, 2004 - You can't grow up in North Carolina without being subjected to endless reruns of The Andy Griffith Show. Though the show was a bit harder to find once I moved to San Francisco, I still made a point of seeking out the reruns wherever I could find them. The nostalgic show, produced by Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas, looks back to an idealized time and place that never really existed. The popularity of the show lasted a full eight seasons and it was, along with I Love Lucy and Seinfeld, one of the few shows to ever end its run while still at the top of the Nielsen ratings. Though the show has thrived in syndication ever since it went off the air (or morphed into the decidedly unfunny Mayberry R.F.D.), fans have long been waiting for a comprehensive DVD version of the show. Thankfully, Paramount has finally consented to release the entire first season in a remastered DVD format, available November 16.

(Excerpt) Read more at dvd.ign.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aboutfriggintime; andygriffith; besttvshowever; mayberry; tv
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To: silent_jonny

Post a link where we can buy it. Please


241 posted on 11/15/2004 7:54:06 PM PST by Vision ("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
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To: Vision
Here's the Amazon link
242 posted on 11/15/2004 7:55:48 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: Mr. Buzzcut

Thanks


243 posted on 11/15/2004 7:57:57 PM PST by Vision ("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
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To: Mr. Buzzcut
"He's savin' up for college. Gonna be a doctor."

LOL, LOL!!

I forgot about that one.

Gomer: "Nothin' wrong with that engine. She's smooth as seeyilk."

244 posted on 11/15/2004 8:01:11 PM PST by groanup (Gay-bashing? No, it was Kerry-bashing, 60 million strong.)
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To: Mr. Buzzcut
I watched it when I was kid and it was on prime time. I watched re-runs in the '70's when an old friend would call me after it was over and start off with: "did you see that!?"

I watched it occasionally in the '80s.

In the late '80s and into the '90s I was a regular on TBS at 6:30 with beer in hand. Nothing, Nothing, Nothing could take the edge off the day like that show. I would literally lose myself somewhere by that fishin' hole.

Calling it a night. This has been a riot.

Be back tomorrow.

245 posted on 11/15/2004 8:06:45 PM PST by groanup (Gay-bashing? No, it was Kerry-bashing, 60 million strong.)
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To: Vision

No prob ... funny, they got a ton of reviews on there and it's not out yet!


246 posted on 11/15/2004 8:06:51 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: groanup
This has been a riot.

Hey, that's a "Honeymooners" term! :)

247 posted on 11/15/2004 8:08:17 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: Mr. Buzzcut

Just ordered my copy


248 posted on 11/15/2004 8:11:18 PM PST by Vision ("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
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To: groanup; don-o
The Mendlebright Sisters!

Mr. Tucker (paraphrase): "This is sheer idiocy! You people are living in another world! Men are orbiting the earth! International television has been developed! And here a public utility is being tied up because two old women's feet fall asleep!

This episode, "Man In A Hurry", is consistently ranked as the fan's #1 favorite, and deservedly so.

(Trivia Note: Barney's land lady was also named Mrs. Mendlebright.)

Barney, drunk on hard cider, talking to Andy: "She used to wash my hair."

249 posted on 11/16/2004 5:31:20 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: Hi Heels
Believe it or not, here in California you can buy an Andy Griffith DVD with three-four episodes at the 99 cent store.....

That's probably what they're worth. Those are the cheap-o public domain episodes that anybody could throw together on a disc or a tape. (see posts #21, 23 & 24 on this thread for further information) This new DVD package is the only OFFICIAL collection so far. Big improvement in quality.

250 posted on 11/16/2004 5:40:48 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: zoobee
>>>>I will only buy the ones with Barney in them. When he left the show went downhill.

Can't deny that. Seasons 1-5 are packed full of Barney--these are undeniably the best shows in the series, the classics. Seasons 6 & 7 contain sporadic appearances of our favorite deputy, now a detective in Raleigh. But Season 8, the final and most unpleasant of the series, has no Barney at all (no Floyd either). Just Howard Sprague, Emmett the Fix-It Man, and Goober. Blaaaah.

251 posted on 11/16/2004 5:49:17 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: Clemenza
I hate to admit this, but my introduction to southern culture came via the Dukes of Hazzard.

I'm ashamed to say that I used to watch that show religiously as a kid. Every Friday night, there I was in front of the TV, singing along with Waylon Jennings: "Just some good ol' boys ..."

But I've watched DoH recently and I can't believe how horrible it is! So STUPID! The only thing that makes the show worth watching are Rosco, Boss Hogg and Uncle Jesse--Oh yes, and Daisy Duke (drooling).

252 posted on 11/16/2004 5:53:51 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: Casloy
Andy Griffith has always alluded to the fact he had "problems" during the later seasons and I have always assumed it was alcohol.

You might be right. If you look at him closely in those color episodes, you'll notice that his eyes sometimes appear to be bloodshot.

You're also correct that Andy is different in the color shows--especially after Floyd left. He's no longer the quick-witted country boy. Instead, he's the easily-irritated old man. Painful to watch.

253 posted on 11/16/2004 5:59:15 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: groanup
Just like I never got into The Beverly Hillbillies.

I didn't like the show when I was younger, but now I love it. If you haven't seen the Hillbillies in a while, then I urge you to give them another chance. IMHO, Jed Clampett is a model of true Conservatism, and that's impossible to find on TV nowadays.

254 posted on 11/16/2004 6:04:57 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: earlyamerican
I thought Helen was adorable.

Brrrrrrrr! Cold as ice.

255 posted on 11/16/2004 6:06:17 AM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: stainlessbanner

All right!

I know what I'm going to ask for for Christmas.


256 posted on 11/16/2004 6:44:54 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: silent_jonny
(Trivia Note: Barney's land lady was also named Mrs. Mendlebright.)

When he was tipsy on hard cider it was "Brendlemight". :)

"One, a guy comes into town, he's got NO job, NO place to live, and he moves in with Mrs. Brendlemight."

257 posted on 11/16/2004 3:11:16 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: silent_jonny
I thought Helen was adorable.

Brrrrrrrr! Cold as ice.

And hign maintenance ... I woulda dumped her and takin' up with Charlene DArlin' ... I bet she was a HELLcat! ;)

258 posted on 11/16/2004 3:13:16 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: Mr. Buzzcut
And high maintenance

Darn right! If Andy stepped an inch outta line, Crump's jaw would start clenching and it would stay clenched until Andy completely emasculated himself and begged forgiveness. Ugh.

Charlene Darling? Hmmmm, I don't know ... She's a little bony for my tastes. I prefer Thelma Lou or Nurse Peggy. Why Andy didn't latch onto Peggy, I'll never understand.

259 posted on 11/16/2004 3:32:37 PM PST by silent_jonny
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To: silent_jonny
Why Andy didn't latch onto Peggy, I'll never understand.

Oh yeah ... Peggy! Remember Floyd called Andy "Barracuda" when he thought Peggy was fishing for a husband ... ? "See ya later ... Barracuda!"

Charlene seemed like a wild woman ... my kinda gal! ;)

260 posted on 11/16/2004 3:40:10 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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