10 Times The Andy Griffith Show Surprised Us

[@paulbullinger7378]

60+ years popular, and still going, there's a reason!

[@davidelliot9884]

I was a little kid when I saw the episode about the bird. It affected me

[@mikepuncsak7297]

Oh lighten up ! The Andy Griffith Show gave millions down home country humor...something todays world needs badly

[@MayberryMan]

WE need to lighten up? 😂

[@karengarr8370]

You got this right!

[@RelivitMedia]

Great video and very interesting and entertaining perspectives. We love Mayberry Man! Keep up the great work!

[@jackieellenbarnes1268]

Great Info and Video. Thank you 😊

[@MayberryMan]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Priscilla-j4t]

This was a TV show! Not real life! Turn the channel if you took everything so seriously! It was funny and entertaining no more no less! I loved it and still do!!

[@patriciabeckeryoga]

Such good comedy! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@MayberryMan]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MaryHeimonen-zi3uk]

Loved the video! 😋

[@MayberryMan]

Glad you liked it!!

[@MATABEI]

I love this stuff :) Thanks so much for the great video!

[@MayberryMan]

Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it!

[@brianwagner5008]

Epic!!!!

[@kevinwilliams-n2d]

I like every episode.

[@John-ih2bx]

Thank you for the info, much appreciated.

[@MayberryMan]

Our pleasure!

[@madbrowniac7871]

Putting the young and very sweet natured Miss Barbara Eden on Two Legs and pointing Her toward Mayberry is the definition of a Provocation!😂😇💃❤ Four different Actresses who Guest Starred on "TAGS" also appeared in Elvis Movies: Jane Dulo, Barbara Eden, Sue Ane Langdon, and Joanna Moore.🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁🎥B.W.

[@kennethandrebrownsr7520]

Barbra Eden #1

[@joeanderson9852]

❤❤

[@paulgoree5206]

Andy was too soft on Barney; but Barney helped make the show.I loved Otis he was a no 1 guy 😅

[@RobertHeidel]

You have to a be liberal for your opinion to that show it’s a comedy from the the 60s that millions of people love ❤️ and still do !! What next for you to analyse Gilligan Island 🏝️ 😂

[@karengarr8370]

AGREE 💯! And I replied much rougher than you did. This person just needs to watch their modern TV

[@kenyattaclay7666]

I just wanted to give you a little context to the absence of racial discussions on the show. Knowing that Andy Griffith was someone who supported the civil rights movement in real life I think this was more about CBS at the time. You have to remember at the time they also had Gomer Pyle USMC running at the height of Vietnam yet they not only kept him stateside when at a time most service members were at the very least shipping out overseas even if they didn’’t see combat they didn’t even discuss what was going on. Then at the end of the decade the Smothers Brothers also had their show on CBS & were literally canceled because they refused to stop talking about Vietnam. It wasn’t until the early 70’s when CBS had a change in leadership that they began to allow their shows to explore more controversial topics. For example, All in the Family touched all the third rails of religion, race, war even LGBTQ topics. Maude was not only a strong woman figure they had a show on abortion before the Roe decision. They green lit shows like Sanford and Son & the Jeffersons. Then what may have been their biggest hit show, MASH was centered around the one topic they avoided in all of he 60’s. MASH debuted just a few months before the end of the Vietnam war and 3 years before the fall of Saigon which is something that CBS would’ve never allowed under old leadership. I’m not trying to pushback but I hope that at least gives a little more context as to why the discussion of race never took place on The Andy Griffith show.

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

Crump was a frump, never liked her, I think the best woman for Andy would've been Peg McMillan played by Joanna Moore

[@mariamadan9151]

Yes. Peg was pretty, job, cooks, sings.

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

@mariamadan9151 and was a good mother figure for Opie!

[@mikedeezl]

Opie buying underwear for Helen 😅😅😅

[@mitchellrainer6901]

i saw nothing provacative about mayberry at all

[@jackluminous6024]

You might be dead inside...

[@danicegewiss862]

A lot of men complaining about a show that was almost too puritanical, with occasional reality sprinkled in that the video makers noticed. Thats the point of the video.

[@Clyde-2055]

Time out ! “Ain’t Bea” didn’t perform the traditional tasks assume by tv moms. Andy was no pervert !!

[@sharongeorge4585]

Me either. My favorite episode. Those lady convicts are tough but sad and lonely. 😩💥

[@Clyde-2055]

Dopie didn’t accidentally shoot that bird …

[@John-cy6lr]

The title of this clip is so misleading, cmon man.

[@kennethandrebrownsr7520]

So there eas something behind each episode. A reason for it.

[@robertpeers3742]

Too wholesome,that it lasted long was admirable.Green Acres,Beverly Hillbillies and Hee Haw were removed by TV execs as they did not like promoting rural life and ethics.Now diversity is compromising talent and makes Richard Dreyfuss want to vomit.

[@BelldandyAsuna]

Uhhhh....Where's the provocative moments in this show? Did I miss something?

[@MayberryMan]

Those were the most provocative we could come up with. 😂

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

STOP TALKING and just RUN the VIDEO!!!

[@MayberryMan]

Sorry, it’s not our video to just run without commentary. Copyright laws and such. Thanks for watching!

[@randallrobertson4202]

Although Mayberry seemed like a perfect town to raise a Family? It was Fictional..

[@debbielangston]

I never liked Ellie

[@karengarr8370]

You're overanalyzing everything, this was just a light-hearted show that, actually, everyone could relate to, it wasn't that far-fetched for back then. I will agree that Elly May being a pharmacist was a big deal back then, because that was specifically a man's job, but Helen Krump being a teacher was not out of the norm, teachers were all women back then, it's women taking care of children, just like in the home. -- This was a small town, and it depicted small towns very well, with a very low crime rate which weren't violent, so Andy likely wouldn't need a gun. This show didn't surprise people back then. And, it was just good entertainment, not like the trash they have now. And, Barney wasn't being too pushy or too risque for today's times, like you're trying to insinuate, nowadays they show people in bed together, and the sexual act with the people pretty much covered up, and more!... -- that's A LOT more than Barney calling Juanita a lot-- which IS what normal men do when they pursue a woman. -- I think you're kind of clueless, and you just need to stick to watching modern TV, with all it's violence, sex, and dirty language, which is now rated PG

[@HoustonRebel]

Spot on. Everything you said, I wanted to say. Thank you for speaking for me so I don't have to. Lol.

[@HoustonRebel]

And the big deal about Barney's mishaps with his gun. SO WHAT? I'm surprised they haven't made a video about the provocation of Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny. Or the 3 Stooges or Tom and Jerry.

[@susanhuber1932]

This was an interesting video but it seems to be written by someone who is unfairly judging the shows content by modern standards.

[@MayberryMan]

True. That was the intended perspective. To contrast it with modern attitudes. Not a criticism of the show. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊

[@garylam6233]

Wanted to hear the skit Not your opinion

[@MayberryMan]

Man’s entitled to his opinion. Thanks for watching!

[@davidcantwell2489]

Provocative? Hardly. Talking head taking a 60 something year old sit-com way too cereal, most definitely?

[@rhrh2025]

There are 3 - 4 episodes that I just can't watch. Barney's stupidity is over the top, and my blood pressure skyrockets.

[@MayberryMan]

Imagine Andy’s BP! 🤣

[@rhrh2025]

LOL!