Andy and Barney A Vacant Chair

Andy and Barney singing for Otis in "Hot Rod Otis"

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

And then Otis joins in with the harmony...! Pure genius! How I miss those days. Life in America actually made sense back then.

[@gmg9010]

I’m guessing you were a child back when this show was on so you didn’t understand what fucked up things were happening in the USA and abroad. Same with me I was born in the early 2000s and I thought everything was great I mean most of the news took place in the desert back then but I didn’t understand.

[@carminemurray6624]

Barney Fife / Don Knotts was a really great singer, even though they downplayed his talent 👏 Imagine Gomer joining in ?

[@StumptownBoy]

Excellent tune and excellent harmonies. Love when Andy and Barney sang these old tunes.

[@dannymartinez9371]

Yup. Barney could harmonize but some of the best episodes are when the plot centers on his inability to sing. Kinda contradicts itself. But that doesn't make a difference or detract from the characters. Music was a huge part of this show.

[@ugafootballfella124]

Best tv show there has ever been...

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

wings Seinfeld cheers all in the family mash frasier

[@MyJbryant]

suzycreamcheesez I'll agree with Seinfeld, All In The Family, definitely M*A*S*H

[@walterweddle7644]

My wife and I literally watch at least one episode of Andy Griffith every day. True!

[@podomuss]

Well, that’s debatable but, your opinion

[@noahmorris4775]

Damn right

[@charlesobscure9534]

Otis was a bass. who knew? LOL…pure TV gold.

[@carolmiller5090]

Barney had a good voice except in the episodes when he didn’t. Haha

[@chrisjohnson7039]

I miss these days i remember watching this on TV land with my late grandmother ✝️💜💜

[@robertk909]

Otis joining in song makes the scene!

[@carminemurray6624]

The little brown Church in the wildwood was another musical 🎼 classic never recreated by anyone else 😢

[@nancyhelmick7983]

This was so beautiful ❤

[@cmahue1235]

Beautiful song. First time I ever heard it was on this show. Thanks, fellas. Classic show

[@kerrib1000]

When Otis started singing with him, I laughed so hard….

[@TomBarrister]

The song is "The Vacant Chair" by George Root, from a poem by Henry Washburn. It was written during the Civil War.

[@toyman81]

Thank You. Most of these old tunes are from the Civil War era.

[@itsnottoolate221]

Are you still alive?

[@loganwoodxyz]

This episode came on the night my dad lay dying at home. It was hauntingly timely.

[@bonnierohr9544]

So funny when Otis joins in singing the second time!

[@ArsPraestigium]

Beautiful harmony.

[@Jossie-jl9pn]

Barney sings pretty good

[@charlesfoster141]

These three men brought so much joy to my life. I miss all three of them but there work lives on as a testament to their great talent and teamwork. I am 69 years old now and remember watching the Andy Griffith show since I was a kid in the early 1960s! This TV show along with Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners and the Walton's were the best three shows ever made.

[@lorrainelloyd7750]

Love this...Otis "I didn't want to die"!

[@752brickie]

It is still a favorite !! Back when entertainment was real !!!!

[@chantseboucher8113]

Cool

[@moonoggin]

Thanks for the great sound too!! Excellent. This whole show .. there will never be another one like it!

[@tishabarton8667]

One of the funniest scenes on this show…ESPECIALLY when Otis joined in!!! Lololol!!

[@norternredneck]

I think Otis is my favorite actor . I cant imagine anyone else playing his part

[@oohyllab]

My fav is Floyd!! LOL! What a conglomeration of great characters on that show!!

[@jamesha175]

he did not drink alcohol in real life

[@dvdreview7956]

Mine is Don Knotts

[@cami42874]

Andy Griffith was the best show I ever watched in reruns

[@johnfels6339]

Love this❤

[@crystalnewman4238]

I liked odis. He was. Funny

[@gskessingerable]

Best show ever.

[@clintwalls5217]

This time it is for Otis!!!

[@clintwalls9429]

I want this played when I go!!!!

[@shelivesforjesussame742]

I have never,ever heard that song before.Funniest show!!

[@aaronking7326]

BEST show ,EVER

[@kennylangley1997]

Wonder how many takes it took to do this scene?😂

[@bobholmes65]

Hilarious!

[@HassoBenSoba]

Here's the lovely version of "The Vacant Chair", recorded by the great Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1960, with mandolin, guitar, bass harmonica and bass, arranged by Jack Fascinato. "Cousin Ernie" recorded 2 LPS of Civil War songs (in stunning stereo sound for Capitol Records) in honor of the Civil War centennial. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKjYc3imZph7faMsi=G2sc9fMm4TiW7lEL

[@joeanderson9852]

👏

[@leslietaylor4458]

Wish the whole episode or that full scene was on KZbin, this was my favorite

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Leslie Taylor All the episodes are on NetFlix

[@ryanschnizer6949]

Hilarious

[@faithfulforever6331]

Barney actually had a pretty decent singing voice!

[@lindablevins9094]

Love those

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Back when TV was great and so was life.

[@faithfulchristian9171]

This is proof that Don Knotts did not have a bad singing voice. It's not great; but it isn't bad.

[@organrick]

Faithful Christian I heard he had a real good singing voice in real life. The character of Barney didn’t though, although it sounded OK in this scene.

[@kristinamcneish4501]

I read somewhere that he had perfect pitch, and it drove him nuts to sing badly in the episodes that called for it...

[@emilyelizabethbuchanan998]

It's a well-known statement that those who usually play "terrible singers" on TV or movies (don Knotts, Patricia Routledge, etc) have to actually be really good singers to convincingly pull it off. Someone who IS not the best singer around will actually sound "close" but not the true off-key terrible that someone who has good pitch and can modify it can do.

[@youreaugust3824]

I agree with you cousin

[@timmoritz7145]

@@emilyelizabethbuchanan998 Same w peeps playing dummies...u gotta be smart. Ashton Kutcher comes to mind..

[@joshual.8548]

I want to see the scene right after this where barney is all upset cuz he thinks what if Otis had died

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Joshua Leforce All eight seasons of the show are on Netflix 🌝

[@TNTMan93]

I think the song is called the Vacant Chair. (Puplic domain).

[@itsnottoolate221]

Are you still alive?

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Barney can sing on this one! He couldn't do it a lick most other times.

[@judyworldwar3patriot179]

I am so so thankful

[@thatmanbolt6686]

I need to know what episode Otis sang Barney's in jail through the bars

[@Wlfpcklaw]

ThatMan Bolt citizens arrest

[@TermiteUSA]

Season 4 Epi18

[@sherrydockery9933]

Andy, Lucy, Seinfeld, my top 3.

[@larrylollis5875]

R.I.P Andy Don and Hal

[@dvdreview7956]

R.I.P Jim

[@Brace67]

“The Vacant Chair’ was composed in 1861 not long after the start of the Civil War. It commemorated the death of a young Lieutenant from Massachusetts who was killed at the Battle of Balls Bluff. Over the course of the war there would be many families with vacant chairs.

[@mizzyroro]

Poor Otis. 😂

[@hollibickford7812]

Anyone know what part Otis sings? I’m guessing bass...Barney is obviously singing tenor and Andy carries the melody, but I have a hard time picking out Otis’ part.

[@joeychiarolanza6310]

You're correct And I love how he go's straight into his dialog coming out of the song... Hilarious. Good 3 part harmony here

[@christophercanzoneri2962]

Andy is lead, Barney is tenor, and Otis is baritone. At the end, he jumps out of the harmony from the fifth of the chord. There is no bass vocal part here. Andy is covering that with his guitar.

[@Tonetwisters]

Wonder what Otis' last show was, and why he left the show ...

[@yoshiking6027]

He left the show because the showwas afraid that all the drunk humor and stuff would make the show inappropriate

[@firemangan2731]

@@yoshiking6027 Those producers are plain stupid, Otis’s drunkness and his character and personality is one the stuff that made the show halarious and enjoyable, next to Barney and Gomer!

[@yoshiking6027]

@@firemangan2731 yeah it's stupid

[@Buggy-su4oy]

Rest well Hal, Jess and Andy.

[@DawsonHolland-qk6fh]

I littlerly watched that episode yesterday

[@rexoates4484]

For being drunk Otis was singing very good. lol

[@heatherlynsey3092]

That’s usually when I think I sound the best too 😂😂😂

[@dvdreview7956]

1:12 Otis: I DIDN’T WANT TO DIE!!! >_

[@leescarbrough2621]

Very good nice Harmony

[@jeffgardner1187]

Don Knotts could actually sing tenor somewhat but poor ole Barney couldn't hold a tune to save his life. 🤣😂😆

[@truth.74]

Nice

[@TermiteUSA]

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[@jonathansimmons178]

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[@eleventhdr1]

is it not a real true pity that today you just can not be so allowed to have any real true religious connotations about anything on TV I strand you get nasty horrible. stuff !

[@walterweddle7644]

Now they want to ban Christmas song, Baby it's cold outside. I will listen to it more now!

[@martinmahern7268]

Nobody is banning Christmas songs and you can find your religious hucksters on TV 24/7.

[@TheDizzleHawke]

@@walterweddle7644 not for religious reasons. It’s because it’s perceived as rapey by some.

[@tommytwomommy]

Actors can sing and singers can act

[@gloriafults3888]

F. N

[@jsdoggg96]

It depresses me. They're ALL dead.

[@jonathansimmons-ds7dn]

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