Andy's earned authority

Leadership lessons from the Andy Griffith Show. In "The Inspector," Andy shows he can enforce law and order without a gun because he has earned authority from the community.

[@aliyourbrother1]

We need Andy more than ever today. This nation's going crazy

[@TheKingmanthe1]

Reality vs Hollywood…expect a officer to throw away his life to help a criminal…police are not expendable

[@kgpspyguy]

Officers like Andy Taylor would be utterly incompatible with the modern world. I don’t believe that Andy’s method would work on a schizo meth head swinging a machete at any human shaped target that enters his field of view. Better more compassionate police wouldn’t solve the utter social rot occurring in the modern US.

[@roberthuber3518]

That’s what happens when you have Fascist’s trying to take over!😑

[@aliyourbrother1]

@@roberthuber3518 actually a lot of the USA problems are caused by the USA corporation being bankrupt but still owing China trillion$.

[@kosmokritikos9299]

He'd probably make make it even worse.

[@starfox198077]

My short time as a police officer. I always ask myself How would Andy handle this situation? Andy said I would rather people respect me then fear me. I always tried to handle every situation with that thought in the back of my mind.

[@eq1373]

That's why your time was short. You were a liability.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

Wow that’s cool

[@donziperk]

@@eq1373 = IQ 37

[@mercedezlucke-benedict1122]

That is so wonderful

[@KJTV67]

I thought the same thing while watching Uvalde on the news last week!

[@wayneburton8168]

I heard Andy say one time that he made sure that the show laughed with the citizens of Mayberry, not at them. So charming. Don Knotts was the best Deputy ever. Lol

[@kosmokritikos9299]

I laugh at them. They're a bunch of idiots.

[@khman1983]

Andy Griffith said Don Knotts was the best straight man he knew in Hollywood and the reason he was hired to play Barney Fife. The show was never the same after he left, except when he came back home to visit or Andy went to Raleigh to see Barney.

[@normbograham]

Barney's characters, cannot be understated. He really helped elevate Andy's character.

[@WUZLE]

My brother was a reporter on the cop beat and described exactly this sort of situation. He was riding with a cop who responded to a report of a man with a gun on the roof of a house. A cop not familiar with the neighborhood probably would have shot him. This cop got out of the car and said "Bob, what are you doing up on the roof again?" and disarmed the whole situation.

[@Telecasterluvr]

Going through very stressful personal stuff lately and I can’t tell you how much this show means to me. Helps me relax and sleep at night.

[@MrIVofThetaGang]

Jake Lineman hope things get better for you mate

[@Telecasterluvr]

@@MrIVofThetaGang thanks so much

[@karlpresler7342]

Get better soon going with bad times also

[@williamgullett5911]

Consider looking to Jesus. I did and it was the best decision Ive made. GOD bless

[@axlrose7668]

It kind of clears the mind and brings back the idea of humanity.

[@bradyfry8031]

This show debuted 60 years ago, my father was born the year the show debuted. Hard to believe how fast time flies

[@u.s.militia7682]

We kinda got a sheriff like this in Abingdon Virginia and we love him. His name is Blake Andis and I’ll back him on any given day of the year. He’s a goodun and we don’t wanna lose him.

[@NateSean]

I don't know him, I don't know you, I'm not from Virginia, but I hope you don't lose him either.

[@JaimeGirl]

Calm, confident and clear thinking- aspects every leader or person of authority should have always. Andy knew the man and his capabilities, sized up the situation and the intent of Luke, and decided what to do, all in a few minutes and under fire. No panic, no indecision, no unnecessary escalation- and no one hurt or killed. Andy Taylor is EXACTLY the type of law enforcement that, if there was more like him, there wouldn’t be so much mistrust of police.

[@saaaron5213]

He was something special... Rest in peace Andy.

[@khman1983]

The cow thief was one of the best episodes. Andy was a backwoods sheriff and the state police knew better, at least they thought they knew better. Andy proved them all wrong.

[@jamesha175]

the cow wore the boots!

[@christopherumberger6142]

That actually was a trick used by moonshiners in Fancy Gap Virginia. About 20 minutes north of where Andy grew up in Mount Airy NC

[@ericstuart7748]

He proved ahole Mayor Stoner wrong as well.

[@eq1373]

Lmao....no he didn't. He was a liability to everyone around him.

[@disgruntledpedant2755]

@Eq 137 No shit. Apparently old luke regularly shoots at police officers and anyone he doesnt recognize. Thats a fucking menace, not an old boy.

[@duster7469]

This was our country some time ago. But not anymore.

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

nope

[@eq1373]

It wasn't our country then.

[@mgtowbro917]

When a man shows, wisdom, confidence, and compassion that's masculinity, nothing toxic about it.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

Compare that to the Inspector who wanted to call in the SWAT team.

[@debbieyork972]

I miss Andy and Barney. Best program that ever aired!

[@sherrysetliff2502]

One of the best tv shows ever.

[@chriszerkel5874]

It's a timeless classic 💕

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

Ya think? 🤣

[@johnparker2752]

My favorite part..."It's one thing to shoot at Barney and I, but a total stranger? You know better" lol

[@tonymobley9167]

king of queens

[@blockmasterscott]

I laughed hard at that! LOL!

[@juanitacastleberry317]

@@tonymobley9167 rrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@TheBeatle49]

Mine too.

[@cbwilson2398]

He actually said "..at Barney and me," which is correct grammar.

[@user-ks1pd2ed3f]

Love this show! Watch it everyday. It really does relieve stress.. People don't realize it but Andy was actually good police officer.

[@walterbriggs272]

This show is still the best tv ever. It’ll calm you down, and let what’s bothering you not seem so big. Gives ideas of smiling, and being kind to a neighbor. Let’s you reset what’s right or wrong in your mind, kind of grounding you back to your roots

[@jonathanlocke6404]

"That all sounds as big deal as can be, but it ain't really necessary"...I always hear that line in my head when clueless bosses and supervisors start proposing some radically complex and ineffective strategy to deal with a simple problem...

[@rlbrett]

Andy was a firm believer in Occam's Razor.

[@DTea5553]

always remember KISS keep it simple stupid

[@hankkingsley2976]

@@rlbrett I'm a firm believer in Harry's razors

[@drvinson8947]

I could watch these reruns all day.

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

Daniel Vinson, Absolutely, I could sit and watch every episode of every season back to back, I'm with you friend.

[@spookygirl7761]

Me too!

[@chriszerkel5874]

Me too

[@johntapp1411]

Andy Griffith was portraying what it means to use courage: going into harm’s way even though you are scared plum out of your mind, and restoring peace. This is what a peace officer does, and this is what the Medal of Valor is for.

[@Daveoceanair]

Unfortunately today's criminals don't work like this.

[@blahblahblah9844]

@@Daveoceanair lol nonsense. Murder rates are lower today.

[@qkljhewgfhergk]

@@Daveoceanair Crime doesn't change. It's always been a part of society and it always will be. Our response to it sure has though, and not for the better.

[@Csmallo]

@@Daveoceanair Of course today's LAW ENFORCEMENT thugs would have burned the house down after they shot all the ducks and chickens in the yard and any dogs within 2 miles. And the citizen could just be holding a firearm and would immediately be shot down by the cowards behind the thin blue line.

[@Daveoceanair]

@@Csmallo I get it man, you hate cops. Just say so 😉

[@widowmaker4008]

I joined my local Sheriff's Office because of these 2 men. Don Knotts and Andy Griffith. Watching them when I was a kid on threw high school. And even still today. The one episode of Barney and the 2 guys selling produce on the roadside is my favorite episode. The speech Andy gives to Barney about the badge stuck with me to this day. Yea...you may be a bigger guy than I am but this badge represents people who is alot bigger than you are and when Andy told Barney that your always a lawman. On duty and off duty. It's not because of what you wear either. People see me as the law weather I'm in uniform or a salt & pepper suit. Well for me its wearing bib overalls 🤣🤣 I learned alot from Andy over the years. Thank you sir for your leadership and motivational advice. I owe my career to you and Don Knotts. I'm deputy til my last breath is taken.🇺🇸🚓

[@mitziharris9236]

ADMIRAL JOVOK Thank you for serving the People!

[@chriscastanon3418]

Yea... even the silence in the episodes I enjoy , it makes you feel like you're there. The simplicity of everything is calming

[@Obiwancolenobi]

@@mitziharris9236 Cops don't serve people. They serve their Union.

[@riotsquirrl]

Bless you! If more people joined the police force because they admired Sheriff Andy, we'd have a very different country today!

[@Obiwancolenobi]

@@riotsquirrl Or just have training comparable to other first world countries.

[@markmarsh27]

an Andy Griffith clip is a Happy Pill. ... works every time.

[@johnathanhardin152]

I watched this everyday since the pandemic began, really does relieve stress and is good clean comedy, a great family show.

[@tomlindsey2596]

This show will never go out of style! Good clean family show!

[@samaritan_sys]

Unfortunately, too many police forces have reacted to this pandemic like Barney Fife would, and not enough like Andy... imagine Andy Taylor intimidating people for questioning lockdown rules over a flu. That's what happens when Fifes aren't reigned in.

[@cathyrosencrans8075]

I love the Andy Griffith Show it was one of my all time favorites

[@cynthiasmith4130]

It help's me relax also!!!! I wait all day, to come home, and turn it on.... Love this show!!! 🥀🥀🥀🥀.. 202..

[@luciechapello1008]

Mr. Griffin appeared to be a very decent man. This show would never fly today. No violence, no sex, no swearing, etc.

[@susanslack6347]

Griffith not Griffin

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@susanslack6347 🙄💨 MERV Griffin

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

I can name many great sitcoms that are less that 15 years old that there is no violence, sex, or swearing.

[@Randy-ry9ss]

Family Guy RFD

[@quinnfletcher3906]

No people of colour either.

[@fitepitsnbonfires]

No if Luke would've want to hurt you he'd of hurt you ,I guess maybe it pays to know your community, go Andy.

[@raymondweaver8526]

Cop on a beat

[@solidwoods6999]

It pays to know your neighbors .

[@bwenluck9812]

It also helps to understand the human condition and have some empathy....

[@donschmidt8203]

I love how mister hot shot, by the book inspector, looks like a fool next to down home Andy. Thats because Andy is a personal friend to them, not an enemy. Beneath that country exterior is a wise man with plenty of good sense. It doesn't take much sense to know this show was a priceless gem.

[@eq1373]

No, Andy looks like the fool

[@joedirt3449]

yo mama the fool

[@harageilucid4352]

People celebrate Jack Bauer when we should be begging for more Andy Griffiths.

[@Ronin4614]

Amen!!!

[@PeeboTyson]

Great and as long as the script calls for it, the perp will put down the gun.

[@Ronin4614]

PeeboTyson ~~~~ Life was simpler and safer back then, and I speak from the experience of being a baby-boomer. Today life is nothing like it was when a small town law enforcement officer (LEO) could put in 20 years and be relatively sure he would survive it. Today the LEO can be shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car doing paper work. Being armed is not nearly as significant as is the use of BODY ARMOR, that is the new realty.

[@PeeboTyson]

@@Ronin4614 Even then I don't think a man shooting at a police officer would get off so easily.

[@Ronin4614]

PeeboTyson ~~~ Yeah, the penalties are generally stiffer. There is just so much polarizing folks these days. The environment has become so toxic and I pray that we can step away from all this. I would like to get back to the time where an Andy Taylor could be possible once again.

[@edwarddelgado9654]

I never missed an episode.

[@mikearlredge1063]

Yes we need Andy Griffith my favorite show I grew up watching

[@gregkral4467]

I love the ol' Andy Griffith show.. thanks, man. Gonna look up some Ernest T. Bass next

[@indianapolisjones2335]

It's me it's me, It's Earnest T!

[@saran3214]

Great character played by a Jewish guy from the Bronx. And I am southern.

[@gregkral4467]

@@saran3214 he was so fun....

[@saran3214]

@@gregkral4467 Yes he was. That is really a rare quality.

[@NateSean]

Andy: Teargas? What civilized officer of the law uses teargas on civilians?

[@Randy-ry9ss]

Is that your bible?

[@juditholson658]

Tom Cat loves this show one of his favorite shows. He was always using the morality of the show to teach kids in neighborhood right and wrong of actions and to be a good person with acts of kindness and respect of others. I've always said I look up to my brother and have great respect for him cause he taught little ones to be a good guy like ANDY and BARNEY and the Mayberry friends. Thank for your channel.

[@williamvaughan5085]

I STILL say that that wasn`t Luke, that was Rafe Hollister !! LOL!

[@DigitalPraise7]

Actin' like a young'un. I'm dead

[@paulteres4997]

Love this show! Watch it everyday. It really does relieve stress.

[@mightymikethebear]

Other than using a stern voice and a somewhat intimidating stare Andy never got rough with anyone he arrested. There may be an episode I missed but I never saw him even tackle someone to handcuff them.

[@umberct]

I used a lot from this show to aid me in how to handle inmates in a prison setting. Best damn show on tv ever.

[@writerconsidered]

You may also like the green mile. The good guards really try and keep things calm and civil and respectful. There's one bastard of course so ignore him.

[@annewiebe9561]

thats the kind of Father figure the world needs discipline instead of jail. men stand up and do your GODgiven responsability

[@joedokes8641]

This show suffered dearly after Barney left the show. I have the first 5 seasons with Barney , after that it just wasn't the same. The show can't be beat . Todays shows are junk.

[@JayDogTitan]

JOE Dokes, You're absolutely right, Don Knotts made that show and the episodes with him and Jim Nabors is comedy that you just don't find today.

[@joerussell3000]

JOE Dokes I very much agree. When Barney left, the show dropped to mediocre at best. The VERY best ones were when Barney, Gomer and Goober were all 3 on there.

[@lawranew5125]

It suffered dearly when he was on the show. I didn't think he was funny at all, I didn't like the fact that they all made him seem like he was fummy, he wasn't. I like when he left & Opie got older

[@joerussell3000]

Lawra New What are you smoking???

[@LordZontar]

The show did indeed suffer, and Andy Griffith hated the fact that Don Knotts had lost his slot in the cast because of a contract mix-up, and it didn't take long before he ceased having fun doing the show. He didn't have Knotts' creative input anymore or Knotts' personality to bounce off of, the new characters just didn't work, and the on-set relationship between Griffith and Frances Bavier got downright poisonous. That's why you see an Andy Taylor in the colour seasons who seems irritated half the time, because Griffith either could not or didn't care to mask his own feelings as the situation deteriorated. It was not a happy set in that time and I could never hook into the post-Don Knotts episodes. They're not funny and not remotely enjoyable to watch. The whole show was just ruined.

[@TM-yn4iu]

A great mythical place that I truly love. Watch the series over and over with my wife, laugh as if it were the first time we saw it. Andy, Barney, Otis....and all wonderful. But again, a mythical place and situations that we would all love to ve real.

[@brendalg4]

That's how it used to be decades ago Here is something from imbd The town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) is based on his hometown Mount Airy, N.C. (Griffith has said that it is based "somewhat" on Mount Airy, but not as much as people think). By the same token, the characters on the show will commonly mention the "sister city" of Mount Pilot. Mount Pilot does exist, but its true name is Pilot Mountain and has the same basic geographical positioning as Mount Airy as Mayberry does to Mount Pilot. The towns in both reality and the series are about 15 miles apart. Both are north of Winston-Salem, N.C., near the North Carolina and Virginia borders.

[@alphabravo8703]

yup

[@thebluelibra5686]

Andy is the good-hearted policeman, who serves the people and the law. Inspector Case is the stereotypical douchebag-with-a-badge who makes every situation worse, makes bad arrests, and can make an entire dept (and profession) look bad. The world needs more Andy, and whole lot less Inspector Case.

[@xjcrossx]

God I was thinking the same thing. So many times I feel like they escalate a situation to where it's a big production and a hundred cops all with guns out, evacuated streets, robots, dogs, when sometimes people just need to calm down a little bit. Have a friendly face tell him it's going to be okay. Not someone screaming come out with your hands up, drop the gun, or some other robot command that just pisses the dude off.

[@rickys6770]

Unfortunately the world is full of very dangerous people, NOT like good old Luke, that would have no problem killing a police officer given a chance. Police Officers are not paid enough to be murdered. Anyone that shoots at a police officer or any citizen deserves to be shot themselves.

[@AAAskeet]

@@xjcrossx they need to go back to the officer look instead of every cop looking like he is a Navy SEAL

[@xjcrossx]

@@AAAskeet completely agree.

[@eq1373]

@@AAAskeet f that.

[@benjaminjones2185]

People don't realize it but Andy was actually good police officer

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

they dont? says who?

[@jackpotjoey8828]

That’s the entire premise of the show... the sheriff without a gun. Pretty much every episode over 7 seasons was about how good he was

[@martinrademakers762]

It was just about 1970 that everything changed in Hollywood. As a boy of 16, i had never seen an on screen murder, killing or dead body on TV/movies until about 1970. After that the body counts per movie just ramp up every decade by Hollywood. Society is untouched and indifferent to shootings, homicides and death.

[@alanparedes2034]

@@suzycreamcheesez4371 he was always getting job offers from different agencies in the state.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@@alanparedes2034 no clue what you're talking about. I'm saying who says people dont realize he was a good sheriff. of course they do. as Metallica says nothing else matters! aloha nui loa we're done!

[@MrPhotodoc]

Going home safe at the end of his shift was the furthest thing from Andy's mind in that scene.

[@snake9911]

I enjoyed watching that episode, I thought that it was funny when Andy said I think that boy has been working to hard.

[@matthewhunt2250]

right curious acting

[@tolfan4438]

Andy really was a damn good cop

[@eq1373]

No he wasn't. He would have gotten people killed IRL.

[@dvdreview7956]

So was Don Knotts

[@myweightloss11928]

There were some serious episodes when Barney was there like the baby bird, Opie getting his girlfriend a coat.

[@birdman7135]

(1:30) The days of, "I'm just giving him a minute to simmer down" have been replaced with Armored Tactical Vehicles and M-16 wielding SWAT teams.

[@mvol5973]

Birdman it’s a tv show where the guy wouldn’t actually shoot someone. I’m real life, they kill anyone including police

[@mvol5973]

When’s the last time you saw someone in Mayberry doing drugs, molesting kids, and all the other garbage that goes on in today’s society of idiots

[@birdman7135]

@@mvol5973 Ohhhh, I see. You mean the Andy Griffith show wasn't real? Barney wasn't a real deputy?

[@birdman7135]

@Cw Sayre ...Well I'aaaaaaaallll be!

[@birdman7135]

@@mvol5973 Don't tell me those poor innocent people marooned on Gilligan's Island were just actors on a TV show as well? ...I was rooting for their rescue every episode! Damn, this is all hitting me so hard!

[@14DaveHunter]

Luke later went on to play Rafe Hollister.

[@dj3114]

If I recall, he was a professional speaker which is why they did the Rafe Hollister character to highlight it.

[@14DaveHunter]

@@dj3114 And a great singer.

[@johnkent6572]

14DaveHunter I thought that,but I wasn't sure.Thank you.

[@evanwilliams6406]

He also was a still operator in Alcohol and Old Lace as one of the guys that Andy and Barney get tipped off to by those two old ladies.

[@snake9911]

That was a great show. I liked the way Andy says, I think that boy has working to hard. Andy showed that inspector that he can do his job 👍. That inspector complained about Andy and Barney alot.

[@Mck499]

I love this show. I gotta be the only 19 year old who watches it lol

[@kathiewippel7551]

Andy’s common sense and serenity in situations are life lessons.

[@rickhammond2473]

Common sense what is that people no longer have this.My girlfriend neighbor is an attorney he backs the car out of the garge it took him 3 tries to get it right.He uses a leaf blower and it ends up worse than when he started smart on one side dumb as a box of rocks on the other side and only getting worse.The more colledge people have the dumber they are.

[@jeffreythornton428]

The Andy Griffith Show is one of the best sitcoms in television history. It ranks with the Dick Van Duke Show, Mary Tyler Moore show, Bob Newhart, I Love Lucy, Cheers, Taxi, Night Court, Mash, WKRP, Friends, Seinfeld,etc as among the best of a dying art form.

[@benvye4279]

Don't forget Barney Miller!

[@angelajohnson6659]

Don't forget Fred Sanford Archie Bunker the Jefferson's!

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@benvye4279Amos Andy. BarneyMiller is a great show too. It shows the kooks and wackos committing zany crimes in NYC.

[@celialovett5880]

I still think the exploding goat episode is one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time!

[@Miwrn1952]

It was an affront to people who identify as goats.

[@509Gman]

Kablooey!

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

Still like the Cow they put shoes on...

[@dougmontgomery1868]

@@MasterChief-sl9ro I still think it strange that the investigators never made any allowance for the cow in their discussion of the "evidence" of the cow thefts.

[@otiscampbell2194]

My favorite eplsode too♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@LelandPlayTime]

Love Andy and Barney!!

[@jimh4375]

Luke sure bears a curious resemblance to Raif Hollister.

[@jmw9904]

I love the music that plays when Andy walks to the house

[@gossamercross20]

I just saw this the other day I was crying 💀💀💀💀

[@patrickperalta59]

I guess all the complaints the Inspector had about Andy and Barney was not a big deal to his boss. the Boss never told Andy to get rid of the Doilys on the chair or to stop celabrating a prisoners birthday and other stupid stuff.. All he cared for is if Andy did his job and ran his office correctly. Andy's way of dealing with people and prisoners of Mayberry was way better then the Big City police.

[@jonw.1043]

Sheriff Taylor is lucky. He wasn't a real person. He was a character in a TV show. He was going to stop him in such a way because that's how the show was written. I really wish real life was the same way.

[@terrypetty8556]

Police that know the citizens in their area, can do that. People know they will get fair treatment from that kind of police.

[@eq1373]

@@terrypetty8556 what?

[@emilyelizabethbuchanan998]

@@terrypetty8556 There's a security cam video of a cop in china doing exactly this. A man the cop knows threatens the unarmed cop with a knife but the cop was able to gently and firmly talk him down and get him to put down the knife.

[@terrypetty8556]

@@emilyelizabethbuchanan998 Do you know what city in China that happened? I used to live in China many years. I do not think that is unusual.

[@dannyowens8149]

I still watch these shows everyday

[@clintdavis76]

I enjoy officers that see all the “hoo-hah” tacticool bravado stuff as childish folly, as Andy does. “Professionalism” has taken us from “peace officers” to law “enforcement” officers. It’s a mindset.....

[@eq1373]

Let me guess, some cop took your dope once upon a time.

[@pamelariley3540]

Love the clean show

[@chrismckenzie2277]

Young people today have no concept of morality, decency and respect...i feel like the "odd one out" when I hold the door open for a Lady or greet my elders beginning and ending with Sir or M'am.. wished i were born in '42 instead of '82...

[@louisochs9135]

@Thomas Headley the fuck is yours? Dumbass.

[@firemangan2731]

Thomas Headley You litterally just proved his point, ya bugger.

[@clevancampbell850]

Sucks that KZbin won't let us watch full episodes anymore

[@tyroneprice6642]

I remember the Andy Griffith show great sitcom.

[@marshahanson5870]

If someone only really had had full episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Guess I will have to link Hulu to my internet or buy the boxed set.

[@treebuck]

The great Willis Bouchey. He must have played at least a hundred cops during the golden age of radio.

[@LittleMissLeared]

Every cop nowadays needs to watch this episode. Not everything needs to be solved with a gun.

[@dontellgucci1117]

Sorry have to agree but disagree on this particular incident. You shoot at tge police you’re a dead man

[@redtra236]

If this really happened even in the early 1960s the police would have at least attempted to shoot him. This is a TV show.

[@firemangan2731]

It only worked for Andy because he and Hollester knew each other for a long time. The gig Andy did in the episode being a success in real life would be close to 0

[@eq1373]

F you. YOU do it.

[@sophiaraniuk2665]

I agree ….I watch Andy Griffith almost every night …..I have to with all the crazy news going on …..need a calm moment

[@anonymoussources8803]

A poca dot tie and a chocolate birthday cake WITH CANDLES! Outrageous. 😏

[@MrIMBECILE1]

Barney get shot at and picks up his hat

[@rlbrett]

Andy Taylor, the timeless archetype.

[@jamieturnage4574]

andy griffith new his people very well .

[@altarique123]

I love watching old movies and tv shows

[@a68riz]

Thank you Andy.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I always thought it was funny that Andy kinda gave him a pass on shooting at him and Barney, since he knew them, but he ragged him for shooting at someone he didn't even know...

[@ryand391]

Barney would been a great state p.d. investigator!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

And you'd be a great judge of aptitude... 🤣🤣🤣

[@dirksimmang]

ha. today that would be attempted capital murder on a police officer...

[@12121149]

It is a made up TV show,not real,get it???

[@guitarttimman]

Not on a tv show that is controlled by Andy Griffith it wouldn't! Nobody could've gotten away with that in real life. Not even back then. It's just a show man. LOL

[@dwightstewart7181]

It would have been back then too. This show was totally out of touch with reality. Same with Gomer Pyle USMC (wouldn't last a day in the military), Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, Adam-12, Flying Nun, That Girl, Hogan's Heroes, and most other television shows of that time period.

[@guitarttimman]

That is the whole idea of comedy! Nobody thought it was real man! Of course not! Have you ever read the story about what happened when Don Knotts joined the Army? LOL. The story tells about how the Sergeant went to his commanding officer because he wanted to boot Don out, but the Commander had a better idea. He gave Don the job of entertaining the troops, and that's how he got started. LOL. I love the Andy Griffith Show (only with Don Knotts). That show used to make me laugh so hard that I would actually have tears in my eyes. Don was my favorite comedian. Even to this day nobody can match him. ha ha

[@ronaldm.6150]

It would've back then, too, as it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look-- don't make snarky remarks toward cops, which the despicable democrat party would have you do. Of course, the democrat party doesn't like cops because it doesn't like law and order. It instead likes abortion, euthanasia, embryonic-stem-cell research, terrorism, treason, slavery, segregation, lying under oath, race riots, et cetera.

[@joeygrazio9875]

The funniest show it when barney n Otis fight when he drunk rip thank u for the laughs

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

I like how the ducks and chickens don't scatter when there's gunfire. Ha.

[@blockmasterscott]

OMG, I never noticed that!

[@terrydonnelly4816]

They actually do jump and run at the shot that hits the ground behind the car. The squib was a little too close for comfort!

[@figward]

Thanks for sharing

[@JayDogTitan]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@johnded3874]

Man; commits several counts of aggravated assault Andy; Let's just go up and talk to him, just have a little chat

[@noorrougelewis6704]

"If Luke wanted to hurt you he'd have hurt you. He can shoot the wings off a fly" Why are you ducking behind the squad car then?

[@robertaylor9218]

He answered that, giving him time to cool off. Seems like a sensible approach.

[@GilmerJohn]

Well, when you hear a shot you quickly take cover until you understand the situation. It could have been a 3rd party shooting at him.

[@superfly3990]

You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone, Sheriff Andy Taylor has Balls of Steel ! They Drag the Ground !

[@benadam7753]

Luke aka Rafe Hollister!

[@carolinagirl1967]

I want to report a chocolate cake!🤣🎂

[@francisclause4668]

One of my fav's

[@smckay6438]

This is what liife is like without dembaggers!

[@alanstrong55]

Well done.

[@bennyuzie7108]

Thanks for sharing ... LIVE AND LEARN

[@francisclause4668]

That fly must have some big ears👂👂!!!

[@terrydintelmam6162]

Good stuff

[@kennethstevenson4817]

Just watched this tonight 11/5/2020, one of my favorites.

[@virginiaclark2476]

Good job!

[@jrsimeon02]

If only all Sheriff's knew their citizens well.

[@lcwhitehorn2328]

Yes 🥰 and😮 Andy deserve that respect from me