Andy telling a story by William Shakespear

Andy tells Opie a story by William Shakespear

[@kitspics526]

I wish Andy was still telling stories to us today. The world needs more Andy.❤️

[@kristysuggs3282]

Yep!! I love this scene. Andy is a great storyteller.

[@julig5067]

Amen to that ❤❤❤

[@splitpitch]

The world's greatest tragedy told in under 5 minutes as a comedy. Shakespeare himself would chuckle at that.

[@gregburgess5467]

Excellent analogy ! Good one ! Lmao .

[@Praise___YaH]

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[@JMB86]

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[@mattslupek7988]

“Romeo! Romeo! Where for art thou, Romeo?” “Well, I’m right cheer!”

[@haydenhodges34]

"Romeo! Romeo. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" "I'm right chere!"

[@dj3114]

That story was an Andy Griffith stand up routine, but it fit right in to the story line, or was the story line created so Andy could recite the routine. Either way, I really liked it.

[@tadimaggio]

My favorite line in this episode isn't in the retelling of "Romeo and Juliet"; it's when Andy says that he thought that Friar Laurence should have ended the feud before marrying the lovers. Then, after Andy tries to do just that and fails, he looks off into the distance thoughtfully and says: "Friar Laurence, I'm starting to see what you was up against."

[@qwerty99337]

This clip didn't have Opie telling him that would make a good TV show.

[@h.e.s.5248]

Now, if I had HIM for an English teacher in high school Shakespeare plays would have made a WHOLE lot more sense to me!

[@Mediatech492]

Nobody tells a story like Andy, pure genius.

[@jonothandoeser]

But I thought he was just a backwoods, country sheriff! I don't like the idea of him pretending to understand Shakespeare!

[@jeffmckeough4012]

Right

[@Fireball409]

​@@jonothandoeser Why'd you put sour grapes in the wine?

[@jonothandoeser]

@@Fireball409 Because the grapes have to sour in order to create alcohol.

[@briancleveland6115]

​@@jonothandoesershakespeare had nothing on Andy Griffin.

[@jeffnettleton3858]

I want more Andy Shakespeare! "To be or not to be; that's a pertty fer question!" "Friends, Romans, countrymen; y'all come on over and listen fer a spell..."

[@jessicajohnson4951]

Hahaha

[@MrTruckerf]

'You can call a rose whatever ya want, but ya caint do nothin' bout the smell!'

[@nancylloyd4916]

Opie was so cute. Great actor for his age💙

[@barbfrank917]

I think the shirts he wears are so cute

[@DINOLOVER6717]

“A soliloquy is when you kinda look waaaaay off and talk to yourself 😁” 🤣😭😭 he’s not wrong tho! He said you do that today and someone’ll take you away haha 🤣🤣💀💀

[@dj3114]

Andy Griffith had a way of story telling that was unmatched. Another good one was his story of the revolution and Paul Revere.

[@helentelehowski679]

That was another great story. There will never again be programs like this. The Andy Griffith show wouldn't be popular now because there is no sex or violence in it. Such a shame.

[@DanielSanchez-og4ox]

Football!

[@barryamato101]

What is was was football.

[@akhi5749]

@@helentelehowski679 One of the best shows ever along with Gunsmoke!

[@jeaniparker227]

And making those boys "Minute Men of Mayberry" fabulous!

[@leesher1845]

Ronnie Howard was adorable! You could tell that he was enjoying it. What a television masterpiece.

[@dj3114]

And a young child, pronounced "soliloquy" perfectly.

[@suzanneberger8202]

The Best Show I have ever seen. It was and remains hilarious, witty, sad, has moral to it educational all wrapped up into a lovely story, but never full of cussing or filth. It has never lost it's appeal!! I never lived then but thinking of this show, I wouldn't have minded those hazy lazy happy uncomplicated days! Andy Griffith and Ron Howard were amazing as Father and Son! The entire acting crew too made the show the 5 Star Show it was!

[@jb6712]

Maybe on the show things were "hazy, lazy, uncomplicated," but I can assure you that in reality, it was not so in the real world! I was very much alive then, having been born in 1953, and just like most all of world history, there was not, nor will be while man rules things, any kind of "idyllic world utopia," no matter what kind of delusions people currently live in!

[@mitziharris9236]

“What light by yonder winder shines?” “I’m right cheer”!!!

[@patman7421]

I can watch these shows over and over again,they were great!

[@kitspics526]

They are great

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

The soliloquy part still cracks me up to this day.

[@mahmouda.m2324]

Every episode of this show was a classic

[@NaturalMonty]

10/21/22: Watched these episodes as a child, and still love them at 67. These were the best of times.

[@rtds9fan]

You missed the ending lol..where Opie goes "....that Romeo and Juliet sure would make a good tv show!"

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

One of my fave episodes of all time. Plus Opie was just so cute.

[@stevenbarrentine2690]

The best TV father... and a comedic legend!!!

[@nancytet7161]

Opie and I are the same age.....still love this show

[@faithcastillo9597]

Master storyteller. I hate very much that this voice is now still, but happy that it lives on in film.

[@PoetryETrain]

R.I.P. Andy...

[@watchgoose]

loved the look on Aunt Bee's face!

[@47Str8]

I'm Bill Shakespeare, and I approve this message!

[@leesher1845]

☺️👍

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

The look on Aunt Bee's face is priceless. Looks like she wad thinking but not saying anything to interrupt Andy's masterpiece story telling.

[@byronp2311]

A few of you will get this: "What is was, was football", which you can find here and is older than even me.

[@milesprower6426]

Romeo: I'm right c'here.

[@leesher1845]

❤️🙂

[@wallacelang1374]

I enjoy listening to the stories that Andy tells Opie for they are the gist of the original stories but only in a more folksy manner. Romeo And Juliet is a classic William Shakespeare tragedy that ought to be told and retold often.

[@flufanga]

When Juliet said "wherefore art thou Romeo" she did NOT mean where are you, she meant WHY are you? She was asking WHY are you Romeo? That is, by what cruel circumstance is my beloved born to the family with which my own family is at odds? Too bad that this is almost universally misunderstood.

[@kitspics526]

Well I’ll be. Fore sooth and stuff

[@Lori-lp6uc]

​@@kitspics526😂😂😂😂

[@austenrobinson2747]

This will be a classic forever.

[@alexiagiannopoulos5018]

Love this show! ♥️ classic shows are so much better than the junk reality shows that are on television today.

[@Pure_Imagination_728]

Andy Griffith had his own unique acting style and he mastered it, he was a really smart, talented, and deep individual. He portrayed himself as the simple southern boy he was, but still an intellectual.

[@micahcurry4359]

Why the heck did I have to read the whole thing for literature when he explains it in 5 minutes???

[@marcbahn5487]

Maybe the show was made after you took Literature. HAHA

[@DixieRebel1-8-6-1]

This is a comedy routine that he used to do early in his career.

[@akallio9000]

I never saw that expression on Opey's face before.

[@leesher1845]

TV brilliance unmatched by anything since then.

[@phillipsmom6252]

Aunt Beas face….. 🤣🤣🤣

[@marcbahn5487]

Yeah, I was waiting for her to do a Barney and ask how the story ended.

[@jeaniparker227]

Romeo, Romeo, where are't though? " I'm riggght here"....Hahahahaha. Only Andy can tell this story. ❤

[@12classics39]

This episode was very early on in the show, when Andy was depicted as an extremely dumb stereotypical backwoods country boy. As the show went on, it truly found its footing when Andy became the capable, level-headed straight man to Barney’s chaotic antics. And then when Don Knotts left the show, the entire series became a complete and utter train wreck that should’ve ended at season 5, the last decent season.

[@tia904]

Yes, it's amazing how the absence of one person, DK, ruins it all when AG was the main character, but later on DK became the main character thanks to the actor...

[@marcbahn5487]

You can say that again.

[@MrCaptainA]

Andy Taylor's version of "Romeo and Juliet" is basically just an excuse for Andy Griffith to do one of his old comedy routines.

[@MrTruckerf]

And it is a good one!

[@robertlauncher]

“And see, their daddies could’ve saved themselves the expense of a double funeral if they’d just paid for a cheap wedding.” *Trying not to burst into laughter while my family’s asleep

[@us-Bahn]

Absolutely, a simple wedding is cheaper than a double funeral. Romeo should have consulted with his accountant instead of Friar Lawrence.

[@markchriestenson3257]

I'm going to start using hark a lot more now. xD

[@2009Berghof]

I caught a few moments of the Andy Griffith Show, A Feud is a Feud. (It’s in my book, Mayberry at Arms.) This time I noticed that when the face off occurred, Mr. Carter arrives from the right, and Mr. Wakefield is on the left. Both are holding double barrel shotguns. Wakefield’s SXS is a sidelock shotgun. Carter’s SXS is the more common boxlock. Andy goes to check the feudee’s arms, turns his back to both and proceeds to unload both shotguns. He then hands each back a shotgun, but neither got the shotgun back that they arrived with! You would think they would notice.

[@marcbahn5487]

They were too busy sweating and hoping it'd be called off.

[@joymahan2157]

There was such great writing on this series.❤

[@matthewphillips2698]

Well that's certainly was one way to describe it LOL!

[@saleemahfareed4790]

My favorite show

[@ShiftingDrifter]

You cut it too soon at the end! Opie's reaction to the story he heard gave it comical context.

[@leannsherman6723]

Absolutely brilliant

[@isarovivlousin1215]

I bet Frances Bavier, being the classical actress that she was, cringed the whole time Andy told this story. LOL

[@carolyncj2448]

Doesnt matter who cringed we all loved Andy and Opie and Barney ♡

[@joshual.8548]

@mksrookies whys that

[@stickinthemud23]

@mksrookies And she regretted it at the end or her life, which didn't go well after the show.

[@JACKnJESUS]

Fanfare...for the common man. Well done...

[@shelly_lee]

how adorable lil ronnie howard!!

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

BEST. STORY. EVER. 🙏

[@teller628]

That's a bit you can find on his Album's

[@hotwax9376]

Appropriate, since the flip side of his classic "What it Was, Was Football" routine was also a retelling of Romeo & Juliet, and it was pretty much word for word the same as this.

[@leeearly6764]

best way to tell a tragic story :)

[@jeanphillips1030]

Shakespeare will never be the same😂.

[@Loyalguardian6000]

Opie has to to be the only cast member left alive just like Betty White after the Golden Girls.

[@phillipivey5476]

Thelma Lou, Opie, Charlene Darling and the Darling Boys.

[@timriggins70]

His brother played a minor character

[@kennethtilton6137]

I think Betty Lynn is still alive, she played Thelma Lou. She moved back to North Carolina, in Siler City, which isn't far from Mt. Airy, the real Mayberry.

[@kennethtilton6137]

@@timriggins70 His brother Clint Howard played Leon. Clint Howard was also the little boy on Gentle Ben. You can spot him in minor roles in all of Ron Howards movies like Apollo 13, Cocoon, Parenthood, and others. Some years back, he was presented with a special award at the MTV Movie Awards for minor characters. It was presented by Chewbacca, lol. He was so happy!

[@pauldenny4477]

Betty Lynn lives in Mt. Airy now. She makes a monthly appearance at The Andy Griffith Museum to meet fans and sign autographs.

[@AMSOMmp]

Actually Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou), Jackie Joseph Lawernce (Romina Ackerman, Ernest T's girl), James Best (Jim Lindsey), Elenor Donahue (Ellie Walker) and many others are still with us, just so many have gone that it is easy to think they have all gone.

[@greggh]

And of course Jim Nabors.

[@jillthomasjackl1614]

This is headed to my ELA classroom too!

[@BBC600]

Watching this clip made me think that it would indeed be appropriate for use in schools. Hope your students enjoyed it. 🙂

[@jamesstuart3346]

Andy just introduced Americans to Furrin' Writin'

[@pfcthomasw.9394]

That was Both a funny and sad Story as only Andy could tell ...

[@hotwax9376]

Andy misquoted Romeo's line from the balcony scene. It's not "hark, what light through yonder window shines," it's "but soft, what light through yonder window breaks." An easy mistake, but people also misquote Juliet in that scene. She says "that which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet," but most people quote it today as "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." (And that wasn't Romeo's line as Andy claims here.)

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Really? We KNOW he misquoted it: the point is telling the Shakespearean story through the perspective of an Appalachian Storyteller to his little boy. It’s called ‘Humor’. 😊

[@hotwax9376]

@@JamesBrown-ij1px OK, that makes a lot more sense, thanks.

[@celialovett5880]

Shakespeare.

[@Lori-lp6uc]

Southern folks can sure tell a story😂

[@TJ-kk5zf]

right from the record

[@madkittyjoey70]

I saw that episode on TV a few days ago. Definitely wouldn't tell a story like that to a child Opie's age.

[@r0bw00d]

People weren't pussies back then.

[@adambrickell6425]

Why

[@marcbahn5487]

@@adambrickell6425 Probably because it's the 2020s and the kid would be traumatized and in need of counseling for the rest of his life. Or so thinketh the moms.

[@TampaBayGal]

Good bye, good bye, until it be morrow....in other words, I'd like to stay and jaw with ya, but I got to be a movinig on.

[@vectorm4]

Good stuff; but this is a re-play of his stand-up comedy.

[@user-gc8mm4yo3u]

This is so funny.

[@AMSOMmp]

season 1 a Feud is a Feud

[@JR-zm2yu]

😊👍👍💜🙏

[@daneevans3054]

Tyler childers uses a clip in his intro to way of triune god joyful noise

[@richardbrown4294]

Try an e on the end of his name.

[@joeanderson9852]

❤😂

[@kennethtilton6137]

When I was in college as and doing teacher observation, the teacher the year before that she translated "Romeo And Juliet" into modern language for her remedial class and they all scored an A on the test.

[@franklesser5655]

Is it just me or does Andy distill complicated stories with a simple, down-home manner. I don't know but it sort of seems like that to me.

[@MrTruckerf]

No.

[@alanstrong3295]

Glad it was only a story.

[@DRmillions544]

"Shakespear"?

[@zachmartin1458]

Folks, it's "ratcheer." Yankees...

[@jwsses]

Bob

[@pauldivers8618]

Damn so that's why Ron's gay ..lol

[@scottcurry479]

Huh?

[@JustLeanne]

....

[@patriciaedwards6793]

No he is NOT!! As you can see, he is a perfectly normal little boy right here! Stop telling lies on poor Ronnie Howard!