Floyd was hilarious. One of the best comedic characters on the show.
@cultclassic9993 жыл бұрын
Yes. They kept him on the show, even after he had a stroke, and couldn't stand. That's why he is always sitting in the later seasons.
@rufust.firefly48903 жыл бұрын
MC NEAR was actually the 2nd Mayberry barber.
@townhall054462 жыл бұрын
@@cultclassic999 He is actually standing in a few scenes but certainly being assisted.
@sdean4816 Жыл бұрын
I agree totally !
@jgunther3398 Жыл бұрын
he would get way funnier and stranger than what you saw on the show, but kind of the same
@susanspatz95013 жыл бұрын
You can tell that Andy tries real hard to keep a straight face when he is talking to Floyd, so funny.
@clintonflynn8153 жыл бұрын
Watch Andy's face whenever Floyd delivers his lines. He's always fighting off a smile.
@1952creswell2 жыл бұрын
Watch Barney's eyes when Floyd shouts "Mt. Pilot." They're as big as silver dollars. I can't get enough of this video.
@randybock82 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that. He really cracked Andy up there.
@randybock82 Жыл бұрын
I also like the episode when Floyd says,he pushed me, he pushed me real hard....he assaulted me. He could say a common line so funny.
@TheKitchenerLeslie3 жыл бұрын
For some reason, Floyd is funnier the older you get.
@dhart84513 жыл бұрын
He had a stroke in 1962 and actually was funnier after that.
@1952creswell2 жыл бұрын
I actually think Floyd was funnier after he had his stroke. He was the number 2 funnyman behind Barney.
@rexoates4484 Жыл бұрын
I agree.
@MP-ef6mc Жыл бұрын
There’s nothing funny about a stroke!!
@TheKitchenerLeslie Жыл бұрын
@@MP-ef6mc You're diminishing this guy's talents
@GaryColemanNC4 жыл бұрын
OH! You fall in a well, you're wet... Genius!
@larrybaker5316 Жыл бұрын
Floyd was an excellent character actor, his expressions, deliveries, and getting off-task on conversations totally cracks me up. Floyd was a great addition to the show!. thank you "Floyd".
@davewanamaker3690 Жыл бұрын
I always wanted a Floyd the Barber in my town. He was wonderful and I was truly saddened when I learned of his passing back then. It was like we all lost a friend.
@masonbricke45685 жыл бұрын
Floyd was out there, in a very distant orbit from ordinary people.
@ZEZERBING3 жыл бұрын
I saw him play a murderer. I same way!!
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
@@ZEZERBING - I same way?
@QuadMochaMatti2 ай бұрын
@@jonhohensee3258 They become the murderer?
@jonhohensee32582 ай бұрын
@@QuadMochaMatti ???
@tomitstube3 жыл бұрын
howard mcnear, suffered a stroke and came back, always did his scenes sitting down, don't know if this is before or after, but what a great character, floyd the barber was a show within a show, many great characters on this show.
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
Yeah, before the stroke he wasn't always sitting.
@svs14813 жыл бұрын
In this scene, Floyd uses both arms, both hands ... before the stroke
@grgmj1980 Жыл бұрын
This was after the stroke
@roberthill79910 ай бұрын
He suffered the stroke in 1963. I have no idea what episode this is so I can't say what year it's from or whether it was made before or after his stroke.
@phillmellina3 жыл бұрын
This actor was a GENIUS in developing ‘ Floyd’... What an entirely unique , unusual- and hilariously strange character... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@richardmcleod59675 жыл бұрын
Howard McNear had a great career during the Golden Age of Radio. He was the first "Doc Adams" in the original radio version of "Gunsmoke" which starred William "Bill" Conrad as Marshall Dillon. He also starred in various roles in many of the most popular radio shows prior to the advent of television, where he continued his success. Howard McNear was one of the most liked Actors in radio and also his work in television. The Radio program began on April 26, 1952 and ended in 1961. Howard McNear gave an edge in a positive way to the character of "Doc Adams" that was missing from the role of "Doc Adams" as played by Milburn Stone in the television version of "Gunsmoke" which began in 1955. Both the radio and television shows ran conjunctively from 1955 until 1961 and were immensely popular. Parley Baer played the coveted role of Chester Proudfoot (changed to Chester Goode in the television show) and Georgia Ellis played the part of Miss Kitty in the radio version. William Conrad was responsible in first naming the character of Chester. Parley Baer gave Chester the middle name of Wesley. Both the radio and television shows of "Gunsmoke" were the creation of the masterful script writer, John Meston. William Conrad went on to Direct the television series of "Gunsmoke" for the first few years and also continued his role of Marshall Dillon on the radio show until it ended in 1961. William Conrad became an Executive at Warner Bros. and later had his own successful television show, "Cannon". During William Conrad's career in radio alone, he performed in over 7,500 radio shows, both in starring and co-starring roles. That is probably a record for just about any Actor either on radio or television. William "Bill" Conrad felt Howard McNear to be one of the most interesting and likable Actors in Hollywood.
@wayne33022643 жыл бұрын
Gunsmoke radio version was my favorite show on Old Time Radio channel on XM which kept me company for many miles during my truck driving career.......
@wayne33022643 жыл бұрын
Another radio drama McNear had a bit part on as the storekeeper was "Ft Laramie" with Raymond Burr as Capt. Lee Quince. Good program as well.
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
One more. Parley Baer and Howard became good friends on Gunsmoke. Baer, I believe, gave the eulogy at Howard's funeral. Baer said he was on TAGS episodes mostly when Floyd wasn't in.
@richardmcleod59673 жыл бұрын
@@normanacree1635 Radio Archives in their Volume II Archives Treasures has 5 CD's (5 hours) of "The Story of Gunsmoke" which deals with the radio show. All the characters were alive at the time except Howard McNear. Parley Baer discusses at length Howard McNear's death and his being asked by Howard's wife to speak at the Funeral. It is quite touching, as they all loved Howard McNear. I highly recommended hearing this Documentary on the radio show which was done in the mid-1970's.
@avlisk Жыл бұрын
Excellent synopsis! Old Time Radio had one of the best shows ever, radio or TV: Gunsmoke, and one of the best casts ever. McNear and Conrad seemed to be everywhere on those old radio dramas. Some would be surprised to know that McNear began his radio career playing an action hero on Speed Gibson. But he developed the quirky character along the way that became his stock in trade, culminating with Floyd on TV. (I was born in 1951, so I only recently "discovered" OTR in my retirement. Great stuff indeed!)
@zanetaylor56393 жыл бұрын
Floyd was one of the funnest TV characters of all time.
@danethanor6 жыл бұрын
Floyd helping Otis out of a well would have been funny as hell to see.
@ihavefallenandicantreachmy21133 жыл бұрын
Next episode: "Floyd: The One Armed, one Legged estranged Barber and the Otis, who loves him."
@lindabingham3943 жыл бұрын
yea the dufus and the drunk
@billp56563 жыл бұрын
I love the episode where He and Barney were kidnapped by escaped female prisoners. Floyd told Barney “you better do what she said Al” lol
@Pro1er3 жыл бұрын
LOL, that episode was just on today.
@glenwelty67883 жыл бұрын
Convicts at Large: my fave ever. Had everything: assault and battery, kidnapping, grocery shopping, ball room dancing, some actual police work! Big Maude Tyler!!! I wanna dance with Al!! LMAO
@1952creswell Жыл бұрын
@@glenwelty6788 Floyd: Don't blame me if those hamburgers burn!
@larrybaker5316 Жыл бұрын
that was hilarious, i even stole his line and often say "I won't be responsible if the burgers burn" and throw up my hands ..funniest episode ever
@1952creswell Жыл бұрын
@@larrybaker5316 One time I watched an Andy Griffith marathon and they were going to tell what the all-time favorite episode was. It was that very episode....Convicts at Large
@jesseharper47924 жыл бұрын
my dad, who was a barber, always laughed loudest at Floyd the barber
@jayjohnson6158 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest, most natural wits of all time.
@Local1Laborer4 жыл бұрын
As Floyd grew older the more he could not stand or walk. He would always be sitting in the scenes. Yet he still had unmatchable wit !
@pavelsarneki354 Жыл бұрын
Effects of a stroke🤓😎✌🏻
@StanleySims-xv7vc3 ай бұрын
Howard McNear was also a character in one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, Hocus Pocus and Frisby.
@lauralim12002 жыл бұрын
Love this clean hilarious old fashioned show! Unlike the junk shows these days. Thank you for sharing this!
@dorothyaguilar56393 жыл бұрын
My favorite show 😍 ❤ May they all R.l.P. child hood memories the best of the best ..
@bronxbrothers1213 жыл бұрын
Dorothy, I completely agree. If we only had more wholesome shows that had a message or taught a lesson, we'd all be better off.
@xboy643 жыл бұрын
Remember when he hired Barbara Eden as a manicurist. I do.
@brianarbenz72063 жыл бұрын
She sort of hired herself.
@fbody984life2 жыл бұрын
She's definitely not a boy.
@benmarykuca41442 жыл бұрын
@@fbody984life Didn't Barney say Ringy ding ding when she got off the bus lol
@fbody984life2 жыл бұрын
@@benmarykuca4144 I think ever male with eyes did.
@CogensFamilyTV Жыл бұрын
Nature was real, real, reeeeeeal good to her !
@47Str84 жыл бұрын
Due to his great acting, he seems so...normal!
@TheRabbipinchas5 жыл бұрын
Howard McNear made Floyd Lawson an American legend. I tried to interject some of his comedic lines in college plays and absolutely no one could make them work. They would have the lines down pact, the delivery perfect, and the timing spot on, but they just didn’t work. Howard McNear had the magic, the gift as an actor to turn words on a piece of paper into a living breathing character. He became Floyd Lawson. He was an exceptional actor! Also, could someone download my favorite episode Otis Sues the County. If not the entire episode but Floyd’s most awesome part when Andy is prepping him for court. It is the most hilariously delicious scene he ever did in the show. All he has to say is He fell down the first time and I come completely apart. PLEASE?!
@tablature61213 жыл бұрын
Floyd had some very funny lines in that episode, but my fave is, "This proves one thing, Andy....if you want a good suit you have to go to Mount Pilot." Also, his "What a nice man." The incredulous look Andy gives him after those lines is priceless.
@venrellio21195 жыл бұрын
I was shamed. I was shamed. I was SHAAAAAAAAAAMED!!!
@ladpocks69_195 жыл бұрын
I sense others in the room DUN DUN DUN
@Aeon_Is_Near5 жыл бұрын
Hello Cobain, come on in.
@ladpocks69_195 жыл бұрын
@@Aeon_Is_Near sit down chair don't be afraid Don Don Don
@dullfuture92834 жыл бұрын
Spd_ur_fake_lel _ STEAM HOT TOWEL WORN ON MY FACE
@elizabethw.45536 жыл бұрын
*BELL ON DOOR CLANKS 'COME ON IN'* *dun dun dun*
@AdolfStalin5 жыл бұрын
What kind of communist are you, just curious
@jeffgardner11874 ай бұрын
They said Howard was exactly like his character in real life. Lol. We all all loved him dearly. RIP Floyd.
@kevinjudy72186 жыл бұрын
Floyd was hilarious ..
@jimrichards17983 жыл бұрын
Howard McNear, Floyd the barber, also created the character of Doc Adams on the Gunsmoke Radio program. Talented and extremely funny guy.
@opsnowman3 жыл бұрын
I saw McNear as the storekeeper on Gunsmoke before Mr. Jonas came along.
@wayne33022643 жыл бұрын
He was also the storekeeper on a radio show called "Ft Laramie" with Raymond Burr as Capt. Lee Quince, captain of cavalry. Good show to listen to on youtube if you get the time.
@Doug41160 Жыл бұрын
Floyd was my favorite character from that show!
@diannh63163 жыл бұрын
Love me some Floyd ♥️
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
I love how Andy couldn't keep a straight face.
@secondstring3 жыл бұрын
Andy said in an interview once that he had a difficult time staying in character in scenes with Floyd because sometimes he just enjoyed watching the man work.
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
@@secondstring - I can make things up too.
@secondstring3 жыл бұрын
@@jonhohensee3258 ??? I made that up?? C'mon man. what's wrong with you? What possible motivation would I have to fabricate something like that? It's out there, I've watched a bunch of the cast's interviews, and I'm not sure but I believe he said it in an interview when a bunch of the cast members were together.
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
@@secondstring - Okay okay... if you want it to be true, you can have it be true. Happy now?
@secondstring3 жыл бұрын
@@jonhohensee3258 It's not about what I "want to be true". Get a clue and give your Mum her computer back.
@SL-vi4tk3 жыл бұрын
Otis the town drunk - who in real life didn't drink. That's Academy Award stuff...
@davidwalter20023 жыл бұрын
Hal Smith had a great career playing drunks. Well into the '70s, where he played a drunk a couple of times on The Odd Couple. I can imagine a casting director reading a script and saying, "We need a drunk? Get me Hal Smith on the phone!" Easiest job in show business casting Hal Smith to play a funny drunk.
@nygnyg16 жыл бұрын
Love floyd... going to Nashville
@stevek65183 жыл бұрын
Eugene Levy doing Floyd brought me here
@jh75805 жыл бұрын
Floyd was awesome
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
Floyd ate babies.
@fargeeks3 жыл бұрын
He was that jolly neighborhood barber that you could hangout with anytime
@jonhohensee32583 жыл бұрын
@@fargeeks - hang out
@keithwilson60603 жыл бұрын
When I get old, I want be exactly like Floyd.
@coloradostrong3 жыл бұрын
Dead?
@1952creswell Жыл бұрын
May it be so.
@robertdf423 жыл бұрын
They had Floyd in mind when they invented Prozac
@alanstrong32953 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Howard was a good barber in true life. Telephone, telegraph, and TelFloyd.
@ozzy91175 жыл бұрын
"Sit down chair, don't be afraid"
@electricreboot59754 жыл бұрын
I was shaved I was shaves I was shaved
@tedgegi1553 жыл бұрын
Listening to Floyd is like tripping on LSD.
@Cha-y412 Жыл бұрын
I recently watch Howard McNear on the Steve Allen show filmed in 1957 do a man on the street skit. Howard does a character in the Floyd the Barber voice and mannerisms 3 years before Floyd showed up in Mayberry. Great stuff
@Forevertrue5 жыл бұрын
Howard McNear, Floyd was the Doc on Gun smoke on the radio with Robert Conrad, as Matt Dylan, for many years. A totally different Character than Milburn Stone played on the TV Gun smoke. He played many characters on the Radio, a talented man.
@petervance6777 Жыл бұрын
William Conrad ( afraid I must insist on accuracy in my radio/tv trivia) robert Conrad was on wild Wild West and Hawaiian eye😎
@CogensFamilyTV Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the calendar photo of Mt. St. Helens on the wall. It indeed rivaled and even surpassed Mt. Fuji as a spectacular photo opportunity.
@karlosmuller2131 Жыл бұрын
Love Floyd!
@smug85674 жыл бұрын
Calvin Cooledge didn't say everything, Floyd!
@TheKitchenerLeslie3 жыл бұрын
Well, what did he say?
@smug85673 жыл бұрын
@@TheKitchenerLeslie If its cold outside turn on the heat.
@TheKitchenerLeslie3 жыл бұрын
@@smug8567 Oh yeah... he was a nice man. Great hair. Easy to cut. Snip-snip. Haircut?
@smug85673 жыл бұрын
@@TheKitchenerLeslie right
@alfandeddie3 жыл бұрын
I want whatever Floyd tripped on
@kevinmac19893 жыл бұрын
Life baby..life.
@roberthill79910 ай бұрын
Aqua Velva and witch hazel.
@jln556 ай бұрын
The best 'Floyd' episode IMHO is when he and Barney were hostages to three lady prisoners.
@jln556 ай бұрын
"If those hamburgers are ruined, I wont be responsible!"
@88888geraldАй бұрын
floyd was one of my favorites...
@lianecornils6603 Жыл бұрын
For these being the “ dark ages” 📺, they sure had a flair for what’s really comedy and good acting. No special effects needed. 😊
@fredbiden8683 жыл бұрын
He was the Best...
@theowlsarenotwhattheyseem4769 ай бұрын
Bell on door clangs, come on in Floyd observes my hairy chin Sit down, chair, don't be afraid Steamed hot towel on my face I was shaved I was shaved I was shaved...
@robertwalegir8677Ай бұрын
Floyd also played a travel agent in blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley and he was just his Corky or strange in that role to
@Ojb_19593 жыл бұрын
Floyd could’ve and should’ve had his own spin off. He was a gem💈
@davelockard4843 Жыл бұрын
Floyd was one of my favorites,earnest t bass,is another
@chem1006 жыл бұрын
I'll bet he'd give you the best haircut you've ever had.
@thebrycksfeaturingcobrakai7944 жыл бұрын
I was devastated when Floyd left in season 8
@roberthill79910 ай бұрын
I think I stopped watching by then. Very few episodes were worth watching after Knotts left. Andy's character changed after Barney left , as well. He became kind of a grouch and a jerk. I always assumed new writers took over around the same time that Knott's departed. Plus they added some really bad new characters: Warren, Howard Sprague, Emmet the Fix-it Man. And featured the insufferable Helen Crump and Aunt Bea much more often.
@dvdreview79567 ай бұрын
Don’t you mean 1962 when Floyd returned to Episode 118?
@judd4420093 жыл бұрын
Mt. Rainier is on the calendar in the background..
@ihavefallenandicantreachmy21133 жыл бұрын
Strange. Barbara Eden's Boobs are Mountable.
@ArcaneWeasel3 жыл бұрын
Just adorable
@cultclassic9993 жыл бұрын
I always crack up @ 01:38 "Was it by any chance Mount Pilot?" "AAAAHHH!!!"
@1952creswell Жыл бұрын
I actually think the Floyd's funniest episodes were after his stroke. Number 2 funny man right after Barney Fife.
@Ojb_19593 жыл бұрын
💓P💓I💓N💓K💓💓F💓L💓O💓Y💓D💓
@misfit89154 жыл бұрын
Where do you think Seinfeld’s Kramer cane from? Nothing new under the sun
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
I hate to think of the two of them at the same time. Hope Kramer was not meant as a reincarnation of Floyd.
@michaelboyce90283 жыл бұрын
Cutting off The Birdie of a Shuttlecock.
@dougmaclennan8654 Жыл бұрын
You could put Floyd in a room with any person(s) -- fictional or real -- and the conversation would eventually revolve around Floyd.
@ILoveOldTWC3 жыл бұрын
This is the one when Barney arrested Otis, put handcuffs on him. Otis got so mad that he left Mayberry and went to Mt. Pilot jail.
@foodyumyay336410 ай бұрын
BELL ON DOOR CLANK COME ON IN
@valleyquail1790 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant comedy
@swirlx024 жыл бұрын
Floyd go crazy bruh
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
Much of what he said wasn't all that funny if anybody else said it. That was what made him so special. He was worth watching in a scene even if he wasn't directly involved in the dialogue. My favorite line: If you want a good suit, you have to go to Mount Pilot.
@daveduncan8004 Жыл бұрын
They asked Don Knotts in an interview how was Floyd to work with and he just looked at the interviewee Ann just said you never knew what Howard McNear As Floyd was going to say
@Ariz-up1ri3 жыл бұрын
Love floyd
@broncobilly4029 Жыл бұрын
Floyd was a comedy genius. :)
@docadams70999 ай бұрын
I really love how he zips around the barber shop and calls himself a miserable, deceitful wretch in "Floyd the Gay Deceiver"!
@jamesj99983 жыл бұрын
I love Floyd.
@mtwhatley325310 ай бұрын
This scene was about Floyd’s life partner who moved to San Francisco. (Rewatch and you’ll catch all of the code speak)
@philleotardo80384 жыл бұрын
Peepee pressed against my lips
@catfatherb20726 жыл бұрын
I'm here for CALVIN COOLIDGE.
@Kelle02843 жыл бұрын
Now that is one strrrrrrange barber!
@brianarbenz72063 жыл бұрын
We should call ADD "Floyd Lawson's Disease."
@jamesrivera49472 жыл бұрын
"Oh, if Otis fell in a well, he'd be wet, ohh, and then getting him out, that would be a problem. He's a little overweight, you know, and . . . it wouldn't be like getting Barney out of a well. That would be easy. But you'd still be WET.
@marksummers55043 жыл бұрын
Oh he wouldn’t go to Raleigh. You know what they charge for things in the big city? Haha
@lance80804 жыл бұрын
Jack Bedford wore a toupee went to prison for being a pedophile but looked dead on Floid the Barber. True story.
@trueauburnchampion1322 Жыл бұрын
who dont have a family member or weird ass neighbor like Floyd.
@dannymundycomedy11 ай бұрын
And twice over. Thats means he'll be away for quite awhile.
@billmiller20513 жыл бұрын
He's the strange barber! Lol
@CaptainMangles4 ай бұрын
It's too bad he had to sit down so much but he's hilarious!
@judithsixkiller55863 жыл бұрын
I think old Floyd might of had a few too many huffs off of the Bay Rum hair tonic.
@dullfuture92834 жыл бұрын
I can see now why Kurt would write a song about this guy
@wvbygraceofgod55083 жыл бұрын
Floyd was the shit, kids nowadays don’t know what funny is. They get on Tic Toc and make a video of themselves after a wreck, upside down in an intersection and think it’s funny. Two girls get in a rollover and first thing they think to do is do a TikTok video. Now that’s funny? Ridiculous. I much rather watch Floyd, Barney, and Andy.
@DK-ck6gy3 жыл бұрын
Pink Floyd
@garynewman29353 жыл бұрын
Floyd Rules!
@bryantoth52493 жыл бұрын
Answer me this, Who cut Floyd's hair?
@chasf553 жыл бұрын
Oh you bet I will ..
@ILoveOldTWC3 жыл бұрын
This was after he had the stroke.
@Section5_CdnIntelService3 жыл бұрын
Turned out he killed Otis and was keeping his body in a freezer in the back of his shop.
@chuckdavis92733 жыл бұрын
No wonder he was acting so janky
@20cameron13 жыл бұрын
Not strange at all. Howard McNear had had a stroke by this time and you could tell by his behavior. Still was a funny man.
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
I think he is using his left hand too much for it to be after the stroke.
@flintknudsen21553 жыл бұрын
Floyd was great!
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
He was (insert a word that has not been created yet, due to the fact that Floyd is the only one deserving of it)
@joeanderson9852 Жыл бұрын
👍👏
@francisclause93073 жыл бұрын
SHAZAM!!! Can You imagine the barbershop Floyd would of had, if he would of invented GORILLA GLUE SPRAY GLUE!!! HE could of added a few more chairs to his business!! Yessir!!! A man or a woman !! P.S I HAVE TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT HERE, could of came in for a shave or haircut, and maybe even a glass of moonshine!!
@normanacree16353 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed in some of his appearances in the last season. Example: His last episode where Goober made a mistake on his cash giveaway game and owed Floyd money he couldn't afford to dish out. He was pretty nasty to Goober until Andy soothed it out. There were a few others, too. I never understood why the writers did that to him.
@fendermon3 жыл бұрын
Good observation. It was a bit out of character, for sure.
@ODJones-zy5ir4 жыл бұрын
Do you think the haircuts are more expensive in Mount Pilot?