mayberry rfd

[@jed6271]

This closing has the second variation of the instrumental theme that was used, the arrangement changes at 1:12 and is shorter in length than the first closing. The title of the theme is "Mayberry March", and was used as background music in the original TAGS.

[@crow672008]

A show the whole family could watch together.

[@kathil3347]

I want to watch whole, entire episodes, not just opening music. Can't find them on KZbin...

[@edwardaguilar6322]

What relaxing great music

[@fromthesidelines]

That was Earle Hagen's "Mayberry March", slowed down to a leisurely pace.

[@20alphabet]

What a great memory. Thanks for posting.

[@alanmorris7669]

Sometimes this theme song would play during Andy Griffith Show episodes. Watch _"The Sermon For Today,"_ episode and you'll hear it while they're sitting on Andy's front porch.

[@markflitman9739]

Wish they never took Mayberry R.F.D. off the air

[@frankdenardo8684]

It has been fifty years since the CBS rural purge. CBS was also known as the Country Broadcasting System.

[@justsayin502]

Nice to see they finally got that busted window fixed!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

The kid would only break it again, the following week!

[@johnjarou2357]

the kid is jody foster's brother,buddy.

[@fromthesidelines]

And she appeared at least TWICE, in a small role, during the series.

[@johnrunion]

this was in the top ten it's first two years. it was in the top 15 when it was cancelled and getting the kind of ratings that networks can not even dream of any longer.

[@jamesmaass8929]

Monday night football killed it unfortunately

[@alanmorris7669]

Incidentally, did anyone else notice there's no building or shed behind him? There's nothing but a short bridge, and bridges don't have windows.

[@kristabrewer9363]

I just watched the first episode of Mayberry RFD (only because Andy was still in it. I still don't know if I wanna bother with the rest of the episodes). Somebody commented that this was the Walton house, and I realized that it WAS the Walton house when Aunt Bee came out the Kitchen door The inside of the house as you're going in the door looks the same as the Walton house, but the stairs going up doesn't look the same, and the Walton house never had a kitchen separate from the Living Room. I thought the Walton house was a real house?

[@Jay-vr9ir]

No it was on the back lot, it burnt down and they rebuilt it.

[@68lincoln]

I watched Mayberry RFD when it was first run 1968-71. I enjoyed it and wish it would be released on DVD now. I remember General Foods and their famous GF logo with the colorful dots. General Foods coffees included Maxwell House, Sanka and Brim. The good old days. Kraft bought General Foods around 1986 and ruined GF brands.

[@123451248ify]

Vivian Banks made me look this show up!

[@fromthesidelines]

This is from the episode "Palm Springs Cowboy" {December 29, 1969}, originally sponsored by General Foods; they sustained the entire series, as they did Andy's.

[@MrMucciacito]

Il bel Ken Berry del film Herbie il maggiolino sempre più matto

[@MotownMoJo64]

@68lincoln...The first season of Mayberry RFD will be released in April on Amazon!!!

[@Green18600]

"Mayberry, R.F.D" was on television for three years on the CBS Television Network. Excellent Video Clip!! The show would have earned more credibility if the program had been opened as the following: "Mayberry, R.F.D -- A Lorimar Production" in the 1969-1970 Television Season ... and stayed there until the end of the 1971-1972 Television Season. A Solid 5!!

[@tonywebb8506]

If I'm not mistaken, Toastem was the predecessor to Pop Tarts.

[@starey1]

+Tony Webb yes, it was

[@Jay-vr9ir]

The first Pop Tarts did not have frosting , I think Toastem was a totally different product , produced by another company .

[@johnjarou2357]

the show featured arlene golonka. that made it worth watching alone! what a cutie.

[@marknagle5828]

Arlene Golonka was a little hottie on this show. Too bad she was always covered up in that bakery uniform. A very underrated actress.

[@johnjarou2357]

mark nagle I agree. wasn't she a looker!!!!

[@123451248ify]

Oh wow! Debbie from Speed Buggy!

[@fromthesidelines]

"Toast'em" was indeed General Foods' answer to Kellogg's "Pop-Tarts". These days, they're marketed by "Flavor-Kist" {Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co.}, usually available in "Dollar Tree" stores....

[@parkman35]

Opening theme is called "Mayberry March"...

[@farmall51]

What does the RFD stand for

[@jeffreyhirsch8520]

Rural Free Delivery. Which means they will deliver your mail right to your mail box in the country at no additional charge in some places at the time, then to have to pick up your mail at the post office, if you live too far out in the country.

[@alwrig]

Yeah, wanted to shed their rural image. And then a year later, here come the Waltons! In fairness, though, the Waltons, though in a rural setting, was a family drama, unlike the slew or rural comedies on CBS airwaves throughout the 60s and early 70s.

[@Jay-vr9ir]

At least The Waltons used the same house .

[@garyt5582]

Loved

[@BigSCTVfan]

What I want to know is why did companies back in the early 20th century when they were starting out always began with "General" in their title. General Motors, General Electric, General Foods.....

[@starey1]

when LASSIE and HEE-HAW were cancelled that same year, they simply moved into first-run syndication. I don't know how much longer LASSIE ran but HEE-HAW ran until sometime in the 80s.

[@vjmlhds]

Lassie ran for 2 years (71-73) in syndication. After spending her last CBS year traveling around as a "Littlest Hobo" type, she spent her 2 syndicated years living on a ranch, where the owner took in orphan boys and there was a deaf neighbor girl. Hee-Haw ran until 1992. They kept pretty much the same format until the last couple of years, when they tried to jazz it up a bit and make it more "city friendly".

[@vjmlhds]

To call it a "rural purge" is a little misleading. Cancelled by CBS in 1971: Mayberry RFD, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Hee-Haw, Lassie, Hogan's Heroes, Ed Sullivan, and Family Affair. They all weren't rural shows, but they were all safe, clean, G rated shows that CBS top man Fred Silverman felt weren't drawing the young urban demographic (but doing OK overall). So out they went and more adult, urban oriented, sophisticated stuff was brought in over the next couple of years, like All in the Family (and all it's spinoffs), MASH, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Cannon, etc.

[@starey1]

+vjmlhds they also canceled THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW that same year.

[@vjmlhds]

+star trek Correct. Same idea as all the other shows that got axed - safe/clean/G rated out; edgy/mature/sophisticated in. And even though it wasn't cancelled right away, the Doris Day Show completely revamped itself to adapt with the new style - farm/kids/dog out; Doris the swinging single career woman about town in.

[@ChadQuick270W]

So true. The only G rated show to survive the "purge" was Here's Lucy as I suppose Lucille Ball had a lot of clout and season three of Here's Lucy was ranked third overall for the 1970-1971 season I do believe

[@vjmlhds]

+Chad Quick Doris Day also "survived", but was completely overhauled. Lucy though was the only one to survive and remain "true to itself", and not try to keep up with the new kids.

[@ChadQuick270W]

That's true. The Doris Day Show seemed to change every season. Could be how I forgot about it surviving the purge.

[@joe10117]

NOW AIRING ON CBS DECAES CHANNEL NEW YORK CITY 2.2 ANTENNA MODE....

[@fromthesidelines]

OCCASIONALLY.....

[@johnjarou2357]

also on me tv.

[@TwoOLDTexans]

I wish people would be honest and stop saying it's full episodes when it's not.

[@beanio12]

What is Toastem?

[@stflaw]

Mayberry RFD's cancellation was part of the whole move away from "rural" shows. RFD, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction and others all got axed at around the same time because researchers convinced network executives that these shows weren't attracting the "right kind" of demographics for advertisers.

[@TheTheo58]

R.F.D. means Rural Free Delivery

[@dlsofsetx]

Cool'n Creamy was good.I don't know why they quit making it.

[@3506987]

what does. RFD stand for?

[@peterragone]

Rural Free Delivery.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

Yippee!!!

[@tonywallacess45]

This show was a little too whitebread for me but I always liked the "Mayberry March." Since this was the continuation of TAGS without Griffith they got a pretty damned good run from the show. And, it was still popular when they pulled the plug. I'm a big Ken Berry fan.

[@donnieandsarah]

Wow, what a special guest: Dick Forcem.

[@tonycevallos7513]

Poor old Dick. He hit the skids after that.

[@scottmiller6495]

Theres a better ending theme to this great show than this one !!!!!

[@rebeccawilson3222]

halloween music

[@bartbro]

toastem is the less successful version of pop tarts.

[@crappy4478]

@beanio12 fake pop tarts. they still exist. somewhere.

[@tonycevallos7513]

I never liked Ken Berry. He was such a dweeb,although he did a good job on "Mama's Family"