The Fate Of Opie’s Mom On ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Was Revealed In A Completely Different Series

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[@tonyr1950]

I found it odd that they never even mentioned Opie‘s mother‘s name. Or never showed an old photo of her on display somewhere in the house.

[@wgnation351]

I wonder what happened to Andy's parents that caused him to also be raised by Aunt Bea.

[@okjoe5561]

OK, while you're at it what happened to Elly May's mother and Jethro's father on "The Beverly Hillbillies"? How about the mother on "My Three Sons"? Or the girls' father on "Petticoat Junction"? A lot of cold case mysteries.

[@morganconner2012]

My question was why doesn't Opie have any grandparents? What happened to Andy's parents and Opie's mother's parents? Andy was only supposed to be in his early to mid 30's in the show so you wouldn't think they would all be deceased. It's my favorite show of all time but they did a poor job at the backstory and also with continuity within the show.

[@dean-ph2ww]

I thought Andy Griffith was about 40 when The Andy Griffith Show started but he was only 34.

[@davidleavitt3804]

Remember Andy told Opie in the first episode that Aunt Bee raised him. So evidently he was either orphaned or just his(Andy's) mother had died when he was young too.

[@tonyjones2839]

Plague got um

[@Starsk25]

They died

[@alphonsocarioti512]

Thanks for this, Bob. I wish they would have covered this in TAGS, but it was a sitcom after-all.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

I agree

[@stephaniechaffin1154]

I love your story telling ability. You do a wonderful job and although it's probably hard to keep coming up with new stories I hope you never run out of ideas. Keep em' coming!!!!!

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Stephanie

[@benniedonald]

I believe that people referred to Andy as a widower on the show.

[@billsoltys7611]

Thanks Bob for that interesting info. In that episode of Danny Meets Andy Griffith, Francis Bavier played a character by the name of Harriet Perkins, who was in trouble with the law for defaulting on her taxes due to money she owed for renting a suit for her late husband's funeral.

[@MaryHeimonen-zi3uk]

Has always been a question! Wish Andy and Miss Trump would have gotten married on the show! 😋

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

@MaryHeimonen-zi3uk the got married on first episode od mayberry rfd and had a son

[@paulmclaughlin4132]

Thanks Bob for this AGS F & T segment on opie’s mom and what happened to her. Good segment and something I did not know. I am sharing this on Facebook.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Paul

[@carolynpurser7469]

That is a sweet scene between Opie and Andy when he talks about loving Opie's mother.

[@martybreeden6116]

Thanks Bob!! Great research as always

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Marty

[@christywhitehead3171]

Very enjoyable video Mr Bob what happened to opie's mother has always fascinated me have a wonderful weekend❤❤❤❤

[@jeanmoreno2428]

Hi Bob and Everyone Thank you for the video God Bless Much Love Everyone Jean

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Jean! You're up early. How you feeling?

[@deltapapa82]

Great show, Bob. Glad to see all the views so far. This was definitely a question of every TAGS fan for sure. Keep the rest videos coming.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Papa

[@robertbock8157]

Very simply Bob, you are the man when it comes to all things Mayberry.

[@annetteboyd8940]

One of my top favorite shows of all time

[@kevinstogner9477]

Lots of great episodes but by far my favorite is 'Citizen's Arrest !" Andy "Write The Ticket Barney! Write The Ticket Barney!" as Gomer and crowd gather. Ha. ( U-Turn in the middle of main street)

[@MichaelMiller-ny3rr]

God Bless you & yours too Bob! 😇❤️😇

[@larryrussell4905]

Another good one Bob!

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Thanks Larry

[@ronniewatkins]

Great video today Bob! Thanks for sharing! God bless!

[@toddran1969]

Awesome work as always, Bob!!!

[@user-fu1kx7sj1x]

Thats good that opies mom was mentioned on the episode danny meets andy taylor i saw it on you tube good video bob.vickie napa california

[@kentuckylady2990]

I always thought Opie’s name could have been O.P. Taylor.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

He was named after opie cates

[@ronwagner7380]

Who was Opie Cates?

[@wandahall4435]

Awesome Thanks Bob ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊

[@mymix1880]

Thank you Bob. Interesting video. Andy and Ronny were great together. Francis added to TAGS. Praying for you. Melanie

[@Capcoor]

Mr. Snapp, I heard of a church that has a Mayberry night. They watch an episode of The Andy Griffith Show and discuss it afterwards.

[@mickeymantle46]

Just another TAGS myster, BLESSINGS 🙏 to all

[@stevehartman1730]

I still wish they had a DARLIN CHRISTMAS episode where Andy n all are delivering Christmas presents to all the characters on the show and the stop at the Darlind n begin singin n pickin and they get snowed n and next morning is Christmas Day n the Darlins share their homemade gifts then Ernest T Bass comes alon n a horse drawn sleigh/sled n they continue on to deliver more gifts singing carols.

[@ronwagner7380]

from Marilyn: That would have been a great episode! Too bad you were not one of the show's writers.

[@orangehornet57]

Like many series, things changed from the pilot. Frances Bavier played a different character. There was a different town drunk. Andy was no longer editor of the newspaper. But it doesn't sound like the fate of Opie's mom changed. Judging from the first episode, Rose had been with the family a long time. Nowadays her getting married wouldn't have necessarily meant her no longer being the housekeeper. She could have lived with her new husband and worked there during the week. One of the key elements of the show was Andy and Opie's relationship. That never changed.

[@ronwagner7380]

from Marilyn: Thank goodness.

[@gailheard1524]

That episode with Danny Thomas was great

[@dean-ph2ww]

I guess Andy never got lucky with thé "hello doll" lady with the deep voice.

[@randabeast]

I love the "Fun Girls"

[@dean-ph2ww]

@@randabeast The Fun Girls crack me up because they're so oblivious to Helen and Thelma Lou. They just want to dance and run their fingers through Barney's hair. One of my favorite episodes is the 3 escaped female prisoners who keep Barney and Floyd hostage.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Miss Jean Hagen was both the original "Mrs. Marjorie Williams" in the "Make Room For Daddy" Pilot for "TAGS" and "Miss Elizabeth Crowley" in the Episode "Andy and The Woman Speeder." The "MRFD" Writing Staff was so annoyed with this Actress that they actually sent Her Character to an early grave! Remember the two "Chuck Cunninghams" only vanished after Basketball Practice on two occasions. Two things about Jean Hagen. 1) IIRC She was the Wife of Earle Hagen who handled the "TAGS" Soundtrack. 2) She was best known as the hilariously off key singer in "Singin In The Rain."😂😉🎤💃🎼🎵🎶🎸🎷🎺🎹🥁⛈👮‍♂️👮‍♂️B.W.

[@rogerokeefe3799]

Nice video, it shows how much you love the show and characters that you can feel sad over the loss of a fictional character who never appeared on the show.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

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[@sherrydaniels5060]

wonderful video Bob! i always thought opie's mom died in childbirth, but now it is a possibility. keep up great work a good day to you and yours!

[@thewavewitch3238]

I saw that Danny Thomas show episode. As a repeat, as I was born in ‘66, but it was a sweet moment between Andy and opie

[@marlenepearson3936]

I remember this. Sad 😔 but sweet. 💕

[@Rick_King]

My memory of 60s TV was that nobody ever died, and nobody ever divorced. All of the single parents on TV back then were widowed, and when a show lost someone, like My Three Sons lost William Frawley, they just explained that Bub had moved away, or something like that. In 1972, after Bonanza lost Dan Blocker, it was explained that Hoss had died, and I think that was the first time a regular cast member's death was acknowledged in a TV show.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Which made it even more of such a sad event

[@waldoparsnip1025]

Yeah , it took awhile to get used to Uncle Charlie and Ernie .

[@rdnysal]

thanks Bob now I see I kind of surmised this was thhe case but now its confirmed Thanks for all you do

[@1621billw]

I could be wrong, but as I recall Opie's mom's fate was mentioned in passing during the episode "Opie the Birdman" where Opie accidentally killed a momma bird with a slingshot. He took on the task of raising the three baby birds because like him, they had no maw. Am I remembering correct or not?

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Dont think so

[@noramayers7671]

Yes

[@travellinmark2745]

As I recall, Opie had grown quite close to his previous babysitter and that was discussed at some length in the episode introducing Aunt Bea. It was one of the reasons Opie didn't want to give her a chance.

[@ronwagner7380]

The Taylor housekeeper's name was ROSE. In the very 1st Episode , she marrys a man and this couple is never seen or heard from again. However zeta Rose's new husband reappears in other episodes as another character, the town's butchershop owner.

[@ronwagner7380]

from Marilyn: This comment doesn't give any insight as to how or when Opie's mom died

[@joeanderson9852]

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[@kevincharles3309]

I found it odd that TAGS did not address Opie's mom. Only of couple of references to her, no pictures of her, nor do any of her relatives ever vist Opie. I assume she must have been an attractive redhead and must have died from complications of childbirth. Guess we'll never know for certain. Perhaps TAGS didn’t address it because they rarely did flashback stories. Three Wishes for Opie being the rare exception. Enjoyed the episode, Bob.

[@Colorado_Native]

True. Even in his bedroom he has a picture of Aunt Bea on his dresser. Could that have been his mom instead?

[@bigdeagle1331]

So you from Kentucky? I’m living in Versailles Kentucky! Be there my whole life!

[@allanrichardson1468]

I figured that after Opie was born, she ran off with her three older daughters from her previous marriage and settled in Petticoat Junction! /jk lol

[@DennisMSulliva]

Very interesting. I wish you had shown the scene in which Andy talks to Opie about his mom.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

I cant post video, it's copywritten

[@DennisMSulliva]

@@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 ...Thank you for the quick response. .I'm not an expert, I could be wrong. But my understanding is that you are allowed to quote, and show brief bits, for the purpose of discussing the work. That's why you see many You Tubers, doing it.

[@DennisMSulliva]

I say this trying to be helpful. I like what you have done here.

[@nativevirginian8344]

Macho men ruled back then. The writers on this show always said they didn’t know how to write for women. As far as I know there were no women writers on the show. So no mom photos or sentimentality on that front, it was strange. There were a few continuity problems on this show too.

[@johnrunion5357]

is that episode of danny thomas considered to be canon with the television series?

[@christywhitehead3171]

Please give Mr Bob 💜💜💜 thumbs up 💜💜💜🙏

[@MosaicRose99]

When I was young I used to picture Opie's mom looking like Thelma Lou. Maybe because Thelma Lou and Opie were redheads...

[@garyharper2943]

Since there was no picture of the mom you have to assume it ended badly, I always thought she was a hard drug addict that just came up missing!

[@philipmyers8890]

I wonder if Ron Howard could shed some light on that.

[@HistoryOnTheLoose]

She was present through the entire season. Fearing cultural backlash, Anje's country wife "reappeared" into his and Opie's lives as Ain't B., aka Andy's "wife", but mainly Opie's mother. Hiding in plain sight. It's all there.

[@marcelmallory2761]

The Andy Griffith Show was simply the greatest television show of all time... Just my opinion of course but boy was it great.

[@richrydell9025]

who would go and name a kid opie ?

[@d.g.n9392]

🙋‍♂️🙏

[@daleburridge5026]

i have always wondered about the name "Opie" is it short for another name, a nick-name or a common name in North Carolina?

[@nativevirginian8344]

It is a surname. I figured Opie was the boy’s mother’s maiden name.

[@greggbaker7120]

I thought she ran off, with a motorcycle gang

[@johnmason6892]

I Don't Think That The Episode With Danny Thomas Had Any Bearing On The Actual Andy Griffith Show. So We Still Don't Know What Happened To Opie's Mother.

[@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585]

Opinions vary😉

[@marymurray9994]

My Daddy look just like and he was born in North Carolina

[@evelynggomezdebourne8297]

If it were made today, they would find bones behind the jail in the last season.

[@jamesmyers2087]

The entire Taylor Clan perished on a Greyhound bus coming back from a Family Reunion being held in Roanoke Rapid. Andy and Aunt Bee had attended because little Opie was teething and feverish.

[@jamesmyers2087]

Hadn’t … attended

[@ronwagner7380]

Now we KNOW that YOU made that up in your vivid imagination.

[@jamesmyers2087]

@@ronwagner7380 😉

[@yodapappacards]

Awesome

[@kingforaday8725]

Many TV shows back in these days didnt develop extensive backgrounds for the shows characters unless it was necessary for the plot. Andy was written as a widower. Opi didnt have a mom. End of story. Nothing else here. Move along. They never suspected that 60 years later folks would even be aware of their shows.