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... may have possessed a great deal of down-home, common sense, but he was sure a damned fool for letting Ellie get away.

(Actually, the real purpose of this post was to provide the opportunity for those who keep careful watch over such things to let everyone know that Andy Griffith was, at best, a fellow traveler of some sort, even though it has nothing to do with the observation about Andy Taylor.)

Yep, I distinguish between Andy Taylor and Andy Griffith.

Peggy was the real prize. Those eyes and that sexy voice.

Ellie was a whole lot better than Helen.

She had it all. Total fox.

Never liked Helen. Remember what a bitch she was to Andy when Barney spread the word they were engaged when they weren't?

Yeah, he had some hot girlfriends before he committed to Helen.

Peggy was better than Helen, but I liked Ellie best.

That's Joanna Moore.She is the mother of Tatum O'Neal who is the youngest winner of an academy award.

Helen had torpedo tits.

Not a fan.

Could have done better.

Helen was a bitch, recognized that when I was young & didn't know the word.

Peggy was his challenge that he wasn't quite up to. A champion clay bird shooter.

Ellie was probably the one...... but,

From an early age, I kinda liked the "Fun Girls", an omen to my future??

Astute observation. He was indeed a far left liberal in real life.

I enjoyed Mayberry as much as anyone until one day, it occured to me just what ole Andy was up to. IIRC, the whole series was his production; he had full control of content.

Andy was the only adult in the room, surrounded by a bunch of "deplorables". He was sheriff, but didn't need a weapon, prevailed thru his superior intellect, righteousness and wisdom.

Everyone, the drunk, the barber, Barney, Goober, etc. were all flawed idiots. Andy was the only complete personification of virtue, the smartest man in the room and on the set..

Look at the libs, Isn't this their modus operandi, trying to impose their superior intellect over the rest of us, WalMart types...? Arrogant condescension then and now..

After that spark of insight, I could never enjoy the show as I previoiusly had. To me it was just a clever, aw-shucks, slick way of weaving the liberal mind set into our living rooms. It wasn't as blatent as what we see today, in fact it was pretty slick. Now, as I watch, I see all that symbolism and it ruins it for me.

DF

You do realize the reason everybody in Mayberry got along so well is that none were married except Odest,and he stayed drunk all the time...

It was a great show, we watched it faithfully

Is there any other place such as this?

i'd a porked aunt bea. i wasn't picky in those days

Wasn’t this just a tv show?

If your referring to the episode where Andy looses the skeet shoot, that was not Peggy's character that played that part. It was another blonde gal named Karen in the show iirc... Thelma louise cousin