re: Andy Griffith

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. It’s basically the Hollywood vision of a typical southern town with no minorities, populated by a bunch of dumb rubes who tend to be suspicious of outsiders. The show is so well done and so beloved that no one ever picks up on it.

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And... it is exactly what I would want my town to be. Teach my son the lessons. Imagine any town where a father sits and fishes with his son.

Episode just on had bill bixby as a teenager whose father was famous. Andy arrests him and he learns a valuable lesson. Opie breaks a window and Andy says his allowance will go to pay. Bixby says why punish - to learn consequences as a youth and to be responsible