The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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Andy and Opie, Housekeepers - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: When Aunt Bee leaves the house holding her suitcase, in the interior shot the suitcase lid faces out as Bee exits the front door, but in the next exterior shot the suitcase now faces the opposite way (note the rivets) as Bee continues to walk out the front door. (00:04:05)

Super Grover

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Suggested correction: Those shadows are not from a microphone and boom pole. The shadows are from the overhang's open eave with its long rafter tail. Watch the opening scene (00:00:30) showing the back of the house, with its overhang above the back door and laundry line beside the house. Those shadows are also visible in this long shot.

Super Grover

Back to Nature - S4-E31

Deliberate mistake: Gomer leaves the woods after they were lost and doesn't have anything with them then when they get to the campsite he has the snare that they made.

Mountain Wedding - S3-E31

Continuity mistake: In this episode, Ernest T writes Charlene a love letter. In a later episode when Ernest T goes back to school, it is revealed that he can neither read nor write.

Christmas Story - S1-E11

Factual error: December 25, 1960 was on Sunday. The calendar in the jail house shows a calendar (which has been used in other episodes) with Christmas Day on a Friday. (01:30:00)

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Barney's Replacement - S2-E2

Revealing mistake: The woman in the foreground, as the siren is stuck, is carrying a paper grocery sack from "Hollywood Ranch Market" which was located on Vine St and Fountain Ave in Hollywood, Los Angeles. (00:09:35)

The Loaded Goat - S3-E18

Factual error: We know from 2 episodes prior (Man in a Hurry) and generally mentioned throughout the show, the only filling station in Mayberry is Wally's Filling Station. In this episode Mayor Stoner is accused of only putting the new underpass in Mayberry because it will be next to Mayor Stoner's brother's filling station.

Opie's Group - S8-E9

Andy: Clara, sometimes a parent can't see what he should do, and sometimes it takes a person from the outside to show him. And I'd like to thank you.
Clara: Groovy.

Super Grover

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Trivia: In Walker's Drugstore, among all the magazines by the wall there's a TV Guide magazine (from Oct 9, 1954) on the shelf, and on its cover is Lucille Ball the co-owner of Desilu Productions - which produced TAGS, and also filmed at Desilu Studios.

Super Grover

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The Darling Baby - S5-E12

Question: Why is it when they were on the show the Darling sons never spoke? Would they be paid more if they did, or was this some sort of joke?

Rob245

Answer: It was a joke. They were supposed to be dumb hillbillies.

Both. According to later interviews with both Andy and the Dillards band (the real name of the band that played the parts of the Darling children, of which Charlene (Maggie Peterson - Mancuso was also a member) the reason the Darling boys never had any lines was because they would've had to have been paid if they spoke. In return for appearing without lines or pay, Andy promised to get as much of their music onto the show as possible which, he did. This obviously gave them a lot of exposure.

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