The Andy Griffith Show
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Biography
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
""You beat everything Barney, you know that?" Andy to Barney Season 3 Episode 6"
""But don't the trees sound nice and full?" Andy referring to the birds Opie has just let go. In Opie:The Birdman."
""You look good enough to take to Chinatown!" (referring to Aunt Bee) in Season 5, Episode 5"
""Well, you and Aunt Bee is havin' fried chicken. And, I'm having crow..." [in answer to Opie's questions what's for dinner after Andy realized he was terribly in the wrong about something he thought Opie did]."
"Here at THE ROCK, we have two basic rules. The first rule is: OBEY ALL RULES. Secondly: Do not write on the walls, as takes a lot of work...to erase writing...OFF of walls. Now as we tell all men when these doors shut behind them, you are starting a new life. If you are wise, you'll begin rehabilitation."
"Jay walking is rampant!"
"Of course you smell gas. What do you think this car runs on, coal?"
"Deputy Barney Fife: Nip it! Nip it in the bud! <!--Said often by Deputy Barney Fife (actor Don Knotts)-->"
""You got to spend a quid and some bobs to get anything good these days." Barney talking with Andy and Malcom Merriwether in The Return of Malcom Merriwether."
""Well, where there's smoke there's firewater." Barney to Andy in Aunt Bee's Medicine Man."
""Maybe this will explain why Aunt Bee's feeling so good." Barney to Andy in Aunt Bee's Medicine Man."
""Sure Mike, sure." Barney drunkenly says to Andy after Otis spikes the spring water in Barney and the Governor."
"Citizen's arr-ay-est!, citizen's arr-ay-est!, citizen's arr-ay-est!" -- Said by Gomer Pyle (actor Jim Nabors) to Barney Fife (actor Don Knotts) in the episode aptly titled "Citizen's Arrest."
"You're a boob, Gomer!" -- Barney Fife, in "Citizen's Arrest"
""Sha-zay-um!" -- Gomer Pyle (southern for "Shazam!")"
""Go-o-lly!" -- Gomer Pyle"
""Judy Judy Judy" -- Goober does his "Cary Grant" impression."
"Otis: [speaking of how his mouth feels] Shooby, shooby, shooby. <!--Otis (actor Hal Smith) said that was how his mouth feels.-->"
""Where's my plaque? Give me my plaque." -- Barney describing how Otis is going to arrive at the mayor's office to receive an award."
"Well, now, maybe I didn't see that there line because I wasn't wearing my specs. Drunk or sober, I can't tell much without my glasses!"
"Ernest T. Bass: It's me, it's me. It's Ernest T.!!"
"Brisco Darling (referring to Ernest T. Bass) -- "We thought about killin' him... didn't want to go that far.""
"Emma Brand: To think I voted for you last election; never even considered nobody else! BAD, BAD SHERIFF! (upon her frustration of Andy refusing to help her get her pills)"
"NAUGHTY DEPUTY! (after Andy drops Barney's charges of arresting her for jaywalking)"
"Otis: [singing childlike to Barney who out of pride voluntarily put himself in the other cell] "Barney's in Jail! Barney's in Jail!""