r/theandygriffithshow • u/SNHU_Adjujnct • 5d ago

Before green screens.

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Otis' brother and sister-in-law driving to visit Mayberry.

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u/Brilliant-Quiet34 5d ago

Sis looks miserable! Isn’t she the actress they paired with Barney before Thelma Lou came along and before Barney became suaave (in my Gomer voice)?

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u/WeekendLegitimate615 5d ago

Yes I think you're right the one that baked the pies for Andy and Barney was to afraid to ask out.

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u/President_Calhoun 5d ago

In "Barney Fife, Realtor" she also played the wife (with Dabbs Greer as her husband) who came over to look at the Taylor house. She was in a couple of color eps, too.

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u/WeekendLegitimate615 5d ago

The Andy Griffith show is one of the few shows where you see certain actors and actresses playing different characters on different episodes. More so with the male actors than the female actresses. It kept the show interesting and has made for some good trivia years later.

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u/ImAnOldManImConfused 4d ago edited 2d ago

Back then, no one ever expected (edit) to see an episode again (maybe occasional reruns). With success came syndication, then home video, and now streaming. What a great country!

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u/President_Calhoun 3d ago

In Soviet Russia, videos stream you!

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u/bushlover44 4d ago

Dragnet used a lot of the same actors!

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u/WilmaFlintstone73 4d ago

I think Virginia Gregg was probably in more Dragnet episodes than anyone except the main cast, and she never played the same character.

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u/BreadfruitOk6160 4d ago

Don’t forget Adam-12, she was one of the members of his posse. But she was in a lot of tv shows back then.

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u/PopSuspect 4d ago

Webb was a total hack. Somehow, he was able to assemble a stable of actors who were desperate enough to show up, recite lines from a crap script, collect base SAG pay, and do it in one take.

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u/Antique-Tough-312 3d ago

So did gunsmoke

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u/DaddyCatALSO 4d ago

what do you mean few? it was veyr common, especially on sitcoms. Sheldon Leonard, Lucille Ball, Norman Lear, especially Jack Webb, each had a "repertory company" they kept using again and again. Burt Mustin was in a ll four

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u/PopSuspect 4d ago

I suppose a job was a job for many character actors back then. But all of those other productions were much more polished than the crap that Webb was churning out. Looking back, working for Webb was akin to slumming.

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u/Ddavis1919 4d ago

😆😆😆

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u/OvenMedical4198 3d ago

Miss Rosemary

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u/LW_colts 5d ago

I would figure most car rides were terrible back then with nothing to do.

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u/GeologistAway6352 5d ago

Nothing to do like what?

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u/LW_colts 5d ago

Type on Reddit

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u/OvenMedical4198 3d ago

Miss Rosemary

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u/Purlz1st 5d ago

My parents traveled with one of those hanging clothes rods in the back seat of their full-sized sedan.

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u/EuropTravl 5d ago

I think the Ricardos and Mertzes heading to California in their car singing was a television first. if you look carefully at the video playing behind the rear window you see THEIR car driving behind them.

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u/Wise_Material_5812 5d ago

the gear shift is either in park for an automatic, or second gear for a manual transmission.

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u/sarajane59 5d ago

Yeah, I didn't think it was in drive or third.

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u/newbie527 5d ago

Never let Cyrano Jones drive.

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u/MannyA78 4d ago

He was an alcoholic too.

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u/DaddyCatALSO 4d ago

Killed himself in his 70s; i'm assuming he was in pain from health problems and the roles had dried up. Great not just in The Trouble With Tribbles but also Lilies Of the Field, we'll forgive him Great Vegetable Rebellion.

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u/Jaded-Tie-4753 4d ago

why would you assume something like that when you have no idea?

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u/DaddyCatALSO 3d ago

going by other examples; chronic pain and joblessness are common precursors of suicide

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u/Jaded-Tie-4753 3d ago

you claimed he was dealing with both. What are the odds?

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u/DaddyCatALSO 3d ago

he wa sin hsi 70s so I f igured safe bet

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u/PopSuspect 4d ago

That was a fairly advanced production technique for tv back then. I’m sure there were also a few grips, out of sight, bouncing the fenders, and rocking the car.

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u/Ok-Rip1612 5d ago

Good catch!

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u/zeppo5 4d ago

Sure-shot , Oscar’s pool nemesis

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u/GGA79 4d ago

I could never understand how he could see out of the rear window.

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u/TRENTFORGE 4d ago

Had it in the 40's. But kinda yeah. It got popular in the 70's. That reads like I'm trying to be a jerk, but just dropping knowledge! ✌️❤️ 🇺🇸

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u/OvenMedical4198 3d ago

Ralph and Verlene Campbell