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"The Andy Griffith Show" 50th Anniversary

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The King Bee

Does CBS-TV have any plans for the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "The Andy Griffith Show" (October 3, 2010)? If I were CBS, I'd start with a half-hour retrospective special at 8:30 PM (EDT) followed by a repeat of Season 1, Episode 1 "The New Housekeeper" at 9:00...exactly 50 years to the minute from Oct. 3, 1960.

If any of the original commercials are available, run them within the show, too! I wonder if the original network air reels (the main and backup, synch-rolled 35mm film reels with commercials edited in, ready for air) still exist?
 
The King Bee said:
Does CBS-TV have any plans for the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "The Andy Griffith Show" (October 3, 2010)? If I were CBS, I'd start with a half-hour retrospective special at 8:30 PM (EDT) followed by a repeat of Season 1, Episode 1 "The New Housekeeper" at 9:00...exactly 50 years to the minute from Oct. 3, 1960.

If any of the original commercials are available, run them within the show, too! I wonder if the original network air reels (the main and backup, synch-rolled 35mm film reels with commercials edited in, ready for air) still exist?
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If they keep true to the current schedule, at that time they will be running either Survivor or The Amazing Race.
Hard to believe they would opt out of that for another Andy Griffith Premiere. (CBS sadly no longer seems to have
any pride in it's place in television history, save from people in the News Division who are always patting themselves on the back.)

Those original air reels would be quite a find. Somehow I doubt they still exist (though I have seen some of the old Post Cereal commercials done by the cast)
 
I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that such a special would be the TOP-RATED prime time (all networks) offering of that week...the legacy of "TAGS" is that strong!
 
The King Bee said:
Does CBS-TV have any plans for the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "The Andy Griffith Show" (October 3, 2010)? If I were CBS, I'd start with a half-hour retrospective special at 8:30 PM (EDT) followed by a repeat of Season 1, Episode 1 "The New Housekeeper" at 9:00...exactly 50 years to the minute from Oct. 3, 1960.
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Since October 3, 2010 is a Sunday (not Monday), what would CBS run 8-8:30 ET?
And if that Sunday is a CBS NFL doubleheader, everything will get delayed by x-number
of minutes so "60 Minutes can air in its entirety except on the left coast where it
will be seen at its usual time."

And time out on the field! Something didn't seem right, timeslot-wise...consult
Brooks & Marsh...the Ange premiere was at 9:30 ET, not 9:00. Look Out For
Father with Danny Nose held the 9/8 slot through the 63-64 season, when it
ended. Fall of '64 Ange moved from 9:30/8:30 to 8:30/7:30 (Lucy inherited the
9/8 slot from Danny initially), with Ange getting 9/8 in the fall of '65.


If any of the original commercials are available, run them within the show, too! I wonder if the original network air reels (the main and backup, synch-rolled 35mm film reels with commercials edited in, ready for air) still exist?
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Unless CBS air control did something different in 1960 vs. what they did in the late
'60s and early '70s, the synch roll was a 35mm primary and a 16mm backup of the
program. Spots were rolled in "live" from separate film chains (assumes all were on
35mm film--none on tape--back then).

A good "find" would be the open/close sponsor billboards as Ange typically had them.
What I don't know is whether or not they were part of the program print(s) or were
also rolled in separately.

At least some of the original spots still exist (Post, Sanka), included as bonus material
on the DVDs. Last break spots, as Ange usually tags them with "I appreciate it and
good night."

"Goooooood coffee!" :)
 
I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that such a special would be the TOP-RATED prime time (all networks) offering of that week...the legacy of "TAGS" is that strong!
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That wouldn't be a surprise. That Carol Burnett reunion a few years ago made the top 10 for the week, IIRC, and a couple years ago, the annual airing of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" was number 1 for the week.

Wouldn't it be cool if the various networks could use the now rerun-filled Saturday night to bring some of their old stuff out of the vaults?
 
As a fan of this show, yes, it would be great if CBS would do this, but don't look for that, i think "TV Land" a sister cable network, will probably run a weekend marathon of this show, i remember several years back when they acquired the rights
to run Andy Griffith, and on Labor Day weekend did 72 hours of this.
 
Corky Marlowe said:
I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that such a special would be the TOP-RATED prime time (all networks) offering of that week...the legacy of "TAGS" is that strong!
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That wouldn't be a surprise. That Carol Burnett reunion a few years ago made the top 10 for the week, IIRC, and a couple years ago, the annual airing of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" was number 1 for the week.
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Except that The Carol Burnett Show was first run until 1978 - a decade later than Griffith. Presumably there are 40 somethings, and even a few 30 somethings that remember Burnett on CBS. Burnett was always in color.

Most people in their 30s and 40s would remember Griffith only as off network re-runs. If I remember correctly, there were only 2 seasons of Griffith in color, and at least one of them was post-Barney Fife. Props to Jack Burns, but it just wasn't the same.

Animated films - especially holiday films - are timeless because there are new generations of kids every year to watch them.

As somebody else said above, TV Land is a better bet for an Andy Griffith 50th Anniversary. Do a special, followed by a weekend long Griffith marathon, in episode order.
 
Unfortunately I'd think a TV Land marathon would be the same few episodes they show over and over again. ::) But it would be better than nothing.
 
Lkeller said:
If I remember correctly, there were only 2 seasons of Griffith in color, and at least one of them was post-Barney Fife.
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The first five seasons were in B&W and with Barn. The last three seasons
(sans Barn, other than guest shots) were in color.

And Ange ended its run as the numero uno* show of the '67-'68 season.


*: Source--Brooks & Marsh.
 
If CBS can give I Love Lucy the royal treatment as they aired the 1956 Christmas episode for the first time in ages in prime time about 10 to 15 years ago and I believe it turned out to be the #1 show for that week and I believe they showed the 1951 pilot for I Love Lucy also then I think that CBS could give at least a 50th anniversary special for The Andy Griffith Show.

On that note, CBS aired reruns of All In The Family when they showed the short lived series 704 Hauser Street back in 1991 so I can probably say anything is possible in regards to CBS showing reruns of classic shows.
 
Unfortunately, Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. I'm guessing something on TVLand...perhaps TBS will pull out that great anniversary special they did for "Return To Mayberry" (remember Howard Morris crashing the party?, lol).

CBS.com might throw something on the website.
 
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