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Your Theory: Why do Seasons 2-5 of the Andy Griffith Show hold up better

I would say it is because Andy changed his Taylor persona from the jovial, wisecracking,
over-the-top guy who was in his early comedy records to a somber, brooding law officer
and dad. Not since Spock gave up smiling on the surface of Talos IV have we seen a TV
character undergo such a drastic change of personality.

I also think that Aunt Bee was a character that could wear very, very thin on
audiences over time.
 
Also Andy became totally straight and righteous by the time the color episodes started.

Andy was never really dishonest, but he could "bend" rules when it suited him. This was funny because Barney would be, "Follow the rules to the letter" and by following them created a disaster. And Andy resuced Barney by bending rules and not following things to the letter.

So Andy was straight man to Barney but got laughs and seemed real by bending rules and using techniques that were funny and allowed him to be seen as human.

When Barney left, Andy took over the "follow the book" and was much, much less willing to bend rules or play the rule book to his advantage, or applying them when it suited him.

I never felt Howard fit in at all. OK he was meant to be the voice of modern in backwards Mayberry, but it was done in such a forced way. I never like him and the characters kept saying, how much they liked Howard. If a character has to tell the audience another character is liked, then the message isn't getting through.

Ron Howard never was believeable as a popular "cool kid" as he later was portrayed. It would've been better to make Opie a "nerd" (to use a familiar word :)) rather than say, Opie is cool. If he was an example of cool than Mayberry had some real lame kids.

The ratings were always good, but looking back it doesn't work. For instance, "the Lucy Show," got its best ratings AFTER it moved to California. But looking back Mrs Carmichael was't nearly as funny in California with Mary Jane as she was with Viv in New York. But the ratings for California were better.
 
Did you know Andy actually knew how to use the dial on a phone? Surprising, what
with the antiquated dial-less phones--and Sarah--in the Mayberry phone system.

In Hollywood, when he had the "date" with movie star Darlene Mason, he actually
dialed a local restaurant (for a reservation) on Darlene's powder blue Princess phone.
(Would that have been the GTE version of the Princess, being in El Lay?)

I was so shocked seeing him self-dial a call that I forgot to count how many dial
pulls he did. In 1965, I believe it should have been seven for local.
 
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