The announcer on BARNABY JONES changed the way he pronounced Lee Meriwether slightly over the years. Some of the time he said "merry-weather". other times it was more "merr-uh-wether".
I tend to agree with both shows. I find them both passive entertainment that can result in some laughs - or at least smiles, and both without anything harsh or controversial. A decent way to spend a half-hour - although not something I would ever need on a DVD or Blu-ray.
Question re Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee.
As I watched that Andy's Baby episode, I noticed an odd filming technique, where every time Aunt Bee was pictured in the church, she was all alone in the frame. In the longer shots, Ken Berry and Arlene Golonka (I think) were seated next to her in the...
With the Catchy Comedies binge running MAYBERRY RFD all weekend I happened to tune into a couple of these episodes. As I'm more of a casual ANDY GRIFFITH fan and was there for the original CBS runs of his show and MAYBERRY RFD, I found myself pretty unimpressed with the show in general from what...
Just curious: you say that three of these four episodes are about 60 seconds shorter, and the other one is about 90 seconds shorter (than standard). Can you tell if something has actually been eliminated? Edited out? A quick cut somewhere?
I'm wondering if it could be that CBS asked for a...