Yep, you are correct. For whatever reason, I always want to place that wedding at the end of the TAGS run (probably because it's usually shown when TVLand finishes it's run and prepares to start over).
I'd still disagree strongly that Andy remained the same jovial guy after Don left. I've talked with numerous TAGS fans and it's almost universally acknowledged that Mr. Griffith got a bit more "cranky", character wise, once the 6th season began. Just watch his interaction with Warren, for one example. You do not see the same understanding, "go out of his way not to hurt another person's feelings" type of guy. There's just a distinct difference in Andy's attitude during these color years.
Having said that, I certainly agree that Warren was typecast to be another Barney, and that was a mistake. No one could have lived up to that role. So Jack isn't to blame for that failed experiment.
The other characters, like Howard, Emmett, and Goober just weren't as interesting, IMHO, as the earlier citizens of Mayberry. And I'd still maintain the changeover to more of a situation oriented comedy hurt the show. Why? Because people had tuned in to see the relationships between Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Opie, and the others. And for some reason those relationships just didn't click as strongly with the new characters. Again, this is all my opinion. But I believe it's an opinion held by many TAGS fans.
Gary "like I said, I will buy the remaining three seasons because there are some good episodes from each, but there were also some that really didn't have 'it' [i.e. the magic of those b & w seasons]" O.
