In the episode where Opie finds a change purse with $50 in it, he says he was walking home from school when he found it but when you see the video he's walking down some desolate country dirt road, its hard to believe his school is way outside of town.

That is kind of similar to Lawman Barney episode in which Barney comes out of snack bar in downtown Mayberry and sees 2 farmers selling produce on the side of a road, but when he drives over there to confront them, it's on a desolate country dirt road.

In the episode where Opie finds a change purse with $50 in it, he says he was walking home from school when he found it but when you see the video he's walking down some desolate country dirt road, its hard to believe his school is way outside of town.

That's sort of like in the color episode where Opie is running a race with Helen's niece, and the wooded road to Wally's filling station is pretty much in Andy's back yard.

The kids ran all the way from Andy's front yard to Wally's?

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That is kind of similar to Lawman Barney episode in which Barney comes out of snack bar in downtown Mayberry and sees 2 farmers selling produce on the side of a road, but when he drives over there to confront them, it's on a desolate country dirt road.

Yes, it definitely seems that it was a good little ways out of downtown.

Yet they were OK with Bert Miller setting up shop and selling his wares on the street near the courthouse. And Newton Monroe doing the same at Wally's.

Locations tend to be very fluid in Mayberry. A perfect example is Emma Brand's house which is by the lake in "The Manhunt" but seems to be in the middle of town in "Ellie Comes to Town." Another example is the Mayor's office which appears to be located in the same building above the courthouse in the early episodes with Mayor Pyke, but then appears to be located a few blocks away in later episodes with Mayor Stoner.

Locations tend to be very fluid in Mayberry. A perfect example is Emma Brand's house which is by the lake in "The Manhunt" but seems to be in the middle of town in "Ellie Comes to Town." Another example is the Mayor's office which appears to be located in the same building above the courthouse in the early episodes with Mayor Pyke, but then appears to be located a few blocks away in later episodes with Mayor Stoner.

Apparently, Emma Brand baked pies every day. Who was she baking them for?

In "Loaded Goat", Mayor Stoner mentions his office is above the courthouse. But how did he or anyone else gets up there? No stairway is visible inside or outside.

Apparently, Emma Brand baked pies every day. Who was she baking them for?

In "Loaded Goat", Mayor Stoner mentions his office is above the courthouse. But how did he or anyone else gets up there? No stairway is visible inside or outside.

The other night I was watching METV, the episode "The Big House" was on, the episode prominently features the exterior of the courthouse in the plot. I love this episode but confusion abounds as to the whereabouts of people and how they got there in the first place.

An exasperated Andy tells Barney to join Gomer on the roof of the courthouse and sends him out the front door to complete this task. How is he getting to the roof, is he climbing up Spider-Man style? While Barney's on the roof he crouches down crossing the roof to get a view from another side, looking down he spots two plainclothesmen hiding in the building's side alley who he believes are henchmen of the two jailed bad guys. The problem of course, the building has no side alley! It gets even more bizarre, Barney decides to go down an apprehend the two, he successfully accomplishes this by getting the drop on them from behind, how did het get there? The alley has only one way in, the men were stationed at the backend enclosed on the sides and from behind by walls! The wackiness continues as the actual henchmen go in through the courthouse side entrance, get their buddies out, imprison Barney and the plainclothesmen, and the four bad guys run out the side entrance only to be recaptured by Andy who races out from behind the building. If Andy could see the side entrance from wherever he was stationed, why didn't he stop them from going through the side entrance in the first place?

In The Sermon for Today, the band members are a completely different bunch of guys than the ones from The Mayberry Band. And how did all the uniforms get so messed up in such a short period of time?

Yet they were OK with Bert Miller setting up shop and selling his wares on the street near the courthouse. And Newton Monroe doing the same at Wally's.

That episode always bugged me and shows what a terrible sheriff Andy was, he let Bert get away with much because because he's a friend of Andy's and treated poor ben weaver terribly even though he owns a big store and employs many and pays property tax and other taxes.

That's sort of like in the color episode where Opie is running a race with Helen's niece, and the wooded road to Wally's filling station is pretty much in Andy's back yard.

The kids ran all the way from Andy's front yard to Wally's?

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Just saw that episode tonight.opie has great eyesight he can see the tree from their house, they run a little while and are in the middle of some dirt road and a few steps more theyre at wallys filling station.Also I never understood why wallys is in the middle of nowhere you would think a gas station would be somewhere downtown.

Locations tend to be very fluid in Mayberry. A perfect example is Emma Brand's house which is by the lake in "The Manhunt" but seems to be in the middle of town in "Ellie Comes to Town." Another example is the Mayor's office which appears to be located in the same building above the courthouse in the early episodes with Mayor Pyke, but then appears to be located a few blocks away in later episodes with Mayor Stoner.

The location of the Mayor's office is of course a source of constant speculation.

If upstairs in the Courthouse, where are the stairs?

Seems the most obvious location for the stairs are either near the break/sleeping area or in back of the Courthouse where there's also probably a parking lot for Jury trials and so on.

I speculate that from there, upstairs, offices such as Howard's and the nurse are along a hallway above Floyd's barbershop and the grocery store, et certera.

Just saw that episode tonight.opie has great eyesight he can see the tree from their house, they run a little while and are in the middle of some dirt road and a few steps more theyre at wallys filling station.Also I never understood why wallys is in the middle of nowhere you would think a gas station would be somewhere downtown.

A better spot for Wally's gas station, actually.

The direction Opie and his friend ran would put it not far from the main drag of town, so I'm good with that.

Also explains why Gomer and Goober can get to the Courthouse and barber shop so quickly and easily.

The other night I was watching METV, the episode "The Big House" was on, the episode prominently features the exterior of the courthouse in the plot. I love this episode but confusion abounds as to the whereabouts of people and how they got there in the first place.

An exasperated Andy tells Barney to join Gomer on the roof of the courthouse and sends him out the front door to complete this task. How is he getting to the roof, is he climbing up Spider-Man style? While Barney's on the roof he crouches down crossing the roof to get a view from another side, looking down he spots two plainclothesmen hiding in the building's side alley who he believes are henchmen of the two jailed bad guys. The problem of course, the building has no side alley! It gets even more bizarre, Barney decides to go down an apprehend the two, he successfully accomplishes this by getting the drop on them from behind, how did het get there? The alley has only one way in, the men were stationed at the backend enclosed on the sides and from behind by walls! The wackiness continues as the actual henchmen go in through the courthouse side entrance, get their buddies out, imprison Barney and the plainclothesmen, and the four bad guys run out the side entrance only to be recaptured by Andy who races out from behind the building. If Andy could see the side entrance from wherever he was stationed, why didn't he stop them from going through the side entrance in the first place?

Great observations, I'll need to watch this episode more closely next time, referring back to your notes.

In the episode where Opie finds a change purse with $50 in it, he says he was walking home from school when he found it but when you see the video he's walking down some desolate country dirt road, its hard to believe his school is way outside of town.

Opie may have been walking home from school but not directly home, in other words, out wandering around?

With the only doctor out of town, Andy was forced to help deliver the baby for Quiet Sam's wife. I find it hard to believe that in all of Mayberry there was no one else with any experience in this matter that could have been contacted. If not, they should have been able to get a medical professional from Mount Pilot. It seems like the doctor was rather careless in not lining up someone to fill in for him, especially knowing there was a woman about ready to give birth.

The doctor really was negligent in his duties.

With the only doctor out of town, Andy was forced to help deliver the baby for Quiet Sam's wife. I find it hard to believe that in all of Mayberry there was no one else with any experience in this matter that could have been contacted. If not, they should have been able to get a medical professional from Mount Pilot. It seems like the doctor was rather careless in not lining up someone to fill in for him, especially knowing there was a woman about ready to give birth.

Seems like there would be a hospital of some kind in the Mayberry area.

They should have had a clinic called Snappy Baby and after she gives birth they can all go celebrate at the Snappy Lunch.

In Andy and Barney in the Big City, when they were in that fancy hotel restaurant, Andy ordered a steak, but didn't say how he wanted it prepared, and the waiter didn't ask.

In The Darlings Are Coming, why was it necessary for them to stay overnight in Mayberry? Couldn't they have driven down to Mayberry on the day Dud's bus arrived and returned to their cabin the same day?

In Divorce Mountain Style, after Charlene did the incant and returned to the courthouse with Andy and Barney, Briscoe and the boys were waiting there. How did they know that Charlene would be there? And when Andy and Barney went back to the oak tree to dig up the items that Charlene buried, Briscoe and the boys were waiting. How did they know where to go? There must have been a lot of oak trees. Did they follow Andy and Barney? If so, wouldn't Andy and Barney know they were being followed?

In High Noon in Mayberry, why did Luke Comstock hobble down to Andy's house at night with his "game" leg when he could have visited Andy during the day at the courthouse? I assume Luke was staying at the Mayberry Hotel which was just a short distance from the courthouse. And bringing Andy a shotgun as a gift? I suppose someone could travel with a shotgun back then, but unlikely now.

In Fun Girls, when Barney meets them while picking up dinner from the diner, I don't understand why he and Andy had to drive them back to Mount Pilot. How did they get to Mayberry?

In Fun Girls, when Barney meets them while picking up dinner from the diner, I don't understand why he and Andy had to drive them back to Mount Pilot. How did they get to Mayberry?

I like to think that they came to Mayberry on the bus or the once a day train.

I like to think that they came to Mayberry on the bus or the once a day train.

Maybe, although I can't picture them riding a bus. But why would they want to go to Mayberry? It seems like there was more action in Mount Pilot.

In Andy and Barney in the Big City, when they were in that fancy hotel restaurant, Andy ordered a steak, but didn't say how he wanted it prepared, and the waiter didn't ask.

Good catch.

I like to think that they came to Mayberry on the bus or the once a day train.

Perhaps they attended a bootleg whiskey party like those Otis sometimes attended?

Those parties often have a few "fun girls" in attendance.

Those Gossipin' Men Season 1 Episode 15:

This episode played on METV tonight, there is a scene where a few of the women in town are spreading a story over the phone that Barney has shot himself in the chest. The problem, the phones the women are using have rotary dials, Mayberry doesn't have rotary dials, what happened to Sarah!

On another topic, there was a discussion about a final episode binge METV is planning to air at the end of the year and one of the episodes chosen is the TAGS finale. That episode (which to be honest I don't remember) is titled Mayberry RFD, the episode obviously fleshes out Sam and his life in preparations for the next series, here's the issue as it relates to this thread:

From Wikipedia (a partial description of the episode):

"In this set-up for the sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., Andy runs into Sam at the train station. Sam tells Andy that his friend Mario Vincente (Gabriele Tinti), who he met while stationed in Italy during the war, is coming to help out on the farm".

Sam served in Italy during World War II!! Wasn't he a little young, in the episode "Class Reunion" it was established Andy Taylor graduated high school in 1945 which of course would mean the character of Andy Taylor was younger than Sam Jones and the show never gave that impression.

Those Gossipin' Men Season 1 Episode 15:

This episode played on METV tonight, there is a scene where a few of the women in town are spreading a story over the phone that Barney has shot himself in the chest. The problem, the phones the women are using have rotary dials, Mayberry doesn't have rotary dials, what happened to Sarah!

On another topic, there was a discussion about a final episode binge METV is planning to air at the end of the year and one of the episodes chosen is the TAGS finale. That episode (which to be honest I don't remember) is titled Mayberry RFD, the episode obviously fleshes out Sam and his life in preparations for the next series, here's the issue as it relates to this thread:

From Wikipedia (a partial description of the episode):

"In this set-up for the sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., Andy runs into Sam at the train station. Sam tells Andy that his friend Mario Vincente (Gabriele Tinti), who he met while stationed in Italy during the war, is coming to help out on the farm".

Sam served in Italy during World War II!! Wasn't he a little young, in the episode "Class Reunion" it was established Andy Taylor graduated high school in 1945 which of course would mean the character of Andy Taylor was younger than Sam Jones and the show never gave that impression.

Definitely not realistic since Ken Berry wasn't born until 1933.

More likely Sam would have been in the Army during the Korean War.

In The Darlings Are Coming, why was it necessary for them to stay overnight in Mayberry? Couldn't they have driven down to Mayberry on the day Dud's bus arrived and returned to their cabin the same day?

Good point never thought about it.My guess it was used to make the story more interesting them climbing up and down the rope to the hotel room and so on.Plus it was another chance for them to play some music.

In The Darlings Are Coming, why was it necessary for them to stay overnight in Mayberry? Couldn't they have driven down to Mayberry on the day Dud's bus arrived and returned to their cabin the same day?

Most of the time it doesn't seem like the Darings live that far from Mayberry, in fact Ernest T. seems able to run home pretty easily.

In Three's A Crowd, Barney mistakenly thinks Andy is going to propose to Mary. Barney gets a large group together to barge in on them at Mary's house to congratulate them. But how does Barney know exactly when Andy was going to pop the question?

In Barney's First Car, Andy and Barney are attempting to return the car to Mrs. Lesh. How were they planning to get back to Mayberry? And why were they even doing that with the car in such bad shape? They should have gotten Gomer to tow it.

In Barney's First Car, Andy and Barney are attempting to return the car to Mrs. Lesh. How were they planning to get back to Mayberry? And why were they even doing that with the car in such bad shape? They should have gotten Gomer to tow it.

Yeah, it was already established in the episode that the car was not road worthy, why in the world would anyone attempt to drive it back to Mrs. Lesh. A fun episode but that made no sense.

In Three's A Crowd, Barney mistakenly thinks Andy is going to propose to Mary. Barney gets a large group together to barge in on them at Mary's house to congratulate them. But how does Barney know exactly when Andy was going to pop the question?

Another fun episode but with an illogical premise. Barney was the master of disaster but this time he had help. Aunt Bee certainly should have had sense enough to dissuade him from such a bizarre assumption, Andy had just started seeing Mary! Worse still, it was presumptuous on the part of Barney and anyone else participating to assume Mary would say yes. Mary might have been insulted by this assault on what is a very private moment. I would expect Aunt Bee and Thelma Lou for that matter to stop Barney from making a fool of himself.

On top of all this, why would Barney want any part of Andy getting married. Barney was obviously gun shy of marriage, once Andy gets married Barney's relationship status with Thelma Lou gets targeted. She's going to start lobbying Mary to lobby Andy to push Barney to do something.

Good points, Duster.

Barney made a fool of himself a couple more times mistakenly thinking Andy had gotten engaged in The Rumor and Andy and Helen Have Their Day.

In The Great Filling Station Robbery, why was it necessary for the Hanson brothers to park their car in Wally's garage overnight?

This is a continuity error, in the season 5 episode Barney's Physical, Barney mentions to Andy that he met Thelma Lou at Wilton Blair's funeral in 1960. In the season 6 episode The Return of Barney Fife, Barney returns to Mayberry for his high school reunion and as it turns out Thelma Lou was in the same graduating class.

(This reunion episode has Barney, Andy and Thelma Lou graduating in 1948, the 1963 class reunion episode had Andy and Barney graduating in 1945. I think that was deliberate, the producers wanted the audience to think of Andy as 35ish).

Another continuity error involving Barney, wasn't his middle name given in 2 ways? --

Bernard P. Fife
Bernard Milton Fife

Though I think some fans have tried to resolve that by assigning more than one middle name to him.

Another continuity error involving Barney, wasn't his middle name given in 2 ways? --

Bernard P. Fife
Bernard Milton Fife

Though I think some fans have tried to resolve that by assigning more than one middle name to him.
"A Plaque for Mayberry
Add the name Oliver to your list. In the episode "A Plaque for Mayberry", Barney identifies himself as Barney Tibbs Fife, Andy turns to him, I thought your middle name was Oliver!

"A Plaque for Mayberry
Add the name Oliver to your list. In the episode "A Plaque for Mayberry", Barney identifies himself as Barney Tibbs Fife, Andy turns to him, I thought your middle name was Oliver!


Were any of these used more than once?

Seems like Bernard P. Fife is the most memorable name.

In Man in a Hurry, why did Opie have to sleep on the ironing board between two chairs? In other episodes, the Taylor residence had a guest bedroom to accommodate visitors. And wouldn't the couch have been a better option?