Color episodes

[treky]

I've been watching some of them on ME TV for the 1st time and they're not too bad. Even though it's not the same with everything in color, no Barney and Opie being older but you get used to that. I just can't get used to Warren though. I can see why they dropped the character.

Did they ever say what happened to him?

[Mayberry'sBadBoy]

Originally Posted by treky

I've been watching some of them on ME TV for the 1st time and they're not too bad. Even though it's not the same with everything in color, no Barney and Opie being older but you get used to that. I just can't get used to Warren though. I can see why they dropped the character.

Did they ever say what happened to him?

I read somewhere that forWarren was still on the force after the Wyatt Earp episode, we just didn't see him and that after Andy left, he stayed on as Sheriff until he died a year prior to the events of the Return to Mayberry movie. However if that's the truth, it contradicts Mayberry RFD, which said that after Andy left, Goober took over for Law Enforcement(one MRFD episode The Caper centered around why this was a bad idea)

As for my view on the color episodes, I think that the thing that would have made them better would have been for Aaron Reuben to have still been with the show. Bob Ross just didn't have the same eye for quality that Aaron did, which meant that episodes that Aaron would have probably axed got pressed in for production

[visaman666]

Warren went to Wally's Filling Station for a bottle of pop. They were out of Strawberry Smash, so he left town.

[showfan]

I have set my tv to show the color episodes in B&W before. It doesn't change the episodes, but it does let one see them in a different light. I think sometimes I just automatically think the color episodes are worse, but if I see them in B&W, it just changes things a little.

[gopyle]

Originally Posted by showfan

I have set my tv to show the color episodes in B&W before. It doesn't change the episodes, but it does let one see them in a different light. I think sometimes I just automatically think the color episodes are worse, but if I see them in B&W, it just changes things a little.

I have tried that before, too. It does kind of help, believe it...or not.

[SarahBellum]

I see TV Land will be airing the colored Andy Griffith starting today. I wonder how long that will last?

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by SarahBellum

I see TV Land will be airing the colored Andy Griffith starting today. I wonder how long that will last?

I'm enjoying it for the time being. I've made a little goal of finding Mr Schwamp in all of the episodes he is claimed to appear. And those appearances are mostly in the color era.

It's surprising how brief and incidental some of those appearances are. Take "The Cannon" episode for instance, I just yesterday found him, after trying at least a half dozen times, previously.

I've still got to get: Otis the Artist, Aunt Bee learns to drive, The Barbershop Quartet, Don't Miss A Good Bet, Floyd's Barbershop, Barney Comes To Mayberry, Aunt Bee and the Lecturer, The Church Benefactors, Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting, Mayberry RFD, & Sam for Town Council.

So, TV Land's current focus is a help.

One of these days I still hope to find Schwamp in the B&W episode "The Luck of Newton Monroe", but I have looked and looked, with zero results, and I'm starting to suspect TV Land has cut that appearance out, to make room for commercials

[SarahBellum]

Yes, TV Land really butchers TAGS much more than MeTV. And they rarely show the epilogue.

Aunt Bee Learns to Drive aired yesterday.

[stevea]

Local TV is showing the color episodes now, and they never show the tag scene. I just saw the talking dog one the other day. I figured Andy lectured Opie in the tag scene.

TV Land is probably showing them because it's summer--non-ratings time.

[vitoscotti]

Originally Posted by stevea

I just saw the talking dog one the other day. I figured Andy lectured Opie in the tag scene.

Goober plays walkie-talkie with the kids. He says, "come in FBI dog Spot". Then, the dog barks back to him. Love the color episodes.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by vitoscotti

Goober plays walkie-talkie with the kids. He says, "come in FBI dog Spot". Then, the dog barks back to him. Love the color episodes.

Today I saw Aunt Bee learning to drive, and Opie not wanting to go to a dance.

Poor Bee, having to learn on a standard transmission. Goober slumped over the wheel after the first lesson.

No Warren in either of these.

[SarahBellum]

Originally Posted by stevea

Today I saw Aunt Bee learning to drive, and Opie not wanting to go to a dance.

Poor Bee, having to learn on a standard transmission. Goober slumped over the wheel after the first lesson.

Maybe she should have used Andy's squad car.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by SarahBellum

I see TV Land will be airing the colored Andy Griffith starting today. I wonder how long that will last?

They only showed 2 or 4 color episodes but then stopped right?

They should show them all like they do the black & white episodes.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Mayberry'sBadBoy

I read somewhere that forWarren was still on the force after the Wyatt Earp episode, we just didn't see him and that after Andy left, he stayed on as Sheriff until he died a year prior to the events of the Return to Mayberry movie. However if that's the truth, it contradicts Mayberry RFD, which said that after Andy left, Goober took over for Law Enforcement(one MRFD episode The Caper centered around why this was a bad idea)

As for my view on the color episodes, I think that the thing that would have made them better would have been for Aaron Reuben to have still been with the show. Bob Ross just didn't have the same eye for quality that Aaron did, which meant that episodes that Aaron would have probably axed got pressed in for production

That would be a lot of years to never see or even hear tell of Warren... I think he made an exit, but it seems there would need to be a Deputy on duty, stil think either Jerry Van Dyke, Don Rickles or Barney's cousin Virgil would have made good deputies.

[SitcomsHeydayfan]

Originally Posted by Will Dockery

That would be a lot of years to never see or even hear tell of Warren... I think he made an exit, but it seems there would need to be a Deputy on duty, stil think either Jerry Van Dyke, Don Rickles or Barney's cousin Virgil would have made good deputies.

LOL..Don Rickles would've been ideal to replace Barney as Deputy! He would've been different than Barney but still funny.