![]() ![]() Floyd, at least, seemed to have known her for a long time. Seems like she was originally from Mayberry. Alas, he ultimately felt sorry for her and begged Andy to let her stay. He wanted to send Aunt Bee’s freeloading ass packing the minute they met. Children often have a sixth sense about people. She was introduced in the very first episode when she came to live with Andy to help take care of him and Opie. As was painfully made clear when she bellyached about a statue of one of Andy’s ancestors, she was a blood relation for sure. Since her last name is Taylor, I assume that she was the spinster sister of Andy’s father. I could shoot her and get away with it.”Īunt Bee was Andy’s aunt, I guess, although the exact relationship is never explained. Only Torgo in Manos The Hands of Fate rivals her for sheer unpleasantness in a fictional character.Īndy thinking: “I’m the high Sheriff. Of course, I’m talking about Aunt Bee, one of the most subhuman misanthropes to ever lumber across the TV screen. To do this, they created one character so vile, so meddlesome, so disruptive that it assured conflict whenever needed. Even in a 30 minute sitcom, you need conflict to push the story. The writers knew that the one basic requirement of good TV or film making is conflict. Every person in Mayberry was alright, “good people” as we say. The Fun Girls (“Heeelllooo, Doll”) were only in a couple of episodes but were classic characters. ![]() Barney, of course, was the greatest of all TV creations (just ahead of Jethro Bodine). Plus, Mayberry was the kind of town where you’d want to live. Even characters like Howard Sprague and Emmitt, though introduced several years into the show’s run, seemed like they had always been there. If you lived in a small town, you knew someone like Goober. Andy and Barney really seemed like friends. All the characters fit together seamlessly. Like most people my age, I love The Andy Griffith Show or Andy of Mayberry as we used to call it. Opie and Gomer are about all that’s left. Floyd (Howard McNear), Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson), Ernest T. Aneta Corsaut (“Miss Crump”) died several years ago. Earlier this year, George (“Goober”) Lindsey passed.
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