Why did Opie say he wanted to play baseball to get fired from his
grocery-delivery job? Why not just say he needed more time for homework and
his Pa told him to quit?
I think about that every time I see that episode. But why wasn't he just
honest with Mr. Doakes? He could just say, I
I do really like that part at the end. The one thing that bugs me about
that episode is how Opie gave his job to Billy. Why didn't he just tell
Mr. Doakes that he appreciated being chosen but realized that Billy's need
for the job was greater than his, so he was stepping aside so Billy could
I would say the one where Opie gets the job but purposely loses it. It ends
with one of my favorite moments when Andy says Opie is a man.
I do really like that part at the end. The one thing that bugs me about that
episode is how Opie gave his job to Billy. Why didn't he just tell Mr. Doakes
In the episode about Opie's Drug Store job Andy and Howard were reminiscing
about their first jobs, Andy's being the popcorn maker at the theater and
Howard's being a truck driver. It got me to thinking about my first job
and I thought it would be interesting for our digest family to share
The actor (Norris Goff) that played Mr. Doakes, the grocer that gave Opie
the job also played Gomer's Grandpa Pyle in The USMC series.
He gave Gomer a good luck charm to help him with his confidence.
It was actually the emblem off of an old refrigerator. Call the man?
You're six foot, ain't ye?
just how revolutionary color TV was over BW back then. The Opie's Job
episode was actually the first color episode produced of the series and
the attention to writing they had before, was overlooked. The two
writers of that episode only had a few shows under their belt and if
you compare all
That one was a good episode. Andy learned just how good a job he and Aunt
Bee had done raising Opie when Opie gave his job up so that the
underprivileged boy (no, his name wasn't Horatio) could earn money to help
his family.
You know, when I was watching that show myself, I thought, Now, why
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