Has anyone noticed just when Andy lost his southern accent? It seems to me that when it left, so did the soft spoken, gentle sheriff.
Andy, in the early black and whites, used to find ways to build Barney up, especially when he had messed things up. When the accent left the show, so did compassion and patience - even Barney's began to change. At the end of Barney's presence on the show, Andg and Barn argued often. Do you think that the writers for the show thought that this change was more desirable to the viewing audience? I believe that the writers for the first shows were not the same ones that wrote for the later ones. Too bad. I wonder if this had anything to do with Don Knotts leaving the show. JudyJudyJudy _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
