***Barney then gives his speech about how Andy choose him as his deputy when there were many other applicants. All of this indicates that Barney had just been hired. Why else would that scene been in the script?*** That sounds like one of those writers' "first episode" lines (or scenes) that is only meant to introduce us to a character. Like, when you're watching a new show and some character pops up and says "But we've been next door neighbors for years!" Not something real people would necessarily say but it does its job for the viewers. I think if Barney had just been hired they would have been more obvious. But that's just me. Keep in mind the talk about picking him over "all the applicants" was really a setup to a punch line (where he thanks "Cousin Andy"). Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
