Hi Mari Ellen, Yes, that's the reason given in the wonderful "Frequently Asked Questions" of TAGSRWC with the answer supplied by our own Paul Mulik.
I've always wondered is what happened to Andy's hand where it was seriously bandaged for at least 2 shows? On one show he explained it away as having a "tussle" with a couple of prisoners? This sort of thing is right up my alley! The bandaged hand appeared in two consecutive episodes, #55 Aunt Bee the Warden and #56 The County Nurse. Andy Taylor explained it as the result of a difficulty in apprehending the 4 Gordon boys, but what had really happened was that in a fit of rage, Andy Griffith had punched his fist through a wall in his home. It was pretty easy for the writers to work it into the script, since Andy was a lawman who conceivably might have had to "put up his dukes" every now and then. --answer by Paul Mulik Here's the link: http://www.tagsrwc.com/faq/index.php?p=default&cat=6 Robbie Barnwell, SC Message: 2 Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:47:24 -0400 From: Mari Ellen Ryan <[email protected]> Subject: Andy's Broken Hand To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mark and All, My understanding regarding Andy's broken hand is that he had a heated disagreement with his wife, then Barbara, lost his temper and punched a wall......even by his own admission, Andy could be somewhat of a "hothead" back in those days......I do believe this is correct but I may be misinformed.......they wrote the broken hand into the script. Mari Ellen Resident Northern Person _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
