In a message dated 6/5/2010 11:00:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, wbmutbb-requ...@wbmutbb.com writes:
The comedic (and controversial) payoff to the episode arrived when Mr. and Mrs. Peters visited the Petrie household and were revealed to be a black couple, played by Greg Morris and Mimi Dillard. I remember this Dick Van Dyke episode very fondly, it was funny on its own terms plus a step forward for how minorities were portrayed on television. In a later episode Morris also played Rob's old Army buddy. Mayberry's own contribution was in the form of Rockne Tarkington (hope I got the name right?) who played Opie's football coach. It was great that he was portrayed in a position of authority and respect and got to deliver the episode's moral, even teaching Andy something. That didn't seem to happen a lot in 1960s television. Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
