The only thing about the Mayberry/Hooterville crossover is, those 2 shows took totally different approaches. Green Acres was kind of the anti-Andy Griffith Show. Andy and other cast members always make the point that TAGS wasn't about jokes, it was about developing characters and the love between the characters. When they say the show wasn't about jokes, I usually think they are speaking about a show just like Green Acres, which was all about jokes. Everything was a sarcastic joke. I actually liked both shows but for they were extremely different types of shows.
I think they learned pretty quickly that anything they tried to follow up TAGS with, wouldn't work. It would always be compared to TAGS which would be impossible to follow. Of course, there was also CBS' ditching every 'country' show in favor of shows like All In The Family, in the late 60s. John ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:04:52 -0500 From: Michael Eury <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TAGS spinoffs and a Hooterville crossover Re Rick Eastwood's spinoff dialogue: A Mayberry/Hooterville crossover would've been fun! Since "The Beverly Hillbillies" crossed over into the "Petticoat Junction"/"Green Acres" "universe," it's surprising CBS didn't attempt a guest-star episode of TAGS with the Hooterville cast. I've pondered from time to time the idea of spinoffs from "The Andy Griffith Show." Outside of the ones we got -- "Gomer Pyle USMC" and the TAGS continuation, "Mayberry RFD" -- the only other character I believe could've carried his own show was Barney. A "Barney Fife, Man Undercover" (or some such title) show would've no doubt been a hit, but since Don Knotts was already "spinning off" into movies, his own TV show was an impossibility. A dramatic Mt. Pilot series? That would've been a tough one to pull off as a spinoff without a carryover character (and none of the TAGS characters would've fit the drama genre). For years I've hoped that Andy Griffith and Ron Howard would executive-produce a new TV series called "Mayberry," a contemporary show featuring small-town life in the 21st century. A TAGS carryover character would be a nice touch (George Lindsay as Goober?), with Andy and Opie helping launch the pilot, but the show would feature a new cast (of course, with a next-generation Taylor, Fife, or Lawson included). Since that show's unlikely, I'll just throw a bucket over my head and "thank" about it for a spell... Michael Eury Concord, NC _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
