I think he meant it just as an expression "baby blues," meaning just the eyes generally. I think Barney has brown eyes. There really is no expression referring to brown eyes int he same way.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Now that we have cleared up the debate of Aunt Bee or Aunt Bea, I have come > across another discrepancy regarding the color of Barney's eyes. I have > several official Barney Fife driver's licenses and on them both his eye > color is listed as brown without an e. However, when Barney tells Andy > that he is going to keep his eyes on the hobo Mr. Dave Browne with an e, he > says, "I am going to keep these baby blues open". So what is my friends, > does Barney have blue eyes or brown eyes? Maybe he has one of each. I > taught with a gal for 30 years who had one green eye and one blue eye. Or > maybe his eye color changes with the light. Kind of like those of old man > Rimshaw. So any ideas out there? > > > -- > Ken Anderson > The Mayberry Guru > 2906 May Street > Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 > www.mayberryreflections.com > > > _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
