"Opie's playground was open from sunrise to sunset and even beyond". Well not quite Ken, in the episode "Bailey's Bad Boy", Ronald Bailey asks Barney "Doesn't anyone in this town like to swing"? Barney replies to him "Course, we got lots of swings, we just don't use them at night". This exchange is among my top 10 favorite lines in TAGS Along with: 10. Why can't you have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in jail? 9. Poor Horatio 8. (Ernest T. Bass to Andy after Barney knocks at the door) Who do you suppose that could be? 7. Andy: Gomer do you know anything about cutting meat? Gomer: "Do you suppose they will ask me anything about that"? 9. The law has been kept more today in Mayberry than all the other days put together. 5. Know what I'm going to give him if he shows up? What? Big Freeze. 4. Still homley, single and pitting prunes. 3. You're a good son Barney. Well I try. 2. Uncle Nate? What are you doing in jail Uncle Nate?
Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man. And of course my favorite line of all time: "There's not a word of truth in that Sheriff, not a word of truth". Opie's playground was vast > His > playground was open from sunrise to sunset and even beyond. There were no > playground supervisors to set the rules or settle disputes. Each new day > was a new adventure and a great learning experience. > _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/

