The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Mr. McBeevee (1962)

Andy Griffith: Andy Taylor

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• Andy Taylor : I told him I believed him.

  Barney Fife : You told him you beli... But Andy, what he told you's impossible!

  Andy Taylor : Well, a whole lotta times I've asked him to believe things that, to his mind, musta seemed just as impossible.

  Barney Fife : Oh, but, Andy! This silver hat and the jinglin' and the smoke from his ears! What about all that?

  Andy Taylor : Ohh, I don't know, Barn. I guess it's a time like this when you're asked to believe somethin' that just don't seem possible. That's the moment that decides whether you got faith in somebody or not.

  Barney Fife : Yeah, but how can you explain it all?

  Andy Taylor : I cain't.

  Barney Fife : But you do believe in Mr. McBeevee?

  Andy Taylor : No, no, no. I *do* believe in Opie.

• [Andy has driven out to the woods where Opie has said he's met with Mr. McBeevee. He swings a tree branch listlessly, lost in thought over the love he has for his son and the willingness to believe in something that sounds impossible] 

  Andy Taylor : [to himself, almost sarcastically]  Mr. McBeevee.

  Mr. McBeevee : [from atop a tree]  Hello?

  [McBeevee climbs down to Andy's astonishment] 

  Mr. McBeevee : McBeevee at your service! What can I do for you, mister?

  Andy Taylor : You... walk around in the trees! Silver hat a-a-and you jingle! You can make smoke come out of your ears, can't you?

  Mr. McBeevee : Uh-huh.

  [Shaking McBeevee's hand vigorously] 

  Andy Taylor : Mr. McBeevee, I can't tell you how glad I am to meet you!

  Mr. McBeevee : Well, are you now?

  Andy Taylor : I certainly am!

  Mr. McBeevee : I didn't catch the name.

  Andy Taylor : Oh! I'm Andy Taylor, Opie's dad.

  Mr. McBeevee : Oh, are you, now? That's a wonderful boy!

  Andy Taylor : Oh, he's a fine boy!

• Andy Taylor : Ope, uh, 'member the fun you was havin' this mornin' gallopin' around the back yard on... Blackie? We was both enjoyin' that little game. 'Course, now - now the truth is they - they never was any real Blackie. That's just somethin' that you made up. That right? Well, about, uh, about this Mr. McBeevee. Maybe the same thing happened there. Maybe you, uh, made him up, too, just for fun, and... They - they's nothin' wrong with that. What's wrong is usin' a Mr. McBeevee to get out of work and to explain things that seem to come from nowhere. Ope, they, uh, they comes a time when you have to stop the play actin' and tell the truth. And that time's now. Right now.

• Andy Taylor : Actually, Barn, Blackie's a little on the invisible side.

• Opie Taylor : I told Mr. McBeevee I'd be right back.

  Andy Taylor : Who?

  Opie Taylor : Mr. McBeevee. You don't know him. He's new around here. I just met him this mornin'.

  Andy Taylor : Oh.

  Barney Fife : Oh, a newcomer in town, eh? Where's he live at?

  Opie Taylor : I met him in the woods.

  Barney Fife : What's he doin' in the woods?

  Opie Taylor : Well, mostly he walks around up in the treetops.

  Barney Fife : He walks in the tree...

  Barney Fife : [getting wise]  Mm-hm. I supposed he's invisible, too.

  Opie Taylor : No. Mr. McBeevee's easy to see, especially his hat. He wears a great, big, shiny, silver hat.

• Aunt Bee Taylor : Anything wrong?

  Andy Taylor : Afraid so.

  Aunt Bee Taylor : Why? What happened?

  Andy Taylor : Well, it looks like Opie's gettin' hisself in the habit of stretchin' the truth a little out of shape.

  Aunt Bee Taylor : Opie lying? Oh, I can't believe it!

  Andy Taylor : Sure looks like it.

  Aunt Bee Taylor : Well, what're you going to do?

  Andy Taylor : I ain't got much choice. Looks like, to me, he's in for a whippin'.

  Aunt Bee Taylor : Oh, Andy.

• [Barney's upset with Andy because he was led to believe Opie did have a horse named Blackie. Andy leans down and talks to thin air] 

  Andy Taylor : Now, you see, Blackie, what a mess you got me into?

• [Andy has just met Mr. McBeevee, whom he and Barney had originally thought was imaginary] 

  Andy Taylor : Hey, Barn? Guess who I just met.

  Barney Fife : Who?

  Andy Taylor : Mr. McBeevee. He was right out there in the woods, right where Opie said he was.

  Barney Fife : You seen him with your own eyes?

  Andy Taylor : You better know I did! Shiny, silver hat and everything. I never was as glad to shake hands with anybody in my life!

  Barney Fife : You shook hands with him?

  Andy Taylor : I sure did. See, where we went wrong, Barn...

  [worriedly, Barney gets up and moves Andy back over to his desk] 

  Barney Fife : Oh, Andy, you know something? You been working too hard. No! Now, listen. You been working too hard, Andy. Just take it easy!

  Andy Taylor : When... when Opie said...

  Barney Fife : Just sit down there and relax, now! I'm gonna make a phone call and you just take it easy while I make it. Just let your mind go blank! Don't even think of anything!

  [on the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello, Sarah? This is Barney Fife. Uh, I wonder if you could get me Doc Harvey, would you?

  [to Andy] 

  Barney Fife : There just ain't no job more demanding than the High Sheriff! I always did say that!

  [back to the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello, Doc? Uh, this is Barney Fife. I wonder if you could come over to the office. Uh, well, no. It's just for a... For a regular check-up. It's an emergency! Hurry!

  [to Andy] 

  Barney Fife : Just relax. Just... Just let your mind go blank. Don't even think. Just let her go. You know, don't even think of anything. Just... just let yourself go. Just... just relax.

  Andy Taylor : He's a real nice fella.

  Barney Fife : Oh, yeah. He's a... he's a... Nice.

  Andy Taylor : Nice.

  Andy Taylor : He's comin' over to the house to eat supper tonight.

  Barney Fife : Supper?

  Andy Taylor : Uh-huh.

  Barney Fife : Wonderful!

  Andy Taylor : If he gets through in time.

  Barney Fife : Oh, he'll get through.

  Andy Taylor : Why don't you come, too?

  Barney Fife : Oh, yes! I will! I'll come! I'll even wear my... my shiny hat! I have a shiny hat! I do! You didn't know that!

  [phone rings, Andy tries to reach for it, but Barney takes it from him] 

  Barney Fife : No, no, no! No, I'll get that! You just... just relax and let me answer the phone. And just... just let the mind go blank.

  [on the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello? Barney Fife. The sheriff's off... Uh, well, uh, yeah, he's here, but, uh, he's not taking any calls right now.

  Mr. McBeevee : Tell the Sheriff that I can make it to his house for supper tonight.

  Barney Fife : I didn't get the name. B-b... uh... Um... McBeevee?