The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Opie and the Spoiled Kid (1963)

Andy Griffith: Andy Taylor

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• [Arnold has just been taken by his father to the woodshed, against his will, crying and screaming "I want my bike!"] 

  Opie Taylor : Is Arnie going to get spanked, Pa?

  Sheriff Andy Taylor : Don't you think he deserves it?

  Opie Taylor : I don't want to say. After all, he is one of my own kind.

• Andy Taylor : The law's the law, Mr. Winkler. Now, if we don't teach children to live in society today, what's gonna happen to 'em when they grow up?

• Andy Taylor : I thought you was supposed to be cleaning out the garage.

  Opie Taylor : I wanted to have a talk with you.

  Andy Taylor : Must be pretty important for you to break off in the middle of a chore.

  Opie Taylor : It's preying on my mind, Pa!

• Andy Taylor : Mr. Winkler, would you like to continue this father and son discussion in quiet?

  Simon Winkler : Huh?

  Andy Taylor : I say, would you like to continue this in quiet? There's a real nice woodshed out back.

  Simon Winkler : Woodshed?

  Andy Taylor : Mm-hm.

  Simon Winkler : A good, old-fashioned woodshed?

  Andy Taylor : Real nice one!

• [Opie, influenced by Arnold, comes back for a second father-son discussion] 

  Opie Taylor : I still don't wanna work for my allowance.

  Andy Taylor : Fine. You don't have to.

  Opie Taylor : Oh, boy!

  Andy Taylor : No work, no allowance.

  Opie Taylor : That's not fair!

  Andy Taylor : Don't raise your voice to me! Now, you get on outta here. I got things to do.

  [Opie thinks about it then takes a big gulp of air] 

  Andy Taylor : What're you doin'?

  Opie Taylor : [trying to maintain his breath]  Pwm pwmbm.

  Andy Taylor : Opie, I asked you what you're doin'.

  Opie Taylor : [exhales]  I was holding my breath.

  Andy Taylor : [going back to his paperwork]  Good. Good lung exercise.

  [Opie licks his lip then starts screaming wildly] 

  Andy Taylor : Opie, what're you doin' now?

  Opie Taylor : [stopping suddenly]  I'm crying and I can't stop.

  Andy Taylor : [not impressed]  That's a shame.

  [Opie steps back and begins to stomp on the floor. Failing to get Andy's attention, he drops to the floor, kicking and screaming] 

  Andy Taylor : What're you doin' now?

  Opie Taylor : [stops and sits up calmly]  I was having a tantrum.

  Andy Taylor : Oh. Well, don't get your clothes all dirty.

• [rebuffed for butting in on a father-son talk, Barney exits to the back room] 

  Opie Taylor : Are Barney's feelings hurt, Pa?

  Andy Taylor : Oh, I don't think so.

  Barney Fife : [popping back in]  I think I can, uh, speak for my own feelings, Andy. Why do you ask that, Ope?

  Opie Taylor : I don't know. I heard you were kind of sensitive.

  Barney Fife : Sensitive? Me, sensitive?

  Andy Taylor : [clears throat]  Barn...

  Barney Fife : Boy, that's a nice thing to get started around! If there's anything that upsets me, it's having people say I'm sensitive! If there's one thing I'm not, it's sensitive! Talk about being misunderstood!

  Andy Taylor : You're a little flushed.

  Barney Fife : THAT'S SPIRIT! I'm a VERY SPIRITED PERSON! There's a big difference, you know! Go on and have your little talk! It don't mean nothing to me anyways!

• Opie Taylor : [in a third father-son discussion]  Well, I've been doin' a lot of thinkin'.

  Andy Taylor : Good for the head.

  Opie Taylor : And I was wondering if, by any chance, you might need a person to clean the garage and do odd jobs around.

  Andy Taylor : You know, it's funny you should ask at this time. They happens to be a recent vacancy in that department.

  Opie Taylor : Oh, boy!

  Andy Taylor : Well, what person did you have in mind?

  Opie Taylor : Opie Taylor.

  Andy Taylor : Uh-huh.

  Opie Taylor : I'm sorry about the way I acted, Pa.

  Andy Taylor : Mm, what's done's done. Well, let's see, uh, cleaning out the garage, hauling out the ashes, setting the table, that ought to be worth about, oh, say, uh... 25¢ a week. Okay?

  Opie Taylor : Sounds fine to me, Pa!

• [hearing that a friend gets 75¢ without doing chores, Opie asks what the rules are between fathers and sons] 

  Andy Taylor : There are no rules for pas and sons. Uh, it's as simple as this: each, uh, each mother or father raises his boy or girl, as the case may be, the way that, uh, he thinks is best. And I think it's best for you to get a quarter and work for it. Ya see, when you give somethin', in this instance, cleaning the garage and you get something in return, like a quarter, why, that's the greatest feeling in the world! You *do* feel good after working, don't you?

  Opie Taylor : Uh-huh. Good and tired!

  Andy Taylor : Well, as, uh, as you get bigger, why, you'll be doing more and more work for more and more return and that good feeling will get bigger. D'ya understand what I mean?

  Opie Taylor : I think so.

  Andy Taylor : Good.

  Opie Taylor : I'm not gonna get the 75¢.

  Andy Taylor : Right.

  Opie Taylor : And I have to work for the 25.

  Andy Taylor : Right. All clear to you?

  Opie Taylor : Yeah. The bigger you get, the tired-er you get.

  Andy Taylor : Well, uh, you just... You just think about that for a while.

  Opie Taylor : Do I have to?

  Andy Taylor : Don't you want to think about it?

  Opie Taylor : It makes me kinda sad!