The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Opie's Rival (1962)

Ron Howard: Opie Taylor

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Quotes 

• Opie Taylor : You like Pa?

  Peggy 'Peg' McMillan : Sure I do.

  Opie Taylor : D'you love him?

  Peggy 'Peg' McMillan : Well...

  Andy Taylor : Uh, Ope...

  Opie Taylor : See, Pa needs the companionship of a fine, young woman. Someone he can take to a dance. He can't take Barney to a dance.

  Peggy 'Peg' McMillan : He can't?

  Opie Taylor : No! Barney's too short!

  Peggy 'Peg' McMillan : Oh. I see.

  Opie Taylor : You see, Miss Peggy, someday Pa might get married again and it'd be somebody that he likes a lot. Somebody he loves and it might be you. Of course, it might be you and it might not, but...

  Andy Taylor : [Interrupting]  Yep, what we need's a little bit of music. A little music is exactly what we need.

  Andy Taylor : [singing as Opie continues talking]  Yes, git on home, Cindy. Cindy, git on home. Yes, git on home, Cindy. Cindy and Opie, hush your mouth!

• Andy Taylor : [Opie has just explained that he's afraid Andy might not love him any more, with Peggy in the picture]  I want to tell you something, Ope, and I want you to listen *real* careful, cause this is important. You're my young 'un and I love you more than anything or anybody in the whole world and nothing or nobody can ever change that! You know, it's... it's hard for me to tell you just how much you do mean to me, 'cause you're a part of me.

  Opie Taylor : Then why do you want Peggy around so much?

  Andy Taylor : Well, because she's... She's fun to be with and she's nice to have for a friend.

  Opie Taylor : But you've got a good friend! You've got Barney!

  Andy Taylor : Well, that's... That's a little different. Well, you may not understand this right now, but sometime you will. You see, Ope, a... a... a man needs the companionship of a... a fine young woman. Somebody he can, he can be with and talk to. Talk about pretty things, you know. Take places. To a picture show and to a dance, and... Now, can you see me taking Barney to the dance?

  [They both laugh] 

  Andy Taylor : I can't take Barney to a dance! He's too short!

• Opie Taylor : As long as she's gonna spend so much time with us, I figure we better teach her how to handle worms without going "ick."

• Andy Taylor : You know Jonah? He caught hisself a whale.

  Opie Taylor : I thought the whale swallowed him!

  Andy Taylor : Well, now, that's what I mean. When somebody catches a fish from the inside, *that's* fishin'!