Without Barney Fife as a series regular and an annoying replacement (Jack Burns), it is a chore to watch the 1966-67 season of "The Andy Griffith Show"--mostly because the comedy element from the show was missing. Instead the shows either relied on Burns to annoy the audience to violence or rely on nice plots. Nice sometimes equated to insipid, but this one was nice and yet still worked quite well.
The town of Mayberry is planning on a huge celebration to commemorate the famed Battle of Mayberry--between early pioneers and the hostile Indians. However, everyone in town seems to think their own particular relatives played THE major part in the victorious fight and finally Opie is convinced to do a bit of research to discover the truth. Unfortunately, this 'glorious victory' was less glorious in reality and the people of Mayberry are about ready to kill the boy just for telling the truth.
This episode was exceptionally well written and entertaining...so much so that "The Simpsons" clearly stole this plot. In this show, Lisa finds out the truth about Jebidiah Springfield...and also incurs the town's wrath.
The town of Mayberry is planning on a huge celebration to commemorate the famed Battle of Mayberry--between early pioneers and the hostile Indians. However, everyone in town seems to think their own particular relatives played THE major part in the victorious fight and finally Opie is convinced to do a bit of research to discover the truth. Unfortunately, this 'glorious victory' was less glorious in reality and the people of Mayberry are about ready to kill the boy just for telling the truth.
This episode was exceptionally well written and entertaining...so much so that "The Simpsons" clearly stole this plot. In this show, Lisa finds out the truth about Jebidiah Springfield...and also incurs the town's wrath.
