Talk:Mayberry R.F.D.

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Goober is hardly the only "three series" TV character, if he is in fact that. (It is arguable that Lindsey is generally now known as George "Goober" Lindsey and hence always "Goober"; it is his nickname.) Richard Belzer has portayed John Munch, originally of Homicide:Life on the Street, in more than three series. Rlquall 00:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

A recent edit saying that Andy Taylor left Mayberry after he married Helen Crump is incorrect. All one has to do is watch the "RFD" repeats. The marriage occured as episode one of the spin-off. It is not until the start of RFD's SECOND SEASON that the Taylor's departure is casually mentioned. How could Andy have sponsored parolees on Sam's farm and participate in a Mayberry youth day while in Raliegh??? This should be corrected, as the Sheriff Andy character was deliberately kept throughout season one to secure a smooth transition. -SL

This statement is too opinionated
"The social upheaval that occurred during The Andy Griffith Show's 1968 season (including the Vietnam stalemate, student and street protests, the slayings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy and racial riots) had much of the nation wistful for a more stable, idealistic America." I can see why someone put "citation needed" after that statement. I personally don't think much or anything is needed to replace it, but to try and help make the page have as much info as possible and went to look for more articles to quote and cite for a replacement; I found an article on TV.com https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mayberry-rfd/cast/203004/ maybe the line "CBS pulled the plug in a cutback of rural-oriented programming" could be implemented somewhere in this section. I've seen a few different people who are often times editing and revising these old shows pages, so if one of you are reading this I hope you agree with me, I always go around on Wikipedia and try to suggest to get rid of pointless statements such as this one, Wikipedia is no place for filler in my book. I would edit it myself but I don't wanna disturb whoever these folks are I always see editing these old shows pages, when you get done working on Hogans Heroes page take a look at my suggestion. Thanks allot. ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.226.57.39 (talk) 06:45, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Looking for help writing an article about the spin-offs and crossovers of this series
I am writing an article about all of the series which are in the same shared reality as this one through spin-offs and crossovers. I could use a little help expanding the article since it is currently extremely dense and a bit jumbled with some sentence structures being extremely repetitive. I would like to be able to put this article into article space soon. Any and all help in writing the article would be appreciated, even a comment or two on the talk page would help. Please give it a read through, also please do not comment here since I do not have all of the series on my watch list. - LA @ 17:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoever cleaned-up/tightened this article in 8-08, did a very nice job!!!!- SL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.185.77 (talk) 19:06, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

RFD???
So what does R.F.D. mean? 70.20.160.41 (talk) 03:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Rural Free Delivery Sottolacqua (talk) 22:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Production notes
Corrected the episode titles and added the years when Jodie Foster debuted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.171.164.53 (talk) 20:36, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

TV Bootleg Favs?
Two articles, this one and Gunsmoke, reference a book called TV Bootleg Favs but I can't find any other mention of the book anywhere on the Internet. Further, Google says the name of the author, "Hershal Brenchacks", only exists on this article.

So does the book, or even the author, actually exist? The horrible formatting of the references on both articles and the fact that they have differing lists of top shows make me fairly certain that it doesn't but I'd like to know for sure before deleting them. --Kitsunegami (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm leaning towards it not being a real book due to the lack of Google hits. Even self published books and authors have some presence on the internet even if it's their own personal site flogging their book. Further, the content was unencylopedic and didn't belong in the article to begin with, so I was bold and removed it. Unless there is a reliable source stating that the show (and the others listed) are high up on some phantom tv show bootlegger's list and that's somehow a big deal, I see no need for it in this article.  Pinkadelica ♣  01:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I was going to go fix the Gunsmoke article but saw that you already had.  Thanks. --74.250.172.188 (talk) 21:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Odd sentence
What des this sentence mean "The Taylors' son Andy Jr., however, is never mentioned despite his nephew's birth to brother Opie." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.219.88.140 (talk) 14:23, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Wrong Name or Wrong info
Hi, I was searching for the Mayberry RFD wikipedia page and came acrossed this article with that name, but the info of the page is about the show Bear in the Big Blue House. Not sure what the error is, but I wanted to let someone know that knows more about editing wikipedia then I do 64.134.99.125 (talk) 17:51, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

An interesting take from George "Goober" Lindsey....
In his autobiography, George Lindsey said Andy Griffith was always involved in the writing of "The Andy Griffith Show", and he made sure the writers turned out quality scripts. His presence was greatly missed on "Mayberry RFD". Lindsey said he enjoyed working on "Mayberry RFD" because Goober was a more prominent character and this gave him more to do. However, he never thought the show's writing was up to the standards of "The Andy Griffith Show".67.45.113.109 (talk) 18:39, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

One more thing...
The article mentions "The Andy Griffith Show regulars Frances Bavier, Elinor Donahue, and Jack Burns." Elinor Donahue appeared in twelve episodes of the first season, and Jack Burns appeared in eleven episodes of the sixth season. Thus, it seems a bit of a stretch to call them "regulars".67.45.112.102 (talk) 18:46, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

"Highest ratings in recorded television history?"
As of July 6, 2016, the article includes the following sentence: "The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history (up to premiere date in 1968)." Huh? That's worded in a very confusing manner, to put it mildly. I don't know what that supposed to mean. Someone needs to clarify it, or remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.143.202.206 (talk) 00:42, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

What is being said here is that the episode "Andy and Helen's Wedding" became the most-watched episode in the history of broadcast TV in 1968, although that specific rating and audience number (whatever it may have been) has since been topped. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.233.167 (talk) 15:26, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2017
72.50.27.99 (talk) 20:50, 15 November 2017 (UTC) Larry Pennell of Ripcord fame guest starred as skydiving instructor Chuck on the February 3, 1969 episode "Howard's Hobby".
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.  JTP (talk • contribs) 21:56, 15 November 2017 (UTC)