Opie's date for Arnold's big birthday party cancels at the last minute to go with a 'cooler' guy.Opie's date for Arnold's big birthday party cancels at the last minute to go with a 'cooler' guy.Opie's date for Arnold's big birthday party cancels at the last minute to go with a 'cooler' guy.
Ron Howard
- Opie Taylor
- (as Ronny Howard)
Morgan Brittany
- Mary Alice Carter
- (as Suzanne Cupito)
- Director
- Writers
- Doug Tibbles
- Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
- Aaron Ruben(uncredited)
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- TriviaStarting in this episode and continuing until the end of season 8, the courthouse interior is no longer painted shades of green. It is now painted shades of brown.
- GoofsWhen Opie is standing in the school's hallway with a couple of girls, there is a sign on one of the walls that reads "Principals Office." It is misspelled. The word "Principals" should have an apostrophe to make it a possessive (as in "Principal's").
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Like watching a show from a different century
I have Paramount, so I watched this episode because it's the first one I'd seen where Opie actually looks like the Richie Cunningham he would become. It was cornball from beginning to end. I know there's a theory out there that the "Andy Griffith Show" is meant to reflect the America of the 1930s instead of the 1960s, but this episode takes that theory literally. Opie is 13, and he's going to his friends "boy-girl" party IN A SUIT AND TIE.. not a sport jacket and tie, mind you, a full on suit and tie!
I never wore a proper suit until college, and if I ever went to a teenage party where the kids were wearing suits and dresses I'd assume I was at a Jehovahs Witness get together. Then, the kids are dancing to music that sounds more like the instrumental swing band music of the 1930s than the pop music of 1967, which is when the episode aired (although in a slight nod to contemporary America they are dancing in a manner that sort of reflects the times, or how squares viewed the times). Finally, Andy chauffeurs Opie and his date (Morgan Brittney who would go onto fame in prime time soaps of the 80s) IN HIS SQUAD CAR!! It's easily the most comfortable looking squad car I've ever seen... if you didn't see the outside you'd think they were in a random "big boat" family sedan of the era. There's no need for an uncomfortable cop car in a town with zero crime!
Which brings me to my point. It's easy to see why the Andy Griffith Show was so popular in the 60s - it portrayed an America that the viewers of the time wanted to believe still existed, but one that in reality left long before television became popular.
I never wore a proper suit until college, and if I ever went to a teenage party where the kids were wearing suits and dresses I'd assume I was at a Jehovahs Witness get together. Then, the kids are dancing to music that sounds more like the instrumental swing band music of the 1930s than the pop music of 1967, which is when the episode aired (although in a slight nod to contemporary America they are dancing in a manner that sort of reflects the times, or how squares viewed the times). Finally, Andy chauffeurs Opie and his date (Morgan Brittney who would go onto fame in prime time soaps of the 80s) IN HIS SQUAD CAR!! It's easily the most comfortable looking squad car I've ever seen... if you didn't see the outside you'd think they were in a random "big boat" family sedan of the era. There's no need for an uncomfortable cop car in a town with zero crime!
Which brings me to my point. It's easy to see why the Andy Griffith Show was so popular in the 60s - it portrayed an America that the viewers of the time wanted to believe still existed, but one that in reality left long before television became popular.
- willinganz
- Aug 24, 2024
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