My favorite Andy Griffith parenting moment.

[nolabear]

Just a snippet of Opie the Birdman, where Opie shoots a bird with his slingshot, and Andy insists that he raise its babies. It's as zen parenting as it gets. In a world where our fathers all too often resorted to physical punishment, I always thought, and still think, that his firm but gentle hand set a wonderful example. I saw this moment as a child for the first time and still can't get through it without misting up.

And of course, he had a wicked sense of humor as well. RIP Anj. You earned it.

[Go Vols]

1. .

[texanwitch]

2. I am the same age as Opie like so many of us.

My Grandfather was a lot like that.

Good show.

[Submariner]

3. Andy would only let Barney carry one bullet in his shirt pocket

to be used only in a dire emergency (parenting Barney), because Barney was so careless with guns. But, that bullet would always seem to find it's way into Barney's gun and get accidentally discharged. It was hilarious.

[texanwitch]

4. I like the show where Andy and his girlfriend were trapped in a cave.

They found their way out but went back in to Barney could be a hero.

[HopeHoops]

8. Then there was shoeless Gomer dropping his gun off the roof.

That was the episode where they had to keep two felons in "The Rock" as Barney put it.

[Rambis]

5. Is that an old fashioned wood shed? that one

[Bake]

6. That's my favorite Andy/Opie moment too.

Yeah, Ope, but don't the trees seem full!



Bake

[Tom_Foolery]

7. I'm with you on this one! n/t