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== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
 
== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
 
* This is the first appearance of Jack Prince and the first of three characters he plays in six episodes of TAGS.
 
* This is the first appearance of Jack Prince and the first of three characters he plays in six episodes of TAGS.
* Fancy Gap (an actual NC location near Mt. Airy, NC which is Andy's hometown) is mentioned as a possible location for a still site they're looking for.
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* Fancy Gap (an actual NC location near Mt. Airy, which is Andy's hometown) is mentioned as a possible location for a still site they're looking for.
 
* Actress Gladys Hurlbut was a playwright in the 1930s and 1940s.
 
* Actress Gladys Hurlbut was a playwright in the 1930s and 1940s.
  

Revision as of 19:56, 31 December 2008

Episode Info

Alcohol and Old Lace

  • Filmed: 17
  • Aired: 17
  • Original Air Date: 1961/01/30
  • Writer(s): Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
  • Director: Gene Reynolds

Plot Summary

Based on an idea from a Broadway play, Andy and Barney run down moonshiners with the help of the Morrison sisters, Jennifer and Clarabelle. After Opie describes their "flower-making machine" the lawmen realize that the Morrison sisters are themselves running a still and promptly destroy it.

Odd Facts Known by Few

  • This is the first appearance of Jack Prince and the first of three characters he plays in six episodes of TAGS.
  • Fancy Gap (an actual NC location near Mt. Airy, which is Andy's hometown) is mentioned as a possible location for a still site they're looking for.
  • Actress Gladys Hurlbut was a playwright in the 1930s and 1940s.

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
  • Hal Smith - Otis Campbell
  • Charity Grace - Jennifer Morrison
  • Gladys Hurlbut - Clarabelle Morrison
  • Thom Carney - Rube Sloan
  • Jack Prince - Ben Sewell