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| + | * [[Tom Jacobs]] is seen twice - waiting in the barbershop and reading a tabloid newspaper on the bench outside the courthouse. | ||
| + | * Tom Jacobs is seen on the bench when Andy & Barney get out of the car (time 9:13 to 9:26) but the next shot, six seconds later, in front of the courthouse (time 9:32) he is gone.<sup>1</sup> | ||
| + | * Barney's sideburns are uneven because one of his earlobes hangs lower than the other. He tells Andy that he and Floyd should team up and be Frick and Frack. | ||
| + | * Bill Medwin charges 80 cents for a shampoo and a dollar fifty for a facial. | ||
| + | * Barney talks about "Compelsion nuts". | ||
| + | * Opie and Joey think Barney looks like Mrs. Cox from the second grade. | ||
| + | * The bookmakers Lincoln Continental license plate is RD-757. | ||
| + | * Actor Herb Vigran appeared on several episdoes of "The Adventures Of Superman" as various villians. | ||
| + | * When Barney dresses up like a woman, he has on one dress as he steps outside the door to the courthouse (time 17:53) and another on the streets of Mayberry (time 18:14). Notice the pattern of the dresses. The first has small light color pattern on a dark background and the second has a much more busy light color pattern on a dark, but lighter than the first, background. The second dress is seen in all future scenes in which Barney is dressed as a woman.<sup>1</sup> | ||
| + | * TAGS Executive Producer Sheldon Leonard stars in the post-episode sponsor spot for Sanka Coffee (this cane be seen on the season 2 DVD release). | ||
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| + | :<sup>1</sup>Times are from season two DVD. | ||
== Character List == | == Character List == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:46, 17 April 2020
Episode Info
The Bookie Barber
- Filmed: 60
- Aired: 60
- Original Air Date: 1962/04/16
- Writer(s): Ray Saffian Allen and Harvey Bullock
- Director: Bob Sweeney
Plot Summary
Floyd gets his chance at being a proprietor of a two-chair shop when semi-retired barber Bill Medwin arrives with a proposition of expansion. Floyd jumps at the chance since Medwin promises to supply the chair and the customers. As it turns out, the barber is a bookie, and Barney jumps in to bust the criminal.
Odd Facts Known by Few
- Tom Jacobs is seen twice - waiting in the barbershop and reading a tabloid newspaper on the bench outside the courthouse.
- Tom Jacobs is seen on the bench when Andy & Barney get out of the car (time 9:13 to 9:26) but the next shot, six seconds later, in front of the courthouse (time 9:32) he is gone.1
- Barney's sideburns are uneven because one of his earlobes hangs lower than the other. He tells Andy that he and Floyd should team up and be Frick and Frack.
- Bill Medwin charges 80 cents for a shampoo and a dollar fifty for a facial.
- Barney talks about "Compelsion nuts".
- Opie and Joey think Barney looks like Mrs. Cox from the second grade.
- The bookmakers Lincoln Continental license plate is RD-757.
- Actor Herb Vigran appeared on several episdoes of "The Adventures Of Superman" as various villians.
- When Barney dresses up like a woman, he has on one dress as he steps outside the door to the courthouse (time 17:53) and another on the streets of Mayberry (time 18:14). Notice the pattern of the dresses. The first has small light color pattern on a dark background and the second has a much more busy light color pattern on a dark, but lighter than the first, background. The second dress is seen in all future scenes in which Barney is dressed as a woman.1
- TAGS Executive Producer Sheldon Leonard stars in the post-episode sponsor spot for Sanka Coffee (this cane be seen on the season 2 DVD release).
- 1Times are from season two DVD.
Character List
- Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
- Don Knotts - Barney Fife
- Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
- Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
- Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
- Herb Vigran - Bill Medwin
- Taggart Casey - bookie with striped tie
- Harry Swoger - barbershop customer
- Tom Monroe - barbershop customer
- Joe Stannard - undetermined
