Bookie Barber, The (TAGS Episode)

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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. Inconsitency: He is seen on the bench when Andy & Barney get out of the car, but the next shot in front of the courthouse he is gone.
  • 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.
  • Floyd worries about getting "barber's claw".
  • Bill Medwin charges 80 cents for a shampoo and a dollar fifty for a facial.
  • Barney talks about "Compeltion nuts".
  • City reference: Morehead City
  • Horse names include: Lindy Lou, Brown-eyed Mary, Tiger Lil.
  • Barney suggests Emma Watson be a police spy.
  • Opie and Joey think Barney looks like Mrs. Cox from the second grade.
  • Book makers Lincoln Continental license plate is RD-757.
  • Andy smokes a cigarette walking from the Courthouse to Floyds.


Inconsitency

  • Barney's dress is different when he comes out of the Courthouse to when he is walking down the sidewalk to Floyd's.


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