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Revision as of 01:07, 15 February 2008
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. Inconsistency: 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.
Inconsistency
- 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