I always considered this not a reunion, but the real FINAL episode of the _Andy Griffith Show._ This movie definitely brings the proper closure to the legendary series in my opinion...
There is a book on ‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’ By John Railey | May 9th, 2022" it is just earth shaking because Andy created his show from the inspiration NC. You google some of the interview (on Fox 8 News segment) the author John Railey gives you see how Shakespeare hamlet gave Andy's break thru as a comedian on the NC Island of Roanoke. It really pushed the country boy into being a cosmopolitan person.
I watched this movie this afternoon on METV. I had seen it announced for the past two weeks and couldn't wait to see it. I read the comments, and even if the movie or plot was not perfect to everyone's satisfaction, it was wonderful to see the cast reunited! Yes, it's true to see the passing of time on the actors, but can I clarify that I began watching the reruns in the early seventies, and I am no longer in my teens! In my opinion, it was about this beloved show, the enduring magic it had, and the nostalgia it made us feel! I have to say that when Andy got off his car in the opening scene and begins to reminisce when he and Opie are going fishing, I began to cry, AND during the final scene when Andy and Barney lower the flag I couldn't stop crying! By the way, I watch "The Andy Griffith Show" every night! Maybe Andy is my platonic crush! 😉
This is on DVD . Wal-Mart sells a a 50th anniversary of Andy Griffith Edition set . Its a four disc set and on disc four there is an " Extra added bonus" selection , which is this movie in its entirety :)
The set location for 'Mayberry' was filmed in Los Olivos, CA. The original Mayberry exterior sets had been demolished along with the old Desilu 40-acres backlot in 1976.
I love this film and have it, I also have the complete series ,gomer Pyle series, and the first season of Mayberry rfd. I don't understand some people commenting on how old they look. I mean come on what do u expect for them to be the same age as the series. People grow older but some people act like it's actors fault for aging. Like they expect them to never age, but anyways I love the show and this film.
Can some one please get the song name in the intro where the car is driving it makes me miss andy don knotts was in my family and it reminds me of him :,(
The theme song was called "The Fishin Hole" - Earl Hagen composed it and recorded a demo for the producer, and they ended up using the demo on the series. Earl did the whistling (info from the book "Andy and Don").
always been a big fan of the show. This movie was okay but it ran mostly on nostalgia. The plot and storyline definitely could have been better, trying to do justice to an iconic classic show from the 60's in an 80's setting gave birth to a ton of possibilities that I feel were wasted. it was okay though.
I watched Return To Mayberry when it first aired and it was alright but the plot could have been better,seems like the producer and writers could have thought up something better than Ernest T Bass and the fake swamp monster,that was pretty silly.
I strongly agree!!! Maybe if some of the old directors and producers were still around then there is a good chance they could have done justice in this situation. Also , I wish I could have seen it on live tv then but I was just getting out of university tooooooo busy.
They ALL look old and tired. Opie looked like Hitler with that mustashe, and I thought Barney and Thelma Lou had BEEN got married. The producers should have made them all cut and dye their hair so they would look younger and more up with the times. I thought since Gomer had joined the marines, he would have had a better job by now and not still be working in a garage. They should have fixed Thelma Lou up better than that, and Andy didn't seem to know ANY thing about what his own son's life was like as if they hadn't talked in YEARS! They should have been better connected than that even without Facebook and even if people weren't using cell phones quite as much as they do today.
The final episode of _The Andy Griffith Show_ was COMPLETE GARBAGE. The show ended so horrible the way it was morphed into _Mayberry RFD_ with the Italian family moving into Sam Jones' farm to become farm hands. Thankfully they did the _Return To Mayberry_ movie to give the series the REAL proper positive closure the show desperately deserved...
This movie made me sad. Some things should just be left to our memories as they were. This was poorly done. There was no way they were going to recapture the magic of the old series, so why try? It was just depressing to see them attempt to be funny again. Too much time had passed.
Ironically, Francis Bavier, who played Aunt Bee on the series, was still alive at the time of the movie's release. However, she was in poor health and declined to participate. Janet Waldo, who guest starred on an episode of TAGS as Amanda, did the voiceover as Andy visited Aunt Bee's grave. I often wonder if Ms. Bavier watched the movie when it came out. She died 3 years after it was released.
I remember when this first aired in the 80s I read somewhere that they were going to make a sequel to it for Christmas but they couldn't get everyone back. Shame.
Not a bad movie... I'm just curious. Was there any conflict between Happy Days and this movie when Ron Howard came back? (and also, just to let you know. Ron Howard's father played the preacher, and Don Knotts' daughter played Opie's secretary
Happy Days went off the air in 1984(Ron Howard left the series in 1980 to become a director, although he made 2 guest appearances on the series before it went off).
I own the complete series of The Andy Griffith Show, and on the special features, you can find the movie. I'm not sure if you can see it on the individual season sets.
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Joe1015... Its all either verified by proof or by logic. I'm not going through the whole list, but he is verified gay by multiple witnesses and photos, practically his whole family are Muslim and he has obviously shown he is a Muslim sympathizer. He studied the Koran and grew up under Islam during his early formative years. Obama doesn't release his college transcripts because it will show that he applied as a foreign student. His supposed 1961 birth certificate is an obvious computer manufactured forgery. He studied Marxism as a young man, his mentors were all Marxists as was his real father Frank Marshall Davis, his fake father and his real mother were either 100% communist or sympathizers. I can go on and on but you low information people will never get it... too brainwashed by the PC leftist media.
The ending is so unrealistic. Barney tells the people of Mayberry to vote for Andy as a write in candidate. First of all for write in votes to count the candidate has to file to run as a write in. The candidate himself has to do it Barney could not do it for Andy. Even so there is no way Andy would win as a last minute write in candidate. He had been gone for 20 years most of the people of Mayberry knew nothing about him. I did not like this movie's ending Barney should have been elected Sheriff.
The Andy show was never realistic, I mean c'mon. They make jail looks like a nice place of comfort where they eat home made meals and play guitar. They are even sometimes trusted to come back to jail. Lol
What a great show as a kid I never realized only one black person all the time it was on the air and it trip about different faiths, gender, drug addiction I guess it wasn't a good show now that think about
I always considered this not a reunion, but the real FINAL episode of the _Andy Griffith Show._ This movie definitely brings the proper closure to the legendary series in my opinion...
Those 2 will be forever missed.
I think we could all use a little Mayberry now.
We could use a lot of Mayberry now!!
There is a book on ‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’
By John Railey | May 9th, 2022" it is just earth shaking because Andy created his show from the inspiration NC. You google some of the interview (on Fox 8 News segment) the author John Railey gives you see how Shakespeare hamlet gave Andy's break thru as a comedian on the NC Island of Roanoke. It really pushed the country boy into being a cosmopolitan person.
I watched this movie this afternoon on METV. I had seen it announced for the past two weeks and couldn't wait to see it. I read the comments, and even if the movie or plot was not perfect to everyone's satisfaction, it was wonderful to see the cast reunited! Yes, it's true to see the passing of time on the actors, but can I clarify that I began watching the reruns in the early seventies, and I am no longer in my teens! In my opinion, it was about this beloved show, the enduring magic it had, and the nostalgia it made us feel! I have to say that when Andy got off his car in the opening scene and begins to reminisce when he and Opie are going fishing, I began to cry, AND during the final scene when Andy and Barney lower the flag I couldn't stop crying! By the way, I watch "The Andy Griffith Show" every night! Maybe Andy is my platonic crush! 😉
❤!!
This brought tears to my eyes.
❤❤❤!!!!
One of the best shows on tv still.
Ben Matlock Goes To Mayberry and meets Ralph Furley.
Richie Cunningham joins in the fun.
😂😂
It was good seeing all them together again. A family reunion.
I like how you actually get a better glimpse of main street as Barney is driving away.
This is on DVD . Wal-Mart sells a a 50th anniversary of Andy Griffith Edition set . Its a four disc set and on disc four there is an " Extra added bonus" selection , which is this movie in its entirety :)
I bought it when it first came out and I still have it today!
Takes us back 😢
The set location for 'Mayberry' was filmed in Los Olivos, CA.
The original Mayberry exterior sets had been demolished along with the old Desilu 40-acres backlot in 1976.
It's hard to believe that both Andy and Barney are gone now.
They are Keeping The Peace Up in Heaven...
Miss this show
There is something so sad about seeing the stain of time take in Mayberry
I would love to see this entire movie again please 🙏❤
Lol he still keeps his bullet I'm his pocket!😂😂😂
I loved how the ol' Barney Fife music plays when Barney breaks out the bullet...😎👍
I really wish they'd put this on a separate DVD. It's on DVD but you have to buy the box set of the entire series to get it.
Genius. Wonderful.
Wow. That was one quick movie!
I wish Barney was sheriff of my town. I would have a huge grow operation and maybe a vice operation as well.
Imagine Barney using a tazer?
wal mart had just this movie on dvd l brought a copy
Anyone remember the song, Where are they now? I was almost sure it was played during the end credits but i can’t find anything on it
the town looks different because the original backlot for the old series had been sold and razed in the early 70's.
Its hard to imagine but so many shows sets were on that back 40 in that studio.
I noticed it too
I love this film and have it, I also have the complete series ,gomer Pyle series, and the first season of Mayberry rfd. I don't understand some people commenting on how old they look. I mean come on what do u expect for them to be the same age as the series. People grow older but some people act like it's actors fault for aging. Like they expect them to never age, but anyways I love the show and this film.
when this show was 1st made how could anybody whistle that long in the opening song ?
bigboyusa3 I can do it. However, I can’t sing worth a damn.
😀😀
Well Andy as an out of towner civilian had nothing to order Barney. 🤷🏼♂️🤓😎✌🏻🇺🇲
drop the please and quickly it's on here the movie I saw it yesterday
How i couldn't find it
@TheMarkster1957 REALLY? hope your jokinq
It IS Ben MAtlock LOL
Too bad he didn't bring Michelle Thomas, Julie March or Charlene his daughter to meet Richie Cunningham, although they did know Les Calhoun!
Can some one please get the song name in the intro where the car is driving it makes me miss andy don knotts was in my family and it reminds me of him :,(
The theme song was called "The Fishin Hole" - Earl Hagen composed it and recorded a demo for the producer, and they ended up using the demo on the series. Earl did the whistling (info from the book "Andy and Don").
Where are they taking the flag? They walk past the courthouse.
William Cole town center
The scene was in Solvang, CA.
William Cole Idk, maybe Mayberry secceded from the US and Andy declared himself King Andy the First.
always been a big fan of the show. This movie was okay but it ran mostly on nostalgia. The plot and storyline definitely could have been better, trying to do justice to an iconic classic show from the 60's in an 80's setting gave birth to a ton of possibilities that I feel were wasted. it was okay though.
yes but it's not it's Andy Griffith at 60
I watched Return To Mayberry when it first aired and it was alright but the plot could have been better,seems like the producer and writers could have thought up something better than Ernest T Bass and the fake swamp monster,that was pretty silly.
I strongly agree!!! Maybe if some of the old directors and producers were still around then there is a good chance they could have done justice in this situation. Also , I wish I could have seen it on live tv then but I was just getting out of university tooooooo busy.
The whistler sounds about as old tired as Don and Andy looked.
Rick B He was only 86.
I'm guessing you'll be the first person in history who doesn't age?
They ALL look old and tired. Opie looked like Hitler with that mustashe, and I thought Barney and Thelma Lou had BEEN got married. The producers should have made them all cut and dye their hair so they would look younger and more up with the times. I thought since Gomer had joined the marines, he would have had a better job by now and not still be working in a garage. They should have fixed Thelma Lou up better than that, and Andy didn't seem to know ANY thing about what his own son's life was like as if they hadn't talked in YEARS! They should have been better connected than that even without Facebook and even if people weren't using cell phones quite as much as they do today.
He was 59 when this aired
is Trumpland Make TinFoilman great again
The final episode of _The Andy Griffith Show_ was COMPLETE GARBAGE. The show ended so horrible the way it was morphed into _Mayberry RFD_ with the Italian family moving into Sam Jones' farm to become farm hands. Thankfully they did the _Return To Mayberry_ movie to give the series the REAL proper positive closure the show desperately deserved...
I liked Mayberry R.F.D.
This movie made me sad. Some things should just be left to our memories as they were. This was poorly done. There was no way they were going to recapture the magic of the old series, so why try? It was just depressing to see them attempt to be funny again. Too much time had passed.
Like a fog in a moor, my childhood fades away :(
Ironically, Francis Bavier, who played Aunt Bee on the series, was still alive at the time of the movie's release. However, she was in poor health and declined to participate. Janet Waldo, who guest starred on an episode of TAGS as Amanda, did the voiceover as Andy visited Aunt Bee's grave. I often wonder if Ms. Bavier watched the movie when it came out. She died 3 years after it was released.
I remember when this first aired in the 80s I read somewhere that they were going to make a sequel to it for Christmas but they couldn't get everyone back. Shame.
They haven't shown this on TV in years and it's never been on DVD! RIP Andy!!!!
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I wish this was on DVD!!!
DrummerBoy it’s available on amazon.
Good Movie. The monster stuff was a bit childish, but still, it wasn't bad
Could you post the whole movie? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! I can't seem to find it anywhere.
why isnt the whole tv movie available on youtube without some scammy link, it's been over 30 years
Kate Quinn The movie is now available on DVD only 9.99 at Walmart. Released by CBS home video.
While thee passed?
Not a bad movie... I'm just curious. Was there any conflict between Happy Days and this movie when Ron Howard came back?
(and also, just to let you know. Ron Howard's father played the preacher, and Don Knotts' daughter played Opie's secretary
Happy Days went off the air in 1984(Ron Howard left the series in 1980 to become a director, although he made 2 guest appearances on the series before it went off).
archive.org/details/ReturnToMayberry
Only Andy Griffith's Matlock commitment prevented this from blossoming into a proper series.
Ironically, some of the former mayberry cast members including Don Knotts made several appearances on Matlock.
Did anybody notice Barney shaking when Andy and him were talking? I miss them..
where can i watch this movie
I own the complete series of The Andy Griffith Show, and on the special features, you can find the movie. I'm not sure if you can see it on the individual season sets.
The DVD is on Amazon for $9.99
Mayberry is Trumpland!!!! Make Mayberry great again.
Trump is a moron and a traitor.
Obama is a gay Muslim Marxist with a computer generated US birth certificate and fake social security number. Obama is the Manchurian Candidate... like a Marxist Trojan horse rolled onto America to release his socialist ideology onto a gullible and brainwashed PC population.
I think your tinfoil hat is wearing a little thin. You may want to get a new one, there PowerTuber1000
Joe1015... Its all either verified by proof or by logic. I'm not going through the whole list, but he is verified gay by multiple witnesses and photos, practically his whole family are Muslim and he has obviously shown he is a Muslim sympathizer. He studied the Koran and grew up under Islam during his early formative years. Obama doesn't release his college transcripts because it will show that he applied as a foreign student. His supposed 1961 birth certificate is an obvious computer manufactured forgery.
He studied Marxism as a young man, his mentors were all Marxists as was his real father Frank Marshall Davis, his fake father and his real mother were either 100% communist or sympathizers. I can go on and on but you low information people will never get it... too brainwashed by the PC leftist media.
Powertuber100
You use this word "verified." This word does not mean what you think it means.
The ending is so unrealistic. Barney tells the people of Mayberry to vote for Andy as a write in candidate. First of all for write in votes to count the candidate has to file to run as a write in. The candidate himself has to do it Barney could not do it for Andy. Even so there is no way Andy would win as a last minute write in candidate. He had been gone for 20 years most of the people of Mayberry knew nothing about him. I did not like this movie's ending Barney should have been elected Sheriff.
dvferyance you know this was a tv script right ?
Oh was that real? Wow!
The Andy show was never realistic, I mean c'mon. They make jail looks like a nice place of comfort where they eat home made meals and play guitar. They are even sometimes trusted to come back to jail. Lol
I agree, though, Barney deserved to be Sherif. He was sherrif in Raleigh, for awhile.
@@melissagerber7231 I thought he was just a detective.
What a great show as a kid I never realized only one black person all the time it was on the air and it trip about different faiths, gender, drug addiction I guess it wasn't a good show now that think about
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