Yes Andy said a few days before she died she called him and apologized to him about how she treated him! This is probably why she never married and had a family she was not a happy person!
@@Dive-Bar-Casanova I believe that. People were comfortable around him. Or, that was the feeling I got. As a child. We had hundreds of relatives in Nashville. What we might consider certain circles. They called neighbors. We would go to Ryman auditorium because of some of these folks. And, when just sitting around the patio or eating with our cousins. You’d pick up on different people they took for granted. But, to us is was like a scoop.
I worked for a conference center where he was doing a show ,he was the rudest man I have ever met.There were several performers there and all were great to work for except him.He demanded a certain brand of mic,sheets even t paper.He was nasty to everyone he met.
Andy Griffith, a proven serial womanizer, was the problem. He tormented Frances, said mean things about her, blew cigarette smoke in her face knowing she was allergic, made fun of her weight which karma took care of that when he aged to be obese. Ever wonder why there were so many women playing as Andy's GF on the show? He insisted they go along with his sexual demands and they left until "Helen" played along for TEN FULL Years, EVEN THOUGH Griffith WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME. Frances was a professional since she was in several big movies and Broadway including on stage with Henry Fonda. Frances was NOT a comedian, every OTHER ACTOR ON THE SHOW WAS A COMEDIAN and they never stopped being one behind the scenes which was so aggravating with the jokes, pranks being pulled. NOW WHAT DID GOOBER DO TO FRANCES TO MAKE HER DO THE SO CALLED UMBRELLA THING? We only have Andy's word that she called him and he was a known liar, lying to his wife while chasing other women.
@BethDavis-d9v Now that you mention his character. There was a fan of the show who said he met Andy Griffith on a plane. He was a big fan of the show. He commented on the weather, just making small talk, I suppose. The guy said Griffith asked him, "What are you, the effing weather man?" I was blown. I just thought they were like their television characters. Silly me.
Evidently Griffith was really more like the monstrously egotistical character Lonesome Rhodes he played in 'A Face In the Crowd' than the laid back, fatherly Andy Taylor.
A little side note after Frances Bavier retired she moved to Siler City North Carolina. She lived there until her death. As part of her will she left a sum of money to provide for Christmas bonuses for members of the Siler City Police department. Members still receive this bonus to this day.
She sounds like a decent, hard working lady with good morals. Can't stand these kinds of posts denigrating good people who are no longer with us. Nothing but cheap, tawdry click bait.
I honestly believe they exaggerate the so called couldn't stand each other stuff. Alot of what happens is lies and exaggerations about issues between people.
@@LeniG-123 I'm originally from Siler City, NC. I was a police dispatcher with the local department when Frances Bavier lived there. She was not at all like the character she played on TV. I'll leave it at that.
I liked the character of Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show, and Frances Bavier just made that character. That high-pitched voice, how she bustled nervously around the house, made the kitchen the most comfortable spot in the home for Andy and Opie, took food down to the jail for the inmates, and carved out her own niche in Mayberry. I don't know what she was like in real life, but I do know the show wouldn't have been nearly as good without her.
@@suzvalentino1901 She is exactly like the older women in my family and aunts, cousins, etc. As I got older, I began to appreciate my upbringing, because I have absolutely no issues with working with women, nor having a female supervisor.
The same was true of Pernell Roberts. He despised having to wear his toupee so much and thought it was beneath his stage training to call Lorne Greene "Pa".
@ Yes in the 60s 70s 80s many TV stars felt the same. It was stage, movies………………….TV as far as hierarchy of actors. TV actors were looked at as not being good enough for stage. Esther rolle from Goodtimes, the same.
@@guytwombly2955 Shirley Booth was an excellent actress, a Grammy award away from an EGOT. Hazel was actually a spinoff from a newspaper strip, and she was the main character, and she won many awards for her performances, so get a grip. Frances was really good, but not nearly as good as Shirley.
I wrote to Frances Bavier and got nice long handwritten letters back from her, very newsy and kind. I later had them authenticated and sold them online. Maybe from a distance she was kinder.
Wow, so many hateful comments here about Frances Bavier! I feel that even though she may have been hard to work with, she nevertheless felt she was a professional actor and tried to do the best she could - and the rowdy, fun loving, nonchalant behavior of some of her coworkers rubbed her the wrong way. Still, I love the character she played, and I feel sad for her, as she evidently was a rather lonely and depressed person in her later years. Yes, every person has problems and she had her share. It's the human condition. But the great majority of the people commenting here have never met her and have no real idea what was in her heart or what motivated her actions. it sounds like she did suffer from some mental issues in her last years. Sad that so many people here are glad to hatefully rake her over the coals when they don't know all about her problems. At least I'm glad that she called Andy before her death and apologized for being hard to work with.
@mattfn I said "defending yourself". She said there's never any excuse for someone to assault another person. An assault is physical harm to another person. My point was there is reason or excuse to physically harm someone, it's when you're defending yourself from the person causing you harm.
Andy said, he went to her house once and he said,the smell almost made him sick. Plus she was a cat woman had a house full of cats.She was a strange one.She wasn't my favorite.
That's very interesting that you should say that about this stench. Wow I always looked at the set that was her house on the show. I swore we had smell-o-vision. I could smell the stink of that set coming through my TV! Wow.
I enjoyed this story about George L. I didn't know he was an all-American boy, played football, joined the Airforce, was a teacher, a comedian, and an actor. Now I know. I always enjoyed the show as a kid. Ron Howard and I share the same age. We're both seventy. God bless them all.
@@wesleyperry2037 I think it’s easier to count how many characters or people she worked with on the show she actually cared for than ALL of the cast members she disliked. I don’t care what one is going through, it’s never an excuse for her to lash out and assault anyone under that condition. Wrong is wrong and she was very wrong.
Hooray for the AI narrator who at least managed to say Lindsay’s name the same way every time. Please - if you’re going to continue to make these videos, have a real human being do the narration.
One irony is that while Frances Bavier openly disliked Mr. Lindsey culminating in that assault, she actually took it upon herself to guide and teach basic blocking, reactions,etc. to the performer who'd played his cousin Gomer Jim Nabors who had a nightclub performer and singer but had never attempted any kind of stage or television work before Andy Griffith had cast him in his goofy role. Not surprisingly, the Alabama-born Mr. Nabors initially felt over his head but longtime theater performer Miss Bavier took him under her wing to teach him the nitty gritty of acting which enabled him to get through not just his one year as a 'TAGS' regular but five seasons headlining 'Gomer Pyle: USMC' show. She could have easily snubbed Mr. Nabors and derided him for his inexperience but, in great contrast to how she'd treat his replacement performer, she went out of her way to help him! I think the likely reason she refused to see Mr. Griffith or Mr. Howard when they attempted to visit her was that she had taken in a large number of feral cats into her North Carolina home and had become somewhat of a shut in by the time of their attempted visit. Yes, she was nowhere close to being the neat-as-a-pin housekeeper that Aunt Bee had been. It also should be noted that the performer Polly Holliday who played the sassy server Flo on 'Alice' was born in Jasper in 1937 but I'm not sure how well they knew each other before each left there to become performers. Thanks for this!
@@wardarcade7452 Really? You have to ask why? I liked him, and he was a good and very successful person, but he was married to a man, and it's said by many that he was the Mrs in that marriage.
Frances Bavier moved to a town like Mayberry after TAGS where the town folks welcomed her. She ended up being a crazy cat lady. She lived alone and entire rooms where litter boxes. She became a reclusive, having everything delivered and delivery people talking about the smell. Very sad.
@@hummerfan9360 If I’m not wrong, it was said that she had a very large number of cats she live with inside her home, I can’t and do not want to think how horrible and terrible that was seeing she stayed in her home alone with so many cats and she’d stop going out to do everyday things like shop at the local markets on her on bc she didn’t want to be bothered with people in that community. How horrible that was for her to stay inside her home with dozens of cats.
Suposedly Francis stayed in a the small town of SIler CIty in North Carolina and lived there the rest of her life. I would have thought she would have moved back to NY.
Went to the Andy Griffith Museum in Mt. Airy a couple of years back. Betty Lynn's 45 that she carried when performing in USO shows during the war is on display there. She was a very interesting individual.
Now Francis didn’t care for the youngest main character Ron Howard, what would be a reason(s) for her not to care or like Opie? Seriously!!! If I’m not mistaken I heard/read somewhere that Francis and Andy butted heads on many occasions while working together. She was surely unhinged especially in her end. Happy she at least apologized to Andy and Ron for her actions and the way she treated them but she really should have made the same effort to apologize to her treatment towards George bc that was just unacceptable.
He was born at the Lloyd Nolan Hospital in Fairfield. That's where I was born. He's buried in an above ground marble vault right next to the road. I've been there many times.
If I recall correctly, Fairfield is where the band, "Alabama" came from and my friends and I drove down from Michigan to see them at their concert being held at the highschool grounds. It was an all day concert that began around 1pm and lasted through the night, with Alabama ending the night. Great show! I met a couple of women my age (23) from Kentucky, and rode around with them for a while and had a great time at the concert. I also have pictures of me and my friends sitting next to some girls (our age) on the grass while watching the concert. This one gal has a very nice outfit on, with a huge yellow hat covering her head, very ladylike, and I thought it was very southern.
She assaulted this man and she did it in front of others on the set, she should have met the consequences of her actions and she should have been fired then and there period!
My wife and I knew George and his wife briefly, while their son George Jr. was enrolled at the same school (TCU) with us, studying acting. They were kind, friendly, and humble people. Although I can't say I knew them well enough to be sure, from what I knew of them, I seriously doubt that George Sr. "utterly hated" anyone. That takes a certain kind of person, and I don't believe George was that kind. I get it though ... you need to make extreme statements in your title to attract viewers. It's called CLICKBAIT. As a TH-cam content creator myself, I understand the motivation. But personally, I try to avoid it. I do try to write titles that will intrigue potential viewers, but I try not to lie. If you want to see how I do it, or judge for yourself whether I have been successful at it, my channel has the same name as my user name. I use my acting training to read poetry so as to make it come alive in a way I don't think reading it silently to yourself can ever do. Check it out.
Thats back when men were men. A real man back then would not have sued a woman, or made a fedral case, over a couple of whacks with an umbrella! This gender confused, woke, sue crazy society we live in now, says whenever you get your little snowflake feelings hurt over anything, you get revenge by suing them. I agree she shouldn't have done it, and I can see why it might have created a rift, but actually the boss in charge of the actors should have had a talk with her.
By the way, did anyone notice the blooper at 6:12 on this video, where they were talking about Aunt Bea hitting George Lindsey over the head twice with an umbrella, and then one of the following pictures was actually Ernest Borgnine? How does a video producer not notice that? Check it out... unbelievable!
She’s one of those people who should have been fired early on. Nobody seemed to like her and she didn’t seem to like anyone. Her character could have been played by 1000 other actresses as it wasn’t very interesting or demanding.
I never cared for Frances Bavier either . Even as a kid wathing the shows first run, I always got the impression that she (Bavier) was a real tight ass in real life
I always looked at her as the perfect mama or grandmother type that everyone would have wanted if they didn't have one like that! Haha! Funny how people see things so differently.
Thats back when men were men. A real man back then would not have sued a woman, or made a fedral case, over a couple of whacks with an umbrella! This gender confused, woke, sue crazy society we live in now, says whenever you get your little snowflake feelings hurt over anything, you get revenge by suing them. I agree she shouldn't have done it, and I can see why it might have created a rift, but actually the boss in charge of the actors should have had a talk with her. Reply
George was originally cast as Gomer until Andy Griffith and Sheldon Leonard saw Jim Nabor’s Las Vegas act. George got bumped down to Goober as Jim to Gomer and bigger part. George also never got over that.
I am from there. But it was NOT there for decades. It was a steakhouse, and I remember it in the early seventies I believe, but only for a short time, it did not last long. GEORGE LINDSEYS STEAKHOUSE.
My brother’s brother in law Claude Sorot ran a store at Nashville. Claude was not impressed with George, he tried cutting in front of other customers. Claude would tell him get in the line . One time, you don’t know who I am , Claude told him , I don’t care who you are, this is my store .
What the blazes did anyone expect from a guy called Goober? That said, Bavier was born and raised in NYC with a silver spoon in her mouth. She hob-nobbed with the hoity toity theater crowd in the glorious vaudeville days in Neeew York City and never baked an apple pie or a peach cobbler in her life.
The guy was called George, Goober was the character. By the way he was the first choice for the character of Spock on Star Trek and he turned down the role. He had also won the role of Gomer Pyle when Andy discovered Jim Nabors and insisted he be given the role.
@@mikeslater6246 I was only kidding about the "Goober" reference. Can't imagine George Lindsey hating anyone. That said, I also can't imagine him in the role of "Spock" either.
@josephmessina3587 got it. Maybe a smiley face or a LOL to indicate that you were being sarcastic. It's kind of hard to determine what's sarcasm or serious with just writing. 👍
@@josephmessina3587 you are my senior by a year or so but I'm having problems with the Emojis too. Some of them don't seem to mean what people try to make them mean. Thanks for bringing me up to date, have a blessed day!
loved the shiw! Still watch re-runs. I think we would all be surprised at how some of our gavorite actors were in real life. Did not like the Goober character but understand that George Lindsey was a sweet man. Assault is not ok. Im sorry anyone would go through that.
She had ego for DAYS....always thought she was too good for the role, too pretty to be a maiden aunt. She probably resented that without that show, nobody would have ever known she existed. Terrible to be so ungrateful and self-absorbed!
That brief scene starting at 8:50 was actually from The Danny Thomas Show episode introducing Sheriff Andy Taylor. Frances Bavier played a completely different character in that episode.
I love the show even into today, but never liked this woman. Her attitude showed through on screen. After seeing this video, I dislike her even more. She is one character that should've been replaced. If she didn't like this type of work, she could've not resigned her contract and got into acting that best suited her. She like the money better than the acting. Seems like she was a fake and very pretentious
Oh, don't complain! It's better than what they would have done these days! Instead of Aunt Bee, they would have put some flaming prissy boy in the kitchen with an apron and had endless double entendres! Lol.
I once read that she didn't like playing the older woman because she was as young as her co-stars but looked much older than them. She probably didn't want to be perceived as an old person.
![SAFEPLANET - ดาวเคราะห์ [ THE PLANET ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4X1XL3I_k3c/mqdefault.jpg)
George wasn't the only one who despised Frances Bavier. Andy himself couldn't stand her.
I've read that several times before
Yes Andy said a few days before she died she called him and apologized to him about how she treated him! This is probably why she never married and had a family she was not a happy person!
Andy Griffith & Anita’s affair caused numerous problems on the cast! Andy Griffiths wife was a close friend of Frances’s!
He was a friend of our family and a fantastic, kind, genuine person.
@@Dive-Bar-Casanova I believe that. People were comfortable around him. Or, that was the feeling I got. As a child. We had hundreds of relatives in Nashville. What we might consider certain circles. They called neighbors. We would go to Ryman auditorium because of some of these folks. And, when just sitting around the patio or eating with our cousins. You’d pick up on different people they took for granted. But, to us is was like a scoop.
I worked for a conference center where he was doing a show ,he was the rudest man I have ever met.There were several performers there and all were great to work for except him.He demanded a certain brand of mic,sheets even t paper.He was nasty to everyone he met.
It seems everyone who worked with her said she was a pain to work with. That tells me she was the problem, not them.
On her death bed she apologized to everyone she knew. A bible thumpin’ woman of god, too!
I always thought actors were eager to take on roles very different from themselves. It’s a chance to exhibit a depth of talent not widely known…
Andy Griffith, a proven serial womanizer, was the problem. He tormented Frances, said mean things about her, blew cigarette smoke in her face knowing she was allergic, made fun of her weight which karma took care of that when he aged to be obese. Ever wonder why there were so many women playing as Andy's GF on the show? He insisted they go along with his sexual demands and they left until "Helen" played along for TEN FULL Years, EVEN THOUGH Griffith WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME. Frances was a professional since she was in several big movies and Broadway including on stage with Henry Fonda. Frances was NOT a comedian, every OTHER ACTOR ON THE SHOW WAS A COMEDIAN and they never stopped being one behind the scenes which was so aggravating with the jokes, pranks being pulled. NOW WHAT DID GOOBER DO TO FRANCES TO MAKE HER DO THE SO CALLED UMBRELLA THING? We only have Andy's word that she called him and he was a known liar, lying to his wife while chasing other women.
@BethDavis-d9v Now that you mention his character. There was a fan of the show who said he met Andy Griffith on a plane. He was a big fan of the show. He commented on the weather, just making small talk, I suppose. The guy said Griffith asked him, "What are you, the effing weather man?" I was blown. I just thought they were like their television characters. Silly me.
Evidently Griffith was really more like the monstrously egotistical character Lonesome Rhodes he played in 'A Face In the Crowd' than the laid back, fatherly Andy Taylor.
She hated Andy, she asked him to forgive her before she died, I think she was very difficult to get along with.....
Goober cracked me up! "Say that again". The episode where he took the car apart and put it back together again in the Sheriff's office....hilarious.
A little side note after Frances Bavier retired she moved to Siler City North Carolina. She lived there until her death. As part of her will she left a sum of money to provide for Christmas bonuses for members of the Siler City Police department. Members still receive this bonus to this day.
She sounds like a decent, hard working lady with good morals. Can't stand these kinds of posts denigrating good people who are no longer with us. Nothing but cheap, tawdry click bait.
Exactly 💯👌
I honestly believe they exaggerate the so called couldn't stand each other stuff. Alot of what happens is lies and exaggerations about issues between people.
@@LeniG-123 I'm originally from Siler City, NC. I was a police dispatcher with the local department when Frances Bavier lived there. She was not at all like the character she played on TV. I'll leave it at that.
@@ElaineWood-f2t
Uh-oh.
I liked the character of Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show, and Frances Bavier just made that character. That high-pitched voice, how she bustled nervously around the house, made the kitchen the most comfortable spot in the home for Andy and Opie, took food down to the jail for the inmates, and carved out her own niche in Mayberry. I don't know what she was like in real life, but I do know the show wouldn't have been nearly as good without her.
I agree.
@@suzvalentino1901 She is exactly like the older women in my family and aunts, cousins, etc. As I got older, I began to appreciate my upbringing, because I have absolutely no issues with working with women, nor having a female supervisor.
I’ve read that Frances who was a trained broadway actor thought that TV acting was below her but TV money was too much to resist.
I didn’t care for her character or Hazel from that other show 🤮
The same was true of Pernell Roberts. He despised having to wear his toupee so much and thought it was beneath his stage training to call Lorne Greene "Pa".
@ Yes in the 60s 70s 80s many TV stars felt the same. It was stage, movies………………….TV as far as hierarchy of actors. TV actors were looked at as not being good enough for stage. Esther rolle from Goodtimes, the same.
@@guytwombly2955ME EITHER!!!!!!
@@guytwombly2955
Shirley Booth was an excellent actress, a Grammy award away from an EGOT. Hazel was actually a spinoff from a newspaper strip, and she was the main character, and she won many awards for her performances, so get a grip. Frances was really good, but not nearly as good as Shirley.
They called her Aunt "B" for a reason.
Wasn't it Aunt Bee?
@@George50809 I think it was Bea. but I Chose "B" for a reason.
😂😂😂😂😂
😁😁😁👍👍👍
@@Bugf1
Whoosh.
I wrote to Frances Bavier and got nice long handwritten letters back from her, very newsy and kind. I later had them authenticated and sold them online. Maybe from a distance she was kinder.
I like how he turned into Ernest Borgnine.That’s talent!
Hahaha😂
lol
Yea, that is awesome 😎
He was ernest borgnine all along.
I caught that too. I had to rewind to make sure I saw what I thought I saw.
Judy, Judy, Judy!
That skit always makes me laugh!!! "Ok, I'll do it" 🙂
Goobers classic line "Yo" (for yes)," We learned that in the National Guard"
😂
LOL!!
I remember that in Gilligan's Island.
George Lindsey was on Gunsmoke a few times. I always liked those episodes. He was Festus Haggens cousin.
He was also in an episode of M.A.S.H.
After hearing all of this he was a Great man rest in peace George Lindsay !
Wow, so many hateful comments here about Frances Bavier! I feel that even though she may have been hard to work with, she nevertheless felt she was a professional actor and tried to do the best she could - and the rowdy, fun loving, nonchalant behavior of some of her coworkers rubbed her the wrong way.
Still, I love the character she played, and I feel sad for her, as she evidently was a rather lonely and depressed person in her later years. Yes, every person has problems and she had her share. It's the human condition. But the great majority of the people commenting here have never met her and have no real idea what was in her heart or what motivated her actions. it sounds like she did suffer from some mental issues in her last years. Sad that so many people here are glad to hatefully rake her over the coals when they don't know all about her problems. At least I'm glad that she called Andy before her death and apologized for being hard to work with.
If you check George's Wiki, you find he spent nearly his entire career playing Goober. What a guy. RIP.
He was a great actor, and a kind soul. Oh, how I wish Mayberry was real.
There’s never any excuse for someone to assault another person
Unless you're defending yourself from an assault.
It's called self defense then, not assault.
@mattfn I said "defending yourself". She said there's never any excuse for someone to assault another person. An assault is physical harm to another person. My point was there is reason or excuse to physically harm someone, it's when you're defending yourself from the person causing you harm.
@ she wasn’t defending herself
@@debraanchante3661 Nobody said she was
Andy said, he went to her house once and he said,the smell almost made him sick. Plus she was a cat woman had a house full of cats.She was a strange one.She wasn't my favorite.
That's very interesting that you should say that about this stench.
Wow I always looked at the set that was her house on the show. I swore we had smell-o-vision.
I could smell the stink of that set coming through my TV!
Wow.
I worked with a lady that had a bunch of cats. She smelled like cat pee
Aunt bee made the Andy Griffith show!!!
Been to his grave in jasper. On his tombstone, he said "l hope l made you laugh".
That's Oak Hill Cemetery in Jasper. Jasper used to be my home.
He did.
I seen him a few times at the Grand old Opry. Funny man.
I enjoyed this story about George L. I didn't know he was an all-American boy, played football, joined the Airforce, was a teacher, a comedian, and an actor. Now I know. I always enjoyed the show as a kid. Ron Howard and I share the same age. We're both seventy. God bless them all.
Bavier is buried in Siler City, NC, where she spent her retirement. When people visit her grave, they bring a jar of pickles instead of flowers.
Always loved watching George, in all the roles he played. I didn't know about his trouble with Francis Bavier (Aunt Bee), thanks for the insight!
I always enjoyed George Lindsay on TV.
Thanks 👍 for all the work he did for the Special Olympics in Alabama. ❤
I went to the one in 1984 in Montgomery. Meet a lot of famous celebrities. It was great!
I can't blame George for feeling that way. If someone assaulted me, I am not going to forgive either.
I didnt know about all the help he did for special needs group... very nice George , I know you are resting in peace!🙏❤️✌️
She died alone in an apartment with 50 cats!
I figured she was as fake as can be in real life. I couldn't stand her either, as aunt Bea. Even her voice was annoying.
She was a mean old cat lady.
@@wesleyperry2037 I think it’s easier to count how many characters or people she worked with on the show she actually cared for than ALL of the cast members she disliked. I don’t care what one is going through, it’s never an excuse for her to lash out and assault anyone under that condition. Wrong is wrong and she was very wrong.
Who liked Helen Crump? I think she was the worst character on the show.
Andy was tapping that in real life
@@ricksaunders8074She had a bitchy personality, was not likable or approachable, not even attractive. Poorly cast.
She was too perfect..just in her eyes..I hated how Andy could not even talk to another female without her stomping off, lol.
She later played a judge on several episodes of Matlock
@SD-nh5yr yes and so jealous. I don't know Andy like her. She got on my nerves
Hooray for the AI narrator who at least managed to say Lindsay’s name the same way every time. Please - if you’re going to continue to make these videos, have a real human being do the narration.
I was about to say the same thing. That robotic voice almost drove me mad!!
AI videos suck.
Well, the show wasn't the same after Barney.
Barney was the best character, no doubt!
One irony is that while Frances Bavier openly disliked Mr. Lindsey culminating in that assault, she actually took it upon herself to guide and teach basic blocking, reactions,etc. to the performer who'd played his cousin Gomer Jim Nabors who had a nightclub performer and singer but had never attempted any kind of stage or television work before Andy Griffith had cast him in his goofy role. Not surprisingly, the Alabama-born Mr. Nabors initially felt over his head but longtime theater performer Miss Bavier took him under her wing to teach him the nitty gritty of acting which enabled him to get through not just his one year as a 'TAGS' regular but five seasons headlining 'Gomer Pyle: USMC' show. She could have easily snubbed Mr. Nabors and derided him for his inexperience but, in great contrast to how she'd treat his replacement performer, she went out of her way to help him!
I think the likely reason she refused to see Mr. Griffith or Mr. Howard when they attempted to visit her was that she had taken in a large number of feral cats into her North Carolina home and had become somewhat of a shut in by the time of their attempted visit. Yes, she was nowhere close to being the neat-as-a-pin housekeeper that Aunt Bee had been.
It also should be noted that the performer Polly Holliday who played the sassy server Flo on 'Alice' was born in Jasper in 1937 but I'm not sure how well they knew each other before each left there to become performers.
Thanks for this!
Kiss my grits😉
I think it's funny that you refer to Jim Nabors "Mr ". 🤣🤣🤣
@@Tony-5000 Why? That's the polite way to refer to a man one has never met.
@@wardarcade7452 Really? You have to ask why? I liked him, and he was a good and very successful person, but he was married to a man, and it's said by many that he was the Mrs in that marriage.
@@Tony-5000 At this point...what does it matter?
Today, she could have been arrested for whacking him with her umbrella.
* Frances was a wonderful character actress BUT had some serious attitude unlike her sweet loving character. 🤨
I don’t believe there was a person on this earth that George Lindsey hated.
Frances Bavier moved to a town like Mayberry after TAGS where the town folks welcomed her. She ended up being a crazy cat lady. She lived alone and entire rooms where litter boxes. She became a reclusive, having everything delivered and delivery people talking about the smell. Very sad.
I absolutely could not stand the Helen Crump character, either.
Same here. Talk about an obsessive controlling woman!! I always wanted to yell RUN ANDY RUN!!!
She was Andy Griffin's side piece in real life, google it.
@@susiq58very true!
Amen,honey…I can’t believe they chose her as a love interest for Andy…even though they were doing the dirty deed off screen!
Peggy was alot hotter..
A bunch of them hated aunt Bea. I heard she died a crazy lonely cat lady. Very isolated person
She’s not my favorite. I typically skip the episodes focused on her.
They should’ve fired her!!!!!!!!!!
“Aunt Bea” would have gone to jail had she hit someone like that today.
I didn't know Ernest Borgnine was in Andy Griffith
I thought he was Roger Miller
😂
I also heard that she was a hoarder. That didn't surprise me at all.
@@hummerfan9360 If I’m not wrong, it was said that she had a very large number of cats she live with inside her home, I can’t and do not want to think how horrible and terrible that was seeing she stayed in her home alone with so many cats and she’d stop going out to do everyday things like shop at the local markets on her on bc she didn’t want to be bothered with people in that community. How horrible that was for her to stay inside her home with dozens of cats.
My mother-in-law showed me Bavier's house in Siler City, North Csrolina and that everybody in town despised her.
Apparently, she was a great actor, being so different from the character she played.
It seems a lot of people didn't like her...who knew? I loved the show myself! Grew up watching it everytime i was home sick from school 😂
I liked goober.I liked when he did cary grant.
8:29 "Sam, Goober and Howard explained that Aunt Bea had simply fallen down the back stairs."
Suposedly Francis stayed in a the small town of SIler CIty in North Carolina and lived there the rest of her life. I would have thought she would have moved back to NY.
The show had a good run, let all RIP...thanks for all the nice memories
Went to the Andy Griffith Museum in Mt. Airy a couple of years back. Betty Lynn's 45 that she carried when performing in USO shows during the war is on display there. She was a very interesting individual.
She was a pain in the ass! Everything bothered her!
Now Francis didn’t care for the youngest main character Ron Howard, what would be a reason(s) for her not to care or like Opie? Seriously!!! If I’m not mistaken I heard/read somewhere that Francis and Andy butted heads on many occasions while working together. She was surely unhinged especially in her end. Happy she at least apologized to Andy and Ron for her actions and the way she treated them but she really should have made the same effort to apologize to her treatment towards George bc that was just unacceptable.
I actually met George Lindsay at a Mayberry reunion. I'm a huge fanvof the show
He was born at the Lloyd Nolan Hospital in Fairfield. That's where I was born. He's buried in an above ground marble vault right next to the road. I've been there many times.
If I recall correctly, Fairfield is where the band, "Alabama" came from and my friends and I drove down from Michigan to see them at their concert being held at the highschool grounds. It was an all day concert that began around 1pm and lasted through the night, with Alabama ending the night. Great show! I met a couple of women my age (23) from Kentucky, and rode around with them for a while and had a great time at the concert.
I also have pictures of me and my friends sitting next to some girls (our age) on the grass while watching the concert. This one gal has a very nice outfit on, with a huge yellow hat covering her head, very ladylike, and I thought it was very southern.
@@zephrancochrane7271 The group 'Alabama' came from Fort Payne Alabama.
She assaulted this man and she did it in front of others on the set, she should have met the consequences of her actions and she should have been fired then and there period!
She was very mean to the co star's
My wife and I knew George and his wife briefly, while their son George Jr. was enrolled at the same school (TCU) with us, studying acting. They were kind, friendly, and humble people. Although I can't say I knew them well enough to be sure, from what I knew of them, I seriously doubt that George Sr. "utterly hated" anyone. That takes a certain kind of person, and I don't believe George was that kind. I get it though ... you need to make extreme statements in your title to attract viewers. It's called CLICKBAIT. As a TH-cam content creator myself, I understand the motivation. But personally, I try to avoid it. I do try to write titles that will intrigue potential viewers, but I try not to lie. If you want to see how I do it, or judge for yourself whether I have been successful at it, my channel has the same name as my user name. I use my acting training to read poetry so as to make it come alive in a way I don't think reading it silently to yourself can ever do. Check it out.
In reality, Aunt Bee could have and should have been arrested when she struck our friend with a weapon. 😰😰😰
She assaulted him. Unacceptable behavior then and now. Seems she didn’t get along well with anyone. Amazing that she took the part.
Thats back when men were men. A real man back then would not have sued a woman, or made a fedral case, over a couple of whacks with an umbrella! This gender confused, woke, sue crazy society we live in now, says whenever you get your little snowflake feelings hurt over anything, you get revenge by suing them. I agree she shouldn't have done it, and I can see why it might have created a rift, but actually the boss in charge of the actors should have had a talk with her.
I am sure she is over it by now.
People like her need to get embarrassed big time in front of people. Nobody told her off and she kept getting away with it
By the way, did anyone notice the blooper at 6:12 on this video, where they were talking about Aunt Bea hitting George Lindsey over the head twice with an umbrella, and then one of the following pictures was actually Ernest Borgnine? How does a video producer not notice that?
Check it out... unbelievable!
Andy Griffith had entirely enough clout to see to it she got her ass fired for that.
She’s one of those people who should have been fired early on. Nobody seemed to like her and she didn’t seem to like anyone. Her character could have been played by 1000 other actresses as it wasn’t very interesting or demanding.
My cousin and George were business partners in a steakhouse chain. George was a nice guy.
He reminds me of my father who also is from Alabama born in 1930 and went to college for physical education as well.
Goober was a good actor, seen him in other roles, he could play a good villain
I liked all the characters on the Andy Griffith show, except Aunt Bee.
Once he said we have to get into his life before the Andy Griffith show I turned it off.
As I understand it, she didn’t get along with anyone on that show
I never cared for Frances Bavier either . Even as a kid wathing the shows first run, I always got the impression that she (Bavier) was a real tight ass in real life
Agree. Loved the show, but no friend of "Aunt Bea"
I always looked at her as the perfect mama or grandmother type that everyone would have wanted if they didn't have one like that! Haha! Funny how people see things so differently.
Aunt Bea could be my ex mother in law's twin 😂
He should have had her arrested for assault. Sounds like she took herself entirely too seriously for someone featured in a sitcom, ffs.
Thats back when men were men. A real man back then would not have sued a woman, or made a fedral case, over a couple of whacks with an umbrella! This gender confused, woke, sue crazy society we live in now, says whenever you get your little snowflake feelings hurt over anything, you get revenge by suing them. I agree she shouldn't have done it, and I can see why it might have created a rift, but actually the boss in charge of the actors should have had a talk with her.
Reply
Working for the airlines, my two favorite people I met while working there was George and Jerry Clower.
Aunt "B'.... was a very appropriate description of her.
She was a “cat lady “ and died in filth.
George was originally cast as Gomer until Andy Griffith and Sheldon Leonard saw Jim Nabor’s Las Vegas act. George got bumped down to Goober as Jim to Gomer and bigger part. George also never got over that.
I remember eating at his restaurant in Springfield Mo good basic food was there for decades I believe. His friendly picture on the sign.
I am from there. But it was NOT there for decades. It was a steakhouse, and I remember it in the early seventies I believe, but only for a short time, it did not last long. GEORGE LINDSEYS STEAKHOUSE.
I don't blame George! I would be PO if she had done that to me.
Loved George Lindsay. Always smiled and left you laughing. ✨💖✨
I heard these stories too, but I know she was kind to Ronnie and Clint, buying them Christmas gifts.
If you watch the serious, almost mean character he played in Twilight Zone, you can believe he could have played the serious Spock!
Yes, great post!!
It’s called acting, and he could do it!!
My brother’s brother in law Claude Sorot ran a store at Nashville. Claude was not impressed with George, he tried cutting in front of other customers. Claude would tell him get in the line . One time, you don’t know who I am , Claude told him , I don’t care who you are, this is my store .
What the blazes did anyone expect from a guy called Goober? That said, Bavier was born and raised in NYC with a silver spoon in her mouth. She hob-nobbed with the hoity toity theater crowd in the glorious vaudeville days in Neeew York City and never baked an apple pie or a peach cobbler in her life.
The guy was called George, Goober was the character. By the way he was the first choice for the character of Spock on Star Trek and he turned down the role. He had also won the role of Gomer Pyle when Andy discovered Jim Nabors and insisted he be given the role.
@@mikeslater6246 I was only kidding about the "Goober" reference. Can't imagine George Lindsey hating anyone. That said, I also can't imagine him in the role of "Spock" either.
@josephmessina3587 got it. Maybe a smiley face or a LOL to indicate that you were being sarcastic. It's kind of hard to determine what's sarcasm or serious with just writing. 👍
@@mikeslater6246 I'm 72 years old and still don't quite get the emojis.
@@josephmessina3587 you are my senior by a year or so but I'm having problems with the Emojis too. Some of them don't seem to mean what people try to make them mean. Thanks for bringing me up to date, have a blessed day!
Frances was in The Day The Earth Stood Still.
She remarked of the "visitors" - "Well there are right here from the earth and you know from where!"
HATE is such a HARSH WORD!
That is what is wrong with our country.
Well boohoo
Get over it!
@@thomashenebry8269 choke
It's the truth
Your sensitivity meter is going through the roof.
loved the shiw! Still watch re-runs. I think we would all be surprised at how some of our gavorite actors were in real life. Did not like the Goober character but understand that George Lindsey was a sweet man. Assault is not ok. Im sorry anyone would go through that.
It would be interesting to hear Frances's side of the story.
France’s Bavier was a “Karen?”
She had ego for DAYS....always thought she was too good for the role, too pretty to be a maiden aunt. She probably resented that without that show, nobody would have ever known she existed. Terrible to be so ungrateful and self-absorbed!
She was a miserable recluse later in life too - an unhappy person for whatever reason.
Her character on "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is considered to be more of her actual baseline.
She should have been fired immediately! I never liked watching her. The show was so much better without her in my opinion.
That brief scene starting at 8:50 was actually from The Danny Thomas Show episode introducing Sheriff Andy Taylor. Frances Bavier played a completely different character in that episode.
At the 6:12 mark, maybe remove the image of Ernest Borgnine from the video when referring to Lindsey. That's not him.
She saw Ruth Buzzi do it too many times and thought it was acceptable for her as well.
I love the show even into today, but never liked this woman. Her attitude showed through on screen. After seeing this video, I dislike her even more. She is one character that should've been replaced. If she didn't like this type of work, she could've not resigned her contract and got into acting that best suited her. She like the money better than the acting. Seems like she was a fake and very pretentious
Oh, don't complain! It's better than what they would have done these days! Instead of Aunt Bee, they would have put some flaming prissy boy in the kitchen with an apron and had endless double entendres! Lol.
I once read that she didn't like playing the older woman because she was as young as her co-stars but looked much older than them. She probably didn't want to be perceived as an old person.
Celebrity often has very bad consequences
Bea was a real jerk in real life!