Just another of the six million reasons this was television's best show ever. Funniest show ever with the best life lessons as well. What's not to love? No show will ever equal it again. "I'm holding my breath." Oh that's a good lung exercise." Absolutely priceless.
@@michaelkelly3221 Best life lesson, even God approves of corporal punishment. I would think with the life lessons of the lawlessness going on today even dense people would see the need.
@michaelkelly3221 He didn't say to beat the kid. There is a difference between spanking and beating. All kids don't need a spanking, but sometimes you have that kid that doesn't listen, no matter what you say. Then you have to get their attention.
There’s something really wholesome about Opie not being good at tantrums. Like deep down, he respects his Dad too much to go through with it. “Don’t get your clothes all dirty.” Sits up with a pout.
Oh, how I wish the world were still that way. I was born in 1948 and that is the kind of world I grew up in. The cutest thing Opie ever said was that he didn't want to talk against, "his own kind". Adorable!
That is definitely an interesting contacts "Oh I'm definitely gonna bail the bike out all night. And then I will get rid of it to show Arnold that he doesn't deserve one"
I would have had Sherrif Taylor just throw the bike away. My kid thinks im trash that he can just have put away well then I'd show him that his bike is the real trash.
When I was a child of about 12 y/o, I was encouraged by all my friends to tell my father that I should get an allowance like they had from theirs. So, I went to my dad and stated to him that "I need an allowance." he calmly looked at me without batting an eye and said " No, son, you need a job.". And that was that....
The problem was the father tolerating the bad behavior. He was too gullible. If he hadn't been so naive, the kid wouldn't have taken advantage of this.
I loved Opie's line: "I don't wanna say. After all, he IS one of my own kind!" It's really funny because it's so natural and innocent, like any one of us would have said. :D
When Andy told the father (present and not MIA) he was responsible for his boy's actions and if he would not do it, maybe he should lock the father up, I was beyond shocked. It appears something has gone wrong in America. Many parents refuse to take full responsibility for their children's behavior or condone poor behavior. If we held parents fully responsible and jailed them for not doing their job, I suspect things may change.
Punishment and Discipline are two different things. Discipline is being able to keep your bike off the sidewalk after being told to do so. Punishment is what happens when you fail in that task.
That spoiled brat was frightening in his intensity and vehemence. What would he be like when he got older? If his behavior isn't checked now he will grow to be a manipulative sociopath who will hurt others and probably wind up in prison. He was obviously raised with no discipline and totally spoiled. Let's hope the trip to the woodshed would do him some good.
At that point, Opie realized that this kid was NOT someone he should have anything to do with, lest he himself become just as selfish and rotten in time.
You cut out the turning point of the story where the spoiled boy is willing to have his father locked up in jail for 2 days so he can have the bicycle, you missed the turning point of the story
This is why reruns of Andy Griffin are still relevant today. Parents would be wise to play these reruns for their children often as there are so many valuable lessons taught in these old episodes from the past ... filmed in a time when T.V. had moral and ethical lessons woven into the plot.
@@OniLordMiki LOL didn't boomers create everything you love? Apple, Microsoft, old re-made movies, the modern internet. And here you are...just like the kid omg and here you are throwing the online equivalent of a tantrum LOL. Does your diaper need to be changed? "But the world is scary and its ruined as I play video games for 10 year olds and watch cartoons and I'm an adult" Haha you can't handle the real world hahahahaha. Omg its literally like your crying like the kid...this ѕ,,н..ι,,т surreal. Holy shit Bruce Bruce was right...this is the funniest ѕ,,н..ι,,т ever.
I show this to my small group. Once they get beyond the black and white, they seem to enjoy it. They may miss some of the jokes real meaning, but the show has nice rhythm so young children find themselves laughing at the cadence alone. It is great for kids to see so later you just remind them of the Spoiled kid.
It's the same except for drugs,and technology and the dollar is worth a penny if that. Teach your kids less tv and more about raising themselves to be good and to know wright from wrong and there really isn't any change.
That statement is the funniest one of this whole scene: I don't want to lose my bike. Go ahead, put my Dad in jail he won't mind. Dang! Kid, I think he would mind, very much. The wood shed is truly an institution that we need to bring back.
The best portrayal of a father/son relationship. Andy was a model that it's a shame more dads didn't follow. He was a no-nonsense disciplinarian, made Opie work and insisted he be respectful, but ALWAYS was patient and explained why and also listened to his child and respected his feelings. Opie knew the rules[that become laws as we age]. and he feared punishment[police and jail], but not his father[society]
Our society needs more father's like Andy who has a sense of reality. Someone who doesn't believe that all kids should get a trophy. If you want a trophy or award. Work your ass off and earn it!
Yes, he didn't yell and demand respect (anyone that does that probably doesn't really deserve respect), he showed through his actions on a continuous regular basis what it means to have respect for yourself and others and treated Opie with the same respect and fairness.
This is one of those shows I grew up on in the seventies. Can you imagine anyone else filling the roles of Andy and Barney? It's like the roles were made specifically for the two of them. Ron Howard did an awesome job as Opie as w well!!!
this is a classic episode! Great Post. I've been watching this for 40 years ( I can't believe it myself ) lol and its just as good today as it was then.
Awww, but the highlight of this show was when Barney says, "Go head and tell your dad!" The brat makes a face and says, "Neeeaaaahhh!" And Barney says, "Neeeeeeaaaaaaah!" Then Andy says, "Let's try to keep this at the adult level." You HAVE to add that part, or I'm gonna hold my breath and stomp my feet! Waaaaahhhhhh! lol
Policeman Barney, the most adept lawman ever, is simply MIRRORING when he does that. It's a very effective police maneuver. BTW, I'm kicking the table legs. That's my thing.
This episode had 2 hints of the future. The kids first name was Arnold. His last name was Winkler. Both names became important to Ron Howard in his next role.
I saw an episode of _The Munsters_ where Arnold and Tex, Opie's friend who ran away from home to be a cowboy, were playing with walkie talkies, pretending to be Martians and Herman Munster heard them on his ham cb radio and thought they REALLY were Martians...🤣
I have to feel that the majority of viewers who find this video on TH-cam today, are drawn to it because of the changes in parenting children from the past to how 'hands-off' parenting has become today, and of the nature of the story and the parallel of this old story as it should have been handled then compared to how parents and teachers have become soft on children in today's society in America. This parallel has much to do with how we as a society today; how we have been manipulated into coddling other's emotional outbursts rather than they being punished for their 'entitlement' mentality and behavior, rather than how they should have been handled long ago 'behind the wood shed'. But no, we (as a society) have been forced into submission to become sensitive to their 'special' needs rather than punished for their impudent, foolish, and impetuous behavior and outbursts. This has done more harm to children today than good. And I feel that it is time we stop coddling these types of children and childish adults for their whimsical behavior and lack of parenting, and finally take them all behind the proverbial woodshed for a change. This also goes for the 'modern family' that enable this style of foolishness in their households too; those parents that enable their children toward becoming society's problems later on in life. There is nothing wrong with a solid reminder from punishment when handled appropriately; I am not talking about child abuse, but of a child that does not learn the value of his or her role as a child without facing real consequences for their actions. Rules are in place for a reason, and there are consequences for breaking the rules. But in today's society, it seems as if rules are meant to be broken for the sake of their 'special needs' and 'entitlement mentality.' A child that passes through life without having to face the real consequences of their actions unpunished is destined to undermine the established set of rules and values that hold and bond us to the virtues of respect of discipline and behavior. Ultimately, an undisciplined child is bound to develop behavioral issues that later upsets and disrupts the balance of a proper society by enabling new laws that forbid punishment, and the child's misbehavior becomes normalized and protected. However, our society today is forbidden to discipline or punish these children and adults for their emotional outbursts and misbehaviors, but where in the past, by peer pressure and good parenting, their behavior would have been checked long ago behind the woodshed. I say, we need to preserve and protect the value and virtue of a good woodshed.
Good gracious YES, what with all the PC around, One can't say anything that is either not Christian or will cause sad/bad/feelings. BS if it has to be said or done, then so be it.
A lot of parents are to busy working because can't make ends meet, so kids wounder in the wrong direction, or father drinks and does drugs, up to no good.
What a beautiful show miss those days wish you could bring those shows back we could enjoy watching them with our grandkids why would I wish them to come back
Still on TV LAND, SUNDe, and MeTV; so as long as we still got the reruns a few times once in a while, you don't have to worry too much about missing the andy griffith show, if it makes you feel any better.
My dad was a Sgt. in Vietnam in the day. Four tours. He brought a bunch of cherries off the plane. The VC started popping off a few...Welcome to Vietnam bullets. My dad said...yelled....Keep your heads down. Well...Cletus Bob...from Bum Phuque Arkansas... popped his head up. Hey Sar......Bam. 30 minutes in Vietnam...and you daid!!! Welcome to Life. Sad.
I think it would have been better to include the part of the story where the spoiled kid knocked the groceries out of the older lady’s hands at the beginning when riding the bike on the sidewalk. If he’d hit her directly it could have meant a broken bone or serious injury. To me that was more significant than the guy on the bench whittling. Great classic!! 😂❤
I think of this episode often when enforcing discipline on my school bus. I'm on a new summer school route right now with a lot of suburban soccer-mom type of kids and they like to act like Arnold in this clip, but I stick to my guns, just like Andy and let them know where the bear poops in the woods and it has been producing results. Thanks for the guidance in this manner, Sheriff Taylor!
So $1 in 1960 is worth about $8 in 2016, but not quite sure if the show is really set in the 1960's as it feels more like an earlier time. But anyway, so 25 cents a week for 52 weeks is 13 bucks a year, which is about $104 in 2016... so yeah, I guess a year of garage cleaning at 25 cents/week can get you a bike. The extra buck a year for his raise to 27 cents/week will certainly get him a nice bell too! Yes, I'm on a coffee break, why do you ask?
the real issue is that in 1960 they had the confidence to put an amount on it- now they might not be specific, knowing it might be outdated in a couple of years and not make sense
I think it depends on how much work is being put in. Considering that Opie is under 10 years old, he's probably doing 15 minutes of actual work per day.
Seems like this kid was born in 2000 and took a time machine back to 1963. The way this boy was raised is the way most kid of the current generation were
I'm the same age as Ron Howard. I grew up in that generation in a small town. I miss those days and all those shows like this to watch that you could really learn something good from.
Today if you tell a kid not to ride their bike on the sidewalk, they will tell you to f-off while the parents take their side. Your fault for getting in the way of their kid.
Dayum! great t.v. I could sit here for hours drinkin' my coffee and watching reruns Thanks Andy! I don't think the father knew what a creep his son was.
I saw this episode for the first time and cringed when the kid said he was okay with them locking up his dad. I grew up being terrified of the idea of losing my parents, so that made me appreciate the woodshed more than anything.
Im watching this again in 2024 and seeing how kids continue to get worse all the time, we need to go back to this when raising children was done much better , if we dont its all over !!!!!
Whoa!!! What happened to moral standards! When I look at children today it is very scary! What has happened to society? I am 54 and my daughter is 25 and about to have our first grandchild. 😊 May God give her the strength to raise her child right in this dark world. The Andy Griffith Show was the BEST SHOW!!!
This is awesome! I agree with the message 100%. That said, there is a qualification, i.e., the parenting method portrayed in this video is great for normal parents and normal children. Unfortunately, there are children with clinical behavioural problems (not their fault) and properly caring for such children might require a complicated approach that can be way beyond some parents. Society is left with the burden when these situations occur.
I was a SLAVE growing up so the idea of getting an allowance was quite foreign. If I didn't do my chores I got punished, severely. $0.25/wk for the times was pretty damn decent, and Opie should be thankful: some kids don't get paid.
Steven Thiel The funny thing about that is that when you become a parent, food and shelter is supposed to be guaranteed. If you're a dad, you're on the hook to pay for a kid's freight until he's of age, whether he does his chores or not. You're *especially* on the hook if the marriage goes down south and with it comes vaginamony and child support. It comes as no surprise when my dad gets bogged down in debt, borrowing against his harder abilities to earn, that no matter how much I play Johnny-on-the-spot with my chores, it would not ease the debt burden by a single dollar. But as it is written, "A slave is not greater than his master." Ultimately, such a fine example has made me the man I've become: a poor, fledgling man who has virtually zero debt but only has enough to put food in his stomach and a roof over his head. My dad would be proud of the way he raised me.
@@Agent1W I know what you mean. I agree with you. There's a way to go about it. Just being a hard ass to your kid won't necessarily teach him the way you think it will.
Father: There's no need to impound that bike, hows that? Arnold: :D (hehe) Father: Im gonna sell it *Vine boom* Arnold: Sell it? YOUR GONNA SELL MY BIKE?! Father: Thats right Arnold Arnold: BUT ITS MY BIKE!! YOU CANT SELL MY BIKE! Father: Be quiet arnold. *Proceeds to cry*
I loved this show growing up but there were a couple of episodes that were so contrived, they weren’t believable and this was one of them. Griffith went so overboard in trying to make the point that disciplining a spoiled kid is an act of love that he portrays the father as a hapless wimp and the kid a demon so, of course, Opie looked angelic and Andy a sensible parent in comparison. The most powerful and effective drama is more subtle and nuanced.
the father sold the kid's bike, and the kid didn't get a red cent, only a red bottom in the woodshed. maybe the father used the money to get his own woodshed.
When I was growing up, we had a "job" jar. It had slips of paper in it for earning extra money. We did our regular chores for no pay but maybe got a dollar a week. This was in the 1960's
Just another of the six million reasons this was television's best show ever. Funniest show ever with the best life lessons as well. What's not to love? No show will ever equal it again. "I'm holding my breath." Oh that's a good lung exercise." Absolutely priceless.
You left out Andy encouraging a parent to hit their child! How would you classify that? A best life lesson, or promoting child abuse?
@@michaelkelly3221 Best life lesson, even God approves of corporal punishment. I would think with the life lessons of the lawlessness going on today even dense people would see the need.
@@oldman-zr2ru Keep thumping that Bible, hypocrite!
@@emem8516 Debating intelligently with you would be declared an exercise in futility.
@michaelkelly3221
He didn't say to beat the kid.
There is a difference between spanking and beating.
All kids don't need a spanking, but sometimes you have that kid that doesn't listen, no matter what you say. Then you have to get their attention.
One of my favorite episodes. these lessons hold true today.
There’s a whole bunch of adults who need to be taken out back to the wood shed.
true
All because their parents aren’t good parents
You can start with all those in power in DC.
And they're breeding
Especially the ones that I deal with on the road daily in my job driving a school bus.
There’s something really wholesome about Opie not being good at tantrums. Like deep down, he respects his Dad too much to go through with it.
“Don’t get your clothes all dirty.”
Sits up with a pout.
Andy implying, "You'll have to do better than that, Son."
"If we don't teach children how to act in society today, how are they going to act when they grow up?" - Andy Taylor.
Amen
People today should watch this episode.
That's a fact.
Matsumoto Hitoshi
see American inauguration 2017
problem is, people today wouldn't listen to it, they wouldn't want to have to apply it to themselves...
Oh, how I wish the world were still that way. I was born in 1948 and that is the kind of world I grew up in.
The cutest thing Opie ever said was that he didn't want to talk against, "his own kind". Adorable!
Father: There's no need to impound that bike
Kid:😁
Father: We're gonna sell it
LOLOLOLOL
That is definitely an interesting contacts "Oh I'm definitely gonna bail the bike out all night. And then I will get rid of it to show Arnold that he doesn't deserve one"
I would have had Sherrif Taylor just throw the bike away. My kid thinks im trash that he can just have put away well then I'd show him that his bike is the real trash.
"Logical consequences"
@@entertainmentlife430 the bike did nothing wrong
@@LeftHandRule but the kid loved the bike more than his father
I'm here because of Tom segura
Will Flann same.
No. You're here cuz of Bruce bruce xD
Same
I'm here because I like the show
This isn't the episode that he was talking about. He was talking about opies piano lesson (215) S7E26.
When I was a child of about 12 y/o, I was encouraged by all my friends to tell my father that I should get an allowance like they had from theirs. So, I went to my dad and stated to him that "I need an allowance." he calmly looked at me without batting an eye and said " No, son, you need a job.". And that was that....
I can't help but love this scene of an arrogant child being held accountable for his ignorant actions
He as also set up by his father. Not sure how you would classify his issue though.
The problem was the father tolerating the bad behavior. He was too gullible. If he hadn't been so naive, the kid wouldn't have taken advantage of this.
You just can't beat the old TV shows of the 60s and their special way of setting examples for our children.
That little actor sure played a damn good spoiled brat 🤣
Kid actors do their best acting when they act like kids
Showing what kids became in today's society.
I loved Opie's line: "I don't wanna say. After all, he IS one of my own kind!" It's really funny because it's so natural and innocent, like any one of us would have said. :D
and it proves that he really is a good kid.
"That's a dollar more a year!" Kids doing math in their head was a beautiful thing.
That kid is Ron Howard.
@@ricarleite You are correct.
Well, I think it was in the script
I can use Opie's in my math class these days
I think he felt as if he had just won the lottery.
When Andy told the father (present and not MIA) he was responsible for his boy's actions and if he would not do it, maybe he should lock the father up, I was beyond shocked. It appears something has gone wrong in America. Many parents refuse to take full responsibility for their children's behavior or condone poor behavior.
If we held parents fully responsible and jailed them for not doing their job, I suspect things may change.
Punishment and Discipline are two different things. Discipline is being able to keep your bike off the sidewalk after being told to do so. Punishment is what happens when you fail in that task.
Boy could a lot of parents learned something from this episode
The look on Opie face says it all especially when the kid is more concerned about his bike than his father's well being.
That spoiled brat was frightening in his intensity and vehemence. What would he be like when he got older? If his behavior isn't checked now he will grow to be a manipulative sociopath who will hurt others and probably wind up in prison. He was obviously raised with no discipline and totally spoiled. Let's hope the trip to the woodshed would do him some good.
He only wants his bike and doesn't care what happens to his father or anyone else for that matter. Only his wants and needs matter to him.
At that point, Opie realized that this kid was NOT someone he should have anything to do with, lest he himself become just as selfish and rotten in time.
You cut out the turning point of the story where the spoiled boy is willing to have his father locked up in jail for 2 days so he can have the bicycle, you missed the turning point of the story
In memory of my grandpa. He loved this show.
“Good ol’ fashioned wood shed?”....oh how I remember THOSE days...lol
There's a REAL nice woodshed out back.
I like woodsheds. Kept the lawn mower in it years ago in the 70s. But it rotted out and I built a huge 10 by 10 studio.
Man these were good shows back then.
@TheSapphireDragon1 Nice!
@TheSapphireDragon1 😂
Perhaps after Arnold's dad was through with Arnold, Arnold might not have able to sit on that bike anyway.
This is why reruns of Andy Griffin are still relevant today. Parents would be wise to play these reruns for their children often as there are so many valuable lessons taught in these old episodes from the past ... filmed in a time when T.V. had moral and ethical lessons woven into the plot.
"If we don't teach children to live in society today what' gonna happen when they grow up?" .... Well we all know now....
Redongulus just saw this comment...laughed for a second...but the relevance in todays society made me sad..ug
Redongulus yeah. fucking baby boomers ruined everything.
@Charlene Lee What does Star Trek have to do with anything?
@@OniLordMiki LOL didn't boomers create everything you love? Apple, Microsoft, old re-made movies, the modern internet. And here you are...just like the kid omg and here you are throwing the online equivalent of a tantrum LOL. Does your diaper need to be changed? "But the world is scary and its ruined as I play video games for 10 year olds and watch cartoons and I'm an adult" Haha you can't handle the real world hahahahaha. Omg its literally like your crying like the kid...this ѕ,,н..ι,,т surreal.
Holy shit Bruce Bruce was right...this is the funniest ѕ,,н..ι,,т ever.
Yep
I show this to my small group. Once they get beyond the black and white, they seem to enjoy it. They may miss some of the jokes real meaning, but the show has nice rhythm so young children find themselves laughing at the cadence alone. It is great for kids to see so later you just remind them of the Spoiled kid.
"I don't want to say, after all he is one of my own kind. " LOL
If only life were so simple again.
If corona didn’t exist
It's the same except for drugs,and technology and the dollar is worth a penny if that. Teach your kids less tv and more about raising themselves to be good and to know wright from wrong and there really isn't any change.
It is, stop complicating things
@@timmusk9939 ...and right from wright.
You know you're a horrible parent when your kid wants you to get arrested.
Wrong. That's just a bratty brat.
But horrible only because you let your kid make the rules.
@@lawranew5125 he was a brat because his father indulged him and made excuses for him.
It was the moment he had that he f’ed up look that’s just classic
Well, that was about to change.
You know, Arnold had his dad's support until he opened his mouth and said to lock him up. 🤦♀️
That statement is the funniest one of this whole scene: I don't want to lose my bike. Go ahead, put my Dad in jail he won't mind. Dang! Kid, I think he would mind, very much.
The wood shed is truly an institution that we need to bring back.
I like how the dad's face suddenly looks when his son tells Sheriff Taylor to lock him up. It's like he's about to say "Dafuq you say boy?"
Opie's tantrums were hilarious! Such a great show, they sure don't make them like this anymore.
It was funny because he was going WAAAAAAAAA then when Andy asked what he was doing he was like I’m throwing a tempertantrum!
Ya know he’s such a good boy it just feels impossible for him to throw a temper tantrum.
@@shanenightengale6498 Don't get your clothes all dirty.
@@erikbunty2016 😄
It was if Andy was saying "Nice try, but it won't work."
This shows how great of a father Andy is. This episode should be shown to all the spoiled brats.
And the parents who raise them.
Ok. It’s fiction and we like it. Ron Howard can afford any bike he wants.
In other words, this episode should be shown to all Democrats.
@@SergeantExtreme Trump is on his way to the woodshed. He’s done.
theres a real nice woodshed out back, a good old fashioned woodshed? real nice one. awesome
Oh, you got it coming now, boy!
A spanking he won't soon forget.
The best portrayal of a father/son relationship. Andy was a model that it's a shame more dads didn't follow. He was a no-nonsense disciplinarian, made Opie work and insisted he be respectful, but ALWAYS was patient and explained why and also listened to his child and respected his feelings. Opie knew the rules[that become laws as we age]. and he feared punishment[police and jail], but not his father[society]
Our society needs more father's like Andy who has a sense of reality. Someone who doesn't believe that all kids should get a trophy. If you want a trophy or award. Work your ass off and earn it!
Yes, he didn't yell and demand respect (anyone that does that probably doesn't really deserve respect), he showed through his actions on a continuous regular basis what it means to have respect for yourself and others and treated Opie with the same respect and fairness.
This is one of those shows I grew up on in the seventies. Can you imagine anyone else filling the roles of Andy and Barney? It's like the roles were made specifically for the two of them. Ron Howard did an awesome job as Opie as w well!!!
this is a classic episode! Great Post. I've been watching this for 40 years ( I can't believe it myself ) lol and its just as good today as it was then.
You'll Never Ever See Anything Like This Again Ever Period!!!!!
Rip Andy Griffith
Awww, but the highlight of this show was when Barney says, "Go head and tell your dad!" The brat makes a face and says, "Neeeaaaahhh!" And Barney says, "Neeeeeeaaaaaaah!" Then Andy says, "Let's try to keep this at the adult level." You HAVE to add that part, or I'm gonna hold my breath and stomp my feet! Waaaaahhhhhh! lol
I like when Barney said;;' The nerve of him talking to us like that; arrogant little cuss"
Policeman Barney, the most adept lawman ever, is simply MIRRORING when he does that. It's a very effective police maneuver. BTW, I'm kicking the table legs. That's my thing.
The good ole fashioned woodshed. Fixed a lot of attitudes back in the day. Now you can’t even look at your kids wrong without getting in trouble
You left out the funniest part where the spoilt kid said, "Nyeeeeeaaah!" and Barney said "Nyeeeeeeeah!" back!
SO FUNNY
"Uh, Barney let's try to keep this on an adult's level." 😆😆😆😆
Lol
This episode had 2 hints of the future. The kids first name was Arnold. His last name was Winkler. Both names became important to Ron Howard in his next role.
I saw an episode of _The Munsters_ where Arnold and Tex, Opie's friend who ran away from home to be a cowboy, were playing with walkie talkies, pretending to be Martians and Herman Munster heard them on his ham cb radio and thought they REALLY were Martians...🤣
I have to feel that the majority of viewers who find this video on TH-cam today, are drawn to it because of the changes in parenting children from the past to how 'hands-off' parenting has become today, and of the nature of the story and the parallel of this old story as it should have been handled then compared to how parents and teachers have become soft on children in today's society in America.
This parallel has much to do with how we as a society today; how we have been manipulated into coddling other's emotional outbursts rather than they being punished for their 'entitlement' mentality and behavior, rather than how they should have been handled long ago 'behind the wood shed'. But no, we (as a society) have been forced into submission to become sensitive to their 'special' needs rather than punished for their impudent, foolish, and impetuous behavior and outbursts.
This has done more harm to children today than good. And I feel that it is time we stop coddling these types of children and childish adults for their whimsical behavior and lack of parenting, and finally take them all behind the proverbial woodshed for a change. This also goes for the 'modern family' that enable this style of foolishness in their households too; those parents that enable their children toward becoming society's problems later on in life.
There is nothing wrong with a solid reminder from punishment when handled appropriately; I am not talking about child abuse, but of a child that does not learn the value of his or her role as a child without facing real consequences for their actions. Rules are in place for a reason, and there are consequences for breaking the rules. But in today's society, it seems as if rules are meant to be broken for the sake of their 'special needs' and 'entitlement mentality.'
A child that passes through life without having to face the real consequences of their actions unpunished is destined to undermine the established set of rules and values that hold and bond us to the virtues of respect of discipline and behavior. Ultimately, an undisciplined child is bound to develop behavioral issues that later upsets and disrupts the balance of a proper society by enabling new laws that forbid punishment, and the child's misbehavior becomes normalized and protected.
However, our society today is forbidden to discipline or punish these children and adults for their emotional outbursts and misbehaviors, but where in the past, by peer pressure and good parenting, their behavior would have been checked long ago behind the woodshed. I say, we need to preserve and protect the value and virtue of a good woodshed.
Very well said, I totally agree with you
Amen.
This is a classic, thanks for posting it!
That was the best damn show as a kid grown up to
simply a better time! imagine if parents today still raised their kids this way! we might be in a whole lot better shape!!
Good gracious YES, what with all the PC around, One can't say anything that is either
not Christian or will cause sad/bad/feelings. BS if it has to be said or done, then
so be it.
A lot of parents are to busy working because can't make ends meet, so kids wounder in the wrong direction, or father drinks and does drugs, up to no good.
Best show ever, i always come away feeling great
Absolutely great. Wishing i lived in that world, good food.
Wholesome people. Entegrity
What a beautiful show miss those days wish you could bring those shows back we could enjoy watching them with our grandkids why would I wish them to come back
I sure do wish this show was still on , but all good things don't last forever .😥😖
Still on TV LAND, SUNDe, and MeTV; so as long as we still got the reruns a few times once in a while, you don't have to worry too much about missing the andy griffith show, if it makes you feel any better.
This is a timeless classic.
Pluto TV is free and it has Andy Griffith on any time you want to watch.
My dad was a Sgt. in Vietnam in the day. Four tours. He brought a bunch of cherries off the plane. The VC started popping off a few...Welcome to Vietnam bullets. My dad said...yelled....Keep your heads down. Well...Cletus Bob...from Bum Phuque Arkansas... popped his head up. Hey Sar......Bam. 30 minutes in Vietnam...and you daid!!! Welcome to Life. Sad.
It makes my heart sink knowing no one knows these things.
I think it would have been better to include the part of the story where the spoiled kid knocked the groceries out of the older lady’s hands at the beginning when riding the bike on the sidewalk. If he’d hit her directly it could have meant a broken bone or serious injury. To me that was more significant than the guy on the bench whittling.
Great classic!! 😂❤
I love when kids yell at adults that they're going to tell their dads! I find it hilarious!
I think of this episode often when enforcing discipline on my school bus. I'm on a new summer school route right now with a lot of suburban soccer-mom type of kids and they like to act like Arnold in this clip, but I stick to my guns, just like Andy and let them know where the bear poops in the woods and it has been producing results. Thanks for the guidance in this manner, Sheriff Taylor!
Classic. :-) Would that all mothers and fathers parented like this...Fabulous.
So $1 in 1960 is worth about $8 in 2016, but not quite sure if the show is really set in the 1960's as it feels more like an earlier time. But anyway, so 25 cents a week for 52 weeks is 13 bucks a year, which is about $104 in 2016... so yeah, I guess a year of garage cleaning at 25 cents/week can get you a bike. The extra buck a year for his raise to 27 cents/week will certainly get him a nice bell too! Yes, I'm on a coffee break, why do you ask?
the real issue is that in 1960 they had the confidence to put an amount on it- now they might not be specific, knowing it might be outdated in a couple of years and not make sense
Hey, growing up in the 2000s, I only got $5 a week (and yes, I did work for it).
yeah, and an aurora monster model was 98 cents, that's a lot of saving up!
I think it depends on how much work is being put in. Considering that Opie is under 10 years old, he's probably doing 15 minutes of actual work per day.
one of my favorite shows when I was a kid and still is. ❤️❤️ Good old days. Too bad things aren't this way today
Many parents need to watch this ... and then build a wood shed ...
Gosh that relationship between Andy and Opie was one for the ages😊
Hey! It's the Affluenza Kid!
Seems like this kid was born in 2000 and took a time machine back to 1963. The way this boy was raised is the way most kid of the current generation were
I'm the same age as Ron Howard. I grew up in that generation in a small town. I miss those days and all those shows like this to watch that you could really learn something good from.
I'm here because of Tom Segura and that's because of Bruce Bruce LMFAO
"Twix, skittles, sh!t like that!"
Today if you tell a kid not to ride their bike on the sidewalk, they will tell you to f-off while the parents take their side. Your fault for getting in the way of their kid.
Not where I live!
great show family values, and much love.
An all time great. Watched this every night with my dad growing up
Dayum! great t.v. I could sit here for hours drinkin' my coffee and watching reruns
Thanks Andy! I don't think the father knew what a creep his son was.
The kid who played the brat did a phenomenal job. I haven't seen acting this good since Jack Gleeson.
I saw this episode for the first time and cringed when the kid said he was okay with them locking up his dad. I grew up being terrified of the idea of losing my parents, so that made me appreciate the woodshed more than anything.
Im watching this again in 2024 and seeing how kids continue to get worse all the time, we need to go back to this when raising children was done much better , if we dont its all over !!!!!
This is great. I can't find programming like this today.
Whoa!!! What happened to moral standards! When I look at children today it is very scary! What has happened to society? I am 54 and my daughter is 25 and about to have our first grandchild. 😊 May God give her the strength to raise her child right in this dark world. The Andy Griffith Show was the BEST SHOW!!!
That is so atrocious that a kid would sacrifice their own parent for a bicycle
3:54 like any kid, Opie looks at that Dad to see his reaction
78 people don't like this. Absolutely nothing in this little story to be offended by. Just good life lessons. Is that BLM doing all the thumbs-down?
Liberals
Andy Taylor had legendary leadership
This is awesome! I agree with the message 100%. That said, there is a qualification, i.e., the parenting method portrayed in this video is great for normal parents and normal children. Unfortunately, there are children with clinical behavioural problems (not their fault) and properly caring for such children might require a complicated approach that can be way beyond some parents. Society is left with the burden when these situations occur.
I was a SLAVE growing up so the idea of getting an allowance was quite foreign. If I didn't do my chores I got punished, severely. $0.25/wk for the times was pretty damn decent, and Opie should be thankful: some kids don't get paid.
my dad always said i give you food in your belly and a roof over your head so doing chores was expected.
Steven Thiel The funny thing about that is that when you become a parent, food and shelter is supposed to be guaranteed. If you're a dad, you're on the hook to pay for a kid's freight until he's of age, whether he does his chores or not. You're *especially* on the hook if the marriage goes down south and with it comes vaginamony and child support.
It comes as no surprise when my dad gets bogged down in debt, borrowing against his harder abilities to earn, that no matter how much I play Johnny-on-the-spot with my chores, it would not ease the debt burden by a single dollar. But as it is written, "A slave is not greater than his master."
Ultimately, such a fine example has made me the man I've become: a poor, fledgling man who has virtually zero debt but only has enough to put food in his stomach and a roof over his head. My dad would be proud of the way he raised me.
Not sure if you saw the episode, but the brat got an ass whoopin, and opie learned not to fuck with idiots
hey you got to use the F word! Just like a real junior high kid !
@@Agent1W I know what you mean. I agree with you. There's a way to go about it. Just being a hard ass to your kid won't necessarily teach him the way you think it will.
"I was holding my breath"
"Good lung exercise" 😅
Sometimes you just gotta take your kid out behind the tool shed - Andy Griffith (probably)
my Great grandma loved this show :(
Father: There's no need to impound that bike, hows that?
Arnold: :D (hehe)
Father: Im gonna sell it
*Vine boom*
Arnold: Sell it? YOUR GONNA SELL MY BIKE?!
Father: Thats right Arnold
Arnold: BUT ITS MY BIKE!! YOU CANT SELL MY BIKE!
Father: Be quiet arnold.
*Proceeds to cry*
At 2:36, terrific performance by young Ron Howard! 😄
I know I'm not the only one who like a child said "ha ha little freaking brat" 😂🤣
One of the best!! :) Going to miss Andy!
What did he think was gonna happen when he said to throw his dad in jail? Self-entitlement makes you stupid.
Nowadays spanking is considered "Child Abuse". I'm 16 years old and I can wholeheartedly say, Spanking WORKS.
@tiptop 123 Yup
The "Board of Education " readily applied to the ",Seat of Knowledge " definitely works.
Poor Arnold lost his bike and he got a woopin.
Good ol woodshed ! Nothing like catching a beating in the wood shed or the shop lol 😆
Still watch this every day along with Gunsmoke.
Values and principles don’t change there just as important today as they where then.
Oh no... they mentioned the wood old fashion wood shed growing up with parents from this era brings back fond memories
What the world needs today good old-fashioned wood sheds
I loved this show growing up but there were a couple of episodes that were so contrived, they weren’t believable and this was one of them. Griffith went so overboard in trying to make the point that disciplining a spoiled kid is an act of love that he portrays the father as a hapless wimp and the kid a demon so, of course, Opie looked angelic and Andy a sensible parent in comparison. The most powerful and effective drama is more subtle and nuanced.
Best show ever ❤️!
My favorite show
I like how Opie stood up for Arnold.
the father sold the kid's bike, and the kid didn't get a red cent, only a red bottom in the woodshed. maybe the father used the money to get his own woodshed.
When I was growing up, we had a "job" jar. It had slips of paper in it for earning extra money. We did our regular chores for no pay but maybe got a dollar a week. This was in the 1960's
What a great lesson! Only if some of the parents of the 'woke' generation used this to help raise their kids!!!