When a man shows, wisdom, confidence, and compassion that's masculinity, nothing toxic about it.
My brother was a reporter on the cop beat and described exactly this sort of situation. He was riding with a cop who responded to a report of a man with a gun on the roof of a house. A cop not familiar with the neighborhood probably would have shot him. This cop got out of the car and said "Bob, what are you doing up on the roof again?" and disarmed the whole situation.
We need Andy more than ever today. This nation's going crazy
Reality vs Hollywood…expect a officer to throw away his life to help a criminal…police are not expendable
Officers like Andy Taylor would be utterly incompatible with the modern world.
I don’t believe that Andy’s method would work on a schizo meth head swinging a machete at any human shaped target that enters his field of view.
Better more compassionate police wouldn’t solve the utter social rot occurring in the modern US.
@@roberthuber3518 actually a lot of the USA problems are caused by the USA corporation being bankrupt but still owing China trillion$.
My short time as a police officer. I always ask myself How would Andy handle this situation? Andy said I would rather people respect me then fear me. I always tried to handle every situation with that thought in the back of my mind.
Barney's characters, cannot be understated.
He really helped elevate Andy's character.
The cow thief was one of the best episodes. Andy was a backwoods sheriff and the state police knew better, at least they thought they knew better. Andy proved them all wrong.
That actually was a trick used by moonshiners in Fancy Gap Virginia. About 20 minutes north of where Andy grew up in Mount Airy NC
@Eq 137
No shit. Apparently old luke regularly shoots at police officers and anyone he doesnt recognize. Thats a fucking menace, not an old boy.
Going through very stressful personal stuff lately and I can’t tell you how much this show means to me. Helps me relax and sleep at night.
Consider looking to Jesus. I did and it was the best decision Ive made. GOD bless
Calm, confident and clear thinking- aspects every leader or person of authority should have always. Andy knew the man and his capabilities, sized up the situation and the intent of Luke, and decided what to do, all in a few minutes and under fire. No panic, no indecision, no unnecessary escalation- and no one hurt or killed. Andy Taylor is EXACTLY the type of law enforcement that, if there was more like him, there wouldn’t be so much mistrust of police.
He was something special... Rest in peace Andy.
This show debuted 60 years ago, my father was born the year the show debuted. Hard to believe how fast time flies
We kinda got a sheriff like this in Abingdon Virginia and we love him. His name is Blake Andis and I’ll back him on any given day of the year. He’s a goodun and we don’t wanna lose him.
I don't know him, I don't know you, I'm not from Virginia, but I hope you don't lose him either.
Andy Griffith was portraying what it means to use courage: going into harm’s way even though you are scared plum out of your mind, and restoring peace. This is what a peace officer does, and this is what the Medal of Valor is for.
@@Daveoceanair Crime doesn't change. It's always been a part of society and it always will be. Our response to it sure has though, and not for the better.
@@Daveoceanair Of course today's LAW ENFORCEMENT thugs would have burned the house down after they shot all the ducks and chickens in the yard and any dogs within 2 miles. And the citizen could just be holding a firearm and would immediately be shot down by the cowards behind the thin blue line.
This show is still the best tv ever. It’ll calm you down, and let what’s bothering you not seem so big. Gives ideas of smiling, and being kind to a neighbor. Let’s you reset what’s right or wrong in your mind, kind of grounding you back to your roots
I could watch these reruns all day.
Daniel Vinson, Absolutely, I could sit and watch every episode of every season back to back, I'm with you friend.
I miss Andy and Barney. Best program that ever aired!
Luke sure bears a curious resemblance to Raif Hollister.
I watched this everyday since the pandemic began, really does relieve stress and is good clean comedy, a great family show.
Unfortunately, too many police forces have reacted to this pandemic like Barney Fife would, and not enough like Andy... imagine Andy Taylor intimidating people for questioning lockdown rules over a flu. That's what happens when Fifes aren't reigned in.
I joined my local Sheriff's Office because of these 2 men. Don Knotts and Andy Griffith. Watching them when I was a kid on threw high school. And even still today. The one episode of Barney and the 2 guys selling produce on the roadside is my favorite episode. The speech Andy gives to Barney about the badge stuck with me to this day. Yea...you may be a bigger guy than I am but this badge represents people who is alot bigger than you are and when Andy told Barney that your always a lawman. On duty and off duty. It's not because of what you wear either. People see me as the law weather I'm in uniform or a salt & pepper suit. Well for me its wearing bib overalls 🤣🤣 I learned alot from Andy over the years. Thank you sir for your leadership and motivational advice. I owe my career to you and Don Knotts. I'm deputy til my last breath is taken.🇺🇸🚓
Yea... even the silence in the episodes I enjoy , it makes you feel like you're there. The simplicity of everything is calming
Bless you! If more people joined the police force because they admired Sheriff Andy, we'd have a very different country today!
@@riotsquirrl Or just have training comparable to other first world countries.
My favorite part..."It's one thing to shoot at Barney and I, but a total stranger? You know better" lol
Mr. Griffin appeared to be a very decent man. This show would never fly today. No violence, no sex, no swearing, etc.
I can name many great sitcoms that are less that 15 years old that there is no violence, sex, or swearing.
I love how mister hot shot, by the book inspector, looks like a fool next to down home Andy. Thats because Andy is a personal friend to them, not an enemy. Beneath that country exterior is a wise man with plenty of good sense. It doesn't take much sense to know this show was a priceless gem.
"That all sounds as big deal as can be, but it ain't really necessary"...I always hear that line in my head when clueless bosses and supervisors start proposing some radically complex and ineffective strategy to deal with a simple problem...
It pays to know your neighbors .
It also helps to understand the human condition and have some empathy....
No if Luke would've want to hurt you he'd of hurt you ,I guess maybe it pays to know your community, go Andy.
Love this show! Watch it everyday. It really does relieve stress.
Andy: Teargas? What civilized officer of the law uses teargas on civilians?
I used a lot from this show to aid me in how to handle inmates in a prison setting.
Best damn show on tv ever.
You may also like the green mile. The good guards really try and keep things calm and civil and respectful. There's one bastard of course so ignore him.
Going home safe at the end of his shift was the furthest thing from Andy's mind in that scene.
This show suffered dearly after Barney left the show. I have the first 5 seasons with Barney , after that it just wasn't the same. The show can't be beat . Todays shows are junk.
JOE Dokes, You're absolutely right, Don Knotts made that show and the episodes with him and Jim Nabors is comedy that you just don't find today.
JOE Dokes I very much agree. When Barney left, the show dropped to mediocre at best. The VERY best ones were when Barney, Gomer and Goober were all 3 on there.
It suffered dearly when he was on the show. I didn't think he was funny at all, I didn't like the fact that they all made him seem like he was fummy, he wasn't. I like when he left & Opie got older
The show did indeed suffer, and Andy Griffith hated the fact that Don Knotts had lost his slot in the cast because of a contract mix-up, and it didn't take long before he ceased having fun doing the show. He didn't have Knotts' creative input anymore or Knotts' personality to bounce off of, the new characters just didn't work, and the on-set relationship between Griffith and Frances Bavier got downright poisonous. That's why you see an Andy Taylor in the colour seasons who seems irritated half the time, because Griffith either could not or didn't care to mask his own feelings as the situation deteriorated. It was not a happy set in that time and I could never hook into the post-Don Knotts episodes. They're not funny and not remotely enjoyable to watch. The whole show was just ruined.
I enjoyed watching that episode, I thought that it was funny when Andy said I think that boy has been working to hard.
I love the ol' Andy Griffith show.. thanks, man. Gonna look up some Ernest T. Bass next
I STILL say that that wasn`t Luke, that was Rafe Hollister !! LOL!
I love the Andy Griffith Show it was one of my all time favorites
A great mythical place that I truly love. Watch the series over and over with my wife, laugh as if it were the first time we saw it. Andy, Barney, Otis....and all wonderful. But again, a mythical place and situations that we would all love to ve real.
That's how it used to be decades ago
Here is something from imbd
The town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) is based on his hometown Mount Airy, N.C. (Griffith has said that it is based "somewhat" on Mount Airy, but not as much as people think). By the same token, the characters on the show will commonly mention the "sister city" of Mount Pilot. Mount Pilot does exist, but its true name is Pilot Mountain and has the same basic geographical positioning as Mount Airy as Mayberry does to Mount Pilot. The towns in both reality and the series are about 15 miles apart. Both are north of Winston-Salem, N.C., near the North Carolina and Virginia borders.
an Andy Griffith clip is a Happy Pill. ... works every time.
People celebrate Jack Bauer when we should be begging for more Andy Griffiths.
Great and as long as the script calls for it, the perp will put down the gun.
PeeboTyson ~~~~
Life was simpler and safer back then, and I speak from the experience of being a baby-boomer. Today life is nothing like it was when a small town law enforcement officer (LEO) could put in 20 years and be relatively sure he would survive it. Today the LEO can be shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car doing paper work. Being armed is not nearly as significant as is the use of BODY ARMOR, that is the new realty.
@@Ronin4614 Even then I don't think a man shooting at a police officer would get off so easily.
PeeboTyson ~~~
Yeah, the penalties are generally stiffer. There is just so much polarizing folks these days. The environment has become so toxic and I pray that we can step away from all this. I would like to get back to the time where an Andy Taylor could be possible once again.
Andy’s common sense and serenity in situations are life lessons.
Common sense what is that people no longer have this.My girlfriend neighbor is an attorney he backs the car out of the garge it took him 3 tries to get it right.He uses a leaf blower and it ends up worse than when he started smart on one side dumb as a box of rocks on the other side and only getting worse.The more colledge people have the dumber they are.
Love this show! Watch it everyday. It really does relieve stress.. People don't realize it but Andy was actually good police officer.
Tom Cat loves this show one of his favorite shows. He was always using the morality of the show to teach kids in neighborhood right and wrong of actions and to be a good person with acts of kindness and respect of others. I've always said I look up to my brother and have great respect for him cause he taught little ones to be a good guy like ANDY and BARNEY and the Mayberry friends. Thank for your channel.
thats the kind of Father figure the world needs discipline instead of jail. men stand up and do your GODgiven responsability
It help's me relax also!!!! I wait all day, to come home, and turn it on.... Love this show!!! 🥀🥀🥀🥀.. 202..
People don't realize it but Andy was actually good police officer
That’s the entire premise of the show... the sheriff without a gun. Pretty much every episode over 7 seasons was about how good he was
It was just about 1970 that everything changed in Hollywood. As a boy of 16, i had never seen an on screen murder, killing or dead body on TV/movies until about 1970. After that the body counts per movie just ramp up every decade by Hollywood. Society is untouched and indifferent to shootings, homicides and death.
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 he was always getting job offers from different agencies in the state.
@@alanparedes2034 no clue what you're talking about. I'm saying who says people dont realize he was a good sheriff. of course they do. as Metallica says nothing else matters! aloha nui loa we're done!
Actin' like a young'un.
I'm dead
Andy is the good-hearted policeman, who serves the people and the law. Inspector Case is the stereotypical douchebag-with-a-badge who makes every situation worse, makes bad arrests, and can make an entire dept (and profession) look bad. The world needs more Andy, and whole lot less Inspector Case.
God I was thinking the same thing. So many times I feel like they escalate a situation to where it's a big production and a hundred cops all with guns out, evacuated streets, robots, dogs, when sometimes people just need to calm down a little bit. Have a friendly face tell him it's going to be okay. Not someone screaming come out with your hands up, drop the gun, or some other robot command that just pisses the dude off.
Unfortunately the world is full of very dangerous people, NOT like good old Luke, that would have no problem killing a police officer given a chance. Police Officers are not paid enough to be murdered. Anyone that shoots at a police officer or any citizen deserves to be shot themselves.
@@xjcrossx they need to go back to the officer look instead of every cop looking like he is a Navy SEAL
There were some serious episodes when Barney was there like the baby bird, Opie getting his girlfriend a coat.
That was a great show. I liked the way Andy says, I think that boy has working to hard. Andy showed that inspector that he can do his job 👍. That inspector complained about Andy and Barney alot.
Other than using a stern voice and a somewhat intimidating stare Andy never got rough with anyone he arrested. There may be an episode I missed but I never saw him even tackle someone to handcuff them.
Luke later went on to play Rafe Hollister.
If I recall, he was a professional speaker which is why they did the Rafe Hollister character to highlight it.
He also was a still operator in Alcohol and Old Lace as one of the guys that Andy and Barney get tipped off to by those two old ladies.
I love this show. I gotta be the only 19 year old who watches it lol
(1:30) The days of, "I'm just giving him a minute to simmer down" have been replaced with Armored Tactical Vehicles and M-16 wielding SWAT teams.
Birdman it’s a tv show where the guy wouldn’t actually shoot someone. I’m real life, they kill anyone including police
When’s the last time you saw someone in Mayberry doing drugs, molesting kids, and all the other garbage that goes on in today’s society of idiots
@@mvol5973 Ohhhh, I see. You mean the Andy Griffith show wasn't real? Barney wasn't a real deputy?
@@mvol5973 Don't tell me those poor innocent people marooned on Gilligan's Island were just actors on a TV show as well? ...I was rooting for their rescue every episode!
Damn, this is all hitting me so hard!
I never missed an episode.
The Andy Griffith Show is one of the best sitcoms in television history. It ranks with the Dick Van Duke Show, Mary Tyler Moore show, Bob Newhart, I Love Lucy, Cheers, Taxi, Night Court, Mash, WKRP, Friends, Seinfeld,etc as among the best of a dying art form.
@@benvye4279Amos Andy. BarneyMiller is a great show too. It shows the kooks and wackos committing zany crimes in NYC.
I still think the exploding goat episode is one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time!
@@MasterChief-sl9ro I still think it strange that the investigators never made any allowance for the cow in their discussion of the "evidence" of the cow thefts.
I enjoy officers that see all the “hoo-hah” tacticool bravado stuff as childish folly, as Andy does. “Professionalism” has taken us from “peace officers” to law “enforcement” officers. It’s a mindset.....
Sheriff Taylor is lucky. He wasn't a real person. He was a character in a TV show. He was going to stop him in such a way because that's how the show was written. I really wish real life was the same way.
Police that know the citizens in their area, can do that. People know they will get fair treatment from that kind of police.
@@terrypetty8556 There's a security cam video of a cop in china doing exactly this. A man the cop knows threatens the unarmed cop with a knife but the cop was able to gently and firmly talk him down and get him to put down the knife.
@@emilyelizabethbuchanan998 Do you know what city in China that happened? I used to live in China many years. I do not think that is unusual.
I guess all the complaints the Inspector had about Andy and Barney was not a big deal to his boss. the Boss never told Andy to get rid of the Doilys on the chair or to stop celabrating a prisoners birthday and other stupid stuff.. All he cared for is if Andy did his job and ran his office correctly.
Andy's way of dealing with people and prisoners of Mayberry was way better then the Big City police.
Barney get shot at and picks up his hat
I always thought it was funny that Andy kinda gave him a pass on shooting at him and Barney, since he knew them, but he ragged him for shooting at someone he didn't even know...
The great Willis Bouchey. He must have played at least a hundred cops during the golden age of radio.
Love Andy and Barney!!
Every cop nowadays needs to watch this episode. Not everything needs to be solved with a gun.
Sorry have to agree but disagree on this particular incident. You shoot at tge police you’re a dead man
If this really happened even in the early 1960s the police would have at least attempted to shoot him. This is a TV show.
It only worked for Andy because he and Hollester knew each other for a long time. The gig Andy did in the episode being a success in real life would be close to 0
Andy Taylor, the timeless archetype.
Yes we need Andy Griffith my favorite show I grew up watching
One of my favorite episodes.
The funniest show it when barney n Otis fight when he drunk rip thank u for the laughs
I remember the Andy Griffith show great sitcom.
I love the music that plays when Andy walks to the house
andy griffith new his people very well .
Man; commits several counts of aggravated assault
Andy; Let's just go up and talk to him, just have a little chat
Love the clean show
Young people today have no concept of morality, decency and respect...i feel like the "odd one out" when I hold the door open for a Lady or greet my elders beginning and ending with Sir or M'am.. wished i were born in '42 instead of '82...
I just saw this the other day I was crying 💀💀💀💀
I still watch these shows everyday
A poca dot tie and a chocolate birthday cake WITH CANDLES! Outrageous. 😏
If someone only really had had full episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Guess I will have to link Hulu to my internet or buy the boxed set.
Thanks for sharing ... LIVE AND LEARN
Just watched this tonight 11/5/2020, one of my favorites.
Thank you Andy.
Thanks for sharing
"Joe the cop knew how to handle the situation bc he was a part of the community" Joey Diaz
ha. today that would be attempted capital murder on a police officer...
Not on a tv show that is controlled by Andy Griffith it wouldn't! Nobody could've gotten away with that in real life. Not even back then. It's just a show man. LOL
It would have been back then too. This show was totally out of touch with reality. Same with Gomer Pyle USMC (wouldn't last a day in the military), Beverly Hillbillies, Dragnet, Adam-12, Flying Nun, That Girl, Hogan's Heroes, and most other television shows of that time period.
That is the whole idea of comedy! Nobody thought it was real man! Of course not! Have you ever read the story about what happened when Don Knotts joined the Army? LOL. The story tells about how the Sergeant went to his commanding officer because he wanted to boot Don out, but the Commander had a better idea. He gave Don the job of entertaining the troops, and that's how he got started. LOL. I love the Andy Griffith Show (only with Don Knotts). That show used to make me laugh so hard that I would actually have tears in my eyes. Don was my favorite comedian. Even to this day nobody can match him. ha ha
It would've back then, too, as it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look-- don't make snarky remarks toward cops, which the despicable democrat party would have you do. Of course, the democrat party doesn't like cops because it doesn't like law and order. It instead likes abortion, euthanasia, embryonic-stem-cell research, terrorism, treason, slavery, segregation, lying under oath, race riots, et cetera.
Luke aka Rafe Hollister!
I agree ….I watch Andy Griffith almost every night …..I have to with all the crazy news going on …..need a calm moment
If only all Sheriff's knew their citizens well.
Sucks that CZcams won't let us watch full episodes anymore
Good stuff
Great video.
"If Luke wanted to hurt you he'd have hurt you. He can shoot the wings off a fly"
Why are you ducking behind the squad car then?
He answered that, giving him time to cool off. Seems like a sensible approach.
Well, when you hear a shot you quickly take cover until you understand the situation. It could have been a 3rd party shooting at him.
I like how the ducks and chickens don't scatter when there's gunfire. Ha.
They actually do jump and run at the shot that hits the ground behind the car. The squib was a little too close for comfort!
This is what liife is like without dembaggers!
Close range, rifle in the hands of a 'good ole boy'?
He was missing on purpose, Andy knew it.
Good job!
I love watching old movies and tv shows
You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone, Sheriff Andy Taylor has Balls of Steel ! They Drag the Ground !
One of my fav's
I heard Andy say one time that he made sure that the show laughed with the citizens of Mayberry, not at them. So charming. Don Knotts was the best Deputy ever. Lol
I laugh at them. They're a bunch of idiots.
Andy Griffith said Don Knotts was the best straight man he knew in Hollywood and the reason he was hired to play Barney Fife. The show was never the same after he left, except when he came back home to visit or Andy went to Raleigh to see Barney.