Saturday, April 26, 2014

Anna Across America - Raleigh, North Carolina (Andy Griffith Tribute Week)

It is only appropriate that we conclude our Andy Griffith Show Tribute Week in Raleigh, North Carolina.   For it was Raleigh that was the faraway "big city" on the show...and a well-known getaway for legendary lawman Bernard P. Fife.   When Barney came to Raleigh it was "go, go, go" from the minute he got there. Sometimes he had so much fun at the Arcade playing Skeeball that his head would not hit the pillow until 11:15 p.m.  The lure of the big city finally brought Barney to Raleigh full time when he took a job with the Police Department handling the fingerprint files - N through R.    Although Barney (Don Knotts) left the Andy Griffith Show prior to its successful conclusion in 1968, he made several appearances on the show including this episode when Andy visited Barney in Raleigh.

http://youtu.be/nojWwTZUAig