#OPIE ANDY GRIFFITH SERIES#
On the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D., Helen and Andy marry and, later in the series, Helen gives birth to Opie's half-brother, Andrew Jackson Taylor, Jr.ĭuring his teens, Opie has a few jobs around Mayberry. He also develops crushes on Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou and on his father's sweetheart (and Opie's teacher) Helen Crump. Opie has several girlfriends including, in his boyhood, Karen Burgess and, in his teens, Mary Alice Carter. He spends time at the filling station hanging out with Goober, and the two often share their comic books. Opie respects and is friendly to adults in Mayberry. Both boys are taken to task by Andy for their mischief-making. In the color episodes, Opie's best friend is Arnold Bailey, but in one color episode, Opie befriends a boy who plays a mean trick on Goober. The club trespasses in a barn and, when the barn later burns to the ground, Opie is blamed. In another episode, Opie joins a secret club and is made keeper of the club's special candle.
One friend, Arnold Winkler, for instance, encourages Opie to throw tantrums at home to get his way. Other new friends sometimes prove unworthy. In one episode, Opie's new friend Trey Bowden provokes Opie's jealousy when Andy takes a liking to Trey and invites him along on outings. He also has several other friends during his childhood including Howie Pruitt.
Opie's best friend through the black-and-white run is Johnny Paul Jason in color episodes, it is Arnold Bailey, who is the doctor's son. Some of his juvenile misdeeds include: trespassing in a neighbor's barn selling Miracle Salve to the citizens of Mayberry accidentally destroying Aunt Bee's prize rose concealing an abandoned baby in his clubhouse tricking Goober Pyle into thinking a shaggy dog can speak, and starting his own tell-all community newspaper The Mayberry Sun. When not visiting his father at the courthouse, Opie sometimes gets into jams. In another episode, Opie uses his savings to buy a friend a winter coat after Andy lambastes him for contributing only three cents to a charity. For example, in one episode, Opie forfeits a grocery store delivery job to allow a boy with an ill father to replace him. Andy then often discovers, to his chagrin, that Opie had been self-sacrificing and generous. Naming the birds "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", Opie nurtures them until they are ready to be released into the wild.Īndy sometimes misjudges Opie, suspecting him of being selfish and oblivious to the needs of the less fortunate. In one episode ( Opie the Birdman, September 30, 1963), Andy teaches Opie the value of responsibility and parenthood after Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his slingshot and leaves her three nestlings orphaned. Opie's relationship with his "Pa", Andy, provides plot material for many episodes. Opie Taylor is the humorous, all-American son of Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor. She'll be helpless! That's why she's gotta stay, so I can teach them to her!" ―Opie about Aunt Bee " If she goes, what'll happen to her? She can't do ay ball, catch fish or frogs. Karen Burgess, Mary Alice Carter, Adelina Darling, Heather Cambell
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