![]() Barney: You call that evidence? Andy: and for another, he ain't learned how to write yet. Barney : (irritated) Are you pittin' your crime detectin' judgement against mine? Andy: Well, Barney, I have to, because, for one thing, Opie wouldn't lie to me. ![]() Andy : Uh, Opie, Barney says there was a poem written on the wall of the bank and that you was standin' along beside of it with a piece of chalk in your hand. Andy : BARNEY!!! Barney : Oh, I don't mean anybody we know. I'd catch 'em in a minute, but how'm I gonna catch 'em if there ain't any, for heaven's sake? If only somebody would just commit a crime - one good crime! If only somebody'd just. The gun was all dusty, the knife was all rusty, 'cause he never caught a crook in his life." Barney : (talking to Andy about the poem) It makes out like I-I-I never wanted to catch crooks - and that just ain't so. I ain't in and I ain't out.Barney : (reading a poem that was written on the side of the bank) "There once was a deputy called Fife, who carried a gun and a knife. ![]() I'm the one that's in, right? What are you in for, pal? Oh, for a minute I thought you were locked in a cell. This is also the song they hummed together in "The Pickle Story" episode before Aunt Bee brought them lunch.īarney: Oh, nutsy here come running after me screaming 'Citizen's Arrest!, Citizen's Arrest!' In the episode's first scene, Andy and Barney are singing and humming "Don't tell my darling mother I'll be there".When he gives Gomer all those tickets, he doesn't have on his badge. Andy comes from one direction in the car, and Barney comes from the other.In season three's Class Reunion the Mayberry High annual lists Barney's middle name as Milton. In season one's A Plaque for Mayberry Andy states that Barney's middle name is Oliver. Contradiction: when Andy is reading Barney's resignation letters, they are signed Bernard P.However, it is implied in the first few episodes of the first season (1960), that Barney has just joined the force and in season five's "Barney's Physical" the gang celebrates Barney having been on the force for five years which is consistent with the first season. Andy finds the form where he issued Barney his first service revolver (when he joined the force) - from 1953 and congratulates Barney for ten years of service.Law 215 and 923 are also mentioned but not defined. Law #911 is an illegal u-turn, #912 is insulting an officer's intelligence, #785 is a false alarm.This episode provides a rare interaction between Gomer and Opie.Yet we never see Gomer answering for his ticket, nor Andy going after him to address it. It should noted that very shortly (presumably minutes or hours) following the citizen’s arrest, Barney immediately puts himself in jail after refusing the pay the fine.The scene of Gomer's citizen's arrest was considered one of the funniest in the series.This is Jim Nabor's favorite scene when Barney did his impression of Gomer, they didn't do a single shot of his face because Jim couldn't stop laughing.Barney is seen puffing on cigars in a couple of episodes but this is the only episode to feature Barney smoking cigarettes. Many have noted that on occasions in the first two seasons Andy smokes.Barney says here that he doesn't like to have a big fuss made over him, but in the episode Barney's Physical, he wanted a party.It is revealed that a sewer inspector named Freeberger arrested Barney's father for speeding.Andy was elected Sheriff after Dale Buckley. After Sheriff Pinkley was Sheriff Fred Paley and then Sheriff Dale Buckley. A carnival-like atmosphere soon takes hold. It's critical that they keep it a secret, but Barney spills the beans immediately and within minutes all of Mayberry knows. The lineage of Sheriff was given by Andy in the opening scene as well. Andy and Barney have to protect a shipment of gold which will be going through Mayberry on the way to Fort Knox. ![]() Andy, Helen and Opie would stick around for a few episodes. Precile Branch (Tyler Branch's dad) was arrested for disturbing the peace in 1931 for flying down Main Street in a Reo Flying Cloud. Don Knotts returned as Barney Fife to serve as Andys best man, and Ronnie Howard was back as Opie. Barney discovers old files from Sheriff Pinkley in the opening scene.This episode was voted one of the top 10 fan-favorite episodes.Don Knotts and Andy Griffith carry out an engaging sketch for The Andy Griffith. Once Gomer finds out how serious the matter has become, he reports a fictitious robbery at the filling station in hopes of pressing Barney back into service. Judo demonstrations, even with a ruler substituting for a knife, are not Barney Fife’s forte by a long shot. When Barney tickets Gomer, Gomer decides turnabout is fair play.īarney resigns and spends five days in jail after Gomer turns the tables and places him under citizen's arrest for a u-turn violation.
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