PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE
One of the priceless programs in the Andy Griffith TV Show occurred in the early life of the series. Following the death of his wife, Sheriff Andy Taylor decided to invite his spinster Aunt Bee to come live with Opie and him, thinking that she will add the missing feminine touch. Surprisingly, Opie is not too pleased for Aunt Bee to come in and try to “replace” his mother. Andy tries to help the situation by inviting Aunt Bee to go fishing and frog-catching with them so that Opie can become attached to her. Instead, she fails miserably at fishing, frogging and later football. Finally, late at night, after Opie is in bed, Aunt Bee talks Andy into taking her to the bus station. Opie hears her crying beneath his bedroom window and guesses that she is leaving. He runs down the stairs and to the truck exclaiming, “We can’t let her go, Pa, she needs us. She can’t even…
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