Review(s): DVD The Andy Griffith Show - Best of Barney
It's OK, but other collection I've seen are better
The main thing I noticed about this set is that the image is DARK. I've got a few other Andy Griffith sets, and they all look better than this one. The sound is good, however, and in my opinion it's hard to call anything with Barney bad! It's inexplicable to me that they ditched the original theme music and replaced it with some lame synthesizer track. But I guess that doesn't ruin it entirely. Here are the episodes:
* High Noon in Mayberry - An ex-convict returns to settle the score with Andy.
* The Great Filling Station Robbery - Barney tries modern criminal detection methods.
* The Rivals - Barney attempts to teach Opie the ways of women.
* Dogs, Dogs, Dogs - A pack of stray dogs make the courthouse home.
* The Loaded Goat - A farmer's goat makes a menacing mean of dynamite.
* Barney's First Car - A little old lady sells Barney a lemon.
* A wife for Andy - Barney goes fishing for a wife for Andy.
* The Big House - Two big city convicts do time at "The Rock."
Barney Is Back
This is a great Set of 8 of the best Andy Griffith Show featuring the unforgettable Barney Fife.
The only down fall is that they don't include the origional theme song.
At Least it Has Barney
Call me a crybaby, but I couldn't get over the fact that the music is not the original music. I had to fast forward each intro due to the horrible tune. Yuck! At least the shows feature Barney.
One thing to look out for is that many if these DVDs have the same episodes, just recycled into different packaging. I found this out after I bought "The Best of the Andy Griffith Show" and "The Best of Barney" in an Amazon package deal. Those 16 episodes are the same as the 16 on "The Best of the Andy Griffith Show 16 Episodes". Oh well. (The later DVD set is much better.)
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Since its network debut in 1960, The Andy Griffith Show has been a viewer favorite thanks to its folksy, nostalgic charm and memorable cast, both of which shine in this set featuring the series' debut season. Originally spun off from an episode of Make Room for Daddy (both series shared producers Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas), The Andy Griffith Show centered around the lives of small-town sheriff Andy Taylor (the marvelously dry Griffith), his son Opie (Ron Howard), cousin and deputy Barney Fife (multiple Emmy winner Don Knotts), and the other gentle eccentrics of Mayberry (which was based on Griffith's real hometown). But while other "rural" programs poked fun at its characters (The Real McCoys, The Beverly Hillbillies), The Andy Griffith... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Gary Nelson - John Rich - Lawrence Dobkin - Aaron Ruben - Theodore J. Flicker DVD Release Date: Released the 16 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This is a great find. it has five episodes, The loaded goat, the great filling station robbery, Andy Discovers America, Aunt Bee's Medicine Man, and The Darlings are coming. Five great episodes, a couple do not have the origional music, but show from begining to end. I know some of the others cut out the intro and outro, these are fully intact. Higly Recomended!! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Andy Griffith Director(s): Earl Bellamy - Charles Irving (II) - Gary Nelson - John Rich - Don Weis DVD Release Date: Released the 07 March 2002 Usually ships within 3 to 4 days
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This is a funny classic sitcom! I grew up watching reruns of classic TV shows when I was a child in the 70s but I don't really remember watching episodes of The Andy Griffith Show but I have seen a lot of reruns on TVLand and I liked them. This tape has a lot of good episodes, including some with The Darlings and Ernest T. Bass. The Andy Griffith Show is a pretty good classic sitcom and I wonder why the complete seasons aren't on DVD yet and with all of the best of DVD's on the market for The Andy Griffith Show I think they should put out ones with all of the episodes with The Darlings and Ernest T. Bass. I'm not sure I would want to own every Andy Griffith Show episode on DVD but I would definitely buy a DVD with every episode with the Darlings and Ernest T. Bass! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Andy Griffith Show - Andy Griffith DVD Release Date: Released the 26 September 2001 Usually ships within 24 hours
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I saw that some of the reviews listed for the Brentwood Home Video release of these episodes on DVD are incorrect. This review is specifically for the 16 episode, 2 disc set made by Brentwood Home Video:
Sound and picture quality on these discs is very good. There are no major scratches on the film prints as seen on some other DVDs. Every episode is complete and uncut. The original theme music is used on every show and there are no company logos embedded on the image to distract you as on other discs. Basically, you get all 16 public domain episodes, uncut, with decent picture and sound quality in one 2-disc set. They are simply the best DVDs of these episodes currently available... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Andy Griffith Director(s): Earl Bellamy - Charles Irving (II) - Gary Nelson - John Rich - Don Weis DVD Release Date: Released the 11 June 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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