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1-3 The Guitar Player

posted 7 years ago by godewey (16472)
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An episode about Jim Lindsey and how Andy helped him get his start.

We meet Orville the mortician and the postman played by Dub Taylor.
Some really good scenes in this episode.
My favorite is when Barney is telling Andy about his anger.
"Keep an eye on me. I'm dangerous when I get worked up."
"Want me to work them over"
He also gets into a disagreement with the postman about the wanted posters.

Things I noticed. The funeral parlor is right next door to the barbershop.
It's just called barbershop. No other names.
This is the first time we get to see Don Knotts have a little more freedom.
He's got a few really good scenes. Including dancing and conducting the band.
He also sings with Jim and Andy and is fine. In later episodes he can't sing at all.
This is the second episode where we see Andy playing his guitar.

We also see Aunt Bea bring food for the prisoner.
Do you think Andy got reimbursed for feeding the prisoners?

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

Haven't seen that episode dewey, but in this morning's episode, Aunt Bee's penchant for taking food to the prisoners was a handy excuse because she was smitten with Gentleman Jim Caldwell and it backfired.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I remember that one. Honestly I do, On my word as a gentleman.

The Guitar Player was a good episode especially since they had a later episode where he comes back.
Sometimes I think the prisoners ate better than I do.

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

" On my word as a gentleman " tells me that you do. 😉

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

Where are you getting the titles to the episodes from, dewey ? I never see that anywhere when tuning into one.

[–] [email protected] (38) 7 years ago

I play a little guitar myself and could never figure out how Jim Lindsey managed to get his acoustic guitar to sound like an electric.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

He was good.
One thing I noticed is James Best has hairy arms. When they went into a closeup of him playing
there were a few times that the arms didn't have that much hair.
Obviously not James Best.
When they showed him from a distance he looked like he knew what he was doing.
Interesting even back then they were looking at those kinds of things.
They could have just not done a closeup to solve that problem.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

If I watch on Netflix they are all named.
When I record them all the episode names are labeled. 99% of everything I watch is recorded.
When I watched them back in the day I don't remember seeing the names.

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

" Back in the day " is where I am. I get daily reruns on a local channel, TVLand and then The Sundance Channel. I did get on YouTube today trying to track down a particular episode and noticed that some of them had titles there.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I've said it before the DVR might be my favorite invention in a long time.
I would think the episodes on TVLand and Sundance would be labeled.
Maybe it depends on who your provider is.

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

No, they begin with the iconic images of Andy and Opie going fishing accompanied by that mellow, whistling soundtrack.

It's cool though; today has been a learning experience.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Check your guide or hit the info button. This might give you the title.

[–] db20db (17235) 7 years ago

Good tip, dewey; will try it !

[–] GlenEllyn (21526) 7 years ago

"He also sings with Jim and Andy and is fine. In later episodes he can't sing at all."

Reminds me of the episode when Barney joins the choir, sings poorly, so Andy convinces him that the microphone will amplify his voice so much that he needs to sing at a whisper-like level. Then they get someone to sing for him from behind the curtain in a booming voice. The look on Barney's face when he hears what emerges is priceless!

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That was a terrific scene.
"Balmy and life-giving breezes are blowing"

His face was priceless then when he thought that was his voice on the speaker took it to a whole new level.
He then dropped his head like he had just finished singing an opera.