The Andy Griffith Show

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    it was very interesting to see the old jail that was used in the 1800s. Striker went on to tell us that the jail was home to the sheriff where him, his family, and inmates stayed. This reminded me greatly of one of my favorite old T.V. shows, The Andy Griffith Show. We walked over to the new jail that is currently used and met with the chief deputy who took us on our tour. Unlike the HCJ, we were able to see where families come and talk to their loved ones through a telephone and a window, the…

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    The Andy Griffith show the setting is about a stranger being in the town. He knows alot about the people in it. The reason he knows alot about the town is because he always read the paper, and he was trampled by other people he told them why he was there and how he knew so much about the town and he got put in the paper.In the story THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET, it was a purfect Saterday afternoon but all the sudden the radio’s, phones, and cars,lights stopted working and the whole town…

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    on Maple Street” and The Andy Griffith Show are very alike and different in some ways.THey had a very similar theme, setting, mood, and conflict. But yet they had very different ironies and complications. In the following paragraphs we will be discussing the things that were alike and different between the setting, mood, irony, theme, complications and the conflict of these two stories. All though these were two completely different episodes from completely different shows, they shared multiple…

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    The Andy Griffith show both of the movies have similar things happen but they also have different things happen in the story to. The mood changes in both movies very quick though. Something happens to make the two movies change. Something that you will not see coming. In Monster all these friends are outside on a sunny Saturday having a really good time when all the suddenly something goes over head what the people think is a meteor is far more different than what u think it is. In the Andy…

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    Essay My English/Language Arts class has been reading and watching both of these shows and stories. “The Andy Griffith Show”, was produced in the Early 1960s, it is a TV sitcom based on an older sitcom called “ The Danny Thomas Show”. As i have done researched on this sitcom, i have come to realize that the sitcom has only produced a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over 8 seasons. “ The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street”, is episode 22 in the first season of “The Twilight…

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    Robert) Following this debate only a week later, was another piece of television history, the Andy Griffith Show, which was an immediate success and ran from 1960-1968,(Thompson, Robert) bringing a host of a new type of television originating in the 1950’s, but with a revised story type that gave a humorous twist ot the everyday life of a typical family. the Andy Griffith Show, and the many similar shows following it, brought us the modern day sitcom, and the evening lineup of television that we…

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    its rich history, including music. Most of the first original musicians of western North Carolina have heritage sites made in their honor, or have a section written about them on one of the trail signs. Some of the musicians include; Doc Watson, Andy Griffith, Earl Scruggs, Carl Sandburg, and the Cherokee Indians. The fabric woven by the music and traditions of North Carolina will never fail to be one of a kind. It’s a pleasure to live somewhere with so much…

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    n the Andy Griffith show, Opie Taylor was getting bullied. He always walked down the street and had a nickel for milk at lunch. He would go around a corner and there would be this little boy that always stopped Opie. He would ask him if he had his nickle. Opie was scared and didn't know what to do and always gave this kid a nickel. One day Opie asked this boy “what if I don't give you my nickel?” the little boy replied with his fist in Opie face “I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.” So once again…

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    Television shows have been a popular form of entertainment since they first aired in the early 1900s. As time has progressed, the values and norms presented in the shows have also progressed due to the changing time periods and political and social reform. Although gender roles in society, family dynamics, and pace of shows have changed drastically over the past 50 years in the television industry, the values and norms presented, from a bigger picture, are principally similar. One of the many…

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    comes rough around the edges, throughout the story certain desirable, marshal attributes are shown: He is considerate, possessing a high set of morals that must be upheld, he is duty-driven, and he is experienced. Like Andy Griffith, Sheriff of Mayberry from the Andy Griffith Show Heck Tate polices the town by a set…

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