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Opie and Mike: Directed by Lee Philips. With Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey. Opie helps Mike learn how to deal with a bully at school.
- (195)
- Comedy, Family
- Lee Philips
- 1968-03-18
- Plot
- Notes/Trivia
- Goofs
When Sam Jones' son Mike is being bullied at school, Opie offers to help out. He puts the bully in his place and soon Mike has a big brother and a hero to to look up to. They spend a lot of time together and Andy is worried that because of the differences in their ages, it's inevitable that Opie will move on and Mike will be hurt as a result. Opie ...
•This episode focuses on introducing Sam's boy; Mike, in his first appearance, who becomes attached to Opie when he gets a school bully off his back. The two become best friends despite the age difference until a new family moves in next door and has a little girl named Heather that is close to Opie's age. When Opie wants to start doing things with her, Mike takes a back seat until he discovers that Heather has a little sister named Claudia that's just about his age.
•Now that Opie has made friends with Heather and has spent a day or two doing things with her, he feels it would be a good idea to again play with Mike, but now Mike is busy showing little Claudia around town and now Opie has been shown where the back seat is...
•The house next door that the new family moves into next to the Taylor's is also the old Rimshaw house used in the episode, "The Haunted House.” and was also used as Mrs. Wiley's house where Ernest T. Bass proved his manners, Clara Johnson’s house, Reverend Tucker’s house, and also served as Mayor Stoner's house.
•Russell Schulman makes his acting debut in this episode, playing school bully Edgar Watson. Two years later, and in what would become his second to last acting credit, Schulman played the now infamous Buddy Hinton on an episode of "The Brady Bunch" ('A Fistful Of Reasons' - S2E8), the school bully who torments Cindy for her lisp and using the phrase "Baby talk, baby talk, it's a wonder you can walk!" Also, he gives Peter a black eye.
•When Opie first meets Heather you can see 'outside' of Mayberry to the stores beyond the 40 Acre Backlot.
With Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier. Andy, through Barney, learns that Opie has been targeted by a bully who's been shaking him down for milk money, leaving Andy to wonder how to intervene without letting Opie know he knows.
- (398)
- Comedy, Family
- Bob Sweeney
- 1961-10-02
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A local bully was confronting Opie on his journey to school each morning and demanding that he relinquish his milk money, or he would “get it”. After some time, considerable anguish, and wise counsel from his father, Sheriff Taylor, Opie grew weary of this harassment and made a stand.
Frank Tarloff. (credited as David Adler) Summary. Sheriff Andy Taylor must decide whether to intervene or let the problem work itself out when a bully demands Opie's milk money at school. Quote. "Aunt Bee, you are a bird in this world." - Andy. Sequential Episode. 33. Contents. 1 Summary. 2 Plot. 3 Notes/Trivia. 4 Goofs. 5 Music. 6 Quotes.
Opie is being bullied by a kid at school. To keep from being beaten up, Opie has been giving the kid his lunch money. Andy begins to suspect something is up due to Opie's odd demeanor and once he learns that the boy has been getting lunch money from Aunt Bea AND him at the same time.
Andy learns that a bully has been demanding Opie's milk money at school. Andy must decide whether to intervene or let Opie deal with the bully and lea…
