Three Wishes for Opie
- Episode aired Dec 21, 1964
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
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Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Powell
- Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
- Aaron Ruben(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn this episode, as in the one that came before it, rumors begin that Andy and Helen are engaged. And in both, Helen wears the same flowered dress.
- GoofsIn this episode, the back room of the courthouse where Barney conducts his séances, has no back door to the outside. In a couple scenes, the wall that normally holds the door to the alley outside instead has a jail cell window at the top of the wall and no door. This window is complete with vertical iron bars and a very thick, sloping sill just like the windows in the jail cells.
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Wishful Wishing
This is my sixth favorite episode of the show, here it's something different as we get into supernatural territory. It's funny as it's sort of a case of punchline and payoff with every wish. I really love how Barney reacts to the whole thing, nervous and excited about the whole thing.
Throughout the episode we are sort of pulled in two directions where on one hand were skeptical but on another, we almost are believers. It's interesting how each wish comes true, you could easily dismiss as pure coincidence but then again it almost seems rather strange that those things immediately came true just as Opie spoken the wish.
My favorite scene is seeing Barney along with Floyd and Gubber are testing the waters in a Tarot ritual. It's just funny how all three are reacting as all three are clearly spooked out. It's even funnier when we see Barney makes a wish, it comes true and he is just shaking in his boots.
Whether it's just pure coincidence or even higher forces at work, I leave that up to you. But as an old saying goes, "You got to wonder."
Rating: 4 stars
Throughout the episode we are sort of pulled in two directions where on one hand were skeptical but on another, we almost are believers. It's interesting how each wish comes true, you could easily dismiss as pure coincidence but then again it almost seems rather strange that those things immediately came true just as Opie spoken the wish.
My favorite scene is seeing Barney along with Floyd and Gubber are testing the waters in a Tarot ritual. It's just funny how all three are reacting as all three are clearly spooked out. It's even funnier when we see Barney makes a wish, it comes true and he is just shaking in his boots.
Whether it's just pure coincidence or even higher forces at work, I leave that up to you. But as an old saying goes, "You got to wonder."
Rating: 4 stars
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- Feb 13, 2020
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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