I've watched, mostly involuntarily dozens of episodes of this show. As a child I thought the jokes were lame. The older I got the dumber the jokes got. Fife's 1 bullet character was good for a few episodes but it just went on and on and on. Most episodes were light on laughs as the series tried to be a drama in the guise of a comedy and failed at both. I think I'd lightly chuckle once maybe every fifth episode. Most of the characters were not people I'd choose to associate with. Busy bodies, idiots and better than thous for the most part. It's not that I do not like Southern culture, quite the opposite. This to me doesn't represent Southern or rural culture. More like an urban stereotype of it written by somebody who'd never set foot in a small town and hated rural people.
Review of The Andy Griffith Show
