The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) A Feud Is a Feud (1960) User Reviews

Hatfield, Meet McCoy

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 22 November 2019]

I taught Romeo and Juliet for about fifteen years. It would have been fun to let my students hear Andy Taylor's retelling of the story. Meanwhile, a couple of stereotypical hillbillies who have been feuding for nearly ninety years, come armed to put a stop to a marriage between members of the two families. It's all a lot of fun with some neat twists and turns.

Darn clever...

[planktonrules · 10/10 · 11 October 2010]

This is one of my personal favorites--an early "Andy Griffith Show" episode that is high on comedy. It's about a couple families who have been feuding much like the famous Hatfield and McCoy feud. For generations, both families have hated each other and now there is a crisis--two of their young people are in love with each other and want to get married! Both fathers, naturally, threaten to shoot the pair, as they NEVER could consent to something like this! Andy is perplexed--he can't have people shooting each other. However, after researching the actual feud, he figures out a loophole--a way to get the pair married AND with their fathers' blessings. This culminates with a very funny scene involving Andy having both the fathers fight a duel--you just have to see it to believe it! Overall, this is an exceptionally written show from start to finish. Heartwarming, funny and extremely clever--you can't help but like this one!

Andy's southern act works well here

[vitoscotti · 10/10 · 18 September 2022]

I'm not a big fan of Andy Griffith's heavy sothern accent clown act in season one. But, it fits in perfectly here with a southern themed episode. Superbly written episode. One of TAGS wittiest The Wakefields and Carters were well cast. The whole thing clicked from begining to end. Andy's rendition of Romeo and Juliet was one of his TAGS best stories told. Bizarre Aunt Bee would want Andy to risk getting shot mad he backed down when rifles were pointed at him.

Interesting the mix-up rumor that Hannah Carter (Tammy Windsor) was played by Karen Kupcinet who many claim are one and the same. Tammy Windsor's IMDb page has Karen kupcinet's information on it. The two don't look anything alike.

Andy calls Aunt Bea Claire

[attypepinm · 10/10 · 9 February 2023]

In the first scene 2 young people come to Andy's home to get married during the middle of the night. Aunt Bea comes down first and answers the door. It is just Andy, Opie and Aunt Bea in the room along with the 2 people to be married. There fathers come to stop the wedding and points their shotguns first at the other father's child and then at Andy. The wedding did not happen and they leave. If you listen closely right after the fathers take their children away from Andy's house Andy is talking to aunt bea. "Claire I better get out of this outfit I am beginning to feel like Dopey the Dwarf." I can't find anything about this but I thought I remembered that she was going to be called Claire. Anyone else ever notice that?

One Of The Worst Episodes

[film_poster_fan · 3/10 · 16 January 2024]

"A Feud Is a Feud" is without a doubt one of the worst episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." It is poorly written, acted, and seems to last much longer than a normal episode. The retelling of Romeo and Juliet by Andy Taylor is ridiculous and cringe inducing, and would make anyone who has read and/or seen Shakespeare's play be astonished. The whole premise that feuding would still exist in 1960's America is hard to believe which makes the show more than a fantasy; it is unreal.

The majority of reviewers think this episode is wonderful. One praises it, writing "overall, this is an exceptionally written show from start to finish. Heartwarming, funny and extremely clever--you can't help but like this one!" Nothing could be further from the truth.